Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·13·13.1

Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka) 13.1

उदेहि वाजिन् यो अप्स्व् अन्तर् इदं राष्ट्रं प्र विश सूनृतावत् । यो रोहितो विश्वम् इदं जजान स त्वा राष्ट्राय सुभृतं बिभर्तु ॥१॥

udehi vājin yo apsv antar idaṃ rāṣṭraṃ pra viśa sūnṛtāvat | yo rohito viśvam idaṃ jajāna sa tvā rāṣṭrāya subhṛtaṃ bibhartu ||1||

Rise up, O powerful one (? vājín) that [art] within the waters, enter into this kingdom [that is] full of pleasantness; the ruddy one (róhita) that generated this all—let him bear thee, well-borne, unto kingdom.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

उद् वाज आ गन् यो अप्स्व् अन्तर् विश आ रोह त्वद्योनयो याः । सोमं दधानो ऽप ओषधीर् गाश् चतुष्पदो द्विपद आ वेशयेह ॥२॥

ud vāja ā gan yo apsv antar viśa ā roha tvadyonayo yāḥ | somaṃ dadhāno 'pa oṣadhīr gāś catuṣpado dvipada ā veśayeha ||2||

Up hath arisen the power (? vā́ja) that is within the waters; mount (ā-ruh) thou the clans (víç) that are sprung from thee (tvádyoni); assuming (dhā) the soma, the waters, the herbs, the kine, make thou the four-footed, the two-footed ones to enter here.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यूयम् उग्रा मरुतः पृश्निमातर इन्द्रेण युजा प्र मृणीत शत्रून् । आ वो रोहितः शृणवत् सुदानवस् त्रिषप्तासो मरुतः स्वादुसंमुदः ॥३॥

yūyam ugrā marutaḥ pṛśnimātara indreṇa yujā pra mṛṇīta śatrūn | ā vo rohitaḥ śṛṇavat sudānavas triṣaptāso marutaḥ svādusaṃmudaḥ ||3||

Do ye [who are] formidable, O Maruts, sons of the spotted mother, with Indra as ally, slaughter our foes; the ruddy one shall listen to you, ye liberal ones (sudā́nu), ye thrice seven Maruts that enjoy sweets together.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

रुहो रुरोह रोहित आ रुरोह गर्भो जनीनां जनुषाम् उपस्थम् । ताभिः संरब्धम् अन्व् अविन्दन् षड् उर्वीर् गातुं प्रपश्यन्न् इह राष्ट्रम् आहाः ॥४॥

ruho ruroha rohita ā ruroha garbho janīnāṃ januṣām upastham | tābhiḥ saṃrabdham anv avindan ṣaḍ urvīr gātuṃ prapaśyann iha rāṣṭram āhāḥ ||4||

The ruddy one ascended (ruh), mounted the ascents (rúh); [he,] the embryo of the wives, [mounted] the lap of births; him, taken hold of by them (f.), the six wide [spaces] discovered; seeing in advance the track, he hath brought (ā-hṛ) hither the kingdom.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

आ ते राष्ट्रम् इह रोहितो ऽहार्षीद् व्य् आस्थन् मृधो अभयं ते अभूत् । तस्मै ते द्यावापृथिवी रेवतीभिः कामं दुहाताम् इह शक्वरीभिः ॥५॥

ā te rāṣṭram iha rohito 'hārṣīd vy āsthan mṛdho abhayaṃ te abhūt | tasmai te dyāvāpṛthivī revatībhiḥ kāmaṃ duhātām iha śakvarībhiḥ ||5||

The ruddy one hath brought hither thy kingdom; the scorners have scattered; fearlessness hath become thine; unto thee, being such, let heaven-and-earth, by the revátīs, yield (duh) here thy desire by the çákvarīs.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

रोहितो द्यावापृथिवी जजान तत्र तन्तुं परमेष्ठी ततान । तत्र शिश्रिये ऽज एकपादो ऽदृंहद् द्यावापृथिवी बलेन ॥६॥

rohito dyāvāpṛthivī jajāna tatra tantuṃ parameṣṭhī tatāna | tatra śiśriye 'ja ekapādo 'dṛṃhad dyāvāpṛthivī balena ||6||

The ruddy one generated heaven-and-earth; there the most exalted one stretched the line (tántu); there was supported (çri) the one-footed goat (? ajá); by strength he made firm (dṛh) heaven-and-earth.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

रोहितो द्यावापृथिवी अदृंहत् तेन स्व स्तभितं तेन नाकः । तेनान्तरिक्षं विमिता रजांसि तेन देवा अमृतम् अन्व् अविन्दन् ॥७॥

rohito dyāvāpṛthivī adṛṃhat tena sva stabhitaṃ tena nākaḥ | tenāntarikṣaṃ vimitā rajāṃsi tena devā amṛtam anv avindan ||7||

The ruddy one made firm heaven-and-earth; by him was established the sky (svàr), by him the firmament (nā́ka); by him the atmosphere, the spaces (rájas) were measured out; by him the gods discovered immortality (amṛ́ta).

