Atharvaveda — Book 4. 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 4.1: Hymn 1. Cosmogonical and mystico-theological doctrine
- Atharvaveda 4.2: Hymn 2. A Charm against tigers, wolves, thieves and other noxious creatures
- Atharvaveda 4.3: Hymn 3. A Charm against tigers, wolves, thieves and other noxious creatures
- Atharvaveda 4.4: Hymn 4. A charm to restore virile power
- Atharvaveda 4.5: Hymn 5. A lover's sleep-charm
- Atharvaveda 4.6: Hymn 6. A charm to make a poisoned arrow harmless
- Atharvaveda 4.7: Hymn 7. A charm to make a poisonous plant innocuous
- Atharvaveda 4.8: Hymn 8. A benediction at the consecration of a King
- Atharvaveda 4.9: Hymn 9. A charm addressed to a precious ointment for safety and wealth
- Atharvaveda 4.10: Hymn 10. A charm accompanying investiture with an amulet of shell
- Atharvaveda 4.11: Hymn 11. A glorification of the sacrificial gharma or milk caldron
- Atharvaveda 4.12: Hymn 12. A charm to mend a broken bone
- Atharvaveda 4.13: Hymn 13. A charm to restore a sick man to health
- Atharvaveda 4.14: Hymn 14. Accompanying the sacrifice of a he-goat
- Atharvaveda 4.15: Hymn 15. A charm to hasten the coming of the rains
- Atharvaveda 4.16: Hymn 16. On the omnipresence and omniscience of Varuna
- Atharvaveda 4.17: Hymn 17. A charm to secure freedom from various evils
- Atharvaveda 4.18: Hymn 18. A counter-charm against the incantations of enemies
- Atharvaveda 4.19: Hymn 19. A counter-charm and charm to secure general protection
- Atharvaveda 4.20: Hymn 20. A charm for the acquisition of superhuman powers of sight
- Atharvaveda 4.21: Hymn 21. Glorification and benediction of cows
- Atharvaveda 4.22: Hymn 22. A benediction on a newly consecrated king
- Atharvaveda 4.23: Hymn 23. Magnification of Agni and prayer for his protection
- Atharvaveda 4.24: Hymn 24. A hymn of prayer and praise to Indra
- Atharvaveda 4.25: Hymn 25. A hymn of prayer and praise to Vāyu and Savitar
- Atharvaveda 4.26: Hymn 26. A hymn to Heaven and Earth
- Atharvaveda 4.27: Hymn 27. A hymn to the Maruts
- Atharvaveda 4.28: Hymn 28. A hymn to Bhava and Sarva
- Atharvaveda 4.29: Hymn 29. A hymn to Mitra-Varuna
- Atharvaveda 4.30: Hymn 30. A glorification of vāk or speech
- Atharvaveda 4.31: Hymn 31. A hymn to Manyu or Wrath
- Atharvaveda 4.32: Hymn 32. A hymn to Manyu
- Atharvaveda 4.33: Hymn 33. A prayer to Agni for protection and prosperity
- Atharvaveda 4.34: Hymn 34. Glorification of the Vishtāri sacrifice
- Atharvaveda 4.35: Hymn 35. Magnification of the Odana or oblation of milk and rice
- Atharvaveda 4.36: Hymn 36. A charm against fiends, human enemies, and other pests
- Atharvaveda 4.37: Hymn 37. A charm against Gandharvas and Apsarases
- Atharvaveda 4.38: Hymn 38. A charm for success in gambling
- Atharvaveda 4.39: Hymn 39. A prayer to various deities for health, wealth, and prosperity
- Atharvaveda 4.40: Hymn 40. A charm against rival worshippers
Atharvaveda 4.1 — Hymn 1. Cosmogonical and mystico-theological doctrine
1. Eastward at first the prayer was generated: Vena disclosed bright flashes from the summit, Disclosed his deepest, nearest revelations, womb of the non- existent and existent.
2. Let this Queen come in front, her Father's daughter, found in the worlds for earliest generation. For him they set this radiant vault in motion. Let them prepare warm milk for him who first would drink.
3. He who was born as his all-knowing kinsman declareth all the deities' generations. He from the midst of prayer his prayer hath taken. On high, below, spread forth his godlike nature.
4. For he, true to the law of Earth and Heaven, established both the mighty worlds securely. Mighty when born, he propped apart the mighty, the sky, our earthly home, and air's mid-region.
5. He from the depth hath been reborn for ever, Brihaspati the world's sole Lord and Ruler. From light was born the Day with all its lustre: through this let sages live endowed with splendour.
6. The sage and poet verily advanceth the statute of that mighty God primeval. He was born here with many more beside him: they slumbered when the foremost side was opened.
7. The man who seeks the friend of Gods, Atharvan the father, and Brihaspati, with worship, Crying to him, Be thou all things' creator! the wise God, self- dependent, never injures.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. ब्रह्म जज्ञानं प्रथमं पुरस्ताद् वि सीमतः सुरुचो वेन आवः । स बुध्न्या उपमा अस्य विष्ठाः सतश् च योनिम् असतश् च वि वः ॥1॥ 2. इयं पित्र्या राष्ट्र्य् एत्व् अग्रे प्रथमाय जनुषे भुवनेष्ठाः । तस्मा एतं सुरुचं ह्वारम् अह्यं घर्मं श्रीणन्तु प्रथमाय धास्यवे ॥2॥ 3. प्र यो जज्ञे विद्वान् अस्य बन्धुर् विश्वा देवानां जनिमा विवक्ति । ब्रह्म ब्रह्मण उज् जभार मध्यान् निचैर् उच्चैः स्वधा अभि प्र तस्थौ ॥3॥ 4. स हि विदः स पृथिव्या ऋतस्था मही क्षेमं रोदसी अस्कभायत् । महान् मही अस्कभायद् वि जातो द्यां सद्म पार्थिवं च रजः ॥4॥ 5. स भुध्न्याद् आष्ट्र जनुषो ऽभ्य् अग्रम् बृहस्पतिर् देवता तस्य सम्राट् । अहर् यच् छुक्रं ज्योतिषो जनिष्टाथ द्युमन्तो वि वसन्तु विप्राः ॥5॥ 6. नूनं तद् अस्य काव्यो हिनोति महो देवस्य पूर्व्यस्य धाम । एष जज्ञे बहुभिः साकम् इत्था पूर्वे अर्धे विषिते ससन् नु ॥6॥ 7. यो ऽथर्वाणं पितरं देवबन्धुं बृहस्पतिं नमसाव च गछात् । त्वं विश्वेषां जनिता यथासः कविर् देवो न दभायत् स्वधावान् ॥7॥
Transliteration
1. brahma jajñānaṃ prathamaṃ purastād vi sīmataḥ suruco vena āvaḥ | sa budhnyā upamā asya viṣṭhāḥ sataś ca yonim asataś ca vi vaḥ ||1|| 2. iyaṃ pitryā rāṣṭry etv agre prathamāya januṣe bhuvaneṣṭhāḥ | tasmā etaṃ surucaṃ hvāram ahyaṃ gharmaṃ śrīṇantu prathamāya dhāsyave ||2|| 3. pra yo jajñe vidvān asya bandhur viśvā devānāṃ janimā vivakti | brahma brahmaṇa uj jabhāra madhyān nicair uccaiḥ svadhā abhi pra tasthau ||3|| 4. sa hi vidaḥ sa pṛthivyā ṛtasthā mahī kṣemaṃ rodasī askabhāyat | mahān mahī askabhāyad vi jāto dyāṃ sadma pārthivaṃ ca rajaḥ ||4|| 5. sa bhudhnyād āṣṭra januṣo 'bhy agram bṛhaspatir devatā tasya samrāṭ | ahar yac chukraṃ jyotiṣo janiṣṭātha dyumanto vi vasantu viprāḥ ||5|| 6. nūnaṃ tad asya kāvyo hinoti maho devasya pūrvyasya dhāma | eṣa jajñe bahubhiḥ sākam itthā pūrve ardhe viṣite sasan nu ||6|| 7. yo 'tharvāṇaṃ pitaraṃ devabandhuṃ bṛhaspatiṃ namasāva ca gachāt | tvaṃ viśveṣāṃ janitā yathāsaḥ kavir devo na dabhāyat svadhāvān ||7||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 4.2 — Hymn 2. A Charm against tigers, wolves, thieves and other noxious creatures
1. Three have gone hence and passed away, the man, the tiger, and the wolf. Down, verily, the rivers flow, down-goeth the celestial Tree,. down let our foemen bend and bow.
2. On distant pathway go the wolf, on pathway most remote the thief! On a far road speed forth the rope with teeth, and the malicious man!
3. We crush and rend to pieces both thine eyes, O Tiger, and thy jaws and all the twenty claws we break.
4. We break and rend the tiger first of creatures that are armed. with teeth; The robber then, and then the snake, the sorcerer, and then the wolf.
5. The thief who cometh near to-day departeth bruised and crush- ed to bits. By nearest way let him be gone. Let Indra slay him with his bolt.
6. Let the beast's teeth be broken off, shivered and shattered be his ribs! Slack be thy bowstring: downward go the wild beast that pursues the hare!
7. Open not what thou hast compressed, close not what thou hast not compressed. Indra's and Soma's child, thou art Atharvan's tiger-crushing charm.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. य आत्मदा बलदा यस्य विश्व उपासते प्रशिषं यस्य देवाः । यो ऽस्येशे द्विपदो यश् चतुष्पदः कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम ॥1॥ 2. यः प्राणतो निमिषतो महित्वैको राजा जगतो बभूव । यस्य छायामृतं यस्य मृत्युः कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम ॥2॥ 3. यं क्रन्दसी अवतश् चस्कभाने भियसाने रोदसी अह्वयेथाम् । यस्यासौ पन्था रजसो विमानः कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम ॥3॥ 4. यस्य द्यौर् उर्वी पृथिवी च मही यस्याद उर्व् अन्तरिक्षम् । यस्यासौ सूरो विततो महित्वा कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम ॥4॥ 5. यस्य विश्वे हिमवन्तो महित्वा समुद्रे यस्य रसाम् इद् आहुः । इमाश् च प्रदिशो यस्य बाहू कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम ॥5॥ 6. आपो अग्रे विश्वम् आवन् गर्भं दधाना अमृता ऋतज्ञाः । यासु देवीष्व् अधि देव आसीत् कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम ॥6॥ 7. हिरण्यगर्भः सम् अवर्तताग्रे भूतस्य जातः पतिर् एक आसीत् । स दाधार पृथिवीम् उत द्यां कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम ॥7॥ 8. आपो वत्सं जनयन्तीर् गर्भम् अग्रे सम् ऐरयन् । तस्योत जायमानस्योल्ब आसीद् धिरण्ययः कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम ॥8॥
Transliteration
1. ya ātmadā baladā yasya viśva upāsate praśiṣaṃ yasya devāḥ | yo 'syeśe dvipado yaś catuṣpadaḥ kasmai devāya haviṣā vidhema ||1|| 2. yaḥ prāṇato nimiṣato mahitvaiko rājā jagato babhūva | yasya chāyāmṛtaṃ yasya mṛtyuḥ kasmai devāya haviṣā vidhema ||2|| 3. yaṃ krandasī avataś caskabhāne bhiyasāne rodasī ahvayethām | yasyāsau panthā rajaso vimānaḥ kasmai devāya haviṣā vidhema ||3|| 4. yasya dyaur urvī pṛthivī ca mahī yasyāda urv antarikṣam | yasyāsau sūro vitato mahitvā kasmai devāya haviṣā vidhema ||4|| 5. yasya viśve himavanto mahitvā samudre yasya rasām id āhuḥ | imāś ca pradiśo yasya bāhū kasmai devāya haviṣā vidhema ||5|| 6. āpo agre viśvam āvan garbhaṃ dadhānā amṛtā ṛtajñāḥ | yāsu devīṣv adhi deva āsīt kasmai devāya haviṣā vidhema ||6|| 7. hiraṇyagarbhaḥ sam avartatāgre bhūtasya jātaḥ patir eka āsīt | sa dādhāra pṛthivīm uta dyāṃ kasmai devāya haviṣā vidhema ||7|| 8. āpo vatsaṃ janayantīr garbham agre sam airayan | tasyota jāyamānasyolba āsīd dhiraṇyayaḥ kasmai devāya haviṣā vidhema ||8||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 4.3 — Hymn 3. A Charm against tigers, wolves, thieves and other noxious creatures
1. Three have gone hence and passed away, the man, the tiger, and the wolf. Down, verily, the rivers flow, down-goeth the celestial Tree,. down let our foemen bend and bow.
2. On distant pathway go the wolf, on pathway most remote the thief! On a far road speed forth the rope with teeth, and the malicious man!
3. We crush and rend to pieces both thine eyes, O Tiger, and thy jaws and all the twenty claws we break.
4. We break and rend the tiger first of creatures that are armed. with teeth; The robber then, and then the snake, the sorcerer, and then the wolf.
5. The thief who cometh near to-day departeth bruised and crush- ed to bits. By nearest way let him be gone. Let Indra slay him with his bolt.
6. Let the beast's teeth be broken off, shivered and shattered be his ribs! Slack be thy bowstring: downward go the wild beast that pursues the hare!
7. Open not what thou hast compressed, close not what thou hast not compressed. Indra's and Soma's child, thou art Atharvan's tiger-crushing charm.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. उद् इतस् त्रयो अक्रमन् व्याघ्रः पुरुषो वृकः । हिरुग् घि यन्ति सिन्धवो हिरुग् देवो वनस्पतिर् हिरुङ् नमन्तु शत्रवः ॥1॥ 2. परेणैतु पथा वृकः परमेणोत तस्करः । परेण दत्वती रज्जुः परेणाघायुर् अर्षतु ॥2॥ 3. अक्ष्यौ च ते मुखं च ते व्याघ्र जम्भयामसि । आत् सर्वान् विंशतिं नखान् ॥3॥ 4. व्याघ्रं दत्वतां वयं प्रथमं जम्भयामसि । आद् उ ष्टेनम् अथो अहिं यातुधानम् अथो वृकम् ॥4॥ 5. यो अद्य स्तेन आयति स संपिष्टो अपायति । पथाम् अपध्वंसेनैत्व् इन्द्रो वज्रेण हन्तु तम् ॥5॥ 6. मूर्णा मृगस्य दन्ता अपिशीर्णा उ पृष्टयः । निम्रुक् ते गोधा भवतु नीचायच् छशयुर् मृगः ॥6॥ 7. यत् संयमो न वि यमो वि यमो यन् न संयमः । इन्द्रजाः सोमजा आथर्वणम् असि व्याघ्रजम्भनम् ॥7॥
Transliteration
1. ud itas trayo akraman vyāghraḥ puruṣo vṛkaḥ | hirug ghi yanti sindhavo hirug devo vanaspatir hiruṅ namantu śatravaḥ ||1|| 2. pareṇaitu pathā vṛkaḥ parameṇota taskaraḥ | pareṇa datvatī rajjuḥ pareṇāghāyur arṣatu ||2|| 3. akṣyau ca te mukhaṃ ca te vyāghra jambhayāmasi | āt sarvān viṃśatiṃ nakhān ||3|| 4. vyāghraṃ datvatāṃ vayaṃ prathamaṃ jambhayāmasi | ād u ṣṭenam atho ahiṃ yātudhānam atho vṛkam ||4|| 5. yo adya stena āyati sa saṃpiṣṭo apāyati | pathām apadhvaṃsenaitv indro vajreṇa hantu tam ||5|| 6. mūrṇā mṛgasya dantā apiśīrṇā u pṛṣṭayaḥ | nimruk te godhā bhavatu nīcāyac chaśayur mṛgaḥ ||6|| 7. yat saṃyamo na vi yamo vi yamo yan na saṃyamaḥ | indrajāḥ somajā ātharvaṇam asi vyāghrajambhanam ||7||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 4.4 — Hymn 4. A charm to restore virile power
1. We dig thee from the earth, the Plant which strengthens and exalts the nerves, The Plant which the Gandharva dug for Varuna whose power was lost.
2. Let Ushas and let Sūrya rise, let this the speech I utter rise. Let the strong male Prajāpati arise with manly energy.
3. Sicut tui surgentis (membrum virile) tanquam inflammatum palpitat, hoc illud tui ardentius haec herba faciat.
4. Sursum (estote) herbarum vires, taurorum vigor. Tu, Indra, corporis potens, virorum masculum robur in hoc homine depone.
