Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·3·3.10
प्रथमा ह व्य् उवास सा धेनुर् अभवद् यमे । सा नः पयस्वती दुहाम् उत्तरामुत्तराम् समाम् ॥१॥
prathamā ha vy uvāsa sā dhenur abhavad yame | sā naḥ payasvatī duhām uttarāmuttarām samām ||1||
She first shone out; she became a milch-cow at Yama's; let her, rich in milk, yield (duh) to us each further summer (? sámā).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यां देवाः प्रतिनन्दन्ति रात्रिम् धेनुम् उपायतीम् । संवत्सरस्य या पत्नी सा नो अस्तु सुमङ्गली ॥२॥
yāṃ devāḥ pratinandanti rātrim dhenum upāyatīm | saṃvatsarasya yā patnī sā no astu sumaṅgalī ||2||
The night which the gods rejoice to meet, [as] a milch-cow coming unto [them], which is the spouse (pátnī) of the year—let her be very auspicious to us.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
संवत्सरस्य प्रतिमां यां त्वा रात्र्य् उपास्महे । सा न आयुष्मतीं प्रजां रायस् पोषेण सं सृज ॥३॥
saṃvatsarasya pratimāṃ yāṃ tvā rātry upāsmahe | sā na āyuṣmatīṃ prajāṃ rāyas poṣeṇa saṃ sṛja ||3||
Thou, O night, whom we worship (upa-ās) as model (pratimā́) of the year-—do thou unite our long-lived progeny with abundance of wealth.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
इयम् एव सा या प्रथमा व्यौछद् आस्व् इतरासु चरति प्रविष्टा । महान्तो अस्यां महिमानो अन्तर् वधूर् जिगाय नवगज् जनित्री ॥४॥
iyam eva sā yā prathamā vyauchad āsv itarāsu carati praviṣṭā | mahānto asyāṃ mahimāno antar vadhūr jigāya navagaj janitrī ||4||
This same is she that first shone out; among these other ones (f.) she goes about (car), having entered; great greatnesses [are] within her; the bride (vadhū́), the new-going generatrix, hath conquered.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
वानस्पत्या ग्रावाणो घोषम् अक्रत हविष् कृण्वन्तः परिवत्सरीणम् । एकाष्टके सुप्रजसः सुवीरा वयं स्याम पतयो रयीणाम् ॥५॥
vānaspatyā grāvāṇo ghoṣam akrata haviṣ kṛṇvantaḥ parivatsarīṇam | ekāṣṭake suprajasaḥ suvīrā vayaṃ syāma patayo rayīṇām ||5||
The forest-tree pressing-stones have made their sound, making the oblation of the complete year (parivatsarī́ṇa); O sole áṣṭakā, may we, having good progeny and good heroes, be lords of wealths.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
इडायास् पदं घृतवत् सरीसृपं जातवेदः प्रति हव्या गृभाय । ये ग्राम्याः पशवो विश्वरूपास् तेषां सप्तानां मयि रन्तिर् अस्तु ॥६॥
iḍāyās padaṃ ghṛtavat sarīsṛpaṃ jātavedaḥ prati havyā gṛbhāya | ye grāmyāḥ paśavo viśvarūpās teṣāṃ saptānāṃ mayi rantir astu ||6||
The track (padá) of Idā [is] full of ghee, greatly trickling; O Jātavedas, accept thou the oblations. The cattle of the village that are of all forms—of those seven let the willing stay (ráṁti) be with me.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
आ मा पुष्टे च पोषे च रात्रि देवानां सुमतौ स्याम । पूर्णा दर्वे परा पत सुपूर्णा पुनर् आ पत । सर्वान् यज्ञान्त् संभुञ्जतीषम् ऊर्जं न आ भर ॥७॥
ā mā puṣṭe ca poṣe ca rātri devānāṃ sumatau syāma | pūrṇā darve parā pata supūrṇā punar ā pata | sarvān yajñānt saṃbhuñjatīṣam ūrjaṃ na ā bhara ||7||
[Set] thou me in both prosperity and abundance; O night, may we be in the favor of the gods.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
आयम् अगन्त् संवत्सरः पतिर् एकाष्टके तव । सा न आयुष्मतीं प्रजां रायस् पोषेण सं सृज ॥८॥
āyam agant saṃvatsaraḥ patir ekāṣṭake tava | sā na āyuṣmatīṃ prajāṃ rāyas poṣeṇa saṃ sṛja ||8||
Hither hath come the year, thy spouse, O sole áṣṭakā; do thou unite our long-lived progeny with abundance of wealth.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
ऋतून् यज ऋतुपतीन् आर्तवान् उत हायनान् । समाः संवत्सरान् मासान् भूतस्य पतये यजे ॥९॥
ṛtūn yaja ṛtupatīn ārtavān uta hāyanān | samāḥ saṃvatsarān māsān bhūtasya pataye yaje ||9||
I sacrifice to the seasons, the lords of the seasons, them of the seasons (ārtavá), and the winters (hāyaná), to the summers (sámā), the years, the months; for the lord of existence I sacrifice.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
ऋतुभ्यष् ट्वार्तवेभ्यो माद्भ्यः संवत्सरेभ्यः । धात्रे विधात्रे समृधे भूतस्य पतये यजे ॥१०॥
ṛtubhyaṣ ṭvārtavebhyo mādbhyaḥ saṃvatsarebhyaḥ | dhātre vidhātre samṛdhe bhūtasya pataye yaje ||10||
To thee for the seasons, them of the seasons, the months, the years, the Creator (dhātár), the Disposer (vidhātár), the Prosperer (? samṛ́dh), the lord of existence, do I sacrifice.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
इडया जुह्वतो वयं देवान् घृतवता यजे । गृहान् अलुभ्यतो वयं सं विशेमोप गोमतः ॥११॥
iḍayā juhvato vayaṃ devān ghṛtavatā yaje | gṛhān alubhyato vayaṃ saṃ viśemopa gomataḥ ||11||
We, making oblation with ídā —I sacrifice to the gods with what is rich in ghee; unto houses not disorderly (? álubhyant), rich in kine, may we enter together.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
एकाष्टका तपसा तप्यमाना जजान गर्भं महिमानम् इन्द्रम् । तेन देवा व्य् असहन्त शत्रून् हन्ता दस्यूनाम् अभवच् छचीपतिः ॥१२॥
ekāṣṭakā tapasā tapyamānā jajāna garbhaṃ mahimānam indram | tena devā vy asahanta śatrūn hantā dasyūnām abhavac chacīpatiḥ ||12||
The sole áṣṭakā, paining herself (tapyá-) with penance, generated an embryo, a greatness, Indra; by him the gods overcame their foes; slayer of the barbarians became the lord of might (çácī-).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
इन्द्रपुत्रे सोमपुत्रे दुहितासि प्रजापतेः । कामान् अस्माकं पूरय प्रति गृह्णाहि नो हविः ॥१३॥
indraputre somaputre duhitāsi prajāpateḥ | kāmān asmākaṃ pūraya prati gṛhṇāhi no haviḥ ||13||
Thou whose son is Indra, whose son is Soma, daughter art thou of Prajāpati; fulfil thou our desires; accept our oblation.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)