Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·10·10.9
अघायताम् अपि नह्या मुखानि सपत्नेषु वज्रम् अर्पयैतम् । इन्द्रेण दत्ता प्रथमा शतौदना भ्रातृव्यघ्नी यजमानस्य गातुः ॥१॥
aghāyatām api nahyā mukhāni sapatneṣu vajram arpayaitam | indreṇa dattā prathamā śataudanā bhrātṛvyaghnī yajamānasya gātuḥ ||1||
Fasten thou up the mouths of the mischief-making ⌊ones⌋; bring (arpay-) this thunderbolt upon our rivals; given by Indra, first, with a hundred rice-dishes, cousin-slaying, the success (gātú) of the sacrificer.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
वेदिष् टे चर्म भवतु बर्हिर् लोमानि यानि ते । एषा त्वा रशनाग्रभीद् ग्रावा त्वैषो ऽधि नृत्यतु ॥२॥
vediṣ ṭe carma bhavatu barhir lomāni yāni te | eṣā tvā raśanāgrabhīd grāvā tvaiṣo 'dhi nṛtyatu ||2||
Be thy skin the sacrificial hearth, [be] the hairs which [are] thine the barhís; this rein (raçanā́) hath seized thee; let this pressing-stone dance over thee.
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बालास् ते प्रोक्षणीः सन्तु जीह्वा सं मार्ष्टु अघ्न्ये । शुद्धा त्वं यज्ञिया भूत्वा दिवं प्रेहि शतौदने ॥३॥
bālās te prokṣaṇīḥ santu jīhvā saṃ mārṣṭu aghnye | śuddhā tvaṃ yajñiyā bhūtvā divaṃ prehi śataudane ||3||
Be thy tail-tuft the sprinklers; let thy tongue do the cleansing, O inviolable one; do thou, having become clean, fit for sacrifice, go on to heaven, O thou of the hundred rice-dishes.
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यः शतौदनां पचति कामप्रेण स कल्पते । प्रीता ह्य् अस्य ऋत्विजः सर्वे यन्ति यथायथम् ॥४॥
yaḥ śataudanāṃ pacati kāmapreṇa sa kalpate | prītā hy asya ṛtvijaḥ sarve yanti yathāyatham ||4||
Whoso cooks her of the hundred rice-dishes, he is adapted to the fulfilment of wishes; for all his priests (ṛtvíj), being gratified, go as they should.
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स स्वर्गम् आ रोहति यत्रादस् त्रिदिवं दिवः । अपूपनाभिं कृत्वा यो ददाति शतौदनाम् ॥५॥
sa svargam ā rohati yatrādas tridivaṃ divaḥ | apūpanābhiṃ kṛtvā yo dadāti śataudanām ||5||
He ascends the heavenly road (svargá), where is yon triple heaven of the heaven (dív), who, making [her] cake-naveled, gives her of the hundred rice-dishes.
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स तांल् लोकान्त् सम् आप्नोति ये दिव्या ये च पार्थिवाः । हिरण्यज्योतिषं कृत्वा यो ददाति शतौदनाम् ॥६॥
sa tāṃl lokānt sam āpnoti ye divyā ye ca pārthivāḥ | hiraṇyajyotiṣaṃ kṛtvā yo dadāti śataudanām ||6||
He obtains those worlds, [those] which are heavenly and ⌊those⌋ which are earthly, who, having made [her] lighted with gold, gives her of the hundred rice-dishes.
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ये ते देवि शमितारः पक्तारो ये च ते जनाः । ते त्वा सर्वे गोप्स्यन्ति मैभ्यो भैषीः शतौदने ॥७॥
ye te devi śamitāraḥ paktāro ye ca te janāḥ | te tvā sarve gopsyanti maibhyo bhaiṣīḥ śataudane ||7||
What people are thy quellers, O heavenly one ⌊f.⌋, and what thy cookers, they shall all guard thee: be not afraid of them, thou of the hundred rice-dishes.
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वसवस् त्वा दक्षिणत उत्तरान् मरुतस् त्वा । आदित्याः पश्चाद् गोप्स्यन्ति साग्निष्टोमम् अति द्रव ॥८॥
vasavas tvā dakṣiṇata uttarān marutas tvā | ādityāḥ paścād gopsyanti sāgniṣṭomam ati drava ||8||
The Vasus shall guard thee on the right, thee the Maruts on the left (uttarā́t), the Ādityas behind; do thou run beyond the Agnishṭoma.
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देवाः पितरो मनुष्या गन्धर्वाप्सरसश् च ये । ते त्वा सर्वे गोप्स्यन्ति सातिरात्रम् अति द्रव ॥९॥
devāḥ pitaro manuṣyā gandharvāpsarasaś ca ye | te tvā sarve gopsyanti sātirātram ati drava ||9||
The gods, the Fathers, men (manuṣyà), and they that are Gandharvas-and-Apsarases—they shall all guard thee; do thou run beyond the over-night sacrifice (atirātrá).
