Atharvaveda — Book 2. in English
A collection of hymns, prayers, charms, and ritual verses in twenty books. Translation: Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895-1896).
English translation from the cited public-domain edition. Devanagari may be generated from aligned IAST; verify recensional details before ritual use. Study meanings in the interactive app are derived from the English and are not traditional Sanskrit commentary.
- Atharvaveda 2.1: Hymn 1. Glorification of the prime cause of all things
- Atharvaveda 2.2: Hymn 2. A charm to ensure success in gambling
- Atharvaveda 2.3: Hymn 3. A water-cure charm
- Atharvaveda 2.4: Hymn 4. A charm to ensure health and prosperity by wearing an amulet
- Atharvaveda 2.5: Hymn 5. Invitation to, and praise of Indra
- Atharvaveda 2.6: Hymn 6. A prayer to Agni for protection
- Atharvaveda 2.7: Hymn 7. A counter-charm against imprecation and malignity
- Atharvaveda 2.8: Hymn 8. A charm against hereditary disease (kshetriya)
- Atharvaveda 2.9: Hymn 9. A charm to cure dangerous disease
- Atharvaveda 2.10: Hymn 10. Absolution and benediction
- Atharvaveda 2.11: Hymn 11. Counter-charm, with an amulet, against an enemy's spell
- Atharvaveda 2.12: Hymn 12. A prayer for vengeance on a malicious rival worshipper
- Atharvaveda 2.13: Hymn 13. A youth's Investiture ceremony (godānam)
- Atharvaveda 2.14: Hymn 14. A charm to banish vermin and noxious creatures
- Atharvaveda 2.15: Hymn 15. A charm against fear
- Atharvaveda 2.16: Hymn 16. A prayer for general protection
- Atharvaveda 2.17: Hymn 17. A prayer to an amulet for health and strength
- Atharvaveda 2.18: Hymn 18. A charm against enemies, goblins, and other evil creatures
- Atharvaveda 2.19: Hymn 19. A prayer to Agni for aid against an enemy
- Atharvaveda 2.24: Hymn 24. A charm against the magic arts of fiends
- Atharvaveda 2.25: Hymn 25. A charm against fiends who cause abortion
- Atharvaveda 2.26: Hymn 26. A benediction on homeward coming cattle
- Atharvaveda 2.27: Hymn 27. A charm against an opponent in debate
- Atharvaveda 2.28: Hymn 28. A prayer for a boy's long and happy life
- Atharvaveda 2.29: Hymn 29. A benediction on a sick man
- Atharvaveda 2.30: Hymn 30. A man's love-charm
- Atharvaveda 2.31: Hymn 31. A charm against all sorts of worms
- Atharvaveda 2.32: Hymn 32. A charm against worms or bots in cows
- Atharvaveda 2.33: Hymn 33.
- Atharvaveda 2.34: Hymn 34. A prayer accompanying an animal sacrifice
- Atharvaveda 2.35: Hymn 35. Expiation for an imperfectly performed sacrifice
- Atharvaveda 2.36: Hymn 36. A charm to secure a husband for a marriageable girl
Atharvaveda 2.1 — Hymn 1. Glorification of the prime cause of all things
1. Vena beholds That Highest which lies hidden, wherein this All resumes one form and fashion. Thence Prisni milked all life that had existence: the hosts that know the light with songs extolled her.
2. Knowing Eternity, may the Gandharva declare to us that highest secret station. Three steps thereof lie hidden in the darkness: he who knows these shall be the father's father.
3. He is our kinsman, father, and begetter: he knows all beings and all Ordinances. He only gave the Gods their appellations: all creatures go to him to ask direction.
4. I have gone forth around the earth and heaven, I have approached the first-born Son of Order. He, putting voice, as 'twere, within the speaker, stands in the world, he, verily is Agni.
5. I round the circumjacent worlds have travelled to see the far- extended thread of Order. Wherein the Gods, obtaining life eternal, have risen upward to one common birthplace.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. वेनस् तत् पश्यत् परमं गुहा यद् यत्र विश्वं भवत्य् एकरूपम् । इदं पृश्निर् अदुहज् जायमानाः स्वर्विदो अभ्य् अनूषत व्राः ॥1॥ 2. प्र तद् वोचेद् अमृतस्य विद्वान् गन्धर्वो धाम परमं गुहा यत् । त्रीणि पदानि निहिता गुहास्य यस् तानि वेद स पितुष् पितासत् ॥2॥ 3. स नः पिता जनिता स उत बन्धुर् धामानि वेद भुवनानि विश्वा । यो देवानां नामध एक एव तं संप्रश्नं भुवना यन्ति सर्वा ॥3॥ 4. परि द्यावापृथिवी सद्य आयम् उपातिष्ठे प्रथमजाम् ऋतस्य । वाचम् इव वक्तरि भुवनेष्ठा धास्युर् एष नन्व् एषो अग्निः ॥4॥ 5. परि विश्वा भुवनान्य् आयम् ऋतस्य तन्तुं विततं दृशे कम् । यत्र देवा अमृतम् आनशानाः समाने योनाव् अध्य् ऐरयन्त ॥5॥
Transliteration
1. venas tat paśyat paramaṃ guhā yad yatra viśvaṃ bhavaty ekarūpam | idaṃ pṛśnir aduhaj jāyamānāḥ svarvido abhy anūṣata vrāḥ ||1|| 2. pra tad voced amṛtasya vidvān gandharvo dhāma paramaṃ guhā yat | trīṇi padāni nihitā guhāsya yas tāni veda sa pituṣ pitāsat ||2|| 3. sa naḥ pitā janitā sa uta bandhur dhāmāni veda bhuvanāni viśvā | yo devānāṃ nāmadha eka eva taṃ saṃpraśnaṃ bhuvanā yanti sarvā ||3|| 4. pari dyāvāpṛthivī sadya āyam upātiṣṭhe prathamajām ṛtasya | vācam iva vaktari bhuvaneṣṭhā dhāsyur eṣa nanv eṣo agniḥ ||4|| 5. pari viśvā bhuvanāny āyam ṛtasya tantuṃ vitataṃ dṛśe kam | yatra devā amṛtam ānaśānāḥ samāne yonāv adhy airayanta ||5||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 2.2 — Hymn 2. A charm to ensure success in gambling
1. Lord of the World, divine Gandharva, only he should be honoured in the Tribes and worshipped. Fast with my spell, celestial God, I hold thee. Homage to thee! Thy home is in the heavens.
2. Sky-reaching, like the Sun in brightness, holy, he who averts from us the Gods' displeasure. Lord of the World, may the Gandharva bless us, the friendly God who only must be worshipped.
3. I came, I met these faultless, blameless beings: among the Apsarases was the Gandharva. Their home is in the sea—so men have told me,—whence they come quickly hitherward and vanish.
4. Thou, Cloudy! ye who follow the Gandharva Visvā-vasu, ye, Starry! Lightning-Flasher! You, O ye Goddesses, I truly worship.
5. Haunters of darkness, shrill in voice, dice-lovers, maddeners of the mind To these have I paid homage, the Gandharva's wives, Apsarases.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. दिव्यो गन्धर्वो भुवनस्य यस् पतिर् एक एव नमस्यो विक्ष्व् ईड्यः । तं त्वा यौमि ब्रह्मणा दिव्य देव नमस् ते अस्तु दिवि ते सधस्थम् ॥1॥ 2. दिवि स्पृष्टो यजतः सूर्यत्वग् अवयाता हरसो दैव्यस्य । मृडात् गन्धर्वो भुवनस्य यस् पतिर् एक एव नमस्यः सुशेवाः ॥2॥ 3. अनवद्याभिः सम् उ जग्म आभिर् अप्सरास्व् अपि गन्धर्व आसीत् । समुद्र आसां सदनं म आहुर् यतः सद्य आ च परा च यन्ति ॥3॥ 4. अभ्रिये दिद्युन् नक्षत्रिये या विश्वावसुं गन्धर्वं सचध्वे । ताभ्यो वो देवीर् नम इत् कृणोमि ॥4॥ 5. याः क्लन्दास् तमिषीचयो ऽक्षकामा मनोमुहः । ताभ्यो गन्धर्वभ्यो ऽप्सराभ्यो ऽकरम् नमः ॥5॥
Transliteration
1. divyo gandharvo bhuvanasya yas patir eka eva namasyo vikṣv īḍyaḥ | taṃ tvā yaumi brahmaṇā divya deva namas te astu divi te sadhastham ||1|| 2. divi spṛṣṭo yajataḥ sūryatvag avayātā haraso daivyasya | mṛḍāt gandharvo bhuvanasya yas patir eka eva namasyaḥ suśevāḥ ||2|| 3. anavadyābhiḥ sam u jagma ābhir apsarāsv api gandharva āsīt | samudra āsāṃ sadanaṃ ma āhur yataḥ sadya ā ca parā ca yanti ||3|| 4. abhriye didyun nakṣatriye yā viśvāvasuṃ gandharvaṃ sacadhve | tābhyo vo devīr nama it kṛṇomi ||4|| 5. yāḥ klandās tamiṣīcayo 'kṣakāmā manomuhaḥ | tābhyo gandharvabhyo 'psarābhyo 'karam namaḥ ||5||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 2.3 — Hymn 3. A water-cure charm
1. That little spring of water which is running downward from the hill I turn to healing balm for thee that thou mayst be good medicine.
2. Hither and onward! Well! Come on! Among thy hundred remedies Most excellent of all art thou, curing disease and morbid flow.
3. The Asuras bury deep in earth this mighty thing that healeth wounds. This is the cure for morbid flow, this driveth malady away.
4. The emmets from the water-flood produce this healing medicine: This is the cure for morbid flow, this driveth malady away.
5. Mighty is this wound-healing balm: from out the earth was it produced. This is the cure for morbid flow, this driveth malady away.
6. Bless us the Waters! be the Plants auspicious! May Indra's thunderbolt drive off the demons. Far from us fall the shafts they shoot against us!
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. अदो यद् अवधावत्य् अवत्कम् अधि पर्वतात् । तत् ते कृणोमि भेषजं सुभेषजं यथाससि ॥1॥ 2. आद् अङ्गा कुविद् अङ्ग शतं या भेषजानि ते । तेषाम् असि त्वम् उत्तमम् अनास्रावम् अरोगणम् ॥2॥ 3. नीचैः खनन्त्य् असुरा अरुस्राणम् इदं महत् । तद् आस्रावस्य भेषजं तद् उ रोगम् अनीनशत् ॥3॥ 4. उपजीका उद् भरन्ति समुद्राद् अधि भेषजम् । तद् आस्रावस्य भेषजं तद् उ रोगम् अशीशमत् ॥4॥ 5. अरुस्राणम् इदं महत् पृथिव्या अध्य् उद्भृतम् । तद् आस्रावस्य भेषजं तद् उ रोगम् अनीनशत् ॥5॥ 6. शं नो भवन्त्व् अप ओषधयः शिवाः । इन्द्रस्य वज्रो अप हन्तु रक्षस आराद् विसृष्टा इषवः पतन्तु रक्षसाम् ॥6॥
Transliteration
1. ado yad avadhāvaty avatkam adhi parvatāt | tat te kṛṇomi bheṣajaṃ subheṣajaṃ yathāsasi ||1|| 2. ād aṅgā kuvid aṅga śataṃ yā bheṣajāni te | teṣām asi tvam uttamam anāsrāvam arogaṇam ||2|| 3. nīcaiḥ khananty asurā arusrāṇam idaṃ mahat | tad āsrāvasya bheṣajaṃ tad u rogam anīnaśat ||3|| 4. upajīkā ud bharanti samudrād adhi bheṣajam | tad āsrāvasya bheṣajaṃ tad u rogam aśīśamat ||4|| 5. arusrāṇam idaṃ mahat pṛthivyā adhy udbhṛtam | tad āsrāvasya bheṣajaṃ tad u rogam anīnaśat ||5|| 6. śaṃ no bhavantv apa oṣadhayaḥ śivāḥ | indrasya vajro apa hantu rakṣasa ārād visṛṣṭā iṣavaḥ patantu rakṣasām ||6||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 2.4 — Hymn 4. A charm to ensure health and prosperity by wearing an amulet
1. For length of life, for mighty joy, uninjured, ever showing strength. We wear Vishkandha's antidote, the Amulet of Jangida.
2. Amulet of a thousand powers, Jangida save us, all around. From Jambha, and from Viara, Vishkandha, and tormenting pain.
3. This overcomes Vishkandha, this chases the greedy fiends away: May this our panacea, may Jangida save us from distress.
4. With Jangida that brings delight, Amulet given by the Gods, We in the conflict overcome Vishkandha and all Rākshasas.
5. May Cannabis and Jangida preserve me from Vishkandha,— that Brought to us from the forest, this sprung from the saps of husbandry.
