Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·11·11.2

Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka) 11.2

भवाशर्वौ मृडतं माभि यातं भूतपती पशुपती नमो वाम् । प्रतिहिताम् आयतां मा वि स्राष्टं मा नो हिंसिष्टं द्विपदो मा चतुष्पदः ॥१॥

bhavāśarvau mṛḍataṃ mābhi yātaṃ bhūtapatī paśupatī namo vām | pratihitām āyatāṃ mā vi srāṣṭaṃ mā no hiṃsiṣṭaṃ dvipado mā catuṣpadaḥ ||1||

O Bhava-and-Çarva, be gracious; do not go against [us]; ye lords of beings, lords of cattle, homage to you! [the arrow] that is fitted, that is drawn, do not let fly; do not harm our bipeds nor quadrupeds.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

शुने क्रोष्ट्रे मा शरीराणि कर्तम् अलिक्लवेभ्यो गृध्रेभ्यो ये च कृष्णा अविष्यवः । मक्षिकास् ते पशुपते वयांसि ते विघसे मा विदन्त ॥२॥

śune kroṣṭre mā śarīrāṇi kartam aliklavebhyo gṛdhrebhyo ye ca kṛṣṇā aviṣyavaḥ | makṣikās te paśupate vayāṃsi te vighase mā vidanta ||2||

Make ye not bodies for the dog, the jackal, for the buzzards (? alíklava), the vultures, and them that are black [and] greedy (aviṣyú); let thy flies, lord of cattle, let thy birds not find themselves at food.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

क्रन्दाय ते प्राणाय याश् च ते भव रोपयः । नमस् ते रुद्र कृण्मः सहस्राक्षायामर्त्य ॥३॥

krandāya te prāṇāya yāś ca te bhava ropayaḥ | namas te rudra kṛṇmaḥ sahasrākṣāyāmartya ||3||

Unto thy noise (? kránda), [thy] breath, and what pangs (? rópi) are thine, O Bhava—homage we pay to thee that art thousand-eyed, O Rudra, immortal one.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

पुरस्तात् ते नमः कृण्म उत्तराद् अधराद् उत । अभीवर्गाद् दिवस् पर्य् अन्तरिक्षाय ते नमः ॥४॥

purastāt te namaḥ kṛṇma uttarād adharād uta | abhīvargād divas pary antarikṣāya te namaḥ ||4||

We pay thee homage in front, above, also below; forth from the sphere of the sky, homage [be] to thine atmosphere.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

मुखाय ते पशुपते यानि चक्षूंषि ते भव । त्वचे रूपाय संदृशे प्रतीचीनाय ते नमः ॥५॥

mukhāya te paśupate yāni cakṣūṃṣi te bhava | tvace rūpāya saṃdṛśe pratīcīnāya te namaḥ ||5||

To thy face, O lord of cattle; the eyes that thou hast, O Bhava; to [thy] skin, form, aspect, to thee standing opposite [be] homage.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

अङ्गेभ्यस् त उदराय जिह्वाया आस्याय ते । दद्भ्यो गन्धाय ते नमः ॥६॥

aṅgebhyas ta udarāya jihvāyā āsyāya te | dadbhyo gandhāya te namaḥ ||6||

To thy members, belly, tongue, thy mouth, to thy teeth, smell, [be] homage.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

अस्त्रा नीलशिखण्डेन सहस्राक्षेण वाजिना । रुद्रेणार्धकघातिना तेन मा सम् अरामहि ॥७॥

astrā nīlaśikhaṇḍena sahasrākṣeṇa vājinā | rudreṇārdhakaghātinā tena mā sam arāmahi ||7||

With the blue-locked archer, the thousand-eyed, vigorous, with Rudra, the half-smiter (?)—with him may we not come into collision (sam-ṛ).

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

स नो भवः परि वृणक्तु विश्वत आप इवाग्निः परि वृणक्तु नो भवः । मा नो ऽभि मांस्त नमो अस्त्व् अस्मै ॥८॥

sa no bhavaḥ pari vṛṇaktu viśvata āpa ivāgniḥ pari vṛṇaktu no bhavaḥ | mā no 'bhi māṃsta namo astv asmai ||8||

Let this Bhava avoid us on every side; as fire the waters, let Bhava avoid us; let him not plot against us; homage be to him.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

