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Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka) 19.31

औदुम्बरेण मणिना पुष्टिकामाय वेधसा । पशूणां सर्वेषां स्फातिं गोष्ठे मे सविता करत् ॥१॥

audumbareṇa maṇinā puṣṭikāmāya vedhasā | paśūṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ sphātiṃ goṣṭhe me savitā karat ||1||

With an amulet of udumbára, for the pious one desiring prosperity: may Savitar make in my cow-stall fatness (sphātí) of all cattle.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यो नो अग्निर् गार्हपत्यः पशूनाम् अधिपा असत् । औदुम्बरो वृषा मणिः सं मा सृजतु पुष्ट्या ॥२॥

yo no agnir gārhapatyaḥ paśūnām adhipā asat | audumbaro vṛṣā maṇiḥ saṃ mā sṛjatu puṣṭyā ||2||

Whatever householder's fire of ours may be overlord of cattle: let the virile (vṛ́ṣan) amulet of udumbára unite me with prosperity.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

करीषिणीं फलवतीं स्वधाम् इरां च नो गृहे । औदुम्बरस्य तेजसा धाता पुष्टिं दधातु मे ॥३॥

karīṣiṇīṃ phalavatīṃ svadhām irāṃ ca no gṛhe | audumbarasya tejasā dhātā puṣṭiṃ dadhātu me ||3||

Rich in manure, rich in fruit, svadhā́ and cheer (írā) in our house—prosperity let Dhātar assign to me through the keenness (téjas) of the [amulet] of udumbára.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यद् द्विपाच् च चतुष्पाच् च यान्य् अन्नानि ये रसाः । गृह्णे ऽहं त्व् एषां भूमानं बिभ्रद् औदुम्बरं मणिम् ॥४॥

yad dvipāc ca catuṣpāc ca yāny annāni ye rasāḥ | gṛhṇe 'haṃ tv eṣāṃ bhūmānaṃ bibhrad audumbaraṃ maṇim ||4||

Both what [is] two-footed and what four-footed, what foods [there are], what savors (rása)—I seize (grah) the abundance of them, wearing the amulet of udumbára.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

पुष्टिं पशूनाम् परि जग्रभाहं चतुष्पदां द्विपदां यच् च धान्यम् । पयः पशूनां रसम् ओषधीनां बृहस्पतिः सविता मे नि यछात् ॥५॥

puṣṭiṃ paśūnām pari jagrabhāhaṃ catuṣpadāṃ dvipadāṃ yac ca dhānyam | payaḥ paśūnāṃ rasam oṣadhīnāṃ bṛhaspatiḥ savitā me ni yachāt ||5||

I have seized all (pári-) the prosperity of cattle, of quadrupeds, of bipeds, and what grain [there is]; the milk of cattle, the sap (rása) of herbs, may Bṛihaspati, may Savitar confirm to me.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

अहं पशूनाम् अधिपा असानि मयि पुष्टं पुष्टपतिर् दधातु । मह्यम् औदुम्बरो मणिर् द्रविणानि नि यछतु ॥६॥

ahaṃ paśūnām adhipā asāni mayi puṣṭaṃ puṣṭapatir dadhātu | mahyam audumbaro maṇir draviṇāni ni yachatu ||6||

Let me be the over-ruler of cattle; let the lord of prosperity (puṣṭá-) assign to me prosperity; let the amulet of udumbára confirm to me possessions (dráviṇa).

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

उप मौदुम्बरो मणिः प्रजया च धनेन च । इन्द्रेण जिन्वितो मणिर् आ मागन्त् सह वर्चसा ॥७॥

upa maudumbaro maṇiḥ prajayā ca dhanena ca | indreṇa jinvito maṇir ā māgant saha varcasā ||7||

Unto me the amulet of udumbára, with both progeny and riches: the amulet quickened by Indra hath come to me together with splendor.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

देवो मणिः सपत्नहा धनसा धनसातये । पशोर् अन्नस्य भूमानं गवां स्फातिं नि यछतु ॥८॥

devo maṇiḥ sapatnahā dhanasā dhanasātaye | paśor annasya bhūmānaṃ gavāṃ sphātiṃ ni yachatu ||8||

