Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·5·5.5
रात्री माता नभः पितार्यमा ते पितामहः । सिलाची नाम वा असि सा देवानाम् असि स्वसा ॥१॥
rātrī mātā nabhaḥ pitāryamā te pitāmahaḥ | silācī nāma vā asi sā devānām asi svasā ||1||
Night [is thy] mother, cloud (nábhas) [thy] father, Aryaman thy grandfather; silācī́, verily, by name art thou; thou art sister of the gods.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यस् त्वा पिबति जीवति त्रायसे पुरुषं त्वम् । भर्त्री हि शश्वताम् असि जनानां च न्यञ्चनी ॥२॥
yas tvā pibati jīvati trāyase puruṣaṃ tvam | bhartrī hi śaśvatām asi janānāṃ ca nyañcanī ||2||
He who drinketh thee liveth; thou rescuest a man (púruṣa); for thou art a sustainer (bhartrī́) of all, and a hiding-place (? nyáñcanī) of people.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
वृक्षंवृक्षम् आ रोहसि वृषण्यन्तीव कन्यला । जयन्ती प्रत्यातिष्ठन्ती स्परणी नाम वा असि ॥३॥
vṛkṣaṃvṛkṣam ā rohasi vṛṣaṇyantīva kanyalā | jayantī pratyātiṣṭhantī sparaṇī nāma vā asi ||3||
Tree after tree thou climbest, like a lustful girl; conquering, standing by (? pratyā-sthā), winner (spáraṇī) verily by name art thou.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यद् दण्डेन यद् इष्वा यद् वारुर् हरसा कृतम् । तस्य त्वम् असि निष्कृतिः सेमं निष् कृधि पूरुषम् ॥४॥
yad daṇḍena yad iṣvā yad vārur harasā kṛtam | tasya tvam asi niṣkṛtiḥ semaṃ niṣ kṛdhi pūruṣam ||4||
If (yát) by a staff, if by an arrow, or if by flame (? háras) a sore is made, of that thou art relief; relieve thou this man.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
भद्रात् प्लक्षान् निस् तिष्ठस्य् अश्वत्थात् खदिराद् धवात् । भद्रान् न्यग्रोधात् पर्णात् सा न एह्य् अरुन्धति ॥५॥
bhadrāt plakṣān nis tiṣṭhasy aśvatthāt khadirād dhavāt | bhadrān nyagrodhāt parṇāt sā na ehy arundhati ||5||
Out of the excellent plakṣá thou arisest, out of the açvatthá, the khadirá, the dhavá, the excellent banyan (nyagródha), the parṇá; do thou come to us, O arundhatī́.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
हिरण्यवर्णे सुभगे सूर्यवर्णे वपुष्टमे । रुतं गछासि निष्कृते निष्कृतिर् नाम वा असि ॥६॥
hiraṇyavarṇe subhage sūryavarṇe vapuṣṭame | rutaṃ gachāsi niṣkṛte niṣkṛtir nāma vā asi ||6||
Thou gold-colored, fortunate, sun-colored one, of most wondrous forms; mayest thou go to the hurt (? rutá), O relief; relief, verily, by name art thou.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
हिरण्यवर्णे सुभगे शुष्मे लोमशवक्षने । अपाम् असि स्वसा लाक्षे वातो हात्मा बभूव ते ॥७॥
hiraṇyavarṇe subhage śuṣme lomaśavakṣane | apām asi svasā lākṣe vāto hātmā babhūva te ||7||
Thou gold-colored, fortunate, vehement (? çúṣmā), hairy-bellied one—sister of the waters art thou, O lākṣā; the wind was thy soul.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
सिलाची नाम कानीनो ऽजबभ्रु पिता तव । अश्वो यमस्य यः श्यावस् तस्य हास्नास्य् उक्षिता ॥८॥
silācī nāma kānīno 'jababhru pitā tava | aśvo yamasya yaḥ śyāvas tasya hāsnāsy ukṣitā ||8||
Silācī́ by name—thy father, O goat-brown one, is a maid's son; Yama's horse that is dark brown (çyāvá)—with its mouth (? blood ?) art thou sprinkled.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अश्वस्यास्नः संपतिता सा वृक्षां अभि सिष्यदे । सरा पतत्रिणी भूत्वा सा न एह्य् अरुन्धति ॥९॥
aśvasyāsnaḥ saṃpatitā sā vṛkṣāṃ abhi siṣyade | sarā patatriṇī bhūtvā sā na ehy arundhati ||9||
Fallen from the horse's mouth, she invaded the trees; having become a winged brook (? sarā́), do thou come to us, O arundhatī́.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)