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Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka) 1

ये त्रिषप्ताः परियन्ति विश्वा रूपाणि बिभ्रतः । वाचस् पतिर् बला तेषां तन्वो अद्य दधातु मे ॥१॥

ye triṣaptāḥ pariyanti viśvā rūpāṇi bibhrataḥ | vācas patir balā teṣāṃ tanvo adya dadhātu me ||1||

The thrice seven that go about, bearing all forms—let the lord of speech assign to me today their powers, [their] selves (tanū́).

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

पुनर् एहि वचस् पते देवेन मनसा सह । वसोष् पते नि रमय मय्य् एवास्तु मयि श्रुतम् ॥२॥

punar ehi vacas pate devena manasā saha | vasoṣ pate ni ramaya mayy evāstu mayi śrutam ||2||

Come again, lord of speech, together with divine mind; lord of good, make [it] stay (ni-ram); in me, in myself be what is heard.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

इहैवाभि वि तनूभे आर्त्नी इव ज्यया । वाचस् पतिर् नि यछतु मय्य् एवास्तु मयि श्रुतम् ॥३॥

ihaivābhi vi tanūbhe ārtnī iva jyayā | vācas patir ni yachatu mayy evāstu mayi śrutam ||3||

Just here stretch thou on, as it were the two tips of the bow with the bow-string; let the lord of speech make fast (ni-yam); in me, in myself, be what is heard.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

उपहूतो वाचस् पतिर् उपास्मान् वाचस्पतिर् ह्वयताम् । सं श्रुतेन गमेमहि मा श्रुतेन वि राधिषि ॥४॥

upahūto vācas patir upāsmān vācaspatir hvayatām | saṃ śrutena gamemahi mā śrutena vi rādhiṣi ||4||

Called on is the lord of speech; on us let the lord of speech call; may we be united with (sam-gam) what is heard; let me not be parted with what is heard.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

विद्मा शरस्य पितरं पर्जन्यं भूरिधायसम् । विद्मो ष्व् अस्य मातरं पृथिवीं भूरिवर्पसम् ॥१॥

vidmā śarasya pitaraṃ parjanyaṃ bhūridhāyasam | vidmo ṣv asya mātaraṃ pṛthivīṃ bhūrivarpasam ||1||

We know the reed's father, Parjanya the much-nourishing; and we know well its mother, the earth of many aspects.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

ज्याके परि णो नमाश्मानं तन्वं कृधि । वीडुर् वरीयो ऽरातीर् अप द्वेषांस्य् आ कृधि ॥२॥

jyāke pari ṇo namāśmānaṃ tanvaṃ kṛdhi | vīḍur varīyo 'rātīr apa dveṣāṃsy ā kṛdhi ||2||

O bow-string, bend about us; make thyself a stone; being hard, put very far away niggards [and] haters.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

वृक्षं यद् गावः परिषस्वजाना अनुस्फुरं शरं अर्चन्त्य् ऋभुम् । शरुम् अस्मद् यावय दिद्युम् इन्द्र ॥३॥

vṛkṣaṃ yad gāvaḥ pariṣasvajānā anusphuraṃ śaraṃ arcanty ṛbhum | śarum asmad yāvaya didyum indra ||3||

When the kine, embracing the tree, sing the quivering dexterous (ṝ ṛbhú) reed, keep away from us, O Indra, the shaft, the missile.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यथा द्यां च पृथिवीं चान्तस् तिष्ठति तेजनम् । एवा रोगं चास्रावं चान्तस् तिष्ठतु मुञ्ज इत् ॥४॥

yathā dyāṃ ca pṛthivīṃ cāntas tiṣṭhati tejanam | evā rogaṃ cāsrāvaṃ cāntas tiṣṭhatu muñja it ||4||

As between both heaven and earth stands the bamboo (? téjana), so let the reed-stalk (múñja) stand between both the disease and the flux (āsrāvá).

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

विद्मा शरस्य पितरं पर्जन्यं शतवृष्ण्यं । तेना ते तन्वे शं करं पृथिव्यां ते निषेचनं बहिष् टे अस्तु बाल् इति ॥१॥

vidmā śarasya pitaraṃ parjanyaṃ śatavṛṣṇyaṃ | tenā te tanve śaṃ karaṃ pṛthivyāṃ te niṣecanaṃ bahiṣ ṭe astu bāl iti ||1||

We know the reed's father, Parjanya of hundredfold virility; with that will I make weal (çám) for thy body; on the earth [be] thine outpouring, out of thee, with a splash!

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

विद्मा शरस्य पितरं मित्रं शतवृष्ण्यं । तेना ते तन्वे शं करं पृथिव्यां ते निषेचनं बहिष् टे अस्तु बाल् इति ॥२॥

vidmā śarasya pitaraṃ mitraṃ śatavṛṣṇyaṃ | tenā te tanve śaṃ karaṃ pṛthivyāṃ te niṣecanaṃ bahiṣ ṭe astu bāl iti ||2||

We know the reed's father, Mitra of hundredfold virility; with that will etc. etc.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

विद्मा शरस्य पितरं वरुणं शतवृष्ण्यं । तेना ते तन्वे शं करं पृथिव्यां ते निषेचनं बहिष् टे अस्तु बाल् इति ॥३॥

vidmā śarasya pitaraṃ varuṇaṃ śatavṛṣṇyaṃ | tenā te tanve śaṃ karaṃ pṛthivyāṃ te niṣecanaṃ bahiṣ ṭe astu bāl iti ||3||

We know the reed's father, Varuṇa of etc. etc.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

विद्मा शरस्य पितरं चन्द्रं शतवृष्ण्यं । तेना ते तन्वे शं करं पृथिव्यां ते निषेचनं बहिष् टे अस्तु बाल् इति ॥४॥

vidmā śarasya pitaraṃ candraṃ śatavṛṣṇyaṃ | tenā te tanve śaṃ karaṃ pṛthivyāṃ te niṣecanaṃ bahiṣ ṭe astu bāl iti ||4||

We know the reed's father, the moon of etc. etc.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

विद्मा शरस्य पितरं सूर्यं शतवृष्ण्यं । तेना ते तन्वे शं करं पृथिव्यां ते निषेचनं बहिष् टे अस्तु बाल् इति ॥५॥

vidmā śarasya pitaraṃ sūryaṃ śatavṛṣṇyaṃ | tenā te tanve śaṃ karaṃ pṛthivyāṃ te niṣecanaṃ bahiṣ ṭe astu bāl iti ||5||

We know the reed's father, the sun of etc. etc.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यद् आन्त्रेषु गवीन्योर् यद् वस्ताव् अधि संश्रितम् । एवा ते मूत्रं मुच्यतां बहिर् बाल् इति सर्वकम् ॥६॥

yad āntreṣu gavīnyor yad vastāv adhi saṃśritam | evā te mūtraṃ mucyatāṃ bahir bāl iti sarvakam ||6||

What in thine entrails, thy (two) groins (? gavīnī́), what in thy bladder has flowed together—so be thy urine released, out of thee, with a splash! all of it.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

प्र ते भिनद्मि मेहनं वर्त्रं वेशन्त्या इव । एवा ते मूत्रं मुच्यतां बहिर् बाल् इति सर्वकम् ॥७॥

pra te bhinadmi mehanaṃ vartraṃ veśantyā iva | evā te mūtraṃ mucyatāṃ bahir bāl iti sarvakam ||7||

