Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·3·3.5
आयम् अगन् पर्णमणिर् बली बलेन प्रमृणन्त् सपत्नान् । ओजो देवानां पय ओषधीनां वर्चसा मा जिन्वन्त्व् अप्रयावन् ॥१॥
āyam agan parṇamaṇir balī balena pramṛṇant sapatnān | ojo devānāṃ paya oṣadhīnāṃ varcasā mā jinvantv aprayāvan ||1||
Hither hath come this parṇá -amulet, strong, by strength slaughtering our rivals; force of the gods, milk of the herbs, let it quicken me with splendor unremittingly.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
मयि क्षत्रं पर्णमणे मयि धारयताद् रयिम् । अहं राष्ट्रस्याभीवर्गे निजो भूयासम् उत्तमः ॥२॥
mayi kṣatraṃ parṇamaṇe mayi dhārayatād rayim | ahaṃ rāṣṭrasyābhīvarge nijo bhūyāsam uttamaḥ ||2||
In me [maintain] dominion, O parṇá -amulet, in me maintain wealth; may I in the sphere of royalty be familiar (? nijá), supreme.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यं निदधुर् वनस्पतौ गुह्यं देवाः प्रियं मणिम् । तम् अस्मभ्यं सहायुषा देवा ददतु भर्तवे ॥३॥
yaṃ nidadhur vanaspatau guhyaṃ devāḥ priyaṃ maṇim | tam asmabhyaṃ sahāyuṣā devā dadatu bhartave ||3||
The dear amulet which the gods deposited hidden in the forest-tree—that let the gods give to us to wear, together with length of life (ā́yus).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
सोमस्य पर्णः सह उग्रम् आगन्न् इन्द्रेण दत्तो वरुणेन शिष्टः । तं प्रियासं बहु रोचमानो दीर्घायुत्वाय शतशारदाय ॥४॥
somasya parṇaḥ saha ugram āgann indreṇa datto varuṇena śiṣṭaḥ | taṃ priyāsaṃ bahu rocamāno dīrghāyutvāya śataśāradāya ||4||
The parṇá, Soma's formidable power, hath come, given by Indra, governed (çās) by Varuṇa; may I, shining greatly, wear it in order to length of life for a hundred autumns.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
आ मारुक्षत् पर्णमणिर् मह्या अरिष्टतातये । यथाहम् उत्तरो ऽसान्य् अर्यम्ण उत संविदः ॥५॥
ā mārukṣat parṇamaṇir mahyā ariṣṭatātaye | yathāham uttaro 'sāny aryamṇa uta saṃvidaḥ ||5||
The parṇá -amulet hath ascended me, in order to great unharmedness, so that I may be superior to patron (aryamán) and to ally (saṁvíd).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
ये धीवानो रथकाराः कर्मारा ये मनीषिणः । उपस्तीन् पर्ण मह्यं त्वं सर्वान् कृण्व् अभितो जनान् ॥६॥
ye dhīvāno rathakārāḥ karmārā ye manīṣiṇaḥ | upastīn parṇa mahyaṃ tvaṃ sarvān kṛṇv abhito janān ||6||
They that are clever chariot-makers, that are skilful smiths—subjects to me do thou, O parṇá, make all people (jána) round about.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
ये राजानो राजकृतः सूता ग्रामण्यश् च ये । उपस्तीन् पर्ण मह्यं त्वं सर्वान् कृण्व् अभितो जनान् ॥७॥
ye rājāno rājakṛtaḥ sūtā grāmaṇyaś ca ye | upastīn parṇa mahyaṃ tvaṃ sarvān kṛṇv abhito janān ||7||
They that are kings, king-makers, that are charioteers and troop-leaders—subjects to me do thou, O parṇá, make all people round about.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
पर्णो ऽसि तनूपानः सयोनिर् वीरो वीरेण मया । संवत्सरस्य तेजसा तेन बध्नामि त्वा मणे ॥८॥
parṇo 'si tanūpānaḥ sayonir vīro vīreṇa mayā | saṃvatsarasya tejasā tena badhnāmi tvā maṇe ||8||
Parṇá art thou, body-protecting; a hero, from the same womb (yóni) with me a hero; with the year's brilliancy—therewith I bind thee on, O amulet.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)