Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·18·18.1
ओ चित् सखायं सख्या ववृत्यां तिरः पुरु चिद् अर्णवं जगन्वान् । पितुर् नपातम् आ दधीत वेधा अधि क्षमि प्रतरं दीध्यानः ॥१॥
o cit sakhāyaṃ sakhyā vavṛtyāṃ tiraḥ puru cid arṇavaṃ jaganvān | pitur napātam ā dadhīta vedhā adhi kṣami prataraṃ dīdhyānaḥ ||1||
Unto a friend would I turn with friendship; having gone through much ocean, may the pious one take a grandson of [his] father, considering further onward upon the earth (kṣám).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
न ते सखा सख्यं वष्ट्य् एतत् सलक्ष्मा यद् विषुरूपा भवति । महस् पुत्रासो असुरस्य वीरा दिवो धर्तार उर्विया परि ख्यन् ॥२॥
na te sakhā sakhyaṃ vaṣṭy etat salakṣmā yad viṣurūpā bhavati | mahas putrāso asurasya vīrā divo dhartāra urviyā pari khyan ||2||
Thy friend wants (vaç) not that friendship of thine, that she of like sign should become of diverse form; the sons of the great Asura, heroes, sustainers of the sky (dív), look widely about.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
उशन्ति घा ते अमृतास एतद् एकस्य चित् त्यजसं मर्त्यस्य । नि ते मनो मनसि धाय्य् अस्मे जन्युः पतिस् तन्वम् आ विविष्याः ॥३॥
uśanti ghā te amṛtāsa etad ekasya cit tyajasaṃ martyasya | ni te mano manasi dhāyy asme janyuḥ patis tanvam ā viviṣyāḥ ||3||
Truly those immortals want that—posterity (? tyajás) of the one mortal; may thy mind be set in our mind; mayest thou enter [as] husband a wife's body.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
न यत् पुरा चकृमा कद् ध नूनम् ऋतं वदन्तो अनृतं रपेम । गन्धर्वो अप्स्व् अप्या च योषा सा नौ नाभिः परमं जामि तन् नौ ॥४॥
na yat purā cakṛmā kad dha nūnam ṛtaṃ vadanto anṛtaṃ rapema | gandharvo apsv apyā ca yoṣā sā nau nābhiḥ paramaṃ jāmi tan nau ||4||
What we (pl.) did not do formerly, why [do that] now? speaking righteousness, should we prate unrighteousness? The Gandharva in the waters and the watery woman (yóṣā)—that is our (du.) union (nā́bhi), that our ⌊du.⌋ highest relation (jāmí).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
गर्भे नु नौ जनिता दम्पती कर् देवस् त्वष्टा सविता विश्वरूपः । नकिर् अस्य प्र मिनन्ति व्रतानि वेद नाव् अस्य पृथिवी उत द्यौः ॥५॥
garbhe nu nau janitā dampatī kar devas tvaṣṭā savitā viśvarūpaḥ | nakir asya pra minanti vratāni veda nāv asya pṛthivī uta dyauḥ ||5||
Verily, the generator made us (du.) in the womb man and spouse—god Tvashṭar, Savitar of all forms; none overthrow (pra-mī) his ordinances (vratá); earth knows us ⌊two⌋ as such, also heaven.
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को अद्य युङ्क्ते धुरि गा ऋतस्य शिमीवतो भामिनो दुर्हृणायून् । आसन्निषून् हृत्स्वसो मयोभून् य एषां भृत्याम् ऋणधत् स जीवात् ॥६॥
ko adya yuṅkte dhuri gā ṛtasya śimīvato bhāmino durhṛṇāyūn | āsanniṣūn hṛtsvaso mayobhūn ya eṣāṃ bhṛtyām ṛṇadhat sa jīvāt ||6||
Who yokes to the pole today the kine of righteousness, the diligent, the bright, the slow to wrath (? durhṛṇāyú), that have arrows in the mouth, that shoot at the heart, amiable ones? whoso shall prosper their burden, he shall live.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
को अस्य वेद प्रथमस्याह्नः क ईं ददर्श क इह प्र वोचत् । बृहन् मित्रस्य वरुणस्य धाम कद् उ ब्रव आहनो वीच्या नॄन् ॥७॥
ko asya veda prathamasyāhnaḥ ka īṃ dadarśa ka iha pra vocat | bṛhan mitrasya varuṇasya dhāma kad u brava āhano vīcyā nṝn ||7||
Who knows of that first day? who saw it? who shall proclaim it here? Great is the ordinance (dhā́man) of Mitra, of Varuṇa; why, O lustful one, wilt thou speak to men with deceit (? vī́ci)?