I split up thy urinator, like the weir of a tank—so be thy etc. etc.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

विषितं ते वस्तिबिलं समुद्रस्योदधेर् इव । एवा ते मूत्रं मुच्यतां बहिर् बाल् इति सर्वकम् ॥८॥

viṣitaṃ te vastibilaṃ samudrasyodadher iva | evā te mūtraṃ mucyatāṃ bahir bāl iti sarvakam ||8||

Unfastened [be] thy bladder-orifice, like [that] of a water-holding sea—so be thy etc. etc.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यथेषुका परापतद् अवसृष्टाधि धन्वनः । एवा ते मूत्रं मुच्यतां बहिर् बाल् इति सर्वकम् ॥९॥

yatheṣukā parāpatad avasṛṣṭādhi dhanvanaḥ | evā te mūtraṃ mucyatāṃ bahir bāl iti sarvakam ||9||

As the arrow flew forth, let loose from the bow—so be thy etc. etc.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

अम्बयो यन्त्य् अध्वभिर् जामयो अध्वरीयताम् । पृञ्चतीर् मधुना पयः ॥१॥

ambayo yanty adhvabhir jāmayo adhvarīyatām | pṛñcatīr madhunā payaḥ ||1||

The mothers go on their ways, sisters of them that make sacrifice, mixing milk with honey.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

अमूर् या उप सूर्ये याभिर् वा सूर्यः सह । ता नो हिन्वन्त्व् अध्वरम् ॥२॥

amūr yā upa sūrye yābhir vā sūryaḥ saha | tā no hinvantv adhvaram ||2||

They who are yonder at the sun, or together with whom is the sun—let them further our sacrifice.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

अपो देवीर् उप ह्वये यत्र गावः पिबन्ति नः । सिन्धुभ्यः कर्त्वं हविः ॥३॥

apo devīr upa hvaye yatra gāvaḥ pibanti naḥ | sindhubhyaḥ kartvaṃ haviḥ ||3||

The heavenly waters I call on, where our kine drink; to the rivers (síndhu) is to be made oblation.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

अप्स्व् अन्तर् अमृतम् अप्सु भेषजम् । अपाम् उत प्रशस्तिभिर् अश्वा भवथ वाजिनो गावो भवथ वाजिनीः ॥४॥

apsv antar amṛtam apsu bheṣajam | apām uta praśastibhir aśvā bhavatha vājino gāvo bhavatha vājinīḥ ||4||

Within the waters is ambrosia (amṛ́ta), in the waters is remedy; and by the praises (práçasti) of the waters ye become vigorous (vājín) horses, ye become vigorous kine.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

आपो हि ष्ठा मयोभुवस् ता न ऊर्जे दधातन । महे रणाय चक्षसे ॥१॥

āpo hi ṣṭhā mayobhuvas tā na ūrje dadhātana | mahe raṇāya cakṣase ||1||

Since ye are kindly waters, do ye set us unto refreshment (ū́rj), unto sight of great joy.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यो वः शिवतमो रसस् तस्य भाजयतेह नः । उशतीर् इव मातरः ॥२॥

yo vaḥ śivatamo rasas tasya bhājayateha naḥ | uśatīr iva mātaraḥ ||2||

What is your most propitious savor (rása), of that make us share here, like zealous mothers.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

तस्मा अरं गमाम वो यस्य क्षयाय जिन्वथ । आपो जनयथा च नः ॥३॥

tasmā araṃ gamāma vo yasya kṣayāya jinvatha | āpo janayathā ca naḥ ||3||

We would satisfy you in order to that to the possession of which ye quicken, O waters, and generate us.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

ईशाना वार्याणां क्षयन्तीश् चर्षणीनाम् । अपो याचामि भेषजम् ॥४॥

īśānā vāryāṇāṃ kṣayantīś carṣaṇīnām | apo yācāmi bheṣajam ||4||

Of the waters, having mastery of desirable things, ruling over human beings (carṣaṇí), I ask a remedy.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

शं नो देवीर् अभिष्टय आपो भवन्तु पीतये । शं योर् अभि स्रवन्तु नः ॥१॥

śaṃ no devīr abhiṣṭaya āpo bhavantu pītaye | śaṃ yor abhi sravantu naḥ ||1||

Be the divine waters weal for us in order to assistance, to drink; weal [and] health flow they unto us.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

अप्सु मे सोमो अब्रवीद् अन्तर् विश्वानि भेषजा । अग्निं च विश्वशंभुवम् ॥२॥

apsu me somo abravīd antar viśvāni bheṣajā | agniṃ ca viśvaśaṃbhuvam ||2||

Within the waters, Soma told me, are all remedies, and Agni (fire) wealful for all.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

आपः पृणीत भेषजं वरूथं तन्वे मम । ज्योक् च सूर्यं दृशे ॥३॥

āpaḥ pṛṇīta bheṣajaṃ varūthaṃ tanve mama | jyok ca sūryaṃ dṛśe ||3||

O waters, bestow a remedy, protection (várūtha) for my body, and long to see the sun.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

शं न आपो धन्वन्याः शम् उ सन्त्व् अनूप्याः । शं नः खनित्रिमा आपः शम् उ याः कुम्भ आभृताः । शिवा नः सन्तु वार्षिकीः ॥४॥

śaṃ na āpo dhanvanyāḥ śam u santv anūpyāḥ | śaṃ naḥ khanitrimā āpaḥ śam u yāḥ kumbha ābhṛtāḥ | śivā naḥ santu vārṣikīḥ ||4||

Weal for us the waters of the plains, and weal be those of the marshes, weal for us the waters won by digging, and weal what are brought in a vessel; propitious to us be those of the rain.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

स्तुवानम् अग्न आ वह यातुधानं किमीदिनम् । त्वं हि देव वन्दितो हन्ता दस्योर् बभूविथ ॥१॥

stuvānam agna ā vaha yātudhānaṃ kimīdinam | tvaṃ hi deva vandito hantā dasyor babhūvitha ||1||

Bring hither, O Agni, the sorcerer (yātudhā́па), the kimīdín, speaking out (stu); for thou, O god, being revered, hast become slayer of the barbarian (dásyu).

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

आज्यस्य परमेष्ठिन् जातवेदस् तनूवशिन् । अग्ने तौलस्य प्राशान यातुधानान् वि लापय ॥२॥

ājyasya parameṣṭhin jātavedas tanūvaśin | agne taulasya prāśāna yātudhānān vi lāpaya ||2||

O most exalted one (parameṣṭhín), Jātavedas, self-controller, Agni, partake of (prа-аç) the sacrificial butter, of the sesame oil (?); make the sorcerers cry out.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

वि लपन्तु यातुधाना अत्त्रिणो ये किमीदिनः । अथेदम् अग्ने नो हविर् इन्द्रश् च प्रति हर्यतम् ॥३॥

vi lapantu yātudhānā attriṇo ye kimīdinaḥ | athedam agne no havir indraś ca prati haryatam ||3||

Let the sorcerers cry out (ví-lap), let the devouring kimīdíns; then do you, O Agni together with Indra, welcome this our oblation.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

अग्निः पूर्व आ रभतां प्रेन्द्रो नुदतु बाहुमान् । ब्रवीतु सर्वो यातुमान् अयम् अस्मीत्य् एत्य ॥४॥

agniḥ pūrva ā rabhatāṃ prendro nudatu bāhumān | bravītu sarvo yātumān ayam asmīty etya ||4||

Let Agni first take hold; let Indra, having arms, push forth; let everyone that has a demon, coming, say "here am I."