5. Ros aquarum primigenitus atque arborum, Somae etiam frater es, vatum sacrorum masculus vigor es.
6. Hodie, Agnis! hodie Savitar! hodie dea Sarasvatis! hodie Brahmanaspatis! hujus fascinum velut arcum extende.
7. Velut nervum in arcu ego tuum fascinum extendo. Aggredere (mulierem) semper indefessus velut cervus damam.
8. Quae sunt equi vires, muli, capri, arietis, atque tauri, illas, cor- poris potens! in hoc homine depone.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. यां त्वा गन्धर्वो अखनद् वरुणाय मृतभ्रजे । तां त्वा वयं खनामस्य् ओषधिं शेपहर्षणीम् ॥1॥ 2. उद् उषा उद् उ सूर्य उद् इदं मामकं वचः । उद् एजतु प्रजापतिर् वृषा शुष्मेण वाजिना ॥2॥ 3. यथा स्म ते विरोहतो ऽभितप्तम् इवानति । ततस् ते शुष्मवत्तरम् इयं कृणोत्व् ओषधिः ॥3॥ 4. उच् छुष्मौषधीनां सारा ऋषभाणाम् । सं पुंसाम् इन्द्र वृष्ण्यम् अस्मिन् धेहि तनूवशिन् ॥4॥ 5. अपां रसः प्रथमजो ऽथो वनस्पतीनाम् । उत सोमस्य भ्रातास्य् उतार्शम् असि वृष्ण्यम् ॥5॥ 6. अद्याग्ने अद्य सवितर् अद्य देवि सरस्वति । अद्यास्य ब्रह्मणस् पते धनुर् इवा तानया पसः ॥6॥ 7. आहं तनोमि ते पसो अधि ज्याम् इव धन्वनि । क्रमस्वर्श इव रोहितम् अनवग्लायता सदा ॥7॥ 8. अश्वस्याश्वतरस्याजस्य पेत्वस्य च । अथ ऋषभस्य ये वाजास् तान् अस्मिन् धेहि तनूवशिन् ॥8॥
Transliteration
1. yāṃ tvā gandharvo akhanad varuṇāya mṛtabhraje | tāṃ tvā vayaṃ khanāmasy oṣadhiṃ śepaharṣaṇīm ||1|| 2. ud uṣā ud u sūrya ud idaṃ māmakaṃ vacaḥ | ud ejatu prajāpatir vṛṣā śuṣmeṇa vājinā ||2|| 3. yathā sma te virohato 'bhitaptam ivānati | tatas te śuṣmavattaram iyaṃ kṛṇotv oṣadhiḥ ||3|| 4. uc chuṣmauṣadhīnāṃ sārā ṛṣabhāṇām | saṃ puṃsām indra vṛṣṇyam asmin dhehi tanūvaśin ||4|| 5. apāṃ rasaḥ prathamajo 'tho vanaspatīnām | uta somasya bhrātāsy utārśam asi vṛṣṇyam ||5|| 6. adyāgne adya savitar adya devi sarasvati | adyāsya brahmaṇas pate dhanur ivā tānayā pasaḥ ||6|| 7. āhaṃ tanomi te paso adhi jyām iva dhanvani | kramasvarśa iva rohitam anavaglāyatā sadā ||7|| 8. aśvasyāśvatarasyājasya petvasya ca | atha ṛṣabhasya ye vājās tān asmin dhehi tanūvaśin ||8||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 4.5 — Hymn 5. A lover's sleep-charm
1. The Bull who hath a thousand horns, who rises up from out the sea, By him the strong and mighty one we lull the folk to rest and. sleep.
2. Over the surface of the earth there breathes no wind, there looks. no eye. Lull all the women, lull the dogs to sleep, with Indra as thy friend!
3. The woman sleeping in the court, lying without, or stretched on beds, The matrons with their odorous sweets—these, one and all, we lull to sleep.
4. Each moving thing have I secured, have held and held the eye and breath. Each limb and member have I seized in the deep darkness of the night.
5. The man who sits, the man who walks, whoever stands and clearly sees Of these we closely shut the eyes, even as we closely shut this house.
6. Sleep mother, let the father sleep, sleep dog, and master of the home. Let all her kinsmen sleep, sleep all the people who are round about.
7. With soporific charm, O Sleep, lull thou to slumber all the folk. Let the rest sleep till break of day, I will remain awake till dawn, like Indra free from scath and harm.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. सहस्रशृङ्गो वृषभो यः समुद्राद् उदाचरत् । तेना सहस्येना वयं नि जनान्त् स्वापयामसि ॥1॥ 2. न भूमिं वातो अति वाति नाति पश्यति कश् चन । स्त्रियश् च सर्वाः स्वापय शुनश् चेन्द्रसखा चरन् ॥2॥ 3. प्रोष्ठेशयास् तल्पेशया नारीर् या वह्यशीवरीः । स्त्रियो याः पुण्यगन्धयस् ताः सर्वाः स्वापयामसि ॥3॥ 4. एजदेजद् अजग्रभं चक्षुः प्राणम् अजग्रभम् । अङ्गान्य् अजग्रभं सर्वा रात्रीणाम् अतिशर्वरे ॥4॥ 5. य आस्ते यश् चरति यश् च तिष्ठन् विपश्यति । तेषां सं दध्मो अक्षीणि यथेदं हर्म्यं तथा ॥5॥ 6. स्वप्तु माता स्वप्तु पिता स्वप्तु श्वा स्वप्तु विश्पतिः । स्वपन्त्व् अस्यै ज्ञातयः स्वप्त्व् अयम् अभितो जनः ॥6॥ 7. स्वप्न स्वप्नाभिकरणेन सर्वं नि स्वापया जनम् । ओत्सूर्यम् अन्यान्त् स्वापयाव्युषं जागृताद् अहम् इन्द्र इवारिष्टो अक्षितः ॥7॥
Transliteration
1. sahasraśṛṅgo vṛṣabho yaḥ samudrād udācarat | tenā sahasyenā vayaṃ ni janānt svāpayāmasi ||1|| 2. na bhūmiṃ vāto ati vāti nāti paśyati kaś cana | striyaś ca sarvāḥ svāpaya śunaś cendrasakhā caran ||2|| 3. proṣṭheśayās talpeśayā nārīr yā vahyaśīvarīḥ | striyo yāḥ puṇyagandhayas tāḥ sarvāḥ svāpayāmasi ||3|| 4. ejadejad ajagrabhaṃ cakṣuḥ prāṇam ajagrabham | aṅgāny ajagrabhaṃ sarvā rātrīṇām atiśarvare ||4|| 5. ya āste yaś carati yaś ca tiṣṭhan vipaśyati | teṣāṃ saṃ dadhmo akṣīṇi yathedaṃ harmyaṃ tathā ||5|| 6. svaptu mātā svaptu pitā svaptu śvā svaptu viśpatiḥ | svapantv asyai jñātayaḥ svaptv ayam abhito janaḥ ||6|| 7. svapna svapnābhikaraṇena sarvaṃ ni svāpayā janam | otsūryam anyānt svāpayāvyuṣaṃ jāgṛtād aham indra ivāriṣṭo akṣitaḥ ||7||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 4.6 — Hymn 6. A charm to make a poisoned arrow harmless
1. The Brāhman first was brought to life ten-headed and with faces ten. First drinker of the Soma, he made poison ineffectual.
2. Far as the heavens and earth are spread in compass, far as the Seven Rivers are extended, So far my spell, the antidote of poison, have I spoken hence,
3. The strong-winged Bird Garutmān first of all, O Poison fed on thee: Thou didst not gripe or make him drunk: aye, thou becamest food for him.
4. Whoever with five fingers hath discharged thee from the crooked bow, I from the shaft have charmed away the poison of the fastening band.
5. The poison have I charmed away from shaft, cement, and feather- ed end; Yea, from the barb, the neck, the horn, the poison have I charmed away.
6. Feeble, O Arrow, is thy shaft, thy poison, too, hath lost its strength. Made of a worthless tree, thy bow, O feeble one, is impotent.
7. The men who brayed it, smeared it on, they who discharged it, sent it forth, All these are made emasculate, emasculate the poison-hill.
8. Thy diggers are emasculate, emasculate, O, Plant art thou. The rugged mountain that produced this poison is emasculate.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. ब्राह्मणो जज्ञे प्रथमो दशशीर्षो दशास्यः । स सोमं प्रथमः पपौ स चकारारसं विषम् ॥1॥ 2. यावती द्यावापृथिवी वरिम्णा यावत् सप्त सिन्धवो वितष्ठिरे । वाचं विषस्य दूषणीं ताम् इतो निर् अवादिषम् ॥2॥ 3. सुपर्णस् त्वा गरुत्मान् विष प्रथमम् आवयत् । नामीमदो नारूरुप उतास्मा अभवः पितुः ॥3॥ 4. यस् त आस्यत् पञ्चाङ्गुरिर् वक्राच् चिद् अधि धन्वनः । अपस्कम्भस्य शल्यान् निर् अवोचम् अहं विषम् ॥4॥ 5. शल्याद् विषं निर् अवोचम् प्राञ्जनाद् उत पर्णधेः । अपाष्ठाच् छृङ्गात् कुल्मलान् निर् अवोचम् अहम् विषम् ॥5॥ 6. अरसस् त इषो शल्यो ऽथो ते अरसं विषम् । उतारसस्य वृक्षस्य धनुष् टे अरसारसम् ॥6॥ 7. ये अपीषन् ये अदिहन् य आस्यन् ये अवासृजन् । सर्वे ते वध्रयः कृता वध्रिर् विषगिरिः कृतः ॥7॥ 8. वध्रयस् ते खनितारो वध्रिस् त्वम् अस्य् ओषधे । वध्रिः स पर्वतो गिरिर् यतो जातम् इदं विषम् ॥8॥
Transliteration
1. brāhmaṇo jajñe prathamo daśaśīrṣo daśāsyaḥ | sa somaṃ prathamaḥ papau sa cakārārasaṃ viṣam ||1|| 2. yāvatī dyāvāpṛthivī varimṇā yāvat sapta sindhavo vitaṣṭhire | vācaṃ viṣasya dūṣaṇīṃ tām ito nir avādiṣam ||2|| 3. suparṇas tvā garutmān viṣa prathamam āvayat | nāmīmado nārūrupa utāsmā abhavaḥ pituḥ ||3|| 4. yas ta āsyat pañcāṅgurir vakrāc cid adhi dhanvanaḥ | apaskambhasya śalyān nir avocam ahaṃ viṣam ||4|| 5. śalyād viṣaṃ nir avocam prāñjanād uta parṇadheḥ | apāṣṭhāc chṛṅgāt kulmalān nir avocam aham viṣam ||5|| 6. arasas ta iṣo śalyo 'tho te arasaṃ viṣam | utārasasya vṛkṣasya dhanuṣ ṭe arasārasam ||6|| 7. ye apīṣan ye adihan ya āsyan ye avāsṛjan | sarve te vadhrayaḥ kṛtā vadhrir viṣagiriḥ kṛtaḥ ||7|| 8. vadhrayas te khanitāro vadhris tvam asy oṣadhe | vadhriḥ sa parvato girir yato jātam idaṃ viṣam ||8||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 4.7 — Hymn 7. A charm to make a poisonous plant innocuous
1. So may this water guard us on the bank of Varanāvati. Therein hath Amrit been infused: with that I ward thy poison off.
2. Weak is the poison of the East, weak is the poison of the North, So too this poison of the South counts as a cake of curds and meal.
3. When he hath made of thee a cake, broad, steaming, swelling up with fat, And even in hunger eaten thee, then gripe him not, thou hideous one!
4. Intoxicater! like a shaft we make thy spirit fly away, Like a pot boiling on the fire, we with our word remove thee hence.
5. We set around thee with the spell as 'twere a gathered arma- ment. Stay quiet like a rooted tree. Dug up with mattocks, gripe not thou.
6. For coverings men have bartered thee, for skins of deer and woven cloths. Thou art a thing of sale, O Plant. Dug up with mattocks, gripe not thou!
7. None have attained to those of old, those who wrought holy acts for you. Let them not harm our heroes here. Therefore I set before you this.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. वार् इदम् वारयातै वरणावत्याम् अधि । तत्रामृतस्यासिक्तं तेना ते वारये विषम् ॥1॥ 2. अरसं प्राच्यं विषम् अरसं यद् उदीच्यम् । अथेदम् अधराच्यं करम्भेण वि कल्पते ॥2॥ 3. करम्भं कृत्वा तिर्यं पीबस्पाकम् उदारथिम् । क्षुधा किल त्वा दुष्टनो जक्षिवान्त् स न रूरुपः ॥3॥ 4. वि ते मदं मदावति शरम् इव पातयामसि । प्र त्वा चरुम् इव येषन्तं वचसा स्थापयामसि ॥4॥ 5. परि ग्रामम् इवाचितं वचसा स्थापयामसि । तिष्ठा वृक्ष इव स्थाम्न्य् अभ्रिखाते न रूरुपः ॥5॥ 6. पवस्तैस् त्वा पर्य् अक्रीणन् दूर्शेभिर् अजिनैर् उत । प्रक्रीर् असि त्वम् ओषधे ऽभ्रिखाते न रूरुपः ॥6॥ 7. अनाप्ता ये वः प्रथमा यानि कर्माणि चक्रिरे । वीरान् नो अत्र मा दभन् तद् व एतत् पुरो दधे ॥7॥
Transliteration
1. vār idam vārayātai varaṇāvatyām adhi | tatrāmṛtasyāsiktaṃ tenā te vāraye viṣam ||1|| 2. arasaṃ prācyaṃ viṣam arasaṃ yad udīcyam | athedam adharācyaṃ karambheṇa vi kalpate ||2|| 3. karambhaṃ kṛtvā tiryaṃ pībaspākam udārathim | kṣudhā kila tvā duṣṭano jakṣivānt sa na rūrupaḥ ||3|| 4. vi te madaṃ madāvati śaram iva pātayāmasi | pra tvā carum iva yeṣantaṃ vacasā sthāpayāmasi ||4|| 5. pari grāmam ivācitaṃ vacasā sthāpayāmasi | tiṣṭhā vṛkṣa iva sthāmny abhrikhāte na rūrupaḥ ||5|| 6. pavastais tvā pary akrīṇan dūrśebhir ajinair uta | prakrīr asi tvam oṣadhe 'bhrikhāte na rūrupaḥ ||6|| 7. anāptā ye vaḥ prathamā yāni karmāṇi cakrire | vīrān no atra mā dabhan tad va etat puro dadhe ||7||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 4.8 — Hymn 8. A benediction at the consecration of a King
1. The Being lays the sap of life in beings: he hath become the sovran Lord of creatures. Death comes to this man's royal consecration: let him as King own and allow this kingdom.
2. Come forward, turn not back in scorn, strong guardian, slayer of the foes. Approach, O gladdener of thy friends. The Gods have blessed and strengthened thee.
3. All waited on him as he came to meet them. He self-resplendent moves endued with glory. That is the royal hero's lofty nature: he, manifold, hath gained immortal powers.
4. Stride forth to heaven's broad regions, thou, a tiger on a tiger's skin. Let all the people long for thee. Let heavenly floods be rich in milk.
5. Heaven's waters joyous in their milk, the waters of middle air, and those that earth containeth- I with the gathered power and might of all these waters sprinkle thee,
6. The heavenly waters rich in milk have sprinkled thee with power and might. To be the gladdener of thy friends. May Savitar so fashion thee.
7. These, compassing the tiger, rouse the lion to great joy and bliss. As strong floods purify the standing ocean, so men adorn the leopard in the waters
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. भूतो भूतेषु पय आ दधाति स भूतानाम् अधिपतिर् बभूव । तस्य मृत्युश् चरति राजसूयं स राजा अनु मन्यताम् इदं ॥1॥ 2. अभि प्रेहि माप वेन उग्रश् चेत्ता सपत्नहा । आ तिष्ठ मित्रवर्धन तुभ्यम् देवा अधि ब्रुवन् ॥2॥ 3. आतिष्ठन्तं परि विश्वे अभूषं छ्रियं वसानश् चरति स्वरोचिः । महत् तद् वृष्णो असुरस्य नामा विश्वरूपो अमृतानि तस्थौ ॥3॥ 4. व्याघ्रो अधि वैयाघ्रे वि क्रमस्व दिशो महीः । विशस् त्वा सर्वा वाञ्छन्त्व् आपो दिव्याः पयस्वतीः ॥4॥ 5. या आपो दिव्याः पयसा मदन्त्य् अन्तरिक्ष उत वा पृथिव्याम् । तासां त्वा सर्वासाम् अपाम् अभि षिञ्चामि वर्चसा ॥5॥ 6. अभि त्वा वर्चसासिचन्न् आपो दिव्याः पयस्वतीः । यथासो मित्रवर्धनस् तथा त्वा सविता करत् ॥6॥ 7. एना व्याघ्रं परिषस्वजानाः सिंहं हिन्वन्ति महते सौभगाय । समुद्रं न सुभुवस् तस्थिवांसं मर्मृज्यन्ते द्वीपिनम् अप्स्व् अन्तः ॥7॥
Transliteration
1. bhūto bhūteṣu paya ā dadhāti sa bhūtānām adhipatir babhūva | tasya mṛtyuś carati rājasūyaṃ sa rājā anu manyatām idaṃ ||1|| 2. abhi prehi māpa vena ugraś cettā sapatnahā | ā tiṣṭha mitravardhana tubhyam devā adhi bruvan ||2|| 3. ātiṣṭhantaṃ pari viśve abhūṣaṃ chriyaṃ vasānaś carati svarociḥ | mahat tad vṛṣṇo asurasya nāmā viśvarūpo amṛtāni tasthau ||3|| 4. vyāghro adhi vaiyāghre vi kramasva diśo mahīḥ | viśas tvā sarvā vāñchantv āpo divyāḥ payasvatīḥ ||4|| 5. yā āpo divyāḥ payasā madanty antarikṣa uta vā pṛthivyām | tāsāṃ tvā sarvāsām apām abhi ṣiñcāmi varcasā ||5|| 6. abhi tvā varcasāsicann āpo divyāḥ payasvatīḥ | yathāso mitravardhanas tathā tvā savitā karat ||6|| 7. enā vyāghraṃ pariṣasvajānāḥ siṃhaṃ hinvanti mahate saubhagāya | samudraṃ na subhuvas tasthivāṃsaṃ marmṛjyante dvīpinam apsv antaḥ ||7||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 4.9 — Hymn 9. A charm addressed to a precious ointment for safety and wealth
1. Approach! thou art the mountain's eye, the living thing that saveth us; A gift bestowed by all the Gods, yea, the defence that guardeth life.
2. Thou art the safeguard of the men, thou art the safeguard of the kine, Thou standest ready to protect the horses that are fleet of foot.
3. Thou, also, Salve! art a defence that rends and crushes sorcerers. Thou knowest, too, of Amrit, thou art the delight of all who live, a jaundice-curing balm art thou.
4. Whomso thou creepest over, Salve! member by member, joint by joint, From him, like some strong arbiter of strife, thou banishest decline.
5. No imprecation reaches him, no magic, no tormenting fiend, O Salve, Vishkandha seizes not the man who carries thee about.
6. From lying speech, from evil dream, from wicked act and sinfulness, From hostile and malignant eye,—from these, O Salve, protect us well.
7. I, knowing this, O Salve, will speak the very truth and not a lie: May I obtain both horse and ox, may I obtain thy life, O man.
8. Three are the slaves that serve the Salve, Fever, Consumption, and the Snake. Thy father is the loftiest of mountains, named the Triple- peaked.
9. Sprung from the Snowy Mountain's side, this Ointment of the Three-peaked hill. Crushes and rends all sorcerers and every witch and sorceress.