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यमस्य मा यम्यं काम आगन्त् समाने योनौ सहशेय्याय । जायेव पत्ये तन्वं रिरिच्यां वि चिद् वृहेव रथ्येव चक्रा ॥८॥
yamasya mā yamyaṃ kāma āgant samāne yonau sahaśeyyāya | jāyeva patye tanvaṃ riricyāṃ vi cid vṛheva rathyeva cakrā ||8||
Desire of Yama hath come unto me Yamī, in order to lying together in the same lair (yóni); I would fain yield (ric) my body, as wife to husband; may we whirl off, like two chariot wheels.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
न तिष्ठन्ति न नि मिषन्त्य् एते देवानां स्पश इह ये चरन्ति । अन्येन मद् आहनो याहि तूयं तेन वि वृह रथ्येव चक्रा ॥९॥
na tiṣṭhanti na ni miṣanty ete devānāṃ spaśa iha ye caranti | anyena mad āhano yāhi tūyaṃ tena vi vṛha rathyeva cakrā ||9||
They stand not, they wink not, those spies of the gods who go about here; with another than me, O lustful one, go quickly; with him whirl off like two chariot wheels.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
रात्रीभिर् अस्मा अहभिर् दशस्येत् सूर्यस्य चक्षुर् मुहुर् उन् मिमीयात् । दिवा पृथिव्या मिथुना सबन्धू यमीर् यमस्य विवृहाद् अजामि ॥१०॥ १
rātrībhir asmā ahabhir daśasyet sūryasya cakṣur muhur un mimīyāt | divā pṛthivyā mithunā sabandhū yamīr yamasya vivṛhād ajāmi ||10|| 1
By nights, by days one may pay reverence (daçasy) to him; the sun's eye may open (? ún mimīyāt) for a moment; with heaven, with earth paired, of near connection;—Yamī must bear the unbrotherly (ájāmi) [conduct] of Yama.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
आ घा ता गछान् उत्तरा युगानि यत्र जामयः कृणवन्न् अजामि । उप बर्बृहि वृषभाय बाहुम् अन्यम् इछस्व सुभगे पतिं मत् ॥११॥
ā ghā tā gachān uttarā yugāni yatra jāmayaḥ kṛṇavann ajāmi | upa barbṛhi vṛṣabhāya bāhum anyam ichasva subhage patiṃ mat ||11||
Verily there shall come those later ages (yugá) in which next of kin (jāmí) shall do what is unkinly ⌊ ájāmi ⌋. Put thine arm underneath a hero (vṛṣabhá); seek, O fortunate one, another husband than me.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
किं भ्रातासद् यद् अनाथं भवाति किम् उ स्वसा यन् निरृतिर् निगछात् । काममूता बह्व् एतद् रपामि तन्वा मे तन्वं सं पिपृग्धि ॥१२॥
kiṃ bhrātāsad yad anāthaṃ bhavāti kim u svasā yan nirṛtir nigachāt | kāmamūtā bahv etad rapāmi tanvā me tanvaṃ saṃ pipṛgdhi ||12||
What should brother be when there is no protector? or what sister, when destruction impends (ni-gam)? Impelled by desire, I prate thus much; mingle thou thy body with my body.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
न ते नाथं यम्य् अत्राहम् अस्मि न ते तनूं तन्वा सम् पपृच्याम् । अन्येन मत् प्रमुदः कल्पयस्व न ते भ्राता सुभगे वष्ट्य् एतत् ॥१३॥
na te nāthaṃ yamy atrāham asmi na te tanūṃ tanvā sam papṛcyām | anyena mat pramudaḥ kalpayasva na te bhrātā subhage vaṣṭy etat ||13||
I am not thy protector here, O Yamī; I may not mingle my body with thy body; with another than me do thou prepare enjoyments; thy brother wants not that, O fortunate one.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
न वा उ ते तनूं तन्वा सं पिपृच्यां पापम् आहुर् यः स्वसारं निगछात् । असंयद् एतन् मनसो हृदो मे भ्राता स्वसुः शयने यच् छयीय ॥१४॥
na vā u te tanūṃ tanvā saṃ pipṛcyāṃ pāpam āhur yaḥ svasāraṃ nigachāt | asaṃyad etan manaso hṛdo me bhrātā svasuḥ śayane yac chayīya ||14||
Verily, I may not mingle my body with thy body; they call him wicked (pāpá) who should approach his sister. That is not consonant (? asaṁyát) with my mind [and] heart, that I, a brother, should lie in a sister's bed (çáyana).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
बतो बतासि यम नैव ते मनो हृदयं चाविदाम् आ । अन्या किल त्वां कक्ष्येव युक्तं परि ष्वजातौ लिबुजेव वृक्षम् ॥१५॥
bato batāsi yama naiva te mano hṛdayaṃ cāvidām ā | anyā kila tvāṃ kakṣyeva yuktaṃ pari ṣvajātau libujeva vṛkṣam ||15||
