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Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka) 3

लाङ्गलं पवीरवत् सुशीमं सोमसत्सरु । उद् इद् वपतु गाम् अविं प्रस्थावद् रथवाहनं पीबरीं च प्रफर्व्यम् ॥३॥

lāṅgalaṃ pavīravat suśīmaṃ somasatsaru | ud id vapatu gām aviṃ prasthāvad rathavāhanaṃ pībarīṃ ca prapharvyam ||3||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

इन्द्रः सीतां नि गृह्णातु तां पूषाभि रक्षतु । सा नः पयस्वती दुहाम् उत्तरामुत्तरां समाम् ॥४॥

indraḥ sītāṃ ni gṛhṇātu tāṃ pūṣābhi rakṣatu | sā naḥ payasvatī duhām uttarāmuttarāṃ samām ||4||

May Indra press the furrow down, may Pusan guide its course aright. May she, as rich in milk, be drained for us through each succeeding year.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 4.57.7; the wording of this text may differ in places.

शुनं सुफाला वि तुदन्तु भूमिं शुनं कीनाशा अनु यन्तु वाहान् । शुनासीरा हविषा तोशमाना सुपिप्पला ओषधीः कर्तम् अस्मै ॥५॥

śunaṃ suphālā vi tudantu bhūmiṃ śunaṃ kīnāśā anu yantu vāhān | śunāsīrā haviṣā tośamānā supippalā oṣadhīḥ kartam asmai ||5||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

शुनं वाहाः शुनं नरः शुनं कृषतु लाङ्गलम् । शुनं वरत्रा बध्यन्तां शुनम् अष्ट्राम् उद् इङ्गय ॥६॥

śunaṃ vāhāḥ śunaṃ naraḥ śunaṃ kṛṣatu lāṅgalam | śunaṃ varatrā badhyantāṃ śunam aṣṭrām ud iṅgaya ||6||

Happily work our steers and men, may the plough furrow happily. Happily be the traces bound; happily may he ply the goad.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 4.57.4; the wording of this text may differ in places.

शुनासीरेह स्म मे जुषेथाम् । यद् दिवि चक्रथुः पयस् तेनेमाम् उप सिञ्चतम् ॥७॥

śunāsīreha sma me juṣethām | yad divi cakrathuḥ payas tenemām upa siñcatam ||7||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

सीते वन्दामहे त्वार्वाची सुभगे भव । यथा नः सुमना असो यथा नः सुफला भुवः ॥८॥

sīte vandāmahe tvārvācī subhage bhava | yathā naḥ sumanā aso yathā naḥ suphalā bhuvaḥ ||8||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

घृतेन सीता मधुना समक्ता विश्वैर् देवैर् अनुमता मरुद्भिः । सा नः सीते पयसाभ्याववृत्स्वोर्जस्वती घृतवत् पिन्वमाना ॥९॥

ghṛtena sītā madhunā samaktā viśvair devair anumatā marudbhiḥ | sā naḥ sīte payasābhyāvavṛtsvorjasvatī ghṛtavat pinvamānā ||9||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

इमां खनाम्य् ओषधिं वीरुधां बलवत्तमाम् । यया सपत्नीं बाधते यया संविन्दते पतिम् ॥१॥

imāṃ khanāmy oṣadhiṃ vīrudhāṃ balavattamām | yayā sapatnīṃ bādhate yayā saṃvindate patim ||1||

I dig this herb, of plants the strongest, with which one drives off (bādh) her rival; with which one wins completely (sam-vid) her husband.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

उत्तानपर्णे सुभगे देवजूते सहस्वति । सपत्नीं मे परा णुद पतिं मे केवलं कृधि ॥२॥

uttānaparṇe subhage devajūte sahasvati | sapatnīṃ me parā ṇuda patiṃ me kevalaṃ kṛdhi ||2||

O thou of outstretched leaves, fortunate, god-quickened, powerful, do thou thrust away my rival, make my husband wholly mine.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

नहि ते नाम जग्राह नो अस्मिन् रमसे पतौ । पराम् एव परावतं सपत्नीं गमयामसि ॥३॥

nahi te nāma jagrāha no asmin ramase patau | parām eva parāvataṃ sapatnīṃ gamayāmasi ||3||

Since he has not named (grah) thy name, thou also stayest (ram) not with him as husband; unto distant distance make we my rival go.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

उत्तराहम् उत्तर उत्तरेद् उत्तराभ्यः । अधः सपत्नी या ममाधरा साधराभ्यः ॥४॥

uttarāham uttara uttared uttarābhyaḥ | adhaḥ sapatnī yā mamādharā sādharābhyaḥ ||4||

Superior [am] I, O superior one; superior, indeed, to them (f.) that are superior; below [is] she that is my rival; lower [is] she than they (f.) that are lower.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

अहम् अस्मि सहमानाथो त्वम् असि सासहिः । उभे सहस्वती भूत्वा सपत्नीं मे सहावहै ॥५॥

aham asmi sahamānātho tvam asi sāsahiḥ | ubhe sahasvatī bhūtvā sapatnīṃ me sahāvahai ||5||

I am overpowering; likewise art thou very powerful; we both, becoming full of power, will overpower my rival.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

अभि ते ऽधां सहमानाम् उप ते ऽधां सहीयसीम् । माम् अनु प्र ते मनो वत्सं गौर् इव धावतु पथा वार् इव धावतु ॥६॥

abhi te 'dhāṃ sahamānām upa te 'dhāṃ sahīyasīm | mām anu pra te mano vatsaṃ gaur iva dhāvatu pathā vār iva dhāvatu ||6||

I have put on (abhí) for thee the overpowering one (f.); I have put to (úpa) for thee the very powerful one; after me let thy mind run forth as a cow after her calf, run as water on its track.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

संशितं म इदं ब्रह्म संशितं वीर्यं बलम् । संशितं क्षत्रम् अजरम् अस्तु जिष्णुर् येषाम् अस्मि पुरोहितः ॥१॥

saṃśitaṃ ma idaṃ brahma saṃśitaṃ vīryaṃ balam | saṃśitaṃ kṣatram ajaram astu jiṣṇur yeṣām asmi purohitaḥ ||1||

Sharpened up is this incantation (? bráhman) of mine; sharpened up [my] heroism, strength; sharpened up, victorious, be the unwasting authority (kṣatrá) [of them] of whom I am the household priest (puróhita).