6. This Amulet destroys the might of magic and malignity: So may victorious Jangida prolong the years we have to live.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. दीर्घायुत्वाय बृहते रणायारिष्यन्तो दक्षमाणाः सदैव । मणिं विष्कन्धदूषणं जङ्गिडं बिभृमो वयम् ॥1॥ 2. जङ्गिडो जम्भाद् विशराद् विष्कन्धाद् अभिशोचनात् । मणिः सहस्रवीर्यः परि णः पातु विश्वतः ॥2॥ 3. अयं विष्कन्धं सहते ऽयं बाधते अत्त्रिणः । अयं नो विश्वभेषजो जङ्गिडः पात्व् अंहसः ॥3॥ 4. देवैर् दत्तेन मणिना जङ्गिडेन मयोभुवा । विष्कन्धं सर्वा रक्षांसि व्यायामे सहामहे ॥4॥ 5. शणश् च मा जङ्गिडश् च विष्कन्धाद् अभि रक्षताम् । अरण्याद् अन्य आभृतः कृष्या अन्यो रसेभ्यः ॥5॥ 6. कृत्यादूषिर् अयं मणिर् अथो अरातिदूषिः । अथो सहस्वान् जङ्गिडः प्र ण आयुंषि तारिषत् ॥6॥
Transliteration
1. dīrghāyutvāya bṛhate raṇāyāriṣyanto dakṣamāṇāḥ sadaiva | maṇiṃ viṣkandhadūṣaṇaṃ jaṅgiḍaṃ bibhṛmo vayam ||1|| 2. jaṅgiḍo jambhād viśarād viṣkandhād abhiśocanāt | maṇiḥ sahasravīryaḥ pari ṇaḥ pātu viśvataḥ ||2|| 3. ayaṃ viṣkandhaṃ sahate 'yaṃ bādhate attriṇaḥ | ayaṃ no viśvabheṣajo jaṅgiḍaḥ pātv aṃhasaḥ ||3|| 4. devair dattena maṇinā jaṅgiḍena mayobhuvā | viṣkandhaṃ sarvā rakṣāṃsi vyāyāme sahāmahe ||4|| 5. śaṇaś ca mā jaṅgiḍaś ca viṣkandhād abhi rakṣatām | araṇyād anya ābhṛtaḥ kṛṣyā anyo rasebhyaḥ ||5|| 6. kṛtyādūṣir ayaṃ maṇir atho arātidūṣiḥ | atho sahasvān jaṅgiḍaḥ pra ṇa āyuṃṣi tāriṣat ||6||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 2.5 — Hymn 5. Invitation to, and praise of Indra
1. Indra, be gracious, drive thou forth, come, Hero, with thy two bay steeds. Taste the libation, hither, enjoying meath and the hymn, come, fair, to the banquet.
2. O Indra, even as one athirst, fill thee with meath as 'twere from heaven. Sweet-toned, the raptures of this juice have come to thee as to the light.
3. Swift-conquering Indra, Mitra like, smote, as a Yati, Vritra dead. Like Bhrigu he cleft Vala through, and quelled his foes in Soma's rapturous joy.
4. O Indra, let the juices enter thee. Fill full thy belly, sate thee, mighty one! Let the hymn bring thee. Hear thou my call, accept the song I sing, here, Indra, with thy friends enjoy thyself, to height of rapture.
5. Now will I tell the manly deeds of Indra, the first that he achieved, the thunder-wielder. He slew the Dragon, then disclosed the waters, and cleft the channels of the mountain torrents.
6. He slew the Dragon lying on the mountain: his heavenly bolt of thunder Tvashtar fashioned. Like lowing kine in rapid flow descending the waters glided downward to the ocean.
7. Impetuous as a bull he chose the Soma, and quaffed the juices in three sacred beakers. Maghavan grasped the thunder for his weapon, and smote to death this first-born of the dragons.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. इन्द्र जुषस्व प्र वहा याहि शूर हरिभ्याम् । पिबा सुतस्य मतेर् इह मधोश् चकानश् चारुर् मदाय ॥1॥ 2. इन्द्र जठरं नव्यो न पृणस्व मधोर् दिवो न । अस्य सुतस्य स्वर् णोप त्वा मदाः सुवाचो अगुः ॥2॥ 3. इन्द्रस् तुराषाण् मित्रो वृत्रं यो जघान यतीर् न । बिभेद वलं भृगुर् न ससहे शत्रून् मदे सोमस्य ॥3॥ 4. आ त्वा विशन्तु सुतास इन्द्र पृणस्व कुक्षी विड्ढि शक्र धियेह्य् आ नः । श्रुधी हवं गिरो मे जुषस्वेन्द्र स्वयुग्भिर् मत्स्वेह महे रणाय ॥4॥ 5. इन्द्रस्य नु प्र वोचं वीर्याणि यानि चकार प्रथमानि वज्री । अहन्न् अहिम् अनु अपस् ततर्द प्र वक्षणा अभिनत् पर्वतानाम् ॥5॥ 6. अहन्न् अहिं पर्वते शिश्रियाणं त्वष्टास्मै वज्रं स्वर्यं ततक्ष । वाश्रा इव धेनवः स्यन्दमाना अञ्जः समुद्रम् अव जग्मुर् आपः ॥6॥ 7. वृषायमाणो अवृणीत सोमं त्रिकद्रुकेषु अपिबत् सुतस्य । आ सायकं मघवादत्त वज्रम् अहन्न् एनं प्रथमजाम् अहीनाम् ॥7॥
Transliteration
1. indra juṣasva pra vahā yāhi śūra haribhyām | pibā sutasya mater iha madhoś cakānaś cārur madāya ||1|| 2. indra jaṭharaṃ navyo na pṛṇasva madhor divo na | asya sutasya svar ṇopa tvā madāḥ suvāco aguḥ ||2|| 3. indras turāṣāṇ mitro vṛtraṃ yo jaghāna yatīr na | bibheda valaṃ bhṛgur na sasahe śatrūn made somasya ||3|| 4. ā tvā viśantu sutāsa indra pṛṇasva kukṣī viḍḍhi śakra dhiyehy ā naḥ | śrudhī havaṃ giro me juṣasvendra svayugbhir matsveha mahe raṇāya ||4|| 5. indrasya nu pra vocaṃ vīryāṇi yāni cakāra prathamāni vajrī | ahann ahim anu apas tatarda pra vakṣaṇā abhinat parvatānām ||5|| 6. ahann ahiṃ parvate śiśriyāṇaṃ tvaṣṭāsmai vajraṃ svaryaṃ tatakṣa | vāśrā iva dhenavaḥ syandamānā añjaḥ samudram ava jagmur āpaḥ ||6|| 7. vṛṣāyamāṇo avṛṇīta somaṃ trikadrukeṣu apibat sutasya | ā sāyakaṃ maghavādatta vajram ahann enaṃ prathamajām ahīnām ||7||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 2.6 — Hymn 6. A prayer to Agni for protection
1. Half-years and seasons strengthen thee, O Agni, the years, and all the Verities, and Rishis! Flash forth with thy celestial effulgence: illumine all four regions of the heavens.
2. Kindle thee, Agni, and make this man prosper: rise up erect for high and happy fortune. Agni, be those uninjured who adore thee, and may thy priests be glorious and no others.
3. These Brāhmans have elected thee, O Agni: be thou propitious in our sacred chamber. Slayer of rivals, Agni, quell our foemen: watch in our house with care that never ceases.
4. Seize, Agni, on thy power and firmly hold it: contend thou with the Friend by way of friendship. Placed in the centre of our fellows, Agni, flash forth to be invoked by kings around thee.
5. Past those who slay, past enemies, past thoughtless men, past those who hate, Yea, Agni, hear us safe past all distresses: give thou us opulence with men about us.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. समास् त्वाग्न ऋतवो वर्धयन्तु संवत्सरा ऋषयो यानि सत्या । सं दिव्येन दीदिहि रोचनेन विश्वा आ माहि प्रदिशश् चतस्रः ॥1॥ 2. सं चेध्यस्वाग्ने प्र च वर्धयेमम् उच् च तिष्ठ महते सौभगाय । मा ते रिषन्न् उपसत्तारो अग्ने ब्रह्माणस् ते यशसः सन्तु मान्ये ॥2॥ 3. त्वाम् अग्ने वृणते ब्राह्मणा इमे शिवो अग्ने संवरणे भवा नः । सपत्नहाग्ने अभिमातिजिद् भव स्वे गये जागृह्य् अप्रयुछन् ॥3॥ 4. क्षत्रेणाग्ने स्वेन सं रभस्व मित्रेणाग्ने मित्रधा यतस्व । सजातानां मध्यमेष्ठा राज्ञाम् अग्ने विहव्यो दीदिहीह ॥4॥ 5. अति निहो अति सृधो ऽत्य् अचित्तीर् अति द्विषः । विश्वा ह्य् अग्ने दुरिता तर त्वम् अथास्मभ्यं सहवीरं रयिं दाः ॥5॥
Transliteration
1. samās tvāgna ṛtavo vardhayantu saṃvatsarā ṛṣayo yāni satyā | saṃ divyena dīdihi rocanena viśvā ā māhi pradiśaś catasraḥ ||1|| 2. saṃ cedhyasvāgne pra ca vardhayemam uc ca tiṣṭha mahate saubhagāya | mā te riṣann upasattāro agne brahmāṇas te yaśasaḥ santu mānye ||2|| 3. tvām agne vṛṇate brāhmaṇā ime śivo agne saṃvaraṇe bhavā naḥ | sapatnahāgne abhimātijid bhava sve gaye jāgṛhy aprayuchan ||3|| 4. kṣatreṇāgne svena saṃ rabhasva mitreṇāgne mitradhā yatasva | sajātānāṃ madhyameṣṭhā rājñām agne vihavyo dīdihīha ||4|| 5. ati niho ati sṛdho 'ty acittīr ati dviṣaḥ | viśvā hy agne duritā tara tvam athāsmabhyaṃ sahavīraṃ rayiṃ dāḥ ||5||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 2.7 — Hymn 7. A counter-charm against imprecation and malignity
1. Hated by sinners, sprung from Gods, this Plant that turns the curse away Hath washed from me all curses, as water makes clean from spot and stain.
2. All curses of a rival, each curse of a female relative, Curse uttered by an augry priest, all these we tread beneath our feet.
3. Spread on the surface of the earth, downward from heaven thy root depends: With this that hath a thousand joints keep thou us safe on every side.
4. Guard on all sides this woman, guard my children, us, and all our wealth! Let not malignity o'ercome, nor adversaries conquer us.
5. Upon the curser fall his curse! Dwell we with him whose heart is true! We split the cruel villain's ribs whose evil eye bewitches us.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. अघद्विष्टा देवजाता वीरुच् छपथयोपनी । आपो मलम् इव प्राणैक्षीत् सर्वान् मच् छपथां अधि ॥1॥ 2. यश् च सापत्नः शपथो जाम्याः शपथश् च यः । ब्रह्मा यन् मन्युतः शपात् सर्वं तन् नो अधस्पदम् ॥2॥ 3. दिवो मूलम् अवततं पृथिव्या अध्य् उत्ततम् । तेन सहस्रकाण्डेन परि णः पाहि विश्वतः ॥3॥ 4. परि मां परि मे प्रजां परि णः पाहि यद् धनम् । अरातिर् नो मा तारीन् मा नस् तारिशुर् अभिमातयः ॥4॥ 5. शप्तारम् एतु शपथो यः सुहार्त् तेन नः सह । चक्षुर्मन्त्रस्य दुर्हार्दः पृष्टीर् अपि शृणीमसि ॥5॥
Transliteration
1. aghadviṣṭā devajātā vīruc chapathayopanī | āpo malam iva prāṇaikṣīt sarvān mac chapathāṃ adhi ||1|| 2. yaś ca sāpatnaḥ śapatho jāmyāḥ śapathaś ca yaḥ | brahmā yan manyutaḥ śapāt sarvaṃ tan no adhaspadam ||2|| 3. divo mūlam avatataṃ pṛthivyā adhy uttatam | tena sahasrakāṇḍena pari ṇaḥ pāhi viśvataḥ ||3|| 4. pari māṃ pari me prajāṃ pari ṇaḥ pāhi yad dhanam | arātir no mā tārīn mā nas tāriśur abhimātayaḥ ||4|| 5. śaptāram etu śapatho yaḥ suhārt tena naḥ saha | cakṣurmantrasya durhārdaḥ pṛṣṭīr api śṛṇīmasi ||5||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 2.8 — Hymn 8. A charm against hereditary disease (kshetriya)
1. Twin Stars of happy omen, named Releasers, have gone up. May they Loose, of inherited disease, the uppermost and lowest bond.
2. Vanish this Night, extinct in Dawn! Let those who weave their spells depart. So let the plague-destroying Plant remove inherited disease.
3. With straw of barley tawny-brown in colour with its silvery ears, with stalk and stem of Sesamum- So let the plague-destroying Plant remove inherited disease.
4. Let homage to thy ploughs be paid, our homage to the pole and yokes. So let the plague-destroying Plant remove inherited disease.