10. If thou art from the Three-peaked hill or hast thy name from Yamunā, These names are both auspicious: by these two protect thou us, O Salve!
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. एहि जीवं त्रायमाणं पर्वतस्यास्य् अक्ष्यम् । विश्वेभिर् देवैर् दत्तं परिधिर् जीवनाय कम् ॥1॥ 2. परिपाणं पुरुषाणां परिपाणं गवां असि । अश्वानाम् अर्वताम् परिपाणाय तस्थिषे ॥2॥ 3. उतासि परिपाणम् यातुजम्भनम् आञ्जन । उतामृतस्य त्वं वेत्थाथो असि जीवभोजनम् अथो हरितभेषजम् ॥3॥ 4. यस्याञ्जन प्रसर्पस्य् अङ्गमङ्गम् परुष्परुः । ततो यक्ष्मं वि बाधस उग्रो मध्यमशीर् इव ॥4॥ 5. नैनं प्राप्नोति शपथो न कृत्या नाभिशोचनम् । नैनं विष्कन्धम् अश्नुते यस् त्वा बिभर्त्य् आञ्जन ॥5॥ 6. असन्मन्त्राद् दुष्वप्न्याद् दुष्कृताच् छमलाद् उत । दुर्हार्दश् चक्षुषो घोरात् तस्मान् नः पाह्य् आञ्जन ॥6॥ 7. इदं विद्वान् आञ्जन सत्यं वक्ष्यामि नानृतम् । सनेयम् अश्वं गाम् अहम् आत्मानं तव पूरुष ॥7॥ 8. त्रयो दासा आञ्जनस्य तक्मा बलास आद् अहिः । वर्षिष्ठः पर्वतानां त्रिककुन् नाम ते पिता ॥8॥ 9. यद् आञ्जनं त्रैककुदम् जातं हिमवतस् परि । यातूंश् च सर्वाञ् जम्भयत् सर्वाश् च यातुधान्यः ॥9॥ 10. यदि वासि त्रैककुदं यदि यामुनम् उच्यसे । उभे ते भद्रे नाम्नी ताभ्यां नः पाह्य् आञ्जन ॥10॥
Transliteration
1. ehi jīvaṃ trāyamāṇaṃ parvatasyāsy akṣyam | viśvebhir devair dattaṃ paridhir jīvanāya kam ||1|| 2. paripāṇaṃ puruṣāṇāṃ paripāṇaṃ gavāṃ asi | aśvānām arvatām paripāṇāya tasthiṣe ||2|| 3. utāsi paripāṇam yātujambhanam āñjana | utāmṛtasya tvaṃ vetthātho asi jīvabhojanam atho haritabheṣajam ||3|| 4. yasyāñjana prasarpasy aṅgamaṅgam paruṣparuḥ | tato yakṣmaṃ vi bādhasa ugro madhyamaśīr iva ||4|| 5. nainaṃ prāpnoti śapatho na kṛtyā nābhiśocanam | nainaṃ viṣkandham aśnute yas tvā bibharty āñjana ||5|| 6. asanmantrād duṣvapnyād duṣkṛtāc chamalād uta | durhārdaś cakṣuṣo ghorāt tasmān naḥ pāhy āñjana ||6|| 7. idaṃ vidvān āñjana satyaṃ vakṣyāmi nānṛtam | saneyam aśvaṃ gām aham ātmānaṃ tava pūruṣa ||7|| 8. trayo dāsā āñjanasya takmā balāsa ād ahiḥ | varṣiṣṭhaḥ parvatānāṃ trikakun nāma te pitā ||8|| 9. yad āñjanaṃ traikakudam jātaṃ himavatas pari | yātūṃś ca sarvāñ jambhayat sarvāś ca yātudhānyaḥ ||9|| 10. yadi vāsi traikakudaṃ yadi yāmunam ucyase | ubhe te bhadre nāmnī tābhyāṃ naḥ pāhy āñjana ||10||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 4.10 — Hymn 10. A charm accompanying investiture with an amulet of shell
1. Child of the wind firmament, sprung from the lightning and the light, May this the gold-born Shell that bears the pearl preserve us from distress.
2. Shell that wast born from out the sea, set at the head of things that shine! With thee we slay the Rākshasas and overcome voracious fiends.
3. We stay disease and indigence, and chase Sadānvās with the Shell. May the all-healing Shell that bears the pearl preserve us from distress.
4. Born in the heaven, sprung from the sea, brought to us hither from the flood. This gold-born Shell shall be to us an amulet to lengthen life.
5. From ocean sprang the Amulet, from Vritra sprang the Lord of Day: May this protect us round about from shaft of God and Asura.
6. Peerless 'mid golden ornaments art thou: from Soma wast thou born. Thou gleamest on the quiver, thou art beautiful upon the car: may it prolong our days of life!
7. Bone of the Good became the pearl's shell-mother endowed with soul it moveth in the waters. I bind this on thee for life, strength, and vigour, for long life lasting through a hundred autumns. May the pearl's mother keep and guard thee safely!
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. वाताज् जातो अन्तरिक्षाद् विद्युतो ज्योतिषस् परि । स नो हिरण्यजाः शङ्खः कृशनः पात्व् अंहसः ॥1॥ 2. यो अग्रतो रोचनानां समुद्राद् अधि जज्ञिषे । शङ्खेन हत्वा रक्षांस्य् अत्त्रिणो वि षहामहे ॥2॥ 3. शङ्खेनामीवाम् अमतिं शङ्खेनोत सदान्वाः । शङ्खो नो विश्वभेषजः कृशनः पात्व् अंहसः ॥3॥ 4. दिवि जातः समुद्रजः सिन्धुतस् पर्य् आभृतः । स नो हिरण्यजाः शङ्ख आयुष्प्रतरणो मणिः ॥4॥ 5. समुद्राज् जातो मणिर् वृत्राज् जातो दिवाकरः । सो अस्मान्त् सर्वतः पातु हेत्या देवासुरेभ्यः ॥5॥ 6. हिरण्यानाम् एको ऽसि सोमात् त्वम् अधि जज्ञिषे । रथे त्वम् असि दर्शत इषुधौ रोचनस् त्वं प्र ण आयूंषि तारिषत् ॥6॥ 7. देवानाम् अस्थि कृशनं बभूव तद् आत्मन्वच् चरत्य् अप्स्व् अन्तः । तत् ते बध्नाम्य् आयुषे वर्चसे बलाय दीर्घायुत्वाय शतशारदाय कार्शनस् त्वाभि रक्षतु ॥7॥
Transliteration
1. vātāj jāto antarikṣād vidyuto jyotiṣas pari | sa no hiraṇyajāḥ śaṅkhaḥ kṛśanaḥ pātv aṃhasaḥ ||1|| 2. yo agrato rocanānāṃ samudrād adhi jajñiṣe | śaṅkhena hatvā rakṣāṃsy attriṇo vi ṣahāmahe ||2|| 3. śaṅkhenāmīvām amatiṃ śaṅkhenota sadānvāḥ | śaṅkho no viśvabheṣajaḥ kṛśanaḥ pātv aṃhasaḥ ||3|| 4. divi jātaḥ samudrajaḥ sindhutas pary ābhṛtaḥ | sa no hiraṇyajāḥ śaṅkha āyuṣprataraṇo maṇiḥ ||4|| 5. samudrāj jāto maṇir vṛtrāj jāto divākaraḥ | so asmānt sarvataḥ pātu hetyā devāsurebhyaḥ ||5|| 6. hiraṇyānām eko 'si somāt tvam adhi jajñiṣe | rathe tvam asi darśata iṣudhau rocanas tvaṃ pra ṇa āyūṃṣi tāriṣat ||6|| 7. devānām asthi kṛśanaṃ babhūva tad ātmanvac caraty apsv antaḥ | tat te badhnāmy āyuṣe varcase balāya dīrghāyutvāya śataśāradāya kārśanas tvābhi rakṣatu ||7||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 4.11 — Hymn 11. A glorification of the sacrificial gharma or milk caldron
1. The Bull supports the wide-spread earth and heaven, the Bull supports the spacious air between them. The Bull supports the sky's six spacious regions: the universal world hath he pervaded.
2. The Bull is Indra o'er the beasts he watches. He, Sakra measures out three several pathways. He, milking out the worlds, the past, the future, discharges all the Gods' eternal duties.
3. Being produced among mankind as Indra, the Caldron works heated and brightly glowing. Let him not, with good sons, pass off in vapour who hath not eaten of the Ox with knowledge.
4. The Ox pours milk out in the world of virtue: in earliest time, he, Pavam5na, swells it. Parjanya is the stream, Maruts his udder, sacrifice is the milk, the meed his milking.
5. That which not sacrifice nor sacrificer, not giver nor receiver rules and governs, All-winning, all-supporting, all-effecting,—which of all quadru- peds, tell us! is the Caldron?
6. May we, fame-seekers, reach the world of virtue by service of the Gharma and through fervour, Whereby the Gods went up to heaven, the centre of life eternal, having left the body.
7. Prajāpati, supreme and sovran ruler, Indra by form and by his shoulder Agni, Came to Visvānara, came to all men's Bullock: he firmly forti- fied and held securely.
8. The middle of the Bullock's neck, there where the shoulder-bar is placed, Extends as far to east of him as that is settled to the west.
9. He whosoever knows the seven exhaustless pourings of the Ox, Wins himself offspring and the world: the great Seven Rishis know this well.
10. With feet subduing weariness, with legs extracting freshening draughts, Through toil the plougher and the Ox approach the honeyed beverage.
11. Assigned are these twelve nights, they say, as holy to Prajāpati: Whoever knows their proper prayer performs the service of the Ox.
12. At evening he is milked, is milked at early morn, is milked at noon. We know that streams of milk that flow from him are in- exhaustible.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. अनड्वान् दाधार पृथिवीम् उत द्याम् अनड्वान् दाधारोर्व् अन्तरिक्षम् । अनड्वान् दाधार प्रदिशः षड् उर्वीर् अनड्वान् विश्वं भुवनम् आ विवेश ॥1॥ 2. अनड्वान् इन्द्रः स पशुभ्यो वि चष्टे त्रयां छक्रो वि मिमीते अध्वनः । भूतं भविष्यद् भुवना दुहानः सर्वा देवानाम् चरति व्रतानि ॥2॥ 3. इन्द्रो जातो मनुष्येष्व् अन्तर् घर्मस् तप्तश् चरति शोशुचानः । सुप्रजाः सन्त् स उदारे न सर्षद् यो नाश्नीयाद् अनडुहो विजानन् ॥3॥ 4. अनड्वान् दुहे सुकृतस्य लोक ऐनं प्याययति पवमानः पुरस्तात् । पर्जन्यो धारा मरुत ऊधो अस्य यज्ञः पयो दक्षिणा दोहो अस्य ॥4॥ 5. यस्य नेशे यज्ञपतिर् न यज्ञो नास्य दातेशे न प्रतिग्रहीता । यो विश्वजिद् विश्वभृद् विश्वकर्मा घर्मं नो ब्रूत यतमश् चतुष्पात् ॥5॥ 6. येन देवाः स्वर् आरुरुहुर् हित्वा शरीरम् अमृतस्य नाभिम् । तेन गेष्म सुकृतस्य लोकं घर्मस्य व्रतेन तपसा यशस्यवः ॥6॥ 7. इन्द्रो रूपेणाग्निर् वहेन प्रजापतिः परमेष्ठी विराट् । विश्वानरे अक्रमत वैश्वानरे अक्रमतानदुह्य् अक्रमत । सो ऽदृंहयत सो ऽधारयत ॥7॥ 8. मध्यम् एतद् अनडुहो यत्रैष वह आहितः । एतावद् अस्य प्राचीनं यावान् प्रत्यङ् समाहितः ॥8॥ 9. यो वेदानदुहो दोहान् सप्तानुपदस्वतः । प्रजां च लोकं चाप्नोति तथा सप्तऋषयो विदुः ॥9॥ 10. पद्भिः सेदिम् अवक्रामन्न् इरां जङ्घाभिर् उत्खिदन् । स्रमेणानड्वान् कीलालं कीनाशश् चाभि गछतः ॥10॥ 11. द्वादश वा एता रात्रीर् व्रत्या आहुः प्रजापतेः । तत्रोप ब्रह्म यो वेद तद् वा अनडुहो व्रतम् ॥11॥ 12. दुहे सायं दुहे प्रातर् दुहे मध्यंदिनं परि । दोहा ये अस्य संयन्ति तान् विद्मानुपदस्वतः ॥12॥
Transliteration
1. anaḍvān dādhāra pṛthivīm uta dyām anaḍvān dādhārorv antarikṣam | anaḍvān dādhāra pradiśaḥ ṣaḍ urvīr anaḍvān viśvaṃ bhuvanam ā viveśa ||1|| 2. anaḍvān indraḥ sa paśubhyo vi caṣṭe trayāṃ chakro vi mimīte adhvanaḥ | bhūtaṃ bhaviṣyad bhuvanā duhānaḥ sarvā devānām carati vratāni ||2|| 3. indro jāto manuṣyeṣv antar gharmas taptaś carati śośucānaḥ | suprajāḥ sant sa udāre na sarṣad yo nāśnīyād anaḍuho vijānan ||3|| 4. anaḍvān duhe sukṛtasya loka ainaṃ pyāyayati pavamānaḥ purastāt | parjanyo dhārā maruta ūdho asya yajñaḥ payo dakṣiṇā doho asya ||4|| 5. yasya neśe yajñapatir na yajño nāsya dāteśe na pratigrahītā | yo viśvajid viśvabhṛd viśvakarmā gharmaṃ no brūta yatamaś catuṣpāt ||5|| 6. yena devāḥ svar āruruhur hitvā śarīram amṛtasya nābhim | tena geṣma sukṛtasya lokaṃ gharmasya vratena tapasā yaśasyavaḥ ||6|| 7. indro rūpeṇāgnir vahena prajāpatiḥ parameṣṭhī virāṭ | viśvānare akramata vaiśvānare akramatānaduhy akramata | so 'dṛṃhayata so 'dhārayata ||7|| 8. madhyam etad anaḍuho yatraiṣa vaha āhitaḥ | etāvad asya prācīnaṃ yāvān pratyaṅ samāhitaḥ ||8|| 9. yo vedānaduho dohān saptānupadasvataḥ | prajāṃ ca lokaṃ cāpnoti tathā saptaṛṣayo viduḥ ||9|| 10. padbhiḥ sedim avakrāmann irāṃ jaṅghābhir utkhidan | srameṇānaḍvān kīlālaṃ kīnāśaś cābhi gachataḥ ||10|| 11. dvādaśa vā etā rātrīr vratyā āhuḥ prajāpateḥ | tatropa brahma yo veda tad vā anaḍuho vratam ||11|| 12. duhe sāyaṃ duhe prātar duhe madhyaṃdinaṃ pari | dohā ye asya saṃyanti tān vidmānupadasvataḥ ||12||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 4.12 — Hymn 12. A charm to mend a broken bone
1. Thou art the healer, making whole, the healer of the broken bone: Make thou this whole, Arundhatī!
2. Whatever bone of thine within thy body hath been wrenched or cracked, May Dhātar set it properly and join together limb by limb.
3. With marrow be the marrow joined, thy limb united with the limb. Let what hath fallen of thy flesh, and the bone also grow again.
4. Let marrow close with marrow, let skin grow united with the skin. Let blood and bone grow strong in thee, flesh grow together with the flesh.
5. Join thou together hair with hair, join thou together skin with skin. Let blood and bone grow strong in thee. Unite the broken part,. O Plant.
6. Arise, advance, speed forth; the car hath goodly fellies, naves, and wheels!! Stand up erect upon thy feet.
7. If he be torn and shattered, having fallen into a pit, or a cast stone have struck him, Let the skilled leech join limb with limb, as 'twere the portions of a car.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. रोहण्य् असि रोहण्य् अस्थ्नश् छिन्नस्य रोहणी । रोहयेदम् अरुन्धति ॥1॥ 2. यत् ते रिष्टं यत् ते द्युत्तम् अस्ति पेष्ट्रं त आत्मनि । धाता तद् भद्रया पुनः सं दधत् परुषा परुः ॥2॥ 3. सं ते मज्जा मज्ज्ञा भवतु सम् उ ते परुषा परुः । सं ते मांसस्य विस्रस्तं सम् अस्थ्य् अपि रोहतु ॥3॥ 4. मज्जा मज्ञा सं धीयतां चर्मणा चर्म रोहतु । असृक् ते अस्थि रोहतु मांसं मांसेन रोहतु ॥4॥ 5. लोम लोम्ना सं कल्पया त्वचा सं कल्पया त्वचम् । असृक् ते अस्थि रोहतु छिन्नं सं धेह्य् ओषधे ॥5॥ 6. स उत् तिष्ठ प्रेहि प्र द्रव रथः सुचक्रः । सुपविः सुनाभिः प्रति तिष्ठोर्ध्वः ॥6॥ 7. यदि कर्तं पतित्वा संशश्रे यदि वाश्मा प्रहृतो जघान । ऋभू रथस्येवाङ्गानि सं दधत् परुषा परुः ॥7॥
Transliteration
1. rohaṇy asi rohaṇy asthnaś chinnasya rohaṇī | rohayedam arundhati ||1|| 2. yat te riṣṭaṃ yat te dyuttam asti peṣṭraṃ ta ātmani | dhātā tad bhadrayā punaḥ saṃ dadhat paruṣā paruḥ ||2|| 3. saṃ te majjā majjñā bhavatu sam u te paruṣā paruḥ | saṃ te māṃsasya visrastaṃ sam asthy api rohatu ||3|| 4. majjā majñā saṃ dhīyatāṃ carmaṇā carma rohatu | asṛk te asthi rohatu māṃsaṃ māṃsena rohatu ||4|| 5. loma lomnā saṃ kalpayā tvacā saṃ kalpayā tvacam | asṛk te asthi rohatu chinnaṃ saṃ dhehy oṣadhe ||5|| 6. sa ut tiṣṭha prehi pra drava rathaḥ sucakraḥ | supaviḥ sunābhiḥ prati tiṣṭhordhvaḥ ||6|| 7. yadi kartaṃ patitvā saṃśaśre yadi vāśmā prahṛto jaghāna | ṛbhū rathasyevāṅgāni saṃ dadhat paruṣā paruḥ ||7||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 4.13 — Hymn 13. A charm to restore a sick man to health
1. Gods, raise again the man whom ye, O Gods, have humbled and brought low. Ye Gods, restore to life again, him, Gods! who hath committed sin.
