Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·4·4.35
यम् ओदनं प्रथमजा ऋतस्य प्रजापतिस् तपसा ब्रह्मणे ऽपचत् । यो लोकानां विधृतिर् नाभिरेषात् तेनौदनेनाति तराणि मृत्युम् ॥१॥
yam odanaṃ prathamajā ṛtasya prajāpatis tapasā brahmaṇe 'pacat | yo lokānāṃ vidhṛtir nābhireṣāt tenaudanenāti tarāṇi mṛtyum ||1||
The rice-mess which Prajāpati, first-born of righteousness, cooked with fervor (tápas) for Brahmán; which, separator of the worlds, shall not harm (?)—by that rice-mess let me overpass death.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
येनातरन् भूतकृतो ऽति मृत्युं यम् अन्वविन्दन् तपसा श्रमेण । यं पपाच ब्रह्मणे ब्रह्म पूर्वं तेनौदनेनाति तराणि मृत्युम् ॥२॥
yenātaran bhūtakṛto 'ti mṛtyuṃ yam anvavindan tapasā śrameṇa | yaṃ papāca brahmaṇe brahma pūrvaṃ tenaudanenāti tarāṇi mṛtyum ||2||
That by which the being-makers overpassed death; which they discovered by fervor, by toil (çráma); which the bráhman of old cooked for Brahmán—by that rice-mess let me overpass death.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यो दाधार पृथिवीं विश्वभोजसं यो अन्तरिक्षम् आपृणाद् रसेन । यो अस्तभ्नाद् दिवम् ऊर्ध्वो महिम्ना तेनौदनेनाति तराणि मृत्युम् ॥३॥
yo dādhāra pṛthivīṃ viśvabhojasaṃ yo antarikṣam āpṛṇād rasena | yo astabhnād divam ūrdhvo mahimnā tenaudanenāti tarāṇi mṛtyum ||3||
That which sustained the all-nourishing earth; which filled the atmosphere with sap; which, uplifted, established the sky with might—by that rice-mess let me overpass death.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यस्मान् मासा निर्मितास् त्रिंशदराः संवत्सरो यस्मान् निर्मितो द्वादशारः । अहोरात्रा यं परियन्तो नापुस् तेनौदनेनाति तराणि मृत्युम् ॥४॥
yasmān māsā nirmitās triṃśadarāḥ saṃvatsaro yasmān nirmito dvādaśāraḥ | ahorātrā yaṃ pariyanto nāpus tenaudanenāti tarāṇi mṛtyum ||4||
That out of which were fashioned the thirty-spoked months; out of which was fashioned the twelve-spoked year; that which circling days-and-nights did not attain—by that rice-mess let me overpass death.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यः प्राणदः प्राणदवान् बभूव यस्मै लोका घृतवन्तः क्षरन्ति । ज्योतिष्मतीः प्रदिशो यस्य सर्वास् तेनौदनेनाति तराणि मृत्युम् ॥५॥
yaḥ prāṇadaḥ prāṇadavān babhūva yasmai lokā ghṛtavantaḥ kṣaranti | jyotiṣmatīḥ pradiśo yasya sarvās tenaudanenāti tarāṇi mṛtyum ||5||
That which became breath-giving, possessing breath-giving ones (?); for which worlds rich in ghee flow; whose are all the light-filled directions—by that rice-mess let me overpass death.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यस्मात् पक्वाद् अमृतं संबभूव यो गायत्र्या अधिपतिर् बभूव । यस्मिन् वेदा निहिता विश्वरूपास् तेनौदनेनाति तराणि मृत्युम् ॥६॥
yasmāt pakvād amṛtaṃ saṃbabhūva yo gāyatryā adhipatir babhūva | yasmin vedā nihitā viśvarūpās tenaudanenāti tarāṇi mṛtyum ||6||
From which, when cooked, the immortal (amṛ́ta) came into being; which was the over-lord of the gāyatrī́; in which are deposited the Vedas of all forms—by that rice-mess let me overpass death.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अव बाधे द्विषन्तं देवपीयुं सपत्ना ये मे ऽप ते भवन्तु । ब्रह्मौदनं विश्वजितं पचामि शृण्वन्तु मे श्रद्दधानस्य देवाः ॥७॥
ava bādhe dviṣantaṃ devapīyuṃ sapatnā ye me 'pa te bhavantu | brahmaudanaṃ viśvajitaṃ pacāmi śṛṇvantu me śraddadhānasya devāḥ ||7||
I beat down the hater, the god-insulter; what rivals are mine, let them be [driven] away; I cook the all-conquering bráhman -rice-mess; let the gods hear me who am full of faith.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)