5. Homage to men with blinking eyes, homage to those who hear and act! To the Field's Lord be homage paid. So let the plague-destroying Plant remove inherited disease.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. उद् अगातां भगवती विचृतौ नाम तारके । वि क्षेत्रियस्य मुञ्चताम् अधमं पाशम् उत्तमम् ॥1॥ 2. अपेयं रात्र्य् उछत्व् अपोछन्त्व् अभिकृत्वरीः । वीरुत् क्षेत्रियनाशन्य् अप क्षेत्रियम् उछतु ॥2॥ 3. बभ्रोर् अर्जुनकाण्डस्य यवस्य ते पलाल्या तिलस्य तिलपिञ्ज्या । वीरुत् क्षेत्रियनाशन्य् अप क्षेत्रियम् उछतु ॥3॥ 4. नमस् ते लाङ्गलेभ्यो नम ईषायुगेभ्यः । वीरुत् क्षेत्रियनाशन्य् अप क्षेत्रियम् उछतु ॥4॥ 5. नमः सनिस्रसाक्षेभ्यो नमः संदेश्येभ्यः । नमः क्षेत्रस्य पतये वीरुत् क्षेत्रियनाशन्य् अप क्षेत्रियम् उछतु ॥5॥
Transliteration
1. ud agātāṃ bhagavatī vicṛtau nāma tārake | vi kṣetriyasya muñcatām adhamaṃ pāśam uttamam ||1|| 2. apeyaṃ rātry uchatv apochantv abhikṛtvarīḥ | vīrut kṣetriyanāśany apa kṣetriyam uchatu ||2|| 3. babhror arjunakāṇḍasya yavasya te palālyā tilasya tilapiñjyā | vīrut kṣetriyanāśany apa kṣetriyam uchatu ||3|| 4. namas te lāṅgalebhyo nama īṣāyugebhyaḥ | vīrut kṣetriyanāśany apa kṣetriyam uchatu ||4|| 5. namaḥ sanisrasākṣebhyo namaḥ saṃdeśyebhyaḥ | namaḥ kṣetrasya pataye vīrut kṣetriyanāśany apa kṣetriyam uchatu ||5||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 2.9 — Hymn 9. A charm to cure dangerous disease
1. Free this man, Dasavriksha! from the demon, from Grāhi who hath seized his joints and members, And raise him up again, O Tree, into the world of living men.
2. He hath arisen and come once more, rejoined the band of those who live. May he become the sire of sons, and of all men most fortunate.
3. He hath returned to consciousness, rejoined the living's firm abodes, For hundred leeches are in this, yea, and a thousand healing herbs.
4. The Gods, the Brāhman-priests, and plants observed the way to gather thee: All deities described the way men gather thee upon the earth.
5. Let him who made it also heal: he, truly, is the deftest leech. Pure, with a leech he verily shall give thee medicines that heal.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. दशवृक्ष मुञ्चेमं रक्षसो ग्राह्या अधि यैनं जग्राह पर्वसु । अथो एनम् वनस्पते जीवानां लोकम् उन् नय ॥1॥ 2. आगाद् उद् अगाद् अयं जीवानां व्रातम् अप्य् अगात् । अभूद् उ पुत्राणां पिता नृणां च भगवत्तमः ॥2॥ 3. अधीतीर् अध्य् अगाद् अयम् अधि जीवपुरा अगान् । शतं ह्य् अस्य भिषजः सहस्रम् उत वीरुधः ॥3॥ 4. देवास् ते चीतिम् अविदन् ब्रह्माण उत वीरुधः । चीतिं ते विश्वे देवा अविदन् भूम्याम् अधि ॥4॥ 5. यश् चकार स निष् करत् स एव सुभिषक्तमः । स एव तुभ्यं भेषजानि कृणवद् भिषजा शुचिः ॥5॥
Transliteration
1. daśavṛkṣa muñcemaṃ rakṣaso grāhyā adhi yainaṃ jagrāha parvasu | atho enam vanaspate jīvānāṃ lokam un naya ||1|| 2. āgād ud agād ayaṃ jīvānāṃ vrātam apy agāt | abhūd u putrāṇāṃ pitā nṛṇāṃ ca bhagavattamaḥ ||2|| 3. adhītīr adhy agād ayam adhi jīvapurā agān | śataṃ hy asya bhiṣajaḥ sahasram uta vīrudhaḥ ||3|| 4. devās te cītim avidan brahmāṇa uta vīrudhaḥ | cītiṃ te viśve devā avidan bhūmyām adhi ||4|| 5. yaś cakāra sa niṣ karat sa eva subhiṣaktamaḥ | sa eva tubhyaṃ bheṣajāni kṛṇavad bhiṣajā śuciḥ ||5||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 2.10 — Hymn 10. Absolution and benediction
1. From family sickness, kinsmen's curse, Destruction, from Druh, from Varuna's noose I free and save thee. With spell and prayer I make thee pure and sinless: to thee be both, the Earth and Heaven, auspicious!
2. Gracious to thee be Agni with the Waters, let Soma with the Plants be kind and bless thee. From family sickness, kinsmen's curse, Destruction, from Druh, from Varuna's noose I thus release thee.
3. May kind Wind strengthen thee in air's mid-region, to thee may heaven's four quarters be auspicious. From family sickness, kinsmen's curse, Destruction, from Druh, from Varuna's curse I thus release thee.
4. These Goddesses, four regions of the heavens, on whom the Sun looks kindly, wives of Vāta— From family sickness, kinsmen's curse, Destruction, from Druh, from Varuna's noose I thus release thee.
5. For long life, in the midst of these I set thee. Away pass Nirriti, away Consumption! From family sickness, kinsmen's curse, Destruction, from Druh, from Varuna's noose I thus release thee.
6. Thou hast been freed from Phthisis and from trouble, from shame, and from the snare of Druh and Grain. From family sickness, kinsmen's curse, Destruction, from Druh, from Varuna's noose I thus release thee.
7. Joy hast thou found, and left ill-will behind thee: thou hast attained the happy world of virtue. From family sickness, kinsmen's curse, Destruction, from Druh, from Varuna's noose I thus release thee.
8. The Gods have freed from, sinfulness, redeeming the Sun, the Law from darkness and from Grāhi. From family sickness, kinsmen's curse, Destruction, from Druh, from Varuna's noose I thus release thee. With spell and prayer I make thee pure and sinless: to thee be both, the Earth and Heaven, auspicious!
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. क्षेत्रियात् त्वा निरृत्या जामिशंसाद् द्रुहो मुञ्चामि वरुणस्य पाशात् । अनागसं ब्रह्मणा त्वा कृणोमि शिवे ते द्यावापृथिवी उभे स्ताम् ॥1॥ 2. शं ते अग्निः सहाद्भिर् अस्तु शं सोमः सहौषधीभिः । एवाहं त्वां क्षेत्रियान् निरृत्या जामिशंसाद् द्रुहो मुञ्चामि वरुणस्य पाशात् । अनागसं ब्रह्मणा त्वा कृणोमि शिवे ते द्यावापृथिवी उभे स्ताम् ॥2॥ 3. शम् ते वातो अन्तरिक्षे वयो धाच् छं ते भवन्तु प्रदिशश् चतस्रः । एवाहं त्वां क्षेत्रियान् निरृत्या जामिशंसाद् द्रुहो मुञ्चामि वरुणस्य पाशात् । अनागसं ब्रह्मणा त्वा कृणोमि शिवे ते द्यावापृथिवी उभे स्ताम् ॥3॥ 4. इमा या देवीः प्रदिशश् चतस्रो वातपत्नीर् अभि सूर्यो विचष्टे । एवाहं त्वां क्षेत्रियान् निरृत्या जामिशंसाद् द्रुहो मुञ्चामि वरुणस्य पाशात् । अनागसं ब्रह्मणा त्वा कृनोमि शिवे ते द्यावापृथिवी उभे स्ताम् ॥4॥ 5. तासु त्वान्तर् जरस्य् आ दधामि प्र यक्ष्म एतु निरृतिः पराचैः । एवाहं त्वां क्षेत्रियान् निरृत्या जामिशंसाद् द्रुहो मुञ्चामि वरुणस्य पाशात् । अनागसं ब्रह्मणा त्वा कृणोमि शिवे ते द्यावापृथिवी उभे स्ताम् ॥5॥ 6. अमुक्था यक्ष्माद् दुरिताद् अवद्याद् द्रुहः पाशाद् ग्राह्याश् चोद् अमुक्थाः । एवाहं त्वां क्षेत्रियान् निरृत्या जामिशंसाद् द्रुहो मुञ्चामि वरुणस्य पाशात् । अनागसं ब्रह्मणा त्वा कृणोमि शिवे ते द्यावापृथिवी उभे स्ताम् ॥6॥ 7. अहा अरातिम् अविदः स्योनम् अप्य् अभूर् भद्रे सुकृतस्य लोके । एवाहं त्वां क्षेत्रियान् निरृत्या जामिशंसाद् द्रुहो मुञ्चामि वरुणस्य पाशात् । अनागसं ब्रह्मणा त्वा कृणोमि शिवे ते द्यावापृथिवी उभे स्ताम् ॥7॥ 8. सूर्यम् ऋतं तमसो ग्राह्या अधि देवा मुञ्चन्तो असृजन् निर् एनसः । एवाहम् त्वां क्षेत्रियान् निरृत्या जामिशंसाद् द्रुहो मुञ्चामि वरुणस्य पाशात् । अनागसम् ब्रह्मणा त्वा कृणोमि शिवे ते द्यावापृथिवी उभे स्ताम् ॥8॥
Transliteration
1. kṣetriyāt tvā nirṛtyā jāmiśaṃsād druho muñcāmi varuṇasya pāśāt | anāgasaṃ brahmaṇā tvā kṛṇomi śive te dyāvāpṛthivī ubhe stām ||1|| 2. śaṃ te agniḥ sahādbhir astu śaṃ somaḥ sahauṣadhībhiḥ | evāhaṃ tvāṃ kṣetriyān nirṛtyā jāmiśaṃsād druho muñcāmi varuṇasya pāśāt | anāgasaṃ brahmaṇā tvā kṛṇomi śive te dyāvāpṛthivī ubhe stām ||2|| 3. śam te vāto antarikṣe vayo dhāc chaṃ te bhavantu pradiśaś catasraḥ | evāhaṃ tvāṃ kṣetriyān nirṛtyā jāmiśaṃsād druho muñcāmi varuṇasya pāśāt | anāgasaṃ brahmaṇā tvā kṛṇomi śive te dyāvāpṛthivī ubhe stām ||3|| 4. imā yā devīḥ pradiśaś catasro vātapatnīr abhi sūryo vicaṣṭe | evāhaṃ tvāṃ kṣetriyān nirṛtyā jāmiśaṃsād druho muñcāmi varuṇasya pāśāt | anāgasaṃ brahmaṇā tvā kṛnomi śive te dyāvāpṛthivī ubhe stām ||4|| 5. tāsu tvāntar jarasy ā dadhāmi pra yakṣma etu nirṛtiḥ parācaiḥ | evāhaṃ tvāṃ kṣetriyān nirṛtyā jāmiśaṃsād druho muñcāmi varuṇasya pāśāt | anāgasaṃ brahmaṇā tvā kṛṇomi śive te dyāvāpṛthivī ubhe stām ||5|| 6. amukthā yakṣmād duritād avadyād druhaḥ pāśād grāhyāś cod amukthāḥ | evāhaṃ tvāṃ kṣetriyān nirṛtyā jāmiśaṃsād druho muñcāmi varuṇasya pāśāt | anāgasaṃ brahmaṇā tvā kṛṇomi śive te dyāvāpṛthivī ubhe stām ||6|| 7. ahā arātim avidaḥ syonam apy abhūr bhadre sukṛtasya loke | evāhaṃ tvāṃ kṣetriyān nirṛtyā jāmiśaṃsād druho muñcāmi varuṇasya pāśāt | anāgasaṃ brahmaṇā tvā kṛṇomi śive te dyāvāpṛthivī ubhe stām ||7|| 8. sūryam ṛtaṃ tamaso grāhyā adhi devā muñcanto asṛjan nir enasaḥ | evāham tvāṃ kṣetriyān nirṛtyā jāmiśaṃsād druho muñcāmi varuṇasya pāśāt | anāgasam brahmaṇā tvā kṛṇomi śive te dyāvāpṛthivī ubhe stām ||8||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 2.11 — Hymn 11. Counter-charm, with an amulet, against an enemy's spell
1. Dart against dart, destroyer of destruction, thou art the missile sent to meet the missile. Reach thy superior, thou; surpass thine equal.
2. Sraktya art thou, an Amulet art thou, a counter-charm of spells, Reach thy superior, thou; surpass thine equal.
3. Use spells against the man we hate, against the man who hateth us. Reach thy superior, thou; surpass thine equal.
4. A prince art thou, giver of speech, thou art our bodies' strong defence. Reach thy superior, thou; surpass thine equal.