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

पश्याम ते वीर्यं जातवेदः प्र णो ब्रूहि यातुधानान् नृचक्षः । त्वया सर्वे परितप्ताः पुरस्तात् त आ यन्तु प्रब्रुवाणा उपेदम् ॥५॥

paśyāma te vīryaṃ jātavedaḥ pra ṇo brūhi yātudhānān nṛcakṣaḥ | tvayā sarve paritaptāḥ purastāt ta ā yantu prabruvāṇā upedam ||5||

We would fain see thy heroism (vīryà), O Jātavedas; proclaim to us the sorcerers, O men-watcher; let them all, burnt about by thee in front, come to this place, proclaiming themselves.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

आ रभस्व जातवेदो ऽस्माकार्थाय जज्ञिषे । दूतो नो अग्ने भूत्वा यातुधानान् वि लापय ॥६॥

ā rabhasva jātavedo 'smākārthāya jajñiṣe | dūto no agne bhūtvā yātudhānān vi lāpaya ||6||

Take hold, O Jātavedas; thou wast born for our purpose; becoming our messenger, O Agni, make the sorcerers cry out.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

त्वम् अग्ने यातुधानान् उपबद्धां इहा वह । अथैषाम् इन्द्रो वज्रेणापि शीर्षाणि वृश्चतु ॥७॥

tvam agne yātudhānān upabaddhāṃ ihā vaha | athaiṣām indro vajreṇāpi śīrṣāṇi vṛścatu ||7||

Do thou, O Agni, bring hither the sorcerers bound; then let Indra with his thunderbolt crush in (api-vraçc) their heads.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

इदं हविर् यातुधानान् नादी फेनम् इवा वहत् । य इदं स्त्री पुमान् अकर् इह स स्तुवतां जनः ॥१॥

idaṃ havir yātudhānān nādī phenam ivā vahat | ya idaṃ strī pumān akar iha sa stuvatāṃ janaḥ ||1||

This oblation shall bring the sorcerers, as a stream does the foam; whoever, woman [or] man, hath done this, here let that person speak out.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

अयं स्तुवान आगमद् इमं स्म प्रति हर्यत । बृहस्पते वशे लब्ध्वाग्नीषोमा वि विध्यतम् ॥२॥

ayaṃ stuvāna āgamad imaṃ sma prati haryata | bṛhaspate vaśe labdhvāgnīṣomā vi vidhyatam ||2||

This man hath come, speaking out; this man do ye welcome; O Brihaspati, taking [him] into thy control—O Agni and Soma, do ye (two) pierce [him] through.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यातुधानस्य सोमप जहि प्रजां नयस्व च । नि स्तुवानस्य पातय परम् अक्ष्य् उतावरम् ॥३॥

yātudhānasya somapa jahi prajāṃ nayasva ca | ni stuvānasya pātaya param akṣy utāvaram ||3||

Of the sorcerer, O soma-drinker, slay the progeny and conduct [him hither]; of him, speaking out, make fall out (nis-pat) the upper eye and the lower.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यत्रैषाम् अग्ने जनिमानि वेत्थ गुहा सताम् अत्त्रिणां जातवेदः । तांस् त्वं ब्रह्मणा वावृधानो जह्य् एषां शततर्हम् अग्ने ॥४॥

yatraiṣām agne janimāni vettha guhā satām attriṇāṃ jātavedaḥ | tāṃs tvaṃ brahmaṇā vāvṛdhāno jahy eṣāṃ śatatarham agne ||4||

Wherever, O Agni, thou knowest the births of them, of the devourers that are in secret, O Jātavedas, them do thou, increasing through worship (bráhman)—slay of them, O Agni, with hundredfold transfixion.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

अस्मिन् वसु वसवो धारयन्त्व् इन्द्रः पूषा वरुणो मित्रो अग्निः । इमम् आदित्या उत विश्वे च देवा उत्तरस्मिन् ज्योतिषि धारयन्तु ॥१॥

asmin vasu vasavo dhārayantv indraḥ pūṣā varuṇo mitro agniḥ | imam ādityā uta viśve ca devā uttarasmin jyotiṣi dhārayantu ||1||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

अस्य देवाः प्रदिशि ज्योतिर् अस्तु सूर्यो अग्निर् उत वा हिरण्यम् । सपत्ना अस्मद् अधरे भवन्तूत्तमं नाकम् अधि रोहयेमम् ॥२॥

asya devāḥ pradiśi jyotir astu sūryo agnir uta vā hiraṇyam | sapatnā asmad adhare bhavantūttamaṃ nākam adhi rohayemam ||2||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

येनेन्द्राय समभरः पयांस्य् उत्तमेन ब्रह्मणा जातवेदः । तेन त्वम् अग्न इह वर्धयेमं सजातानां श्रैष्ठ्य आ धेह्य् एनम् ॥३॥

yenendrāya samabharaḥ payāṃsy uttamena brahmaṇā jātavedaḥ | tena tvam agna iha vardhayemaṃ sajātānāṃ śraiṣṭhya ā dhehy enam ||3||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

ऐषां यज्ञम् उत वर्चो ददे ऽहं रायस् पोषम् उत चित्तान्य् अग्ने । सपत्ना अस्मद् अधरे भवन्तूत्तमं नाकम् अधि रोहयेमम् ॥४॥

aiṣāṃ yajñam uta varco dade 'haṃ rāyas poṣam uta cittāny agne | sapatnā asmad adhare bhavantūttamaṃ nākam adhi rohayemam ||4||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

अयं देवानाम् असुरो वि राजति वशा हि सत्या वरुणस्य राज्ञः । ततस् परि ब्रह्मणा शाशदान उग्रस्य मन्योर् उद् इमं नयामि ॥१॥

ayaṃ devānām asuro vi rājati vaśā hi satyā varuṇasya rājñaḥ | tatas pari brahmaṇā śāśadāna ugrasya manyor ud imaṃ nayāmi ||1||

This Asura bears rule over the gods; for the wills (váça) of king Varuṇa [come] true; from him, prevailing by my worship (bráhman), from the fury of the formidable one (ugrá) do I lead up this man.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

नमस् ते रजन् वरुणास्तु मन्यवे विश्वं ह्य् उग्र निचिकेषि द्रुग्धम् । सहस्रम् अन्यान् प्र सुवामि साकं शतं जीवाति शरदस् तवायम् ॥२॥

namas te rajan varuṇāstu manyave viśvaṃ hy ugra nicikeṣi drugdham | sahasram anyān pra suvāmi sākaṃ śataṃ jīvāti śaradas tavāyam ||2||

Homage be to thy fury, O king Varuṇa; for, O formidable one, thou dost note (ni-ci) every malice (drugdhá). A thousand others I impel (pra-sū) together; a hundred autumns of thee shall this man live.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यद् उवक्थानृतम् जिह्वया वृजिनं बहु । राज्ञस् त्वा सत्यधर्मणो मुञ्चामि वरुणाद् अहम् ॥३॥

yad uvakthānṛtam jihvayā vṛjinaṃ bahu | rājñas tvā satyadharmaṇo muñcāmi varuṇād aham ||3||

In that thou hast spoken with the tongue untruth, much wrong—from the king of true ordinances (-dhárman), from Varuṇa, I release thee.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

मुञ्चामि त्वा वैश्वानराद् अर्णवान् महतस् परि । सजातान् उग्रेहा वद ब्रह्म चाप चिकीहि नः ॥४॥

muñcāmi tvā vaiśvānarād arṇavān mahatas pari | sajātān ugrehā vada brahma cāpa cikīhi naḥ ||4||

I release thee out of the universal, the great flood (arṇavá); speak, O formidable one, unto [thy] fellows here, and reverence our incantation (bráhman).

