Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·5·5.28
नव प्राणान् नवभिः सं मिमीते दीर्घायुत्वाय शतशारदाय । हरिते त्रीणि रजते त्रीण्य् अयसि त्रीणि तपसाविष्टितानि ॥१॥
nava prāṇān navabhiḥ saṃ mimīte dīrghāyutvāya śataśāradāya | harite trīṇi rajate trīṇy ayasi trīṇi tapasāviṣṭitāni ||1||
Nine breaths with nine he combines (? sam-mā), in order to length of life for a hundred autumns; in the yellow (hárita), three; in silver, three; in iron (? áyas), three—enveloped with fervor.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अग्निः सूर्यश् चन्द्रमा भूमिर् आपो द्यौर् अन्तरिक्षं प्रदिशो दिशश् च । आर्तवा ऋतुभिः संविदाना अनेन मा त्रिवृता पारयन्तु ॥२॥
agniḥ sūryaś candramā bhūmir āpo dyaur antarikṣaṃ pradiśo diśaś ca | ārtavā ṛtubhiḥ saṃvidānā anena mā trivṛtā pārayantu ||2||
Fire, sun, moon, earth, waters, sky, atmosphere, directions, and quarters, they of the seasons in concord with the seasons—let them rescue (pāray) me by this triple one.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
त्रयः पोषास् त्रिवृति श्रयन्ताम् अनक्तु पूषा पयसा घृतेन । अन्नस्य भूमा पुरुषस्य भूमा भूमा पशूनां त इह श्रयन्ताम् ॥३॥
trayaḥ poṣās trivṛti śrayantām anaktu pūṣā payasā ghṛtena | annasya bhūmā puruṣasya bhūmā bhūmā paśūnāṃ ta iha śrayantām ||3||
Let three abundances (póṣa) resort to the triple one; let Pūshan anoint it with milk, with ghee; affluence of food, affluence of man (púruṣa), affluence of cattle—let these resort hither.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
इमम् आदित्या वसुना सम् उक्षतेमम् अग्ने वर्धय ववृधानः । इमम् इन्द्र सं सृज वीर्येणास्मिन् त्रिवृच् छ्रयतां पोषयिष्णु ॥४॥
imam ādityā vasunā sam ukṣatemam agne vardhaya vavṛdhānaḥ | imam indra saṃ sṛja vīryeṇāsmin trivṛc chrayatāṃ poṣayiṣṇu ||4||
O Ādityas, sprinkle this man well with good (vásu); O Agni, do thou, thyself increasing, increase him; unite him, O Indra, with heroism; let the prospering triple one resort to him.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
भूमिष् ट्वा पातु हरितेन विश्वभृद् अग्निः पिपर्त्व् अयसा सजोषाः । वीरुद्भिष् टे अर्जुनं संविदानं दक्षं दधातु सुमनस्यमानम् ॥५॥
bhūmiṣ ṭvā pātu haritena viśvabhṛd agniḥ pipartv ayasā sajoṣāḥ | vīrudbhiṣ ṭe arjunaṃ saṃvidānaṃ dakṣaṃ dadhātu sumanasyamānam ||5||
Let earth, the all-bearing, protect thee with the yellow one; let Agni rescue [thee] in accord with the iron; let the silver one (árjuna), in concord with the plants, bestow (dhā) on thee dexterity, with favoring mind.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
त्रेधा जातम् जन्मनेदं हिरण्यम् अग्नेर् एकं प्रियतमं बभूव सोमस्यैकं हिंसितस्य परापतत् । अपाम् एकं वेधसां रेत आहुस् तत् ते हिरण्यं त्रिवृद् अस्त्व् आयुषे ॥६॥
tredhā jātam janmanedaṃ hiraṇyam agner ekaṃ priyatamaṃ babhūva somasyaikaṃ hiṃsitasya parāpatat | apām ekaṃ vedhasāṃ reta āhus tat te hiraṇyaṃ trivṛd astv āyuṣe ||6||
Triply born by birth [is] this gold: one was Agni's dearest; one fell away of Soma when injured; one they call the seed of devout waters; let that triple gold be thine in order to life-time.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
त्र्यायुषं जमदग्नेः कश्यपस्य त्र्यायुषम् । त्रेधामृतस्य चक्षणं त्रीण्य् आयूंषि ते ऽकरम् ॥७॥
tryāyuṣaṃ jamadagneḥ kaśyapasya tryāyuṣam | tredhāmṛtasya cakṣaṇaṃ trīṇy āyūṃṣi te 'karam ||7||
