Atharvaveda — Book 1. in English
A collection of hymns, prayers, charms, and ritual verses in twenty books. Translation: Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895-1896).
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- Atharvaveda 1.1: Hymn 1. A prayer to Vāchaspati for divine illumination and help
- Atharvaveda 1.2: Hymn 2. A charm against dysentery
- Atharvaveda 1.3: Hymn 3. A charm against constipation and suppression of urine
- Atharvaveda 1.4: Hymn 4. To the waters, for the prosperity of cattle
- Atharvaveda 1.5: Hymn 5. To the waters, for strength and power
- Atharvaveda 1.6: Hymn 6. To the waters, for health and wealth
- Atharvaveda 1.7: Hymn 7. To Indra and Agni, for the
- Atharvaveda 1.8: Hymn 8. To Indra, Brihaspati, Soma and Agni, for the destruction of sorcerers
- Atharvaveda 1.9: Hymn 9. Benediction on a King at his inauguration
- Atharvaveda 1.10: Hymn 10. Absolution of a sinner after intercession with Varuna
- Atharvaveda 1.11: Hymn 11. A charm to be used at child-birth
- Atharvaveda 1.12: Hymn 12. A prayer to Lightning, against fever, headache, and cough
- Atharvaveda 1.13: Hymn 13. A prayer to Lightning, for happiness
- Atharvaveda 1.14: Hymn 14. A woman's incantation against a rival
- Atharvaveda 1.15: Hymn 15. A prayer for the prosperity of an institutor of sacrifice
- Atharvaveda 1.16: Hymn 16. A prayer and charm against demons
- Atharvaveda 1.17: Hymn 17. A charm to be used at venesection
- Atharvaveda 1.18: Hymn 18. A charm to avert evil spirits of misfortune and to secure prosperity
- Atharvaveda 1.19: Hymn 19. A prayer for protection from arrows and for the punishment of enemies
- Atharvaveda 1.20: Hymn 20. A prayer to Soma, the Maruts, Mitra, and Varuna, for protection
- Atharvaveda 1.21: Hymn 21. A prayer to Indra for prot
- Atharvaveda 1.22: Hymn 22. A charm against jaundice
- Atharvaveda 1.23: Hymn 23. A charm against leprosy
- Atharvaveda 1.24: Hymn 24. A charm against leprosy
- Atharvaveda 1.25: Hymn 25. A prayer to fever, as a charm against his attacks
- Atharvaveda 1.26: Hymn 26. A prayer for protection, guidance, and prosperity
- Atharvaveda 1.27: Hymn 27. A charm to obtain invisibility
- Atharvaveda 1.28: Hymn 28. A prayer to Agni for the destruction of evil spirits
- Atharvaveda 1.29: Hymn 29. A charm to secure the supremacy of a dethroned King
- Atharvaveda 1.30: Hymn 30. A benediction on a King at his consecration
- Atharvaveda 1.31: Hymn 31. A prayer for protection and general prosperity
- Atharvaveda 1.32: Hymn 32. In praise of Heaven and Earth
- Atharvaveda 1.33: Hymn 33. To the Waters, for health and happiness
- Atharvaveda 1.34: Hymn 34. A young man's love-charm
- Atharvaveda 1.35: Hymn 35. A charm to ensure long life and glory to the wearer of an amulet
Atharvaveda 1.1 — Hymn 1. A prayer to Vāchaspati for divine illumination and help
1. Now may Vāchaspati assign to me the strength and powers of Those Who, wearing every shape and form, the triple seven, are wandering round.
2. Come thou again, Vāchaspati, come with divine intelligence. Vasoshpati, repose thou here. In me be Knowledge, yea, in me.
3. Here, even here, spread sheltering arms like the two bow-ends strained with cord. This let Vāchaspati confirm. In me be Knowledge, yea, in me.
4. Vāchaspati hath been invoked: may he invite us in reply. May we adhere to Sacred Lore. Never may I be reft thereof.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. ये त्रिषप्ताः परियन्ति विश्वा रूपाणि बिभ्रतः । वाचस् पतिर् बला तेषां तन्वो अद्य दधातु मे ॥1॥ 2. पुनर् एहि वचस् पते देवेन मनसा सह । वसोष् पते नि रमय मय्य् एवास्तु मयि श्रुतम् ॥2॥ 3. इहैवाभि वि तनूभे आर्त्नी इव ज्यया । वाचस् पतिर् नि यछतु मय्य् एवास्तु मयि श्रुतम् ॥3॥ 4. उपहूतो वाचस् पतिर् उपास्मान् वाचस्पतिर् ह्वयताम् । सं श्रुतेन गमेमहि मा श्रुतेन वि राधिषि ॥4॥
Transliteration
1. ye triṣaptāḥ pariyanti viśvā rūpāṇi bibhrataḥ | vācas patir balā teṣāṃ tanvo adya dadhātu me ||1|| 2. punar ehi vacas pate devena manasā saha | vasoṣ pate ni ramaya mayy evāstu mayi śrutam ||2|| 3. ihaivābhi vi tanūbhe ārtnī iva jyayā | vācas patir ni yachatu mayy evāstu mayi śrutam ||3|| 4. upahūto vācas patir upāsmān vācaspatir hvayatām | saṃ śrutena gamemahi mā śrutena vi rādhiṣi ||4||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 1.2 — Hymn 2. A charm against dysentery
1. We know the father of the shaft, Parjanya, liberal nourisher, Know well his mother: Prithivī, Earth with her manifold designs.
2. Do thou, O Bowstring, bend thyself around us: make my body stone. Firm in thy strength drive far away malignities and hateful things.
3. When, closely clinging round the wood, the bowstring sings triumph to the swift and whizzing arrow, Indra, ward off from us the shaft, the missile.
4. As in its flight the arrow's point hangs between earth and firmament, So stand this Munja grass between ailment and dysenteric ill!
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. विद्मा शरस्य पितरं पर्जन्यं भूरिधायसम् । विद्मो ष्व् अस्य मातरं पृथिवीं भूरिवर्पसम् ॥1॥ 2. ज्याके परि णो नमाश्मानं तन्वं कृधि । वीडुर् वरीयो ऽरातीर् अप द्वेषांस्य् आ कृधि ॥2॥ 3. वृक्षं यद् गावः परिषस्वजाना अनुस्फुरं शरं अर्चन्त्य् ऋभुम् । शरुम् अस्मद् यावय दिद्युम् इन्द्र ॥3॥ 4. यथा द्यां च पृथिवीं चान्तस् तिष्ठति तेजनम् । एवा रोगं चास्रावं चान्तस् तिष्ठतु मुञ्ज इत् ॥4॥
Transliteration
1. vidmā śarasya pitaraṃ parjanyaṃ bhūridhāyasam | vidmo ṣv asya mātaraṃ pṛthivīṃ bhūrivarpasam ||1|| 2. jyāke pari ṇo namāśmānaṃ tanvaṃ kṛdhi | vīḍur varīyo 'rātīr apa dveṣāṃsy ā kṛdhi ||2|| 3. vṛkṣaṃ yad gāvaḥ pariṣasvajānā anusphuraṃ śaraṃ arcanty ṛbhum | śarum asmad yāvaya didyum indra ||3|| 4. yathā dyāṃ ca pṛthivīṃ cāntas tiṣṭhati tejanam | evā rogaṃ cāsrāvaṃ cāntas tiṣṭhatu muñja it ||4||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 1.3 — Hymn 3. A charm against constipation and suppression of urine
1. We know the father of the shaft, Parjanya strong with hundred powers: By this may I bring health unto thy body: let the channels pour their burthen freely as of old.
2. We know the father of the shaft, Mitra, the Lord of hundred powers: By this, etc.
3. We know the father of the shaft, Varuna, strong with hundred powers: By this, etc.
4. We know the father of the shaft, the Moon endowed with hundred powers: By this, etc.
5. We know the father of the shaft, the Sun endowed with hundred powers: By this may I bring health unto thy body: let the channels pour their burthen freely as of old.
6. Whate'er hath gathered, as it flowed, in bowels, bladder, or in groins, Thus let the conduit, free from check, pour all its burthen as of old.
7. I lay the passage open as one cleaves the dam that bars the lake: Thus let, etc.
8. Now hath the portal been unclosed as, of the sea that holds the flood: Thus let, etc.
9. Even as the arrow flies away when loosened from the archer's bow, Thus let the burthen be discharged from channels that are checked no more.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. विद्मा शरस्य पितरं पर्जन्यं शतवृष्ण्यं । तेना ते तन्वे शं करं पृथिव्यां ते निषेचनं बहिष् टे अस्तु बाल् इति ॥1॥ 2. विद्मा शरस्य पितरं मित्रं शतवृष्ण्यं । तेना ते तन्वे शं करं पृथिव्यां ते निषेचनं बहिष् टे अस्तु बाल् इति ॥2॥ 3. विद्मा शरस्य पितरं वरुणं शतवृष्ण्यं । तेना ते तन्वे शं करं पृथिव्यां ते निषेचनं बहिष् टे अस्तु बाल् इति ॥3॥ 4. विद्मा शरस्य पितरं चन्द्रं शतवृष्ण्यं । तेना ते तन्वे शं करं पृथिव्यां ते निषेचनं बहिष् टे अस्तु बाल् इति ॥4॥ 5. विद्मा शरस्य पितरं सूर्यं शतवृष्ण्यं । तेना ते तन्वे शं करं पृथिव्यां ते निषेचनं बहिष् टे अस्तु बाल् इति ॥5॥ 6. यद् आन्त्रेषु गवीन्योर् यद् वस्ताव् अधि संश्रितम् । एवा ते मूत्रं मुच्यतां बहिर् बाल् इति सर्वकम् ॥6॥ 7. प्र ते भिनद्मि मेहनं वर्त्रं वेशन्त्या इव । एवा ते मूत्रं मुच्यतां बहिर् बाल् इति सर्वकम् ॥7॥ 8. विषितं ते वस्तिबिलं समुद्रस्योदधेर् इव । एवा ते मूत्रं मुच्यतां बहिर् बाल् इति सर्वकम् ॥8॥ 9. यथेषुका परापतद् अवसृष्टाधि धन्वनः । एवा ते मूत्रं मुच्यतां बहिर् बाल् इति सर्वकम् ॥9॥
Transliteration
1. vidmā śarasya pitaraṃ parjanyaṃ śatavṛṣṇyaṃ | tenā te tanve śaṃ karaṃ pṛthivyāṃ te niṣecanaṃ bahiṣ ṭe astu bāl iti ||1|| 2. vidmā śarasya pitaraṃ mitraṃ śatavṛṣṇyaṃ | tenā te tanve śaṃ karaṃ pṛthivyāṃ te niṣecanaṃ bahiṣ ṭe astu bāl iti ||2|| 3. vidmā śarasya pitaraṃ varuṇaṃ śatavṛṣṇyaṃ | tenā te tanve śaṃ karaṃ pṛthivyāṃ te niṣecanaṃ bahiṣ ṭe astu bāl iti ||3|| 4. vidmā śarasya pitaraṃ candraṃ śatavṛṣṇyaṃ | tenā te tanve śaṃ karaṃ pṛthivyāṃ te niṣecanaṃ bahiṣ ṭe astu bāl iti ||4|| 5. vidmā śarasya pitaraṃ sūryaṃ śatavṛṣṇyaṃ | tenā te tanve śaṃ karaṃ pṛthivyāṃ te niṣecanaṃ bahiṣ ṭe astu bāl iti ||5|| 6. yad āntreṣu gavīnyor yad vastāv adhi saṃśritam | evā te mūtraṃ mucyatāṃ bahir bāl iti sarvakam ||6|| 7. pra te bhinadmi mehanaṃ vartraṃ veśantyā iva | evā te mūtraṃ mucyatāṃ bahir bāl iti sarvakam ||7|| 8. viṣitaṃ te vastibilaṃ samudrasyodadher iva | evā te mūtraṃ mucyatāṃ bahir bāl iti sarvakam ||8|| 9. yatheṣukā parāpatad avasṛṣṭādhi dhanvanaḥ | evā te mūtraṃ mucyatāṃ bahir bāl iti sarvakam ||9||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 1.4 — Hymn 4. To the waters, for the prosperity of cattle