A weakling (? batá), alas, art thou, O Yama; we have not found mind and heart thine; verily, another woman shall embrace thee, as a girth a harnessed [horse], as a twining plant (líbujā) a tree.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अन्यम् ऊ षु यम्य् अन्य उ त्वां परि ष्वजातौ लिबुजेव वृक्षम् । तस्य वा त्वं मन इछा स वा तवाधा कृणुष्व संविदं सुभद्राम् ॥१६॥
anyam ū ṣu yamy anya u tvāṃ pari ṣvajātau libujeva vṛkṣam | tasya vā tvaṃ mana ichā sa vā tavādhā kṛṇuṣva saṃvidaṃ subhadrām ||16||
Another man, truly, O Yamī, another man shall embrace thee, as a twining plant a tree; either do thou seek his mind or he thine; then make for thyself very excellent concord (samvíd).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
त्रीणि छन्दांसि कवयो वि येतिरे पुरुरूपं दर्शतं विश्वचक्षणम् । आपो वाता ओषधयस् तान्य् एकस्मिन् भुवन आर्पितानि ॥१७॥
trīṇi chandāṃsi kavayo vi yetire pururūpaṃ darśataṃ viśvacakṣaṇam | āpo vātā oṣadhayas tāny ekasmin bhuvana ārpitāni ||17||
Three meters the poets extended (? vi-yat)—the many-formed one, the admirable, the all-beholding; waters, winds, herbs—these are set (ā́rpita) in one being (bhúvana).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
वृषा वृष्णे दुदुहे दोहसा दिवः पयांसि यह्वो अदितेर् अदाभ्यः । विश्वं स वेद वरुणो यथा धिया स यज्ञियो यजति यज्ञियां ऋतून् ॥१८॥
vṛṣā vṛṣṇe duduhe dohasā divaḥ payāṃsi yahvo aditer adābhyaḥ | viśvaṃ sa veda varuṇo yathā dhiyā sa yajñiyo yajati yajñiyāṃ ṛtūn ||18||
The bull yieldeth (duh) milks for the bull with the milking of the sky (dív), he the unharmable son (? yahvá) of Aditi; everything knoweth he, like Varuṇa, by thought (dhī́); he, sharing the sacrifice (yajñíya), sacrificeth to the seasons that share the sacrifice.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
रपद् गन्धर्वीर् अप्या च योषणा नदस्य नादे परि पातु नो मनः । इष्टस्य मध्ये अदितिर् नि धातु नो भ्राता नो ज्येष्ठः प्रथमो वि वोचति ॥१९॥
rapad gandharvīr apyā ca yoṣaṇā nadasya nāde pari pātu no manaḥ | iṣṭasya madhye aditir ni dhātu no bhrātā no jyeṣṭhaḥ prathamo vi vocati ||19||
Prateth the Gandharvī and watery woman; in the noise of the noisy one (nadá) let [her] protect our mind; let Aditi set us in the midst of what is desired (? iṣṭá); our oldest brother shall first speak out.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
सो चित् नु भद्रा क्षुमती यशस्वत्य् उषा उवास मनवे स्वर्वती । यद् ईम् उशन्तम् उशताम् अनु क्रतुम् अग्निं होतारं विदथाय जीजनन् ॥२०॥ २
so cit nu bhadrā kṣumatī yaśasvaty uṣā uvāsa manave svarvatī | yad īm uśantam uśatām anu kratum agniṃ hotāraṃ vidathāya jījanan ||20|| 2
She now, the excellent, rich in food, full of glory—the dawn hath shone for man (mánu), full of light (svàr-); since they have generated for the council [as] hótṛ Agni, the eager one, after the will (krátu) of the eager ones.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अध त्यं द्रप्सं विभ्वं विचक्षनं विर् आभरद् इषिरः श्येनो अध्वरे । यदी विशो वृणते दस्मम् आर्या अग्निं होतारम् अध धीर् अजायत ॥२१॥
adha tyaṃ drapsaṃ vibhvaṃ vicakṣanaṃ vir ābharad iṣiraḥ śyeno adhvare | yadī viśo vṛṇate dasmam āryā agniṃ hotāram adha dhīr ajāyata ||21||
Then that mighty (vibhū́) conspicuous drop did the bird, the lively falcon, bring at the sacrifice; if the Aryan tribes (víç) choose the wondrous one, Agni, [as] hótṛ, then prayer (dhī́) was born.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
सदासि रण्वो यवसेव पुष्यते होत्राभिर् अग्ने मनुषः स्वध्वरः । विप्रस्य वा यच् छशमान उक्थ्यो वाजं ससवां उपयासि भूरिभिः ॥२२॥
sadāsi raṇvo yavaseva puṣyate hotrābhir agne manuṣaḥ svadhvaraḥ | viprasya vā yac chaśamāna ukthyo vājaṃ sasavāṃ upayāsi bhūribhiḥ ||22||
Ever art thou pleasant (raṇvá), as pastures to him that enjoys (puṣ) them, being, O Agni, well sacrificed to with the offerings of man (mánus); or when, active, praiseworthy, having won the strength (vā́ja) of the inspired one (vípra), thou approachest with very many.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
उद् ईरय पितरा जार आ भगम् इयक्षति हर्यतो हृत्त इष्यति । विवक्ति वह्निः स्वपस्यते मखस् तविष्यते असुरो वेपते मती ॥२३॥