2. Here these two winds are blowing far as Sindhu from a distant land. May one breathe energy to thee, the other blow thy fault away.
3. Hither, O Wind, blow healing balm, blow every fault away, thou Wind! For thou who hast all medicine comest as envoy of the Gods.
4. May the Gods keep and save this man, the Maruts' host deliver him. All things that be deliver him that he be freed from his offence.
5. I am come nigh to thee with balms to give thee rest and keep thee safe. I bring thee mighty strength, I drive thy wasting malady away.
6. Felicitous is this my hand, yet more felicitous is this. This hand contains all healing balms, and this makes whole with gentle touch.
7. The tongue that leads the voice precedes. Then with our tenfold- branching hands. With these two healers of disease, we stroke thee with a soft caress.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. उत देवा अवहितं देवा उन् नयथा पुनः । उतागश् चक्रुषं देवा देवा जीवयथा पुनः ॥1॥ 2. द्वाव् इमौ वातौ वात आ सिन्धोर् आ परावतः । दक्षं ते अन्य आवातु व्य् अन्यो वातु यद् रपः ॥2॥ 3. आ वात वाहि भेषजं वि वात वाहि यद् रपः । त्वं हि विश्वभेषज देवानां दूत ईयसे ॥3॥ 4. त्रायन्ताम् इमं देवास् त्रायन्तां मरुतां गणाः । त्रायन्तां विश्वा भूतानि यथायम् अरपा असत् ॥4॥ 5. आ त्वागमं शंतातिभिर् अथो अरिष्टतातिभिः । दक्षं त उग्रम् आभारिषं परा यक्ष्मं सुवामि ते ॥5॥ 6. अयं मे हस्तो भगवान् अयं मे भगवत्तरः । अयं मे विश्वभेषजो ऽयं शिवाभिमर्शनः ॥6॥ 7. हस्ताभ्यां दशशाखाभ्यां जिह्वा वाचः पुरोगवी । अनामयित्नुभ्यां हस्ताभ्यां ताभ्यां त्वाभि मृशामसि ॥7॥
Transliteration
1. uta devā avahitaṃ devā un nayathā punaḥ | utāgaś cakruṣaṃ devā devā jīvayathā punaḥ ||1|| 2. dvāv imau vātau vāta ā sindhor ā parāvataḥ | dakṣaṃ te anya āvātu vy anyo vātu yad rapaḥ ||2|| 3. ā vāta vāhi bheṣajaṃ vi vāta vāhi yad rapaḥ | tvaṃ hi viśvabheṣaja devānāṃ dūta īyase ||3|| 4. trāyantām imaṃ devās trāyantāṃ marutāṃ gaṇāḥ | trāyantāṃ viśvā bhūtāni yathāyam arapā asat ||4|| 5. ā tvāgamaṃ śaṃtātibhir atho ariṣṭatātibhiḥ | dakṣaṃ ta ugram ābhāriṣaṃ parā yakṣmaṃ suvāmi te ||5|| 6. ayaṃ me hasto bhagavān ayaṃ me bhagavattaraḥ | ayaṃ me viśvabheṣajo 'yaṃ śivābhimarśanaḥ ||6|| 7. hastābhyāṃ daśaśākhābhyāṃ jihvā vācaḥ purogavī | anāmayitnubhyāṃ hastābhyāṃ tābhyāṃ tvābhi mṛśāmasi ||7||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 4.14 — Hymn 14. Accompanying the sacrifice of a he-goat
1. The Goat was verily produced from Agni. Through sorrow he beheld, at first, his father. Through him at first the Gods attained to godhead, and, meet for sacrifices, were exalted.
2. Bearing in hands seethed viands, go with Agni to the cope of heaven. Reaching the sky that touches heaven, mix with the company of Gods.
3. From earth's high ridge to middle air I mounted, and from mid- air ascended up to heaven. From the high pitch of heaven's cope I came into the world of light.
4. Mounting the sky they look not round; they rise to heaven through both the worlds, Sages who paid the sacrifice that pours its streams on every side.
5. First among all the deities, come forward, thou who art eye of Gods and men, O Agni. Imploring, and accordant with the Bhrigus, to heaven in safety go the sacrificers!
6. With milk and butter I anoint the mighty, celestial Goat, strong- winged, and full of juices. Through him will we attain the world of virtue, ascending to the loftiest cope, to heaven.
7. Set the Goat's head toward the eastern region, and turn his right side to the southern quarter. His hinder part turn to the western quarter, and set his left side to the northern region.
8. Set the Goat's backbone upmost in the zenith, and lay his belly downward in the nadir; set his midportion in mid-air between them.
9. O'er the dressed Goat lay a dressed skin to robe him prepared, in perfect form, with all his members. Rise upward to the loftiest vault of heaven: with thy four feet stand firmly in the regions.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. अजो ह्य् अग्नेर् अजनिष्ट शोकात् सो अपश्यज् जनितारम् अग्रे । तेन देवा देवताम् अग्रा आयन् तेन रोहान् रुरुहुर् मेध्यासः ॥1॥ 2. क्रमध्वम् अग्निना नाकम् उख्यान् हस्तेषु बिभ्रतः । दिवस् पृष्ठं स्वर् गत्वा मिश्रा देवेभिर् आध्वम् ॥2॥ 3. पृष्ठात् पृथिव्या अहम् अन्तरिक्षम् आरुहम् अन्तरिक्षाद् दिवम् आरुहम् । दिवो नाकस्य पृष्ठात् स्वर् ज्योतिर् अगाम् अहम् ॥3॥ 4. स्वर् यन्तो नापेक्षन्त आ द्यां रोहन्ति रोदसी । यज्ञं ये विश्वतोधारं सुविद्वांसो वितेनिरे ॥4॥ 5. अग्ने प्रेहि प्रथमो देवतानां चक्षुर् देवानाम् उत मानुषानाम् । इयक्षमाणा भृगुभिः सजोषाः स्वर् यन्तु यजमानाः स्वस्ति ॥5॥ 6. अजम् अनज्मि पयसा घृतेन दिव्यं सुपर्नं पयसं बृहन्तम् । तेन गेष्म सुकृतस्य लोकं स्वर् आरोहन्तो अभि नाकम् उत्तमम् ॥6॥ 7. पञ्चौदनं पञ्चभिर् अङ्गुलिभिर् दर्व्योद्धर पञ्चधैतम् ओदनम् । प्राच्यां दिशि शिरो अजस्य धेहि दक्षिणायां दिशि दक्षिणं धेहि पार्श्वम् ॥7॥ 8. प्रतीच्यां दिशि भसदम् अस्य धेह्य् उत्तरस्यां दिश्य् उत्तरं धेहि पार्श्वम् । ऊर्ध्वायां दिश्य् अजस्यानूकं धेहि दिशि ध्रुवायां धेहि पाजस्यम् अन्तरिक्षे मध्यतो मध्यम् अस्य ॥8॥ 9. शृतम् अजं शृतया प्रोर्णुहि त्वचा सर्वैर् अङ्गैः संभृतं विश्वरूपम् । स उत् तिस्ठेतो अभि नाकम् उत्तमं पद्भिश् चतुर्भिः प्रति तिष्ठ दिक्षु ॥9॥
Transliteration
1. ajo hy agner ajaniṣṭa śokāt so apaśyaj janitāram agre | tena devā devatām agrā āyan tena rohān ruruhur medhyāsaḥ ||1|| 2. kramadhvam agninā nākam ukhyān hasteṣu bibhrataḥ | divas pṛṣṭhaṃ svar gatvā miśrā devebhir ādhvam ||2|| 3. pṛṣṭhāt pṛthivyā aham antarikṣam āruham antarikṣād divam āruham | divo nākasya pṛṣṭhāt svar jyotir agām aham ||3|| 4. svar yanto nāpekṣanta ā dyāṃ rohanti rodasī | yajñaṃ ye viśvatodhāraṃ suvidvāṃso vitenire ||4|| 5. agne prehi prathamo devatānāṃ cakṣur devānām uta mānuṣānām | iyakṣamāṇā bhṛgubhiḥ sajoṣāḥ svar yantu yajamānāḥ svasti ||5|| 6. ajam anajmi payasā ghṛtena divyaṃ suparnaṃ payasaṃ bṛhantam | tena geṣma sukṛtasya lokaṃ svar ārohanto abhi nākam uttamam ||6|| 7. pañcaudanaṃ pañcabhir aṅgulibhir darvyoddhara pañcadhaitam odanam | prācyāṃ diśi śiro ajasya dhehi dakṣiṇāyāṃ diśi dakṣiṇaṃ dhehi pārśvam ||7|| 8. pratīcyāṃ diśi bhasadam asya dhehy uttarasyāṃ diśy uttaraṃ dhehi pārśvam | ūrdhvāyāṃ diśy ajasyānūkaṃ dhehi diśi dhruvāyāṃ dhehi pājasyam antarikṣe madhyato madhyam asya ||8|| 9. śṛtam ajaṃ śṛtayā prorṇuhi tvacā sarvair aṅgaiḥ saṃbhṛtaṃ viśvarūpam | sa ut tisṭheto abhi nākam uttamaṃ padbhiś caturbhiḥ prati tiṣṭha dikṣu ||9||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 4.15 — Hymn 15. A charm to hasten the coming of the rains
1. Let all the misty regions fly together, let all the rain-clouds sped by wind, assemble. Let waters satisfy the earth, the voices of the great mist-enve- loped Bull who roareth.
2. Let them show forth, the strong, the bounteous Maruts: let plants and shrubs be hung with drops of moisture. Let floods of rain refresh the ground with gladness and herbs spring various with each form and colour.
3. Cause us who sing to see the gathering vapours: out burst in many a place the rush of waters! Let floods of rain refresh the ground with gladness; and herbs spring various with each form and colour.
4. Apart, Parjanya! let the troops of Maruts, roaring, swell the song. Let pouring torrents of the rain that raineth rain upon the earth.
0. 5. Up from the sea lift your dread might, ye Maruts: as light and splendour, send the vapour upward! Let waters satisfy the earth, the voices of the great mist-enve- loped Bull who roareth.
6. Roar, thunder, set the sea in agitation, bedew the ground with thy sweet rain, Parjanya! Send plenteous showers on him who seeketh shelter, and let the owner of lean kine go homeward.
7. Let the boon Maruts, let the springs and coiling serpents tend! you well. Urged by the Maruts let the clouds pour down their rain upon. the earth.
8. Let lightning flash on every side: from all the regions blow the winds! Urged by the Maruts let the clouds pour down their rain upon the earth.
9. May waters, lightning, cloud, and rain, boon springs and serpents tend you well. Urged by the Maruts let the clouds pour down their rain upon the earth.
10. May he who hath become the plants' high regent, suiting our bodies, Agni of the Waters, May Jātavedas send us rain from heaven, Amrit and vital breath to earthly creatures.
11. Sending up waters from the flood and ocean Prajapati move the sea to agitation! Forth flow the moisture of the vigorous stallion! With this thy roar of thunder come thou hither,
12. Our father, Lord divine pouring the torrents. Let the streams breathe, O Varuna, of the waters. Pour the floods down: along the brooks and channels let frogs with speckled arms send out their voices.
13. They who lay quiet for a year, the Brāhmans who fulfil their vows. The frogs, have lifted up their voice, the voice Parjanya hath. inspired.
14. Speak forth a welcome, female frog! Do thou O frog, accost the rain. Stretch thy four feet apart, and swim in the middle of the lake.
15. Khanvakhā, ho! Khaimakhā, ho! thou in the middle, Taduri! Fathers, enjoy the rain from one who strives to win the Marutes heart.
16. Lift up the mighty cask and pour down water; let the wind blow, and lightnings flash around us. Let sacrifice be paid, and, widely scattered, let herbs and plants be full of joy and gladness.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. समुत्पतन्तु प्रदिशो नभस्वतीः सम् अभ्राणि वातजूतानि यन्तु । महऋषभस्य नदतो नभस्वतो वाश्रा आपः पृथिवीं तर्पयन्तु ॥1॥ 2. सम् ईक्षयन्तु तविषाः सुदानवो ऽपां रसा ओषधीभिः सचन्ताम् । वर्षस्य सर्गा महयन्तु भूमिं पृथग् जायन्ताम् ओषधयो विश्वरूपाः ॥2॥ 3. सम् ईक्षयस्व गायतो नभांस्य् अपाम् वेगासः पृथग् उद् विजन्ताम् । वर्षस्य सर्गा महयन्तु भूमिं पृथग् जायन्ताम् वीरुधो विश्वरूपाः ॥3॥ 4. गणास् त्वोप गायन्तु मारुताः पर्जन्य घोषिणः पृथक् । सर्गा वर्षस्य वर्षतो वर्षन्तु पृथिवीम् अनु ॥4॥ 5. उद् ईरयत मरुतः समुद्रतस् त्वेषो अर्को नभ उत् पातयाथ । महऋषभस्य नदतो नभस्वतो वाश्रा आपः पृथिवीं तर्पयन्तु ॥5॥ 6. अभि क्रन्द स्तनयार्दयोदधिं भूमिं पर्जन्य पयसा सम् अङ्धि । त्वया सृष्टं बहुलम् ऐतु वर्षम् आशारैषी कृशगुर् एत्व् अस्तम् ॥6॥ 7. सं वो ऽवन्तु सुदानव उत्सा अजगरा उत । मरुद्भिः प्रच्युता मेघा वर्षन्तु पृथिवीम् अनु ॥7॥ 8. आशामाशां वि द्योततां वाता वान्तु दिशोदिशः । मरुद्भिः प्रच्युता मेघाः सं यन्तु पृथिवीम् अनु ॥8॥ 9. आपो विद्युद् अभ्रं वर्षं सं वो ऽवन्तु सुदानव उत्सा अजगरा उत । मरुद्भिः प्रच्युता मेघाः प्रावन्तु पृथिवीम् अनु ॥9॥ 10. अपाम् अग्निस् तनूभिः संविदानो य ओषधीनाम् अधिपा बभूव । स नो वर्षं वनुतां जातवेदाः प्राणं प्रजाभ्यो अमृतं दिवस् परि ॥10॥ 11. प्रजापतिः सलिलाद् आ समुद्राद् आप ईरयन्न् उदधिम् अर्दयाति । प्र प्यायतां वृष्णो अश्वस्य रेतो ऽर्वान् एतेन स्तनयित्नुनेहि ॥11॥ 12. अपो निषिञ्चन्न् असुरः पिता नः श्वसन्तु गर्गरा अपां वरुणाव नीचीर् अपः सृज । वदन्तु पृश्निबाहवो मण्डूका इरिणानु ॥12॥ 13. संवत्सरं शशयाना ब्राह्मणा व्रतचारिणः । वाचम् पर्जन्यजिन्वितां प्र मण्दूका अवादिषुः ॥13॥ 14. उपप्रवद मण्डूकि वर्षं आ वद तादुरि । मध्ये ह्रदस्य प्लवस्व विगृह्य चतुरः पदः ॥14॥ 15. खण्वखा3इ खैमखा3इ मध्ये तदुरि । वर्षं वनुध्वं पितरो मरुतां मन इछत ॥15॥ 16. महान्तं कोशम् उद् अचाभि षिञ्च सविद्युतं भवतु वातु वातः । तन्वतां यज्ञं बहुधा विसृष्टा आनन्दिनीर् ओषधयो भवन्तु ॥16॥
Transliteration
1. samutpatantu pradiśo nabhasvatīḥ sam abhrāṇi vātajūtāni yantu | mahaṛṣabhasya nadato nabhasvato vāśrā āpaḥ pṛthivīṃ tarpayantu ||1|| 2. sam īkṣayantu taviṣāḥ sudānavo 'pāṃ rasā oṣadhībhiḥ sacantām | varṣasya sargā mahayantu bhūmiṃ pṛthag jāyantām oṣadhayo viśvarūpāḥ ||2|| 3. sam īkṣayasva gāyato nabhāṃsy apām vegāsaḥ pṛthag ud vijantām | varṣasya sargā mahayantu bhūmiṃ pṛthag jāyantām vīrudho viśvarūpāḥ ||3|| 4. gaṇās tvopa gāyantu mārutāḥ parjanya ghoṣiṇaḥ pṛthak | sargā varṣasya varṣato varṣantu pṛthivīm anu ||4|| 5. ud īrayata marutaḥ samudratas tveṣo arko nabha ut pātayātha | mahaṛṣabhasya nadato nabhasvato vāśrā āpaḥ pṛthivīṃ tarpayantu ||5|| 6. abhi kranda stanayārdayodadhiṃ bhūmiṃ parjanya payasā sam aṅdhi | tvayā sṛṣṭaṃ bahulam aitu varṣam āśāraiṣī kṛśagur etv astam ||6|| 7. saṃ vo 'vantu sudānava utsā ajagarā uta | marudbhiḥ pracyutā meghā varṣantu pṛthivīm anu ||7|| 8. āśāmāśāṃ vi dyotatāṃ vātā vāntu diśodiśaḥ | marudbhiḥ pracyutā meghāḥ saṃ yantu pṛthivīm anu ||8|| 9. āpo vidyud abhraṃ varṣaṃ saṃ vo 'vantu sudānava utsā ajagarā uta | marudbhiḥ pracyutā meghāḥ prāvantu pṛthivīm anu ||9|| 10. apām agnis tanūbhiḥ saṃvidāno ya oṣadhīnām adhipā babhūva | sa no varṣaṃ vanutāṃ jātavedāḥ prāṇaṃ prajābhyo amṛtaṃ divas pari ||10|| 11. prajāpatiḥ salilād ā samudrād āpa īrayann udadhim ardayāti | pra pyāyatāṃ vṛṣṇo aśvasya reto 'rvān etena stanayitnunehi ||11|| 12. apo niṣiñcann asuraḥ pitā naḥ śvasantu gargarā apāṃ varuṇāva nīcīr apaḥ sṛja | vadantu pṛśnibāhavo maṇḍūkā iriṇānu ||12|| 13. saṃvatsaraṃ śaśayānā brāhmaṇā vratacāriṇaḥ | vācam parjanyajinvitāṃ pra maṇdūkā avādiṣuḥ ||13|| 14. upapravada maṇḍūki varṣaṃ ā vada tāduri | madhye hradasya plavasva vigṛhya caturaḥ padaḥ ||14|| 15. khaṇvakhā3i khaimakhā3i madhye taduri | varṣaṃ vanudhvaṃ pitaro marutāṃ mana ichata ||15|| 16. mahāntaṃ kośam ud acābhi ṣiñca savidyutaṃ bhavatu vātu vātaḥ | tanvatāṃ yajñaṃ bahudhā visṛṣṭā ānandinīr oṣadhayo bhavantu ||16||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 4.16 — Hymn 16. On the omnipresence and omniscience of Varuna
1. The mighty Ruler of these worlds beholds as though from close at hand, The man who thinks he acts by stealth: all this the Gods perceive and know.