5. Fulgent art thou, and splendid, thou art heavenly lustre, thou art light. Reach thy superior, thou; surpass thine equal.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. दूष्या दूषिर् असि हेत्या हेतिर् असि मेन्या मेनिर् असि । आप्नुहि श्रेयांसम् अति समं क्राम ॥1॥ 2. स्रक्त्यो ऽसि प्रतिसरो ऽसि प्रत्यभिचरणो ऽसि । आप्नुहि श्रेयांसम् अति समं क्राम ॥2॥ 3. प्रति तम् अभि चर यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मः । आप्नुहि श्रेयांसम् अति समं क्राम ॥3॥ 4. सूरिर् असि वर्चोधा असि तनूपानो ऽसि । आप्नुहि श्रेयांसम् अति समं क्राम ॥4॥ 5. शुक्रो ऽसि भ्राजो ऽसि स्वर् असि ज्योतिर् असि । आप्नुहि श्रेयांसम् अति समं क्राम ॥5॥
Transliteration
1. dūṣyā dūṣir asi hetyā hetir asi menyā menir asi | āpnuhi śreyāṃsam ati samaṃ krāma ||1|| 2. sraktyo 'si pratisaro 'si pratyabhicaraṇo 'si | āpnuhi śreyāṃsam ati samaṃ krāma ||2|| 3. prati tam abhi cara yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ | āpnuhi śreyāṃsam ati samaṃ krāma ||3|| 4. sūrir asi varcodhā asi tanūpāno 'si | āpnuhi śreyāṃsam ati samaṃ krāma ||4|| 5. śukro 'si bhrājo 'si svar asi jyotir asi | āpnuhi śreyāṃsam ati samaṃ krāma ||5||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 2.12 — Hymn 12. A prayer for vengeance on a malicious rival worshipper
1. The spacious Firmament, and Earth and Heaven, the Field's Queen, and the wonderful Wide-Strider, Yea, the broad middle air which Vāta guardeth, may these now burn with heat while I am burning.
2. Listen to this, ye Gods who merit worship. Hymns here are sung for me by Bharadvāja. Bound in the noose may he be doomed to trouble whoever mars this that our mind hath purposed.
3. Hear this my call, O Indra, Soma-drinker, as with a burning heart I oft invoke thee. I smite, as 'twere a tree felled with a hatchet, the man who marreth this my plan and purpose.
4. Together with thrice-eighty Sāma-singers, Angirases, and Vasus, and Ādityas, May the felicity of the Fathers guard us. I seize that man with fire that Gods have kindled.
5. O Heaven and Earth, regard me with your favour, and, all ye Gods, stand on my side and help me. Angirases, Fathers worthy of the Soma! woe fall on him who, caused the hateful outrage!
6. Whoever either scorns us, O ye Maruts, or blames devotion which we now are paying. Let his own wicked deeds be fires to burn him. May Heaven consume the man who hates devotion.
7. Thy sevenfold vital breath, thine eight marrows I rend away with prayer. With Agni as thine envoy, go, prepared, to Yama's dwelling place.
8. In Jātavedas kindled flame I set the place assigned to thee. Let fire consume thy body, and thy voice go to the general breath.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. द्यावापृथिवी उर्व् अन्तरिक्षं क्षेत्रस्य पत्न्य् उरुगायो ऽद्भुतः । उतान्तरिक्षम् उरु वातगोपं त इह तप्यन्तां मयि तप्यमाने ॥1॥ 2. इदं देवाः शृणुत ये यज्ञिया स्थ भरद्वाजो मह्यम् उक्थानि शंसति । पाशे स बद्धो दुरिते नि युज्यतां यो अस्माकं मन इदं हिनस्ति ॥2॥ 3. इदम् इन्द्र शृणुहि सोमप यत् त्वा हृदा शोचता जोहवीमि । वृश्चामि तं कुलिशेनेव वृक्षं यो अस्माकं मन इदं हिनस्ति ॥3॥ 4. अशीतिभिस् तिसृभिः सामगेभिर् आदित्येभिर् वसुभिर् अङ्गिरोभिः । इष्टापूर्तम् अवतु नः पितॄणाम् आमुं ददे हरसा दैव्येन ॥4॥ 5. द्यावापृथिवी अनु मा दीधीथां विश्वे देवासो अनु मा रभध्वम् । अङ्गिरसः पितरः सोम्यासः पापम् आ ऋछत्व् अपकामस्य कर्ता ॥5॥ 6. अतीव यो मरुतो मन्यते नो ब्रह्म वा यो निन्दिषत् क्रियमाणम् । तपूंषि तस्मै वृजिनानि सन्तु ब्रह्मद्विषं द्यौर् अभिसंतपाति ॥6॥ 7. सप्त प्राणान् अष्टौ मन्यस् तांस् ते वृश्चामि ब्रह्मणा । अया यमस्य सादनम् अग्निदूतो अरंकृतः ॥7॥ 8. आ दधामि ते पदं समिद्धे जातवेदसि । अग्निः शरीरं वेवेष्ट्व् असुं वाग् अपि गछतु ॥8॥
Transliteration
1. dyāvāpṛthivī urv antarikṣaṃ kṣetrasya patny urugāyo 'dbhutaḥ | utāntarikṣam uru vātagopaṃ ta iha tapyantāṃ mayi tapyamāne ||1|| 2. idaṃ devāḥ śṛṇuta ye yajñiyā stha bharadvājo mahyam ukthāni śaṃsati | pāśe sa baddho durite ni yujyatāṃ yo asmākaṃ mana idaṃ hinasti ||2|| 3. idam indra śṛṇuhi somapa yat tvā hṛdā śocatā johavīmi | vṛścāmi taṃ kuliśeneva vṛkṣaṃ yo asmākaṃ mana idaṃ hinasti ||3|| 4. aśītibhis tisṛbhiḥ sāmagebhir ādityebhir vasubhir aṅgirobhiḥ | iṣṭāpūrtam avatu naḥ pitṝṇām āmuṃ dade harasā daivyena ||4|| 5. dyāvāpṛthivī anu mā dīdhīthāṃ viśve devāso anu mā rabhadhvam | aṅgirasaḥ pitaraḥ somyāsaḥ pāpam ā ṛchatv apakāmasya kartā ||5|| 6. atīva yo maruto manyate no brahma vā yo nindiṣat kriyamāṇam | tapūṃṣi tasmai vṛjināni santu brahmadviṣaṃ dyaur abhisaṃtapāti ||6|| 7. sapta prāṇān aṣṭau manyas tāṃs te vṛścāmi brahmaṇā | ayā yamasya sādanam agnidūto araṃkṛtaḥ ||7|| 8. ā dadhāmi te padaṃ samiddhe jātavedasi | agniḥ śarīraṃ veveṣṭv asuṃ vāg api gachatu ||8||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 2.13 — Hymn 13. A youth's Investiture ceremony (godānam)
1. Strength-giver, winning lengthened life, O Agni, with face and back shining with molten butter, Drink thou the butter and fair milk and honey, and, as a sire his sons, keep this man safely.
2. For us surround him, cover him with splendour, give him long life, and death when age removes him. The garment hath Brihaspati presented to Soma, to the King, to
w rap about him.
3. Thou for our w eal hast clothed thee in the mantle: thou hast become our heifers' guard from witchcraft. Live thou a hundred full and plenteous autumns, and wrap thee in prosperity of riches.
4. Come hither, stand upon the stone: thy body shall become a stone. The Universal Gods shall make thy life a hundred autumns long.
5. So may the Universal Gods protect thee, whom we divest of raiment worn aforetime. So after thee, well-formed and growing stronger, be born a multitude of thriving brothers.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. आयुर्दा अग्ने जरसं वृणानो घृतप्रतीको घृतपृष्ठो अग्ने । घृतं पीत्वा मधु चारु गव्यं पितेव पुत्रान् अभि रक्षताद् इमम् ॥1॥ 2. परि धत्त धत्त नो वर्चसेमम् जरामृत्युं कृणुत दीर्घम् आयुः । बृहस्पतिः प्रायछद् वास एतत् सोमाय राज्ञे परिधातवा उ ॥2॥ 3. परीदं वासो अधिथाः स्वस्तये ऽभूर् गृष्टीनाम् अभिशस्तिपा उ । शतं च जीव शरदः पुरूची रायश् च पोषम् उपसंव्ययस्व ॥3॥ 4. एह्य् अश्मानम् आ तिष्ठाश्मा भवतु ते तनूः । कृण्वन्तु विश्वे देवा आयुष्टे शरदः शतम् ॥4॥ 5. यस्य ते वासः प्रथमवास्यं हरामस् तं त्वा विश्वे ऽवन्तु देवाः । तं त्वा भ्रातरः सुवृधा वर्धमानम् अनु जायन्तां बहवः सुजातम् ॥5॥
Transliteration
1. āyurdā agne jarasaṃ vṛṇāno ghṛtapratīko ghṛtapṛṣṭho agne | ghṛtaṃ pītvā madhu cāru gavyaṃ piteva putrān abhi rakṣatād imam ||1|| 2. pari dhatta dhatta no varcasemam jarāmṛtyuṃ kṛṇuta dīrgham āyuḥ | bṛhaspatiḥ prāyachad vāsa etat somāya rājñe paridhātavā u ||2|| 3. parīdaṃ vāso adhithāḥ svastaye 'bhūr gṛṣṭīnām abhiśastipā u | śataṃ ca jīva śaradaḥ purūcī rāyaś ca poṣam upasaṃvyayasva ||3|| 4. ehy aśmānam ā tiṣṭhāśmā bhavatu te tanūḥ | kṛṇvantu viśve devā āyuṣṭe śaradaḥ śatam ||4|| 5. yasya te vāsaḥ prathamavāsyaṃ harāmas taṃ tvā viśve 'vantu devāḥ | taṃ tvā bhrātaraḥ suvṛdhā vardhamānam anu jāyantāṃ bahavaḥ sujātam ||5||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 2.14 — Hymn 14. A charm to banish vermin and noxious creatures
1. Forth from the hall the bold, the sharp, the greedy one, the single-voiced, Sadānvās, and all progeny of Chanda we exterminate.
2. We drive you forth from cattle-shed, from axle, from within the wain, Ye daughters of Magundi, we frighten and chase you from out homes.
3. Yonder let the Arāyis dwell, there where that house is down below. Let utter indigence and all the Yātudhānis settle there.
4. May Bhūtapati drive away, and Indra, the Sadānvās hence. Let Indra with his bolt quell those who sit upon our dwelling's floor.
5. Whether ye be of farm and field, or whether ye be sent by men, Or be ye sprung from Dasyu race, vanish, Sadānvās, and begone.
6. I have gone round their homes as runs a fleet-foot racer round the post, And in all races conquered you. Vanish, Sadānvās, and begone.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. निःसालां धृष्णुं धिषणम् एकवाद्याम् जिघत्स्वम् । सर्वाश् चण्डस्य नप्त्यो नाशयामः सदान्वाः ॥1॥ 2. निर् वो गोष्ठाद् अजामसि निर् अक्षान् निर् उपानशात् । निर् वो मगुन्द्या दुहितरो गृहेभ्यश् चातयामहे ॥2॥ 3. असौ यो अधराद् गृहस् तत्र सन्त्व् अराय्यः । तत्र सेदिर् न्य् उच्यतु सर्वाश् च यातुधान्यः ॥3॥ 4. भूतपतिर् निर् अजत्व् इन्द्रश् चेतः सदान्वाः । गृहस्य बुध्न आसीनास् ता इन्द्रो वज्रेणाधि तिष्ठतु ॥4॥ 5. यदि स्थ क्षेत्रियाणां यदि वा पुरुषेषिताः । यदि स्थ दस्युभ्यो जाता नश्यतेतः सदान्वाः ॥5॥ 6. परि धामान्य् आसाम् आशुर् गाष्ठाम् इवासरम् । अजैषं सर्वान् आजीन् वो नश्यतेतः सदान्वाः ॥6॥
Transliteration
1. niḥsālāṃ dhṛṣṇuṃ dhiṣaṇam ekavādyām jighatsvam | sarvāś caṇḍasya naptyo nāśayāmaḥ sadānvāḥ ||1|| 2. nir vo goṣṭhād ajāmasi nir akṣān nir upānaśāt | nir vo magundyā duhitaro gṛhebhyaś cātayāmahe ||2|| 3. asau yo adharād gṛhas tatra santv arāyyaḥ | tatra sedir ny ucyatu sarvāś ca yātudhānyaḥ ||3|| 4. bhūtapatir nir ajatv indraś cetaḥ sadānvāḥ | gṛhasya budhna āsīnās tā indro vajreṇādhi tiṣṭhatu ||4|| 5. yadi stha kṣetriyāṇāṃ yadi vā puruṣeṣitāḥ | yadi stha dasyubhyo jātā naśyatetaḥ sadānvāḥ ||5|| 6. pari dhāmāny āsām āśur gāṣṭhām ivāsaram | ajaiṣaṃ sarvān ājīn vo naśyatetaḥ sadānvāḥ ||6||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 2.15 — Hymn 15. A charm against fear