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

सम् अहम् एषां राष्ट्रं स्यामि सम् ओजो वीर्यं बलम् । वृश्चामि शत्रूणां बाहून् अनेन हविषा अहम् ॥२॥

sam aham eṣāṃ rāṣṭraṃ syāmi sam ojo vīryaṃ balam | vṛścāmi śatrūṇāṃ bāhūn anena haviṣā aham ||2||

Up I sharpen the royalty of them, up their force, heroism, strength; I hew [off] the arms of the foes with this oblation.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

नीचैः पद्यन्ताम् अधरे भवन्तु ये नः सूरिं मघवानं पृतन्यान् । क्षिणामि ब्रह्मणामित्रान् उन् नयामि स्वान् अहम् ॥३॥

nīcaiḥ padyantām adhare bhavantu ye naḥ sūriṃ maghavānaṃ pṛtanyān | kṣiṇāmi brahmaṇāmitrān un nayāmi svān aham ||3||

Downward let them fall, let them become inferior, who shall fight against (pṛtany-) our bounteous patron (sūrí); I destroy the enemies by my incantation; I lead up our own men.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

तीक्ष्णीयांसः परशोर् अग्नेस् तीक्ष्णतरा उत । इन्द्रस्य वज्रात् तीक्ष्णीयांसो येषाम् अस्मि पुरोहितः ॥४॥

tīkṣṇīyāṃsaḥ paraśor agnes tīkṣṇatarā uta | indrasya vajrāt tīkṣṇīyāṃso yeṣām asmi purohitaḥ ||4||

Sharper than an ax, also sharper than fire, sharper than Indra's thunderbolt—[they] of whom I am the household priest.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

एषाम् अहम् आयुधा सं स्याम्य् एषां राष्ट्रं सुवीरं वर्धयामि । एषाम् क्षत्रम् अजरम् अस्तु जिष्ण्व् एषां चित्तं विश्वे ऽवन्तु देवाः ॥५॥

eṣām aham āyudhā saṃ syāmy eṣāṃ rāṣṭraṃ suvīraṃ vardhayāmi | eṣām kṣatram ajaram astu jiṣṇv eṣāṃ cittaṃ viśve 'vantu devāḥ ||5||

The weapons of them I sharpen up; their royalty having good heroes, I increase; be their authority unwasting, victorious; their intent let all the gods aid.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

उद् धर्षन्तां मघवन् वाजिनान्य् उद् वीराणां जयताम् एतु घोषः । पृथग् घोषा उलुलयः केतुमन्त उद् ईरताम् । देवा इन्द्रज्येष्ठा मरुतो यन्तु सेनया ॥६॥

ud dharṣantāṃ maghavan vājināny ud vīrāṇāṃ jayatām etu ghoṣaḥ | pṛthag ghoṣā ululayaḥ ketumanta ud īratām | devā indrajyeṣṭhā maruto yantu senayā ||6||

Let their energies (vā́jina) be excited, O bounteous one (maghávan); let the noise of the conquering heroes arise; let the noises, the clear (ketumánt) halloos, go up severally; let the divine Maruts, with Indra as their chief, go with the army.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

प्रेता जयता नर उग्रा वः सन्तु बाहवः । तीक्ष्णेषवो ऽबलधन्वनो हतोग्रायुधा अबलान् उग्रबाहवः ॥७॥

pretā jayatā nara ugrā vaḥ santu bāhavaḥ | tīkṣṇeṣavo 'baladhanvano hatogrāyudhā abalān ugrabāhavaḥ ||7||

Go forth, conquer, O men; formidable be your arms (bāhú); having sharp arrows, slay them of weak bows; having formidable weapons, having formidable arms (bāhú), [slay] the weak ones.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

अवसृष्टा परा पत शरव्ये ब्रह्मसंशिते । जय अमित्रान् प्र पद्यस्व जह्य् एषां वरंवरं मामीषां मोचि कश् चन ॥८॥

avasṛṣṭā parā pata śaravye brahmasaṃśite | jaya amitrān pra padyasva jahy eṣāṃ varaṃvaraṃ māmīṣāṃ moci kaś cana ||8||

Being let loose, fly thou away, O volley, thou that art sharpened up by incantation; conquer the enemies; go forth; slay of them each best one; let no one soever of them yonder be released.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

अयं ते योनिर् ऋत्वियो यतो जातो अरोचथाः । तं जानन्न् अग्न आ रोहाधा नो वर्धय रयिम् ॥१॥

ayaṃ te yonir ṛtviyo yato jāto arocathāḥ | taṃ jānann agna ā rohādhā no vardhaya rayim ||1||

This is thy seasonable womb (yóni), whence born thou didst shine; knowing it, O Agni, ascend thou; then increase our wealth.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

अग्ने अछा वदेह नः प्रत्यङ् नः सुमना भव । प्र णो यछ विशां पते धनदा असि नस् त्वम् ॥२॥

agne achā vadeha naḥ pratyaṅ naḥ sumanā bhava | pra ṇo yacha viśāṃ pate dhanadā asi nas tvam ||2||

O Agni, speak unto us here; be turned toward us with good-will; bestow upon us, O lord of the people (víç); giver of riches art thou to us.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

प्र णो यछत्व् अर्यमा प्र भगः प्र बृहस्पतिः । प्र देवीः प्रोत सूनृता रयिं देवी दधातु मे ॥३॥

pra ṇo yachatv aryamā pra bhagaḥ pra bṛhaspatiḥ | pra devīḥ prota sūnṛtā rayiṃ devī dadhātu me ||3||

Let Aryaman bestow upon us, let Bhaga, let Brihaspati, let the goddesses; let the divine Sūnṛtā also assign wealth to me.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

सोमं राजानम् अवसे ऽग्निं गीर्भिर् हवामहे । आदित्यम् विष्णुम् सूर्यं ब्रह्माणं च बृहस्पतिम् ॥४॥

somaṃ rājānam avase 'gniṃ gīrbhir havāmahe | ādityam viṣṇum sūryaṃ brahmāṇaṃ ca bṛhaspatim ||4||

King Soma [and] Agni we call to aid with [our] songs (gír); [also] Āditya, Vishṇu, Sūrya, and the priest (brahmán) Brihaspati.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

त्वं नो अग्ने अग्निभिर् ब्रह्म यज्ञं वर्धय । त्वं नो देव दातवे रयिं दानाय चोदय ॥५॥

tvaṃ no agne agnibhir brahma yajñaṃ vardhaya | tvaṃ no deva dātave rayiṃ dānāya codaya ||5||

Do thou, O Agni, with the fires (agní), increase our worship (bráhman) and sacrifice; do thou, O god, stir us up to give, unto giving wealth.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

इन्द्रवायू उभाव् इह सुहवेह हवामहे । यथा नः सर्व इज् जनः संगत्यां सुमना असद् दानकामश् च नो भुवत् ॥६॥

indravāyū ubhāv iha suhaveha havāmahe | yathā naḥ sarva ij janaḥ saṃgatyāṃ sumanā asad dānakāmaś ca no bhuvat ||6||

Indra-and-Vāyu, both of them here, we call here with good call, that to us even every man may be well-willing in intercourse, and may become desirous of giving to us.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

अर्यमणं बृहस्पतिम् इन्द्रं दानाय चोदय । वातं विष्णुं सरस्वतीं सवितारं च वाजिनम् ॥७॥

aryamaṇaṃ bṛhaspatim indraṃ dānāya codaya | vātaṃ viṣṇuṃ sarasvatīṃ savitāraṃ ca vājinam ||7||

Do thou stir up Aryaman, Brihaspati, Indra, unto giving; [also] Vāta (wind), Vishṇu, Sarasvatī, and the vigorous (vājín) Savitar.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

वाजस्य नु प्रसवे सं बभूविमेमा च विश्वा भुवनानि अन्तः । उतादित्सन्तं दापयतु प्रजानन् रयिं च नः सर्ववीरं नि यछ ॥८॥

vājasya nu prasave saṃ babhūvimemā ca viśvā bhuvanāni antaḥ | utāditsantaṃ dāpayatu prajānan rayiṃ ca naḥ sarvavīraṃ ni yacha ||8||

