Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·5·5.2
तद् इद् आस भुवनेषु ज्येष्ठम् यतो यज्ञ उग्रस् त्वेषनृम्णः । सद्यो जज्ञानो नि रिणाति शत्रून् अनु यद् एनं मदन्ति विश्व ऊमाः ॥१॥
tad id āsa bhuvaneṣu jyeṣṭham yato yajña ugras tveṣanṛmṇaḥ | sadyo jajñāno ni riṇāti śatrūn anu yad enaṃ madanti viśva ūmāḥ ||1||
That verily was the chief among beings whence was born the formidable one, of bright manliness; as soon as born, he dissolves [his] foes, when all [his] aids (ū́ma) revel after him.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
ववृधानः शवसा भूर्योजाः शत्रुर् दासाय भियसं दधाति । अव्यनच् च व्यनच् च सस्नि सं ते नवन्त प्रभृता मदेषु ॥२॥
vavṛdhānaḥ śavasā bhūryojāḥ śatrur dāsāya bhiyasaṃ dadhāti | avyanac ca vyanac ca sasni saṃ te navanta prabhṛtā madeṣu ||2||
Increasing with might (çávas), he of much force, a foe, assigns (dhā) fear to the barbarian, winning (n.) both what breathes not out and what breathes out; brought forward (n.), they resound together for thee in the revelings.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
त्वे क्रतुम् अपि पृञ्चन्ति भूरि द्विर् यद् एते त्रिर् भवन्त्य् ऊमाः । स्वदोः स्वादीयः स्वादुना सृजा सम् अदः सु मधु मधुनाभि योधीः ॥३॥
tve kratum api pṛñcanti bhūri dvir yad ete trir bhavanty ūmāḥ | svadoḥ svādīyaḥ svādunā sṛjā sam adaḥ su madhu madhunābhi yodhīḥ ||3||
In thee they mingle skill abundantly, when they twice, thrice become [thine] aids; unite thou with sweet (svādú) what is sweeter than sweet; mayest thou fight against yonder honey with honey (mádhu).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यदि चिन् नु त्वा धना जयन्तं रणेरणे अनुमदन्ति विप्राः । ओजीयः शुष्मिन्त् स्थिरम् आ तनुष्व मा त्वा दभन् दुरेवासः कशोकाः ॥४॥
yadi cin nu tvā dhanā jayantaṃ raṇeraṇe anumadanti viprāḥ | ojīyaḥ śuṣmint sthiram ā tanuṣva mā tvā dabhan durevāsaḥ kaśokāḥ ||4||
If now after thee that conquerest riches in contest after contest (ráṇa) the devout ones (vípra) revel, more forcible, O vehement one, extend thou what is stanch; let not the ill-conditioned Kaçokas damage thee.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
त्वया वयं शाशद्महे रणेषु प्रपश्यन्तो युधेन्यानि भूरि । चोदयामि त आयुधा वचोभिः सं ते शिशामि ब्रह्मणा वयांसि ॥५॥
tvayā vayaṃ śāśadmahe raṇeṣu prapaśyanto yudhenyāni bhūri | codayāmi ta āyudhā vacobhiḥ saṃ te śiśāmi brahmaṇā vayāṃsi ||5||
By thee do we prevail in the contests, looking forward to many things to be fought [for]; I stir up thy weapons with spells (vácas); I sharpen up thy powers (váyas) with incantation (bráhman).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
नि तद् दधिषे ऽवरे परे च यस्मिन्न् आविथावसा दुरोणे । आ स्थापयत मातरं जिगत्नुम् अत इन्वत कर्वराणि भूरि ॥६॥
ni tad dadhiṣe 'vare pare ca yasminn āvithāvasā duroṇe | ā sthāpayata mātaraṃ jigatnum ata invata karvarāṇi bhūri ||6||
Thou didst set that down in the lower and the higher, in what abode (duroṇá) thou didst aid with aid; cause ye to stand there the moving mother; from it send ye many exploits.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
स्तुष्व वर्ष्मन् पुरुवर्त्मानं सम् ऋभ्वाणम् इनतमम् आप्तम् आप्त्यानाम् । आ दर्शति शवसा भूर्योजाः प्र सक्षति प्रतिमानं पृथिव्याः ॥७॥
stuṣva varṣman puruvartmānaṃ sam ṛbhvāṇam inatamam āptam āptyānām | ā darśati śavasā bhūryojāḥ pra sakṣati pratimānaṃ pṛthivyāḥ ||7||
Praise thou fully, O summit, the many-tracked, skilful (? ṛ́bhvan), most active (iná) Āptya of the Āptyas; may he look on with might, he of much force; may he overpower the counterpart of the earth.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
इमा ब्रह्म बृहद्दिवः कृणवद् इन्द्राय शूषम् अग्रियः स्वर्षाः । महो गोत्रस्य क्षयति स्वराजा तुरश् चिद् विश्वम् अर्णवत् तपस्वान् ॥८॥
imā brahma bṛhaddivaḥ kṛṇavad indrāya śūṣam agriyaḥ svarṣāḥ | maho gotrasya kṣayati svarājā turaś cid viśvam arṇavat tapasvān ||8||
These incantations (bráhman) may Brihaddiva, foremost heaven-winner, make, a strain (çūṣá) for Indra; he rules, an autocrat, over the great stall (gotrá); may he, quick (? túra), rich in fervor, send (?) all.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
एवा महान् बृहद्दिवो अथर्वावोचत् स्वां तन्वम् इन्द्रम् एव । स्वसारौ मातरिभ्वरी अरिप्रे हिन्वन्ति चैने शवसा वर्धयन्ति च ॥९॥
evā mahān bṛhaddivo atharvāvocat svāṃ tanvam indram eva | svasārau mātaribhvarī aripre hinvanti caine śavasā vardhayanti ca ||9||
So hath the great Brihaddiva Atharvan spoken of his own self (tanū́) [as of] Indra; the two blameless, mother-growing sisters—[men] both impel them with might (çávas) and increase them.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)