1. As Heaven and Earth are not afraid, and never suffer loss or harm, Even so, my spirit, fear not thou.
2. As Day and Night are not afraid, nor ever suffer loss or harm, Even so, my spirit, fear not thou.
3. As Sun and Moon are not afraid, nor ever suffer loss or harm. Even so. my spirit, fear not thou.
4. As Brāhmanhood and Princely Power fear not, nor suffer loss, or harm, Even so, my spirit, fear not thou.
5. As Truth and Falsehood have no fear, nor ever suffer loss or harm, Even so, my spirit, fear not thou.
6. As What Hath Been and What Shall Be fear not, nor suffer loss or harm, Even so, my spirit, fear not thou.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. यथा द्यौश् च पृथिवी च न बिभीतो न रिष्यतः । एवा मे प्राण मा बिभेः ॥1॥ 2. यथाहश् च रात्री च न बिभीतो न रिष्यतः । एवा मे प्राण मा बिभेः ॥2॥ 3. यथा सूर्यश् च चन्द्रश् च न बिभीतो न रिष्यतः । एवा मे प्राण मा बिभेः ॥3॥ 4. यथा ब्रह्म च क्षत्रं च न बिभीतो न रिष्यतः । एवा मे प्राण मा बिभेः ॥4॥ 5. यथा सत्यं चानृतं च न बिभीतो न रिष्यतः । एवा मे प्राण मा बिभेः ॥5॥ 6. यथा भूतं च भव्यं च न बिभीतो न रिष्यतः । एवा मे प्राण मा बिभेः ॥6॥
Transliteration
1. yathā dyauś ca pṛthivī ca na bibhīto na riṣyataḥ | evā me prāṇa mā bibheḥ ||1|| 2. yathāhaś ca rātrī ca na bibhīto na riṣyataḥ | evā me prāṇa mā bibheḥ ||2|| 3. yathā sūryaś ca candraś ca na bibhīto na riṣyataḥ | evā me prāṇa mā bibheḥ ||3|| 4. yathā brahma ca kṣatraṃ ca na bibhīto na riṣyataḥ | evā me prāṇa mā bibheḥ ||4|| 5. yathā satyaṃ cānṛtaṃ ca na bibhīto na riṣyataḥ | evā me prāṇa mā bibheḥ ||5|| 6. yathā bhūtaṃ ca bhavyaṃ ca na bibhīto na riṣyataḥ | evā me prāṇa mā bibheḥ ||6||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 2.16 — Hymn 16. A prayer for general protection
1. Guard me from death, Inhaling and Exhaling! All bliss to you!
2. Guard me from overhearing, Earth and Heaven! All hail to you!
3. Do thou, O Sūrya, with thine eye protect me! All hail to thee!
4. Agni Vaisvānara, with all Gods preserve me! All hail to thee!
5. Preserve me with all care. O All-Sustainer! All hail to thee!
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. प्राणापानौ मृत्योर् मा पातं स्वाहा ॥1॥ 2. द्यावापृथिवी उपश्रुत्या मा पातं स्वाहा ॥2॥ 3. सूर्य चक्षुषा मा पाहि स्वाहा ॥3॥ 4. अग्ने वैश्वानर विश्वैर् मा देवैः पाहि स्वाहा ॥4॥ 5. विश्वम्भर विश्वेन मा भरसा पाहि स्वाहा ॥5॥
Transliteration
1. prāṇāpānau mṛtyor mā pātaṃ svāhā ||1|| 2. dyāvāpṛthivī upaśrutyā mā pātaṃ svāhā ||2|| 3. sūrya cakṣuṣā mā pāhi svāhā ||3|| 4. agne vaiśvānara viśvair mā devaiḥ pāhi svāhā ||4|| 5. viśvambhara viśvena mā bharasā pāhi svāhā ||5||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 2.17 — Hymn 17. A prayer to an amulet for health and strength
1. Power art thou, give me power. All hail!
2. Might art thou, give me might. All hail!
3. Strength art thou, give me strength. All hail!
4. Life art thou, give me life. All hail!
5. Ear art thou, give me hearing! Hail!
6. Eye art thou, give me eyes. All hail!
7. Shield art thou, shield me well. All hail
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. ओजो ऽस्य् ओजो मे दाः स्वाहा ।1॥ 2. सहो ऽसि सहो मे दाः स्वाहा ॥2॥ 3. बलम् असि बलं दाः स्वाहा ॥3॥ 4. आयुर् अस्य् आयुर् मे दाः स्वाह ॥4॥ 5. श्रोत्रम् असि श्रोत्रं मे दाः स्वाह ॥5॥ 6. चक्षुर् असि चक्षुर् मे दाः स्वाह ॥6॥ 7. परिपाणम् असि परिपाणं मे दाः स्वाह ॥7॥
Transliteration
1. ojo 'sy ojo me dāḥ svāhā |1|| 2. saho 'si saho me dāḥ svāhā ||2|| 3. balam asi balaṃ dāḥ svāhā ||3|| 4. āyur asy āyur me dāḥ svāha ||4|| 5. śrotram asi śrotraṃ me dāḥ svāha ||5|| 6. cakṣur asi cakṣur me dāḥ svāha ||6|| 7. paripāṇam asi paripāṇaṃ me dāḥ svāha ||7||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 2.18 — Hymn 18. A charm against enemies, goblins, and other evil creatures
1. Destruction of the foe art thou, give me the scaring of my foes. All hail!
2. The rival's ruiner art thou, give me to drive my rivals off. All hail!
3. Arāyis' ruiner art thou, give me to drive Arāyis off. All hail!
4. Pisa-chas' ruiner art thou, give me to drive Pisāchas off. All hail!
5. Sadānvās' ruiner art thou, give me to drive Sadānvās off. All hail!
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. भ्रातृव्यक्षयणम् असि भ्रातृव्यचातनं मे दाः स्वाह ॥1॥ 2. सपत्नक्षयणम् असि सपत्नचातनं मे दाः स्वाह ॥2॥ 3. अरायक्षयणम् अस्य् अरायचातनं मे दाः स्वाह ॥3॥ 4. पिशाचक्षयणम् असि पिशाचचातनं मे दाः स्वाह ॥4॥ 5. सदान्वाक्षयणम् असि सदान्वाचातनं मे दाः स्वाह ॥5॥
Transliteration
1. bhrātṛvyakṣayaṇam asi bhrātṛvyacātanaṃ me dāḥ svāha ||1|| 2. sapatnakṣayaṇam asi sapatnacātanaṃ me dāḥ svāha ||2|| 3. arāyakṣayaṇam asy arāyacātanaṃ me dāḥ svāha ||3|| 4. piśācakṣayaṇam asi piśācacātanaṃ me dāḥ svāha ||4|| 5. sadānvākṣayaṇam asi sadānvācātanaṃ me dāḥ svāha ||5||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 2.19 — Hymn 19. A prayer to Agni for aid against an enemy
1. Burn thou, O Agni, with that heat of thine against the man who hates us, whom we hate.
2. Flame thou, O Agni, with that flame of thine against the man who hates us, whom we hate.
3. Shine out, O Agni, with that sheen of thine against the man who hates us, whom we hate.
4. Blaze thou, O Agni, with that blaze of thine against the man who hates us, whom we hate.
5. O Agni, with the splendour that is thine darken the man who hates us, whom we hate. It appears that hymns 20-23 were omitted—JBH
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. अग्ने यत् ते तपस् तेन तं प्रति तप यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मः ॥1॥ 2. अग्ने यत् ते हरस् तेन तं प्रति हर यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मः ॥2॥ 3. अग्ने यत् ते ऽर्चिस् तेन तं प्रत्य् अर्च यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मः ॥3॥ 4. अग्ने यत् ते शोचिस् तेन तं प्रति शोच यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मः ॥4॥ 5. अग्ने यत् ते तेजस् तेन तम् अतेजसं कृणु यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मः ॥5॥
Transliteration
1. agne yat te tapas tena taṃ prati tapa yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ ||1|| 2. agne yat te haras tena taṃ prati hara yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ ||2|| 3. agne yat te 'rcis tena taṃ praty arca yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ ||3|| 4. agne yat te śocis tena taṃ prati śoca yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ ||4|| 5. agne yat te tejas tena tam atejasaṃ kṛṇu yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ ||5||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 2.24 — Hymn 24. A charm against the magic arts of fiends
1. O Serabhaka, Serabha, back fall your arts of witchery! Back, Kimidins! let your weapon fall. Eat your possessor; eat ye him who sent you forth;
2. Srvridhaka, O Sevridha, back fall your arts of witchery! Back, Kimidins! let your weapon fall, etc.
3. O Mroka, Anumroka, back return your arts of witchery! Back, Kimidins! let your weapon fall, etc.
4. O Sarpa, Anusarpa, back return your arts of witchery! Back, 'i Kimidins! let your weapon fall, etc.
5. Back fall your witcheries, Jūrni! back your weapon, ye Kimidinis, etc.
6. Back fall your spells, Upabdi! back your weapon, ye Kimidinis, etc.
7. Back fall your witchcrafts, Arjuni! your weapon, ye Kimidinis, etc,
8. Back, O, Bharūji! fall your charms, your weapon, ye Kimidinis. Eat your possessor; eat ye him who sent you forth; eat your own flesh.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. शेरभक शेरभ पुनर् वो यन्तु यातवः पुनर् हेतिः किमीदिनः । यस्य स्थ तम् अत्त यो वो प्राहैत् तम् अत्त स्वा मांसान्य् अत्त ॥1॥ 2. शेवृधक शेवृध पुनर् वो यन्तु यातवः पुनर् हेतिः किमीदिनः । यस्य स्थ तम् अत्त यो वो प्राहैत् तम् अत्त स्वा मांसान्य् अत्त ॥2॥ 3. म्रोकानुम्रोक पुनर् वो यन्तु यातवः पुनर् हेतिः किमीदिनः । यस्य स्थ तम् अत्त यो वो प्राहैत् तम् अत्त स्वा मांसान्य् अत्त ॥3॥ 4. सर्पानुसर्प पुनर् वो यन्तु यातवः पुनर् हेतिः किमीदिनः । यस्य स्थ तम् अत्त यो वो प्राहैत् तम् अत्त स्वा मांसान्य् अत्त ॥4॥ 5. जूर्णि पुनर् वो यन्तु यातवः पुनर् हेतिः किमीदिनः । यस्य स्थ तम् अत्त यो वो प्राहैत् तम् अत्त स्वा मांसान्य् अत्त ॥5॥ 6. उपब्दे पुनर् वो यन्तु यातवः पुनर् हेतिः किमीदिनः । यस्य स्थ तम् अत्त यो वो प्राहैत् तम् अत्त स्वा मांसान्य् अत्त ॥6॥ 7. अर्जुनि पुनर् वो यन्तु यातवः पुनर् हेतिः किमीदिनः । यस्य स्थ तम् अत्त यो वो प्राहैत् तम् अत्त स्वा मांसान्य् अत्त ॥7॥ 8. भरूजि पुनर् वो यन्तु यातवः पुनर् हेतिः किमीदिनः । यस्य स्थ तम् अत्त यो वो प्राहैत् तम् अत्त स्वा मांसान्य् अत्त ॥8॥
Transliteration
1. śerabhaka śerabha punar vo yantu yātavaḥ punar hetiḥ kimīdinaḥ | yasya stha tam atta yo vo prāhait tam atta svā māṃsāny atta ||1|| 2. śevṛdhaka śevṛdha punar vo yantu yātavaḥ punar hetiḥ kimīdinaḥ | yasya stha tam atta yo vo prāhait tam atta svā māṃsāny atta ||2|| 3. mrokānumroka punar vo yantu yātavaḥ punar hetiḥ kimīdinaḥ | yasya stha tam atta yo vo prāhait tam atta svā māṃsāny atta ||3|| 4. sarpānusarpa punar vo yantu yātavaḥ punar hetiḥ kimīdinaḥ | yasya stha tam atta yo vo prāhait tam atta svā māṃsāny atta ||4|| 5. jūrṇi punar vo yantu yātavaḥ punar hetiḥ kimīdinaḥ | yasya stha tam atta yo vo prāhait tam atta svā māṃsāny atta ||5|| 6. upabde punar vo yantu yātavaḥ punar hetiḥ kimīdinaḥ | yasya stha tam atta yo vo prāhait tam atta svā māṃsāny atta ||6|| 7. arjuni punar vo yantu yātavaḥ punar hetiḥ kimīdinaḥ | yasya stha tam atta yo vo prāhait tam atta svā māṃsāny atta ||7|| 8. bharūji punar vo yantu yātavaḥ punar hetiḥ kimīdinaḥ | yasya stha tam atta yo vo prāhait tam atta svā māṃsāny atta ||8||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 2.25 — Hymn 25. A charm against fiends who cause abortion
1. The Goddess Prisniparni hath blest us, and troubled Nirriti. Fierce crusher of the Kanvas she: her have I gained, the mighty one.
2. Victorious in the olden time this Prisniparni was brought forth: With her I cleave, as 'twere a bird's, the head of the Detestables.
4. The hateful fiend who drinks the blood, and him who take away the growth, The Kanva who devours the germ, quell, Prisniparni! and! destroy.
5. Drive and imprison in a hill these Kanvas harassers of life: Follow them Prisniparni, thou Goddess, like fire consuming. them.