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

वि रोहितो अमृशद् विश्वरूपं समाकुर्वाणः प्ररुहो रुहश् च । दिवं रूढ्वा महता महिम्ना सं ते राष्ट्रम् अनक्तु पयसा घृतेन ॥८॥

vi rohito amṛśad viśvarūpaṃ samākurvāṇaḥ praruho ruhaś ca | divaṃ rūḍhvā mahatā mahimnā saṃ te rāṣṭram anaktu payasā ghṛtena ||8||

The ruddy one examined (vi-mṛç) the all-formed, collecting to himself the fore-ascents and the ascents; having ascended the sky with great greatness, let him anoint (sam-añj) thy kingdom with milk, with ghee.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यास् ते रुहः प्ररुहो यास् त आरुहो याभिर् आपृणासि दिवम् अन्तरिक्षम् । तासां ब्रह्मणा पयसा ववृधानो विशि राष्ट्रे जागृहि रोहितस्य ॥९॥

yās te ruhaḥ praruho yās ta āruho yābhir āpṛṇāsi divam antarikṣam | tāsāṃ brahmaṇā payasā vavṛdhāno viśi rāṣṭre jāgṛhi rohitasya ||9||

What ascents, fore-ascents thou hast, what on-ascents (ārúh) thou hast, with which thou fillest the sky, the atmosphere, with the bráhman, with the milk of them increasing, do thou watch over the people (víç) in the kingdom of the ruddy one.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यस् ते विशस् तपसः संबभूवुर् वत्सं गायत्रीम् अनु ता इहागुः । तास् त्वा विशन्तु मनसा शिवेन संमाता वत्सो अभ्य् एतु रोहितः ॥१०॥ १

yas te viśas tapasaḥ saṃbabhūvur vatsaṃ gāyatrīm anu tā ihāguḥ | tās tvā viśantu manasā śivena saṃmātā vatso abhy etu rohitaḥ ||10|| 1

What clans (víç) of thine came into being out of ardor (tápas), those have come hither after the young (vatsá), the gāyatrī́; let them enter (ā-viç) into thee with propitious mind; let the ruddy young with its mother go against [them].

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

ऊर्ध्वो रोहितो अधि नाके अस्थाद् विश्वा रूपाणि जनयन् युवा कविः । तिग्मेनाग्निर् ज्योतिषा वि भाति तृतीये चक्रे रजसि प्रियाणि ॥११॥

ūrdhvo rohito adhi nāke asthād viśvā rūpāṇi janayan yuvā kaviḥ | tigmenāgnir jyotiṣā vi bhāti tṛtīye cakre rajasi priyāṇi ||11||

The ruddy one hath stood aloft upon the firmament (nā́kā), generating all forms, [he,] young, poet; Agni shineth forth with keen light; in the third space (rájas) he hath done dear things.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

सहस्रशृङ्गो वृषभो जातवेदा घृताहुतः सोमपृष्ठः सुवीरः । मा मा हासीन् नाथितो नेत् त्वा जहानि गोपोषं च मे वीरपोषं च धेहि ॥१२॥

sahasraśṛṅgo vṛṣabho jātavedā ghṛtāhutaḥ somapṛṣṭhaḥ suvīraḥ | mā mā hāsīn nāthito net tvā jahāni gopoṣaṃ ca me vīrapoṣaṃ ca dhehi ||12||

The thousand-horned bull Jātavedas, offered to with ghee, soma-backed, having good heroes—let him not abandon me; let me not, a suppliant, abandon thee*; assign thou to me both prosperity in kine and prosperity in heroes.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

रोहितो यज्ञस्य जनिता मुखं च रोहिताय वाचा श्रोत्रेण मनसा जुहोमि । रोहितं देवा यन्ति सुमनस्यमानाः स मा रोहैः सामित्यै रोहयतु ॥१३॥

rohito yajñasya janitā mukhaṃ ca rohitāya vācā śrotreṇa manasā juhomi | rohitaṃ devā yanti sumanasyamānāḥ sa mā rohaiḥ sāmityai rohayatu ||13||

The ruddy one is generator and mouth of the sacrifice; to the ruddy one I make oblation with speech, with hearing, with mind; to the ruddy one go the gods with favoring mind; let him cause me to ascend with ascensions (róha) of meeting (sāmityá).