1. Along their paths the Mothers go, sisters of priestly ministrants, Blending their water with the mead.
2. May yonder Waters near the Sun, or those wherewith the Sun is joined, Send forth this sacrifice of ours.
3. I call the Waters, Goddesses, hitherward where our cattle drink: The streams must share the sacrifice.
4. Amrit is in the Waters, in the Waters balm. Yea, through our praises of the Floods, O horses, be ye fleet and strong, and, O ye kine, be full of strength.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. अम्बयो यन्त्य् अध्वभिर् जामयो अध्वरीयताम् । पृञ्चतीर् मधुना पयः ॥1॥ 2. अमूर् या उप सूर्ये याभिर् वा सूर्यः सह । ता नो हिन्वन्त्व् अध्वरम् ॥2॥ 3. अपो देवीर् उप ह्वये यत्र गावः पिबन्ति नः । सिन्धुभ्यः कर्त्वं हविः ॥3॥ 4. अप्स्व् अन्तर् अमृतम् अप्सु भेषजम् । अपाम् उत प्रशस्तिभिर् अश्वा भवथ वाजिनो गावो भवथ वाजिनीः ॥4॥
Transliteration
1. ambayo yanty adhvabhir jāmayo adhvarīyatām | pṛñcatīr madhunā payaḥ ||1|| 2. amūr yā upa sūrye yābhir vā sūryaḥ saha | tā no hinvantv adhvaram ||2|| 3. apo devīr upa hvaye yatra gāvaḥ pibanti naḥ | sindhubhyaḥ kartvaṃ haviḥ ||3|| 4. apsv antar amṛtam apsu bheṣajam | apām uta praśastibhir aśvā bhavatha vājino gāvo bhavatha vājinīḥ ||4||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 1.5 — Hymn 5. To the waters, for strength and power
1. Ye, Waters, truly bring us bliss: so help ye us to strength and power That we may look on great delight.
2. Here grant to us a share of dew, that most auspicious dew of yours, Like mothers in their longing love.
3. For you we fain would go to him to whose abode ye send us forth, And, Waters, give us procreant strength.
4. I pray the Floods to send us balm, those who bear rule o'er precious things, And have supreme control of men.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. आपो हि ष्ठा मयोभुवस् ता न ऊर्जे दधातन । महे रणाय चक्षसे ॥1॥ 2. यो वः शिवतमो रसस् तस्य भाजयतेह नः । उशतीर् इव मातरः ॥2॥ 3. तस्मा अरं गमाम वो यस्य क्षयाय जिन्वथ । आपो जनयथा च नः ॥3॥ 4. ईशाना वार्याणां क्षयन्तीश् चर्षणीनाम् । अपो याचामि भेषजम् ॥4॥
Transliteration
1. āpo hi ṣṭhā mayobhuvas tā na ūrje dadhātana | mahe raṇāya cakṣase ||1|| 2. yo vaḥ śivatamo rasas tasya bhājayateha naḥ | uśatīr iva mātaraḥ ||2|| 3. tasmā araṃ gamāma vo yasya kṣayāya jinvatha | āpo janayathā ca naḥ ||3|| 4. īśānā vāryāṇāṃ kṣayantīś carṣaṇīnām | apo yācāmi bheṣajam ||4||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 1.6 — Hymn 6. To the waters, for health and wealth
1. The Waters be to us for drink, Goddesses, for our aid and bliss: Let them stream health and wealth to us.
2. Within the Waters—Soma thus hath told me—dwell all balms that heal, And Agni, he who blesseth all.
3. O Waters, teem with medicine to keep my body safe from harm, So that I long may see the Sun.
4. The Waters bless us, all that rise in desert lands or marshy pools! Bless us the Waters dug from earth, bless us the Waters brought in jars, bless us the Waters of the Rains!
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. शं नो देवीर् अभिष्टय आपो भवन्तु पीतये । शं योर् अभि स्रवन्तु नः ॥1॥ 2. अप्सु मे सोमो अब्रवीद् अन्तर् विश्वानि भेषजा । अग्निं च विश्वशंभुवम् ॥2॥ 3. आपः पृणीत भेषजं वरूथं तन्वे मम । ज्योक् च सूर्यं दृशे ॥3॥ 4. शं न आपो धन्वन्याः शम् उ सन्त्व् अनूप्याः । शं नः खनित्रिमा आपः शम् उ याः कुम्भ आभृताः । शिवा नः सन्तु वार्षिकीः ॥4॥
Transliteration
1. śaṃ no devīr abhiṣṭaya āpo bhavantu pītaye | śaṃ yor abhi sravantu naḥ ||1|| 2. apsu me somo abravīd antar viśvāni bheṣajā | agniṃ ca viśvaśaṃbhuvam ||2|| 3. āpaḥ pṛṇīta bheṣajaṃ varūthaṃ tanve mama | jyok ca sūryaṃ dṛśe ||3|| 4. śaṃ na āpo dhanvanyāḥ śam u santv anūpyāḥ | śaṃ naḥ khanitrimā āpaḥ śam u yāḥ kumbha ābhṛtāḥ | śivā naḥ santu vārṣikīḥ ||4||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 1.7 — Hymn 7. To Indra and Agni, for the
1. Bring the Kimidin hither, bring the Yātudhāna self-declared For Agni, God, thou, lauded, hast become the Dasyu's slaughterer.
2. O Jātavedas, Lord Supreme, controller of our bodies, taste The butter, Agni, taste the oil: make thou the Yātudhānas mourn.
3. Let Yātudhānas mourn, let all greedy Kimidins weep and wail: And, Agni, Indra, may ye both accept this sacrifice of ours.
4. May Agni seize upon them first, may strong-armed Indra drive them forth: Let every wicked sorcerer come hither and say, Here am I.
5. Let us behold thy strength, O Jātavedas. Viewer of men, tell us the Yātudhānas. Burnt by thy heat and making declaration let all approach this sacrifice before thee.
6. O Jātavedas, seize, on them: for our advantage art thou born: Agni, be thou our messenger and make the Yātudhānas wail.
7. O Agni, bring thou hitherward the Yātudhānas bound and chained. And afterward let Indra tear their heads off with his thunder- bolt.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. स्तुवानम् अग्न आ वह यातुधानं किमीदिनम् । त्वं हि देव वन्दितो हन्ता दस्योर् बभूविथ ॥1॥ 2. आज्यस्य परमेष्ठिन् जातवेदस् तनूवशिन् । अग्ने तौलस्य प्राशान यातुधानान् वि लापय ॥2॥ 3. वि लपन्तु यातुधाना अत्त्रिणो ये किमीदिनः । अथेदम् अग्ने नो हविर् इन्द्रश् च प्रति हर्यतम् ॥3॥ 4. अग्निः पूर्व आ रभतां प्रेन्द्रो नुदतु बाहुमान् । ब्रवीतु सर्वो यातुमान् अयम् अस्मीत्य् एत्य ॥4॥ 5. पश्याम ते वीर्यं जातवेदः प्र णो ब्रूहि यातुधानान् नृचक्षः । त्वया सर्वे परितप्ताः पुरस्तात् त आ यन्तु प्रब्रुवाणा उपेदम् ॥5॥ 6. आ रभस्व जातवेदो ऽस्माकार्थाय जज्ञिषे । दूतो नो अग्ने भूत्वा यातुधानान् वि लापय ॥6॥ 7. त्वम् अग्ने यातुधानान् उपबद्धां इहा वह । अथैषाम् इन्द्रो वज्रेणापि शीर्षाणि वृश्चतु ॥7॥
Transliteration
1. stuvānam agna ā vaha yātudhānaṃ kimīdinam | tvaṃ hi deva vandito hantā dasyor babhūvitha ||1|| 2. ājyasya parameṣṭhin jātavedas tanūvaśin | agne taulasya prāśāna yātudhānān vi lāpaya ||2|| 3. vi lapantu yātudhānā attriṇo ye kimīdinaḥ | athedam agne no havir indraś ca prati haryatam ||3|| 4. agniḥ pūrva ā rabhatāṃ prendro nudatu bāhumān | bravītu sarvo yātumān ayam asmīty etya ||4|| 5. paśyāma te vīryaṃ jātavedaḥ pra ṇo brūhi yātudhānān nṛcakṣaḥ | tvayā sarve paritaptāḥ purastāt ta ā yantu prabruvāṇā upedam ||5|| 6. ā rabhasva jātavedo 'smākārthāya jajñiṣe | dūto no agne bhūtvā yātudhānān vi lāpaya ||6|| 7. tvam agne yātudhānān upabaddhāṃ ihā vaha | athaiṣām indro vajreṇāpi śīrṣāṇi vṛścatu ||7||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 1.8 — Hymn 8. To Indra, Brihaspati, Soma and Agni, for the destruction of sorcerers
1. This sacrifice shall bring the Yātudhānas as the flood brings foam: Here let the doer of this deed woman or man, acknowledge it.
