Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·1
या शशाप शपनेन याघं मूरम् आदधे । या रसस्य हरणाय जातम् आरेभे तोकम् अत्तु सा ॥३॥
yā śaśāpa śapanena yāghaṃ mūram ādadhe | yā rasasya haraṇāya jātam ārebhe tokam attu sā ||3||
She that hath cursed with cursing, that hath taken malignity as her root (? mū́ra), that hath seized on [our] young to take its sap—let her eat [her own] offspring.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
पुत्रम् अत्तु यातुधानीः स्वसारम् उत नप्त्यम् । अधा मिथो विकेश्यो वि घ्नतां यातुधान्यो वि तृह्यन्ताम् अराय्यः ॥४॥
putram attu yātudhānīḥ svasāram uta naptyam | adhā mitho vikeśyo vi ghnatāṃ yātudhānyo vi tṛhyantām arāyyaḥ ||4||
Let the sorceress eat [her own] son, sister, and daughter (? naptī́); then let the horrid-haired sorceresses mutually destroy (vi-han) one another; let the hags (arāyī́) be shattered asunder.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अभीवर्तेन मणिना येनेन्द्रो अभिववृधे । तेनास्मान् ब्रह्मणस् पते ऽभि राष्ट्राय वर्धय ॥१॥
abhīvartena maṇinā yenendro abhivavṛdhe | tenāsmān brahmaṇas pate 'bhi rāṣṭrāya vardhaya ||1||
With an over-rolling amulet (maṇí), wherewith Indra increased—therewith, O Brahmaṇaspati, make us increase unto royalty (rāṣṭrá).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अभिवृत्य सपत्नान् अभि या नो अरातयः । अभि पृतन्यन्तं तिष्ठाभि यो नो दुरस्यति ॥२॥
abhivṛtya sapatnān abhi yā no arātayaḥ | abhi pṛtanyantaṃ tiṣṭhābhi yo no durasyati ||2||
Rolling over our rivals, over them that are niggards to us, do thou trample on him who fights—on whoever abuses (durasy-) us.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अभि त्वा देवः सविताभि षोमो अवीवृधत् । अभि त्वा विश्वा भूतान्य् अभीवर्तो यथाससि ॥३॥
abhi tvā devaḥ savitābhi ṣomo avīvṛdhat | abhi tvā viśvā bhūtāny abhīvarto yathāsasi ||3||
Thee hath god Savitar, hath Soma made to increase, thee have all existences (bhūtá) [made to increase], that thou mayest be over-rolling.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अभीवर्तो अभिभवः सपत्नक्षयणो मणिः । राष्ट्राय मह्यं बध्यतां सपत्नेभ्यः पराभुवे ॥४॥
abhīvarto abhibhavaḥ sapatnakṣayaṇo maṇiḥ | rāṣṭrāya mahyaṃ badhyatāṃ sapatnebhyaḥ parābhuve ||4||
The over-rolling, overcoming, rival-destroying amulet be bound upon me unto royalty, unto the perishing (parābhū́) of rivals.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
उद् असौ सूर्यो अगाद् उद् इदं मामकं वचः । यथाहं शत्रुहो ऽसान्य् असपत्नः सपत्नहा ॥५॥
ud asau sūryo agād ud idaṃ māmakaṃ vacaḥ | yathāhaṃ śatruho 'sāny asapatnaḥ sapatnahā ||5||
Up hath gone yon sun, up this spell (vácas) of mine, that I may be slayer of foes, without rivals, rival-slayer.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
सपत्नक्षयणो वृषाभिरष्ट्रो विषासहिः । यथाहम् एषां वीराणां विराजानि जनस्य च ॥६॥
sapatnakṣayaṇo vṛṣābhiraṣṭro viṣāsahiḥ | yathāham eṣāṃ vīrāṇāṃ virājāni janasya ca ||6||
A rival-destroying bull, conquering royalty, overpowering—that I may bear rule over these heroes and the people (jána).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
विश्वे देवा वसवो रक्षतेमम् उतादित्या जागृत यूयम् अस्मिन् । मेमं सनाभिर् उत वान्यनाभिर् मेमं प्रापत् पौरुषेयो वधो यः ॥१॥
viśve devā vasavo rakṣatemam utādityā jāgṛta yūyam asmin | memaṃ sanābhir uta vānyanābhir memaṃ prāpat pauruṣeyo vadho yaḥ ||1||
O all ye gods, ye Vasus, protect this man; likewise ye Ādityas, watch ye over him; him let not one related (sánābhi) nor one unrelated—him let not any deadly weapon of men (pāúruṣeya) reach.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