चतुर् नमो अष्टकृत्वो भवाय दश कृत्वः पशुपते नमस् ते । तवेमे पञ्च पशवो विभक्ता गावो अश्वाः पुरुषा अजावयः ॥९॥

catur namo aṣṭakṛtvo bhavāya daśa kṛtvaḥ paśupate namas te | taveme pañca paśavo vibhaktā gāvo aśvāḥ puruṣā ajāvayaḥ ||9||

Four times ⌊ catús ⌋ homage, eight times, to Bhava; ten times, O lord of cattle, be homage to thee; thine are shared out these five creatures (paçú)—cows, horses, men, sheep and goats.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

तव चतस्रः प्रदिशस् तव द्यौस् तव पृथिवी तवेदम् उग्रोर्व् अन्तरिक्षम् । तवेदं सर्वम् आत्मन्वद् यत् प्राणत् पृथिवीम् अनु ॥१०॥ ५

tava catasraḥ pradiśas tava dyaus tava pṛthivī tavedam ugrorv antarikṣam | tavedaṃ sarvam ātmanvad yat prāṇat pṛthivīm anu ||10|| 5

Thine are the four directions, thine the heaven, thine the earth, thine, O formidable one, this wide atmosphere, thine is all this that has life (ātmán), that is breathing upon (ánu) the earth.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

उरुः कोशो वसुधानस् तवायं यस्मिन्न् इमा विश्वा भुवनान्य् अन्तः । स नो मृड पशुपते नमस् ते परः क्रोष्टारो अभिभाः श्वानः परो यन्त्व् अघरुदो विकेश्यः ॥११॥

uruḥ kośo vasudhānas tavāyaṃ yasminn imā viśvā bhuvanāny antaḥ | sa no mṛḍa paśupate namas te paraḥ kroṣṭāro abhibhāḥ śvānaḥ paro yantv agharudo vikeśyaḥ ||11||

This wide vessel, holder of good things, is thine, within which are all these beings; do thou be gracious to us, O lord of cattle; homage to thee; away let the jackals, the portents (abhibhā́), the dogs go, away the weepers of evil with disheveled hair.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

धनुर् बिभर्षि हरितं हिरण्ययं सहस्रघ्निं शतवधं शिखण्डिन् । रुद्रस्येषुश् चरति देवहेतिस् तस्यै नमो यतमस्यां दिशीतः ॥१२॥

dhanur bibharṣi haritaṃ hiraṇyayaṃ sahasraghniṃ śatavadhaṃ śikhaṇḍin | rudrasyeṣuś carati devahetis tasyai namo yatamasyāṃ diśītaḥ ||12||

Thou bearest a yellow golden bow, a thousand-slaying, hundred-weaponed, O tufted one; Rudra's arrow goes, a god-missile; to that be homage, in whichever direction from here.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यो ऽभियातो निलयते त्वां रुद्र निचिकीर्षति । पश्चाद् अनुप्रयुङ्क्षे तं विद्धस्य पदनीर् इव ॥१३॥

yo 'bhiyāto nilayate tvāṃ rudra nicikīrṣati | paścād anuprayuṅkṣe taṃ viddhasya padanīr iva ||13||

He who, attacked (abhi-yā), hides himself, [who] tries to put thee down, O Rudra, him from behind thou pursuest, like the tracker (? padanī́) of one that is pierced.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

भवारुद्रौ सयुजा संविदानाव् उभाव् उग्रौ चरतो वीर्याय । ताभ्यां नमो यतमस्यां दिशीतः ॥१४॥

bhavārudrau sayujā saṃvidānāv ubhāv ugrau carato vīryāya | tābhyāṃ namo yatamasyāṃ diśītaḥ ||14||

Bhava-and-Rudra, allied, in concord, both go about, formidable, unto heroism; to them be homage, in whichever direction from here.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

नमस् ते अस्त्व् आयते नमो अस्तु परायते । नमस् ते रुद्र तिष्ठत आसीनायोत ते नमः ॥१५॥

namas te astv āyate namo astu parāyate | namas te rudra tiṣṭhata āsīnāyota te namaḥ ||15||

Homage be to thee coming, homage be [to thee] going away; homage to thee, O Rudra, standing; to thee sitting also [be] homage.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

नमः सायं नमः प्रातर् नमो रात्र्या नमो दिवा । भवाय च शर्वाय चोभाभ्याम् अकरं नमः ॥१६॥

namaḥ sāyaṃ namaḥ prātar namo rātryā namo divā | bhavāya ca śarvāya cobhābhyām akaraṃ namaḥ ||16||

Homage in the evening, homage in the morning, homage by night, homage by day; to Bhava and to Çarva, to both have I paid homage.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