2. This one hath come confessing all: do ye receive him eagerly. Master him thou, Brihaspati; Agni and Soma, pierce him through.
3. O Soma-drinker, strike and bring the Yātudhāna's progeny: Make the confessing sinner's eyes fall from his head, both right and left.
4. As thou, O Agni Jātavedas, knowest the races of these secret greedy beings, So strengthened by the power of prayer, O Agni, crushing them down a hundred times destroy them.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. इदं हविर् यातुधानान् नादी फेनम् इवा वहत् । य इदं स्त्री पुमान् अकर् इह स स्तुवतां जनः ॥1॥ 2. अयं स्तुवान आगमद् इमं स्म प्रति हर्यत । बृहस्पते वशे लब्ध्वाग्नीषोमा वि विध्यतम् ॥2॥ 3. यातुधानस्य सोमप जहि प्रजां नयस्व च । नि स्तुवानस्य पातय परम् अक्ष्य् उतावरम् ॥3॥ 4. यत्रैषाम् अग्ने जनिमानि वेत्थ गुहा सताम् अत्त्रिणां जातवेदः । तांस् त्वं ब्रह्मणा वावृधानो जह्य् एषां शततर्हम् अग्ने ॥4॥
Transliteration
1. idaṃ havir yātudhānān nādī phenam ivā vahat | ya idaṃ strī pumān akar iha sa stuvatāṃ janaḥ ||1|| 2. ayaṃ stuvāna āgamad imaṃ sma prati haryata | bṛhaspate vaśe labdhvāgnīṣomā vi vidhyatam ||2|| 3. yātudhānasya somapa jahi prajāṃ nayasva ca | ni stuvānasya pātaya param akṣy utāvaram ||3|| 4. yatraiṣām agne janimāni vettha guhā satām attriṇāṃ jātavedaḥ | tāṃs tvaṃ brahmaṇā vāvṛdhāno jahy eṣāṃ śatatarham agne ||4||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 1.9 — Hymn 9. Benediction on a King at his inauguration
1. May Indra, Pūshan, Varuria, Mitra, Agni, benignant Gods, maintain this man in riches. May the Ādityas and the Vive Devas set and support him in supremest lustre.
2. May light, O Gods, be under his dominion, Agni, the Sun, all; that is bright and golden. Prostrate beneath our feet his foes and rivals. Uplift him to the. loftiest cope of heaven.
3. Through that most mighty prayer, O Jātavedas, wherewith thou. broughtest milk to strengthen Indra, Even therewith exalt this man, O Agni, and give him highest rank among his kinsmen.
4. I have assumed their sacrifice, O Agni, their hopes, their glory,. and their riches' fulness. Prostrate beneath our feet his foes and rivals. Uplift him to the- loftiest cope of heaven.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. अस्मिन् वसु वसवो धारयन्त्व् इन्द्रः पूषा वरुणो मित्रो अग्निः । इमम् आदित्या उत विश्वे च देवा उत्तरस्मिन् ज्योतिषि धारयन्तु ॥1॥ 2. अस्य देवाः प्रदिशि ज्योतिर् अस्तु सूर्यो अग्निर् उत वा हिरण्यम् । सपत्ना अस्मद् अधरे भवन्तूत्तमं नाकम् अधि रोहयेमम् ॥2॥ 3. येनेन्द्राय समभरः पयांस्य् उत्तमेन ब्रह्मणा जातवेदः । तेन त्वम् अग्न इह वर्धयेमं सजातानां श्रैष्ठ्य आ धेह्य् एनम् ॥3॥ 4. ऐषां यज्ञम् उत वर्चो ददे ऽहं रायस् पोषम् उत चित्तान्य् अग्ने । सपत्ना अस्मद् अधरे भवन्तूत्तमं नाकम् अधि रोहयेमम् ॥4॥
Transliteration
1. asmin vasu vasavo dhārayantv indraḥ pūṣā varuṇo mitro agniḥ | imam ādityā uta viśve ca devā uttarasmin jyotiṣi dhārayantu ||1|| 2. asya devāḥ pradiśi jyotir astu sūryo agnir uta vā hiraṇyam | sapatnā asmad adhare bhavantūttamaṃ nākam adhi rohayemam ||2|| 3. yenendrāya samabharaḥ payāṃsy uttamena brahmaṇā jātavedaḥ | tena tvam agna iha vardhayemaṃ sajātānāṃ śraiṣṭhya ā dhehy enam ||3|| 4. aiṣāṃ yajñam uta varco dade 'haṃ rāyas poṣam uta cittāny agne | sapatnā asmad adhare bhavantūttamaṃ nākam adhi rohayemam ||4||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 1.10 — Hymn 10. Absolution of a sinner after intercession with Varuna
1. This Lord is the Gods' ruler; for the wishes of Varuna the King must be accomplished. Therefore, triumphant with the prayer I utter, I rescue this man from the Fierce One's anger.
2. Homage be paid, King Varuna, to thine anger; for thou, dread God, detectest every falsehood. I send a thousand others forth together: let this thy servant live
a hundred autumns.
3. Whatever falsehood thou hast told, much evil spoken with the tongue, I liberate thee from the noose of Varuna the righteous King.
4. I free thee from Vaisvānara, from the great surging flood of sin. Call thou thy brothers, Awful One! and pay attention to our prayer.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. अयं देवानाम् असुरो वि राजति वशा हि सत्या वरुणस्य राज्ञः । ततस् परि ब्रह्मणा शाशदान उग्रस्य मन्योर् उद् इमं नयामि ॥1॥ 2. नमस् ते रजन् वरुणास्तु मन्यवे विश्वं ह्य् उग्र निचिकेषि द्रुग्धम् । सहस्रम् अन्यान् प्र सुवामि साकं शतं जीवाति शरदस् तवायम् ॥2॥ 3. यद् उवक्थानृतम् जिह्वया वृजिनं बहु । राज्ञस् त्वा सत्यधर्मणो मुञ्चामि वरुणाद् अहम् ॥3॥ 4. मुञ्चामि त्वा वैश्वानराद् अर्णवान् महतस् परि । सजातान् उग्रेहा वद ब्रह्म चाप चिकीहि नः ॥4॥
Transliteration
1. ayaṃ devānām asuro vi rājati vaśā hi satyā varuṇasya rājñaḥ | tatas pari brahmaṇā śāśadāna ugrasya manyor ud imaṃ nayāmi ||1|| 2. namas te rajan varuṇāstu manyave viśvaṃ hy ugra nicikeṣi drugdham | sahasram anyān pra suvāmi sākaṃ śataṃ jīvāti śaradas tavāyam ||2|| 3. yad uvakthānṛtam jihvayā vṛjinaṃ bahu | rājñas tvā satyadharmaṇo muñcāmi varuṇād aham ||3|| 4. muñcāmi tvā vaiśvānarād arṇavān mahatas pari | sajātān ugrehā vada brahma cāpa cikīhi naḥ ||4||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 1.11 — Hymn 11. A charm to be used at child-birth
1. Vashat to thee. O Pūshan At this birth let Aryaman the Sage perform as Hotar-priest, As one who bears in season let this dame be ready to bring forth her child.
2. Four are the regions of the sky, and four the regions of the earth: The Gods have brought the babe; let them prepare the woman for the birth.
3. Puerpera (infatem) detegat: nos uterum aperimus. Lexa teipsam, puerpera. Tu, parturiens! emitte eum non carni, non adipi, non medullae adhāerntem.
4. Descendat viscosa placenta, cani, comedenda placenta; decidat placenta.
5. Diffindo tuum urinae ductum, diffindo vaginam, diffindo inguina. Matrem natumque divido, puerum a placenta divido: decidat placenta.
6. Sicut ventus, sicut mens, sicut alites volant, sic, decem mensium puer, cum placenta descende: descendat placenta.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. वषट् ते पूषन्न् अस्मिन्त् सूताव् अर्यमा होता कृणोतु वेधाः । सिस्रतां नार्य् ऋतप्रजाता वि पर्वाणि जिहतां सूतवा उ ॥1॥ 2. चतस्रो दिवः प्रदिशश् चतस्रो भूम्या उत । देवा गर्भं सम् ऐरयन् तं व्य् ऊर्णुवन्तु सूतवे ॥2॥ 3. सूषा व्य् ऊर्णोतु वि योनिं हापयामसि । श्रथया सूषणे त्वम् अव त्वं बिष्कले सृज ॥3॥ 4. नेव मांसे न पीवसि नेव मज्जस्व् आहतम् । अवैतु पृश्नि शेवलं शुने जराय्व् अत्तवे ऽव जरायु पद्यताम् ॥4॥ 5. वि ते भिनद्मि मेहनं वि योनिं वि गवीनिके । वि मातरं च पुत्रं च वि कुमारं जरायुणाव जरायु पद्यताम् ॥5॥ 6. यथा वातो यथा मनो यथा पतन्ति पक्षिणः । एवा त्वं दशमास्य साकं जरायुणा पताव जरायु पद्यताम् ॥6॥
Transliteration
1. vaṣaṭ te pūṣann asmint sūtāv aryamā hotā kṛṇotu vedhāḥ | sisratāṃ nāry ṛtaprajātā vi parvāṇi jihatāṃ sūtavā u ||1|| 2. catasro divaḥ pradiśaś catasro bhūmyā uta | devā garbhaṃ sam airayan taṃ vy ūrṇuvantu sūtave ||2|| 3. sūṣā vy ūrṇotu vi yoniṃ hāpayāmasi | śrathayā sūṣaṇe tvam ava tvaṃ biṣkale sṛja ||3|| 4. neva māṃse na pīvasi neva majjasv āhatam | avaitu pṛśni śevalaṃ śune jarāyv attave 'va jarāyu padyatām ||4|| 5. vi te bhinadmi mehanaṃ vi yoniṃ vi gavīnike | vi mātaraṃ ca putraṃ ca vi kumāraṃ jarāyuṇāva jarāyu padyatām ||5|| 6. yathā vāto yathā mano yathā patanti pakṣiṇaḥ | evā tvaṃ daśamāsya sākaṃ jarāyuṇā patāva jarāyu padyatām ||6||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 1.12 — Hymn 12. A prayer to Lightning, against fever, headache, and cough
1. Born from the womb, brought forth from wind and from the cloud, the first red bull comes onward thundering with the rain. Our bodies may he spare who, cleaving, goes straight on; he who,
a single force, divides himself in three.
2. Bending to thee who clingest to each limb with heat, fain would we worship thee with offered sacrifice, Worship with sacrifice the bends and curves of thee who with a vigorous grasp hast seized on this one's limbs.