ये वो देवाः पितरो ये च पुत्राः सचेतसो मे शृणुतेदम् उक्तम् । सर्वेभ्यो वः परि ददाम्य् एतं स्वस्त्य् एनं जरसे वहाथ ॥२॥
ye vo devāḥ pitaro ye ca putrāḥ sacetaso me śṛṇutedam uktam | sarvebhyo vaḥ pari dadāmy etaṃ svasty enaṃ jarase vahātha ||2||
Whoso of you, O gods, are fathers and who sons, do ye, accordant (sácetas), hear this utterance of mine; to you all I commit this man; happily unto old age shall ye carry him.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
ये देवा दिवि ष्ठ ये पृथिव्यां ये अन्तरिक्ष ओषधीषु पशुष्व् अप्स्व् अन्तः । ते कृणुत जरसम् आयुर् अस्मै शतम् अन्यान् परि वृणक्तु मृत्यून् ॥३॥
ye devā divi ṣṭha ye pṛthivyāṃ ye antarikṣa oṣadhīṣu paśuṣv apsv antaḥ | te kṛṇuta jarasam āyur asmai śatam anyān pari vṛṇaktu mṛtyūn ||3||
Ye, O gods, that are in the heaven, that are on earth, that are in the atmosphere, in the herbs, in the cattle, within the waters—do ye make old age the length of life for this man; let him avoid the hundred other deaths.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
येषां प्रयाजा उत वानुयाजा हुतभागा अहुतादश् च देवाः । येषां वः पञ्च प्रदिशो विभक्तास् तान् वो अस्मै सत्रसदः कृणोमि ॥४॥
yeṣāṃ prayājā uta vānuyājā hutabhāgā ahutādaś ca devāḥ | yeṣāṃ vaḥ pañca pradiśo vibhaktās tān vo asmai satrasadaḥ kṛṇomi ||4||
Whose are the fore-offerings and whose the after-offerings; the gods that share the oblation and that eat what is not made oblation of; you among whom the five directions are shared out—you do I make sitters at the session (sattrá-) of this man.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
आशानाम् आशापालेभ्यश् चतुर्भ्यो अमृतेभ्यः । इदं भूतस्याध्यक्षेभ्यो विधेम हविषा वयम् ॥१॥
āśānām āśāpālebhyaś caturbhyo amṛtebhyaḥ | idaṃ bhūtasyādhyakṣebhyo vidhema haviṣā vayam ||1||
To the four immortal region-guardians of the regions (áçā), to the overseers of existence (bhūtá), would we now pay worship (vidh) with oblation.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
य आशानाम् आशापालाश् चत्वार स्थन देवाः । ते नो निरृत्याः पाशेभ्यो मुञ्चतांहसोअंहसः ॥२॥
ya āśānām āśāpālāś catvāra sthana devāḥ | te no nirṛtyāḥ pāśebhyo muñcatāṃhasoaṃhasaḥ ||2||
Ye, O gods, who are the four region-guardians of the regions—do ye release us from the fetters (pā́ça) of perdition (nírṛti), from every distress (áṅhas).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अस्रामस् त्वा हविषा यजाम्य् अश्लोणस् त्वा घृतेन जुहोमि । य आशानाम् आशापालस् तुरीयो देवः स नः सुभूतम् एह वक्षत् ॥३॥
asrāmas tvā haviṣā yajāmy aśloṇas tvā ghṛtena juhomi | ya āśānām āśāpālas turīyo devaḥ sa naḥ subhūtam eha vakṣat ||3||
Unlamed I sacrifice to thee with oblation; unmaimed I make oblation to thee with ghee; the god that is fourth region-guardian of the regions, he shall bring hither to us welfare (subhūtá).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
स्वस्ति मात्र उत पित्रे नो अस्तु स्वस्ति गोभ्यो जगते पुरुषेभ्यः । विश्वम् सुभूतम् सुविदत्रं नो अस्तु ज्योग् एव दृशेम सूर्यम् ॥४॥
svasti mātra uta pitre no astu svasti gobhyo jagate puruṣebhyaḥ | viśvam subhūtam suvidatraṃ no astu jyog eva dṛśema sūryam ||4||
Well-being (svastí) be to our mother and father, well-being to kine, to creatures (jágat), to men (púruṣa); all welfare [and] beneficence (? suvidátra) be ours; long may we see the sun.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
इदं जनासो विदथ महद् ब्रह्म वदिष्यति । न तत् पृथिव्यां नो दिवि येन प्राणन्ति वीरुधः ॥१॥
idaṃ janāso vidatha mahad brahma vadiṣyati | na tat pṛthivyāṃ no divi yena prāṇanti vīrudhaḥ ||1||