ud īraya pitarā jāra ā bhagam iyakṣati haryato hṛtta iṣyati | vivakti vahniḥ svapasyate makhas taviṣyate asuro vepate matī ||23||
Send thou up the (two) fathers, [as] a lover, unto enjoyment (bhága). The welcome one (haryatá) desires to sacrifice; he sends from the heart; the bearer (váhni) speaks out; the merry one (? makhá) does a good work; the Asura shows might (taviṣy); he trembles with purpose (? matī́).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यस् ते अग्ने सुमतिं मर्तो अख्यत् सहसः सूनो अति स प्र शृण्वे । इषं दधानो वहमानो अश्वैर् आ स द्युमां अमवान् भूषति द्यून् ॥२४॥
yas te agne sumatiṃ marto akhyat sahasaḥ sūno ati sa pra śṛṇve | iṣaṃ dadhāno vahamāno aśvair ā sa dyumāṃ amavān bhūṣati dyūn ||24||
Whatever mortal hath seen thy favor, O Agni, son of power, he is renowned exceedingly; acquiring (dhā) food (íṣ), borne by horses, he, lightful, vigorous, passes (? ā-bhūṣ) the days (dív).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
श्रुधी नो अग्ने सदने सधस्थे युक्ष्वा रथम् अमृतस्य द्रवित्नुम् । आ नो वह रोदसी देवपुत्रे माकिर् देवानाम् अप भूर् इह स्याः ॥२५॥
śrudhī no agne sadane sadhasthe yukṣvā ratham amṛtasya dravitnum | ā no vaha rodasī devaputre mākir devānām apa bhūr iha syāḥ ||25||
Hear us, O Agni, in thy seat, thy station; harness the speedy chariot of the immortal (amṛ́ta); bring to us the two firmaments (ródasī), parents of the gods; be thou of the gods never (mā́kis) away; mayest thou be here.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यद् अग्न एषा समितिर् भवाति देवी देवेषु यजता यजत्र । रत्ना च यद् विभजासि स्वधावो भागं नो अत्र वसुमन्तं वीतात् ॥२६॥
yad agna eṣā samitir bhavāti devī deveṣu yajatā yajatra | ratnā ca yad vibhajāsi svadhāvo bhāgaṃ no atra vasumantaṃ vītāt ||26||
That, O Agni, this meeting may take place (bhū), divine, among the gods, worshipful, thou reverend one, and that thou mayest share out treasures, O self-ruling one, do thou enjoy here our portion filled with good things.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अन्व् अग्निर् उषसाम् अग्रम् अख्यद् अन्व् अहानि प्रथमो जातवेदाः । अनु सूर्य उषसो अनु रश्मीन् द्यावापृथिवी आ विवेश ॥२७॥
anv agnir uṣasām agram akhyad anv ahāni prathamo jātavedāḥ | anu sūrya uṣaso anu raśmīn dyāvāpṛthivī ā viveśa ||27||
Agni hath looked after the apex of the dawns, after the days, [he] first, Jātavedas; a sun, after the dawns, after the rays; after heaven-and-earth he entered.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
प्रत्य् अग्निर् उषसाम् अग्रम् अख्यत् प्रत्य् अहानि प्रथमो जातवेदाः । प्रति सूर्यस्य पुरुधा च रश्मीन् प्रति द्यावापृथिवी आ ततान ॥२८॥
praty agnir uṣasām agram akhyat praty ahāni prathamo jātavedāḥ | prati sūryasya purudhā ca raśmīn prati dyāvāpṛthivī ā tatāna ||28||
Agni hath looked forth to meet the apex of the dawns, to meet the days, [he] first, Jātavedas, and to meet the rays of the sun in many places; to meet heaven-and-earth he stretched out.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
द्यावा ह क्षामा प्रथमे ऋतेनाभिश्रावे भवतः सत्यवाचा । देवो यन् मर्तान् यजथाय कृण्वन्त् सीदद् धोता प्रत्यङ् स्वम् असुं यन् ॥२९॥
dyāvā ha kṣāmā prathame ṛtenābhiśrāve bhavataḥ satyavācā | devo yan martān yajathāya kṛṇvant sīdad dhotā pratyaṅ svam asuṃ yan ||29||
Heaven and earth, first by right, truth-speaking, are within hearing, when the god, making mortals to sacrifice, sits as hótṛ, going to meet his own being (ásu).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
देवो देवान् परिभूर् ऋतेन वहा नो हव्यं प्रथमश् चिकित्वान् । धूमकेतुः समिधा भाऋजीको मन्द्रो होता नित्यो वाचा यजीयान् ॥३०॥ ३
devo devān paribhūr ṛtena vahā no havyaṃ prathamaś cikitvān | dhūmaketuḥ samidhā bhāṛjīko mandro hotā nityo vācā yajīyān ||30|| 3
A god, encompassing the gods with right, carry thou first our offering, understanding [it]; smoke-bannered by the fuel, light-beaming, a pleasant, constant hótṛ, skilled sacrificer with speech.