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

रोहितो यज्ञं व्य् अदधाद् विश्वकर्मणे तस्मात् तेजांस्य् उप मेमान्य् आगुः । वोचेयं ते नाभिं भुवनस्याधि मज्मनि ॥१४॥

rohito yajñaṃ vy adadhād viśvakarmaṇe tasmāt tejāṃsy upa memāny āguḥ | voceyaṃ te nābhiṃ bhuvanasyādhi majmani ||14||

The ruddy one disposed the sacrifice for Viçvakarman; therefrom have these brilliancies come unto me; may I speak thy navel (nā́bhi) upon the range (majmán) of existence.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

आ त्वा रुरोह बृहत्य् उत पङ्क्तिर् आ ककुब् वर्चसा जातवेदः । आ त्वा रुरोहोष्णिहाक्षरो वषट्कार आ त्वा रुरोह रोहितो रेतसा सह ॥१५॥

ā tvā ruroha bṛhaty uta paṅktir ā kakub varcasā jātavedaḥ | ā tvā rurohoṣṇihākṣaro vaṣaṭkāra ā tvā ruroha rohito retasā saha ||15||

Unto thee ascended bṛhatī́ and pan̄ktí, unto [thee], O Jātavedas, kakúbh with honor; unto thee ascended the uṣṇíhā syllable, the váṣaṭ -utterance; unto thee ascended the ruddy one along with seed.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

अयं वस्ते गर्भं पृथिव्या दिवं वस्ते ऽयम् अन्तरिक्षम् । अयं ब्रध्नस्य विष्टपि स्वर् लोकान् व्य् आनशे ॥१६॥

ayaṃ vaste garbhaṃ pṛthivyā divaṃ vaste 'yam antarikṣam | ayaṃ bradhnasya viṣṭapi svar lokān vy ānaśe ||16||

This one clothes himself in the embryo (womb?) of the earth; this one clothes himself in the sky, the atmosphere; this one, on the summit of the reddish one, has penetrated the heaven (svàr), the worlds.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

वाचस् पते पृथिवी नः स्योना स्योना योनिस् तल्पा नः सुशेवा । इहैव प्राणः सख्ये नो अस्तु तं त्वा परमेष्ठिन् पर्य् अग्निर् आयुषा वर्चसा दधातु ॥१७॥

vācas pate pṛthivī naḥ syonā syonā yonis talpā naḥ suśevā | ihaiva prāṇaḥ sakhye no astu taṃ tvā parameṣṭhin pary agnir āyuṣā varcasā dadhātu ||17||

O lord of speech, [be] earth pleasant to us; [be] the lair (yóni) pleasant, [be] our couch very propitious; just here be breath in our companionship; thee here, O most exalted one, let Agni surround with life-time, with honor.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

वाचस् पत ऋतवः पञ्च ये नौ वैश्वकर्मणाः परि ये संबभूवुः । इहैव प्राणः सख्ये नो अस्तु तं त्वा परमेष्ठिन् परि रोहित आयुषा वर्चसा दधातु ॥१८॥

vācas pata ṛtavaḥ pañca ye nau vaiśvakarmaṇāḥ pari ye saṃbabhūvuḥ | ihaiva prāṇaḥ sakhye no astu taṃ tvā parameṣṭhin pari rohita āyuṣā varcasā dadhātu ||18||

O lord of speech, the five seasons that are ours, that came forth into being as Viçvakarman's—just here be breath in our companionship; thee here, O most exalted one, let the ruddy one surround with life-time, with honor.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

वाचस् पते सौमनसं मनश् च गोष्ठे नो गा जनय योनिषु प्रजाः । इहैव प्राणः सख्ये नो अस्तु तं त्वा परमेष्ठिन् पर्य् अहम् आयुषा वर्चसा दधातु ॥१९॥

vācas pate saumanasaṃ manaś ca goṣṭhe no gā janaya yoniṣu prajāḥ | ihaiva prāṇaḥ sakhye no astu taṃ tvā parameṣṭhin pary aham āyuṣā varcasā dadhātu ||19||

O lord of speech, [generate] well-willing and mind; generate kine in our stall (goṣṭhá), progeny in our wombs (yóni); just here be breath in our companionship; thee here, O most exalted one, I surround with life-time, with honor.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