सहस्राक्षम् अतिपश्यं पुरस्ताद् रुद्रम् अस्यन्तं बहुधा विपश्चितम् । मोपाराम जिह्वयेयमानम् ॥१७॥

sahasrākṣam atipaśyaṃ purastād rudram asyantaṃ bahudhā vipaścitam | mopārāma jihvayeyamānam ||17||

With the thousand-eyed one, seeing across in front, with Rudra, hurling in many places, inspired one, may we not come in collision, as he goes about (ī́ya-) with the tongue.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

श्यावाश्वं कृष्णम् असितं मृणन्तं भीमं रथं केशिनः पादयन्तम् । पूर्वे प्रतीमो नमो अस्त्व् अस्मै ॥१८॥

śyāvāśvaṃ kṛṣṇam asitaṃ mṛṇantaṃ bhīmaṃ rathaṃ keśinaḥ pādayantam | pūrve pratīmo namo astv asmai ||18||

We go forward (pū́rva) to meet him of dark horses, black, swarthy, killing, fearful, making to fall the chariot of the hairy one (keçín); homage be to him.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

मा नो ऽभि स्रा मत्यं देवहेतिं मा नः क्रुधः पशुपते नमस् ते । अन्यत्रास्मद् दिव्यां शाखां वि धूनु ॥१९॥

mā no 'bhi srā matyaṃ devahetiṃ mā naḥ krudhaḥ paśupate namas te | anyatrāsmad divyāṃ śākhāṃ vi dhūnu ||19||

Do not let fly at us the club (? matyà), the god-missile; be not angry at us, O lord of cattle; homage to thee; elsewhere than [over] us shake out the heavenly bough.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

मा नो हिंसीर् अधि नो ब्रूहि परि णो वृङ्धि मा क्रुधः । मा त्वया सम् अरामहि ॥२०॥ ६

mā no hiṃsīr adhi no brūhi pari ṇo vṛṅdhi mā krudhaḥ | mā tvayā sam arāmahi ||20|| 6

Do not harm us; bless us; avoid us; be not angry; let us not come into collision with thee.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

मा नो गोषु पुरुषेषु मा गृधो नो अजाविषु । अन्यत्रोग्र वि वर्तय पियारूणां प्रजां जहि ॥२१॥

mā no goṣu puruṣeṣu mā gṛdho no ajāviṣu | anyatrogra vi vartaya piyārūṇāṃ prajāṃ jahi ||21||

[Be] not [greedy] for our kine, our men; be not greedy for our goats and sheep; elsewhere, O formidable one, roll forth [thy missile]; smite the progeny of the mockers (píyāru).

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यस्य तक्मा कासिका हेतिर् एकम् अश्वस्येव वृषणः क्रन्द एति । अभिपूर्वं निर्णयते नमो अस्त्व् अस्मै ॥२२॥

yasya takmā kāsikā hetir ekam aśvasyeva vṛṣaṇaḥ kranda eti | abhipūrvaṃ nirṇayate namo astv asmai ||22||

Of whom the takmán, the kā́sikā, goes as one weapon, like the noise of a stallion horse, to him, leading out in succession, be homage.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यो ऽन्तरिक्षे तिष्ठति विष्टभितो ऽयज्वनः प्रमृणन् देवपीयून् । तस्मै नमो दशभिः शक्वरीभिः ॥२३॥

yo 'ntarikṣe tiṣṭhati viṣṭabhito 'yajvanaḥ pramṛṇan devapīyūn | tasmai namo daśabhiḥ śakvarībhiḥ ||23||

He who stands propped up in the atmosphere, killing the non-sacrificing, the god-mockers—to him be homage with the ten clever ones (çákvarī).

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

तुभ्यम् आरण्याः पशवो मृगा वने हिता हंसाः सुपर्णाः शकुना वयांसि । तव यक्षं पशुपते अप्स्व् अन्तस् तुभ्यं क्षरन्ति दिव्या आपो वृधे ॥२४॥

tubhyam āraṇyāḥ paśavo mṛgā vane hitā haṃsāḥ suparṇāḥ śakunā vayāṃsi | tava yakṣaṃ paśupate apsv antas tubhyaṃ kṣaranti divyā āpo vṛdhe ||24||

To thee are assigned the forest animals ⌊paçú⌋, the wild beasts in the woods, the geese (haṅsá), eagles, hawks, birds; thine, O lord of cattle, is the monster (? yakṣá) within the waters; for thine increase flow the waters of the heaven.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