Now, ye people, take knowledge; he will speak a great mystery (? bráhman); that is not on earth nor in the sky whereby the plants breathe.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अन्तरिक्ष आसां स्थाम श्रान्तसदाम् इव । आस्थानम् अस्य भूतस्य विदुष् टद् वेधसो न वा ॥२॥
antarikṣa āsāṃ sthāma śrāntasadām iva | āsthānam asya bhūtasya viduṣ ṭad vedhaso na vā ||2||
In the atmosphere is the station of them, as of those sitting wearied; the station of this that exists (bhūtá): that the pious know—or they do not.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यद् रोदसी रेजमाने भूमिश् च निरतक्षतम् । आर्द्रं तद् अद्य सर्वदा समुद्रस्येव श्रोत्याः ॥३॥
yad rodasī rejamāne bhūmiś ca niratakṣatam | ārdraṃ tad adya sarvadā samudrasyeva śrotyāḥ ||3||
What the (two) quaking firmaments (ródasī)—and the earth—fashioned out, that at present is always wet, like the streams of the ocean.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
विश्वम् अन्याम् अभीवार तद् अन्यस्याम् अधि श्रितम् । दिवे च विश्ववेदसे पृथिव्यै चाकरं नमः ॥४॥
viśvam anyām abhīvāra tad anyasyām adhi śritam | dive ca viśvavedase pṛthivyai cākaraṃ namaḥ ||4||
The one hath covered all; this rests upon the other; both to the heaven and to the all-possessing earth have I paid homage.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
हिरण्यवर्णाः शुचयः पावका यासु जातः सविता यास्व् अग्निः । या अग्निं गर्भं दधिरे सुवर्णास् ता न आपः शं स्योना भवन्तु ॥१॥
hiraṇyavarṇāḥ śucayaḥ pāvakā yāsu jātaḥ savitā yāsv agniḥ | yā agniṃ garbhaṃ dadhire suvarṇās tā na āpaḥ śaṃ syonā bhavantu ||1||
Of golden color, clean (çúci), purifying, in whom [was] born Savitar, in whom Agni; who, of beauteous color, assumed Agni as embryo—let those waters be weal, pleasant to us.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यासां राजा वरुणो याति मध्ये सत्यानृते अवपश्यन् जनानाम् । या अग्निं गर्भं दधिरे सुवर्णास् ता न आपः शं स्योना भवन्तु ॥२॥
yāsāṃ rājā varuṇo yāti madhye satyānṛte avapaśyan janānām | yā agniṃ garbhaṃ dadhire suvarṇās tā na āpaḥ śaṃ syonā bhavantu ||2||
In the midst of whom goes king Varuṇa, looking down at the truth-and-falsehood of men; who, of beauteous color, etc. etc.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यासां देवा दिवि कृण्वन्ति भक्षं या अन्तरिक्षे बहुधा भवन्ति । या अग्निं गर्भं दधिरे सुवर्णास् ता न आपः शं स्योना भवन्तु ॥३॥
yāsāṃ devā divi kṛṇvanti bhakṣaṃ yā antarikṣe bahudhā bhavanti | yā agniṃ garbhaṃ dadhire suvarṇās tā na āpaḥ śaṃ syonā bhavantu ||3||
They of whom the gods in heaven make [their] draught (bhakṣá); they that come to be abundantly in the atmosphere; who, of beauteous color, etc. etc.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
शिवेन मा चक्षुषा पश्यतापः शिवया तन्वोप स्पृशत त्वचं मे । घृतश्चुतः शुचयो याः पावकास् ता न आपः शं स्योना भवन्तु ॥४॥
śivena mā cakṣuṣā paśyatāpaḥ śivayā tanvopa spṛśata tvacaṃ me | ghṛtaścutaḥ śucayo yāḥ pāvakās tā na āpaḥ śaṃ syonā bhavantu ||4||
With propitious eye behold me, O waters; with propitious body touch my skin; they that are ghee-dripping, clean, purifying—let those waters be weal, pleasant to us.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
इयं वीरुन् मधुजाता मधुना त्वा खनामसि । मधोर् अधि प्रजातासि सा नो मधुमतस् कृधि ॥१॥
iyaṃ vīrun madhujātā madhunā tvā khanāmasi | madhor adhi prajātāsi sā no madhumatas kṛdhi ||1||
This plant is honey-(mádhu -)born; with honey we dig thee; forth from honey art thou engendered; ⌊so⌋ do thou make us possessed of honey.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