परि त्वा धात् सविता देवो अग्निर् वर्चसा मित्रावरुणाव् अभि त्वा । सर्वा अरातीर् अवक्रामन्न् एहीदं राष्ट्रम् अकरः सुनृतावत् ॥२०॥ २

pari tvā dhāt savitā devo agnir varcasā mitrāvaruṇāv abhi tvā | sarvā arātīr avakrāmann ehīdaṃ rāṣṭram akaraḥ sunṛtāvat ||20|| 2

May Savitar, god Agni, surround thee [with honor]; with honor may Mitra-and-Varuṇa deck (abhi ⌊+ dhā ⌋) thee; striding down all niggards come thou; thou hast made this kingdom full of pleasantness.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यं त्वा पृषती रथे प्रष्टिर् वहति रोहित । शुभा यासि रिणन्न् अपः ॥२१॥

yaṃ tvā pṛṣatī rathe praṣṭir vahati rohita | śubhā yāsi riṇann apaḥ ||21||

Thou whom the spotted one (f.), the side-horse, draws (vah) in the chariot, O ruddy one, thou goest with brightness (çúbh), making flow the waters.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

अनुव्रता रोहिणी रोहितस्य सूरिः सुवर्णा बृहती सुवर्चाः । तया वाजान् विश्वरूपां जयेम तया विश्वाः पृतना अभि ष्याम ॥२२॥

anuvratā rohiṇī rohitasya sūriḥ suvarṇā bṛhatī suvarcāḥ | tayā vājān viśvarūpāṃ jayema tayā viśvāḥ pṛtanā abhi ṣyāma ||22||

She that is ruddy (róhiṇī) is submissive to the ruddy one, being liberal (sūrí), of beautiful color, vast (bṛhatī́), very splendid; by her may we conquer booty (? vā́jān) of all forms; by her may we overcome all fighters.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

इदं सदो रोहिणी रोहितस्यासौ पन्थाः पृषती येन याति । तां गन्धर्वाः कश्यपा उन् नयन्ति तां रक्षन्ति कवयो ऽप्रमादम् ॥२३॥

idaṃ sado rohiṇī rohitasyāsau panthāḥ pṛṣatī yena yāti | tāṃ gandharvāḥ kaśyapā un nayanti tāṃ rakṣanti kavayo 'pramādam ||23||

Here the seat (sádas), she that is ruddy, of the ruddy one; yonder the road by which the spotted one (f.) goes; her the Gandharvas, the Kaçyapas, lead up; her the poets defend unremittingly.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

सूर्यस्याश्वा हरयः केतुमन्तः सदा वहन्त्य् अमृताः सुखं रथम् । घृतपावा रोहितो भ्राजमानो दिवं देवः पृषतीम् आ विवेश ॥२४॥

sūryasyāśvā harayaḥ ketumantaḥ sadā vahanty amṛtāḥ sukhaṃ ratham | ghṛtapāvā rohito bhrājamāno divaṃ devaḥ pṛṣatīm ā viveśa ||24||

The sun's yellow (hári) bright (ketumánt) horses, immortal, constantly draw the easy-running chariot; the ghee-drinking ruddy one, shining (bhrāj), the god, entered the spotted sky.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यो रोहितो वृषभस् तिग्मशृङ्गः पर्य् अग्निं परि सूर्यं बभूव । यो विष्टभ्नाति पृथिवीं दिवं च तस्माद् देवा अधि सृष्टीः सृजन्ते ॥२५॥

yo rohito vṛṣabhas tigmaśṛṅgaḥ pary agniṃ pari sūryaṃ babhūva | yo viṣṭabhnāti pṛthivīṃ divaṃ ca tasmād devā adhi sṛṣṭīḥ sṛjante ||25||

The ruddy one, the sharp-horned bull, who encompassed Agni, the sun, who props asunder (vi-stabh) the earth and the heaven—out of him do the gods create creations.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

रोहितो दिवम् आरुहन् महतः पर्य् अर्णवात् । सर्वो रुरोह रोहितो रुहः ॥२६॥

rohito divam āruhan mahataḥ pary arṇavāt | sarvo ruroha rohito ruhaḥ ||26||

The ruddy one mounted the sky, out of the great sea (arṇavá); the ruddy one ascended all ascents.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

वि मिमीष्व पयस्वतीं घृताचीं देवानां धेनुर् अनपस्पृग् एषा । इन्द्रः सोमं पिबतु क्षेमो अस्त्व् अग्निः प्र स्तौतु वि मृधो नुदस्व ॥२७॥

vi mimīṣva payasvatīṃ ghṛtācīṃ devānāṃ dhenur anapaspṛg eṣā | indraḥ somaṃ pibatu kṣemo astv agniḥ pra stautu vi mṛdho nudasva ||27||