शिंशुमारा अजगराः पुरीकया जषा मत्स्या रजसा येभ्यो अस्यसि । न ते दूरं न परिष्ठास्ति ते भव सद्यः सर्वां परि पश्यसि भूमिं पूर्वस्माद् धंस्य् उत्तरस्मिन्त् समुद्रे ॥२५॥

śiṃśumārā ajagarāḥ purīkayā jaṣā matsyā rajasā yebhyo asyasi | na te dūraṃ na pariṣṭhāsti te bhava sadyaḥ sarvāṃ pari paśyasi bhūmiṃ pūrvasmād dhaṃsy uttarasmint samudre ||25||

The dolphins (çiṅçumā́ra), boas (ajagará), purīkáyas, jashás, fishes, rajasás, at which thou hurlest: there is no distance for thee nor hindrance for thee, O Bhava; at once thou loolcest over the whole earth; from the eastern thou smitest in the northern ocean.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

मा नो रुद्र तक्मना मा विषेण मा नः सं स्रा दिव्येनाग्निना । अन्यत्रास्मद् विद्युतं पातयैताम् ॥२६॥

mā no rudra takmanā mā viṣeṇa mā naḥ saṃ srā divyenāgninā | anyatrāsmad vidyutaṃ pātayaitām ||26||

Do not, O Rudra, unite (sam-sṛj) us with the takmán, not with poison, not with the fire of heaven; elsewhere than [on] us make that lightning fall.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

भवो दिवो भव ईशे पृथिव्या भव आ पप्र उर्व् अन्तरिक्षम् । तस्यै नमो यतमस्यां दिशीतः ॥२७॥

bhavo divo bhava īśe pṛthivyā bhava ā papra urv antarikṣam | tasyai namo yatamasyāṃ diśītaḥ ||27||

Bhava is master (īç) of the heaven, Bhava of the earth; Bhava has filled the wide atmosphere; to him be homage, in whichever direction from here.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

भव राजन् यजमानाय मृड पशूनां हि पशुपतिर् बभूथ । यः श्रद्दधाति सन्ति देवा इति चतुष्पदे द्विपदे ऽस्य मृड ॥२८॥

bhava rājan yajamānāya mṛḍa paśūnāṃ hi paśupatir babhūtha | yaḥ śraddadhāti santi devā iti catuṣpade dvipade 'sya mṛḍa ||28||

O king Bhava, be gracious to the sacrificer, for thou hast become cattle-lord of cattle; whoever has faith, saying "the gods are," be thou gracious to his bipeds [and] quadrupeds.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

मा नो महान्तम् उत मा नो अर्भकं मा नो वहन्तम् उत मा नो वक्ष्यतः । मा नो हिंसीः पितरं मातरं च स्वां तन्वं रुद्र मा रीरिषो नः ॥२९॥

mā no mahāntam uta mā no arbhakaṃ mā no vahantam uta mā no vakṣyataḥ | mā no hiṃsīḥ pitaraṃ mātaraṃ ca svāṃ tanvaṃ rudra mā rīriṣo naḥ ||29||

Not our great one, and not our small, not our carrying one, and not those that will carry, not our father and mother do thou harm; our own self (tanū́), O Rudra, do not injure.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

रुद्रस्यैलबकारेभ्यो ऽसंसूक्तगिलेभ्यः । इदं महास्येभ्यः श्वभ्यो अकरं नमः ॥३०॥

rudrasyailabakārebhyo 'saṃsūktagilebhyaḥ | idaṃ mahāsyebhyaḥ śvabhyo akaraṃ namaḥ ||30||

To Rudra's howl-making, unhymned-swallowing (?), great-mouthed dogs I have paid this homage.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

नमस् ते घोषिणीभ्यो नमस् ते केशिनीभ्यः । नमो नमस्कृताभ्यो नमः संभुञ्जतीभ्यः । नमस् ते देव सेनाभ्यः स्वस्ति नो अभयं च नः ॥३१॥ ७

namas te ghoṣiṇībhyo namas te keśinībhyaḥ | namo namaskṛtābhyo namaḥ saṃbhuñjatībhyaḥ | namas te deva senābhyaḥ svasti no abhayaṃ ca naḥ ||31|| 7

Homage to thy noisy ones, homage to thy hairy ones, homage to those to whom homage is paid, homage to the jointly-enjoying—homage, [namely], O god, to thine armies; welfare [be] to us, and fearlessness to us.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)