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

वषट् ते पूषन्न् अस्मिन्त् सूताव् अर्यमा होता कृणोतु वेधाः । सिस्रतां नार्य् ऋतप्रजाता वि पर्वाणि जिहतां सूतवा उ ॥१॥

vaṣaṭ te pūṣann asmint sūtāv aryamā hotā kṛṇotu vedhāḥ | sisratāṃ nāry ṛtaprajātā vi parvāṇi jihatāṃ sūtavā u ||1||

At this birth, O Pūshan, let Aryaman [as] efficient (vedhás) invoker utter váṣaṭ for thee; let the woman, rightly engendered, be relaxed; let her joints go apart in order to birth.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

चतस्रो दिवः प्रदिशश् चतस्रो भूम्या उत । देवा गर्भं सम् ऐरयन् तं व्य् ऊर्णुवन्तु सूतवे ॥२॥

catasro divaḥ pradiśaś catasro bhūmyā uta | devā garbhaṃ sam airayan taṃ vy ūrṇuvantu sūtave ||2||

Four [are] the directions of the sky, four also of the earth: the gods sent together the fœtus; let them unclose her in order to birth.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

सूषा व्य् ऊर्णोतु वि योनिं हापयामसि । श्रथया सूषणे त्वम् अव त्वं बिष्कले सृज ॥३॥

sūṣā vy ūrṇotu vi yoniṃ hāpayāmasi | śrathayā sūṣaṇe tvam ava tvaṃ biṣkale sṛja ||3||

Let Pūshan (?) unclose [her or it]; we make the yóni go apart; do thou, sūṣaṇā, loosen; do thou, biṣkalā, let go.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

नेव मांसे न पीवसि नेव मज्जस्व् आहतम् । अवैतु पृश्नि शेवलं शुने जराय्व् अत्तवे ऽव जरायु पद्यताम् ॥४॥

neva māṃse na pīvasi neva majjasv āhatam | avaitu pṛśni śevalaṃ śune jarāyv attave 'va jarāyu padyatām ||4||

Not as it were stuck (ā́hata) in the flesh, not in the fat, not as it were in the marrows, let the spotted slimy (?) afterbirth come down, for the dog to eat; let the afterbirth descend.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

वि ते भिनद्मि मेहनं वि योनिं वि गवीनिके । वि मातरं च पुत्रं च वि कुमारं जरायुणाव जरायु पद्यताम् ॥५॥

vi te bhinadmi mehanaṃ vi yoniṃ vi gavīnike | vi mātaraṃ ca putraṃ ca vi kumāraṃ jarāyuṇāva jarāyu padyatām ||5||

I split apart thy urinator, apart the yóni, apart the [two] groins, apart both the mother and the child, apart the boy from the afterbirth; let the afterbirth descend.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यथा वातो यथा मनो यथा पतन्ति पक्षिणः । एवा त्वं दशमास्य साकं जरायुणा पताव जरायु पद्यताम् ॥६॥

yathā vāto yathā mano yathā patanti pakṣiṇaḥ | evā tvaṃ daśamāsya sākaṃ jarāyuṇā patāva jarāyu padyatām ||6||

As the wind, as the mind, as fly the birds, so do thou, O ten months' [child], fly along with the afterbirth; let the afterbirth descend.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

जरायुजः प्रथम उस्रियो वृषा वाताभ्रजा स्तनयन्न् एति वृष्ट्या । स नो मृडाति तन्व ऋजुगो रुजन् य एकम् ओजस् त्रेधा विचक्रमे ॥१॥

jarāyujaḥ prathama usriyo vṛṣā vātābhrajā stanayann eti vṛṣṭyā | sa no mṛḍāti tanva ṛjugo rujan ya ekam ojas tredhā vicakrame ||1||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

अङ्गेअङ्गे शोचिषा शिश्रियाणं नमस्यन्तस् त्वा हविषा विधेम । अङ्कान्त् समङ्कान् हविषा विधेम यो अग्रभीत् पर्वास्या ग्रभीता ॥२॥

aṅgeaṅge śociṣā śiśriyāṇaṃ namasyantas tvā haviṣā vidhema | aṅkānt samaṅkān haviṣā vidhema yo agrabhīt parvāsyā grabhītā ||2||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

मुञ्च शीर्षक्त्या उत कास एनं परुष्परुर् आविवेशा यो अस्य । यो अभ्रजा वातजा यश् च शुष्मो वनस्पतीन्त् सचतां पर्वतांश् च ॥३॥

muñca śīrṣaktyā uta kāsa enaṃ paruṣparur āviveśā yo asya | yo abhrajā vātajā yaś ca śuṣmo vanaspatīnt sacatāṃ parvatāṃś ca ||3||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

शं मे परस्मै गात्राय शम् अस्त्व् अवराय मे । शं मे चतुर्भ्यो अङ्गेभ्यः शम् अस्तु तन्वे मम ॥४॥

śaṃ me parasmai gātrāya śam astv avarāya me | śaṃ me caturbhyo aṅgebhyaḥ śam astu tanve mama ||4||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

नमस् ते अस्तु विद्युते नमस् ते स्तनयित्नवे । नमस् ते अस्त्व् अश्मने येना दूडाशे अस्यसि ॥१॥

namas te astu vidyute namas te stanayitnave | namas te astv aśmane yenā dūḍāśe asyasi ||1||

Homage be to thy lightning, homage to thy thunder; homage be to thy bolt (áçman), with which thou hurlest at the impious one (dūḍáç).

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

नमस् ते प्रवतो नपाद् यतस् तपः समूहसि । मृडया नस् तनूभ्यो मयस् तोकेभ्यस् कृधि ॥२॥

namas te pravato napād yatas tapaḥ samūhasi | mṛḍayā nas tanūbhyo mayas tokebhyas kṛdhi ||2||

Homage to thee, child of the height (pravát), whence thou gatherest (sam-ūh) heat (tápas); be merciful to ourselves; do kindness (máyas) to our offspring (toká).