Triple life-time of Jamadagni, Kaçyapa's triple life-time, sight of the immortal (amṛ́ta) triply, three life-times have I made for thee.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
त्रयः सुपर्णास् त्रिवृता यद् आयन्न् एकाक्षरम् अभिसंभूय शक्राः । प्रत्य् औहन् मृत्युम् अमृतेन साकम् अन्तर्दधाना दुरितानि विश्वा ॥८॥
trayaḥ suparṇās trivṛtā yad āyann ekākṣaram abhisaṃbhūya śakrāḥ | praty auhan mṛtyum amṛtena sākam antardadhānā duritāni viśvā ||8||
When the three eagles (suparṇá) went with the triple one, becoming, mighty ones (çakrá), a single syllable, they bore back death along with (sākám) the immortal, warding off (antar-dhā) all difficulties.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
दिवस् त्वा पातु हरितं मध्यात् त्वा पात्व् अर्जुनम् । भूम्या अयस्मयं पातु प्रागाद् देवपुरा अयम् ॥९॥
divas tvā pātu haritaṃ madhyāt tvā pātv arjunam | bhūmyā ayasmayaṃ pātu prāgād devapurā ayam ||9||
From the sky let the yellow one protect thee; from the midst let the silver one protect thee; from the earth let that made of iron protect [thee]; this [man] hath gone forward to strongholds of the gods.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
इमास् तिस्रो देवपुरास् तास् त्वा रक्षन्तु सर्वतः । तास् त्वं बिभ्रद् वर्चस्व्य् उत्तरो द्विषतां भव ॥१०॥
imās tisro devapurās tās tvā rakṣantu sarvataḥ | tās tvaṃ bibhrad varcasvy uttaro dviṣatāṃ bhava ||10||
These [are] three strongholds of the gods; let them defend thee on all sides; bearing these, do thou, possessing splendor, become superior to them that hate thee.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
पुरं देवानाम् अमृतं हिरण्यम् य आबेधे प्रथमो देवो अग्रे । तस्मै नमो दश प्राचीः कृणोम्य् अनु मन्यतां त्रिवृद् आबधे मे ॥११॥
puraṃ devānām amṛtaṃ hiraṇyam ya ābedhe prathamo devo agre | tasmai namo daśa prācīḥ kṛṇomy anu manyatāṃ trivṛd ābadhe me ||11||
The stronghold of the gods, deathless (amṛ́ta) gold, what god first bound on in the beginning, to him I pay homage, [my] ten extended [fingers]; let him approve my binding-on the triple one.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
आ त्वा चृतत्व् अर्यमा पूषा बृहस्पतिः । अहर्जातस्य यन् नाम तेन त्वाति चृतामसि ॥१२॥
ā tvā cṛtatv aryamā pūṣā bṛhaspatiḥ | aharjātasya yan nāma tena tvāti cṛtāmasi ||12||
Let Aryaman fasten (cṛt) thee on, let Pūshan, let Brihaspati; what is the name of the day-born one, therewith we fasten thee over.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
ऋतुभिष् ट्वार्तवैर् आयुषे वर्चसे त्वा । संवत्सरस्य तेजसा तेन संहनु कृण्मसि ॥१३॥
ṛtubhiṣ ṭvārtavair āyuṣe varcase tvā | saṃvatsarasya tejasā tena saṃhanu kṛṇmasi ||13||
Thee with the seasons, with them of the seasons; thee unto lifetime, unto splendor; with the brilliancy of the year—with that we make [thee] of closed jaw (? sáṁhanu).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
घृताद् उल्लुप्तम् मधुना समक्तं भूमिदृंहम् अच्युतम् पारयिष्णु । भिन्दत् सपत्नान् अधरांश् च कृण्वद् आ मा रोह महते सौभगाय ॥१४॥
ghṛtād ulluptam madhunā samaktaṃ bhūmidṛṃham acyutam pārayiṣṇu | bhindat sapatnān adharāṃś ca kṛṇvad ā mā roha mahate saubhagāya ||14||
Snatched (lup) out of ghee, anointed over with honey, fixing the earth, unmoved, rescuing, splitting [our] rivals, and putting them down, do thou ascend me in order to great good-fortune.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)