Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·4·4.5
सहस्रशृङ्गो वृषभो यः समुद्राद् उदाचरत् । तेना सहस्येना वयं नि जनान्त् स्वापयामसि ॥१॥
sahasraśṛṅgo vṛṣabho yaḥ samudrād udācarat | tenā sahasyenā vayaṃ ni janānt svāpayāmasi ||1||
The thousand-horned bull that came up from the ocean—with him, the powerful one, do we put the people to sleep.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
न भूमिं वातो अति वाति नाति पश्यति कश् चन । स्त्रियश् च सर्वाः स्वापय शुनश् चेन्द्रसखा चरन् ॥२॥
na bhūmiṃ vāto ati vāti nāti paśyati kaś cana | striyaś ca sarvāḥ svāpaya śunaś cendrasakhā caran ||2||
The wind bloweth not over the earth; no one soever seeth over [it]; both all the women and the dogs do thou make to sleep, going with Indra as companion.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
प्रोष्ठेशयास् तल्पेशया नारीर् या वह्यशीवरीः । स्त्रियो याः पुण्यगन्धयस् ताः सर्वाः स्वापयामसि ॥३॥
proṣṭheśayās talpeśayā nārīr yā vahyaśīvarīḥ | striyo yāḥ puṇyagandhayas tāḥ sarvāḥ svāpayāmasi ||3||
The women that are lying on a bench, lying on a couch, lying in a litter; the women that are of pure odor—all of them we make to sleep.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
एजदेजद् अजग्रभं चक्षुः प्राणम् अजग्रभम् । अङ्गान्य् अजग्रभं सर्वा रात्रीणाम् अतिशर्वरे ॥४॥
ejadejad ajagrabhaṃ cakṣuḥ prāṇam ajagrabham | aṅgāny ajagrabhaṃ sarvā rātrīṇām atiśarvare ||4||
Whatever stirs have I seized; eye, breath have I seized; all the limbs have I seized, in the depth (atiçarvará) of the nights.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
य आस्ते यश् चरति यश् च तिष्ठन् विपश्यति । तेषां सं दध्मो अक्षीणि यथेदं हर्म्यं तथा ॥५॥
ya āste yaś carati yaś ca tiṣṭhan vipaśyati | teṣāṃ saṃ dadhmo akṣīṇi yathedaṃ harmyaṃ tathā ||5||
Whoso sits, whoso goes about, and whoso standing looks out—of them we put together the eyes, just like this habitation (harmyá).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
स्वप्तु माता स्वप्तु पिता स्वप्तु श्वा स्वप्तु विश्पतिः । स्वपन्त्व् अस्यै ज्ञातयः स्वप्त्व् अयम् अभितो जनः ॥६॥
svaptu mātā svaptu pitā svaptu śvā svaptu viśpatiḥ | svapantv asyai jñātayaḥ svaptv ayam abhito janaḥ ||6||
Let the mother sleep, the father sleep, the dog sleep, the housemaster (viçpáti) sleep; let the relatives (jñātí) of her sleep; let this folk round about sleep.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
स्वप्न स्वप्नाभिकरणेन सर्वं नि स्वापया जनम् । ओत्सूर्यम् अन्यान्त् स्वापयाव्युषं जागृताद् अहम् इन्द्र इवारिष्टो अक्षितः ॥७॥
svapna svapnābhikaraṇena sarvaṃ ni svāpayā janam | otsūryam anyānt svāpayāvyuṣaṃ jāgṛtād aham indra ivāriṣṭo akṣitaḥ ||7||
O sleep, with the imposition (abhikaraṇa) of sleep do thou put to. sleep all the folk; till sun-up make the others sleep, till dawning let me be awake, like Indra, uninjured, unexhausted.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)