6. Drive thou away these Kanvas, drive the harassers of life afar. Whither the shades of darkness go, I send the fiends who feed on flesh. There is no verse 3 in the copytext—JBH
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. शं नो देवी पृश्निपर्ण्य् अशं निरृत्या अकः । उग्रा हि कण्वजम्भनी ताम् अभक्षि सहस्वतीम् ॥1॥ 2. सहमानेयं प्रथमा पृश्निपर्ण्य् अजायत । तयाहं दुर्णाम्नां शिरो वृश्चामि शकुनेर् इव ॥2॥ 3. अरायम् असृक्पावानं यश् च स्फातिं जिहीर्षति । गर्भादं कण्वं नाशय पृश्निपर्णि सहस्व च ॥3॥ 4. गिरिम् एनां आ वेशय कण्वान् जीवितयोपनान् । तांस् त्वं देवि पृश्निपर्ण्य् अग्निर् इवानुदहन्न् इहि ॥4॥ 5. पराच एनान् प्र णुद कण्वान् जीवितयोपनान् । तमांसि यत्र गछन्ति तत् क्रव्यादो अजीगमम् ॥5॥
Transliteration
1. śaṃ no devī pṛśniparṇy aśaṃ nirṛtyā akaḥ | ugrā hi kaṇvajambhanī tām abhakṣi sahasvatīm ||1|| 2. sahamāneyaṃ prathamā pṛśniparṇy ajāyata | tayāhaṃ durṇāmnāṃ śiro vṛścāmi śakuner iva ||2|| 3. arāyam asṛkpāvānaṃ yaś ca sphātiṃ jihīrṣati | garbhādaṃ kaṇvaṃ nāśaya pṛśniparṇi sahasva ca ||3|| 4. girim enāṃ ā veśaya kaṇvān jīvitayopanān | tāṃs tvaṃ devi pṛśniparṇy agnir ivānudahann ihi ||4|| 5. parāca enān pra ṇuda kaṇvān jīvitayopanān | tamāṃsi yatra gachanti tat kravyādo ajīgamam ||5||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 2.26 — Hymn 26. A benediction on homeward coming cattle
1. Let them come home, the cattle that have wandered, whom Vāyu hath delighted to attend on, Whose forms and figures are well known to Tvashtar. These cows let Savitar drive within this stable.
2. Let the beasts stream together to this cow-pen. Brihaspati who knoweth lead them hither! Let Sinivāli guide the foremost homeward. When they have come, Anumati! enclose them.
3. Together stream the cattle! stream together horses and the men! Hitherward press all growth of grain! I offer sacrifice with mixt oblation.
4. I pour together milk of kine, with butter blending strength and juice. Well sprinkled be our men, as true to me as cows are to their herd!
5. Hither I bring the milk of cows, hither have brought the juice of corn. Hitherward have our men been brought, hitherward to this house our wives.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. एह यन्तु पशवो ये परेयुर् वायुर् येषां सहचारं जुजोष । त्वष्टा येषां रूपधेयानि वेदास्मिन् तान् गोष्ठे सविता नि यछतु ॥1॥ 2. इमं गोष्ठं पशवः सं स्रवन्तु बृहस्पतिर् आ नयतु प्रजानन् । सिनीवाली नयत्व् आग्रम् एषाम् आजग्मुषो अनुमते नि यछ ॥2॥ 3. सं सं स्रवन्तु पशवः सम् अश्वाः सम् उ पूरुषाः । सं धान्यस्य या स्फातिः संस्राव्येण हविषा जुहोमि ॥3॥ 4. सं सिञ्चामि गवां क्षीरम् सम् आज्येन बलम् रसम् । संसिक्ता अस्माकं वीरा ध्रुवा गावो मयि गोपतौ ॥4॥ 5. आ हरामि गवां क्षीरम् आहार्षं धान्यं रसम् । आहृता अस्माकं वीरा आ पत्नीर् इदम् अस्तकम् ॥5॥
Transliteration
1. eha yantu paśavo ye pareyur vāyur yeṣāṃ sahacāraṃ jujoṣa | tvaṣṭā yeṣāṃ rūpadheyāni vedāsmin tān goṣṭhe savitā ni yachatu ||1|| 2. imaṃ goṣṭhaṃ paśavaḥ saṃ sravantu bṛhaspatir ā nayatu prajānan | sinīvālī nayatv āgram eṣām ājagmuṣo anumate ni yacha ||2|| 3. saṃ saṃ sravantu paśavaḥ sam aśvāḥ sam u pūruṣāḥ | saṃ dhānyasya yā sphātiḥ saṃsrāvyeṇa haviṣā juhomi ||3|| 4. saṃ siñcāmi gavāṃ kṣīram sam ājyena balam rasam | saṃsiktā asmākaṃ vīrā dhruvā gāvo mayi gopatau ||4|| 5. ā harāmi gavāṃ kṣīram āhārṣaṃ dhānyaṃ rasam | āhṛtā asmākaṃ vīrā ā patnīr idam astakam ||5||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 2.27 — Hymn 27. A charm against an opponent in debate
1. Let not the enemy win the cause! Strong and predominant art thou. Refute mine adversary's speech. Render them dull and flat, O Plant.
2. The strong-winged bird discovered thee, the boar unearthed thee with his snout. Refute mine adversary's speech. Render them dull and flat, O Plant.
3. Yea, Indra laid thee on his arm, to cast the Asuras to the ground. Refute mine adversary's speech. Render them dull and flat, O Plant.
4. Indra devoured the Pātā plant that he might lay the Asuras low. Refute mine adversary's speech! Render them dull and flat, O Plant.
5. With this I overcome my foes as Indra overcame the wolves. Refute mine adversary's speech! Render them dull and flat, O Plant.
6. O Rudra, Lord of Healing Balms, dark-crested, skilful in thy work!— Refute mine adversary's speech. Render them dull and flat, O Plant.
7. Indra, defeat the speech of him who meets us with hostility. Comfort us with thy power and might. Make me superior in debate.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. नेच् छत्रुः प्राशं जयाति सहमानाभिभूर् असि । प्राशं प्रतिप्राशो जह्य् अरसान् कृण्व् ओषधे ॥1॥ 2. सुपर्णस् त्वान्व् अविन्दत् सूकरस् त्वाखनन् नसा । प्राशं प्रतिप्राशो जह्य् अरसान् कृण्व् ओषधे ॥2॥ 3. इन्द्रो ह चक्रे त्वा बाहाव् असुरेभ्य स्तरीतवे । प्राशं प्रतिप्राशो जह्य् अरसान् कृण्व् ओषधे ॥3॥ 4. पाटाम् इन्द्रो व्य् आश्नाद् असुरेभ्य स्तरीतवे । प्राशं प्रतिप्राशो जह्य् अरसान् कृण्व् ओषधे ॥4॥ 5. तयाहं शत्रून्त् साक्ष इन्द्रः सालावृकां इव । प्राशं प्रतिप्राशो जह्य् अरसान् कृण्व् ओषधे ॥5॥ 6. रुद्र जलाषभेषज नीलशिखण्ड कर्मकृत् । प्राशं प्रतिप्राशो जह्य् अरसान् कृण्व् ओषधे ॥6॥ 7. तस्य प्राशं त्वं जहि यो न इन्द्राभिदासति । अधि नो ब्रूहि शक्तिभिः प्राशि माम् उत्तरं कृधि ॥7॥
Transliteration
1. nec chatruḥ prāśaṃ jayāti sahamānābhibhūr asi | prāśaṃ pratiprāśo jahy arasān kṛṇv oṣadhe ||1|| 2. suparṇas tvānv avindat sūkaras tvākhanan nasā | prāśaṃ pratiprāśo jahy arasān kṛṇv oṣadhe ||2|| 3. indro ha cakre tvā bāhāv asurebhya starītave | prāśaṃ pratiprāśo jahy arasān kṛṇv oṣadhe ||3|| 4. pāṭām indro vy āśnād asurebhya starītave | prāśaṃ pratiprāśo jahy arasān kṛṇv oṣadhe ||4|| 5. tayāhaṃ śatrūnt sākṣa indraḥ sālāvṛkāṃ iva | prāśaṃ pratiprāśo jahy arasān kṛṇv oṣadhe ||5|| 6. rudra jalāṣabheṣaja nīlaśikhaṇḍa karmakṛt | prāśaṃ pratiprāśo jahy arasān kṛṇv oṣadhe ||6|| 7. tasya prāśaṃ tvaṃ jahi yo na indrābhidāsati | adhi no brūhi śaktibhiḥ prāśi mām uttaraṃ kṛdhi ||7||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 2.28 — Hymn 28. A prayer for a boy's long and happy life
1. This Child, Old Age! shall grow to meet thee only: none of the hundred other deaths shall harm him. From trouble caused by friends let Mitra guard him, as a kind mother guards the son she nurses.
2. Mitra or Varuna the foe-destroyer, accordant, grant him death in course of nature! Thus Agni, Hotar-priest, skilled in high statutes, declareth all the deities' generations.
3. Thou art the Lord of all terrestrial cattle, of cattle born and to be born hereafter. Let not breath drawn or breath emitted fail him. Let not his friends, let not his foemen slay him.
4. Let Heaven thy father and let Earth thy mother, accordant, give thee death in course of nature, That thou mayst live on Aditi's bosom, guarded, a hundred winters, through thy respirations.
5. Lead him to life, O Agni, and to splendour, this dear child, Varuna! and thou King Mitra! Give him protection, Aditi! as a mother; All Gods, that his be life of long duration;
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. तुभ्यम् एव जरिमन् वर्धताम् अयम् मेमम् अन्ये मृत्यवो हिंसिषुः शतं ये । मातेव पुत्रं प्रमना उपस्थे मित्र एनं मित्रियात् पात्व् अंहसः ॥1॥ 2. मित्र एनं वरुणो वा रिशादा जरामृत्युं कृणुतां संविदानौ । तद् अग्निर् होता वयुनानि विद्वान् विश्वा देवानां जनिमा विवक्ति ॥2॥ 3. त्वम् ईशिषे पशूनाम् पार्थिवानां ये जाता उत वा ये जनित्राः । मेमं प्राणो हासीन् मो अपानो मेमं मित्रा वधिषुर् मो अमित्राः ॥3॥ 4. द्यौष् ट्वा पिता पृथिवी माता जरामृत्युं कृणुतां संविदाने । यथा जीवा अदितेर् उपस्थे प्राणापानाभ्यां गुपितः शतं हिमाः ॥4॥ 5. इमम् अग्ने आयुषे वर्चसे नय प्रियं रेतो वरुण मित्र राजन् । मातेवास्मा अदिते शर्म यछ विश्वे देवा जरदष्टिर् यथासत् ॥5॥
Transliteration
1. tubhyam eva jariman vardhatām ayam memam anye mṛtyavo hiṃsiṣuḥ śataṃ ye | māteva putraṃ pramanā upasthe mitra enaṃ mitriyāt pātv aṃhasaḥ ||1|| 2. mitra enaṃ varuṇo vā riśādā jarāmṛtyuṃ kṛṇutāṃ saṃvidānau | tad agnir hotā vayunāni vidvān viśvā devānāṃ janimā vivakti ||2|| 3. tvam īśiṣe paśūnām pārthivānāṃ ye jātā uta vā ye janitrāḥ | memaṃ prāṇo hāsīn mo apāno memaṃ mitrā vadhiṣur mo amitrāḥ ||3|| 4. dyauṣ ṭvā pitā pṛthivī mātā jarāmṛtyuṃ kṛṇutāṃ saṃvidāne | yathā jīvā aditer upasthe prāṇāpānābhyāṃ gupitaḥ śataṃ himāḥ ||4|| 5. imam agne āyuṣe varcase naya priyaṃ reto varuṇa mitra rājan | mātevāsmā adite śarma yacha viśve devā jaradaṣṭir yathāsat ||5||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 2.29 — Hymn 29. A benediction on a sick man
1. Gods, give him all that earth hath best with bodily strength and happy fate. Agni and Sūrya grant him life, Brihaspati give him eminence!
2. Bestow thou life on him, O Jātavedas. Store him with future progeny, O Tvashtar. Send him, O Savitar, full growth of riches. Let this thy servant live a hundred autumns.
3. May this our prayer bring strength and goodly offspring. Give, both of you one-minded, strength and riches. Let him with might win fields and victory, Indra! setting beneath his feet the rest, his rivals.
4. As Indra's gift, by Varuna instructed the fierce one came to us sent by the Maruts. Let him, O Heaven and Earth, rest in your bosom. Let him not hunger, let him not be thirsty.
5. Ye twain endowed with vigour, grant him vigour. Ye who are rich in milk, give milk to feed him. These twain have given him vigour, Earth and Heaven, and all the Gods, the Maruts, and the Waters.
6. With health-bestowing drops thine heart I comfort: all-bright again, and undiseased, enjoy them. Drest in like robes let these two drink the mixture, wearing the Asvins' form as an illusion.