3. Do thou release this man from headache, free him from cough which has entered into all his limbs and joints. May he, the child of cloud, the offspring of the wind, the whiz- zing lighting, strike the mountains and the trees.
4. Well be it with my upper frame, well be it with my lower parts. With my four limbs let it be well. Let all my body be in health.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. जरायुजः प्रथम उस्रियो वृषा वाताभ्रजा स्तनयन्न् एति वृष्ट्या । स नो मृडाति तन्व ऋजुगो रुजन् य एकम् ओजस् त्रेधा विचक्रमे ॥1॥ 2. अङ्गेअङ्गे शोचिषा शिश्रियाणं नमस्यन्तस् त्वा हविषा विधेम । अङ्कान्त् समङ्कान् हविषा विधेम यो अग्रभीत् पर्वास्या ग्रभीता ॥2॥ 3. मुञ्च शीर्षक्त्या उत कास एनं परुष्परुर् आविवेशा यो अस्य । यो अभ्रजा वातजा यश् च शुष्मो वनस्पतीन्त् सचतां पर्वतांश् च ॥3॥ 4. शं मे परस्मै गात्राय शम् अस्त्व् अवराय मे । शं मे चतुर्भ्यो अङ्गेभ्यः शम् अस्तु तन्वे मम ॥4॥
Transliteration
1. jarāyujaḥ prathama usriyo vṛṣā vātābhrajā stanayann eti vṛṣṭyā | sa no mṛḍāti tanva ṛjugo rujan ya ekam ojas tredhā vicakrame ||1|| 2. aṅgeaṅge śociṣā śiśriyāṇaṃ namasyantas tvā haviṣā vidhema | aṅkānt samaṅkān haviṣā vidhema yo agrabhīt parvāsyā grabhītā ||2|| 3. muñca śīrṣaktyā uta kāsa enaṃ paruṣparur āviveśā yo asya | yo abhrajā vātajā yaś ca śuṣmo vanaspatīnt sacatāṃ parvatāṃś ca ||3|| 4. śaṃ me parasmai gātrāya śam astv avarāya me | śaṃ me caturbhyo aṅgebhyaḥ śam astu tanve mama ||4||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 1.13 — Hymn 13. A prayer to Lightning, for happiness
1. Homage to thee, the Lightning's flash, homage to thee, the Thunder's roar! Homage to thee, the Stone which thou hurlest against the undevout!
2. Homage to thee, Child of the Flood whence thou collectest fer- vent heat! Be gracious to our bodies, give our children happiness and joy.
3. Yea, homage be to thee, O Offspring of the Flood! Homage we pay to thee, the dart and fiery flame: For well we know thy secret and sublimest home, where thou as central point art buried in the sea.
4. Thou, Arrow, which the host of Gods created, making it strong and mighty for the shooting, Be gracious, lauded thus, to our assembly. To thee, that Arrow,. be our homage, Goddess!
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. नमस् ते अस्तु विद्युते नमस् ते स्तनयित्नवे । नमस् ते अस्त्व् अश्मने येना दूडाशे अस्यसि ॥1॥ 2. नमस् ते प्रवतो नपाद् यतस् तपः समूहसि । मृडया नस् तनूभ्यो मयस् तोकेभ्यस् कृधि ॥2॥ 3. प्रवतो नपान् नम एवास्तु तुभ्यं नमस् ते हेतये तपुषे च कृण्मः । विद्म ते धाम परमं गुहा यत् समुद्रे अन्तर् निहितासि नाभिः ॥3॥ 4. यां त्वा देवा असृजन्त विश्व इषुं कृण्वाना असनाय धृष्णुम् । सा नो मृड विदथे गृणाना तस्यै ते नमो अस्तु देवि ॥4॥
Transliteration
1. namas te astu vidyute namas te stanayitnave | namas te astv aśmane yenā dūḍāśe asyasi ||1|| 2. namas te pravato napād yatas tapaḥ samūhasi | mṛḍayā nas tanūbhyo mayas tokebhyas kṛdhi ||2|| 3. pravato napān nama evāstu tubhyaṃ namas te hetaye tapuṣe ca kṛṇmaḥ | vidma te dhāma paramaṃ guhā yat samudre antar nihitāsi nābhiḥ ||3|| 4. yāṃ tvā devā asṛjanta viśva iṣuṃ kṛṇvānā asanāya dhṛṣṇum | sā no mṛḍa vidathe gṛṇānā tasyai te namo astu devi ||4||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 1.14 — Hymn 14. A woman's incantation against a rival
1. As from the tree a wreath, have I assumed her fortune and her fame: Among her kinsfolk long may she dwell, like a mountain broadly- based.
2. King Yama, let this maiden be surrendered as a wife to thee: Bound let her be meanwhile within, her mother's, brother's, father's house.
3. Queen of thy race is she, O King: to thee do we deliver her. Long with her kinsfolk may she sit, until her hair be white with age.
4. With Asita's and Kasyapa's and Gaya's incantation, thus As sisters pack within a chest, I bind and tie thy fortune up.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. भगम् अस्या वर्च आदिष्य् अधि वृक्षाद् इव स्रजम् । महाबुध्न इव पर्वतो ज्योक् पितृष्व् आस्ताम् ॥1॥ 2. एषा ते राजन् कन्या वधूर् नि धूयताम् यम । सा मातुर् बध्यतां गृहे ऽथो भ्रातुर् अथो पितुः ॥2॥ 3. एषा ते कुलपा राजन् ताम् उ ते परि दद्मसि । ज्योक् पितृष्व् आसाता आ शीर्ष्णः शमोप्यात् ॥3॥ 4. असितस्य ते ब्रह्मणा कश्यपस्य गयस्य च । अन्तःकोशम् इव जामयो ऽपि नह्यामि ते भगम् ॥4 ॥
Transliteration
1. bhagam asyā varca ādiṣy adhi vṛkṣād iva srajam | mahābudhna iva parvato jyok pitṛṣv āstām ||1|| 2. eṣā te rājan kanyā vadhūr ni dhūyatām yama | sā mātur badhyatāṃ gṛhe 'tho bhrātur atho pituḥ ||2|| 3. eṣā te kulapā rājan tām u te pari dadmasi | jyok pitṛṣv āsātā ā śīrṣṇaḥ śamopyāt ||3|| 4. asitasya te brahmaṇā kaśyapasya gayasya ca | antaḥkośam iva jāmayo 'pi nahyāmi te bhagam ||4 ||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 1.15 — Hymn 15. A prayer for the prosperity of an institutor of sacrifice
1. Let the streams, flow together, let the winds and birds assembled come. Let this my sacrifice delight them always. I offer it with duly mixt oblation.
2. Come to my call, Blent Offerings, come ye very nigh. And, singers, do ye strengthen and increase this man. Hither come every animal: with this man let all wealth abide.
3. All river founts that blend their streams for ever inexhaustible— With all these confluent streams of mine we make abundant riches flow.
4. All streams of melted butter, and all streams of water and of milk With all these confluent streams of mine we make abundant riches flow.
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Sanskrit
1. सं सं स्रवन्तु सिन्धवः सं वाताः सं पतत्रिणः । इमं यज्ञं प्रदिवो मे जुषन्तां संस्राव्येण हविषा जुहोमि ॥1॥ 2. इहैव हवम् आ यात म इह संस्रावणा उतेमं वर्धयता गिरः । इहैतु सर्वो यः पशुर् अस्मिन् तिष्ठतु या रयिः ॥2॥ 3. ये नदीनां संस्रवन्त्य् उत्सासः सदम् अक्षिताः । तेभिर् मे सर्वैः संस्रावैर् धनं सं स्रावयामसि ॥3॥ 4. ये सर्पिषः संस्रवन्ति क्षीरस्य चोदकस्य च तेभिर् मे सर्वैः संस्रावैर् धनं सं स्रावयामसि ॥4॥
Transliteration
1. saṃ saṃ sravantu sindhavaḥ saṃ vātāḥ saṃ patatriṇaḥ | imaṃ yajñaṃ pradivo me juṣantāṃ saṃsrāvyeṇa haviṣā juhomi ||1|| 2. ihaiva havam ā yāta ma iha saṃsrāvaṇā utemaṃ vardhayatā giraḥ | ihaitu sarvo yaḥ paśur asmin tiṣṭhatu yā rayiḥ ||2|| 3. ye nadīnāṃ saṃsravanty utsāsaḥ sadam akṣitāḥ | tebhir me sarvaiḥ saṃsrāvair dhanaṃ saṃ srāvayāmasi ||3|| 4. ye sarpiṣaḥ saṃsravanti kṣīrasya codakasya ca tebhir me sarvaiḥ saṃsrāvair dhanaṃ saṃ srāvayāmasi ||4||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 1.16 — Hymn 16. A prayer and charm against demons
1. May potent Agni who destroys the demons bless and shelter us. From greedy fiends who rise in troops at night-time when the moon is dark.
2. Varuna's benison hath blessed the lead, and Agni strengthens it. Indra hath given me the lead: this verily repels the fiends.
3. This overcomes Vishkandha, -this drives the voracious fiends away: By means of this have I, o'erthrown all the Pisāchi's demon brood.
4. If thou destroy a cow of ours, a human being, or a steed, We pierce thee with this piece of lead so that thou mayst not slay our men.
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Sanskrit
1. ये ऽमावास्यां रात्रिम् उदस्थुर् व्राजम् अत्त्रिणः । अग्निस् तुरीयो यातुहा सो अस्मभ्यम् अधि ब्रवत् ॥1॥ 2. सीसायाध्य् आह वरुणः सीसायाग्निर् उपावति । सीसं म इन्द्रः प्रायछत् तद् अङ्ग यातुचातनम् ॥2॥ 3. इदं विष्कन्धं सहत इदं बाधते अत्त्रिणः । अनेन विश्वा ससहे या जातानि पिशाच्याः ॥3॥ 4. यदि नो गां हंसि यद्य् अश्वं यदि पूरुषम् । तं त्वा सीसेन विध्यामो यथा नो ऽसो अवीरहा ॥4॥
Transliteration
1. ye 'māvāsyāṃ rātrim udasthur vrājam attriṇaḥ | agnis turīyo yātuhā so asmabhyam adhi bravat ||1|| 2. sīsāyādhy āha varuṇaḥ sīsāyāgnir upāvati | sīsaṃ ma indraḥ prāyachat tad aṅga yātucātanam ||2|| 3. idaṃ viṣkandhaṃ sahata idaṃ bādhate attriṇaḥ | anena viśvā sasahe yā jātāni piśācyāḥ ||3|| 4. yadi no gāṃ haṃsi yady aśvaṃ yadi pūruṣam | taṃ tvā sīsena vidhyāmo yathā no 'so avīrahā ||4||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 1.17 — Hymn 17. A charm to be used at venesection
1. Those maidens there, the veins, who run their course in robes of ruddy hue, Must now stand quiet, reft of power, like sisters who are brother- less.