The heavenly amulet, rival-slaying, riches-winning, in order to the winning of riches: let it confirm [to me] abundance of cattle, of food, [and] fatness of kine.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यथाग्रे त्वं वनस्पते पुष्ठ्या सह जज्ञिषे । एवा धनस्य मे स्फातिम् आ दधातु सरस्वती ॥९॥

yathāgre tvaṃ vanaspate puṣṭhyā saha jajñiṣe | evā dhanasya me sphātim ā dadhātu sarasvatī ||9||

As in the beginning thou, O forest tree, wast born together with prosperity, so let Sarasvatī assign to me fatness of riches.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

आ मे धनं सरस्वती पयस्फातिं च धान्यम् । सिनीवाल्य् उपा वहाद् अयं चौदुम्बरो मणिः ॥१०॥

ā me dhanaṃ sarasvatī payasphātiṃ ca dhānyam | sinīvāly upā vahād ayaṃ caudumbaro maṇiḥ ||10||

Riches, fatness of milk, and grain shall Sarasvatī, shall Sinīvālī, and this amulet of udumbára bring to me.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

त्वं मणीणाम् अधिपा वृषासि त्वयि पुष्टं पुष्टपतिर् जजान । त्वयीमे वाजा द्रविणानि सर्वौदुम्बरः स त्वम् अस्मत् सहस्वाराद् आराद् अरातिम् अमतिं क्षुधं च ॥११॥

tvaṃ maṇīṇām adhipā vṛṣāsi tvayi puṣṭaṃ puṣṭapatir jajāna | tvayīme vājā draviṇāni sarvaudumbaraḥ sa tvam asmat sahasvārād ārād arātim amatiṃ kṣudhaṃ ca ||11||

Thou art the virile (vṛ́ṣan) over-ruler of amulets; in thee the lord of prosperity generated prosperity; in thee [are] these powers (vā́ja), [are] all possessions; do thou here, O [amulet] of udumbára, force (sah) far away from us the niggard, misery, and hunger.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

ग्रामणीर् असि ग्रामणीर् उत्थाय अभिषिक्तो ऽभि मा सिञ्च वर्चसा । तेजो ऽसि तेजो मयि धारयाधि रयिर् असि रयिं मे धेहि ॥१२॥

grāmaṇīr asi grāmaṇīr utthāya abhiṣikto 'bhi mā siñca varcasā | tejo 'si tejo mayi dhārayādhi rayir asi rayiṃ me dhehi ||12||

Troop-leader art thou, arising a troop-leader; being anointed (abhisic), do thou anoint me with splendor; brilliancy art thou, brilliancy maintain thou upon me; wealth art thou, wealth assign thou to me.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

पुष्टिर् असि पुष्ट्या मा सम् अङ्ग्धि गृहमेधी गृहपतिं मा कृणु । औदुम्बरः स त्वम् अस्मासु धेहि रयिं च नः सर्ववीरं नि यछ रायस् पोषाय प्रति मुञ्चे अहं त्वाम् ॥१३॥

puṣṭir asi puṣṭyā mā sam aṅgdhi gṛhamedhī gṛhapatiṃ mā kṛṇu | audumbaraḥ sa tvam asmāsu dhehi rayiṃ ca naḥ sarvavīraṃ ni yacha rāyas poṣāya prati muñce ahaṃ tvām ||13||

Prosperity art thou, with prosperity anoint (añj) thou me completely; being house-sacrificer, make thou me householder; O [amulet] of udumbára, do thou here put in us and confirm to us wealth having all heroes; I fasten thee on in order to abundance of wealth.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

अयम् औदुम्बरो मणिर् वीरो वीराय बध्यते । स नः सनिं मधुमतीं कृणोतु रयिं च नः सर्ववीरम् नि यछात् ॥१४॥

ayam audumbaro maṇir vīro vīrāya badhyate | sa naḥ saniṃ madhumatīṃ kṛṇotu rayiṃ ca naḥ sarvavīram ni yachāt ||14||

This amulet of udumbára is bound, a hero, to a hero; let it make for us a winning rich in honey, and may it confirm to us wealth having all heroes.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)