Measure thou out (vi-mā) the milk-giving, ghee-dripping (ghṛtā́ñc) [cow]; this is the unresisting milch-cow of the gods. Let Indra drink the soma; let there be comfort (kṣéma); let Agni commence praising; do thou thrust away the scorners.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

समिद्धो अग्निः समिधानो घृतवृद्धो घृताहुतः । अभीषाट् विश्वाषाड् अग्निः सपत्नान् हन्तु ये मम ॥२८॥

samiddho agniḥ samidhāno ghṛtavṛddho ghṛtāhutaḥ | abhīṣāṭ viśvāṣāḍ agniḥ sapatnān hantu ye mama ||28||

Agni, kindled, being kindled, increased with ghee, offered to with ghee—let the overpowering, all-overpowering Agni slay them who are my rivals.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

हन्त्व् एनान् प्र दहत्व् अरिर् यो नः पृतन्यति । क्रव्यादाग्निना वयं सपत्नान् प्र दहामसि ॥२९॥

hantv enān pra dahatv arir yo naḥ pṛtanyati | kravyādāgninā vayaṃ sapatnān pra dahāmasi ||29||

Let him slay them, burn [them] away,—the enemy (ári) who fights us; by the flesh-eating fire do we burn away our rivals.

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अवाचीनान् अव जहीन्द्र वज्रेण बाहुमान् । अधा सपत्नान् मामकान् अग्नेस् तेजोभिर् आदिषि ॥३०॥ ३

avācīnān ava jahīndra vajreṇa bāhumān | adhā sapatnān māmakān agnes tejobhir ādiṣi ||30|| 3

Do thou, O Indra, having arms, smite them down downward with the thunderbolt; then my rivals have I taken to myself with Agni's brightnesses (téjas).

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अग्ने सपत्नान् अधरान् पादयास्मद् व्यथया सजातम् उत्पिपानं बृहस्पते । इन्द्राग्नी मित्रावरुणाव् अधरे पद्यन्ताम् अप्रतिमन्यूयमानाः ॥३१॥

agne sapatnān adharān pādayāsmad vyathayā sajātam utpipānaṃ bṛhaspate | indrāgnī mitrāvaruṇāv adhare padyantām apratimanyūyamānāḥ ||31||

O Agni, make our rivals fall below us; stagger the truculent (utpípāna) fellow, O Brihaspati; O Indra-and-Agni, O Mitra-and-Varuṇa, let them fall below [us], impotent in their fury.

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उद्यंस् त्वं देव सूर्य सपत्नान् अव मे जहि । अवैनान् अश्मना जहि ते यन्त्व् अधमं तमः ॥३२॥

udyaṃs tvaṃ deva sūrya sapatnān ava me jahi | avainān aśmanā jahi te yantv adhamaṃ tamaḥ ||32||

Do thou, O heavenly sun, arising, smite down my rivals; smite them down with the stone; let them go to lowest darkness.

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वत्सो विराजो वृषभो मतीनाम् आ रुरोह शुक्रपृष्ठो ऽन्तरिक्षम् । घृतेनार्कम् अभ्य् अर्चन्ति वत्सं ब्रह्म सन्तं ब्रह्मणा वर्धयन्ति ॥३३॥

vatso virājo vṛṣabho matīnām ā ruroha śukrapṛṣṭho 'ntarikṣam | ghṛtenārkam abhy arcanti vatsaṃ brahma santaṃ brahmaṇā vardhayanti ||33||

The young (vatsá) of the virā́j, the bull of prayers (matí), mounted, bright-backed, the atmosphere; with ghee they sing (arc) the song (arká) unto the young; him, being bráhman, they increase with bráhman.

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दिवं च रोह पृथिवीं च रोह राष्ट्रं च रोह द्रविणं च रोह । प्रजां च रोहामृतं च रोह रोहितेन तन्वं सं स्पृषस्व ॥३४॥

divaṃ ca roha pṛthivīṃ ca roha rāṣṭraṃ ca roha draviṇaṃ ca roha | prajāṃ ca rohāmṛtaṃ ca roha rohitena tanvaṃ saṃ spṛṣasva ||34||

Both ascend thou to heaven and ascend to earth; both ascend to kingdom and ascend to property; both ascend to progeny and ascend to immortality; make thyself contiguous with the ruddy one.