2. If a man stands or walks or moves in secret, goes to his lying- down or his uprising, What two men whisper as they sit together, King Varuna knows: he as the third is present.
3. This earth, too, is King Varuna's possession, and the high heaven whose ends are far asunder. The loins of Varuna are both the oceans, and this small drop of water, too, contains him.
4. If one should flee afar beyond the heaven, King Varuna would still be round about him. Proceeding hither from the sky his envoys look, thousand-eyed, over the earth beneath them.
5. All this the royal Varuna beholdeth, all between heaven and earth and all beyond them. The twinklings of men's eyelids hath he counted. As one who plays throws dice he settles all things.
6. Those fatal snares of thine which stand extended, threefold, O Varuna, seven by seven, May they all catch the man who tells a falsehood, and pass un- harmed the man whose words are truthful.
7. Varuna, snare him with a hundred nooses! Man's watcher! let not him who lies escape thee. There let the villain sit with hanging belly and bandaged like a cask whose hoops are broken.
8. Varuna sends, and drives away, diseases: Varuna is both native and a stranger, Varuna is celestial and is human.
9. I bind and hold thee fast with all these nooses, thou son of such
a man and such a mother. All these do I assign thee as thy portion.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. बृहन्न् एषाम् अधिष्ठाता अन्तिकाद् इव पश्यति । य स्तायन् मन्यते चरन्त् सर्वं देवा इदं विदुः ॥1॥ 2. यस् तिष्ठति चरति यश् च वञ्चति यो निलायं चरति यः प्रतङ्कम् । द्वौ संनिषद्य यन् मन्त्रयेते राजा तद् वेद वरुणस् तृतीयः ॥2॥ 3. उतेयं भूमिर् वरुणस्य राज्ञ उतासौ द्यौर् बृहती दूरेअन्ता । उतो समुद्रौ वरुणस्य कुक्षी उतास्मिन्न् अल्प उदके निलीनः ॥3॥ 4. उत यो द्याम् अतिसर्पात् परस्तान् न स मुच्यातै वरुणस्य राज्ञः । दिव स्पशः प्र चरन्तीदम् अस्य सहस्राक्षा अति पश्यन्ति भूमिम् ॥4॥ 5. सर्वं तद् राजा वरुणो वि चष्टे यद् अन्तरा रोदसी यत् परस्तात् । संख्याता अस्य निमिषो जनानाम् अक्षान् इव श्वघ्नी नि मिनोति तानि ॥5॥ 6. ये ते पाशा वरुण सप्तसप्त त्रेधा तिष्ठन्ति विषिता रुषन्तः । छिनन्तु सर्वे अनृतं वदन्तं यः सत्यवाद्य् अति तं सृजन्तु ॥6॥ 7. शतेन पाशैर् अभि धेहि वरुणैनं मा ते मोच्य् अनृतवाङ् नृचक्षः । आस्तां जाल्म उदरं श्रंशयित्वा कोश इवाबन्धः परिकृत्यमानः ॥7॥ 8. यः समाभ्यो वरुणो यो व्याभ्यो यः संदेश्यो वरुणो यो विदेश्यो । यो दैवो वरुणो यश् च मानुषः ॥8॥ 9. तैस् त्वा सर्वैर् अभि ष्यामि पाशैर् असाव् आमुष्यायणामुष्याः पुत्र । तान् उ ते सर्वान् अनुसंदिशामि ॥9॥
Transliteration
1. bṛhann eṣām adhiṣṭhātā antikād iva paśyati | ya stāyan manyate carant sarvaṃ devā idaṃ viduḥ ||1|| 2. yas tiṣṭhati carati yaś ca vañcati yo nilāyaṃ carati yaḥ prataṅkam | dvau saṃniṣadya yan mantrayete rājā tad veda varuṇas tṛtīyaḥ ||2|| 3. uteyaṃ bhūmir varuṇasya rājña utāsau dyaur bṛhatī dūreantā | uto samudrau varuṇasya kukṣī utāsminn alpa udake nilīnaḥ ||3|| 4. uta yo dyām atisarpāt parastān na sa mucyātai varuṇasya rājñaḥ | diva spaśaḥ pra carantīdam asya sahasrākṣā ati paśyanti bhūmim ||4|| 5. sarvaṃ tad rājā varuṇo vi caṣṭe yad antarā rodasī yat parastāt | saṃkhyātā asya nimiṣo janānām akṣān iva śvaghnī ni minoti tāni ||5|| 6. ye te pāśā varuṇa saptasapta tredhā tiṣṭhanti viṣitā ruṣantaḥ | chinantu sarve anṛtaṃ vadantaṃ yaḥ satyavādy ati taṃ sṛjantu ||6|| 7. śatena pāśair abhi dhehi varuṇainaṃ mā te mocy anṛtavāṅ nṛcakṣaḥ | āstāṃ jālma udaraṃ śraṃśayitvā kośa ivābandhaḥ parikṛtyamānaḥ ||7|| 8. yaḥ samābhyo varuṇo yo vyābhyo yaḥ saṃdeśyo varuṇo yo videśyo | yo daivo varuṇo yaś ca mānuṣaḥ ||8|| 9. tais tvā sarvair abhi ṣyāmi pāśair asāv āmuṣyāyaṇāmuṣyāḥ putra | tān u te sarvān anusaṃdiśāmi ||9||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 4.17 — Hymn 17. A charm to secure freedom from various evils
1. We seize and hold thee, Conquering One! the queen of medi- cines that heal. O Plant, I have endowed thee with a hundred powers for every man,
2. Still conquering, banishing the curse, mighty, with thy reverted. bloom. Thee and all Plants have I invoked: Hence let it save us! was my prayer.
3. She who hath cursed us with a curse, or hath conceived a murderous sin, Or seized our son to take his blood, may she devour the child she bare.
4. What magic they have wrought for thee in dish unbaked or burnt dark-red, What they have wrought in flesh undressed,—conquer the sorcerers therewith.
5. Ill dream and wretchedness of life, Rākshasa, monster, stingy hags, All the she-fiends of evil name and voice, we drive away from us.
6. Death caused by famine, caused by thirst, failure of children,. loss of kine, With thee, O Apāmārga, all this ill we cleanse and wipe away.
7. Death caused by thirst, death caused by stress of hunger, loss at play with dice, All this, O Apāmārga with thine aid we cleanse and wipe away.
8. The Apāmārga is alone the sovran of all Plants that grow. With this we wipe away whate'er hath fallen on thee: go in health!
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. ईशाणां त्वा भेषजानाम् उज्जेष आ रभामहे । चक्रे सहस्रवीर्यम् सर्वस्मा ओषधे त्वा ॥1॥ 2. सत्यजितं शपथयावनीं सहमानां पुनःसराम् । सर्वाः सम् अह्व्य् ओषधीर् इतो नः पारयाद् इति ॥2॥ 3. या शशाप शपनेन याघं मूरम् आदधे । या रसस्य हरणाय जातम् आरेभे तोकम् अत्तु सा ॥3॥ 4. यां ते चक्रुर् आमे पात्रे यां चक्रुर् नीललोहिते । आमे मांसे कृत्यां यां चक्रुस् तया कृत्याकृतो जहि ॥4॥ 5. दौष्वप्न्यं दौर्जीवित्यं रक्षो अभ्वम् अराय्यः । दुर्णाम्नीः सर्वा दुर्वाचस् ता अस्मन् नाशयामसि ॥5॥ 6. क्षुधामारं तृष्णामारम् अगोताम् अनपत्यताम् । अपामार्ग त्वया वयं सर्वं तद् अप मृज्महे ॥6॥ 7. तृष्णामारं क्षुधामारं अथो अक्षपराजयम् । अपामार्ग त्वया वयं सर्वं तद् अप मृज्महे ॥7॥ 8. अपामार्ग ओषधीनां सर्वासाम् एक इद् वशी । तेन ते मृज्म आस्थितम् अथ त्वम् अगदश् चर ॥8॥
Transliteration
1. īśāṇāṃ tvā bheṣajānām ujjeṣa ā rabhāmahe | cakre sahasravīryam sarvasmā oṣadhe tvā ||1|| 2. satyajitaṃ śapathayāvanīṃ sahamānāṃ punaḥsarām | sarvāḥ sam ahvy oṣadhīr ito naḥ pārayād iti ||2|| 3. yā śaśāpa śapanena yāghaṃ mūram ādadhe | yā rasasya haraṇāya jātam ārebhe tokam attu sā ||3|| 4. yāṃ te cakrur āme pātre yāṃ cakrur nīlalohite | āme māṃse kṛtyāṃ yāṃ cakrus tayā kṛtyākṛto jahi ||4|| 5. dauṣvapnyaṃ daurjīvityaṃ rakṣo abhvam arāyyaḥ | durṇāmnīḥ sarvā durvācas tā asman nāśayāmasi ||5|| 6. kṣudhāmāraṃ tṛṣṇāmāram agotām anapatyatām | apāmārga tvayā vayaṃ sarvaṃ tad apa mṛjmahe ||6|| 7. tṛṣṇāmāraṃ kṣudhāmāraṃ atho akṣaparājayam | apāmārga tvayā vayaṃ sarvaṃ tad apa mṛjmahe ||7|| 8. apāmārga oṣadhīnāṃ sarvāsām eka id vaśī | tena te mṛjma āsthitam atha tvam agadaś cara ||8||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 4.18 — Hymn 18. A counter-charm against the incantations of enemies
1. The moonlight equalleth the sun, night is the rival of the day. I make effectual power my help: let magic arts be impotent.
2. Gods! if one make and bring a spell on some man's house who knows it not, Close as the calf that sucks the cow may it revert and cling to him.
3. When one puts poison in a dish of unbaked clay to kill a man, It cracks when set upon the fire with the sharp sound of many stones.
4. Endowed with thousand powers! adjure the bald and those with necks awry. Back to its author turn the spell like a dear damsel to her friend!
5. I with this Plant have ruined all malignant powers of witchery. The spell which they have laid upon thy field, thy cattle, or thy men.
6. No power had he who wrought the spell: he hurt his foot, he broke his toe. His act hath brought us happiness and pain and sorrow to him- self.
7. Let Apāmārga sweep away chronic disease and every curse, Sweep sorceresses clean away, and all malignant stingy hags.
8. Sweep thou away the sorcerers, all stingy fiendish hags away. All this, O Apāmārga, with thine aid we wipe away from us.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. समं ज्योतिः सूर्येणाह्ना रात्री समावती । कृणोमि सत्यम् ऊतये ऽरसाः सन्तु कृत्वरीः ॥1॥ 2. यो देवाः कृत्यां कृत्वा हराद् अविदुषो गृहम् । वत्सो धारुर् इव मातरं तं प्रत्यग् उप पद्यताम् ॥2॥ 3. अमा कृत्वा पाप्मानं यस् तेनान्यं जिघांसति । अश्मानस् तस्यां दग्धायां बहुलाः फट् करिक्रति ॥3॥ 4. सहस्रधामन् विशिखान् विग्रीवां छायया त्वम् । प्रति स्म चक्रुषे कृत्यां प्रियां प्रियावते हर ॥4॥ 5. अनयाहम् ओषध्या सर्वाः कृत्या अदूदुषम् । यां क्षेत्रे चक्रुर् यां गोषु यां वा ते पुरुषेषु ॥5॥ 6. यश् चकार न शशाक कर्तुं शश्रे पादम् अङ्गुरिम् । चकार भद्रम् अस्मभ्यम् आत्मने तपनम् तु सः ॥6॥ 7. अपामार्गो ऽप मार्ष्टु क्षेत्रियं शपथश् च यः । अपाह यातुधानीर् अप सर्वा अराय्यः ॥7॥ 8. अपमृज्य यातुधानान् अप सर्वा अराय्यः । अपामार्ग त्वया वयं सर्वं तद् अप मृज्महे ॥8॥
Transliteration
1. samaṃ jyotiḥ sūryeṇāhnā rātrī samāvatī | kṛṇomi satyam ūtaye 'rasāḥ santu kṛtvarīḥ ||1|| 2. yo devāḥ kṛtyāṃ kṛtvā harād aviduṣo gṛham | vatso dhārur iva mātaraṃ taṃ pratyag upa padyatām ||2|| 3. amā kṛtvā pāpmānaṃ yas tenānyaṃ jighāṃsati | aśmānas tasyāṃ dagdhāyāṃ bahulāḥ phaṭ karikrati ||3|| 4. sahasradhāman viśikhān vigrīvāṃ chāyayā tvam | prati sma cakruṣe kṛtyāṃ priyāṃ priyāvate hara ||4|| 5. anayāham oṣadhyā sarvāḥ kṛtyā adūduṣam | yāṃ kṣetre cakrur yāṃ goṣu yāṃ vā te puruṣeṣu ||5|| 6. yaś cakāra na śaśāka kartuṃ śaśre pādam aṅgurim | cakāra bhadram asmabhyam ātmane tapanam tu saḥ ||6|| 7. apāmārgo 'pa mārṣṭu kṣetriyaṃ śapathaś ca yaḥ | apāha yātudhānīr apa sarvā arāyyaḥ ||7|| 8. apamṛjya yātudhānān apa sarvā arāyyaḥ | apāmārga tvayā vayaṃ sarvaṃ tad apa mṛjmahe ||8||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 4.19 — Hymn 19. A counter-charm and charm to secure general protection
1. Thou breakest ties of kith and kin, thou causest, too, relation- ship: So bruise the sorcerer's offspring, like a reed that groweth in the Rains.
2. Thou hast been blessed with blessing by the Brāhman, Kanva Nārshada. Thou fliest like a flashing dart: there is no fear or danger, Plant! within the limit of thy range.
3. Illumining, as 'twere, with light, thou movest at the head of plants. The saviour of the simple man art thou, and slayer of the fiends.
4. As once when time began the Gods with thee expelled the Asuras, Even thence, O Plant, wast thou produced as one who wipes and sweeps away.
5. Thy father's name was Cleaver. Thou with thousand branches cleavest all. Do thou, turned backward, cleave and rend the man who treateth us as foes.
6. The evil sprang from earth; it mounts to heaven and spreads to vast extent. Reverted, shaking him with might, thence on its maker let it fall.
7. For thou hast grown reverted, and turned backward also is thy fruit. Remove all curses far from me, keep most remote the stroke of death.
8. Preserve me with a hundred, yea, protect me with a thousand aids. May mighty Indra, Lord of Plants! give store of strength and. power to thee.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. उतो अस्य् अबन्धुकृद् उतो असि नु जामिकृत् । उतो कृत्याकृतः प्रजां नदम् इवा छिन्धि वार्षिकम् ॥1॥ 2. ब्राह्मणेन पर्युक्तासि कण्वेन नार्षदेन । सेनेवैषि त्विषीमती न तत्र भयम् अस्ति यत्र प्राप्नोष्य् ओषधे ॥2॥ 3. अग्रम् एष्य् ओषधीनां ज्योतिषेवाभिदीपयन् । उत त्रातासि पाकस्याथो हन्तासि रक्षसः ॥3॥ 4. यद् अदो देवा असुरांस् त्वयाग्रे निरकुर्वत । ततस् त्वम् अध्य् ओषधे ऽपामार्गो अजायथाः ॥4॥ 5. विभिन्दती शतशाखा विभिन्दन् नाम ते पिता । प्रत्यग् वि भिन्धि त्वं तं यो अस्मां अभिदासति ॥5॥ 6. असद् भूम्याः सम् अभवत् तद् याम् एति महद् व्यचः । तद् वै ततो विधूपायत् प्रत्यक् कर्तारम् ऋछतु ॥6॥ 7. प्रत्यङ् हि संबभूविथ प्रतीचीनफलस् त्वम् । सर्वान् मच् छपथाम् अधि वरीयो यावया वधम् ॥7॥ 8. शतेन मा परि पाहि सहस्रेणाभि रक्षा मा । इन्द्रस् ते वीरुधां पत उग्र ओज्मानम् आ दधत् ॥8॥
Transliteration
1. uto asy abandhukṛd uto asi nu jāmikṛt | uto kṛtyākṛtaḥ prajāṃ nadam ivā chindhi vārṣikam ||1|| 2. brāhmaṇena paryuktāsi kaṇvena nārṣadena | senevaiṣi tviṣīmatī na tatra bhayam asti yatra prāpnoṣy oṣadhe ||2|| 3. agram eṣy oṣadhīnāṃ jyotiṣevābhidīpayan | uta trātāsi pākasyātho hantāsi rakṣasaḥ ||3|| 4. yad ado devā asurāṃs tvayāgre nirakurvata | tatas tvam adhy oṣadhe 'pāmārgo ajāyathāḥ ||4|| 5. vibhindatī śataśākhā vibhindan nāma te pitā | pratyag vi bhindhi tvaṃ taṃ yo asmāṃ abhidāsati ||5|| 6. asad bhūmyāḥ sam abhavat tad yām eti mahad vyacaḥ | tad vai tato vidhūpāyat pratyak kartāram ṛchatu ||6|| 7. pratyaṅ hi saṃbabhūvitha pratīcīnaphalas tvam | sarvān mac chapathām adhi varīyo yāvayā vadham ||7|| 8. śatena mā pari pāhi sahasreṇābhi rakṣā mā | indras te vīrudhāṃ pata ugra ojmānam ā dadhat ||8||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 4.20 — Hymn 20. A charm for the acquisition of superhuman powers of sight
1. It sees in front, it sees behind, it sees afar away, it sees The sky, the firmament, and earth: all this, O Goddess, it beholds.