In the impulse (prasavá) of vigor (? vā́ja) now have we come into being, and all these beings within. Both let him, foreknowing, cause him to give who is unwilling to give, and do thou confirm to us wealth having all heroes.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

दुह्राम् मे पञ्च प्रदिषो दुह्राम् उर्वीर् यथाबलम् । प्रापेयं सर्वा आकूतीर् मनसा हृदयेन च ॥९॥

duhrām me pañca pradiṣo duhrām urvīr yathābalam | prāpeyaṃ sarvā ākūtīr manasā hṛdayena ca ||9||

Let the five directions yield (duh) to me, let the wide ones yield according to their strength; may I obtain all my designs, with mind and heart.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

गोसनिं वाचम् उदेयं वर्चसा माभ्युदिहि । आ रुन्धां सर्वतो वायुस् त्वष्टा पोषं दधातु मे ॥१०॥

gosaniṃ vācam udeyaṃ varcasā mābhyudihi | ā rundhāṃ sarvato vāyus tvaṣṭā poṣaṃ dadhātu me ||10||

A kine-winning voice may I speak; with splendor do thou arise upon me; let Vāyu (wind) enclose (ā-rudh) on all sides; let Tvashṭar assign to me abundance.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

ये अग्नयो अप्स्व् अन्तर् ये वृत्रे ये पुरुषे ये अश्मसु । य आविवेशोषधीर् यो वनस्पतींस् तेभ्यो अग्निभ्यो हुतम् अस्त्व् एतत् ॥१॥

ye agnayo apsv antar ye vṛtre ye puruṣe ye aśmasu | ya āviveśoṣadhīr yo vanaspatīṃs tebhyo agnibhyo hutam astv etat ||1||

The fires that are within the waters, that are in Vṛtra, that are in man, that are in stones, the one that hath entered the herbs, the forest-trees—to those fires be this oblation made.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यः सोमे अन्तर् यो गोष्व् अन्तर् य आविष्टो वयःसु यो मृगेषु । य आविवेश द्विपदो यस् चतुष्पदस् तेभ्यो अग्निभ्यो हुतम् अस्त्व् एतत् ॥२॥

yaḥ some antar yo goṣv antar ya āviṣṭo vayaḥsu yo mṛgeṣu | ya āviveśa dvipado yas catuṣpadas tebhyo agnibhyo hutam astv etat ||2||

[The fire] that is within soma, that is within the kine, that is entered into the birds, into the wild beasts (mṛgá), that entered into bipeds, into quadrupeds—to those fires be this oblation made.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

य इन्द्रेण सरथं याति देवो वैश्वानर उत विश्वदाव्यः । यं जोहवीमि पृतनासु सासहिं तेभ्यो अग्निभ्यो हुतम् अस्त्व् एतत् ॥३॥

ya indreṇa sarathaṃ yāti devo vaiśvānara uta viśvadāvyaḥ | yaṃ johavīmi pṛtanāsu sāsahiṃ tebhyo agnibhyo hutam astv etat ||3||

He who, a god, goes in the same chariot with Indra, he that belongs to all men (vāiçvānará) and to all gods (?), whom, very powerful in fights, I call loudly on—to those fires be this oblation made.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यो देवो विश्वाद् यम् उ कामम् आहुर् यं दातारं प्रतिगृह्णन्तम् आहुः । यो धीरः शक्रः परिभूर् अदाभ्यस् तेभ्यो अग्निभ्यो हुतम् अस्त्व् एतत् ॥४॥

yo devo viśvād yam u kāmam āhur yaṃ dātāraṃ pratigṛhṇantam āhuḥ | yo dhīraḥ śakraḥ paribhūr adābhyas tebhyo agnibhyo hutam astv etat ||4||

He who is the all-eating god, and whom they call Desire (kā́ma), whom they call giver, receiving one, who is wise, mighty, encompassing, unharmable—to those fires be this oblation made.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यं त्वा होतारं मनसाभि संविदुस् त्रयोदश भौवनाः पञ्च मानवाः । वर्चोधसे यशसे सूनृतावते तेभ्यो अग्निभ्यो हुतम् अस्त्व् एतत् ॥५॥

yaṃ tvā hotāraṃ manasābhi saṃvidus trayodaśa bhauvanāḥ pañca mānavāḥ | varcodhase yaśase sūnṛtāvate tebhyo agnibhyo hutam astv etat ||5||

Thou on whom as priest (hótar) agreed with their mind the thirteen kinds of beings (bhāuvaná), the five races of men (mānavá): to the splendor-bestowing, glorious one, rich in pleasantness—to those fires be this oblation made.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

उक्षान्नाय वशान्नाय सोमपृष्ठाय वेधसे । वैश्वानरज्येष्ठेभ्यस् तेभ्यो अग्निभ्यो हुतम् अस्त्व् एतत् ॥६॥

ukṣānnāya vaśānnāya somapṛṣṭhāya vedhase | vaiśvānarajyeṣṭhebhyas tebhyo agnibhyo hutam astv etat ||6||

To him whose food is oxen, whose food is cows, to the soma-backed, the pious: to those of whom the one for all men (vāiçvānará-) is chief—to those fires be this oblation made.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

दिवं पृथिवीम् अन्व् अन्तरिक्षम् ये विद्युतम् अनुसंचरन्ति । ये दिक्ष्व् अन्तर् ये वाते अन्तस् तेभ्यो अग्निभ्यो हुतम् अस्त्व् एतत् ॥७॥

divaṃ pṛthivīm anv antarikṣam ye vidyutam anusaṃcaranti | ye dikṣv antar ye vāte antas tebhyo agnibhyo hutam astv etat ||7||

They who move on along the sky, the earth, the atmosphere, along the lightning; who are within the quarters, who within the wind—to those fires be this oblation made.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

हिरण्यपाणिं सवितारम् इन्द्रं बृहस्पतिं वरुणं मित्रम् अग्निम् । विश्वान् देवान् अङ्गिरसो हवामहे इमं क्रव्यादं शमयन्त्व् अग्निम् ॥८॥

hiraṇyapāṇiṃ savitāram indraṃ bṛhaspatiṃ varuṇaṃ mitram agnim | viśvān devān aṅgiraso havāmahe imaṃ kravyādaṃ śamayantv agnim ||8||

Gold-handed Savitar, Indra, Brihaspati, Varuṇa, Mitra, Agni, all the gods, the Angirases, do we call; let them appease (çam) this flesh-eating fire.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

शान्तो अग्निः क्रव्याच् छान्तः पुरुषरेषणः । अथो यो विश्वदाव्यस् तं क्रव्यादम् अशीशमम् ॥९॥

śānto agniḥ kravyāc chāntaḥ puruṣareṣaṇaḥ | atho yo viśvadāvyas taṃ kravyādam aśīśamam ||9||

Appeased is the flesh-eating, appeased the men-injuring fire; so also the one that is of all conflagrations, him, the flesh-eating, have I appeased.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

ये पर्वताः सोमपृष्ठा आप उत्तानशीवरीः । वातः पर्जन्य आद् अग्निस् ते क्रव्यादम् अशीशमन् ॥१०॥

ye parvatāḥ somapṛṣṭhā āpa uttānaśīvarīḥ | vātaḥ parjanya ād agnis te kravyādam aśīśaman ||10||

The mountains that are soma-backed, the waters that lie supine, the wind, Parjanya, then also Agni—these have appeased the flesh-eating one.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