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ये देवा राष्ट्रभृतो ऽभितो यन्ति सूर्यम् । तैष् टे रोहितः सम्विदानो राष्ट्रं दधातु सुमनस्यमानः ॥३५॥

ye devā rāṣṭrabhṛto 'bhito yanti sūryam | taiṣ ṭe rohitaḥ samvidāno rāṣṭraṃ dadhātu sumanasyamānaḥ ||35||

The kingdom-bearing gods who go to surround (abhítas) the sun—in concord with them let the ruddy one, with favoring mind, assign kingdom to thee.

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उत् त्वा यज्ञा ब्रह्मपूता वहन्त्य् अध्वगतो हरयस् त्वा वहन्ति । तिरः समुद्रम् अति रोचसे ऽर्णवम् ॥३६॥

ut tvā yajñā brahmapūtā vahanty adhvagato harayas tvā vahanti | tiraḥ samudram ati rocase 'rṇavam ||36||

Sacrifices purified by bráhman carry thee up; yellow (hári) roadsters draw (vah) thee; thou shinest over (ati-ruc) across the ocean, the sea.

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रोहिते द्यावापृथिवी अधि श्रिते वसुजिति गोजिति संधनाजिति । सहस्रं यस्य जनिमानि सप्त च वोचेयं ते नाभिं भुवनस्याधि मज्मनि ॥३७॥

rohite dyāvāpṛthivī adhi śrite vasujiti gojiti saṃdhanājiti | sahasraṃ yasya janimāni sapta ca voceyaṃ te nābhiṃ bhuvanasyādhi majmani ||37||

On the ruddy one are set (çritá) heaven-and-earth, on the goods-conquering, kine-conquering, booty-conquering one, of whom the births are a thousand and seven; may I speak thy navel on the range of existence.

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यशा यासि प्रदिशो दिशश् च यशाः पशूनाम् उत चर्षणीनाम् । यशाः पृथिव्या अदित्या उपस्थे ऽहं भूयासं सवितेव चारुः ॥३८॥

yaśā yāsi pradiśo diśaś ca yaśāḥ paśūnām uta carṣaṇīnām | yaśāḥ pṛthivyā adityā upasthe 'haṃ bhūyāsaṃ saviteva cāruḥ ||38||

Glorious thou goest to the directions and quarters, glorious of cattle and of people (carṣaṇí); glorious in the lap of earth, of Aditi, may I become pleasant (cā́ru) like Savitar.

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अमुत्र सन्न् इह वेत्थेतः संस् तानि पश्यसि । इतः पश्यन्ति रोचनं दिवि सूर्यं विपश्चितम् ॥३९॥

amutra sann iha vetthetaḥ saṃs tāni paśyasi | itaḥ paśyanti rocanaṃ divi sūryaṃ vipaścitam ||39||

Being yonder, thou knowest here; being on this side, thou seest those things; from this side they see the shining space (rócana), the inspired sun in the sky.

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देवो देवान् मर्चयस्य् अन्तश् चरस्य् अर्णवे । समानम् अग्निम् इन्धते तं विदुः कवयः परे ॥४०॥ ४

devo devān marcayasy antaś carasy arṇave | samānam agnim indhate taṃ viduḥ kavayaḥ pare ||40|| 4

Thou, a god, molestest (mṛc) the gods; thou goest about within the sea (arṇavá); they kindle the same fire; it the high (pára) poets know.

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अवः परेण पर एनावरेण पदा वत्सं बिब्रती गौर् उद् अस्थात् । सा कद्रीची कं स्विद् अर्धं परागात् क्व स्वित् सूते नहि यूथे अस्मिन् ॥४१॥

avaḥ pareṇa para enāvareṇa padā vatsaṃ bibratī gaur ud asthāt | sā kadrīcī kaṃ svid ardhaṃ parāgāt kva svit sūte nahi yūthe asmin ||41||

Below the distant, thus beyond the lower, bearing her calf with her foot, the cow hath stood up; whitherwards, to what quarter, hath she forsooth gone away? where giveth she birth? for [it is] not in this herd.

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एकपदी द्विपदी सा चतुष्पद्य् अष्टापदी नवपदी बभूवुषी । सहस्राक्षरा भुवनस्य पङ्क्तिस् तस्याः समुद्रा अधि वि क्षरन्ति ॥४२॥

ekapadī dvipadī sā catuṣpady aṣṭāpadī navapadī babhūvuṣī | sahasrākṣarā bhuvanasya paṅktis tasyāḥ samudrā adhi vi kṣaranti ||42||

One-footed, two-footed [is] she, four-footed; having become eight-footed, nine-footed, thousand-syllabled, a series of existence; out from her flow apart the oceans.