7. Erst Indra, wounded, made this strengthening portion, eternal food: thine is it, here presented. With this live full of vigour through the autumns. Let not thy strength be drained. Leeches have helped thee.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. पार्थिवस्य रसे देवा भगस्य तन्वो बले । आयुष्यम् अस्मा अग्निः सूर्यो वर्च आ धाद् बृहस्पतिः ॥1॥ 2. आयुर् अस्मै धेहि जातवेदः प्रजां त्वष्टर् अधिनिधेहि अस्मै । रायस् पोषं सवितर् आ सुवास्मै शतं जीवाति शरदस् तवायम् ॥2॥ 3. आशीर् ण ऊर्जम् उत सौप्रजास्त्वं दक्षं धत्तं द्रविणं सचेतसौ । जयम् क्षेत्राणि सहसायम् इन्द्र कृण्वानो अन्यान् अधरान्त् सपत्नान् ॥3॥ 4. इन्द्रेण दत्तो वरुणेन शिष्टो मरुद्भिर् उग्रः प्रहितो नो आगन् । एष वां द्यावापृथिवी उपस्थे मा क्षुधन् मा तृषत् ॥4॥ 5. ऊर्जम् अस्मा ऊर्जस्वती धत्तं पयो अस्मै पयस्वती धत्तम् । ऊर्जम् अस्मै द्यावपृथिवी अधातां विश्वे देवा मरुत ऊर्जम् आपः ॥5॥ 6. शिवाभिष् टे हृदयं तर्पयाम्य् अनमीवो मोदिषीष्ठाः सुवर्चाः । सवासिनौ पिबतां मन्थम् एतम् अश्विनो रूपं परिधाय मायाम् ॥6॥ 7. इन्द्र एतां ससृजे विद्धो अग्र ऊर्जां स्वधाम् अजरां सा त एषा । तया त्वं जीव शरदः सुवर्चा मा त आ सुस्रोद् भिषजस् ते अक्रन् ॥7॥
Transliteration
1. pārthivasya rase devā bhagasya tanvo bale | āyuṣyam asmā agniḥ sūryo varca ā dhād bṛhaspatiḥ ||1|| 2. āyur asmai dhehi jātavedaḥ prajāṃ tvaṣṭar adhinidhehi asmai | rāyas poṣaṃ savitar ā suvāsmai śataṃ jīvāti śaradas tavāyam ||2|| 3. āśīr ṇa ūrjam uta sauprajāstvaṃ dakṣaṃ dhattaṃ draviṇaṃ sacetasau | jayam kṣetrāṇi sahasāyam indra kṛṇvāno anyān adharānt sapatnān ||3|| 4. indreṇa datto varuṇena śiṣṭo marudbhir ugraḥ prahito no āgan | eṣa vāṃ dyāvāpṛthivī upasthe mā kṣudhan mā tṛṣat ||4|| 5. ūrjam asmā ūrjasvatī dhattaṃ payo asmai payasvatī dhattam | ūrjam asmai dyāvapṛthivī adhātāṃ viśve devā maruta ūrjam āpaḥ ||5|| 6. śivābhiṣ ṭe hṛdayaṃ tarpayāmy anamīvo modiṣīṣṭhāḥ suvarcāḥ | savāsinau pibatāṃ mantham etam aśvino rūpaṃ paridhāya māyām ||6|| 7. indra etāṃ sasṛje viddho agra ūrjāṃ svadhām ajarāṃ sā ta eṣā | tayā tvaṃ jīva śaradaḥ suvarcā mā ta ā susrod bhiṣajas te akran ||7||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 2.30 — Hymn 30. A man's love-charm
1. As the wind shake this Tuft of Grass hither and thither on the ground. So do I stir and shake thy mind, that thou mayst be in love with me, my darling, never to depart.
2. Ye, Asvins, lead together, ye unite and bring the loving pair. Now have the fortunes of you twain, now have your vows and spirits met.
3. When eagles, calling out aloud, are screaming in the joy of health, Then to my calling let her come, as to the arrow's neck the shaft.
4. Let what is inward turn outside, let what is outward be within: Seize and possess, O Plant, the mind of maidens rich in every charm.
5. Seeking a husband she hath come! and I came longing for a wife: Even as a loudly-neighing steed may fate and fortune have I met.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. यथेदं भूम्या अधि तृणं वातो मथायति । एवा मथ्नामि ते मनो यथा मां कामिन्य् असो यथा मन् नापगा असः ॥1॥ 2. सं चेन् नयाथो अश्विना कामिना सं च वक्षथः । सं वां भगासो अग्मत सं चित्तानि सम् उ व्रता ॥2॥ 3. यत् सुपर्णा विवक्षवो अनमीवा विवक्षवः । तत्र मे गछताद् धवं शल्य इव कुल्मलं यथा ॥3॥ 4. यद् अन्तरं तद् बाह्यं यद् बाह्यं तद् अन्तरम् । कन्यानां विश्वरूपाणां मनो गृभायौषधे ॥4॥ 5. एयम् अगन् पतिकामा जनिकामो ऽहम् आगमम् । अश्वः कनिक्रदद् यथा भगेनाहं सहागमम् ॥5॥
Transliteration
1. yathedaṃ bhūmyā adhi tṛṇaṃ vāto mathāyati | evā mathnāmi te mano yathā māṃ kāminy aso yathā man nāpagā asaḥ ||1|| 2. saṃ cen nayātho aśvinā kāminā saṃ ca vakṣathaḥ | saṃ vāṃ bhagāso agmata saṃ cittāni sam u vratā ||2|| 3. yat suparṇā vivakṣavo anamīvā vivakṣavaḥ | tatra me gachatād dhavaṃ śalya iva kulmalaṃ yathā ||3|| 4. yad antaraṃ tad bāhyaṃ yad bāhyaṃ tad antaram | kanyānāṃ viśvarūpāṇāṃ mano gṛbhāyauṣadhe ||4|| 5. eyam agan patikāmā janikāmo 'ham āgamam | aśvaḥ kanikradad yathā bhagenāhaṃ sahāgamam ||5||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 2.31 — Hymn 31. A charm against all sorts of worms
1. With Indra's mighty millstone, that which crushes worms of every sort, I bray and bruise the worms to bits like vetches on the grinding stone.
2. The Seen and the Invisible, and the Kurūru have I crushed: Alāndus, and all Chhalunas, we bruise to pieces with our spell.
3. I kill Alāndus with a mighty weapon: burnt or not burnt they now have lost their vigour . Left or not left, I with the spell subdue them: let not a single worm remain uninjured.
4. The worm that lives within the ribs, within the bowels, in the head. Avaskava and Borer, these we bruise to pieces with the spell.
5. Worms that are found on mountains, in the forests, that live in plants, in cattle, in the waters, Those that have made their way within our bodies,—these I destroy, the worms' whole generation.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. इन्द्रस्य या मही दृषत् क्रिमेर् विश्वस्य तर्हणी । तया पिनष्मि सं क्रिमीन् दृषदा खल्वां इव ॥1॥ 2. दृष्टम् अदृष्टम् अतृहम् अथो कुरूरुम् अतृहम् । अल्गण्डून्त् सर्वान् छलुनान् क्रिमीन् वचसा जम्भयामसि ॥2॥ 3. अल्गण्डून् हन्मि महता वधेन दूना अदूना अरसा अभूवन् । शिष्टान् अशिष्टान् नि तिरामि वाचा यथा क्रिमीणां नकिर् उछिषातै ॥3॥ 4. अन्वान्त्र्यं शीर्षण्यम् अथो पार्ष्टेयं क्रिमीन् । अवस्कवं व्यध्वरं क्रिमीन् वचसा जम्भयामसि ॥4॥ 5. ये क्रिमयः पर्वतेशु वनेष्व् ओषधीषु पशुष्व् अप्स्व् अन्तः । ये अस्माकं तन्वम् आविविशुः सर्वं तद् धन्मि जनिम क्रिमीणाम् ॥5॥
Transliteration
1. indrasya yā mahī dṛṣat krimer viśvasya tarhaṇī | tayā pinaṣmi saṃ krimīn dṛṣadā khalvāṃ iva ||1|| 2. dṛṣṭam adṛṣṭam atṛham atho kurūrum atṛham | algaṇḍūnt sarvān chalunān krimīn vacasā jambhayāmasi ||2|| 3. algaṇḍūn hanmi mahatā vadhena dūnā adūnā arasā abhūvan | śiṣṭān aśiṣṭān ni tirāmi vācā yathā krimīṇāṃ nakir uchiṣātai ||3|| 4. anvāntryaṃ śīrṣaṇyam atho pārṣṭeyaṃ krimīn | avaskavaṃ vyadhvaraṃ krimīn vacasā jambhayāmasi ||4|| 5. ye krimayaḥ parvateśu vaneṣv oṣadhīṣu paśuṣv apsv antaḥ | ye asmākaṃ tanvam āviviśuḥ sarvaṃ tad dhanmi janima krimīṇām ||5||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 2.32 — Hymn 32. A charm against worms or bots in cows
1. Uprising let the Sun destroy, and when he sinketh, with his beams. The Worms that live within the cow.
2. The four-eyed worm, of every shape, the variegated, and the white I break and crush the creature's ribs, and tear away its head besides.
3. Like Atri I destroy you, Worms! in Kanva's, Jamadagni's way: I bray and bruise the creeping things to pieces with Agastya's• spell.
4. Slain is the sovran of these Worms, yea, their controlling lord is slain: Slain is the Worm, his mother slain, brother and sister both are slain.
5. Slain are his ministers, and slain his followers and retinue: Yes, those that seemed the tiniest things, the Worms have all been put to death.
6. I break in pieces both thy horns wherewith thou pushest here and there: I cleave and rend the bag which holds the venom which is• stored in thee.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. उद्यन्न् आदित्यः क्रिमीन् हन्तु निम्रोचन् हन्तु रश्मिभिः । ये अन्तः क्रिमयो गवि ॥1॥ 2. विश्वरूपं चतुरक्षं क्रिमिं सारङ्गम् अर्जुनम् । शृणाम्य् अस्य पृष्टीर् अपि वृश्चामि यच् छिरः ॥2॥ 3. अत्रिवद् वः क्रिमयो हन्मि कण्ववज् जमदग्निवत् । अगस्त्यस्य ब्रह्मणा सं पिनष्म्य् अहं क्रिमीन् ॥3॥ 4. हतो राजा क्रिमीणाम् उतैषां स्थपतिर् हतः । हतो हतमाता क्रिमिर् हतभ्राता हतस्वसा ॥4॥ 5. हतासो अस्य वेशसो हतासः परिवेशसः । अथो ये क्षुल्लका इव सर्वे ते क्रिमयो हताः ॥5॥ 6. प्र ते शृणामि शृङ्गे याभ्यां वितुदायसि । भिनाद्मि ते कुषुम्भं यस् ते विषधानः ॥6॥
Transliteration
1. udyann ādityaḥ krimīn hantu nimrocan hantu raśmibhiḥ | ye antaḥ krimayo gavi ||1|| 2. viśvarūpaṃ caturakṣaṃ krimiṃ sāraṅgam arjunam | śṛṇāmy asya pṛṣṭīr api vṛścāmi yac chiraḥ ||2|| 3. atrivad vaḥ krimayo hanmi kaṇvavaj jamadagnivat | agastyasya brahmaṇā saṃ pinaṣmy ahaṃ krimīn ||3|| 4. hato rājā krimīṇām utaiṣāṃ sthapatir hataḥ | hato hatamātā krimir hatabhrātā hatasvasā ||4|| 5. hatāso asya veśaso hatāsaḥ pariveśasaḥ | atho ye kṣullakā iva sarve te krimayo hatāḥ ||5|| 6. pra te śṛṇāmi śṛṅge yābhyāṃ vitudāyasi | bhinādmi te kuṣumbhaṃ yas te viṣadhānaḥ ||6||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 2.33 — Hymn 33.
1. From both thy nostrils, from both eyes, from both thine ears, and from thy chin, Forth from thy brain and tongue I root Consumption seated in thy head.
2. Forth from the neck and from the nape, from dorsal vertebrae and spine. From arms and shoulder-blades I root Consumption seated in thine arms.
3. Forth from thy heart and from thy lungs, from thy gall-bladder and thy sides, From kidneys, spleen and liver thy Consumption we eradicate.
4. From bowels and intestines, from the rectum and the belly, I Extirpate thy Consumption, from flanks, navel and mesentery.
5. Forth from thy thighs and from thy knees, heels and the fore- parts of thy feet. Forth from thy loins and hips I draw Consumption setted in thy loins.
6. Forth from thy marrows and thy bones, forth from thy tendons and thy veins I banish thy Consumption, from thy hands, thy fingers, and thy nails.