हस्तिवर्चसं प्रथतां बृहद् यशो अदित्या यत् तन्वः संबभूव । तत् सर्वे सम् अदुर् मह्यम् एतद् विश्वे देवा अदितिः सजोषाः ॥१॥

hastivarcasaṃ prathatāṃ bṛhad yaśo adityā yat tanvaḥ saṃbabhūva | tat sarve sam adur mahyam etad viśve devā aditiḥ sajoṣāḥ ||1||

Let elephant-splendor, great glory, spread itself, which came into being from Aditi's body; that same have all together given to me—all the gods, Aditi, in unison.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

मित्रश् च वरुणश् चेन्द्रो रुद्रश् च चेततु । देवासो विश्वधायसस् ते माञ्जन्तु वर्चसा ॥२॥

mitraś ca varuṇaś cendro rudraś ca cetatu | devāso viśvadhāyasas te māñjantu varcasā ||2||

Let both Mitra and Varuṇa, Indra and Rudra, [each] take notice; the all-nourishing gods—let them anoint me with splendor.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

येन हस्ती वर्चसा संबभूव येन राजा मनुष्येस्व् अप्स्व् अन्तः । येन देवा देवताम् अग्र आयन् तेन माम् अद्य वर्चसाग्ने वर्चस्विनं कृणु ॥३॥

yena hastī varcasā saṃbabhūva yena rājā manuṣyesv apsv antaḥ | yena devā devatām agra āyan tena mām adya varcasāgne varcasvinaṃ kṛṇu ||3||

With what splendor the elephant came into being, with what the king among men (manuṣyà), among waters, with what the gods in the beginning went to godhood—with that splendor do thou, O Agni, now make me splendid.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यत् ते वर्चो जातवेदो बृहद् भवत्य् आहुतेः । यावत् सूर्यस्य वर्च आसुरस्य च हस्तिनः । तावन् मे अश्विना वर्च आ धत्तां पुष्करस्रजा ॥४॥

yat te varco jātavedo bṛhad bhavaty āhuteḥ | yāvat sūryasya varca āsurasya ca hastinaḥ | tāvan me aśvinā varca ā dhattāṃ puṣkarasrajā ||4||

What great splendor becomes thine, O Jātavedas, from the offering; how great splendor there is of the sun, and of the ásura -like elephant—so great splendor let the (two) Açvins, lotus-wreathed, assign unto me.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यावच् चतस्रः प्रदिशश् चक्षुर् यावत् समश्नुते । तावत् समैत्व् इन्द्रियं मयि तद् धस्तिवर्चसम् ॥५॥

yāvac catasraḥ pradiśaś cakṣur yāvat samaśnute | tāvat samaitv indriyaṃ mayi tad dhastivarcasam ||5||

As far as the four directions, as far as the eye reaches (sam-aç), let so great force (indriyá) come together, that elephant-splendor, in me.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

हस्ती मृगाणां सुषदाम् अतिष्ठावान् बभूव हि । तस्य भगेन वर्चसाभि षिञ्चामि माम् अहम् ॥६॥

hastī mṛgāṇāṃ suṣadām atiṣṭhāvān babhūva hi | tasya bhagena varcasābhi ṣiñcāmi mām aham ||6||

Since the elephant has become the superior (atiṣṭhā́vant) of the comfortable (? suṣád) wild beasts, with his fortune [and] splendor do I pour (sic) upon myself.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

येन वेहद् बभूविथ नाशयामसि तत् त्वत् । इदं तद् अन्यत्र त्वद् अप दूरे नि दध्मसि ॥१॥

yena vehad babhūvitha nāśayāmasi tat tvat | idaṃ tad anyatra tvad apa dūre ni dadhmasi ||1||

By what thou hast become barren (vehát), that we make disappear from thee; that now we set down elsewhere, far away from (ápa) thee.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

आ ते योनिं गर्भ एतु पुमान् बाण इवेषुधिम् । आ वीरो ऽत्र जायतां पुत्रस् ते दशमास्यः ॥२॥

ā te yoniṃ garbha etu pumān bāṇa iveṣudhim | ā vīro 'tra jāyatāṃ putras te daśamāsyaḥ ||2||

Unto thy womb let a fœtus come, a male one, as an arrow to a quiver; let a hero be born unto thee here, a ten-months' son.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

पुमांसं पुत्रं जनय तं पुमान् अनु जायताम् । भवासि पुत्राणां माता जातानां जनयाश् च यान् ॥३॥

pumāṃsaṃ putraṃ janaya taṃ pumān anu jāyatām | bhavāsi putrāṇāṃ mātā jātānāṃ janayāś ca yān ||3||

Give birth to a male, a son; after him let a male be born; mayest thou be mother of sons, of those born and whom thou shalt bear.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यानि बद्राणि बीजान्य् ऋषभा जनयन्ति च । तैस् त्वं पुत्रं विन्दस्व सा प्रसूर् धेनुका भव ॥४॥

yāni badrāṇi bījāny ṛṣabhā janayanti ca | tais tvaṃ putraṃ vindasva sā prasūr dhenukā bhava ||4||

And what excellent seeds the bulls generate, with them do thou acquire (vid) a son; become thou a productive milch-cow.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

कृणोमि ते प्राजापत्यम् आ योनिं गर्भ एतु ते । विन्दस्व त्वं पुत्रं नारि यस् तुभ्यं शम् असच् छम् उ तस्मै त्वम् भव ॥५॥

kṛṇomi te prājāpatyam ā yoniṃ garbha etu te | vindasva tvaṃ putraṃ nāri yas tubhyaṃ śam asac cham u tasmai tvam bhava ||5||

I perform for thee the [ceremony] of Prajāpati; let a fœtus come to thy womb; acquire thou a son, O woman, who shall be weal for thee; weal also for him do thou become.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यासाम् द्यौः पिता पृथिवी माता समुद्रो मूलं वीरुधां बभूव । तास् त्वा पुत्रविद्याय दैवीः प्रावन्त्व् ओषधयः ॥६॥

yāsām dyauḥ pitā pṛthivī mātā samudro mūlaṃ vīrudhāṃ babhūva | tās tvā putravidyāya daivīḥ prāvantv oṣadhayaḥ ||6||

The plants of which heaven has been the father, earth the mother, ocean the root—let those herbs of the gods (dāíva) favor thee, in order to acquisition of a son.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

पयस्वतीर् ओषधयः पयस्वन् मामकं वचः । अथो पयस्वतीनाम् आ भरे ऽहं सहस्रशः ॥१॥

payasvatīr oṣadhayaḥ payasvan māmakaṃ vacaḥ | atho payasvatīnām ā bhare 'haṃ sahasraśaḥ ||1||

Rich in milk [are] the herbs, rich in milk my utterance (vácas); accordingly, of them that are rich in milk I bring by thousands.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

वेदाहं पयस्वन्तं चकार धान्यम् बहु । संभृत्वा नाम यो देवस् तं वयं हवामहे योयो अयज्वनो गृहे ॥२॥

vedāhaṃ payasvantaṃ cakāra dhānyam bahu | saṃbhṛtvā nāma yo devas taṃ vayaṃ havāmahe yoyo ayajvano gṛhe ||2||