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

प्रवतो नपान् नम एवास्तु तुभ्यं नमस् ते हेतये तपुषे च कृण्मः । विद्म ते धाम परमं गुहा यत् समुद्रे अन्तर् निहितासि नाभिः ॥३॥

pravato napān nama evāstu tubhyaṃ namas te hetaye tapuṣe ca kṛṇmaḥ | vidma te dhāma paramaṃ guhā yat samudre antar nihitāsi nābhiḥ ||3||

Child of the height, be homage to thee; homage we pay to thy missile (hetí) and heat (tápus); we know thy highest abode (dhā́man) that is in secret; thou art set as navel within the [cloud-]ocean.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यां त्वा देवा असृजन्त विश्व इषुं कृण्वाना असनाय धृष्णुम् । सा नो मृड विदथे गृणाना तस्यै ते नमो अस्तु देवि ॥४॥

yāṃ tvā devā asṛjanta viśva iṣuṃ kṛṇvānā asanāya dhṛṣṇum | sā no mṛḍa vidathe gṛṇānā tasyai te namo astu devi ||4||

Thou whom all the gods did create, the bold one, ⌊[the gods]⌋ making an arrow for hurling—do thou, besung in the council (vidátha), be merciful to us; to thee as such be homage, O goddess.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

भगम् अस्या वर्च आदिष्य् अधि वृक्षाद् इव स्रजम् । महाबुध्न इव पर्वतो ज्योक् पितृष्व् आस्ताम् ॥१॥

bhagam asyā varca ādiṣy adhi vṛkṣād iva srajam | mahābudhna iva parvato jyok pitṛṣv āstām ||1||

Her portion (bhága), splendor have I taken to myself, as from off a tree a garland; like a mountain with great base, let her sit long with the Fathers.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

एषा ते राजन् कन्या वधूर् नि धूयताम् यम । सा मातुर् बध्यतां गृहे ऽथो भ्रातुर् अथो पितुः ॥२॥

eṣā te rājan kanyā vadhūr ni dhūyatām yama | sā mātur badhyatāṃ gṛhe 'tho bhrātur atho pituḥ ||2||

Let this girl, O king, be shaken down to thee [as] bride, O Yama; be she bound in her mother's house, also in her brother's, also in her father's.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

एषा ते कुलपा राजन् ताम् उ ते परि दद्मसि । ज्योक् पितृष्व् आसाता आ शीर्ष्णः शमोप्यात् ॥३॥

eṣā te kulapā rājan tām u te pari dadmasi | jyok pitṛṣv āsātā ā śīrṣṇaḥ śamopyāt ||3||

She is thy housekeeper, O king; we commit her to thee; she shall sit long with the Fathers, until the covering in of her head.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

असितस्य ते ब्रह्मणा कश्यपस्य गयस्य च । अन्तःकोशम् इव जामयो ऽपि नह्यामि ते भगम् ॥४ ॥

asitasya te brahmaṇā kaśyapasya gayasya ca | antaḥkośam iva jāmayo 'pi nahyāmi te bhagam ||4 ||

With the incantation (bráman) of Asita, of Kaçyapa, and of Gaya, I shut up (api-nah) thy portion (vulva?), as sisters do what is within a box (-kóça).

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

सं सं स्रवन्तु सिन्धवः सं वाताः सं पतत्रिणः । इमं यज्ञं प्रदिवो मे जुषन्तां संस्राव्येण हविषा जुहोमि ॥१॥

saṃ saṃ sravantu sindhavaḥ saṃ vātāḥ saṃ patatriṇaḥ | imaṃ yajñaṃ pradivo me juṣantāṃ saṃsrāvyeṇa haviṣā juhomi ||1||

Together, together let the rivers flow, together the winds, together the birds (patatrín); this my sacrifice let them enjoy of old; I offer with a confluent (saṁsrāvyà) oblation.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

इहैव हवम् आ यात म इह संस्रावणा उतेमं वर्धयता गिरः । इहैतु सर्वो यः पशुर् अस्मिन् तिष्ठतु या रयिः ॥२॥

ihaiva havam ā yāta ma iha saṃsrāvaṇā utemaṃ vardhayatā giraḥ | ihaitu sarvo yaḥ paśur asmin tiṣṭhatu yā rayiḥ ||2||

Come straight hither to my call, hither ye confluents also; increase this man, ye songs; let every beast (paçú) there is come hither; let what wealth (rayí) there is stay (sthā) with him.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

ये नदीनां संस्रवन्त्य् उत्सासः सदम् अक्षिताः । तेभिर् मे सर्वैः संस्रावैर् धनं सं स्रावयामसि ॥३॥

ye nadīnāṃ saṃsravanty utsāsaḥ sadam akṣitāḥ | tebhir me sarvaiḥ saṃsrāvair dhanaṃ saṃ srāvayāmasi ||3||

What fountains of the streams flow together, ever unexhausted, with all those confluences we make riches (dhána) flow together for me.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

ये सर्पिषः संस्रवन्ति क्षीरस्य चोदकस्य च तेभिर् मे सर्वैः संस्रावैर् धनं सं स्रावयामसि ॥४॥

ye sarpiṣaḥ saṃsravanti kṣīrasya codakasya ca tebhir me sarvaiḥ saṃsrāvair dhanaṃ saṃ srāvayāmasi ||4||

What [fountains] of butter (sarpís) flow together, and of milk, and of water, with all those confluences we make riches flow together for me.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

ये ऽमावास्यां रात्रिम् उदस्थुर् व्राजम् अत्त्रिणः । अग्निस् तुरीयो यातुहा सो अस्मभ्यम् अधि ब्रवत् ॥१॥

ye 'māvāsyāṃ rātrim udasthur vrājam attriṇaḥ | agnis turīyo yātuhā so asmabhyam adhi bravat ||1||

What devourers, on the night of new moon, have arisen troop-wise (?)—the fourth Agni is the demon-slayer; he shall bless us.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

सीसायाध्य् आह वरुणः सीसायाग्निर् उपावति । सीसं म इन्द्रः प्रायछत् तद् अङ्ग यातुचातनम् ॥२॥

sīsāyādhy āha varuṇaḥ sīsāyāgnir upāvati | sīsaṃ ma indraḥ prāyachat tad aṅga yātucātanam ||2||

The lead Varuṇa blesses; the lead Agni favors; Indra bestowed on me the lead; it, surely, is a dispeller of familiar demons.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

इदं विष्कन्धं सहत इदं बाधते अत्त्रिणः । अनेन विश्वा ससहे या जातानि पिशाच्याः ॥३॥

idaṃ viṣkandhaṃ sahata idaṃ bādhate attriṇaḥ | anena viśvā sasahe yā jātāni piśācyāḥ ||3||

This overpowers the víṣkandha; this drives off (bādh) the devourers; with this I overpower all the races (jātá) that are the piçācī́'s.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यदि नो गां हंसि यद्य् अश्वं यदि पूरुषम् । तं त्वा सीसेन विध्यामो यथा नो ऽसो अवीरहा ॥४॥

yadi no gāṃ haṃsi yady aśvaṃ yadi pūruṣam | taṃ tvā sīsena vidhyāmo yathā no 'so avīrahā ||4||

If our cow thou slayest, if [our] horse, if [our] man (púruṣa), we pierce thee there with lead, that thou be no slayer of our heroes.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

अमूर् या यन्ति योषितो हिरा लोहितवाससः । अभ्रातर इव जामयस् तिष्ठन्तु हतवर्चसः ॥१॥

amūr yā yanti yoṣito hirā lohitavāsasaḥ | abhrātara iva jāmayas tiṣṭhantu hatavarcasaḥ ||1||

Yon women (yoṣít) that go, veins with red garments, like brotherless sisters (jāmí)—let them stop (sthā), with their splendor smitten.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

तिष्ठावरे तिष्ठ पर उत त्वं तिष्ठ मध्यमे । कनिष्ठिका च तिष्ठति तिष्ठाद् इद् धमनिर् मही ॥२॥

tiṣṭhāvare tiṣṭha para uta tvaṃ tiṣṭha madhyame | kaniṣṭhikā ca tiṣṭhati tiṣṭhād id dhamanir mahī ||2||

Stop, lower one! stop, upper one! do thou too stop, midmost one! if the smallest stops, shall stop forsooth the great tube (dhamáni).