2. Through thee, O godlike Plant, may I behold all creatures that exist, Three several heavens, three several earths, and these six regions one by one.
3. The pupil, verily, art thou of that celestial Engle's eye. On earth hast thou alighted as a weary woman seeks her couch.
4. The God who hath a thousand eyes give me this Plant in my right hand! I look on every one therewith, each Sūdra and each Āryan man.
5. Make manifest the forms of things; hide not their essences from sight. And, thou who hast a thousand eyes, look the Kimidins in the face.
6. Make me see Yātudhānas, make thou Yātudhānis visible. Make me see all Pisāchas With this prayer, O Plant, I hold thee fast.
7. Thou art the sight of Kasyapa and of the hound who hath four eyes. Make the Pisācha manifest as Sūrya when he rides at noon.
8. Kimidin, Yātudhāna from their hiding-places have I dragged. I look on every one with this, Sūdra and Aryan man alike.
9. Make that Pisācha visible, the fiend who flies in middle air, The fiend who glides across the sky, and him who deems the earth his help.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. आ पश्यति प्रति पश्यति परा पश्यति पश्यति । दिवम् अन्तरिक्षम् आद् भूमिं सर्वं तद् देवि पश्यति ॥1॥ 2. तिस्रो दिवस् तिस्रः पृथिवीः षट् चेमाः प्रदिशाः पृथक् । त्वयाहं सर्वा भूतानि पश्यानि देव्य् ओषधे ॥2॥ 3. दिव्यस्य सुपर्णस्य तस्य हासि कनीनिका । सा भूमिम् आ रुरोहिथ वह्यं श्रान्ता वधूर् इव ॥3॥ 4. तां मे सहस्राक्षो देवो दक्षिणे हस्त आ दधत् । तयाहं सर्वं पश्यामि यश् च शूद्र उतार्यः ॥4॥ 5. आविष् कृणुष्व रूपानि मात्मानम् अप गूहथाः । अथो सहस्रचक्षो त्वं प्रति पश्याः किमीदिनः ॥5॥ 6. दर्शय मा यातुधानान् दर्शय यातुधान्यः । पिशाचान्त् सर्वान् दर्शयेति त्वा रभ ओषधे ॥6॥ 7. कश्यपस्य चक्षुर् असि शुन्याश् च चतुरक्ष्याः । वीध्रे सूर्यम् इव सर्पन्तं मा पिशाचं तिरस् करः ॥7॥ 8. उद् अग्रभं परिपाणाद् यातुधानं किमीदिनम् । तेनाहं सर्वं पश्याम्य् उत शूद्रम् उतार्यम् ॥8॥ 9. यो अन्तरिक्षेण पतति दिवम् यश् च अतिसर्पति । भूमिं यो मन्यते नाथं तं पिशाचम् प्र दर्शय ॥9॥
Transliteration
1. ā paśyati prati paśyati parā paśyati paśyati | divam antarikṣam ād bhūmiṃ sarvaṃ tad devi paśyati ||1|| 2. tisro divas tisraḥ pṛthivīḥ ṣaṭ cemāḥ pradiśāḥ pṛthak | tvayāhaṃ sarvā bhūtāni paśyāni devy oṣadhe ||2|| 3. divyasya suparṇasya tasya hāsi kanīnikā | sā bhūmim ā rurohitha vahyaṃ śrāntā vadhūr iva ||3|| 4. tāṃ me sahasrākṣo devo dakṣiṇe hasta ā dadhat | tayāhaṃ sarvaṃ paśyāmi yaś ca śūdra utāryaḥ ||4|| 5. āviṣ kṛṇuṣva rūpāni mātmānam apa gūhathāḥ | atho sahasracakṣo tvaṃ prati paśyāḥ kimīdinaḥ ||5|| 6. darśaya mā yātudhānān darśaya yātudhānyaḥ | piśācānt sarvān darśayeti tvā rabha oṣadhe ||6|| 7. kaśyapasya cakṣur asi śunyāś ca caturakṣyāḥ | vīdhre sūryam iva sarpantaṃ mā piśācaṃ tiras karaḥ ||7|| 8. ud agrabhaṃ paripāṇād yātudhānaṃ kimīdinam | tenāhaṃ sarvaṃ paśyāmy uta śūdram utāryam ||8|| 9. yo antarikṣeṇa patati divam yaś ca atisarpati | bhūmiṃ yo manyate nāthaṃ taṃ piśācam pra darśaya ||9||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 4.21 — Hymn 21. Glorification and benediction of cows
1. The kine have come and brought good fortune: let them rest in the cow-pen and be happy near us. Here let them stay prolific, many-coloured, and yield through many morns their milk for Indra.
2. Indra aids him who offers sacrifice and praise: he takes not what is his, and gives him more thereto. Increasing ever more and ever more his wealth, he makes the pious dwell within unbroken bounds.
3. These are ne'er lost, no robber ever injures them: no evil-minded foe attempts to harass them. The master of the kine lives a long life with these, the Cows whereby he pours his gifts and serves the Gods.
4. The charger with his dusty brow o'ertakes them not, and never to the shambles do they take their way. These Cows, the cattle of the pious worshipper, roam over wide- spread pasture where no danger is.
5. To me the Cows seem Bhaga, they seem Indra, they seem a portion of the first poured Soma. These present Cows, they, O ye men, are Indra. I long for Indra with my heart and spirit.
6. O Cows, ye fatten e'en the worn and wasted, and make the unlovely beautiful to look on. Prosper my home, ye with auspicious voices! Your power is magnified in our assemblies.
7. In goodly pasturage, bright-hued, prolific, drinking pure water at fair drinking-places, Never be thief or sinful man your master, and may the dart of Rudra still avoid you!
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. आ गावो अग्मन्न् उत भद्रम् अक्रन्त् सीदन्तु गोष्ठे रणयन्त्व् अस्मे । प्रजावतीः पुरुरूपा इह स्युर् इन्द्राय पूर्वीर् उषसो दुहानाः ॥1॥ 2. इन्द्रो यज्वने गृणते च शिक्षत उपेद् ददाति न स्वं मुषायति । भूयोभूयो रयिम् इद् अस्य वर्धयन्न् अभिन्ने खिल्ये नि दधाति देवयुम् ॥2॥ 3. न ता नशन्ति न दभाति तस्करो नासाम् आमित्रो व्यथिर् आ दधर्षति । देवांश् च याभिर् यजते ददाति च ज्योग् इत् ताभिः सचते गोपतिः सह ॥3॥ 4. न ता अर्वा रेणुककाटो ऽश्नुते न संस्कृतत्रम् उप यन्ति ता अभि । उरुगायम् अभयं तस्य ता अनु गावो मर्तस्य वि चरन्ति यज्वनः ॥4॥ 5. गावो भगो गाव इन्द्रो म इछाद् गाव सोमस्य प्रथमस्य भक्षः । इमा या गावः स जनास इन्द्र इछामि हृदा मनसा चिद् इन्द्रम् ॥5॥ 6. यूयं गावो मेदयथ कृशं चिद् अश्रीरं चित् कृणुथा सुप्रतीकम् । भद्रं गृहं कृणुथ भद्रवाचो बृहद् वो वय उच्यते सभासु ॥6॥ 7. प्रजावतीः सूयवसे रुशन्तीः शुद्धा अपः सुप्रपाणे पिबन्तीः । मा व स्तेन ईशत माघशंसः परि वो रुद्रस्य हेतिर् वृणक्तु ॥7॥
Transliteration
1. ā gāvo agmann uta bhadram akrant sīdantu goṣṭhe raṇayantv asme | prajāvatīḥ pururūpā iha syur indrāya pūrvīr uṣaso duhānāḥ ||1|| 2. indro yajvane gṛṇate ca śikṣata uped dadāti na svaṃ muṣāyati | bhūyobhūyo rayim id asya vardhayann abhinne khilye ni dadhāti devayum ||2|| 3. na tā naśanti na dabhāti taskaro nāsām āmitro vyathir ā dadharṣati | devāṃś ca yābhir yajate dadāti ca jyog it tābhiḥ sacate gopatiḥ saha ||3|| 4. na tā arvā reṇukakāṭo 'śnute na saṃskṛtatram upa yanti tā abhi | urugāyam abhayaṃ tasya tā anu gāvo martasya vi caranti yajvanaḥ ||4|| 5. gāvo bhago gāva indro ma ichād gāva somasya prathamasya bhakṣaḥ | imā yā gāvaḥ sa janāsa indra ichāmi hṛdā manasā cid indram ||5|| 6. yūyaṃ gāvo medayatha kṛśaṃ cid aśrīraṃ cit kṛṇuthā supratīkam | bhadraṃ gṛhaṃ kṛṇutha bhadravāco bṛhad vo vaya ucyate sabhāsu ||6|| 7. prajāvatīḥ sūyavase ruśantīḥ śuddhā apaḥ suprapāṇe pibantīḥ | mā va stena īśata māghaśaṃsaḥ pari vo rudrasya hetir vṛṇaktu ||7||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 4.22 — Hymn 22. A benediction on a newly consecrated king
1. Exalt and strengthen this my Prince, O Indra, Make him sole lord and leader of the people. Scatter his foes, deliver all his rivals into his hand in struggles for precedence.
2. Give him a share in village, kine, and horses, and leave his enemy without a portion. Let him as King be head and chief of Princes, Give up to him, O Indra, every foeman.
3. Let him be treasure-lord of goodly treasures, let him as King be master of the people. Grant unto him great power and might, O Indra, and strip his enemy of strength and vigour.
4. Like milch-kine yielding milk for warm libations, pour, Heaven and Earth! on him full many a blessing. May he as King be Indra's well-beloved, the darling of the kine, the plants, the cattle.
5. I join in league with thee victorious Indra, with whom men conquer and are ne'er defeated. He shall make thee the folk's sole lord and leader, shall make thee highest of all human rulers.
6. Supreme art thou, beneath thee are thy rivals, and all, O King, who were thine adversaries. Sole lord and leader and allied with Indra, bring, conqueror, thy foremen's goods and treasures.
7. Consume, with lion aspect, all their hamlets, with tiger aspect, drive away thy foemen. Sole lord and leader and allied with Indra, seize, conqueror, thine enemies' possessions.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. इमम् इन्द्र वर्धय क्षत्रियं मे इमं विशाम् एकवृषं कृणु त्वम् । निर् अमित्रान् अक्ष्णुह्य् अस्य सर्वांस् तान् रन्धयास्मा अहमुत्तरेषु ॥1॥ 2. एमं भज ग्रामे अश्वेषु गोषु निष् टं भज यो अमित्रो अस्य । वर्ष्म क्षत्राणाम् अयम् अस्तु राजेन्द्र शत्रुं रन्धय सर्वम् अस्मै ॥2॥ 3. अयम् अस्तु धनपतिर् धनानाम् अयं विशां विश्पतिर् अस्तु राजा । अस्मिन्न् इन्द्र महि वर्चांसि धेह्य् अवर्चसं कृणुहि शत्रुम् अस्य ॥3॥ 4. अस्मै द्यावापृथिवी भूरि वामं दुहाथां घर्मदुघे इव धेनू । अयं राजा प्रिय इन्द्रस्य भूयात् प्रियो गवाम् ओषधीनां पशूनाम् ॥4॥ 5. युनज्मि त उत्तरावन्तम् इन्द्रं येन जयन्ति न पराजयन्ते । यस् त्वा करद् एकवृषं जनानाम् उत राज्ञाम् उत्तमं मानवानाम् ॥5॥ 6. उत्तरस् त्वम् अधरे ते सपत्ना ये के च राजन् प्रतिशत्रवस् ते । एकवृष इन्द्रसखा जिगीवां छत्रूयताम् आ भरा भोजनानि ॥6॥ 7. सिंहप्रतीको विशो अद्धि सर्वा व्याघ्रप्रतीको ऽव बाधस्व शत्रून् । एकवृष इन्द्रसखा जिगीवां छत्रूयताम् आ खिदा भोजनानि ॥7॥
Transliteration
1. imam indra vardhaya kṣatriyaṃ me imaṃ viśām ekavṛṣaṃ kṛṇu tvam | nir amitrān akṣṇuhy asya sarvāṃs tān randhayāsmā ahamuttareṣu ||1|| 2. emaṃ bhaja grāme aśveṣu goṣu niṣ ṭaṃ bhaja yo amitro asya | varṣma kṣatrāṇām ayam astu rājendra śatruṃ randhaya sarvam asmai ||2|| 3. ayam astu dhanapatir dhanānām ayaṃ viśāṃ viśpatir astu rājā | asminn indra mahi varcāṃsi dhehy avarcasaṃ kṛṇuhi śatrum asya ||3|| 4. asmai dyāvāpṛthivī bhūri vāmaṃ duhāthāṃ gharmadughe iva dhenū | ayaṃ rājā priya indrasya bhūyāt priyo gavām oṣadhīnāṃ paśūnām ||4|| 5. yunajmi ta uttarāvantam indraṃ yena jayanti na parājayante | yas tvā karad ekavṛṣaṃ janānām uta rājñām uttamaṃ mānavānām ||5|| 6. uttaras tvam adhare te sapatnā ye ke ca rājan pratiśatravas te | ekavṛṣa indrasakhā jigīvāṃ chatrūyatām ā bharā bhojanāni ||6|| 7. siṃhapratīko viśo addhi sarvā vyāghrapratīko 'va bādhasva śatrūn | ekavṛṣa indrasakhā jigīvāṃ chatrūyatām ā khidā bhojanāni ||7||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 4.23 — Hymn 23. Magnification of Agni and prayer for his protection
1. I fix my heart on wise and ancient Agni, the Five Tribes' Lord, in many a place enkindled. We seek him who hath entered all our houses. May he deliver us from grief and trouble.
2. As thou conveyest offerings, Jātavedas! and fashionest the sacri- fice with knowledge, So bear thou to the Gods the prayer we utter. May he deliver us from grief and trouble.
3. I pray to Agni in each act successful, employed in every sacrifice, the strongest, Fiend-slayer, served with fatness, strengthening worship. May he deliver us from grief and trouble.
4. We invoke the oblation-bearer, well-born Agni Jātavedas, Him, Vaisvānara, almighty. May he set us free from trouble.
5. With whom as friend the Rishis gave their power new splendour, with whom they kept aloof the Asuras' devices, Agni, with whom Indra subdued the Panis. May he deliver us. from grief and trouble.
6. Through whom the Gods discovered life eternal, through whom they stored the plants with pleasant juices, Through whom they brought to men the light of heaven. May he deliver us from grief and trouble.
7. I, suppliant, praise and ever call on Agni, sole Lord of all this world, of all that shineth, Of what exists and shall exist hereafter. May he deliver us from grief and trouble.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. अग्नेर् मन्वे प्रथमस्य प्रचेतसः पाञ्चजन्यस्य बहुधा यम् इन्धते । विशोविशः प्रविशिवांसम् ईमहे स नो मुञ्चत्व् अंहसः ॥1॥ 2. यथा हव्यं वहसि जातवेदो यथा यज्ञं कल्पयसि प्रजानन् । एवा देवेभ्यः सुमतिं न आ वह स नो मुञ्चत्व् अंहसः ॥2॥ 3. यामन्यामन्न् उपयुक्तं वहिष्ठं कर्मङ्कर्मन्न् आभगम् अग्निम् ईडे । रक्षोहणं यज्ञवृधं घृताहुतं स नो मुञ्चत्व् अंहसः ॥3॥ 4. सुजातं जातवेदसम् अग्निं वैश्वानरं विभुम् । हव्यवाहं हवामहे स नो मुञ्चत्व् अंहसः ॥4॥ 5. येन ऋषयो बलम् अद्योतयन् युजा येनासुराणाम् अयुवन्त मायाः । येनाग्निना पणीन् इन्द्रो जिगाय स नो मुञ्चत्व् अंहसः ॥5॥ 6. येन देवा अमृतम् अन्वविन्दन् येनौषधीर् मधुमतीर् अकृण्वन् । येन देवाः स्वर् आभरन्त् स नो मुञ्चत्व् अंहसः ॥6॥ 7. यस्येदं प्रदिशि यद् विरोचते यज् जातं जनितव्यं च केवलम् । स्तौम्य् अग्निं नाथितो जोहवीमि स नो मुञ्चत्व् अंहसः ॥7॥
Transliteration
1. agner manve prathamasya pracetasaḥ pāñcajanyasya bahudhā yam indhate | viśoviśaḥ praviśivāṃsam īmahe sa no muñcatv aṃhasaḥ ||1|| 2. yathā havyaṃ vahasi jātavedo yathā yajñaṃ kalpayasi prajānan | evā devebhyaḥ sumatiṃ na ā vaha sa no muñcatv aṃhasaḥ ||2|| 3. yāmanyāmann upayuktaṃ vahiṣṭhaṃ karmaṅkarmann ābhagam agnim īḍe | rakṣohaṇaṃ yajñavṛdhaṃ ghṛtāhutaṃ sa no muñcatv aṃhasaḥ ||3|| 4. sujātaṃ jātavedasam agniṃ vaiśvānaraṃ vibhum | havyavāhaṃ havāmahe sa no muñcatv aṃhasaḥ ||4|| 5. yena ṛṣayo balam adyotayan yujā yenāsurāṇām ayuvanta māyāḥ | yenāgninā paṇīn indro jigāya sa no muñcatv aṃhasaḥ ||5|| 6. yena devā amṛtam anvavindan yenauṣadhīr madhumatīr akṛṇvan | yena devāḥ svar ābharant sa no muñcatv aṃhasaḥ ||6|| 7. yasyedaṃ pradiśi yad virocate yaj jātaṃ janitavyaṃ ca kevalam | staumy agniṃ nāthito johavīmi sa no muñcatv aṃhasaḥ ||7||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 4.24 — Hymn 24. A hymn of prayer and praise to Indra
1. I think of Indra, only him for ever, fiend-slayer, May these lauds of mine come near him. He cometh to the pious offerer's calling. May he deliver us from grief and trouble.