I know him that is rich in milk; he hath made the grain much; the god that is "collector" by name, him do we call, whichever is in the house of one who sacrifices not.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

इमा याः पञ्च प्रदिशो मानवीः पञ्च कृष्टयः । वृष्टे शापं नदीर् इवेह स्फातिं समावहान् ॥३॥

imā yāḥ pañca pradiśo mānavīḥ pañca kṛṣṭayaḥ | vṛṣṭe śāpaṃ nadīr iveha sphātiṃ samāvahān ||3||

These five directions that there are, the five races (kṛṣṭí) descended from Manu (mānavī́)—may they bring fatness (sphātí) together here, as streams [bring] drift when it has rained.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

उद् उत्सं शतधारं सहस्रधारम् अक्षितम् । एवास्माकेदं धान्यं सहस्रधारम् अक्षितम् ॥४॥

ud utsaṃ śatadhāraṃ sahasradhāram akṣitam | evāsmākedaṃ dhānyaṃ sahasradhāram akṣitam ||4||

As a fountain of a hundred streams, of a thousand streams, unexhausted, so this grain of ours, in a thousand streams, unexhausted.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

शतहस्त समाहर सहस्रहस्त सं किर । कृतस्य कार्यस्य चेह स्फातिं समावह ॥५॥

śatahasta samāhara sahasrahasta saṃ kira | kṛtasya kāryasya ceha sphātiṃ samāvaha ||5||

O hundred-handed one, bring together; O thousand-handed one, pile together; of what is made and of what is to be made do thou convey together the fatness here.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

तिस्रो मात्रा गन्धर्वाणां चतस्रो गृहपत्न्याः । तासां या स्फातिमत्तमा तया त्वाभि मृशामसि ॥६॥

tisro mātrā gandharvāṇāṃ catasro gṛhapatnyāḥ | tāsāṃ yā sphātimattamā tayā tvābhi mṛśāmasi ||6||

Three measures of the Gandharvas, four of the house-mistress; of them whichever is richest in fatness, with that one we touch thee.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

उपोहश् च समूहश् च क्षत्तारौ ते प्रजापते । ताव् इहा वहतां स्फातिं बहुं भूमानम् अक्षितम् ॥७॥

upohaś ca samūhaś ca kṣattārau te prajāpate | tāv ihā vahatāṃ sphātiṃ bahuṃ bhūmānam akṣitam ||7||

Bringer (upohá) and gatherer (samūhá) [are] thy (two) distributors, O Prajāpati; let them convey hither fatness, much unexhausted plenty.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

उत्तुदस् त्वोत् तुदतु मा धृथाः शयने स्वे । इषुः कामस्य या भीमा तया विध्यामि त्वा हृदि ॥१॥

uttudas tvot tudatu mā dhṛthāḥ śayane sve | iṣuḥ kāmasya yā bhīmā tayā vidhyāmi tvā hṛdi ||1||

Let the up-thruster thrust (tud) thee up; do not abide (dhṛ) in thine own lair; the arrow of love (kā́ma) that is terrible, therewith I pierce thee in the heart.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

आधीपर्णां कामशल्याम् इषुं संकल्पकुल्मलाम् । तां सुसंनतां कृत्वा कामो विध्यतु त्वा हृदि ॥२॥

ādhīparṇāṃ kāmaśalyām iṣuṃ saṃkalpakulmalām | tāṃ susaṃnatāṃ kṛtvā kāmo vidhyatu tvā hṛdi ||2||

The arrow feathered with longing (ādhī́), tipped with love, necked with resolve (? saṁkalpá-)—having made that well-straightened, let love pierce thee in the heart.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

या प्लीहानं शोषयति कामस्येषुः सुसंनता । प्राचीनपक्षा व्योषा तया विध्यामि त्वा हृदि ॥३॥

yā plīhānaṃ śoṣayati kāmasyeṣuḥ susaṃnatā | prācīnapakṣā vyoṣā tayā vidhyāmi tvā hṛdi ||3||

The well-straightened arrow of love which dries the spleen, forward-winged, consuming (vyòṣa)—therewith I pierce thee in the heart.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

शुचा विद्धा व्योषया शुष्कास्याभि सर्प मा । मृदुर् निमन्युः केवली प्रियवादिन्य् अनुव्रता ॥४॥

śucā viddhā vyoṣayā śuṣkāsyābhi sarpa mā | mṛdur nimanyuḥ kevalī priyavādiny anuvratā ||4||

Pierced with consuming pain (çúc), dry-mouthed, do thou come creeping to me, gentle, with fury allayed, entirely [mine], pleasant-spoken, submissive.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

आजामि त्वाजन्या परि मातुर् अथो पितुः । यथा मम क्रताव् असो मम चित्तम् उपायसि ॥५॥

ājāmi tvājanyā pari mātur atho pituḥ | yathā mama kratāv aso mama cittam upāyasi ||5||

I goad thee hither with a goad (ā́janī), away from mother, likewise from father, that thou mayest be in my power (krátu), mayest come unto my intent.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

व्य् अस्यै मित्रावरुणौ हृदश् चित्तान्य् अस्यतम् । अथैनाम् अक्रतुं कृत्वा ममैव कृणुतं वशे ॥६॥

vy asyai mitrāvaruṇau hṛdaś cittāny asyatam | athainām akratuṃ kṛtvā mamaiva kṛṇutaṃ vaśe ||6||

Do ye, O Mitra-and-Varuṇa, cast out the intents from her heart; then, making her powerless, make her [to be] in my own control.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

ये ऽस्यां स्थ प्राच्यां दिशि हेतयो नाम देवास् तेषां वो अग्निर् इषवः । ते नो मृडत ते नो ऽधि ब्रूत तेभ्यो वो नमस् तेभ्यो वः स्वाहा ॥१॥

ye 'syāṃ stha prācyāṃ diśi hetayo nāma devās teṣāṃ vo agnir iṣavaḥ | te no mṛḍata te no 'dhi brūta tebhyo vo namas tebhyo vaḥ svāhā ||1||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

ये ऽस्यां स्थ दक्षिणायां दिश्य् अविष्यवो नाम देवास् तेषां वः काम इषवः । ते नो मृडत ते नो ऽधि ब्रूत तेभ्यो वो नमस् तेभ्यो वः स्वाहा ॥२॥

ye 'syāṃ stha dakṣiṇāyāṃ diśy aviṣyavo nāma devās teṣāṃ vaḥ kāma iṣavaḥ | te no mṛḍata te no 'dhi brūta tebhyo vo namas tebhyo vaḥ svāhā ||2||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

ये ऽस्यां स्थ प्रतीच्यां दिशि वैराजा नाम देवास् तेषां व आप इषवः । ते नो मृडत ते नो ऽधि ब्रूत तेभ्यो वो नमस् तेभ्यो वः स्वाहा ॥३॥

ye 'syāṃ stha pratīcyāṃ diśi vairājā nāma devās teṣāṃ va āpa iṣavaḥ | te no mṛḍata te no 'dhi brūta tebhyo vo namas tebhyo vaḥ svāhā ||3||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

ये ऽस्यां स्थोदीच्यां दिशि प्रविध्यन्तो नाम देवास् तेषां वो वात इषवः । ते नो मृडत ते नो ऽधि ब्रूत तेभ्यो वो नमस् तेभ्यो वः स्वाहा ॥४॥

ye 'syāṃ sthodīcyāṃ diśi pravidhyanto nāma devās teṣāṃ vo vāta iṣavaḥ | te no mṛḍata te no 'dhi brūta tebhyo vo namas tebhyo vaḥ svāhā ||4||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