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आरोहन् द्याम् अमृतः प्राव मे वचः । उत् त्वा यज्ञा ब्रह्मपूता वहन्त्य् अध्वगतो हरयस् त्वा वहन्ति ॥४३॥

ārohan dyām amṛtaḥ prāva me vacaḥ | ut tvā yajñā brahmapūtā vahanty adhvagato harayas tvā vahanti ||43||

Mounting the sky, immortal, do thou favor my words; sacrifices purified by bráhman carry thee up; yellow roadsters draw thee.

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वेद तत् ते अमर्त्य यत् त आक्रमणं दिवि । यत् ते सधस्थं परमे व्योमन् ॥४४॥

veda tat te amartya yat ta ākramaṇaṃ divi | yat te sadhasthaṃ parame vyoman ||44||

I know that of thine, O immortal one, namely (yát) thy climb (ākrámaṇa) in the sky, thy station (sadhástha) in the highest firmament.

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सूर्यो द्यां सूर्यः पृठिवीं सूर्य आपोऽति पश्यति । सूर्यो भूतस्यैकं चक्षुर् आ रुरोह दिवं महीम् ॥४५॥

sūryo dyāṃ sūryaḥ pṛṭhivīṃ sūrya āpo'ti paśyati | sūryo bhūtasyaikaṃ cakṣur ā ruroha divaṃ mahīm ||45||

The sun overlooks (ati-paç) the sky, the sun the earth, the sun the waters; the sun, the one eye of what exists, hath mounted the great sky.

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उर्वीर् आसन् परिधयो वेदिर् भूमिर् अकल्पत । तत्रैताव् अग्नी आधत्त हिमं घ्रंसं च रोहितः ॥४६॥

urvīr āsan paridhayo vedir bhūmir akalpata | tatraitāv agnī ādhatta himaṃ ghraṃsaṃ ca rohitaḥ ||46||

The wide ones (urvī́) were the enclosures; the earth took shape as sacrificial hearth; there the ruddy one set (ā-dhā) these two fires, cold and heat.

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हिमं घ्रंसं चाधाय यूपान् कृत्वा पर्वतान् । वर्षाज्याव् अग्नी ईजाते रोहितस्य स्वर्विदः ॥४७॥

himaṃ ghraṃsaṃ cādhāya yūpān kṛtvā parvatān | varṣājyāv agnī ījāte rohitasya svarvidaḥ ||47||

Having set cold and heat, having made the mountains sacrificial posts (yū́pa), having rain as sacrificial butter, the two fires of the sky-finding ruddy one performed sacrifice (yaj).

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स्वर्विदो रोहितस्य ब्रह्मणाग्निः सम् इध्यते । तस्माद् घ्रंसस् तस्माद् धिमस् तस्माद् यज्ञो ऽजायत ॥४८॥

svarvido rohitasya brahmaṇāgniḥ sam idhyate | tasmād ghraṃsas tasmād dhimas tasmād yajño 'jāyata ||48||

The fire of the sky-finding ruddy one is kindled with bráhman; therefrom heat, therefrom cold, therefrom the sacrifice was born.

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ब्रह्मणाग्नी वावृधानौ ब्रह्मवृद्धौ ब्रह्माहुतौ । ब्रह्मेद्धाव् अग्नी ईजाते रोहितस्य स्वर्विदः ॥४९॥

brahmaṇāgnī vāvṛdhānau brahmavṛddhau brahmāhutau | brahmeddhāv agnī ījāte rohitasya svarvidaḥ ||49||

The two fires [are] increasing by bráhman, increased with bráhman, offered to with bráhman: kindled with bráhman, the two fires of the sky-finding ruddy one performed sacrifice.

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सत्ये अन्यः समाहितो ऽप्स्व् अन्यः सम् इध्यते । ब्रह्मेद्धाव् अग्नी ईजाते रोहितस्य स्वर्विदः ॥५०॥ ५

satye anyaḥ samāhito 'psv anyaḥ sam idhyate | brahmeddhāv agnī ījāte rohitasya svarvidaḥ ||50|| 5

The one is all set in truth, the other is kindled in the waters: kindled with etc. etc.

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यं वातः परिशुम्भति यं वेन्द्रो ब्रह्मणस्पतिः । ब्रह्मेद्धावग्नी ईजाते रोहितस्य स्वर्विदः ॥५१॥

yaṃ vātaḥ pariśumbhati yaṃ vendro brahmaṇaspatiḥ | brahmeddhāvagnī ījāte rohitasya svarvidaḥ ||51||

What one the wind adorns about, or what one Indra, Brahmaṇaspati: kindled with etc. etc.