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

शतस्य धमनीनां सहस्रस्य हिराणाम् । अस्थुर् इन् मध्यमा इमाः साकम् अन्ता अरंसत ॥३॥

śatasya dhamanīnāṃ sahasrasya hirāṇām | asthur in madhyamā imāḥ sākam antā araṃsata ||3||

Of the hundred tubes, of the thousand veins, have stopped forsooth these midmost ones; the ends have rested (ram) together.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

परि वः सिकतावती धनूर् बृहत्य् अक्रमीत् । तिष्ठतेलयता सु कम् ॥४॥

pari vaḥ sikatāvatī dhanūr bṛhaty akramīt | tiṣṭhatelayatā su kam ||4||

About you hath gone (kram) a great gravelly sandbank (dhanū́); stop [and] be quiet, I pray (sú kam).

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

निर् लक्ष्म्यं ललाम्यं निर् अरातिं सुवामसि । अथ या भद्रा तानि नः प्रजाया अरातिं नयामसि ॥१॥

nir lakṣmyaṃ lalāmyaṃ nir arātiṃ suvāmasi | atha yā bhadrā tāni naḥ prajāyā arātiṃ nayāmasi ||1||

Out we drive (nir-sū) the pallid sign, out the niggard; then, whatever things are excellent (bhadrá), those we lead together (?) for our progeny.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

निर् अरणिं सविता साविषक् पदोर् निर् हस्तयोर् वरुणो मित्रो अर्यमा । निर् अस्मभ्यम् अनुमती रराणा प्रेमां देवा असाविषुः सौभगाय ॥२॥

nir araṇiṃ savitā sāviṣak pador nir hastayor varuṇo mitro aryamā | nir asmabhyam anumatī rarāṇā premāṃ devā asāviṣuḥ saubhagāya ||2||

Savitar has driven out the trouble (? draṇi) in her feet; out have Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman [driven] [that] in her hands; out hath Anumati, bestowing (rā) upon us; the gods have driven this woman forward unto good fortune.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यत् त आत्मनि तन्वां घोरम् अस्ति यद् वा केशेषु प्रतिचक्षणे वा । सर्वं तद् वाचाप हन्मो वयं देवस् त्वा सविता सूदयतु ॥३॥

yat ta ātmani tanvāṃ ghoram asti yad vā keśeṣu praticakṣaṇe vā | sarvaṃ tad vācāpa hanmo vayaṃ devas tvā savitā sūdayatu ||3||

Whatever in thy self, in thy body, is frightful, or what in hair or in mien—all that do we smite away with [our] words; let god Savitar advance (sūd) thee.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

रिश्यपदीं वृषदतीं गोषेधां विधमाम् उत । विलीढ्यं ललाम्यं ता अस्मन् नाशयामसि ॥४॥

riśyapadīṃ vṛṣadatīṃ goṣedhāṃ vidhamām uta | vilīḍhyaṃ lalāmyaṃ tā asman nāśayāmasi ||4||

The antelope-footed, the bull-toothed, the kine-repelling, the out-blowing, the licked-out, the pallid—these we make disappear from us.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

मा नो विदन् विव्याधिनो मो अभिव्याधिनो विदन् । आराच् छरव्या अस्मद् विषूचीर् इन्द्र पातय ॥१॥

mā no vidan vivyādhino mo abhivyādhino vidan | ārāc charavyā asmad viṣūcīr indra pātaya ||1||

Let not the piercers find us, nor let the penetraters find [us]; far from us make the volleys (çaravyā̀) fly, dispersing, O Indra.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

विष्वञ्चो अस्मच् छरवः पतन्तु ये अस्ता ये चास्याः । दैवीर् मनुष्येसवो ममामित्रान् वि विध्यत ॥२॥

viṣvañco asmac charavaḥ patantu ye astā ye cāsyāḥ | daivīr manuṣyesavo mamāmitrān vi vidhyata ||2||

Dispersing from us let the shafts fly, those that are hurled and that are to be hurled; ye divine arrows of men (manuṣyà-), pierce my enemies.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यो नः स्वो यो अरणः सजात उत निष्ट्यो यो अस्मां अभिदासति । रुद्रः शरव्ययैतान् ममामित्रान् वि विध्यतु ॥३॥

yo naḥ svo yo araṇaḥ sajāta uta niṣṭyo yo asmāṃ abhidāsati | rudraḥ śaravyayaitān mamāmitrān vi vidhyatu ||3||

Whether one of our own or whether a stranger, fellow or outsider, whoso assails (abhi-dās) us—let Rudra with a volley pierce those my enemies.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यः सपत्नो यो ऽसपत्नो यश् च द्विषन् छपाति नः । देवास् तं सर्वे धूर्वन्तु ब्रह्म वर्म ममान्तरम् ॥४॥

yaḥ sapatno yo 'sapatno yaś ca dviṣan chapāti naḥ | devās taṃ sarve dhūrvantu brahma varma mamāntaram ||4||

Whatever rival (sapátna), whatever non-rival, and whatever hater shall curse us, him let all the gods damage (dhūrv); incantation (bráhman) is my inner defense.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

अदारसृद् भवतु देव सोमास्मिन् यज्ञे मरुतो मृडता नः । मा नो विदद् अभिभा मो अशस्तिर् मा नो विदद् वृजिना द्वेष्या या ॥१॥

adārasṛd bhavatu deva somāsmin yajñe maruto mṛḍatā naḥ | mā no vidad abhibhā mo aśastir mā no vidad vṛjinā dveṣyā yā ||1||

Let there be the ádārasṛt, O god Soma; at this sacrifice, O Maruts, be gracious to us; let not a portent find us, nor an imprecation; let not the wrong that is hateful find us.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यो अद्य सेन्यो वधो ऽघायूनाम् उदीरते । युवं तं मित्रावरुणाव् अस्मद् यावयतं परि ॥२॥

yo adya senyo vadho 'ghāyūnām udīrate | yuvaṃ taṃ mitrāvaruṇāv asmad yāvayataṃ pari ||2||

What missile (sénya) weapon of the malignant (aghāyú) shall go up today, do ye, Mitra-and-Varuṇa, keep that off from us.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

इतश् च यद् अमुतश् च यद् वधं वरुण यावय । वि महच् छर्म यछ वरीयो यावया वधम् ॥३॥

itaś ca yad amutaś ca yad vadhaṃ varuṇa yāvaya | vi mahac charma yacha varīyo yāvayā vadham ||3||

Both what [is] from here and what from yonder—keep off, O Varuṇa, the deadly weapon; extend great protection (çárman); keep very far off the deadly weapon.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