ये ऽस्यां स्थ ध्रुवायां दिशि निलिम्पा नाम देवास् तेषां व ओषधीर् इषवः । ते नो मृडत ते नो ऽधि ब्रूत तेभ्यो वो नमस् तेभ्यो वः स्वाहा ॥५॥

ye 'syāṃ stha dhruvāyāṃ diśi nilimpā nāma devās teṣāṃ va oṣadhīr iṣavaḥ | te no mṛḍata te no 'dhi brūta tebhyo vo namas tebhyo vaḥ svāhā ||5||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

ये ऽस्यां स्थोर्ध्वायां दिश्य् अवस्वन्तो नाम देवास् तेषां वो बृहस्पतिर् इषवः । ते नो मृडत ते नो ऽधि ब्रूत तेभ्यो वो नमस् तेभ्यो वः स्वाहा ॥६॥

ye 'syāṃ sthordhvāyāṃ diśy avasvanto nāma devās teṣāṃ vo bṛhaspatir iṣavaḥ | te no mṛḍata te no 'dhi brūta tebhyo vo namas tebhyo vaḥ svāhā ||6||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

प्राची दिग् अग्निर् अधिपतिर् असितो रक्षितादित्या इषवः । तेभ्यो नमो ऽधिपतिभ्यो नमो रक्षितृभ्यो नम इषुभ्यो नम एभ्यो अस्तु । यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मस् तं वो जम्भे दध्मः ॥१॥

prācī dig agnir adhipatir asito rakṣitādityā iṣavaḥ | tebhyo namo 'dhipatibhyo namo rakṣitṛbhyo nama iṣubhyo nama ebhyo astu | yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmas taṃ vo jambhe dadhmaḥ ||1||

Eastern quarter; Agni overlord; black serpent defender; the Ādityas arrows: homage to those overlords; homage to the defenders; homage to the arrows; homage be to them; who hates us, whom we hate, him we put in your jaws (jámbha).

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

दक्षिणा दिग् इन्द्रो ऽधिपतिस् तिरश्चिराजी रक्षिता पितर इषवः । तेभ्यो नमो ऽधिपतिभ्यो नमो रक्षितृभ्यो नम इषुभ्यो नम एभ्यो अस्तु । यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मस् तं वो जम्भे दध्मः ॥२॥

dakṣiṇā dig indro 'dhipatis tiraścirājī rakṣitā pitara iṣavaḥ | tebhyo namo 'dhipatibhyo namo rakṣitṛbhyo nama iṣubhyo nama ebhyo astu | yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmas taṃ vo jambhe dadhmaḥ ||2||

Southern quarter; Indra overlord; cross-lined [serpent] defender; the Fathers arrows: homage to those etc. etc.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

प्रतीची दिग् वरुणो ऽधिपतिः पृदाकू रक्षितान्नम् इषवः । तेभ्यो नमो ऽधिपतिभ्यो नमो रक्षितृभ्यो नम इषुभ्यो नम एभ्यो अस्तु । यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मस् तं वो जम्भे दध्मः ॥३॥

pratīcī dig varuṇo 'dhipatiḥ pṛdākū rakṣitānnam iṣavaḥ | tebhyo namo 'dhipatibhyo namo rakṣitṛbhyo nama iṣubhyo nama ebhyo astu | yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmas taṃ vo jambhe dadhmaḥ ||3||

Western quarter; Varuna overlord; the adder (pṛ́dāku) defender; food the arrows: homage to those etc. etc.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

उदीची दिक् सोमो ऽधिपतिः स्वजो रक्षिताशनिर् इषवः । तेभ्यो नमो ऽधिपतिभ्यो नमो रक्षितृभ्यो नम इषुभ्यो नम एभ्यो अस्तु । यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मस् तं वो जम्भे दध्मः ॥४॥

udīcī dik somo 'dhipatiḥ svajo rakṣitāśanir iṣavaḥ | tebhyo namo 'dhipatibhyo namo rakṣitṛbhyo nama iṣubhyo nama ebhyo astu | yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmas taṃ vo jambhe dadhmaḥ ||4||

Northern quarter; Soma overlord; the constrictor (svajá) defender; the thunderbolt (açáni) arrows: homage to those etc. etc.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

ध्रुवा दिग् विष्णुर् अधिपतिः कल्माषग्रीवो रक्षिता वीरुध इषवः । तेभ्यो नमो ऽधिपतिभ्यो नमो रक्षितृभ्यो नम इषुभ्यो नम एभ्यो अस्तु । यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयम् द्विष्मस् तं वो जम्भे दध्मः ॥५॥

dhruvā dig viṣṇur adhipatiḥ kalmāṣagrīvo rakṣitā vīrudha iṣavaḥ | tebhyo namo 'dhipatibhyo namo rakṣitṛbhyo nama iṣubhyo nama ebhyo astu | yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayam dviṣmas taṃ vo jambhe dadhmaḥ ||5||

Fixed quarter; Vishṇu overlord; the serpent with black-spotted (kalmā́ṣa-) neck defender; the plants arrows: homage to those etc. etc.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

ऊर्ध्वा दिग् बृहस्पतिर् अधिपतिः श्वित्रो रक्षिता वर्षम् इषवः । तेभ्यो नमो ऽधिपतिभ्यो नमो रक्षितृभ्यो नम इषुभ्यो नम एभ्यो अस्तु । यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मस् तं वो जम्भे दध्मः ॥६॥

ūrdhvā dig bṛhaspatir adhipatiḥ śvitro rakṣitā varṣam iṣavaḥ | tebhyo namo 'dhipatibhyo namo rakṣitṛbhyo nama iṣubhyo nama ebhyo astu | yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmas taṃ vo jambhe dadhmaḥ ||6||

Upward quarter; Brihaspati overlord; the white (çvitrá) [serpent] defender; rain the arrows: homage to those etc. etc.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

एकैकयैषा सृष्ट्या सं बभूव यत्र गा असृजन्त भूतकृतो विश्वरूपाः । यत्र विजायते यमिन्य् अपर्तुः सा पशून् क्षिणाति रिफती रुशती ॥१॥

ekaikayaiṣā sṛṣṭyā saṃ babhūva yatra gā asṛjanta bhūtakṛto viśvarūpāḥ | yatra vijāyate yaminy apartuḥ sā paśūn kṣiṇāti riphatī ruśatī ||1||

She herself came into being by a one-by-one creation, where the being-makers created the kine of all forms; where the twinning [cow] gives birth, out of season, she destroys the cattle, snarling, angry.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

एषा पशून्त् सं क्षिणाति क्रव्याद् भूत्वा व्यद्वरी । उतैनां ब्रह्मणे दद्यात् तथा स्योना शिवा स्यात् ॥२॥

eṣā paśūnt saṃ kṣiṇāti kravyād bhūtvā vyadvarī | utaināṃ brahmaṇe dadyāt tathā syonā śivā syāt ||2||

She quite destroys the cattle, becoming a flesh-eater, devourer (? vy-ádvarī); also one should give her to a priest (brahmán); so would she be pleasant, propitious.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