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वेदिं भूमिं कल्पयित्वा दिवं कृत्वा दक्षिणाम् । घ्रंसं तद् अग्निं कृत्वा चकार विश्वम् आत्मन्वद् वर्षेणाज्येन रोहितः ॥५२॥

vediṃ bhūmiṃ kalpayitvā divaṃ kṛtvā dakṣiṇām | ghraṃsaṃ tad agniṃ kṛtvā cakāra viśvam ātmanvad varṣeṇājyena rohitaḥ ||52||

Having shaped (kḷp) the earth as sacrificial hearth, having made the sky sacrificial fee, then having made heat his fire, the ruddy one made all that has soul, with rain as sacrificial butter.

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वर्षम् आजम् घ्रंसो अग्निर् वेदिर् भूमिर् अकल्पत । तत्रैतान् पर्वतान् अग्निर् गीर्भिर् ऊर्ध्वां अकल्पयत् ॥५३॥

varṣam ājam ghraṃso agnir vedir bhūmir akalpata | tatraitān parvatān agnir gīrbhir ūrdhvāṃ akalpayat ||53||

Rain as sacrificial butter, heat as fire, earth as sacrificial hearth took shape; there, with songs (gír), the fire shaped these mountains aloft.

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गीर्भिर् ऊर्ध्वान् कल्पयित्वा रोहितो भूमिम् अब्रवीत् । त्वयीदं सर्वं जायतां यद् भूतं यच् च भाव्यम् ॥५४॥

gīrbhir ūrdhvān kalpayitvā rohito bhūmim abravīt | tvayīdaṃ sarvaṃ jāyatāṃ yad bhūtaṃ yac ca bhāvyam ||54||

Having shaped [them] aloft by songs, the ruddy one said to the earth: in thee let this all be born, what is (bhūtá) or what is to be.

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स यज्ञः प्रथमो भूतो भव्यो अजायत । तस्माद् ध जज्ञ इदं सर्वं यत् किं चेदं विरोचते रोहितेन ऋषिणाभृतम् ॥५५॥

sa yajñaḥ prathamo bhūto bhavyo ajāyata | tasmād dha jajña idaṃ sarvaṃ yat kiṃ cedaṃ virocate rohitena ṛṣiṇābhṛtam ||55||

That first sacrifice was born [as] the one that is, that is to be; from that was born this all, whatsoever shines out (vi-ruc) here, brought (ā-bhṛ) by the ruddy one [as] seer.

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यश् च गां पदा स्फुरति प्रत्यङ् सूर्यं च मेहति । तस्य वृश्चामि ते मूलं न छायां करवो ऽपरम् ॥५६॥

yaś ca gāṃ padā sphurati pratyaṅ sūryaṃ ca mehati | tasya vṛścāmi te mūlaṃ na chāyāṃ karavo 'param ||56||

Whoever both kicks a cow with the foot and urinates in face of the sun—of such a one I hew off (vraçc) thy root; thou shalt not further cast (kṛ) shadow.

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यो माभिछायम् अत्येषि मां चाग्निं चान्तरा । तस्य वृश्चामि ते मूलं न छायां करवो ऽपरम् ॥५७॥

yo mābhichāyam atyeṣi māṃ cāgniṃ cāntarā | tasya vṛścāmi te mūlaṃ na chāyāṃ karavo 'param ||57||

Thou that goest past me shading me, and between me and the fire, I hew off thy root; thou shalt not further cast shadow.

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यो अद्य देव सूर्य त्वां च मां चान्तरायति । दुष्वप्न्यं तस्मिं छमलं दुरितानि च मृज्महे ॥५८॥

yo adya deva sūrya tvāṃ ca māṃ cāntarāyati | duṣvapnyaṃ tasmiṃ chamalaṃ duritāni ca mṛjmahe ||58||

Whoso this day, O heavenly sun, shall go between both thee and me—on him we wipe off evil-dreaming, pollution, and difficulties.

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मा प्र गाम पथो वयं मा यज्ञाद् इन्द्र सोमिनः । मान्त स्थुर् नो अरातयः ॥५९॥

mā pra gāma patho vayaṃ mā yajñād indra sominaḥ | mānta sthur no arātayaḥ ||59||

Let us not go forth from the road, nor, O Indra, from the sacrifice with soma; let not the niggards stand between us.

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यो यज्ञस्य प्रसाधनस् तन्तुर् देवेष्व् आततः । तम् आहुतम् अशीमहि ॥६०॥ ६

yo yajñasya prasādhanas tantur deveṣv ātataḥ | tam āhutam aśīmahi ||60|| 6

What line, accomplisher of the sacrifice, is stretched clear to the gods, that, sacrificed unto, may we attain.

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