Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·5·5.1

Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka) 5.1

ऋधङ्मन्त्रो योनिं य आबभूवामृतासुर् वर्धमानः सुजन्मा । अदब्धासुर् भ्राजमानो ऽहेव त्रितो धर्ता दाधार त्रीणि ॥१॥

ṛdhaṅmantro yoniṃ ya ābabhūvāmṛtāsur vardhamānaḥ sujanmā | adabdhāsur bhrājamāno 'heva trito dhartā dādhāra trīṇi ||1||

He who came to (ā-bhū) the womb (yóni) with a special sacred text (? ṛ́dhan̄mantra), of immortal spirit (-ásu), increasing, of good birth, of unharmed spirit, shining like the days—Trita the maintainer maintained three (trí, neuter).

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

आ यो धर्माणि प्रथमः ससाद ततो वपूंषि कृणुषे पुरूणि । धास्युर् योनिं प्रथम आ विवेशा यो वाचम् अनुदितां चिकेत ॥२॥

ā yo dharmāṇi prathamaḥ sasāda tato vapūṃṣi kṛṇuṣe purūṇi | dhāsyur yoniṃ prathama ā viveśā yo vācam anuditāṃ ciketa ||2||

He who first attained to (ā-sad) the ordinances (dhárman) makes thence many wondrous forms; eager (? dhāsyú) he first entered the womb (yóni), he who understood (ā-cit) speech unspoken.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यस् ते शोकाय तन्वं रिरेच क्षरद् धिरण्यं शुचयो ऽनु स्वाः । अत्रा दधेते अमृतानि नामास्मे वस्त्राणि विश एरयन्ताम् ॥३॥

yas te śokāya tanvaṃ rireca kṣarad dhiraṇyaṃ śucayo 'nu svāḥ | atrā dadhete amṛtāni nāmāsme vastrāṇi viśa erayantām ||3||

He who left (ric) [his] body to thy heat (çóka), flows the gold; his [men] are bright (çúci) after; there they (two) assume (dhā) immortal names; let the clans (víç) send garments for us.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

प्र यद् एते प्रतरं पूर्व्यं गुः सदःसद आतिष्ठन्तो अजुर्यम् । कविः शुषस्य मातरा रिहाणे जाम्यै धुर्यं पतिम् एरयेथाम् ॥४॥

pra yad ete prataraṃ pūrvyaṃ guḥ sadaḥsada ātiṣṭhanto ajuryam | kaviḥ śuṣasya mātarā rihāṇe jāmyai dhuryaṃ patim erayethām ||4||

When these formerly went further forth, approaching each unfading seat—the poet of the dry (? çuṣá), the two licking mothers—do ye (two) send for the sister (jāmí) a capable (dhúrya) spouse.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

तद् ऊ षु ते महत् पृथुज्मन् नमः कविः काव्येना कृणोमि । यत् सम्यञ्चाव् अभियन्ताव् अभि क्षाम् अत्रा मही रोधचक्रे वावृधेते ॥५॥

tad ū ṣu te mahat pṛthujman namaḥ kaviḥ kāvyenā kṛṇomi | yat samyañcāv abhiyantāv abhi kṣām atrā mahī rodhacakre vāvṛdhete ||5||

This great homage, verily, to thee, O broad-going one, do I a poet make with poesy (kā́vya); when the two (m.), going united (samyáñc) against the earth (kṣā́), [then] increase here the (two) great bank-wheeled (? ródhacakra) ones (f.).

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

सप्त मर्यादाः कवयस् ततक्षुस् तासाम् इद् एकाम् अभ्य् अंहुरो गात् । आयोर् ह स्कम्भ उपमस्य नीडे पथां विसर्गे धरुणेषु तस्थौ ॥६॥

sapta maryādāḥ kavayas tatakṣus tāsām id ekām abhy aṃhuro gāt | āyor ha skambha upamasya nīḍe pathāṃ visarge dharuṇeṣu tasthau ||6||

Seven bourns (maryā́dā) did the poets fashion; unto one of these verily went one distressed; in the nest of the nearest (upamá) community (? āyú) stood the pillar (skambhá), at the release (visargá) of the roads, in the supports (dharúṇa).

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

उतामृतासुर् व्रत एमि कृन्वन्न् असुर् आत्मा तन्वस् तत् सुमद्गुः । उत वा शक्रो रत्नं दधात्य् ऊर्जया वा यत् सचते हविर्दाः ॥७॥

utāmṛtāsur vrata emi kṛnvann asur ātmā tanvas tat sumadguḥ | uta vā śakro ratnaṃ dadhāty ūrjayā vā yat sacate havirdāḥ ||7||

Also, of immortal spirit, vowed (? vráta), I go performing; spirit, soul, of the body then (? tát) with kine (? sumádgu); and either the mighty one (çakrá) assigns treasure, or as the oblation-giver pursues (? sac) with refreshment.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

उत पुत्रः पितरं क्षत्रम् ईडे ज्येष्ठं मर्यादम् अह्वयन्त् स्वस्तये । दर्शन् नु ता वरुण यास् ते विष्ठा आवर्व्रततः कृणवो वपूंषि ॥८॥

uta putraḥ pitaraṃ kṣatram īḍe jyeṣṭhaṃ maryādam ahvayant svastaye | darśan nu tā varuṇa yās te viṣṭhā āvarvratataḥ kṛṇavo vapūṃṣi ||8||

Also son prays (? īḍ) father for dominion; they called for well-being him of the chief bourn (?); may they see now, O Varuṇa, those that are thy shapes (viṣṭhā́); mayest thou make wondrous forms of the one much rolling hither.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

अर्धम् अर्धेन पयसा पृणक्ष्य् अर्धेन शुष्म वर्धसे अमुर । अविं वृधाम शग्मियं सखायं वरुणं पुत्रम् अदित्या इषिरम् । कविशस्तान्य् अस्मै वपूंष्य् अवोचाम रोदसी सत्यवाचा ॥९॥

ardham ardhena payasā pṛṇakṣy ardhena śuṣma vardhase amura | aviṃ vṛdhāma śagmiyaṃ sakhāyaṃ varuṇaṃ putram adityā iṣiram | kaviśastāny asmai vapūṃṣy avocāma rodasī satyavācā ||9||

Half with half milk thou mixest (? pṛç); with half, O Asura (?), thou increasest [thy] vehemence (?). We have increased the helpful (çagmíya) companion, Varuṇa, lively (iṣirá) son of Aditi; poet-praised wondrous forms have we spoken for him—the (two) firmaments (ródasī) of true speech.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)