शिवा भव पुरुषेभ्यो गोभ्यो अश्वेभ्यः शिवा । शिवास्मै सर्वस्मै क्षेत्राय शिवा न इहैधि ॥३॥

śivā bhava puruṣebhyo gobhyo aśvebhyaḥ śivā | śivāsmai sarvasmai kṣetrāya śivā na ihaidhi ||3||

Be thou propitious to men (púruṣa), propitious to kine, to horses, propitious to all this field (kṣétra); be propitious to us here.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

इह पुष्टिर् इह रस इह सहस्रसातमा भव । पशून् यमिनि पोषय ॥४॥

iha puṣṭir iha rasa iha sahasrasātamā bhava | paśūn yamini poṣaya ||4||

Here prosperity, here sap—here be thou best winner of a thousand; make the cattle prosper, O twinning one.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यत्रा सुहार्दः सुकृतो मदन्ति विहाय रोगं तन्वः स्वायाः । तं लोकं यमिन्य् अभिसंबभूव सा नो मा हिंसीत् पुरुषान् पशूंश् च ॥५॥

yatrā suhārdaḥ sukṛto madanti vihāya rogaṃ tanvaḥ svāyāḥ | taṃ lokaṃ yaminy abhisaṃbabhūva sā no mā hiṃsīt puruṣān paśūṃś ca ||5||

Where the good-hearted [and] well-doing revel, quitting disease of their own body—into that world hath the twinning one come into being; let her not injure our men and cattle.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यत्रा सुहार्दां सुकृताम् अग्निहोत्रहुताम् यत्र लोकः । तं लोकं यमिन्य् अभिसंबभूव सा नो मा हिंसीत् पुरुषान् पशूंश् च ॥६॥

yatrā suhārdāṃ sukṛtām agnihotrahutām yatra lokaḥ | taṃ lokaṃ yaminy abhisaṃbabhūva sā no mā hiṃsīt puruṣān paśūṃś ca ||6||

Where is the world of the good-hearted, of the well-doing, where of them that offer the fire-offering (agnihotrá-)—into that world hath the twinning one come into being; let her not injure our men and cattle.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यद् राजानो विभजन्त इष्टापूर्तस्य षोडशम् यमस्यामी सभासदः । अविस् तस्मात् प्र मुञ्चति दत्तः शितिपात् स्वधा ॥१॥

yad rājāno vibhajanta iṣṭāpūrtasya ṣoḍaśam yamasyāmī sabhāsadaḥ | avis tasmāt pra muñcati dattaḥ śitipāt svadhā ||1||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

सर्वान् कामान् पूरयत्य् आभवन् प्रभवन् भवन् । आकूतिप्रो ऽविर् दत्तः शितिपान्न् नोप दस्यति ॥२॥

sarvān kāmān pūrayaty ābhavan prabhavan bhavan | ākūtipro 'vir dattaḥ śitipānn nopa dasyati ||2||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

यो ददाति शितिपादम् अविं लोकेन संमितम् । स नाकम् अभ्यारोहति यत्र शुल्को न क्रियते अबलेन बलीयसे ॥३॥

yo dadāti śitipādam aviṃ lokena saṃmitam | sa nākam abhyārohati yatra śulko na kriyate abalena balīyase ||3||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

पञ्चापूपं शितिपादम् अविं लोकेन संमितम् । प्रदातोप जीवति पितॄणां लोके ऽक्षितम् ॥४॥

pañcāpūpaṃ śitipādam aviṃ lokena saṃmitam | pradātopa jīvati pitṝṇāṃ loke 'kṣitam ||4||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

पञ्चापूपं शितिपादम् अविं लोकेन संमितम् । प्रदातोप जीवति सूर्यामासयोर् अक्षितम् ॥५॥

pañcāpūpaṃ śitipādam aviṃ lokena saṃmitam | pradātopa jīvati sūryāmāsayor akṣitam ||5||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

इरेव नोप दस्यति समुद्र इव पयो महत् । देवौ सवासिनाव् इव शितिपान् नोप दस्यति ॥६॥

ireva nopa dasyati samudra iva payo mahat | devau savāsināv iva śitipān nopa dasyati ||6||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

क इदं कस्मा अदात् कामः कामायादात् । कामो दाता कामः प्रतिग्रहीता कामः समुद्रम् आ विवेश । कामेन त्वा प्रति गृह्नामि कामैतत् ते ॥७॥

ka idaṃ kasmā adāt kāmaḥ kāmāyādāt | kāmo dātā kāmaḥ pratigrahītā kāmaḥ samudram ā viveśa | kāmena tvā prati gṛhnāmi kāmaitat te ||7||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

भूमिष् ट्वा प्रति गृह्णात्व् अन्तरिक्षम् इदं महत् । माहं प्राणेन मात्मना मा प्रजया प्रतिगृह्य वि राधिषि ॥८॥

bhūmiṣ ṭvā prati gṛhṇātv antarikṣam idaṃ mahat | māhaṃ prāṇena mātmanā mā prajayā pratigṛhya vi rādhiṣi ||8||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

सहृदयं सांमनस्यम् अविद्वेषं कृणोमि वः । अन्यो अन्यम् अभि हर्यत वत्सं जातम् इवाघ्न्या ॥१॥

sahṛdayaṃ sāṃmanasyam avidveṣaṃ kṛṇomi vaḥ | anyo anyam abhi haryata vatsaṃ jātam ivāghnyā ||1||

Like-heartedness, like-mindedness, non-hostility do I make for you; do ye show affection (hary) the one toward the other, as the inviolable [cow] toward her calf when born.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

अनुव्रतः पितुः पुत्रो मात्रा भवतु संमनाः । जाया पत्ये मधुमतीं वाचं वदतु शन्तिवाम् ॥२॥

anuvrataḥ pituḥ putro mātrā bhavatu saṃmanāḥ | jāyā patye madhumatīṃ vācaṃ vadatu śantivām ||2||

Be the son submissive to the father, like-minded with the mother; let the wife to the husband speak words (vā́c) full of honey, wealful.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

मा भ्राता भ्रातरं द्विक्षन् मा स्वसारम् उत स्वसा । सम्यञ्चः सव्रता भूत्वा वाचं वदत भद्रया ॥३॥

mā bhrātā bhrātaraṃ dvikṣan mā svasāram uta svasā | samyañcaḥ savratā bhūtvā vācaṃ vadata bhadrayā ||3||

Let not brother hate brother, nor sister sister; becoming accordant (samyáñc), of like courses, speak ye words auspiciously (bhadráyā).

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

येन देवा न वियन्ति नो च विद्विषते मिथः । तत् कृण्मो ब्रह्म वो गृहे संज्ञानं पुरुषेभ्यः ॥४॥

yena devā na viyanti no ca vidviṣate mithaḥ | tat kṛṇmo brahma vo gṛhe saṃjñānaṃ puruṣebhyaḥ ||4||

That incantation in virtue of which the gods do not go apart, nor hate one another mutually, we perform in your house, concord for [your] men (púruṣa).