2. Stay still, thou upper vein, stay still, thou lower, stay, thou midmost one, The smallest one of all stands still: let the great vessel e'en be still.
3. Among a thousand vessels charged with blood, among a thousand veins, Even these the middlemost stand still and their extremities have rest.
4. A mighty rampart built of sand hath circled and encompassed you: Be still, and quietly take rest.
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Sanskrit
1. अमूर् या यन्ति योषितो हिरा लोहितवाससः । अभ्रातर इव जामयस् तिष्ठन्तु हतवर्चसः ॥1॥ 2. तिष्ठावरे तिष्ठ पर उत त्वं तिष्ठ मध्यमे । कनिष्ठिका च तिष्ठति तिष्ठाद् इद् धमनिर् मही ॥2॥ 3. शतस्य धमनीनां सहस्रस्य हिराणाम् । अस्थुर् इन् मध्यमा इमाः साकम् अन्ता अरंसत ॥3॥ 4. परि वः सिकतावती धनूर् बृहत्य् अक्रमीत् । तिष्ठतेलयता सु कम् ॥4॥
Transliteration
1. amūr yā yanti yoṣito hirā lohitavāsasaḥ | abhrātara iva jāmayas tiṣṭhantu hatavarcasaḥ ||1|| 2. tiṣṭhāvare tiṣṭha para uta tvaṃ tiṣṭha madhyame | kaniṣṭhikā ca tiṣṭhati tiṣṭhād id dhamanir mahī ||2|| 3. śatasya dhamanīnāṃ sahasrasya hirāṇām | asthur in madhyamā imāḥ sākam antā araṃsata ||3|| 4. pari vaḥ sikatāvatī dhanūr bṛhaty akramīt | tiṣṭhatelayatā su kam ||4||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 1.18 — Hymn 18. A charm to avert evil spirits of misfortune and to secure prosperity
1. We drive away the Spotted Hag, Misfortune, and Malignity: All blessings to our children then! We chase Malignity away.
2. Let Savitar, Mitra, Varuna, and Aryaman drive away Stinginess from both the hands and feet: May Favour, granting us her bounties, drive her off. The Gods created Favour for our happiness.
3. Each fearful sign upon thy body, in thyself, each inauspicious mark seen in thy hair, thy face, All this we drive away and banish with our speech. May Savitar the God graciously further thee.
4. Antelope-foot, and Bullock-tooth, Cow-terrifier, Vapour-form, The Licker, and the Spotted Hag, all these we drive away from us.
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Sanskrit
1. निर् लक्ष्म्यं ललाम्यं निर् अरातिं सुवामसि । अथ या भद्रा तानि नः प्रजाया अरातिं नयामसि ॥1॥ 2. निर् अरणिं सविता साविषक् पदोर् निर् हस्तयोर् वरुणो मित्रो अर्यमा । निर् अस्मभ्यम् अनुमती रराणा प्रेमां देवा असाविषुः सौभगाय ॥2॥ 3. यत् त आत्मनि तन्वां घोरम् अस्ति यद् वा केशेषु प्रतिचक्षणे वा । सर्वं तद् वाचाप हन्मो वयं देवस् त्वा सविता सूदयतु ॥3॥ 4. रिश्यपदीं वृषदतीं गोषेधां विधमाम् उत । विलीढ्यं ललाम्यं ता अस्मन् नाशयामसि ॥4॥
Transliteration
1. nir lakṣmyaṃ lalāmyaṃ nir arātiṃ suvāmasi | atha yā bhadrā tāni naḥ prajāyā arātiṃ nayāmasi ||1|| 2. nir araṇiṃ savitā sāviṣak pador nir hastayor varuṇo mitro aryamā | nir asmabhyam anumatī rarāṇā premāṃ devā asāviṣuḥ saubhagāya ||2|| 3. yat ta ātmani tanvāṃ ghoram asti yad vā keśeṣu praticakṣaṇe vā | sarvaṃ tad vācāpa hanmo vayaṃ devas tvā savitā sūdayatu ||3|| 4. riśyapadīṃ vṛṣadatīṃ goṣedhāṃ vidhamām uta | vilīḍhyaṃ lalāmyaṃ tā asman nāśayāmasi ||4||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 1.19 — Hymn 19. A prayer for protection from arrows and for the punishment of enemies
1. Let not the piercers find us, nor let those who wound discover us. O Indra, make the arrows fall, turned, far from us, to every side.
2. Turned from us let the arrows fall, those shot and those that will be shot. Shafts of the Gods and shafts of men, strike and transfix mine enemies:
3. Whoever treateth us as foes, be he our own or strange to us, a kinsman or a foreigner, May Rudra with his arrows pierce and slay these enemies of mine.
4. The rival and non-rival, he who in his hatred curses us May all the deities injure him! My nearest, closest mail is prayer.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. मा नो विदन् विव्याधिनो मो अभिव्याधिनो विदन् । आराच् छरव्या अस्मद् विषूचीर् इन्द्र पातय ॥1॥ 2. विष्वञ्चो अस्मच् छरवः पतन्तु ये अस्ता ये चास्याः । दैवीर् मनुष्येसवो ममामित्रान् वि विध्यत ॥2॥ 3. यो नः स्वो यो अरणः सजात उत निष्ट्यो यो अस्मां अभिदासति । रुद्रः शरव्ययैतान् ममामित्रान् वि विध्यतु ॥3॥ 4. यः सपत्नो यो ऽसपत्नो यश् च द्विषन् छपाति नः । देवास् तं सर्वे धूर्वन्तु ब्रह्म वर्म ममान्तरम् ॥4॥
Transliteration
1. mā no vidan vivyādhino mo abhivyādhino vidan | ārāc charavyā asmad viṣūcīr indra pātaya ||1|| 2. viṣvañco asmac charavaḥ patantu ye astā ye cāsyāḥ | daivīr manuṣyesavo mamāmitrān vi vidhyata ||2|| 3. yo naḥ svo yo araṇaḥ sajāta uta niṣṭyo yo asmāṃ abhidāsati | rudraḥ śaravyayaitān mamāmitrān vi vidhyatu ||3|| 4. yaḥ sapatno yo 'sapatno yaś ca dviṣan chapāti naḥ | devās taṃ sarve dhūrvantu brahma varma mamāntaram ||4||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 1.20 — Hymn 20. A prayer to Soma, the Maruts, Mitra, and Varuna, for protection
1. May it glide harmless by in this our sacrifice, O Soma, God! Maruts, be gracious unto us. Let not disaster, let not malison find us out; let not abominable guiles discover us.
2. Mitra and Varuna, ye twain, turn carefully away from us The deadly dart that flies to-day, the missile of the wicked ones.
3. Ward off from this side and from that, O Varuna, the deadly dart: Give us thy great protection, turn the lethal weapon far away.
4. A mighty Ruler thus art thou, unconquered, vanquisher of foes, Even thou whose friend is never slain, whose friend is never over- come.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. अदारसृद् भवतु देव सोमास्मिन् यज्ञे मरुतो मृडता नः । मा नो विदद् अभिभा मो अशस्तिर् मा नो विदद् वृजिना द्वेष्या या ॥1॥ 2. यो अद्य सेन्यो वधो ऽघायूनाम् उदीरते । युवं तं मित्रावरुणाव् अस्मद् यावयतं परि ॥2॥ 3. इतश् च यद् अमुतश् च यद् वधं वरुण यावय । वि महच् छर्म यछ वरीयो यावया वधम् ॥3॥ 4. शास इत्था महां अस्य् अमित्रसाहो अस्तृतः । न यस्य हन्यते सखा न जीयते कदा चन ॥4॥
Transliteration
1. adārasṛd bhavatu deva somāsmin yajñe maruto mṛḍatā naḥ | mā no vidad abhibhā mo aśastir mā no vidad vṛjinā dveṣyā yā ||1|| 2. yo adya senyo vadho 'ghāyūnām udīrate | yuvaṃ taṃ mitrāvaruṇāv asmad yāvayataṃ pari ||2|| 3. itaś ca yad amutaś ca yad vadhaṃ varuṇa yāvaya | vi mahac charma yacha varīyo yāvayā vadham ||3|| 4. śāsa itthā mahāṃ asy amitrasāho astṛtaḥ | na yasya hanyate sakhā na jīyate kadā cana ||4||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 1.21 — Hymn 21. A prayer to Indra for prot
1. Lord of the clans, giver of bliss, fiend-slayer, mighty o'er the foe, May Indra, Soma-drinker, go before us, Bull, who brings us peace.
2. Indra, subdue our enemies, lay low the men who fight with us: Down into nether darkness send the man who shows us enmity:
3. Strike down the fiend, strike down the foes, break thou asunder Vritra's jaws. O Indra, Vritra-slayer, quell the wrath of the assailing foe.
4. Turn thou the foeman's thought away, his dart who fain would conquer us: Grant us thy great protection; keep his deadly weapon far away.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. स्वस्तिदा विशां पतिर् वृत्रहा विमृधो वशी । वृषेन्द्रः पुर एतु नः सोमपा अभयंकरः ॥1॥ 2. वि न इन्द्र मृधो जहि नीचा यछ पृतन्यतः । अधमं गमया तमो यो अस्मां अभिदासति ॥2॥ 3. वि रक्षो वि मृधो जहि वि वृत्रस्य हनू रुज । वि मन्युम् इन्द्र वृत्रहन्न् अमित्रस्याभिदासतः ॥3॥ 4. अपेन्द्र द्विषतो मनो ऽप जिज्यासतो वधम् । वि महच् छर्म यछ वरीयो यावया वधम् ॥4॥
Transliteration
1. svastidā viśāṃ patir vṛtrahā vimṛdho vaśī | vṛṣendraḥ pura etu naḥ somapā abhayaṃkaraḥ ||1|| 2. vi na indra mṛdho jahi nīcā yacha pṛtanyataḥ | adhamaṃ gamayā tamo yo asmāṃ abhidāsati ||2|| 3. vi rakṣo vi mṛdho jahi vi vṛtrasya hanū ruja | vi manyum indra vṛtrahann amitrasyābhidāsataḥ ||3|| 4. apendra dviṣato mano 'pa jijyāsato vadham | vi mahac charma yacha varīyo yāvayā vadham ||4||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 1.22 — Hymn 22. A charm against jaundice
1. As the Sun rises, let thy sore disease and yellowness depart. We compass and surround thee with the colour of a ruddy ox.