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अन्तरिक्षं दिवं भूमिम् आदित्यान् मरुतो दिशः । लोकान्त् स सर्वान् आप्नोति यो ददाति शतौदनाम् ॥१०॥ ३०
antarikṣaṃ divaṃ bhūmim ādityān maruto diśaḥ | lokānt sa sarvān āpnoti yo dadāti śataudanām ||10|| 30
He obtains the atmosphere, the sky, the earth, the Ādityas, the Maruts, the quarters, all worlds, who gives her of the hundred rice-dishes.
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घृतं प्रोक्षन्ती सुभगा देवी देवान् गमिष्यति । पक्तारम् अघ्न्ये मा हिंसीर् दिवं प्रेहि शतौदने ॥११॥
ghṛtaṃ prokṣantī subhagā devī devān gamiṣyati | paktāram aghnye mā hiṃsīr divaṃ prehi śataudane ||11||
Sprinkling forth ghee, well-portioned, the divine one will go to the gods; hurt not him who cooks thee, O inviolable one; go on to heaven, O thou of the hundred rice-dishes.
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ये देवा दिविषदो अन्तरिक्षसदश् च ये ये चेमे भूम्याम् अधि । तेभ्यस् त्वं धुक्ष्व सर्वदा क्षीरं सर्पिर् अथो मधु ॥१२॥
ye devā diviṣado antarikṣasadaś ca ye ye ceme bhūmyām adhi | tebhyas tvaṃ dhukṣva sarvadā kṣīraṃ sarpir atho madhu ||12||
The gods that are stationed (-sad) in the sky, and that are stationed in the atmosphere, and these that are upon the earth—to them do thou always yield (duh) milk, butter, also honey.
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यत् ते शिरो यत् ते मुखं यौ कर्णौ ये च ते हनू । आमिक्षां दुह्रतां दात्रे क्षीरं सर्पिर् अथो मधु ॥१३॥
yat te śiro yat te mukhaṃ yau karṇau ye ca te hanū | āmikṣāṃ duhratāṃ dātre kṣīraṃ sarpir atho madhu ||13||
What head is thine, what mouth is thine, what ears and what jaws are thine—let them yield to thy giver curd, milk, butter, also honey.
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यौ त ओष्ठौ ये नासिके ये शृङ्गे ये च ते ऽक्षिणी । आमिक्षां दुह्रतां दात्रे क्षीरं सर्पिर् अथो मधु ॥१४॥
yau ta oṣṭhau ye nāsike ye śṛṅge ye ca te 'kṣiṇī | āmikṣāṃ duhratāṃ dātre kṣīraṃ sarpir atho madhu ||14||
What lips are thine, what nostrils, what horns, and what thine eyes—let them yield etc. etc.
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यत् ते क्लोमा यद् धृदयं पुरीतत् सहकण्ठिका । आमिक्षां दुह्रतां दात्रे क्षीरं सर्पिर् अथो मधु ॥१५॥
yat te klomā yad dhṛdayaṃ purītat sahakaṇṭhikā | āmikṣāṃ duhratāṃ dātre kṣīraṃ sarpir atho madhu ||15||
What lungs are thine, what heart, the purītát with the throat—let them yield etc. etc.
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यत् ते यकृद् ये मतस्ने यद् आन्त्रम् याश् च ते गुदाः । आमिक्षां दुह्रतां दात्रे क्षीरं सर्पिर् अथो मधु ॥१६॥
yat te yakṛd ye matasne yad āntram yāś ca te gudāḥ | āmikṣāṃ duhratāṃ dātre kṣīraṃ sarpir atho madhu ||16||
What liver is thine, what two mátasnās, what entrail, and what thine intestines—let them yield etc. etc.
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यस् ते प्लाशिर् यो वनिष्ठुर् यौ कुक्षी यच् च चर्म ते । आमिक्षां दुह्रतां दात्रे क्षीरं सर्पिर् अथो मधु ॥१७॥
yas te plāśir yo vaniṣṭhur yau kukṣī yac ca carma te | āmikṣāṃ duhratāṃ dātre kṣīraṃ sarpir atho madhu ||17||
What plāçí is thine, what rectum (? vaniṣṭhú), what (two) paunches, and what thy skin—let them yield etc. etc.
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यत् ते मज्जा यद् अस्थि यन् मंसं यच् च लोहितम् । आमिक्षां दुह्रतां दात्रे क्षीरं सर्पिर् अथो मधु ॥१८॥
yat te majjā yad asthi yan maṃsaṃ yac ca lohitam | āmikṣāṃ duhratāṃ dātre kṣīraṃ sarpir atho madhu ||18||
What marrow is thine, what bone, what flesh, and what blood—let them yield etc. etc.
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यौ ते बाहू ये दोषणी याव् अंसौ या च ते ककुत् । आमिक्षां दुह्रतां दात्रे क्षीरं सर्पिर् अथो मधु ॥१९॥
yau te bāhū ye doṣaṇī yāv aṃsau yā ca te kakut | āmikṣāṃ duhratāṃ dātre kṣīraṃ sarpir atho madhu ||19||
What fore-legs (bāhú) are thine, what shanks (doṣán), what shoulders ⌊ áṅsa ⌋, and what thy hump—let them yield etc. etc.