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अर्चामि वां वर्धायापो घृतस्नू द्यावाभूमी शृणुतं रोदसी मे । अहा यद् देवा असुनीतिम् आयन् मध्वा नो अत्र पितरा शिशीताम् ॥३१॥
arcāmi vāṃ vardhāyāpo ghṛtasnū dyāvābhūmī śṛṇutaṃ rodasī me | ahā yad devā asunītim āyan madhvā no atra pitarā śiśītām ||31||
I praise (arc) your (du.) work unto increase, ye ghee-surfaced ones; O heaven-and-earth, hear me, ye two firmaments (ródasī); when days, O gods, went to the other life (ásunīti), let the two parents (pitárā) sharpen us here with honey.
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स्वावृग् देवस्यामृतं यदी गोर् अतो जातासो धारयन्त उर्वी । विश्वे देवा अनु तत् ते यजुर् गुर् दुहे यद् एनी दिव्यं घृतम् वाः ॥३२॥
svāvṛg devasyāmṛtaṃ yadī gor ato jātāso dhārayanta urvī | viśve devā anu tat te yajur gur duhe yad enī divyaṃ ghṛtam vāḥ ||32||
If the god's immortality (amṛ́ta) is easy to appropriate for the cow, thence those who are born maintain themselves on the broad [earth]; all the gods go after that sacrificial formula of thine, when the hind yields (duh) the ghee, heavenly liquor (vā́r).
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किं स्विन् नो राजा जगृहे कद् अस्याति व्रतं चकृमा को वि वेद । मित्रस् चिद् धि ष्मा जुहुराणो देवां छ्लोको न याताम् अपि वाजो अस्ति ॥३३॥
kiṃ svin no rājā jagṛhe kad asyāti vrataṃ cakṛmā ko vi veda | mitras cid dhi ṣmā juhurāṇo devāṃ chloko na yātām api vājo asti ||33||
Why forsooth hath the king seized (grah) us? what have we done in transgression of (áti) his ordinance (vratá)? who discerns [it]? for even Mitra, swerving the gods, like a song of praise (çlóka), is the might also of them that go.
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दुर्मन्त्व् अत्रामृतस्य नाम सलक्ष्मा यद् विषुरूपा भवाति । यमस्य यो मनवते सुमन्त्व् अग्ने तम् ऋष्व पाह्य् अप्रयुछन् ॥३४॥
durmantv atrāmṛtasya nāma salakṣmā yad viṣurūpā bhavāti | yamasya yo manavate sumantv agne tam ṛṣva pāhy aprayuchan ||34||
Hard to reverence (? durmántu) here is the name of the immortal, that she of like sign should become of diverse form; whoso shall reverence Yama with proper reverence (? sumántu), him, O Agni, exalted one, do thou protect, unremitting.
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यस्मिन् देवा विदथे मादयन्ते विवस्वतः सदने धारयन्ते । सूर्ये ज्योतिर् अदधुर् मास्य् अक्तून् परि द्योतनिं चरतो अजस्रा ॥३५॥
yasmin devā vidathe mādayante vivasvataḥ sadane dhārayante | sūrye jyotir adadhur māsy aktūn pari dyotaniṃ carato ajasrā ||35||
In whom the gods revel at the council, maintain themselves in Vivasvant's seat—they placed light in the sun, rays in the moon: the two, unfailing, wait upon (pari-car) the brightness (dyotaní).
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यस्मिन् देवा मन्मनि संचरन्त्य् अपीच्ये न वयम् अस्य विद्म । मित्रो नो अत्रादितिर् अनागान्त् सविता देवो वरुणाय वोचत् ॥३६॥
yasmin devā manmani saṃcaranty apīcye na vayam asya vidma | mitro no atrāditir anāgānt savitā devo varuṇāya vocat ||36||
In what secret (apīcyà) devotion (mánman) the gods go about (sam-car)—we know it not; may Mitra, may Aditi, may god Savitar declare us here guiltless to Varuṇa.
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सखाय आ शिषामहे ब्रह्मेन्द्राय वज्रिणे । स्तुष ऊ षु नृतमाय धृष्णवे ॥३७॥
sakhāya ā śiṣāmahe brahmendrāya vajriṇe | stuṣa ū ṣu nṛtamāya dhṛṣṇave ||37||
O companions, we would supplicate (ā-ças) worship (bráhman) for Indra, possessor of the thunderbolt, to praise, indeed, the most manly, the daring.