शास इत्था महां अस्य् अमित्रसाहो अस्तृतः । न यस्य हन्यते सखा न जीयते कदा चन ॥४॥

śāsa itthā mahāṃ asy amitrasāho astṛtaḥ | na yasya hanyate sakhā na jīyate kadā cana ||4||

Verily a great ruler (çāsá) art thou, overpowerer of enemies, unsubdued, whose companion (sákhi) is not slain, is not scathed (jyā) at any time.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

स्वस्तिदा विशां पतिर् वृत्रहा विमृधो वशी । वृषेन्द्रः पुर एतु नः सोमपा अभयंकरः ॥१॥

svastidā viśāṃ patir vṛtrahā vimṛdho vaśī | vṛṣendraḥ pura etu naḥ somapā abhayaṃkaraḥ ||1||

Giver of well-being, lord of the people (víç), Vṛtra-slayer, remover of scorners, controlling, let the bull Indra go before us, soma-drinker, producing fearlessness.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

वि न इन्द्र मृधो जहि नीचा यछ पृतन्यतः । अधमं गमया तमो यो अस्मां अभिदासति ॥२॥

vi na indra mṛdho jahi nīcā yacha pṛtanyataḥ | adhamaṃ gamayā tamo yo asmāṃ abhidāsati ||2||

Smite away, O Indra, our scorners (mṛ́dh); put (yam) down them that fight (pṛtany) [us]; make go to lowest darkness whoso vexes us.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

वि रक्षो वि मृधो जहि वि वृत्रस्य हनू रुज । वि मन्युम् इन्द्र वृत्रहन्न् अमित्रस्याभिदासतः ॥३॥

vi rakṣo vi mṛdho jahi vi vṛtrasya hanū ruja | vi manyum indra vṛtrahann amitrasyābhidāsataḥ ||3||

Smite away the demon, away the scorners; break apart Vṛtra's (two) jaws; away, O Indra, Vṛtra-slayer, the fury of the vexing enemy.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

अपेन्द्र द्विषतो मनो ऽप जिज्यासतो वधम् । वि महच् छर्म यछ वरीयो यावया वधम् ॥४॥

apendra dviṣato mano 'pa jijyāsato vadham | vi mahac charma yacha varīyo yāvayā vadham ||4||

Off, O Indra, the mind of the hater, off the deadly weapon of him that would scathe; extend great protection; keep very far off the deadly weapon.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

अनु सूर्यम् उद् अयतां हृद्द्योतो हरिमा च ते । गो रोहितस्य वर्णेन तेन त्वा परि दध्मसि ॥१॥

anu sūryam ud ayatāṃ hṛddyoto harimā ca te | go rohitasya varṇena tena tvā pari dadhmasi ||1||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

परि त्वा रोहितैर् वर्णैर् दीर्घायुत्वाय दध्मसि । यथायम् अरपा असद् अथो अहरितो भुवत् ॥२॥

pari tvā rohitair varṇair dīrghāyutvāya dadhmasi | yathāyam arapā asad atho aharito bhuvat ||2||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

या रोहिणीर् देवत्या गावो या उत रोहिणीः । रूपंरूपं वयोवयस् ताभिष् ट्वा परि दध्मसि ॥३॥

yā rohiṇīr devatyā gāvo yā uta rohiṇīḥ | rūpaṃrūpaṃ vayovayas tābhiṣ ṭvā pari dadhmasi ||3||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

शुकेषु ते हरिमाणं रोपणाकासु दध्मसि । अथो हारिद्रवेषु ते हरिमाणं नि दध्मसि ॥४॥

śukeṣu te harimāṇaṃ ropaṇākāsu dadhmasi | atho hāridraveṣu te harimāṇaṃ ni dadhmasi ||4||

To parrots and to starlings let us give away my yellowness, Or this my yellowness let us transfer to Haritala trees.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 1.50.12; the wording of this text may differ in places.

नक्तंजातासि ओषधे रामे कृष्णे असिक्नि च । इदं रजनि रजय किलासं पलितं च यत् ॥१॥

naktaṃjātāsi oṣadhe rāme kṛṣṇe asikni ca | idaṃ rajani rajaya kilāsaṃ palitaṃ ca yat ||1||

Night-born art thou, O herb, O dark, black, [and] dusky one; O colorer (rajanī), do thou color this leprous spot and what is pale (palitá).

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

किलासं च पलितं च निर् इतो नाशया पृषत् । आ त्वा स्वो विशतां वर्णः परा शुक्लानि पातय ॥२॥

kilāsaṃ ca palitaṃ ca nir ito nāśayā pṛṣat | ā tvā svo viśatāṃ varṇaḥ parā śuklāni pātaya ||2||

The leprous spot, what is pale, do thou cause to disappear from hence, the speckled; let thine own color enter thee; make white things (çuklá) fly away.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

असितं ते प्रलयनम् आस्थानम् असितं तव । असिक्नी अस्य् ओषधे निर् इतो नाशया पृषत् ॥३॥

asitaṃ te pralayanam āsthānam asitaṃ tava | asiknī asy oṣadhe nir ito nāśayā pṛṣat ||3||

Dusky is thy hiding-place, dusky thy station (āsthā́na); dusky art thou, O herb; make the speckled disappear from hence.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

अस्थिजस्य किलासस्य तनूजस्य च यत् त्वचि । दूष्या कृतस्य ब्रह्मणा लक्ष्म श्वेतम् अनीनशम् ॥४॥

asthijasya kilāsasya tanūjasya ca yat tvaci | dūṣyā kṛtasya brahmaṇā lakṣma śvetam anīnaśam ||4||

Of the bone-born leprous spot, and of the body-born that is in the skin, of that made by the spoiler (dū́ṣi)—by incantation have I made the white (çvetá) mark disappear.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

सुपर्णो जातः प्रथमस् तस्य त्वं पित्तम् आसिथ । तद् आसुरी युधा जिता रूपं चक्रे वनस्पतीन् ॥१॥

suparṇo jātaḥ prathamas tasya tvaṃ pittam āsitha | tad āsurī yudhā jitā rūpaṃ cakre vanaspatīn ||1||

The eagle (suparṇá) was born first; of it thou wast the gall; then the Asura-woman, conquered by fight (yúdh), took shape as forest-trees.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

आसुरी चक्रे प्रथमेदं किलासभेषजम् इदं किलासनाशनम् । अनीनशत् किलासं सरूपाम् अकरत् त्वचम् ॥२॥

āsurī cakre prathamedaṃ kilāsabheṣajam idaṃ kilāsanāśanam | anīnaśat kilāsaṃ sarūpām akarat tvacam ||2||

The Asura-woman first made this remedy for leprous spot, this effacer of leprous spot; it has made the leprous spot disappear, has made the skin uniform (sárūpa).

