Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·4·4.15
समुत्पतन्तु प्रदिशो नभस्वतीः सम् अभ्राणि वातजूतानि यन्तु । महऋषभस्य नदतो नभस्वतो वाश्रा आपः पृथिवीं तर्पयन्तु ॥१॥
samutpatantu pradiśo nabhasvatīḥ sam abhrāṇi vātajūtāni yantu | mahaṛṣabhasya nadato nabhasvato vāśrā āpaḥ pṛthivīṃ tarpayantu ||1||
Let the directions, full of mist (nábhasvant), fly up together; let clouds, wind-hurried, come together; let the lowing [cows] of the resounding misty great bull, the waters, gratify the earth.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
सम् ईक्षयन्तु तविषाः सुदानवो ऽपां रसा ओषधीभिः सचन्ताम् । वर्षस्य सर्गा महयन्तु भूमिं पृथग् जायन्ताम् ओषधयो विश्वरूपाः ॥२॥
sam īkṣayantu taviṣāḥ sudānavo 'pāṃ rasā oṣadhībhiḥ sacantām | varṣasya sargā mahayantu bhūmiṃ pṛthag jāyantām oṣadhayo viśvarūpāḥ ||2||
Let the mighty (taviṣá), liberal (sudā́nu) ones cause to behold together; let the juices (rása) of the waters attach themselves (sac) to the herbs; let gushes (sárga) of rain gladden (mahay-) the earth; let herbs of all forms be born here and there (pṛ́thak).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
सम् ईक्षयस्व गायतो नभांस्य् अपाम् वेगासः पृथग् उद् विजन्ताम् । वर्षस्य सर्गा महयन्तु भूमिं पृथग् जायन्ताम् वीरुधो विश्वरूपाः ॥३॥
sam īkṣayasva gāyato nabhāṃsy apām vegāsaḥ pṛthag ud vijantām | varṣasya sargā mahayantu bhūmiṃ pṛthag jāyantām vīrudho viśvarūpāḥ ||3||
Do thou make the singers (gā́yant) to behold together the mists; let rushes (véga) of waters rush (vij) up here and there; let gushes of rain gladden the earth; let plants of all forms be born here and there.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
गणास् त्वोप गायन्तु मारुताः पर्जन्य घोषिणः पृथक् । सर्गा वर्षस्य वर्षतो वर्षन्तु पृथिवीम् अनु ॥४॥
gaṇās tvopa gāyantu mārutāḥ parjanya ghoṣiṇaḥ pṛthak | sargā varṣasya varṣato varṣantu pṛthivīm anu ||4||
Let the troops of Maruts sing unto thee, O Parjanya, noisy here and there; let gushes of raining rain rain along the earth.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
उद् ईरयत मरुतः समुद्रतस् त्वेषो अर्को नभ उत् पातयाथ । महऋषभस्य नदतो नभस्वतो वाश्रा आपः पृथिवीं तर्पयन्तु ॥५॥
ud īrayata marutaḥ samudratas tveṣo arko nabha ut pātayātha | mahaṛṣabhasya nadato nabhasvato vāśrā āpaḥ pṛthivīṃ tarpayantu ||5||
Send up, O Maruts, from the ocean; brilliant [is] the song; ye make the mist fly up; let the lowing [cows] of the resounding misty great bull, the waters, gratify the earth.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अभि क्रन्द स्तनयार्दयोदधिं भूमिं पर्जन्य पयसा सम् अङ्धि । त्वया सृष्टं बहुलम् ऐतु वर्षम् आशारैषी कृशगुर् एत्व् अस्तम् ॥६॥
abhi kranda stanayārdayodadhiṃ bhūmiṃ parjanya payasā sam aṅdhi | tvayā sṛṣṭaṃ bahulam aitu varṣam āśāraiṣī kṛśagur etv astam ||6||
Roar on, thunder, excite (ard) the water-holder; anoint the earth, O Parjanya, with milk; by thee poured out, let abundant rain come; let him of lean kine, seeking refuge, go home.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
सं वो ऽवन्तु सुदानव उत्सा अजगरा उत । मरुद्भिः प्रच्युता मेघा वर्षन्तु पृथिवीम् अनु ॥७॥
saṃ vo 'vantu sudānava utsā ajagarā uta | marudbhiḥ pracyutā meghā varṣantu pṛthivīm anu ||7||
Let the liberal ones favor (sam-av) you, also the fountains, great serpents (ajagará); let the clouds, started forward by the Maruts, rain along the earth.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
आशामाशां वि द्योततां वाता वान्तु दिशोदिशः । मरुद्भिः प्रच्युता मेघाः सं यन्तु पृथिवीम् अनु ॥८॥
āśāmāśāṃ vi dyotatāṃ vātā vāntu diśodiśaḥ | marudbhiḥ pracyutā meghāḥ saṃ yantu pṛthivīm anu ||8||