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शवसा ह्य् असि श्रुतो वृत्रहत्येन वृत्रहा । मघैर् मघोनो अति शूर दाशसि ॥३८॥
śavasā hy asi śruto vṛtrahatyena vṛtrahā | maghair maghono ati śūra dāśasi ||38||
For thou art famed for might (çávas), for Vritra-slaying, a Vritra-slayer; thou out-bestowest the bounteous with thy bounties, O hero.
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स्तेगो न क्षाम् अत्य् एषि पृथिवीं मही नो वाता इह वान्तु भूमौ । मित्रो नो अत्र वरुणो युजमानो अग्निर् वने न व्य् असृष्ट शोकम् ॥३९॥
stego na kṣām aty eṣi pṛthivīṃ mahī no vātā iha vāntu bhūmau | mitro no atra varuṇo yujamāno agnir vane na vy asṛṣṭa śokam ||39||
Thou goest over the earth as a stegá over the ground; let winds blow here on the great earth (bhū́mi) for us; Mitra for us there (átra), Varuṇa, being joined, hath let loose heat (çóka), as fire does in the forest.
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स्तुहि श्रुतं गर्तसदं जनानां राजानं भीमम् उपहत्नुम् उग्रम् । मृडा जरित्रे रुद्र स्तवानो अन्यम् अस्मत् ते नि वपन्तु सेन्यम् ॥४०॥ ४
stuhi śrutaṃ gartasadaṃ janānāṃ rājānaṃ bhīmam upahatnum ugram | mṛḍā jaritre rudra stavāno anyam asmat te ni vapantu senyam ||40|| 4
Praise thou the famed sitter on the hollow of men (jána), the terrible king, formidable assailant (? upahatnú); being praised, O Rudra, be gracious to the singer; let thine army (? sénya) lay low (ni-vap) another than us.
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सरस्वतीं देवयन्तो हवन्ते सरस्वतीम् अध्वरे तायमाने । सरस्वतीं सुकृतो हवन्ते सरस्वती दाशुषे वार्यं दात् ॥४१॥
sarasvatīṃ devayanto havante sarasvatīm adhvare tāyamāne | sarasvatīṃ sukṛto havante sarasvatī dāśuṣe vāryaṃ dāt ||41||
On Sarasvatī do the pious call; on Sarasvatī, while the sacrifice is being extended; on Sarasvatī do the well-doers call: may Sarasvatī give what is desirable to the worshiper (dāçvā́ṅs).
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सरस्वतीं पितरो हवन्ते दक्षिना यज्ञम् अभिनक्षमाणाः । आसद्यास्मिन् बर्हिषि मादयध्वम् अनमीवा इष आ धेह्य् अस्मे ॥४२॥
sarasvatīṃ pitaro havante dakṣinā yajñam abhinakṣamāṇāḥ | āsadyāsmin barhiṣi mādayadhvam anamīvā iṣa ā dhehy asme ||42||
On Sarasvatī do the Fathers call, arriving at the sacrifice on the south; sitting on this barhís do ye revel; assign thou to us food (íṣas) free from disease.
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सरस्वति या सरथं ययाथोक्थैः स्वधाभिर् देवि पितृभिर् मदन्ती । सहस्रार्घम् इडो अत्र भागं रायस् पोषं यजमानाय धेहि ॥४३॥
sarasvati yā sarathaṃ yayāthokthaiḥ svadhābhir devi pitṛbhir madantī | sahasrārgham iḍo atra bhāgaṃ rāyas poṣaṃ yajamānāya dhehi ||43||
O Sarasvatī, that wentest in company (sarátham) with the songs (ukthá), with the svadhā́s, O goddess, reveling with the Fathers, assign thou to the sacrificer here a portion of refreshment (íḍ) of thousandfold value, abundance of wealth.
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उद् ईरताम् अवर उत् परास उन् मध्यमाः पितरः सोम्यासः । असुं य ईयुर् अवृका ऋतज्ञास् ते नो ऽवन्तु पितरो हवेषु ॥४४॥
ud īratām avara ut parāsa un madhyamāḥ pitaraḥ somyāsaḥ | asuṃ ya īyur avṛkā ṛtajñās te no 'vantu pitaro haveṣu ||44||
Let the lower, let the higher, let the midmost Fathers, the soma-drinking (? somyá), go up; they who went to life (ásu), unharmed (avṛká), right-knowing—let those Fathers aid us at our calls.
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आहं पितॄन्त् सुविदत्रां अवित्सि नपातं च विक्रमणं च विष्णोः । बर्हिषदो ये स्वधया सुतस्य भजन्त पित्वस् त इहागमिष्ठाः ॥४५॥
āhaṃ pitṝnt suvidatrāṃ avitsi napātaṃ ca vikramaṇaṃ ca viṣṇoḥ | barhiṣado ye svadhayā sutasya bhajanta pitvas ta ihāgamiṣṭhāḥ ||45||
I have won hither (ā-vid) the beneficent Fathers, both the grandson and the wide-striding of Vishṇu; they who, sitting on the barhís, partake of the pressed drink with svadhā́ —they come especially hither.