2. With ruddy hues we compass thee that thou mayst live a leng- thened life: So that this man be free from harm, and cast his yellow tint away.
3. Devatyās that are red of hue, yea, and the ruddy-coloured kine, Each several form, each several force—with these we compass thee about.
4. To parrots and to starlings we transfer thy sickly yellowness: Now in the yellow-coloured birds we lay this yellowness of thine.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. अनु सूर्यम् उद् अयतां हृद्द्योतो हरिमा च ते । गो रोहितस्य वर्णेन तेन त्वा परि दध्मसि ॥1॥ 2. परि त्वा रोहितैर् वर्णैर् दीर्घायुत्वाय दध्मसि । यथायम् अरपा असद् अथो अहरितो भुवत् ॥2॥ 3. या रोहिणीर् देवत्या गावो या उत रोहिणीः । रूपंरूपं वयोवयस् ताभिष् ट्वा परि दध्मसि ॥3॥ 4. शुकेषु ते हरिमाणं रोपणाकासु दध्मसि । अथो हारिद्रवेषु ते हरिमाणं नि दध्मसि ॥4॥
Transliteration
1. anu sūryam ud ayatāṃ hṛddyoto harimā ca te | go rohitasya varṇena tena tvā pari dadhmasi ||1|| 2. pari tvā rohitair varṇair dīrghāyutvāya dadhmasi | yathāyam arapā asad atho aharito bhuvat ||2|| 3. yā rohiṇīr devatyā gāvo yā uta rohiṇīḥ | rūpaṃrūpaṃ vayovayas tābhiṣ ṭvā pari dadhmasi ||3|| 4. śukeṣu te harimāṇaṃ ropaṇākāsu dadhmasi | atho hāridraveṣu te harimāṇaṃ ni dadhmasi ||4||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 1.23 — Hymn 23. A charm against leprosy
1. O Plant, thou sprangest up at night, dusky, dark-coloured, black in hue! So, Rajani, re-colour thou these ashy spots, this leprosy.
2. Expel the leprosy, remove from him the spots and ashy hue: Let thine own colour come to thee; drive far away the specks of white.
3. Dark is the place of thy repose, dark is the place thou dwellest in: Dusky and dark, O Plant, art thou: remove from him each speck and spot.
4. I with my spell have chased away the pallid sign of leprosy, Caused by infection, on the skin, sprung from the body, from the bones.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. नक्तंजातासि ओषधे रामे कृष्णे असिक्नि च । इदं रजनि रजय किलासं पलितं च यत् ॥1॥ 2. किलासं च पलितं च निर् इतो नाशया पृषत् । आ त्वा स्वो विशतां वर्णः परा शुक्लानि पातय ॥2॥ 3. असितं ते प्रलयनम् आस्थानम् असितं तव । असिक्नी अस्य् ओषधे निर् इतो नाशया पृषत् ॥3॥ 4. अस्थिजस्य किलासस्य तनूजस्य च यत् त्वचि । दूष्या कृतस्य ब्रह्मणा लक्ष्म श्वेतम् अनीनशम् ॥4॥
Transliteration
1. naktaṃjātāsi oṣadhe rāme kṛṣṇe asikni ca | idaṃ rajani rajaya kilāsaṃ palitaṃ ca yat ||1|| 2. kilāsaṃ ca palitaṃ ca nir ito nāśayā pṛṣat | ā tvā svo viśatāṃ varṇaḥ parā śuklāni pātaya ||2|| 3. asitaṃ te pralayanam āsthānam asitaṃ tava | asiknī asy oṣadhe nir ito nāśayā pṛṣat ||3|| 4. asthijasya kilāsasya tanūjasya ca yat tvaci | dūṣyā kṛtasya brahmaṇā lakṣma śvetam anīnaśam ||4||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 1.24 — Hymn 24. A charm against leprosy
1. First, before all, the strong-winged Bird was born;; thou wast the gall thereof. Conquered in fight, the Asuri took then the shape and form of plants.
2. The Asuri made, first of all, this medicine for leprosy, this banisher of leprosy. She banished leprosy, and gave one general colour to the skin.
3. One-coloured, is thy mother's name, One-coloured is thy father called: One-colour-maker, Plant! art thou: give thou one colour to this man.
4. Sāmā who gives one general hue was formed and fashioned from the earth: Further this work efficiently. Restore the colours that were his.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. सुपर्णो जातः प्रथमस् तस्य त्वं पित्तम् आसिथ । तद् आसुरी युधा जिता रूपं चक्रे वनस्पतीन् ॥1॥ 2. आसुरी चक्रे प्रथमेदं किलासभेषजम् इदं किलासनाशनम् । अनीनशत् किलासं सरूपाम् अकरत् त्वचम् ॥2॥ 3. सरूपा नाम ते माता सरूपो नाम ते पिता । सरूपकृत् त्वम् ओषधे सा सरूपम् इदं कृधि ॥3॥ 4. श्यामा सरूपंकरणी पृथिव्या अध्य् उद्भृता । इदम् ऊ षु प्र साधय पुना रूपाणि कल्पय ॥4॥
Transliteration
1. suparṇo jātaḥ prathamas tasya tvaṃ pittam āsitha | tad āsurī yudhā jitā rūpaṃ cakre vanaspatīn ||1|| 2. āsurī cakre prathamedaṃ kilāsabheṣajam idaṃ kilāsanāśanam | anīnaśat kilāsaṃ sarūpām akarat tvacam ||2|| 3. sarūpā nāma te mātā sarūpo nāma te pitā | sarūpakṛt tvam oṣadhe sā sarūpam idaṃ kṛdhi ||3|| 4. śyāmā sarūpaṃkaraṇī pṛthivyā adhy udbhṛtā | idam ū ṣu pra sādhaya punā rūpāṇi kalpaya ||4||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 1.25 — Hymn 25. A prayer to fever, as a charm against his attacks
1. When Agni blazed when he had pierced the Waters, whereat the Law-observers paid him homage, There, men assever, was thy loftiest birthplace: O Fever, yield- ing to our prayer avoid us.
2. If thou be fiery glow, or inflammation, or if thy birthplace call for chips of fuel, Rack is thy name, God of the sickly yellow! O Fever, yielding to our prayer avoid us.
3. Be thou distress, or agonizing torment, be thou the son King Varuna hath begotten, Rack isthy name, God of the sickly yellow! O Fever, yielding to our prayer avoid us.
4. I offer homage to the chilly Fever, to his fierce burning glow I offer homage. Be adoration paid to Fever coming each other day, the third, of two days running.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. यद् अग्निर् आपो अदहत् प्रविश्य यत्राकृण्वन् धर्मधृतो नमांसि । तत्र त आहुः परमं जनित्रं स नः संविद्वान् परि वृङ्ग्धि तक्मन् ॥1॥ 2. यद्य् अर्चिर् यदि वासि शोचिः शकल्येषि यदि वा ते जनित्रम् । ह्रूडुर् नामासि हरितस्य देव स नः संविद्वान् परि वृङ्ग्धि तक्मन् ॥2॥ 3. यदि शोको यदि वाभिशोको यदि वा राज्ञो वरुणस्यासि पुत्रः । ह्रूडुर् नामासि हरितस्य देव स नः संविद्वान् परि वृङ्ग्धि तक्मन् ॥3॥ 4. नमः शीताय तक्मने नमो रूराय शोचिषे कृणोमि । यो अन्येद्युर् उभयद्युर् अभ्येति तृतीयकाय नमो अस्तु तक्मने ॥4॥
Transliteration
1. yad agnir āpo adahat praviśya yatrākṛṇvan dharmadhṛto namāṃsi | tatra ta āhuḥ paramaṃ janitraṃ sa naḥ saṃvidvān pari vṛṅgdhi takman ||1|| 2. yady arcir yadi vāsi śociḥ śakalyeṣi yadi vā te janitram | hrūḍur nāmāsi haritasya deva sa naḥ saṃvidvān pari vṛṅgdhi takman ||2|| 3. yadi śoko yadi vābhiśoko yadi vā rājño varuṇasyāsi putraḥ | hrūḍur nāmāsi haritasya deva sa naḥ saṃvidvān pari vṛṅgdhi takman ||3|| 4. namaḥ śītāya takmane namo rūrāya śociṣe kṛṇomi | yo anyedyur ubhayadyur abhyeti tṛtīyakāya namo astu takmane ||4||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 1.26 — Hymn 26. A prayer for protection, guidance, and prosperity
1. Let that Destructive Weapon be far distant from us, O ye Gods; far be the Stone ye wont to hurl.
2. Our friend be that Celestial Grace, Indra and Bhaga be our friends, and Savitar with splendid Wealth.
3. Thou, Offspring of the waterflood, ye Maruts, with your sun- bright skins, give us protection reaching far.
4. Further us rightly, favour ye our bodies with your gracious love. Give thou our children happiness.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. आरे ऽसाव् अस्मद् अस्तु हेतिर् देवासो असत् । आरे अश्मा यम् अस्यथ ॥1॥ 2. सखासाव् अस्मभ्यम् अस्तु रातिः सखेन्द्रो भगः । सविता चित्रराधाः ॥2॥ 3. यूयम् नः प्रवतो नपान् मरुतः सूर्यत्वचसः । शर्म यछथ सप्रथाः ॥3॥ 4. सुषूदत मृडत मृडया नस् तनूभ्यो । मयस् तोकेभ्यस् कृधि ॥4॥
Transliteration
1. āre 'sāv asmad astu hetir devāso asat | āre aśmā yam asyatha ||1|| 2. sakhāsāv asmabhyam astu rātiḥ sakhendro bhagaḥ | savitā citrarādhāḥ ||2|| 3. yūyam naḥ pravato napān marutaḥ sūryatvacasaḥ | śarma yachatha saprathāḥ ||3|| 4. suṣūdata mṛḍata mṛḍayā nas tanūbhyo | mayas tokebhyas kṛdhi ||4||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 1.27 — Hymn 27. A charm to obtain invisibility
1. There on the bank those Vipers lie, thrice-seven, having cast their skins: Now we with their discarded sloughs bind close and cover up the eyes of the malicious highway thief.
2. Far let her go, cutting her way, brandishing, as it were, a club: Diverted be the new-born's mind: ne'er are the wicked prosperous.
3. Not many have had power enough; the feeble ones have not prevailed, Like scattered fragments of a reed: ne'er are the wicked pros- perous.