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

ज्यायस्वन्तश् चित्तिनो मा वि यौष्ट संराधयन्तः सधुराश् चरन्तः । अन्यो अन्यस्मै वल्गु वदन्त एत सध्रीचीनान् वः संमनसस् क्र्णोमि ॥५॥

jyāyasvantaś cittino mā vi yauṣṭa saṃrādhayantaḥ sadhurāś carantaḥ | anyo anyasmai valgu vadanta eta sadhrīcīnān vaḥ saṃmanasas krṇomi ||5||

Having superiors (jyā́yasvant), intentful, be ye not divided, accomplishing together, moving on with joint labor (sádhura); come hither speaking what is agreeable one to another; I make you united (sadhrīcī́na), like-minded.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

समानी प्रपा सह वो ऽन्नभागः समाने योक्त्रे सह वो युनज्मि । सम्यञ्चो ऽग्निं सपर्यतारा नाभिम् इवाभितः ॥६॥

samānī prapā saha vo 'nnabhāgaḥ samāne yoktre saha vo yunajmi | samyañco 'gniṃ saparyatārā nābhim ivābhitaḥ ||6||

Your drinking (prapā́) [be] the same, in common your share of food; in the same harness (yóktra) do I join ⌊ yuj ⌋ you together; worship ye Agni united, like spokes about a nave.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

सध्रीचीनान् वः संमनसस् कृणोम्य् एकश्नुष्टीन्त् संवननेन सर्वान् । देवा इवामृतं रक्षमाणाः सायंप्रातः सौमनसो वो अस्तु ॥७॥

sadhrīcīnān vaḥ saṃmanasas kṛṇomy ekaśnuṣṭīnt saṃvananena sarvān | devā ivāmṛtaṃ rakṣamāṇāḥ sāyaṃprātaḥ saumanaso vo astu ||7||

United, like-minded I make you, of one bunch, all of you, by [my] conciliation; [be] like the gods defending immortality (amṛ́ta); late and early be well-willing yours.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

वि देवा जरसावृतन् वि त्वम् अग्ने अरात्या । व्य् अहं सर्वेण पाप्मना वि यक्ष्मेण सम् आयुषा ॥१॥

vi devā jarasāvṛtan vi tvam agne arātyā | vy ahaṃ sarveṇa pāpmanā vi yakṣmeṇa sam āyuṣā ||1||

The gods have turned away from old age; thou, O Agni; away from the niggard; I away from all evil [have turned], away from yákṣma, to union (sám) with life-time.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

व्य् आर्त्या पवमानो वि शक्रः पापकृत्यया । व्य् अहं सर्वेण पाप्मना वि यक्ष्मेण सम् आयुषा ॥२॥

vy ārtyā pavamāno vi śakraḥ pāpakṛtyayā | vy ahaṃ sarveṇa pāpmanā vi yakṣmeṇa sam āyuṣā ||2||

The cleansing one [has turned] away from mishap (ā́rti), the mighty one (çakrá) away from evil-doing; I away from etc. etc.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

वि ग्राम्याः पशव आरण्यैर् व्य् आपस् तृष्णयासरन् । व्य् अहं सर्वेण पाप्मना वि यक्ष्मेण सम् आयुषा ॥३॥

vi grāmyāḥ paśava āraṇyair vy āpas tṛṣṇayāsaran | vy ahaṃ sarveṇa pāpmanā vi yakṣmeṇa sam āyuṣā ||3||

The animals (paçú) of the village [have turned] away from those of the forest; the waters have gone (sṛ) away from thirst; I away from etc. etc.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

वी मे द्यावापृथिवी इतो वि पन्थानो दिशंदिशम् । व्य् अहं सर्वेण पाप्मना वि यक्ष्मेण सम् आयुषा ॥४॥

vī me dyāvāpṛthivī ito vi panthāno diśaṃdiśam | vy ahaṃ sarveṇa pāpmanā vi yakṣmeṇa sam āyuṣā ||4||

Apart [from one another] go heaven-and-earth here (imé), away the roads, to one and another quarter; I away from etc. etc.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

त्वष्टा दुहित्रे वहतुं युनक्तीतीदं विश्वं भुवनं वि याति । व्य् अहं सर्वेण पाप्मना वि यक्ष्मेण सम् आयुषा ॥५॥

tvaṣṭā duhitre vahatuṃ yunaktītīdaṃ viśvaṃ bhuvanaṃ vi yāti | vy ahaṃ sarveṇa pāpmanā vi yakṣmeṇa sam āyuṣā ||5||

Tvashṭar harnesses (yuj) for his daughter a wedding-car (vahatú); at the news, all this creation (bhúvana) goes away; I away from etc. etc.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

अग्निः प्राणान्त् सं दधाति चन्द्रः प्राणेन संहितः । व्य् अहं सर्वेण पाप्मना वि यक्ष्मेण सम् आयुषा ॥६॥

agniḥ prāṇānt saṃ dadhāti candraḥ prāṇena saṃhitaḥ | vy ahaṃ sarveṇa pāpmanā vi yakṣmeṇa sam āyuṣā ||6||

Agni puts together the breaths; the moon is put together with breath: I away from etc. etc.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

प्राणेन विश्वतोवीर्यं देवाः सूर्यं सम् ऐरयन् । व्य् अहं सर्वेण पाप्मना वि यक्ष्मेण सम् आयुषा ॥७॥

prāṇena viśvatovīryaṃ devāḥ sūryaṃ sam airayan | vy ahaṃ sarveṇa pāpmanā vi yakṣmeṇa sam āyuṣā ||7||

By breath did the gods set in motion (sam-īray) the sun, of universal heroism: I away from etc. etc.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

आयुष्मताम् आयुष्कृतां प्राणेन जीव मा मृथाः । व्य् अहं सर्वेण पाप्मना वि यक्ष्मेण सम् आयुषा ॥८॥

āyuṣmatām āyuṣkṛtāṃ prāṇena jīva mā mṛthāḥ | vy ahaṃ sarveṇa pāpmanā vi yakṣmeṇa sam āyuṣā ||8||

By the breath of the long-lived, of the life-makers (āyuṣkṛ́t), do thou live; do not die: I away from etc. etc.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

प्राणेन प्राणतां प्राणेहैव भव मा मृथाः । व्य् अहं सर्वेण पाप्मना वि यक्ष्मेण सम् आयुषा ॥९॥

prāṇena prāṇatāṃ prāṇehaiva bhava mā mṛthāḥ | vy ahaṃ sarveṇa pāpmanā vi yakṣmeṇa sam āyuṣā ||9||

With the breath of the breathing do thou breathe; be just here; do not die: I away from etc. etc.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

उद् आयुषा सम् आयुषोद् ओषधीनां रसेन । व्य् अहं सर्वेण पाप्मना वि यक्ष्मेण सम् आयुषा ॥१०॥

ud āyuṣā sam āyuṣod oṣadhīnāṃ rasena | vy ahaṃ sarveṇa pāpmanā vi yakṣmeṇa sam āyuṣā ||10||

Up with life-time; together with life-time; up with the sap of the herbs: I away from etc. etc.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

आ पर्जन्यस्य वृष्ट्योद् अस्थामामृता वयम् । व्य् अहं सर्वेण पाप्मना वि यक्ष्मेण सम् आयुषा ॥११॥

ā parjanyasya vṛṣṭyod asthāmāmṛtā vayam | vy ahaṃ sarveṇa pāpmanā vi yakṣmeṇa sam āyuṣā ||11||

Hither with Parjanya's rain have we stood up immortal: I away from etc. etc.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)