जिह्वाया अग्रे मधु मे जिह्वामूले मधूलकम् । ममेद् अह क्रताव् असो मम चित्तम् उपायसि ॥२॥
jihvāyā agre madhu me jihvāmūle madhūlakam | mamed aha kratāv aso mama cittam upāyasi ||2||
At the tip of my tongue honey, at the root of my tongue honeyedness; mayest thou be altogether in my power (krátu), mayest thou come unto my intent (cittá).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
मधुमन् मे निक्रमणं मधुमन् मे परायणम् । वाचा वदामि मधुमद् भूयासं मधुसंदृशः ॥३॥
madhuman me nikramaṇaṃ madhuman me parāyaṇam | vācā vadāmi madhumad bhūyāsaṃ madhusaṃdṛśaḥ ||3||
Honeyed (mádhumant) [is] my in-stepping, honeyed my forth-going; with my voice I speak what is honeyed; may I be of honey-aspect.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
मधोर् अस्मि मधुतरो मदुघान् मधुमत्तरः । माम् इत् किल त्वं वनाः शाखां मधुमतीम् इव ॥४॥
madhor asmi madhutaro madughān madhumattaraḥ | mām it kila tvaṃ vanāḥ śākhāṃ madhumatīm iva ||4||
Than honey am I sweeter (mádhu), than the honey-plant more honeyed; of me verily shalt thou be fond (? van), as of a honeyed branch.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
परि त्वा परितत्नुनेक्षुणागाम् अविद्विषे । यथा मां कमिन्य् असो यथा मन् नापगा असः ॥५॥
pari tvā paritatnunekṣuṇāgām avidviṣe | yathā māṃ kaminy aso yathā man nāpagā asaḥ ||5||
About thee with an encompassing (paritatnú) sugar-cane have I gone, in order to absence of mutual hatred; that thou mayest be one loving me, that thou mayest be one not going away from me.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यद् आबध्नन् दाक्षायणा हिरण्यं शतानीकाय सुमनस्यमानाः । तत् ते बद्नाम्य् आयुषे वर्चसे बलाय दीर्घायुत्वाय शतशारदाय ॥१॥
yad ābadhnan dākṣāyaṇā hiraṇyaṃ śatānīkāya sumanasyamānāḥ | tat te badnāmy āyuṣe varcase balāya dīrghāyutvāya śataśāradāya ||1||
What gold the descendants of Dakṣa, well-willing, bound on for Çatānīka, that I bind for thee, in order to life (ā́yus), splendor, strength, to length of life for a hundred autumns.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
नैनं रक्षांसि न पिशाचाः सहन्ते देवानाम् ओजः प्रथमजम् ह्य् एतत् । यो बिभर्ति दाक्षायणं हिरण्यं स जीवेषु कृणुते दीर्घम् आयुः ॥२॥
nainaṃ rakṣāṃsi na piśācāḥ sahante devānām ojaḥ prathamajam hy etat | yo bibharti dākṣāyaṇaṃ hiraṇyaṃ sa jīveṣu kṛṇute dīrgham āyuḥ ||2||
Not demons, not piçācás overcome him, for this is the first-born force of the gods; whoso bears the gold of the descendants of Dakṣa, he makes for himself long life among the living.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अपां तेजो ज्योतिर् ओजो बलं च वनस्पतीनाम् उत वीर्याणि । इन्द्र इवेन्द्रियाण्य् अधि धारयामो अस्मिन् तद् दक्षमाणो बिभरद् धिरण्यम् ॥३॥
apāṃ tejo jyotir ojo balaṃ ca vanaspatīnām uta vīryāṇi | indra ivendriyāṇy adhi dhārayāmo asmin tad dakṣamāṇo bibharad dhiraṇyam ||3||
The waters' brilliancy, light, force, and strength, also the heroic powers (vīryà) of the forest trees, do we maintain in him, as in Indra Indra's powers (indriyá); this gold shall he, being capable, bear.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
समानां मासाम् ऋतुभिष् ट्वा वयं संवत्सरस्य पयसा पिपर्मि । इन्द्राग्नी विश्वे देवास् ते ऽनु मन्यन्ताम् अहृणीयमानाः ॥४॥
samānāṃ māsām ṛtubhiṣ ṭvā vayaṃ saṃvatsarasya payasā piparmi | indrāgnī viśve devās te 'nu manyantām ahṛṇīyamānāḥ ||4||
With seasons of summers (? sámā), of months, we [fill] thee, with the milk of the year I fill [thee]; let Indra-and-Agni, let all the gods, approve thee, not bearing enmity.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)