4. Go forward, feet, press quickly on, bring to the house of him who pays. Unconquered and unplundered, let Indrānf, foremost, lead the way.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. अमूः पारे पृदाक्वस् त्रिषप्ता निर्जरायवः । तासाम् जरायुभिर् वयम् अक्ष्याव् अपि व्ययामस्य् अघायोः परिपन्थिनः ॥1॥ 2. विषूच्य् एतु कृन्तती पिनाकम् इव बिभ्रती । विष्वक् पुनर्भुवा मनो ऽसमृद्धा अघायवः ॥2॥ 3. न बहवः सम् अशकन् नार्भका अभि दाधृषुः । वेणोर् अद्गा इवाभितो ऽसमृद्धा अघायवः ॥3॥ 4. प्रेतं पादौ प्र स्फुरतं वहतं पृणतो गृहान् । इन्द्रान्य् एतु प्रथमाजीतामुषिता पुरः ॥4॥
Transliteration
1. amūḥ pāre pṛdākvas triṣaptā nirjarāyavaḥ | tāsām jarāyubhir vayam akṣyāv api vyayāmasy aghāyoḥ paripanthinaḥ ||1|| 2. viṣūcy etu kṛntatī pinākam iva bibhratī | viṣvak punarbhuvā mano 'samṛddhā aghāyavaḥ ||2|| 3. na bahavaḥ sam aśakan nārbhakā abhi dādhṛṣuḥ | veṇor adgā ivābhito 'samṛddhā aghāyavaḥ ||3|| 4. pretaṃ pādau pra sphurataṃ vahataṃ pṛṇato gṛhān | indrāny etu prathamājītāmuṣitā puraḥ ||4||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 1.28 — Hymn 28. A prayer to Agni for the destruction of evil spirits
1. God Agni hath come forth to us, fiend-slayer, chaser of disease, Burning the Yātudhānas up, Kimidins, and deceitful ones.
2. Consume the Yātudhānas, God! meet the Kimidins with thy flame: Burn up the Yātudhānis as they face thee, thou whose path is black!
3. She who hath cursed us with a curse, or hath conceived a murderous sin; Or seized our son to take his blood, let her devour the child she bare.
4. Let her, the Yātudhāni eat son, sister, and her daughter's. child. Now let the twain by turns destroy the wild-haired Yātudhānis- and crush down Arāyis to the earth!
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. उप प्रागाद् देवो अग्नी रक्षोहामीवचातनः । दहन्न् अप द्वयाविनो यातुधानान् किमीदिनः ॥1॥ 2. प्रति दह यातुधानान् प्रति देव किमीदिनः । प्रतीचीः कृष्णवर्तने सं दह यातुधान्यः ॥2॥ 3. या शशाप शपनेन याघं मूरम् आदधे । या रसस्य हरणाय जातम् आरेभे तोकम् अत्तु सा ॥3॥ 4. पुत्रम् अत्तु यातुधानीः स्वसारम् उत नप्त्यम् । अधा मिथो विकेश्यो वि घ्नतां यातुधान्यो वि तृह्यन्ताम् अराय्यः ॥4॥
Transliteration
1. upa prāgād devo agnī rakṣohāmīvacātanaḥ | dahann apa dvayāvino yātudhānān kimīdinaḥ ||1|| 2. prati daha yātudhānān prati deva kimīdinaḥ | pratīcīḥ kṛṣṇavartane saṃ daha yātudhānyaḥ ||2|| 3. yā śaśāpa śapanena yāghaṃ mūram ādadhe | yā rasasya haraṇāya jātam ārebhe tokam attu sā ||3|| 4. putram attu yātudhānīḥ svasāram uta naptyam | adhā mitho vikeśyo vi ghnatāṃ yātudhānyo vi tṛhyantām arāyyaḥ ||4||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 1.29 — Hymn 29. A charm to secure the supremacy of a dethroned King
1. With that victorious Amulet which strengthened Indra's power- and might Do thou, O Brāhmanaspati, increase our strength for kingly sway.
2. Subduing those who rival us, subduing all malignities, Withstand the man who menaces, and him who seeks to injure- us.
3. Soma and Savitar the God have strengthened and exalted thee: All elements have aided thee, to make thee general conqueror.
4. Slayer of rivals, vanquisher, may that victorious Amulet Be bound on me for regal sway and conquest of mine enemies.
5. Yon Sun hath mounted up on high, and this my word hath mounted up That I may smite my foes and be slayer of rivals, rivalless.
6. Destroyer of my rivals, strong, victorious, with royal sway, May I be ruler of these men, and King and sovran of the folk.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. अभीवर्तेन मणिना येनेन्द्रो अभिववृधे । तेनास्मान् ब्रह्मणस् पते ऽभि राष्ट्राय वर्धय ॥1॥ 2. अभिवृत्य सपत्नान् अभि या नो अरातयः । अभि पृतन्यन्तं तिष्ठाभि यो नो दुरस्यति ॥2॥ 3. अभि त्वा देवः सविताभि षोमो अवीवृधत् । अभि त्वा विश्वा भूतान्य् अभीवर्तो यथाससि ॥3॥ 4. अभीवर्तो अभिभवः सपत्नक्षयणो मणिः । राष्ट्राय मह्यं बध्यतां सपत्नेभ्यः पराभुवे ॥4॥ 5. उद् असौ सूर्यो अगाद् उद् इदं मामकं वचः । यथाहं शत्रुहो ऽसान्य् असपत्नः सपत्नहा ॥5॥ 6. सपत्नक्षयणो वृषाभिरष्ट्रो विषासहिः । यथाहम् एषां वीराणां विराजानि जनस्य च ॥6॥
Transliteration
1. abhīvartena maṇinā yenendro abhivavṛdhe | tenāsmān brahmaṇas pate 'bhi rāṣṭrāya vardhaya ||1|| 2. abhivṛtya sapatnān abhi yā no arātayaḥ | abhi pṛtanyantaṃ tiṣṭhābhi yo no durasyati ||2|| 3. abhi tvā devaḥ savitābhi ṣomo avīvṛdhat | abhi tvā viśvā bhūtāny abhīvarto yathāsasi ||3|| 4. abhīvarto abhibhavaḥ sapatnakṣayaṇo maṇiḥ | rāṣṭrāya mahyaṃ badhyatāṃ sapatnebhyaḥ parābhuve ||4|| 5. ud asau sūryo agād ud idaṃ māmakaṃ vacaḥ | yathāhaṃ śatruho 'sāny asapatnaḥ sapatnahā ||5|| 6. sapatnakṣayaṇo vṛṣābhiraṣṭro viṣāsahiḥ | yathāham eṣāṃ vīrāṇāṃ virājāni janasya ca ||6||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 1.30 — Hymn 30. A benediction on a King at his consecration
1. Guard and protect this man, all Gods and Vasus. Over him keep- ye watch and ward, Ādityas. Let not death reach him from the hands of brothers from hands of aliens, or of human beings.
2. Listen, one-minded, to the word I, utter, the sons, O Gods, among you, and the fathers! I trust this man to all of you: preserve him happily, and to length of days conduct him.
3. All Gods who dwell on earth or in the heavens, in air, within. the plants, the beasts, the waters, Grant this man life to full old age, and let him escape the hundred other ways of dying.
4. You, claiming Anuyājas or Prayājas, sharers, or not consumers, of oblation, You, to whom heaven's five regions are apportioned, I make companions at his sacred sessions.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. विश्वे देवा वसवो रक्षतेमम् उतादित्या जागृत यूयम् अस्मिन् । मेमं सनाभिर् उत वान्यनाभिर् मेमं प्रापत् पौरुषेयो वधो यः ॥1॥ 2. ये वो देवाः पितरो ये च पुत्राः सचेतसो मे शृणुतेदम् उक्तम् । सर्वेभ्यो वः परि ददाम्य् एतं स्वस्त्य् एनं जरसे वहाथ ॥2॥ 3. ये देवा दिवि ष्ठ ये पृथिव्यां ये अन्तरिक्ष ओषधीषु पशुष्व् अप्स्व् अन्तः । ते कृणुत जरसम् आयुर् अस्मै शतम् अन्यान् परि वृणक्तु मृत्यून् ॥3॥ 4. येषां प्रयाजा उत वानुयाजा हुतभागा अहुतादश् च देवाः । येषां वः पञ्च प्रदिशो विभक्तास् तान् वो अस्मै सत्रसदः कृणोमि ॥4॥
Transliteration
1. viśve devā vasavo rakṣatemam utādityā jāgṛta yūyam asmin | memaṃ sanābhir uta vānyanābhir memaṃ prāpat pauruṣeyo vadho yaḥ ||1|| 2. ye vo devāḥ pitaro ye ca putrāḥ sacetaso me śṛṇutedam uktam | sarvebhyo vaḥ pari dadāmy etaṃ svasty enaṃ jarase vahātha ||2|| 3. ye devā divi ṣṭha ye pṛthivyāṃ ye antarikṣa oṣadhīṣu paśuṣv apsv antaḥ | te kṛṇuta jarasam āyur asmai śatam anyān pari vṛṇaktu mṛtyūn ||3|| 4. yeṣāṃ prayājā uta vānuyājā hutabhāgā ahutādaś ca devāḥ | yeṣāṃ vaḥ pañca pradiśo vibhaktās tān vo asmai satrasadaḥ kṛṇomi ||4||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 1.31 — Hymn 31. A prayer for protection and general prosperity
1. Here will we serve with sacrifice the great Controllers of the world, The four immortal Warders who protect the regions of the sky.
2. Ye, Guardians of the regions, Gods who keep the quarters of the heavens, Rescue and free us from the bonds of Nirriti, from grief and woe!
3. I, free from stiffness, serve thee with oblation, not lame I sacri- fice with oil and fatness. Let the strong Warder God, who keeps the regions bring to us hither safety and well-being.