2. Who with strong arms o'ercame his strong opponents, who broke and crushed the power of the demons, Who won the rivers and the kine in battle. May he deliver us from grief and trouble.
3. Ruler of men, finder of light, the hero: the pressing-stones declare his valour, master. Of sweetest sacrifice with seven Hotars. May he deliver us from grief and trouble.
4. The lord of barren cows and bulls and oxen, finder of light for whom the posts are planted, For whom the bright juice flows cleansed by devotion. May he deliver us from grief and trouble.
5. Whose favour those desire who offer Soma, whom, arrow-bearer, men invoke in battle, On whom the hymn depends, in whom is power, May he deliver us from grief and trouble.
6. Why was born, first, for active operation, whose valour as the first hath been awakened, Who raised his bolt when he encountered Ahi. May he deliver us from grief and trouble.
7. Strong Lord, who leadeth hosts to meet for battle, who sendeth riches both of earth and heaven, I, suppliant, praise and ever call on Indra. May he deliver us from grief and trouble.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. इन्द्रस्य मन्महे शश्वद् इद् अस्य मन्महे वृत्रघ्न स्तोमा उप मेम आगुः । यो दाशुषः सुकृतो हवम् एति स नो मुञ्चत्व् अंहसः ॥1॥ 2. य उग्रीणाम् उग्रबाहुर् ययुर् यो दानवानां बलम् आरुरोज । येन जिताः सिन्धवो येन गावः स नो मुञ्चत्व् अंहसः ॥2॥ 3. यश् चर्षणिप्रो वृषभः स्वर्विद् यस्मै ग्रावाणः प्रवदन्ति नृम्णम् । यस्याध्वरः सप्तहोता मदिष्ठः स नो मुञ्चत्व् अंहसः ॥3॥ 4. यस्य वशास ऋषभास उक्षणो यस्मै मीयन्ते स्वरवः स्वर्विदे । यस्मै शुक्रः पवते ब्रह्मशुम्भितः स नो मुञ्चत्व् अंहसः ॥4॥ 5. यस्य जुष्टिं सोमिनः कामयन्ते यं हवन्त इषुमन्तं गविष्टौ । यस्मिन्न् अर्कः शिश्रिये यस्मिन्न् ओजः स नो मुञ्चत्व् अंहसः ॥5॥ 6. यः प्रथमः कर्मकृत्याय जज्ञे यस्य वीर्यम् प्रथमस्यानुबुद्धम् । येनोद्यतो वज्रो ऽभ्यायताहिं स नो मुञ्चत्व् अंहसः ॥6॥ 7. यः संग्रामान् नयति सं युधे वशी यः पुष्टानि संसृजति द्वयानि । स्तौमीन्द्रं नाथितो जोहवीमि स नो मुञ्चत्व् अंहसः ॥7॥
Transliteration
1. indrasya manmahe śaśvad id asya manmahe vṛtraghna stomā upa mema āguḥ | yo dāśuṣaḥ sukṛto havam eti sa no muñcatv aṃhasaḥ ||1|| 2. ya ugrīṇām ugrabāhur yayur yo dānavānāṃ balam āruroja | yena jitāḥ sindhavo yena gāvaḥ sa no muñcatv aṃhasaḥ ||2|| 3. yaś carṣaṇipro vṛṣabhaḥ svarvid yasmai grāvāṇaḥ pravadanti nṛmṇam | yasyādhvaraḥ saptahotā madiṣṭhaḥ sa no muñcatv aṃhasaḥ ||3|| 4. yasya vaśāsa ṛṣabhāsa ukṣaṇo yasmai mīyante svaravaḥ svarvide | yasmai śukraḥ pavate brahmaśumbhitaḥ sa no muñcatv aṃhasaḥ ||4|| 5. yasya juṣṭiṃ sominaḥ kāmayante yaṃ havanta iṣumantaṃ gaviṣṭau | yasminn arkaḥ śiśriye yasminn ojaḥ sa no muñcatv aṃhasaḥ ||5|| 6. yaḥ prathamaḥ karmakṛtyāya jajñe yasya vīryam prathamasyānubuddham | yenodyato vajro 'bhyāyatāhiṃ sa no muñcatv aṃhasaḥ ||6|| 7. yaḥ saṃgrāmān nayati saṃ yudhe vaśī yaḥ puṣṭāni saṃsṛjati dvayāni | staumīndraṃ nāthito johavīmi sa no muñcatv aṃhasaḥ ||7||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 4.25 — Hymn 25. A hymn of prayer and praise to Vāyu and Savitar
1. I think on Vāyu's and Savitar's holy rites, ye twain who penetrate and guard the living world: Ye who have come to be this All's pervaders, deliver us, ye two from grief and trouble.
2. Ye who have counted up the earth's expanses, and in the sky smoothed out the air's mid-region, Whose going-forth hath ne'er been reached by any, deliver us, ye two, from grief and trouble.
3. Beauteously bright! men rest in thy dominion when thou hast risen up and hastened onward. Ye, Vāyu, Savitar, preserve all creatures. Deliver us, ye, twain, from grief and trouble.
4. Hence, Vāyu, Savitar drive evil action, chase Simidā away, drive off the demons. Ye give us store of energy and power. Deliver us, ye twain, from grief and trouble.
5. Of their own selves let Savitar and Vāyu send favourable strength and wealth and plenty. Here give us perfect freedom from consumption. Deliver us, ye twain, from grief and trouble.
6. Ye, Savitar and Vāyu, to assist us, enjoy the hymn and the delightful cheerer. Come hither downward from the stream of blessing. Deliver us, ye twain, from grief and trouble.
7. Like noblest benisons they have stayed in the God loving man's abode. I glorify bright Savitar and Vāyu. Deliver us, ye twain, from grief and trouble.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. वायोः सवितुर् विदथानि मन्महे याव् आत्मन्वद् विशथो यौ च रक्षथः । यौ विश्वस्य परिभू बभूवथुस् तौ नो मुञ्चतम् अंहसः ॥1॥ 2. ययोः संख्याता वरिमा पार्हिवानि याभ्यां रजो युपितम् अन्तरिक्षे । ययोः प्रायं नान्व् आनशे कश् चन तौ नो मुञ्चतम् अंहसः ॥2॥ 3. तव व्रते नि विशन्ते जनासस् त्वय्य् उदिते प्रेरते चित्रभानो । युवं वायो सविता च भुवनानि रक्षथस् तौ नो मुञ्चतम् अंहसः ॥3॥ 4. अपेतो वायो सविता च दुष्कृतम् अप रक्षांसि शिमिदां च सेधतम् । सं ह्य् ऊर्जया सृजथः सं बलेन तौ नो मुञ्चतम् अंहसः ॥4॥ 5. रयिं मे पोषं सवितोत वायुस् तनू दक्षम् आ सुवतां सुशेवम् । अयक्ष्मतातिं मह इह धत्तं तौ नो मुञ्चतम् अंहसः ॥5॥ 6. प्र सुमतिं सवितर् वाय ऊतये महस्वन्तं मत्सरं मादयाथः । अर्वाग् वामस्य प्रवतो नि यछतं तौ नो मुञ्चतम् अंहसः ॥6॥ 7. उप श्रेष्ठा न आशिषो देवयोर् धामन्न् अस्थिरन् । स्तौमि देवं सवितारं च वायुं तौ नो मुञ्चन्त्व् अंहसः ॥7॥
Transliteration
1. vāyoḥ savitur vidathāni manmahe yāv ātmanvad viśatho yau ca rakṣathaḥ | yau viśvasya paribhū babhūvathus tau no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ ||1|| 2. yayoḥ saṃkhyātā varimā pārhivāni yābhyāṃ rajo yupitam antarikṣe | yayoḥ prāyaṃ nānv ānaśe kaś cana tau no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ ||2|| 3. tava vrate ni viśante janāsas tvayy udite prerate citrabhāno | yuvaṃ vāyo savitā ca bhuvanāni rakṣathas tau no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ ||3|| 4. apeto vāyo savitā ca duṣkṛtam apa rakṣāṃsi śimidāṃ ca sedhatam | saṃ hy ūrjayā sṛjathaḥ saṃ balena tau no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ ||4|| 5. rayiṃ me poṣaṃ savitota vāyus tanū dakṣam ā suvatāṃ suśevam | ayakṣmatātiṃ maha iha dhattaṃ tau no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ ||5|| 6. pra sumatiṃ savitar vāya ūtaye mahasvantaṃ matsaraṃ mādayāthaḥ | arvāg vāmasya pravato ni yachataṃ tau no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ ||6|| 7. upa śreṣṭhā na āśiṣo devayor dhāmann asthiran | staumi devaṃ savitāraṃ ca vāyuṃ tau no muñcantv aṃhasaḥ ||7||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 4.26 — Hymn 26. A hymn to Heaven and Earth
1. O Heaven and Earth, I think on you, wise, givers of abundant gifts, ye who through measureless expanses have spread forth. For ye are seats and homes of goodly treasures. Deliver us, ye twain from grief and trouble.
2. Yea, seats and homes are ye of goodly treasures, grown strong, divine, blessed, and far-extending, To me, O Heaven and Earth, be ye auspicious. Deliver us, ye twain, from grief and trouble.
3. I call on you who warm and cause no sorrow, deep, spacious, meet to be adored by poets. To me, O Heaven and Earth, be ye auspicious. Deliver us, ye twain, from grief and trouble.
4. Ye who maintain Amrit and sacrifices, ye who support rivers and human beings, To me, O Heaven and Earth, be ye auspicious, Deliver us, ye twain, from grief and trouble.
5. Ye by whom cows and forest trees are cherished within whose range all creatures are included, To me, O Heaven and Earth, be ye auspicious. Deliver us, ye twain, from grief and trouble.
6. Ye who delight in nectar and in fatness, ye without whom men have no strength or power, To me, O Heaven and Earth, be ye auspicious. Deliver us, ye twain, from grief and trouble.
7. The grief that pains me here, whoever caused it, not sent by fate, hath sprung from human action. I, suppliant, praise Heaven, Earth, and oft invoke them. Deliver us, ye twain, from grief and trouble.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. मन्वे वां द्यावापृथिवी सुभोजसौ सचेतसौ ये अप्रथेथाम् अमिता योजनानि । प्रतिष्ठे ह्य् अभवतं वसूनां ते नो मुञ्चतम् अंहसः ॥1॥ 2. प्रतिष्ठे ह्य् अभवतं वसूनां प्रवृद्धे देवी सुभगे उरूची । द्यावापृथिवी भवतं मे स्योने ते नो मुञ्चतम् अंहसः ॥2॥ 3. असन्तापे सुतपसौ हुवे ऽहम् उर्वी गम्भीरे कविभिर् नमस्ये । द्यावापृथिवी भवतं मे स्योने ते नो मुञ्चतम् अंहसः ॥3॥ 4. ये अमृतं बिभृथो ये हवींषि ये स्रोत्या बिभृथो ये मनुष्यान् । द्यावापृथिवी भवतं मे स्योने ते नो मुञ्चतम् अंहसः ॥4॥ 5. ये उस्रिया बिभृथो ये वनस्पतीन् ययोर् वां विश्वा भुवनान्य् अन्तः । द्यावापृथिवी भवतं मे स्योने ते नो मुञ्चतम् अंहसः ॥5॥ 6. ये कीलालेन तर्पयथो ये घृतेन याभ्याम् ऋते न किं चन शक्नुवन्ति । द्यावापृथिवी भवतं मे स्योने ते नो मुञ्चतम् अंहसः ॥6॥ 7. यन् मेदम् अभिशोचति येनयेन वा कृतं पौरुषेयान् न दैवात् । स्तौमि द्यावापृथिवी नाथितो जोहवीमि ते नो मुञ्चतम् अंहसः ॥7॥
Transliteration
1. manve vāṃ dyāvāpṛthivī subhojasau sacetasau ye aprathethām amitā yojanāni | pratiṣṭhe hy abhavataṃ vasūnāṃ te no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ ||1|| 2. pratiṣṭhe hy abhavataṃ vasūnāṃ pravṛddhe devī subhage urūcī | dyāvāpṛthivī bhavataṃ me syone te no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ ||2|| 3. asantāpe sutapasau huve 'ham urvī gambhīre kavibhir namasye | dyāvāpṛthivī bhavataṃ me syone te no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ ||3|| 4. ye amṛtaṃ bibhṛtho ye havīṃṣi ye srotyā bibhṛtho ye manuṣyān | dyāvāpṛthivī bhavataṃ me syone te no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ ||4|| 5. ye usriyā bibhṛtho ye vanaspatīn yayor vāṃ viśvā bhuvanāny antaḥ | dyāvāpṛthivī bhavataṃ me syone te no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ ||5|| 6. ye kīlālena tarpayatho ye ghṛtena yābhyām ṛte na kiṃ cana śaknuvanti | dyāvāpṛthivī bhavataṃ me syone te no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ ||6|| 7. yan medam abhiśocati yenayena vā kṛtaṃ pauruṣeyān na daivāt | staumi dyāvāpṛthivī nāthito johavīmi te no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ ||7||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 4.27 — Hymn 27. A hymn to the Maruts
1. I think upon the Maruts: may they bless me, may they assist me to this wealth in battle. I call them like swift well-trained steeds to help us. May they deliver us from grief and trouble.
2. Those who surround the never-failing fountain for ever, and bedew the plants with moisture, The Maruts, Prini's sons, I chiefly honour. May they deliver us from grief and trouble.
3. Bards, who invigorate the milk of milch-kine, the sap of growing plants, the speed of coursers To us may the strong Maruts be auspicious. May they deliver us from grief and trouble.
4. They who raised water from the sea to heaven and send it from the sky to earth in showers, The Maruts who move mighty with their waters, may they deliver us from grief and trouble.
5. They who delight in nectar and in fatness, they who bestow upon us health and vigour. The Maruts who rain mighty with their waters, may they deliver us from grief and trouble.
6. Whether with stormy might the Maruts established this All, or Gods with their celestial power, Ye, kindly Gods, are able to restore it. May they deliver us from grief and trouble.
7. Potent in battles is the Maruts' army, impetuous train, well- known, exceeding mighty. I, suppliant, praise and oft invoke the Maruts. May they deliver us from grief and trouble.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. मरुतां मन्वे अधि मे ब्रुवन्तु प्रेमं वाजं वाजसाते अवन्तु । आशून् इव सुयमान् अह्व ऊतये ते नो मुञ्चन्त्व् अंहसः ॥1॥ 2. उत्सम् अक्षितं व्यचन्ति ये सदा य आसिञ्चन्ति रसम् ओषधीषु । पुरो दधे मरुतः पृश्निमातॄंस् ते नो मुञ्चन्त्व् अंहसः ॥2॥ 3. पयो धेनूनां रसम् ओषधीनां जवम् अर्वतां कवयो य इन्वथ । शग्मा भवन्तु मरुतो नः स्योनास् ते नो मुञ्चन्त्व् अंहसः ॥3॥ 4. अपः समुद्राद् दिवम् उद् वहन्ति दिवस् पृथिवीम् अभि ये सृजन्ति । ये अद्भिर् ईशाना मरुतश् चरन्ति ते नो मुञ्चन्त्व् अंहसः ॥4॥ 5. ये कीलालेन तर्पयन्ति ये घृतेन ये वा वयो मेदसा संसृजन्ति । ये अद्भिर् ईशाना मरुतो वर्षयन्ति ते नो मुञ्चन्त्व् अंहसः ॥5॥ 6. यदीद् इदं मरुतो मारुतेन यदि देवा दैव्येनेदृग् आर । यूयम् ईशिध्वे वसवस् तस्य निष्कृतेस् ते नो मुञ्चन्त्व् अंहसः ॥6॥ 7. तिग्मम् अनीकम् विदितं सहस्वन् मारुतं शर्धः पृतनासूग्रम् । स्तौमि मरुतो नाथितो जोहवीमि ते नो मुञ्चन्त्व् अंहसः ॥7॥
Transliteration
1. marutāṃ manve adhi me bruvantu premaṃ vājaṃ vājasāte avantu | āśūn iva suyamān ahva ūtaye te no muñcantv aṃhasaḥ ||1|| 2. utsam akṣitaṃ vyacanti ye sadā ya āsiñcanti rasam oṣadhīṣu | puro dadhe marutaḥ pṛśnimātṝṃs te no muñcantv aṃhasaḥ ||2|| 3. payo dhenūnāṃ rasam oṣadhīnāṃ javam arvatāṃ kavayo ya invatha | śagmā bhavantu maruto naḥ syonās te no muñcantv aṃhasaḥ ||3|| 4. apaḥ samudrād divam ud vahanti divas pṛthivīm abhi ye sṛjanti | ye adbhir īśānā marutaś caranti te no muñcantv aṃhasaḥ ||4|| 5. ye kīlālena tarpayanti ye ghṛtena ye vā vayo medasā saṃsṛjanti | ye adbhir īśānā maruto varṣayanti te no muñcantv aṃhasaḥ ||5|| 6. yadīd idaṃ maruto mārutena yadi devā daivyenedṛg āra | yūyam īśidhve vasavas tasya niṣkṛtes te no muñcantv aṃhasaḥ ||6|| 7. tigmam anīkam viditaṃ sahasvan mārutaṃ śardhaḥ pṛtanāsūgram | staumi maruto nāthito johavīmi te no muñcantv aṃhasaḥ ||7||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 4.28 — Hymn 28. A hymn to Bhava and Sarva
1. I Reverence you—mark this—Bhava and Sarva, ye under whose control is this that shineth. Lords of this world both quadruped and biped. Deliver us, ye twain, from grief and trouble.