7. In every member, every hair, in every joint wherein it lies, We with the exorcising spell of Kasyapa drive far away Con- sumption settled in thy skin.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. अक्षीभ्यां ते नासिकाभ्यां कर्णाभ्यां छुबुकाद् अधि । यक्ष्मं शीर्षण्यं मस्तिष्काज् जिह्वाया वि वृहामि ते ॥1॥ 2. ग्रीवाभ्यस् त उष्णिहाभ्यः कीकसाभ्यो अनूक्यात् । यक्ष्मं दोषण्यम् अंसाभ्यां बाहुभ्यां वि वृहामि ते ॥2॥ 3. हृदयात् ते परि क्लोम्नो हलीक्ष्णात् पार्श्वाभ्याम् । यक्ष्मं मतस्नाभ्यां प्लीह्नो यक्नस् ते वि वृहामसि ॥3॥ 4. आन्त्रेभ्यस् ते गुदाभ्यो वनिष्ठोर् उदराद् अधि । यक्ष्मं कुक्षिभ्याम् प्लाशेर् नाभ्या वि वृहामि ते ॥4॥ 5. ऊरुभ्यां ते अष्ठीवद्भ्यां पार्ष्णिभ्यां प्रपदाभ्याम् । यक्ष्मं भसद्यं श्रोणिभ्यां भासदं भंससो वि वृहामि ते ॥5॥ 6. अस्थिभ्यस् ते मज्जभ्यः स्नावभ्यो धमनिभ्यः । यक्ष्मम् पाणिभ्याम् अङ्गुलिभ्यो नखेभ्यो वि वृहामि ते ॥6॥ 7. अङ्गेअङ्गे लोम्निलोम्नि यस् ते पर्वणिपर्वणि । यक्ष्मं त्वचस्यं ते वयं कश्यपस्य वीबर्हेण विष्वञ्चं वि वृहामसि ॥7॥
Transliteration
1. akṣībhyāṃ te nāsikābhyāṃ karṇābhyāṃ chubukād adhi | yakṣmaṃ śīrṣaṇyaṃ mastiṣkāj jihvāyā vi vṛhāmi te ||1|| 2. grīvābhyas ta uṣṇihābhyaḥ kīkasābhyo anūkyāt | yakṣmaṃ doṣaṇyam aṃsābhyāṃ bāhubhyāṃ vi vṛhāmi te ||2|| 3. hṛdayāt te pari klomno halīkṣṇāt pārśvābhyām | yakṣmaṃ matasnābhyāṃ plīhno yaknas te vi vṛhāmasi ||3|| 4. āntrebhyas te gudābhyo vaniṣṭhor udarād adhi | yakṣmaṃ kukṣibhyām plāśer nābhyā vi vṛhāmi te ||4|| 5. ūrubhyāṃ te aṣṭhīvadbhyāṃ pārṣṇibhyāṃ prapadābhyām | yakṣmaṃ bhasadyaṃ śroṇibhyāṃ bhāsadaṃ bhaṃsaso vi vṛhāmi te ||5|| 6. asthibhyas te majjabhyaḥ snāvabhyo dhamanibhyaḥ | yakṣmam pāṇibhyām aṅgulibhyo nakhebhyo vi vṛhāmi te ||6|| 7. aṅgeaṅge lomnilomni yas te parvaṇiparvaṇi | yakṣmaṃ tvacasyaṃ te vayaṃ kaśyapasya vībarheṇa viṣvañcaṃ vi vṛhāmasi ||7||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 2.34 — Hymn 34. A prayer accompanying an animal sacrifice
1. May this, of all the beasts that Pasupati rules, Lord of animals,. quadruped and biped, Come, purchased, to the sacrificial portion. May growth of wealth attend the sacrificer.
2. Loosing the seed of future-time existence, give good success, O Gods, to him who worships. May what is present, duly brought, the victim, go to the deities' beloved region.
3. Those who are looking, deep in meditation, on the bound ani- mal with eye and spirit To them, the first, may Agni, God, give freedom, rejoicing in his creatures, Visvakarman.
4. Tame animals of every shape, though varied in colour, manifold. alike in nature To them, the first, may Vāyu, God, give freedom, Prajāpati. rejoicing in his creatures.
5. Let those who know receive before all others the vital breath proceeding from the body. Go to the sky. Stay there with all thy members. By paths which Gods have travelled go to Svarga.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. य ईशे पशुपतिः पशूनाम् चतुष्पदाम् उत यो द्विपदाम् । निष्क्रीतः स यज्ञियं भागम् एतु रायस् पोषा यजमानं सचन्ताम् ॥1॥ 2. प्रमुञ्चन्तो भुवनस्य रेतो गातुं धत्त यजमानाय देवाः । उपाकृतं शशमानं यद् अस्थात् प्रियम् देवानाम् अप्य् एतु पाथः ॥2॥ 3. ये बध्यमानम् अनु दीध्याना अन्वैक्षन्त मनसा चक्षुषा च । अग्निष् टान् अग्रे प्र मुमोक्तु देवो विश्वकर्मा प्रजया संरराणः ॥3॥ 4. ये ग्राम्याः पशवो विश्वरूपा विरूपाः सन्तो बहुधैकरूपाः । वायुष् टान् अग्रे प्र मुमोक्तु देवः प्रजापतिः प्रजया संरराणः ॥4॥ 5. प्रजानन्तः प्रति गृह्णन्तु पूर्वे प्राणम् अङ्गेभ्यः पर्य् आचरन्तम् । दिवं गछ प्रति तिष्ठा शरीरैः स्वर्गं याहि पथिभिर् देवयानैः ॥5॥
Transliteration
1. ya īśe paśupatiḥ paśūnām catuṣpadām uta yo dvipadām | niṣkrītaḥ sa yajñiyaṃ bhāgam etu rāyas poṣā yajamānaṃ sacantām ||1|| 2. pramuñcanto bhuvanasya reto gātuṃ dhatta yajamānāya devāḥ | upākṛtaṃ śaśamānaṃ yad asthāt priyam devānām apy etu pāthaḥ ||2|| 3. ye badhyamānam anu dīdhyānā anvaikṣanta manasā cakṣuṣā ca | agniṣ ṭān agre pra mumoktu devo viśvakarmā prajayā saṃrarāṇaḥ ||3|| 4. ye grāmyāḥ paśavo viśvarūpā virūpāḥ santo bahudhaikarūpāḥ | vāyuṣ ṭān agre pra mumoktu devaḥ prajāpatiḥ prajayā saṃrarāṇaḥ ||4|| 5. prajānantaḥ prati gṛhṇantu pūrve prāṇam aṅgebhyaḥ pary ācarantam | divaṃ gacha prati tiṣṭhā śarīraiḥ svargaṃ yāhi pathibhir devayānaiḥ ||5||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 2.35 — Hymn 35. Expiation for an imperfectly performed sacrifice
1. We who enjoying it have grown no richer, for whom the sacred altar-fires have sorrowed, We who compounded with deficient worship,—may Visvakarman make our service prosper.
2. Rishis have called the sacrifice's patron amerced through sin, sorrowing for his offspring. Those drops of meath whereof the missed enjoyment,—may Visvakarman with those drops unite us.
3. Regarding niggard churls as Soma-drinkers, skilful in sacrifice, weak at the meeting, Whatever sin the captive hath committed, do thou for weal release him, Visvakarman!
4. Awful are Rishis: unto them be homage, and to their eye and truthfulness of spirit! Loud homage to Brihaspati, O mighty! Homage to thee, O Visvakarman! Guard us.
5. The eye of sacrifice, source, and beginning—with voice, ear, spirit unto him I offer. To this our sacrifice wrought by Visvakarman may the Gods come gracious and kindly-hearted.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. ये भक्षयन्तो न वसून्य् आनृधुर् यान् अग्नयो अन्वतप्यन्त धिष्ण्याः । या तेषाम् अवया दुरिष्टिः स्विष्टिं नस् तां कृणवद् विश्वकर्मा ॥1॥ 2. यज्ञपतिम् ऋषयः एनसाहुर् निर्भक्तं प्रजा अनुतप्यमानम् । मथव्यान्त् स्तोकान् अप यान् रराध सं नष् टेभिः सृजतु विश्वकर्मा ॥2॥ 3. अदान्यान्त् सोमपान् मन्यमानो यज्ञस्य विद्वान्त् समये न धीरः । यद् एनश् चकृवान् बद्ध एष तं विश्वकर्मन् प्र मुञ्चा स्वस्तये ॥3॥ 4. घोरा ऋषयो नमो अस्त्व् एभ्यश् चक्षुर् यद् एषां मनसश् च सत्यम् । बृहस्पतये महिष द्युमन्न् नमो विश्वकर्मन् नमस् ते पाह्य् अस्मान् ॥4॥ 5. यज्ञस्य चक्षुः प्रभृतिर् मुखं च वाचा श्रोत्रेण मनसा जुहोमि । इमं यज्ञं विततं विश्वकर्मणा देवा यन्तु सुमनस्यमानाः ॥5॥
Transliteration
1. ye bhakṣayanto na vasūny ānṛdhur yān agnayo anvatapyanta dhiṣṇyāḥ | yā teṣām avayā duriṣṭiḥ sviṣṭiṃ nas tāṃ kṛṇavad viśvakarmā ||1|| 2. yajñapatim ṛṣayaḥ enasāhur nirbhaktaṃ prajā anutapyamānam | mathavyānt stokān apa yān rarādha saṃ naṣ ṭebhiḥ sṛjatu viśvakarmā ||2|| 3. adānyānt somapān manyamāno yajñasya vidvānt samaye na dhīraḥ | yad enaś cakṛvān baddha eṣa taṃ viśvakarman pra muñcā svastaye ||3|| 4. ghorā ṛṣayo namo astv ebhyaś cakṣur yad eṣāṃ manasaś ca satyam | bṛhaspataye mahiṣa dyumann namo viśvakarman namas te pāhy asmān ||4|| 5. yajñasya cakṣuḥ prabhṛtir mukhaṃ ca vācā śrotreṇa manasā juhomi | imaṃ yajñaṃ vitataṃ viśvakarmaṇā devā yantu sumanasyamānāḥ ||5||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 2.36 — Hymn 36. A charm to secure a husband for a marriageable girl
1. To please us may the suitor come, O Agni, seeking this maid and bringing us good fortune. Approved by wooers, lovely in assemblies, may she be soon made happy with a husband.
2. As bliss beloved by Soma, dear to Prayer, and stored by Arya- man, With the God Dhātar's truthfulness I work the bridal oracle.
3. O Agni, may this woman find a husband. Then verily King Soma makes her happy. May she bear sons, chief lady of the household, blessed and bearing rule beside her consort.
4. As this lair, Maghavan! that is fair to look on was dear to wild things as a pleasant dwelling, So may this woman here be Bhaga's darling. Loved by her lord and prizing his affection.
5. Mount up, embark on Bhaga's ship, the full, the inexhaustible, Thereon bring hitherward to us the lover whom thou fain wouldst wed.
6. Call out to him, O Lord of Wealth! Make thou the lover well- inclined. Set each on thy right hand who is a lover worthy of her choice.
7. Here is the Bdellium and the gold, the Auksha and the bliss are here: These bring thee to the husbands, so to find the man whom thou. wouldst have.
8. May Savitar lead and bring to thee the husband whom thy heart desires. O Plant, be this thy gift to her!
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. आ नो अग्ने सुमतिं संभलो गमेद् इमां कुमारीं सह नो भगेन । जुष्टा वरेषु समनेषु वल्गुर् ओषं पत्या सौभगम् अस्तु अस्यै ॥1॥ 2. सोमजुष्टं ब्रह्मजुष्टम् अर्यम्ना संभृतं भगम् । धातुर् देवस्य सत्येन कृणोमि पतिवेदनम् ॥2॥ 3. इयम् अग्ने नारी पतिम् विदेष्ट सोमो हि राजा सुभगां कृणोति । सुवाना पुत्रान् महिषी भवाति गत्वा पतिं सुभगा वि राजतु ॥3॥ 4. यथाखरो मघवंश् चारुर् एष प्रियो मृगाणां सुषदा बभूव । एवा भगस्य जुष्टेयम् अस्तु नारी संप्रिया पत्याविराधयन्ती ॥4॥ 5. भगस्य नावम् आ रोह पूर्णाम् अनुपदस्वतीम् । तयोपप्रतारय यो वरः प्रतिकाम्यः ॥5॥ 6. आ क्रन्दय धनपते वरम् आमनसं कृणु । सर्वं प्रदक्षिणं कृणु यो वरः प्रतिकाम्यः ॥6॥ 7. इदं हिरण्यं गुल्गुल्व् अयम् औक्षो अथो भगः । एते पतिभ्यस् त्वाम् अदुः प्रतिकामाय वेत्तवे ॥7 आ ते नयतु सविता नयतु पतिर् यः प्रतिकाम्यः ।
Transliteration
1. ā no agne sumatiṃ saṃbhalo gamed imāṃ kumārīṃ saha no bhagena | juṣṭā vareṣu samaneṣu valgur oṣaṃ patyā saubhagam astu asyai ||1|| 2. somajuṣṭaṃ brahmajuṣṭam aryamnā saṃbhṛtaṃ bhagam | dhātur devasya satyena kṛṇomi pativedanam ||2|| 3. iyam agne nārī patim videṣṭa somo hi rājā subhagāṃ kṛṇoti | suvānā putrān mahiṣī bhavāti gatvā patiṃ subhagā vi rājatu ||3|| 4. yathākharo maghavaṃś cārur eṣa priyo mṛgāṇāṃ suṣadā babhūva | evā bhagasya juṣṭeyam astu nārī saṃpriyā patyāvirādhayantī ||4|| 5. bhagasya nāvam ā roha pūrṇām anupadasvatīm | tayopapratāraya yo varaḥ pratikāmyaḥ ||5|| 6. ā krandaya dhanapate varam āmanasaṃ kṛṇu | sarvaṃ pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛṇu yo varaḥ pratikāmyaḥ ||6|| 7. idaṃ hiraṇyaṃ gulgulv ayam aukṣo atho bhagaḥ | ete patibhyas tvām aduḥ pratikāmāya vettave ||7 ā te nayatu savitā nayatu patir yaḥ pratikāmyaḥ |
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.