4. Well be it with our mother and our father, well be it with our cows, and beasts, and people. Ours be all happy fortune, grace, and favour. Long, very long may we behold the sunlight.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. आशानाम् आशापालेभ्यश् चतुर्भ्यो अमृतेभ्यः । इदं भूतस्याध्यक्षेभ्यो विधेम हविषा वयम् ॥1॥ 2. य आशानाम् आशापालाश् चत्वार स्थन देवाः । ते नो निरृत्याः पाशेभ्यो मुञ्चतांहसोअंहसः ॥2॥ 3. अस्रामस् त्वा हविषा यजाम्य् अश्लोणस् त्वा घृतेन जुहोमि । य आशानाम् आशापालस् तुरीयो देवः स नः सुभूतम् एह वक्षत् ॥3॥ 4. स्वस्ति मात्र उत पित्रे नो अस्तु स्वस्ति गोभ्यो जगते पुरुषेभ्यः । विश्वम् सुभूतम् सुविदत्रं नो अस्तु ज्योग् एव दृशेम सूर्यम् ॥4॥
Transliteration
1. āśānām āśāpālebhyaś caturbhyo amṛtebhyaḥ | idaṃ bhūtasyādhyakṣebhyo vidhema haviṣā vayam ||1|| 2. ya āśānām āśāpālāś catvāra sthana devāḥ | te no nirṛtyāḥ pāśebhyo muñcatāṃhasoaṃhasaḥ ||2|| 3. asrāmas tvā haviṣā yajāmy aśloṇas tvā ghṛtena juhomi | ya āśānām āśāpālas turīyo devaḥ sa naḥ subhūtam eha vakṣat ||3|| 4. svasti mātra uta pitre no astu svasti gobhyo jagate puruṣebhyaḥ | viśvam subhūtam suvidatraṃ no astu jyog eva dṛśema sūryam ||4||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 1.32 — Hymn 32. In praise of Heaven and Earth
1. Ye people, hear and mark this well: he will pronounce a mighty prayer: That which gives breathing to the Plants is not on earth nor in, the heaven.
2. Their station, as of those who rest when weary, is in midmost air: The base whereon this world is built, the sages know or know it not.
3. What the two trembling hemispheres and ground produced and fashioned forth. This All, is ever fresh to-day, even as the currents of the sea.
4. This All hath compassed round the one, and on the other lies at rest. To Earth and all-possessing Heaven mine adoration have I paid.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. इदं जनासो विदथ महद् ब्रह्म वदिष्यति । न तत् पृथिव्यां नो दिवि येन प्राणन्ति वीरुधः ॥1॥ 2. अन्तरिक्ष आसां स्थाम श्रान्तसदाम् इव । आस्थानम् अस्य भूतस्य विदुष् टद् वेधसो न वा ॥2॥ 3. यद् रोदसी रेजमाने भूमिश् च निरतक्षतम् । आर्द्रं तद् अद्य सर्वदा समुद्रस्येव श्रोत्याः ॥3॥ 4. विश्वम् अन्याम् अभीवार तद् अन्यस्याम् अधि श्रितम् । दिवे च विश्ववेदसे पृथिव्यै चाकरं नमः ॥4॥
Transliteration
1. idaṃ janāso vidatha mahad brahma vadiṣyati | na tat pṛthivyāṃ no divi yena prāṇanti vīrudhaḥ ||1|| 2. antarikṣa āsāṃ sthāma śrāntasadām iva | āsthānam asya bhūtasya viduṣ ṭad vedhaso na vā ||2|| 3. yad rodasī rejamāne bhūmiś ca niratakṣatam | ārdraṃ tad adya sarvadā samudrasyeva śrotyāḥ ||3|| 4. viśvam anyām abhīvāra tad anyasyām adhi śritam | dive ca viśvavedase pṛthivyai cākaraṃ namaḥ ||4||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 1.33 — Hymn 33. To the Waters, for health and happiness
1. May they, the golden-hued, the bright, the splendid, they wherein Savitar was born and Agni, They who took Agni as a germ, fair-coloured, the Waters, bring felicity and bless us!
2. They in the midst whereof King Varuna moveth, viewing men's righteous and unrighteous dealing. They who took Agni as a germ, fair-coloured,—those Waters bring felicity and bless us!
3. Whom the Gods make their beverage in heaven, they who wax manifold in air's mid-region, They who took Agni as a germ, fair-coloured,—those Waters bring felicity and bless us!
4. Ye Waters, with auspicious eye behold me: touch ye my skin with your auspicious body. May they, the bright and pure, distilling fatness, those Waters, bring felicity and bless us.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. हिरण्यवर्णाः शुचयः पावका यासु जातः सविता यास्व् अग्निः । या अग्निं गर्भं दधिरे सुवर्णास् ता न आपः शं स्योना भवन्तु ॥1॥ 2. यासां राजा वरुणो याति मध्ये सत्यानृते अवपश्यन् जनानाम् । या अग्निं गर्भं दधिरे सुवर्णास् ता न आपः शं स्योना भवन्तु ॥2॥ 3. यासां देवा दिवि कृण्वन्ति भक्षं या अन्तरिक्षे बहुधा भवन्ति । या अग्निं गर्भं दधिरे सुवर्णास् ता न आपः शं स्योना भवन्तु ॥3॥ 4. शिवेन मा चक्षुषा पश्यतापः शिवया तन्वोप स्पृशत त्वचं मे । घृतश्चुतः शुचयो याः पावकास् ता न आपः शं स्योना भवन्तु ॥4॥
Transliteration
1. hiraṇyavarṇāḥ śucayaḥ pāvakā yāsu jātaḥ savitā yāsv agniḥ | yā agniṃ garbhaṃ dadhire suvarṇās tā na āpaḥ śaṃ syonā bhavantu ||1|| 2. yāsāṃ rājā varuṇo yāti madhye satyānṛte avapaśyan janānām | yā agniṃ garbhaṃ dadhire suvarṇās tā na āpaḥ śaṃ syonā bhavantu ||2|| 3. yāsāṃ devā divi kṛṇvanti bhakṣaṃ yā antarikṣe bahudhā bhavanti | yā agniṃ garbhaṃ dadhire suvarṇās tā na āpaḥ śaṃ syonā bhavantu ||3|| 4. śivena mā cakṣuṣā paśyatāpaḥ śivayā tanvopa spṛśata tvacaṃ me | ghṛtaścutaḥ śucayo yāḥ pāvakās tā na āpaḥ śaṃ syonā bhavantu ||4||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 1.34 — Hymn 34. A young man's love-charm
0. 1. From honey sprang this Plant to life; with honey now we dig thee up. Make us as sweet as honey, for from honey hast thou been pro- duced.
2. My tongue hath honey at the tip, and sweetest honey at the root: Thou yieldest to my wish and will, and shalt be mine and only mine.
3. My coming in is honey-sweet and honey-sweet, my going forth: My voice and words are sweet: I fain would be like honey in my look.
4. Sweeter am I than honey, yet more full of sweets than licorice: So mayst thou love me as a branch full of all sweets, and only me.
5. Around thee have I girt a zone of sugar-cane to banish hate. That thou mayst be in love with me, my darling never to depart.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. इयं वीरुन् मधुजाता मधुना त्वा खनामसि । मधोर् अधि प्रजातासि सा नो मधुमतस् कृधि ॥1॥ 2. जिह्वाया अग्रे मधु मे जिह्वामूले मधूलकम् । ममेद् अह क्रताव् असो मम चित्तम् उपायसि ॥2॥ 3. मधुमन् मे निक्रमणं मधुमन् मे परायणम् । वाचा वदामि मधुमद् भूयासं मधुसंदृशः ॥3॥ 4. मधोर् अस्मि मधुतरो मदुघान् मधुमत्तरः । माम् इत् किल त्वं वनाः शाखां मधुमतीम् इव ॥4॥ 5. परि त्वा परितत्नुनेक्षुणागाम् अविद्विषे । यथा मां कमिन्य् असो यथा मन् नापगा असः ॥5॥
Transliteration
1. iyaṃ vīrun madhujātā madhunā tvā khanāmasi | madhor adhi prajātāsi sā no madhumatas kṛdhi ||1|| 2. jihvāyā agre madhu me jihvāmūle madhūlakam | mamed aha kratāv aso mama cittam upāyasi ||2|| 3. madhuman me nikramaṇaṃ madhuman me parāyaṇam | vācā vadāmi madhumad bhūyāsaṃ madhusaṃdṛśaḥ ||3|| 4. madhor asmi madhutaro madughān madhumattaraḥ | mām it kila tvaṃ vanāḥ śākhāṃ madhumatīm iva ||4|| 5. pari tvā paritatnunekṣuṇāgām avidviṣe | yathā māṃ kaminy aso yathā man nāpagā asaḥ ||5||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 1.35 — Hymn 35. A charm to ensure long life and glory to the wearer of an amulet
1. This Ornament of Gold which Daksha's children bound, with benevolent thoughts, on Satānïka, This do I bind on thee for life, for glory, for long life lasting through a hundred autumns.
2. This man no fiends may conquer, no Pisāchas, for this is might of Gods, their primal offspring. Whoever wears the Gold of Daksha's children hath a long lengthened life among the living.
3. The light, the power, the lustre of the Waters, the strength of Trees, and all their forceful vigour, We lay on him as powers abide in Indra: so let him wear this Gold and show his valour.
4. With monthly and six-monthly times and seasons, with the full year's sweet essence do we fill thee, May Indra, Agni, and all Gods together, showing no anger, grant thee what thou wishest.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. यद् आबध्नन् दाक्षायणा हिरण्यं शतानीकाय सुमनस्यमानाः । तत् ते बद्नाम्य् आयुषे वर्चसे बलाय दीर्घायुत्वाय शतशारदाय ॥1॥ 2. नैनं रक्षांसि न पिशाचाः सहन्ते देवानाम् ओजः प्रथमजम् ह्य् एतत् । यो बिभर्ति दाक्षायणं हिरण्यं स जीवेषु कृणुते दीर्घम् आयुः ॥2॥ 3. अपां तेजो ज्योतिर् ओजो बलं च वनस्पतीनाम् उत वीर्याणि । इन्द्र इवेन्द्रियाण्य् अधि धारयामो अस्मिन् तद् दक्षमाणो बिभरद् धिरण्यम् ॥3॥ 4. समानां मासाम् ऋतुभिष् ट्वा वयं संवत्सरस्य पयसा पिपर्मि । इन्द्राग्नी विश्वे देवास् ते ऽनु मन्यन्ताम् अहृणीयमानाः ॥4॥
Transliteration
1. yad ābadhnan dākṣāyaṇā hiraṇyaṃ śatānīkāya sumanasyamānāḥ | tat te badnāmy āyuṣe varcase balāya dīrghāyutvāya śataśāradāya ||1|| 2. nainaṃ rakṣāṃsi na piśācāḥ sahante devānām ojaḥ prathamajam hy etat | yo bibharti dākṣāyaṇaṃ hiraṇyaṃ sa jīveṣu kṛṇute dīrgham āyuḥ ||2|| 3. apāṃ tejo jyotir ojo balaṃ ca vanaspatīnām uta vīryāṇi | indra ivendriyāṇy adhi dhārayāmo asmin tad dakṣamāṇo bibharad dhiraṇyam ||3|| 4. samānāṃ māsām ṛtubhiṣ ṭvā vayaṃ saṃvatsarasya payasā piparmi | indrāgnī viśve devās te 'nu manyantām ahṛṇīyamānāḥ ||4||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.