Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·4·4.39
पृथिव्याम् अग्नये सम् अनमन्त् स आर्ध्नोत् । यथा पृथिव्याम् अग्नये समनमन्न् एवा मह्यं संनमः सं नमन्तु ॥१॥
pṛthivyām agnaye sam anamant sa ārdhnot | yathā pṛthivyām agnaye samanamann evā mahyaṃ saṃnamaḥ saṃ namantu ||1||
On the earth they paid reverence (sam-nam) to Agni; he throve (ṛdh); as on earth they paid reverence to Agni, so let the reverencers pay reverence to me.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
पृथिवी धेनुस् तस्या अग्निर् वत्सः । सा मे ऽग्निना वत्सेनेषम् ऊर्जं कामं दुहाम् । आयुः प्रथमं प्रजां पोषं रयिं स्वाहा ॥२॥
pṛthivī dhenus tasyā agnir vatsaḥ | sā me 'gninā vatseneṣam ūrjaṃ kāmaṃ duhām | āyuḥ prathamaṃ prajāṃ poṣaṃ rayiṃ svāhā ||2||
Earth [is] milch-cow; of her Agni [is] calf; let her, with Agni as calf, milk for me food (íṣ), refreshment, [my] desire, life-time first, progeny, prosperity, wealth: hail!
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अन्तरिक्षे वायवे सम् अनमन्त् स आर्ध्नोत् । यथान्तरिक्षे वायवे समनमन्न् एवा मह्यं संनमः सं नमन्तु ॥३॥
antarikṣe vāyave sam anamant sa ārdhnot | yathāntarikṣe vāyave samanamann evā mahyaṃ saṃnamaḥ saṃ namantu ||3||
In the atmosphere they paid reverence to Vāyu; he throve; as in the atmosphere they paid reverence to Vāyu, so let the reverencers pay reverence to me.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अन्तरिक्षं धेनुस् तस्या वत्सः । सा मे वायुना वत्सेनेषम् ऊर्जं कामं दुहाम् । आयुः प्रथमं प्रजां पोषं रयिं स्वाहा ॥४॥
antarikṣaṃ dhenus tasyā vatsaḥ | sā me vāyunā vatseneṣam ūrjaṃ kāmaṃ duhām | āyuḥ prathamaṃ prajāṃ poṣaṃ rayiṃ svāhā ||4||
The atmosphere is milch-cow; of her Vāyu is calf; let her, with Vāyu as calf, milk for me etc. etc.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
दिव्यादित्याय सम् अनमन्त् स आर्ध्नोत् । यथा दिव्यादित्याय समनमन्न् एवा मह्यं संनमः सं नमन्तु ॥५॥
divyādityāya sam anamant sa ārdhnot | yathā divyādityāya samanamann evā mahyaṃ saṃnamaḥ saṃ namantu ||5||
In the sky they paid reverence to Āditya; he throve; as in the sky they paid reverence to Āditya, so let the reverencers pay reverence to me.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
द्यौर् धेनुस् तस्या आदित्यो वत्सः । सा म आदित्येन वत्सेनेषम् ऊर्जं कामं दुहाम् । आयुः प्रथमं प्रजां पोषं रयिं स्वाहा ॥६॥
dyaur dhenus tasyā ādityo vatsaḥ | sā ma ādityena vatseneṣam ūrjaṃ kāmaṃ duhām | āyuḥ prathamaṃ prajāṃ poṣaṃ rayiṃ svāhā ||6||
The sky is milch-cow; of her Āditya is calf; let her, with Āditya as calf, milk for me etc. etc.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
दिक्षु चन्द्राय सम् अनमन्त् स आर्ध्नोत् । यथा दिक्षु चन्द्राय समनमन्न् एवा मह्यं संनमः सं नमन्तु ॥७॥
dikṣu candrāya sam anamant sa ārdhnot | yathā dikṣu candrāya samanamann evā mahyaṃ saṃnamaḥ saṃ namantu ||7||
In the quarters they paid reverence to the moon (candrá); it throve; as in the quarters they paid reverence to the moon, so let the reverencers pay reverence to me.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
दिशो धेनवस् तासां चन्द्रो वत्सः । ता मे चन्द्रेण वत्सेनेषम् ऊर्जं कामं दुहाम् आयुः प्रथमं प्रजां पोसं रयिं स्वाहा ॥८॥
diśo dhenavas tāsāṃ candro vatsaḥ | tā me candreṇa vatseneṣam ūrjaṃ kāmaṃ duhām āyuḥ prathamaṃ prajāṃ posaṃ rayiṃ svāhā ||8||
The quarters are milch-cows; of them the moon is calf; let them, with the moon as calf, milk for me etc. etc.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अग्नाव् अग्निश् चरति प्रविष्ट ऋषीणाम् पुत्रो अभिशस्तिपा उ । नमस्कारेण नमसा ते जुहोमि मा देवानां मिथुया कर्म भागम् ॥९॥
agnāv agniś carati praviṣṭa ṛṣīṇām putro abhiśastipā u | namaskāreṇa namasā te juhomi mā devānāṃ mithuyā karma bhāgam ||9||
Agni moves (car), entered into the fire, son of the seers, protector against imprecation; with homage-paying, with homage, I make offering to thee; let us not make falsely the share of the gods.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
हृदा पूतम् मनसा जातवेदो विश्वानि देव वयुनानि विद्वान् । सप्तास्यानि तव जातवेदस् तेभ्यो जुहोमि स जुषस्व हव्यम् ॥१०॥
hṛdā pūtam manasā jātavedo viśvāni deva vayunāni vidvān | saptāsyāni tava jātavedas tebhyo juhomi sa juṣasva havyam ||10||
Purified with the heart, with the mind, O Jātavedas—knowing all the ways (vayúna), O god; seven mouths are thine, O Jātavedas; to them I make offering—do thou enjoy the oblation.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)