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यास् ते ग्रीवा ये स्कन्धा याः पृष्टीर् याश् च पर्शवः । आमिक्षां दुह्रतां दात्रे क्षीरं सर्पिर् अथो मधु ॥२०॥ ३१
yās te grīvā ye skandhā yāḥ pṛṣṭīr yāś ca parśavaḥ | āmikṣāṃ duhratāṃ dātre kṣīraṃ sarpir atho madhu ||20|| 31
What neck-bones (grīvā́) are thine, what shoulder-bones ⌊ skandhá ⌋, what side-bones (pṛṣṭí), and what ribs (párçu)—let them yield etc. etc.
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यौ त उरू अष्ठीवन्तौ ये श्रोणी या च ते भसत् । आमिक्षां दुह्रतां दात्रे क्षीरं सर्पिर् अथो मधु ॥२१॥
yau ta urū aṣṭhīvantau ye śroṇī yā ca te bhasat | āmikṣāṃ duhratāṃ dātre kṣīraṃ sarpir atho madhu ||21||
What thighs are thine, knee-joints, what hips, and what thy rump—let them yield etc. etc.
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यत् ते पुछं ये ते बाला यद् ऊधो ये च ते स्तनाः । आमिक्षां दुह्रतां दात्रे क्षीरं सर्पिर् अथो मधु ॥२२॥
yat te puchaṃ ye te bālā yad ūdho ye ca te stanāḥ | āmikṣāṃ duhratāṃ dātre kṣīraṃ sarpir atho madhu ||22||
What tail is thine, what thy tail-tuft, what udder, and what thy teats—let them yield etc. etc.
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यास् ते जङ्घाः याः कुष्ठिका ऋछरा ये च ते शफाः । आमिक्षां दुह्रतां दात्रे क्षीरं सर्पिर् अथो मधु ॥२३॥
yās te jaṅghāḥ yāḥ kuṣṭhikā ṛcharā ye ca te śaphāḥ | āmikṣāṃ duhratāṃ dātre kṣīraṃ sarpir atho madhu ||23||
What hind-thighs are thine, what dew-claws, [what] pasterns (ṛchára), and what thy hoofs—let them yield etc. etc.
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यत् ते चर्म शतौदने यानि लोमान्य् अघ्न्ये । आमिक्षां दुह्रतां दात्रे क्षीरं सर्पिर् अथो मधु ॥२४॥
yat te carma śataudane yāni lomāny aghnye | āmikṣāṃ duhratāṃ dātre kṣīraṃ sarpir atho madhu ||24||
What hide is thine, O thou of the hundred rice-dishes, what hairs, O inviolable one—let them yield etc. etc.
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क्रोडौ ते स्तां पुरोदाशाव् आज्येनाभिघारितौ । तौ पक्षौ देवि कृत्वा सा पक्तारं दिवं वह ॥२५॥
kroḍau te stāṃ purodāśāv ājyenābhighāritau | tau pakṣau devi kṛtvā sā paktāraṃ divaṃ vaha ||25||
Let thy two breasts (kroḍá) be sacrificial cakes, smeared over with sacrificial butter; having made them wings, O divine one, do thou carry him who cooks thee to heaven (dív).
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उलूखले मुसले यश् च चर्मणि यो वा शूर्पे तण्डुलः कणः । यं वा वातो मातरिश्वा पवमानो ममाथाग्निष् टद् धोता सुहुतं कृणोतु ॥२६॥
ulūkhale musale yaś ca carmaṇi yo vā śūrpe taṇḍulaḥ kaṇaḥ | yaṃ vā vāto mātariśvā pavamāno mamāthāgniṣ ṭad dhotā suhutaṃ kṛṇotu ||26||
What in the mortar, on the pestle, and on the hide, or what rice-grain, [what] kernel in the winnowing-basket, or what the wind, Mātariçvan, blowing (pū), shook (math)—let Agni as hótar make that well-offered.
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अपो देवीर् मधुमतीर् घृतश्चुतो ब्रह्मणां हस्तेषु प्रपृथक् सादयामि । यत्काम इदम् अभिषिञ्चामि वो ऽहं तन् मे सर्वं सं पद्यतां वयं स्याम पतयो रयीणाम् ॥२७॥ ३२
apo devīr madhumatīr ghṛtaścuto brahmaṇāṃ hasteṣu prapṛthak sādayāmi | yatkāma idam abhiṣiñcāmi vo 'haṃ tan me sarvaṃ saṃ padyatāṃ vayaṃ syāma patayo rayīṇām ||27|| 32
The heavenly waters, rich in honey, dripping with ghee, I seat in separate succession in the hands of the priests (brahmán); with what desire I now pour you on, let all that fall to my lot; may we be lords of wealth.
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