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इदं पितृभ्यो नमो अस्त्व् अद्य ये पूर्वासो ये अपरास ईयुः । ये पार्थिवे रजस्य् आ निषक्ता ये वा नूनं सुवृजनासु दिक्षु ॥४६॥
idaṃ pitṛbhyo namo astv adya ye pūrvāso ye aparāsa īyuḥ | ye pārthive rajasy ā niṣaktā ye vā nūnaṃ suvṛjanāsu dikṣu ||46||
Be this homage today to the Fathers, who went first, who went after, who are seated in the space (rájas) of earth, or who are now in regions (díç) having good abodes (suvṛjána).
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मातली कव्यैर् यमो अङ्गिरोभिर् बृहस्पतिर् ऋक्वभिर् वावृधानः । यांश् च देवा वावृधुर् ये च देवांस् ते नो ऽवन्तु पितरो हवेषु ॥४७॥
mātalī kavyair yamo aṅgirobhir bṛhaspatir ṛkvabhir vāvṛdhānaḥ | yāṃś ca devā vāvṛdhur ye ca devāṃs te no 'vantu pitaro haveṣu ||47||
Mātālī with the kavyás, Yama with the An̄girases, Brihaspati increasing with the ṛ́kvans ('praisers'); both they whom the gods increased and who [increased] the gods—let those Fathers aid us at our calls.
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स्वादुष् किलायं मधुमां उतायं तीव्रः किलायं रसवां उतायम् । उतो न्व् अस्य पपिवांसम् इन्द्रं न कश् चन सहत आहवेषु ॥४८॥
svāduṣ kilāyaṃ madhumāṃ utāyaṃ tīvraḥ kilāyaṃ rasavāṃ utāyam | uto nv asya papivāṃsam indraṃ na kaś cana sahata āhaveṣu ||48||
Sweet verily is this [sóma], and full of honey is this; strong (tīvrá) verily is this, and full of sap is this; and no one soever overpowers in conflicts (āhavá) Indra, having now drunk of it.
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परेयिवांसं प्रवतो महीर् इति बहुभ्यः पन्थाम् अनुपस्पशानम् । वैवस्वतं संगमनं जनानां यमं राजानं हविषा सपर्यत ॥४९॥
pareyivāṃsaṃ pravato mahīr iti bahubhyaḥ panthām anupaspaśānam | vaivasvataṃ saṃgamanaṃ janānāṃ yamaṃ rājānaṃ haviṣā saparyata ||49||
Him that went away to the advances called great, spying out the road for many, Vivasvant's son, gatherer of people, king Yama, honor (sapary) ye with oblation.
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यमो नो गातुं प्रथमो विवेद नैषा गव्यूतिर् अपभर्तवा उ । यत्रा नः पूर्वे पितरः परेता एना जज्ञानाः पथ्या अनु स्वाः ॥५०॥ ५
yamo no gātuṃ prathamo viveda naiṣā gavyūtir apabhartavā u | yatrā naḥ pūrve pitaraḥ paretā enā jajñānāḥ pathyā anu svāḥ ||50|| 5
Yama first found for us a track (gātú); that is not a pasture to be borne away; where our former Fathers went forth, there (enā́) [go] those born [of them], along their own roads.
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बर्हिषदः पितर ऊत्य् अर्वाग् इमा वो हव्या चकृमा जुषध्वम् । त आ गतावसा शंतमेनाधा नः शं योर् अरपो दधात ॥५१॥
barhiṣadaḥ pitara ūty arvāg imā vo havyā cakṛmā juṣadhvam | ta ā gatāvasā śaṃtamenādhā naḥ śaṃ yor arapo dadhāta ||51||
Ye barhís -seated Fathers, hitherward with aid! these offerings have we made for you; enjoy [them]! do ye come with most wealful aid; then assign to us weal [and] profit, free from evil.
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आच्या जानु दक्षिणतो निषद्येदं नो हविर् अभि गृणन्तु विश्वे । मा हिंसिष्ट पितरः केन चिन् नो यद् व आगः पुरुषता कराम ॥५२॥
ācyā jānu dakṣiṇato niṣadyedaṃ no havir abhi gṛṇantu viśve | mā hiṃsiṣṭa pitaraḥ kena cin no yad va āgaḥ puruṣatā karāma ||52||
Bending the knee, sitting down on the right, let all assent to (abhi-gṛ) this libation of ours; injure us not, O Fathers, by reason of any offense (ā́gas) which we may do to you through humanity.
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त्वष्टा दुहित्रे वहतुं कृणोति तेनेदं विश्वं भुवनं सम् एति । यमस्य माता पर्युह्यमाना महो जाया विवस्वतो ननाश ॥५३॥
tvaṣṭā duhitre vahatuṃ kṛṇoti tenedaṃ viśvaṃ bhuvanaṃ sam eti | yamasya mātā paryuhyamānā maho jāyā vivasvato nanāśa ||53||
Tvashṭar makes a wedding-car for his daughter; by reason of this, all this creation comes together; the mother of Yama, wife of great Vivasvant, being drawn about, disappeared.