Let it lighten to every region (ā́çā); let the winds blow to (from ?) every quarter; let the clouds, started forward by the Maruts, come together along the earth.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
आपो विद्युद् अभ्रं वर्षं सं वो ऽवन्तु सुदानव उत्सा अजगरा उत । मरुद्भिः प्रच्युता मेघाः प्रावन्तु पृथिवीम् अनु ॥९॥
āpo vidyud abhraṃ varṣaṃ saṃ vo 'vantu sudānava utsā ajagarā uta | marudbhiḥ pracyutā meghāḥ prāvantu pṛthivīm anu ||9||
Waters, lightning, cloud, rain—let the liberal ones favor you, also the fountains, great serpents; let the clouds, started forward by the Maruts, show favor (pra-av) along the earth.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अपाम् अग्निस् तनूभिः संविदानो य ओषधीनाम् अधिपा बभूव । स नो वर्षं वनुतां जातवेदाः प्राणं प्रजाभ्यो अमृतं दिवस् परि ॥१०॥
apām agnis tanūbhiḥ saṃvidāno ya oṣadhīnām adhipā babhūva | sa no varṣaṃ vanutāṃ jātavedāḥ prāṇaṃ prajābhyo amṛtaṃ divas pari ||10||
Agni, who, in unison with the waters' selves (tanū́), hath become overlord of the herbs—let him, Jātavedas, win (van) for us rain, breath for [our] progeny, amṛ́ta out of the sky.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
प्रजापतिः सलिलाद् आ समुद्राद् आप ईरयन्न् उदधिम् अर्दयाति । प्र प्यायतां वृष्णो अश्वस्य रेतो ऽर्वान् एतेन स्तनयित्नुनेहि ॥११॥
prajāpatiḥ salilād ā samudrād āpa īrayann udadhim ardayāti | pra pyāyatāṃ vṛṣṇo aśvasya reto 'rvān etena stanayitnunehi ||11||
May Prajāpati from the sea, the ocean, sending waters, excite the water-holder; let the seed of the stallion (vṛ́ṣan áçva) be filled up; come hitherward with that thunder,—
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अपो निषिञ्चन्न् असुरः पिता नः श्वसन्तु गर्गरा अपां वरुणाव नीचीर् अपः सृज । वदन्तु पृश्निबाहवो मण्डूका इरिणानु ॥१२॥
apo niṣiñcann asuraḥ pitā naḥ śvasantu gargarā apāṃ varuṇāva nīcīr apaḥ sṛja | vadantu pṛśnibāhavo maṇḍūkā iriṇānu ||12||
Pouring down waters, our Asura father.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
संवत्सरं शशयाना ब्राह्मणा व्रतचारिणः । वाचम् पर्जन्यजिन्वितां प्र मण्दूका अवादिषुः ॥१३॥
saṃvatsaraṃ śaśayānā brāhmaṇā vratacāriṇaḥ | vācam parjanyajinvitāṃ pra maṇdūkā avādiṣuḥ ||13||
Having lain for a year, [like] Brahmans performing a vow, the frogs have spoken forth a voice quickened by Parjanya.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
उपप्रवद मण्डूकि वर्षं आ वद तादुरि । मध्ये ह्रदस्य प्लवस्व विगृह्य चतुरः पदः ॥१४॥
upapravada maṇḍūki varṣaṃ ā vada tāduri | madhye hradasya plavasva vigṛhya caturaḥ padaḥ ||14||
Speak forth unto [it], O she-frog; speak to the rain, O tādurī; swim in the midst of the pool, spreading thy four feet.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
खण्वखा३इ खैमखा३इ मध्ये तदुरि । वर्षं वनुध्वं पितरो मरुतां मन इछत ॥१५॥
khaṇvakhā3i khaimakhā3i madhye taduri | varṣaṃ vanudhvaṃ pitaro marutāṃ mana ichata ||15||
O khaṇvakhā! O khāimakhā! in the middle, O tadurī! win ye rain, O Fathers; seek the favor (mánas) of the Maruts.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
महान्तं कोशम् उद् अचाभि षिञ्च सविद्युतं भवतु वातु वातः । तन्वतां यज्ञं बहुधा विसृष्टा आनन्दिनीर् ओषधयो भवन्तु ॥१६॥
mahāntaṃ kośam ud acābhi ṣiñca savidyutaṃ bhavatu vātu vātaḥ | tanvatāṃ yajñaṃ bahudhā visṛṣṭā ānandinīr oṣadhayo bhavantu ||16||
The great vessel (kóça) do thou draw up (ud-ac); pour on; let there be lightnings; let the wind blow; let them extend the sacrifice, being manifoldly let loose; let the herbs become full of delight.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)