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

सरूपा नाम ते माता सरूपो नाम ते पिता । सरूपकृत् त्वम् ओषधे सा सरूपम् इदं कृधि ॥३॥

sarūpā nāma te mātā sarūpo nāma te pitā | sarūpakṛt tvam oṣadhe sā sarūpam idaṃ kṛdhi ||3||

Uniform by name is thy mother; uniform by name is thy father; uniform-making art thou, O herb; ⌊so⌋ do thou make this uniform.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

श्यामा सरूपंकरणी पृथिव्या अध्य् उद्भृता । इदम् ऊ षु प्र साधय पुना रूपाणि कल्पय ॥४॥

śyāmā sarūpaṃkaraṇī pṛthivyā adhy udbhṛtā | idam ū ṣu pra sādhaya punā rūpāṇi kalpaya ||4||

The swarthy, uniform-making one [is] brought up off the earth; do thou accomplish this, we pray; make the forms right again.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यद् अग्निर् आपो अदहत् प्रविश्य यत्राकृण्वन् धर्मधृतो नमांसि । तत्र त आहुः परमं जनित्रं स नः संविद्वान् परि वृङ्ग्धि तक्मन् ॥१॥

yad agnir āpo adahat praviśya yatrākṛṇvan dharmadhṛto namāṃsi | tatra ta āhuḥ paramaṃ janitraṃ sa naḥ saṃvidvān pari vṛṅgdhi takman ||1||

As Agni, entering, burned the waters, where the maintainers of duty (dhárma-) paid acts of homage, there they declare to be thy highest birth-place; then do thou, O fever (takmán), complaisant, avoid us.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यद्य् अर्चिर् यदि वासि शोचिः शकल्येषि यदि वा ते जनित्रम् । ह्रूडुर् नामासि हरितस्य देव स नः संविद्वान् परि वृङ्ग्धि तक्मन् ॥२॥

yady arcir yadi vāsi śociḥ śakalyeṣi yadi vā te janitram | hrūḍur nāmāsi haritasya deva sa naḥ saṃvidvān pari vṛṅgdhi takman ||2||

If thou art flame (arcís) or if heat (çocís), or if thy birth-place seeks the shavings (?), hrū́ḍu by name art thou, O god of the yellow one; then do thou, O fever, complaisant, avoid us.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यदि शोको यदि वाभिशोको यदि वा राज्ञो वरुणस्यासि पुत्रः । ह्रूडुर् नामासि हरितस्य देव स नः संविद्वान् परि वृङ्ग्धि तक्मन् ॥३॥

yadi śoko yadi vābhiśoko yadi vā rājño varuṇasyāsi putraḥ | hrūḍur nāmāsi haritasya deva sa naḥ saṃvidvān pari vṛṅgdhi takman ||3||

If heating (çoká) or if scorching (abhiçoká), or if thou art son of king Varuṇa, hrúḍu by name etc. etc.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

नमः शीताय तक्मने नमो रूराय शोचिषे कृणोमि । यो अन्येद्युर् उभयद्युर् अभ्येति तृतीयकाय नमो अस्तु तक्मने ॥४॥

namaḥ śītāya takmane namo rūrāya śociṣe kṛṇomi | yo anyedyur ubhayadyur abhyeti tṛtīyakāya namo astu takmane ||4||

Homage to the cold fever, homage I pay to the fierce (rūrá) heat (çocís); to the one that befalls on every other day, on both days, to the third-day fever be homage.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

आरे ऽसाव् अस्मद् अस्तु हेतिर् देवासो असत् । आरे अश्मा यम् अस्यथ ॥१॥

āre 'sāv asmad astu hetir devāso asat | āre aśmā yam asyatha ||1||

Far be that from us—may [your] missile (hetí) be, O gods; far the bolt (áçman) which ye hurl.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

सखासाव् अस्मभ्यम् अस्तु रातिः सखेन्द्रो भगः । सविता चित्रराधाः ॥२॥

sakhāsāv asmabhyam astu rātiḥ sakhendro bhagaḥ | savitā citrarādhāḥ ||2||

Be yon Rāti ('liberality') a companion (sákhi) for us; a companion [be] Indra, Bhaga, Savitar of wondrous favors.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यूयम् नः प्रवतो नपान् मरुतः सूर्यत्वचसः । शर्म यछथ सप्रथाः ॥३॥

yūyam naḥ pravato napān marutaḥ sūryatvacasaḥ | śarma yachatha saprathāḥ ||3||

May ye, issue (nápāt) of the height, sun-skinned Maruts, yield us breadthful protection.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

सुषूदत मृडत मृडया नस् तनूभ्यो । मयस् तोकेभ्यस् कृधि ॥४॥

suṣūdata mṛḍata mṛḍayā nas tanūbhyo | mayas tokebhyas kṛdhi ||4||

Do ye advance [us], be gracious; be thou gracious to our selves (tanū́), show kindness (máyas) to our offspring (toká).

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

अमूः पारे पृदाक्वस् त्रिषप्ता निर्जरायवः । तासाम् जरायुभिर् वयम् अक्ष्याव् अपि व्ययामस्य् अघायोः परिपन्थिनः ॥१॥

amūḥ pāre pṛdākvas triṣaptā nirjarāyavaḥ | tāsām jarāyubhir vayam akṣyāv api vyayāmasy aghāyoḥ paripanthinaḥ ||1||

Yonder on the further shore are she-adders, thrice seven, out of their sloughs (-jarā́yu); with the sloughs of them do we wrap up (ápi vyā) the (two) eyes of the malignant waylayer.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

विषूच्य् एतु कृन्तती पिनाकम् इव बिभ्रती । विष्वक् पुनर्भुवा मनो ऽसमृद्धा अघायवः ॥२॥

viṣūcy etu kṛntatī pinākam iva bibhratī | viṣvak punarbhuvā mano 'samṛddhā aghāyavaḥ ||2||

Let the cutting one (kṛt) go asunder, she who bears as it were a club (pínăka); asunder [go] the mind of her that returns to life (punarbhú); unsuccessful [are] the malignant ones.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

न बहवः सम् अशकन् नार्भका अभि दाधृषुः । वेणोर् अद्गा इवाभितो ऽसमृद्धा अघायवः ॥३॥

na bahavaḥ sam aśakan nārbhakā abhi dādhṛṣuḥ | veṇor adgā ivābhito 'samṛddhā aghāyavaḥ ||3||

The many have not been able together; the few have not ventured on [it]; like the sprouts (? ádga) of a bamboo (veṇú) round about, unsuccessful [are] the malignant ones.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

प्रेतं पादौ प्र स्फुरतं वहतं पृणतो गृहान् । इन्द्रान्य् एतु प्रथमाजीतामुषिता पुरः ॥४॥

pretaṃ pādau pra sphurataṃ vahataṃ pṛṇato gṛhān | indrāny etu prathamājītāmuṣitā puraḥ ||4||

Go forward, ye (two) feet; kick (sphur) forward; carry to the houses of the bestower (pṛ); let Indrāṇī go first, unscathed, unrobbed, in front.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

उप प्रागाद् देवो अग्नी रक्षोहामीवचातनः । दहन्न् अप द्वयाविनो यातुधानान् किमीदिनः ॥१॥

upa prāgād devo agnī rakṣohāmīvacātanaḥ | dahann apa dvayāvino yātudhānān kimīdinaḥ ||1||

Hither hath come forth god Agni, demon-slayer, disease-expeller, burning away deceivers, sorcerers, kimīdíns.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

प्रति दह यातुधानान् प्रति देव किमीदिनः । प्रतीचीः कृष्णवर्तने सं दह यातुधान्यः ॥२॥

prati daha yātudhānān prati deva kimīdinaḥ | pratīcīḥ kṛṣṇavartane saṃ daha yātudhānyaḥ ||2||

Burn against the sorcerers, against the kimīdíns, O god; burn up the sorceresses that meet thee, O black-tracked one.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)