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प्रेहि प्रेहि पथिभिः पूर्याणैर् येना ते पूर्वे पितरः परेताः । उभा राजानौ स्वधया मदन्तौ यमं पश्यासि वरुणं च देवम् ॥५४॥
prehi prehi pathibhiḥ pūryāṇair yenā te pūrve pitaraḥ paretāḥ | ubhā rājānau svadhayā madantau yamaṃ paśyāsi varuṇaṃ ca devam ||54||
Go thou forth, go forth by roads that go to the stronghold (pūryā́ṇa), as (yénā) thy Fathers of old went forth; both kings, reveling with svadhā́, shalt thou see, Yama and god Varuṇa.
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अपेत वीत वि च सर्पतातो ऽस्मा एतं पितरो लोकम् अक्रन् । अहोभिर् अद्भिर् अक्तुभिर् व्यक्तं यमो ददात्य् अवसानम् अस्मै ॥५५॥
apeta vīta vi ca sarpatāto 'smā etaṃ pitaro lokam akran | ahobhir adbhir aktubhir vyaktaṃ yamo dadāty avasānam asmai ||55||
Go ye away, go asunder, and creep apart from here; for this man the Fathers have made this world; adorned with days, with waters, with rays (aktú), a rest (avasā́na) Yama gives to him.
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उशन्तस् त्वेधीमह्य् उशन्तः सम् इधीमहि । उशन्न् उशत आ वह पितॄन् हविषे अत्तवे ॥५६॥
uśantas tvedhīmahy uśantaḥ sam idhīmahi | uśann uśata ā vaha pitṝn haviṣe attave ||56||
Eager (uçánt) would we light thee, eager would we kindle; do thou, eager, bring the eager Fathers to eat the oblation.
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द्युमन्तस् त्वेधीमहि द्युमन्तः सम् इधीमहि । द्युमान् द्युमत आ वह पितॄन् हविषे अत्तवे ॥५७॥
dyumantas tvedhīmahi dyumantaḥ sam idhīmahi | dyumān dyumata ā vaha pitṝn haviṣe attave ||57||
Lightful (dyumánt) would we light thee, lightful would we kindle; do thou, lightful, bring the lightful Fathers to eat the oblation.
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अङ्गिरसो नः पितरो नवग्वा अथर्वाणो भृगवः सोम्यासः । तेषां वयं सुमतौ यज्ञियानाम् अपि भद्रे सौमनसे स्याम ॥५८॥
aṅgiraso naḥ pitaro navagvā atharvāṇo bhṛgavaḥ somyāsaḥ | teṣāṃ vayaṃ sumatau yajñiyānām api bhadre saumanase syāma ||58||
The An̄girases, our návagva Fathers, the Atharvans, the Bhṛigus, soma-drinkers (somyá)—may we be in the favor of those worshipful ones, likewise in their excellent well-willing.
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अङ्गिरोभिर् यज्ञियैर् आ गहीह यम वैरूपैर् इह मादयस्व । विवस्वन्तं हुवे यः पिता ते ऽस्मिन् बर्हिष्य् आ निषद्य ॥५९॥
aṅgirobhir yajñiyair ā gahīha yama vairūpair iha mādayasva | vivasvantaṃ huve yaḥ pitā te 'smin barhiṣy ā niṣadya ||59||
Come thou hither with the worshipful An̄girases; revel here, O Yama, with the Vāirūpas—I call Vivasvant, who is thy father—sitting down upon this barhís.
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इमं यम प्रस्तरम् आ हि रोहाङ्गिरोभिः पितृभिः संविदानः । आ त्वा मन्त्राः कविशस्ता वहन्त्व् एना राजन् हविषो मादयस्व ॥६०॥
imaṃ yama prastaram ā hi rohāṅgirobhiḥ pitṛbhiḥ saṃvidānaḥ | ā tvā mantrāḥ kaviśastā vahantv enā rājan haviṣo mādayasva ||60||
Ascend thou, O Yama, this cushion (prastará), in concord with the An̄giras Fathers; let the sacred utterances (mántra) made in praise by the poets bring thee; then (enā́), O king, revel thou in the oblation.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
इत एत उदारुहन् दिवस् पृष्ठान्व् आरुहन् । प्र भूर्जयो यथा पथा द्याम् अङ्गिरसो ययुः ॥६१॥ ६
ita eta udāruhan divas pṛṣṭhānv āruhan | pra bhūrjayo yathā pathā dyām aṅgiraso yayuḥ ||61|| 6
These ascended up from here; they ascended the backs of the sky (dív); the An̄girases have gone forth to heaven (dív), like bhūrjís, by the road.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)