2. Lords of all near and even of what is distant, famed as the best and skilfullest of archers, Lords of this world both quadruped and biped, Deliver us, ye twain, from grief and trouble.
3. Thousand-eyed foe-destroyers, I invoke you, still praising you the strong, of wide dominion: Lords of this world both quadruped and biped, Deliver us, ye twain, from grief and trouble.
4. Ye who of old wrought many a deed in concert, and showed among mankind unhappy omens; Lords of this world both quadruped and biped, Deliver us, ye twain, from grief and trouble.
5. Ye from the stroke of whose destroying weapon not one among the Gods or men escapeth, Lords of this world both quadruped and biped, Deliver us, ye twain, from grief and trouble.
6. Hurl your bolt, strong Gods, at the Yātudhāna, him who makes ready roots and deals in magic: Lords of this world both quadruped and biped, Deliver us, ye twain, from grief and trouble.
7. Comfort and aid us, ye strong Gods, in battles, at each Kimidin send your bolt of thunder. I, suppliant, praise and ever call on Bhav and Sarva. Set us free from grief and trouble.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. भवाशर्वौ मन्वे वां तस्य वित्तं ययोर् वाम् इदं प्रदिशि यद् विरोचते । याव् अस्येशाथे द्विपदो यौ चतुष्पदस् तौ नो मुञ्चतम् अंहसः ॥1॥ 2. ययोर् अभ्यभ्व उत यद् दूरे चिद् यौ विदिताव् इषुभृताम् असिष्ठौ । याव् अस्येशथे द्विपदो यौ चतुष्पदस् तौ नो मुञ्चतम् अंहसः ॥2॥ 3. सहस्राक्षौ वृत्रहना हुवेहं दूरेगव्यूती स्तुवन्न् एम्य् उग्रौ । याव् अस्येशथे द्विपदो यौ चतुष्पदस् तौ नो मुञ्चतम् अंहसः ॥3॥ 4. याव् आरेभाथे बहु साकम् अग्रे प्र चेद् अस्राष्ट्रम् अभिभां जनेषु । याव् अस्येशथे द्विपदो यौ चतुष्पदस् तौ नो मुञ्चतम् अंहसः ॥4॥ 5. ययोर् वधान् नापपद्यते कश् चनान्तर् देवेषूत मानुषेषु । याव् अस्येशथे द्विपदो यौ चतुष्पदस् तौ नो मुञ्चतम् अंहसः ॥5॥ 6. यः कृत्याकृन् मूलकृद् यातुधानो नि तस्मिन् धत्तं वज्रम् उग्रौ । याव् अस्येशथे द्विपदो यौ चतुष्पदस् तौ नो मुञ्चतम् अंहसः ॥6॥ 7. अधि नो ब्रूतं पृतनासूग्रौ सं वज्रेण सृजतं यः किमीदी । स्तौमि भवाशर्वौ नाथितो जोहवीमि तौ नो मुञ्चतम् अंहसः ॥7॥
Transliteration
1. bhavāśarvau manve vāṃ tasya vittaṃ yayor vām idaṃ pradiśi yad virocate | yāv asyeśāthe dvipado yau catuṣpadas tau no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ ||1|| 2. yayor abhyabhva uta yad dūre cid yau viditāv iṣubhṛtām asiṣṭhau | yāv asyeśathe dvipado yau catuṣpadas tau no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ ||2|| 3. sahasrākṣau vṛtrahanā huvehaṃ dūregavyūtī stuvann emy ugrau | yāv asyeśathe dvipado yau catuṣpadas tau no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ ||3|| 4. yāv ārebhāthe bahu sākam agre pra ced asrāṣṭram abhibhāṃ janeṣu | yāv asyeśathe dvipado yau catuṣpadas tau no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ ||4|| 5. yayor vadhān nāpapadyate kaś canāntar deveṣūta mānuṣeṣu | yāv asyeśathe dvipado yau catuṣpadas tau no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ ||5|| 6. yaḥ kṛtyākṛn mūlakṛd yātudhāno ni tasmin dhattaṃ vajram ugrau | yāv asyeśathe dvipado yau catuṣpadas tau no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ ||6|| 7. adhi no brūtaṃ pṛtanāsūgrau saṃ vajreṇa sṛjataṃ yaḥ kimīdī | staumi bhavāśarvau nāthito johavīmi tau no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ ||7||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 4.29 — Hymn 29. A hymn to Mitra-Varuna
1. You twain, O Mitra, Varuna, I honour, Lawstrengtheners, wise, who drive away oppressors. Ye who protect the truthful in his battles, deliver us, ye twain, from grief and trouble.
2. Ye the wise Gods who drive away oppressors, ye who protect the truthful in his battles, Who come, men's guards, to juice pressed forth by Babhru,. deliver us, ye twain, from grief and trouble.
3. Mitra and Varuna who help Agasti, Atri, and Angiras, and Jamadagni, Ye who help Kasyapa, who help Vasishtha, deliver us, ye twain, from grief and trouble.
4. Mitra and Varuna, who help Syāvāsva, Atri, and Purumilha, and Vadhryasva, Ye who help Vimada and Saptavadhri, deliver us, ye twain, from grief and trouble.
5. Ye, Varuna, Mitra, who give aid to Kutsa, Gavishthira, Bharadvāja, Visvāmitra, Who help Kakshivan and give aid to Kanva, deliver us, ye twain, from grief and trouble.
6. Ye, Mitra, Varuna, who help Trisoka, Medhātithi, and Usanā son of Kavi, Ye, Gotama's and Mudgala's protectors, deliver us, ye twain, from grief and trouble.
7. Whose straight-reined car that keeps the track of goodness assails and ruins him who walks perversely I, suppliant, praise with constant invocation Mitra and Varuna. Save us from affliction.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. मन्वे वां मित्रावरुणाव् ऋतावृधौ सचेतसौ द्रुह्वणो यौ नुदेथे । प्र सत्यावानम् अवथो भरेषु तौ नो मुञ्चतम् अंहसः ॥1॥ 2. सचेतसौ द्रुह्वणो यौ नुदेथे प्र सत्यावानम् अवथो भरेषु । यौ गछथो नृचक्षसौ बभ्रुणा सुतं तौ नो मुञ्चतम् अंहसः ॥2॥ 3. याव् अङ्गिरसम् अवथो याव् अगस्तिं मित्रावरुणा जमदग्निम् अत्त्रिम् । यौ कश्यपम् अवथो यौ वसिष्ठं तौ नो मुञ्चतम् अंहसः ॥3॥ 4. यौ श्यावाश्वम् अवथो वाध्र्यश्वं मित्रावरुणा पुरुमीढम् अत्त्रिम् । यौ विमदम् अवथो सप्तवध्रिं तौ नो मुञ्चतम् अंहसः ॥4॥ 5. यौ भरद्वाजम् अवथो यौ गविष्ठिरं विश्वामित्रं वरुण मित्र कुत्सम् । यौ कक्षीवन्तम् अवथो प्रोत कण्वं तौ नो मुञ्चतम् अंहसः ॥5॥ 6. यौ मेधातिथिम् अवथो यौ त्रिशोकं मित्रावरुणाव् उशनाम् काव्यं यौ । यौ गोतमम् अवथो प्रोत मुग्दलं तौ नो मुञ्चतम् अंहसः ॥6॥ 7. ययो रथः सत्यवर्त्म र्जुरश्मिर् मिथुया चरन्तम् अभियाति दूषयन् । स्तौमि मित्रावरुणौ नाथितो जोहवीमि तौ नो मुञ्चतम् अंहसः ॥7॥
Transliteration
1. manve vāṃ mitrāvaruṇāv ṛtāvṛdhau sacetasau druhvaṇo yau nudethe | pra satyāvānam avatho bhareṣu tau no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ ||1|| 2. sacetasau druhvaṇo yau nudethe pra satyāvānam avatho bhareṣu | yau gachatho nṛcakṣasau babhruṇā sutaṃ tau no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ ||2|| 3. yāv aṅgirasam avatho yāv agastiṃ mitrāvaruṇā jamadagnim attrim | yau kaśyapam avatho yau vasiṣṭhaṃ tau no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ ||3|| 4. yau śyāvāśvam avatho vādhryaśvaṃ mitrāvaruṇā purumīḍham attrim | yau vimadam avatho saptavadhriṃ tau no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ ||4|| 5. yau bharadvājam avatho yau gaviṣṭhiraṃ viśvāmitraṃ varuṇa mitra kutsam | yau kakṣīvantam avatho prota kaṇvaṃ tau no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ ||5|| 6. yau medhātithim avatho yau triśokaṃ mitrāvaruṇāv uśanām kāvyaṃ yau | yau gotamam avatho prota mugdalaṃ tau no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ ||6|| 7. yayo rathaḥ satyavartma rjuraśmir mithuyā carantam abhiyāti dūṣayan | staumi mitrāvaruṇau nāthito johavīmi tau no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ ||7||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 4.30 — Hymn 30. A glorification of vāk or speech
1. I travel with the Rudras and the Vasus, with the Ādityas and All-Gods I wander. I hold aloft both Varuna and Mitra, I hold aloft Indra and both the Asvins.
2. I am the Queen, the gatherer-up of treasures, most thoughtful, first of those who merit worship. The Gods, making me enter many places, in diverse spots have set mine habitation.
3. I, verily, myself announce and utter the word that Gods, and men alike shall welcome. I make the man I love exceeding mighty, make him a sage, a Rishi, and a Brāhman.
4. Through me alone all eat the food that feeds them, each man who sees, breathes, hears, the word out-spoken. They know it not, but yet they dwell beside me. Hear, one and all, the truth as I declare it.
5. I bend the bow for Rudra that his arrow may strike and slay the hater of devotion. I rouse and order battle for the people, and I have penetrated Earth and Heaven.
6. I cherish and sustain high-swelling Soma, and Tvashtar I support, Pashan, and Bhaga. I load with wealth the zealous sacrificer who pours the juice and offers his oblation.
7. On the world's summit I bring forth the Father: my home is in the waters, in the ocean. Thence I extend o'er all existing creatures, and touch even yonder heaven with my forehead.
8. I breathe a strong breath like the wind and tempest, the while I hold together all existence. Beyond this wide earth and beyond the heavens I have become so mighty in my grandeur.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. अहं रुद्रेभिर् वसुभिश् चराम्य् अहम् आदित्यैर् उत विश्वदेवैः । अहं मित्रावरुनोभा बिभर्म्य् अहम् इन्द्राग्नी अहम् अश्विनोभा ॥1॥ 2. अहं राष्ट्री संगमनी वसूनां चिकितुषी प्रथमा यज्ञियानाम् । तां मा देवा व्य् अदधुः पुरुत्रा भूरिस्थात्रां भूर्य् आवेशयन्तः ॥2॥ 3. अहम् एव स्वयम् इदं वदामि जुष्टं देवानाम् उत मानुषाणाम् । यं कामये तन्तम् उग्रं कृणोमि तं ब्रह्माणं तम् ऋषिं तं सुमेधाम् ॥3॥ 4. मया सो ऽन्नम् अत्ति यो विपश्यति यः प्राणति य ईम् शृणोत्य् उक्तम् । अमन्तवो मां त उप क्षियन्ति श्रुधि श्रुत श्रुद्धेयं ते वदामि ॥4॥ 5. अहं रुद्राय धनुर् आ तनोमि ब्रह्मद्विषे शरवे हन्तवा उ । अहं जनाय समदं कृणोमि अहम् द्यावापृथिवी आ विवेश ॥5॥ 6. अहं सोमम् आहनसं बिभर्म्य् अहं त्वष्टारम् उत पूषणं भगम् । अहं दधामि द्रविणा हविष्मते सुप्राव्या यजमानाय सुन्वते ॥6॥ 7. अहं सुवे पितरम् अस्य मूर्धन् मम योनिर् अप्स्व् अन्तः समुद्रे । ततो वि तिष्ठे भुवनानि विश्वोतामूं द्यां वर्ष्मणोप स्पृशामि ॥7॥ 8. अहम् एव वातैव प्र वाम्य् आरभमाणा भुवनानि विश्वा । परो दिवा पर एना पृथिव्यैतावती महिम्ना सं बभूव ॥8॥
Transliteration
1. ahaṃ rudrebhir vasubhiś carāmy aham ādityair uta viśvadevaiḥ | ahaṃ mitrāvarunobhā bibharmy aham indrāgnī aham aśvinobhā ||1|| 2. ahaṃ rāṣṭrī saṃgamanī vasūnāṃ cikituṣī prathamā yajñiyānām | tāṃ mā devā vy adadhuḥ purutrā bhūristhātrāṃ bhūry āveśayantaḥ ||2|| 3. aham eva svayam idaṃ vadāmi juṣṭaṃ devānām uta mānuṣāṇām | yaṃ kāmaye tantam ugraṃ kṛṇomi taṃ brahmāṇaṃ tam ṛṣiṃ taṃ sumedhām ||3|| 4. mayā so 'nnam atti yo vipaśyati yaḥ prāṇati ya īm śṛṇoty uktam | amantavo māṃ ta upa kṣiyanti śrudhi śruta śruddheyaṃ te vadāmi ||4|| 5. ahaṃ rudrāya dhanur ā tanomi brahmadviṣe śarave hantavā u | ahaṃ janāya samadaṃ kṛṇomi aham dyāvāpṛthivī ā viveśa ||5|| 6. ahaṃ somam āhanasaṃ bibharmy ahaṃ tvaṣṭāram uta pūṣaṇaṃ bhagam | ahaṃ dadhāmi draviṇā haviṣmate suprāvyā yajamānāya sunvate ||6|| 7. ahaṃ suve pitaram asya mūrdhan mama yonir apsv antaḥ samudre | tato vi tiṣṭhe bhuvanāni viśvotāmūṃ dyāṃ varṣmaṇopa spṛśāmi ||7|| 8. aham eva vātaiva pra vāmy ārabhamāṇā bhuvanāni viśvā | paro divā para enā pṛthivyaitāvatī mahimnā saṃ babhūva ||8||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 4.31 — Hymn 31. A hymn to Manyu or Wrath
1. Borne on with thee, O Manyu girt by Maruts, let our brave men, impetuous, bursting forward, March on, like flames of fire in form, exulting, with pointed arrows, sharpening their weapons.
2. Flashing like fire, be thou, O conquering Manyu, invoked, O victor, as our army's leader. Slay thou our foes, distribute their possession: show forth thy vigour, scatter those who hate us.
3. O Manyu, overcome those who assail us. On! breaking, slaying, crushing down the foemen. They have not hindered thine impetuous vigour: mighty! sole born! reduce them to subjection.
4. Alone of many thou art worshipped, Manyu: sharpen the spirit of each clan for combat. With thee to aid, O thou of perfect splendour, we raise the glorious battle-shout for conquest.
5. Unyielding, bringing victory like Indra, O Manyu be thou here our sovran ruler. To thy dear name. O victor, we sing praises: we know the spring from which thou art come hither.
6. Twin-borne with power, destructive bolt of thunder the highest conquering might is thine, subduer! Be friendly to us in thy spirit, Manyu! O much-invoked, in shock of mighty battle!
7. For spoil let Varuna and Manyu give us the wealth of both sides gathered and collected; And let our enemies with stricken spirits, o'er-whelmed with. terror, sling away defeated.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. त्वया मन्यो सरथम् आरुजन्तो हर्षमाणा हृषितासो मरुत्वन् । तिग्मेषव आयुधा संशिशाना उप प्र यन्तु नरो अग्निरूपाः ॥1॥ 2. अग्निर् इव मन्यो त्विषितः सहस्व सेनानीर् नः सहुरे हूत एधि । हत्वाय शत्रून् वि भजस्व वेद ओजो मिमानो वि मृधो नुदस्व ॥2॥ 3. सहस्व मन्यो अभिमातिम् अस्मै रुजन् मृणन् प्रमृणन् प्रेहि शत्रून् । उग्रं ते पाजो नन्व् आ रुरुध्रे वशी वशं नयासा एकज त्वम् ॥3॥ 4. एको बहूनाम् असि मन्य ईडिता विशंविशम् युद्धाय सं शिशाधि । अकृत्तरुक् त्वया युजा वयं द्युमन्तं घोषम् विजयाय कृण्मसि ॥4॥ 5. विजेषकृद् इन्द्र इवानवब्रवो ऽस्माकं मन्यो अधिपा भवेह । प्रियं ते नाम सहुरे गृणीमसि विद्मा तम् उत्सं यत आबभूथ ॥5॥ 6. आभूत्या सहजा वज्र सायक सहो बिभर्षि सहभूत उत्तरम् । क्रत्वा नो मन्यो सह मेद्य् एधि महाधनस्य पुरुहूत संसृजि ॥6॥ 7. संसृष्टं धनम् उभयं समाकृतम् अस्मभ्यं धत्तां वरुणश् च मन्युः । भियो दधाना हृदयेषु शत्रवः पराजितासो अप नि लयन्ताम् ॥7॥
Transliteration
1. tvayā manyo saratham ārujanto harṣamāṇā hṛṣitāso marutvan | tigmeṣava āyudhā saṃśiśānā upa pra yantu naro agnirūpāḥ ||1|| 2. agnir iva manyo tviṣitaḥ sahasva senānīr naḥ sahure hūta edhi | hatvāya śatrūn vi bhajasva veda ojo mimāno vi mṛdho nudasva ||2|| 3. sahasva manyo abhimātim asmai rujan mṛṇan pramṛṇan prehi śatrūn | ugraṃ te pājo nanv ā rurudhre vaśī vaśaṃ nayāsā ekaja tvam ||3|| 4. eko bahūnām asi manya īḍitā viśaṃviśam yuddhāya saṃ śiśādhi | akṛttaruk tvayā yujā vayaṃ dyumantaṃ ghoṣam vijayāya kṛṇmasi ||4|| 5. vijeṣakṛd indra ivānavabravo 'smākaṃ manyo adhipā bhaveha | priyaṃ te nāma sahure gṛṇīmasi vidmā tam utsaṃ yata ābabhūtha ||5|| 6. ābhūtyā sahajā vajra sāyaka saho bibharṣi sahabhūta uttaram | kratvā no manyo saha medy edhi mahādhanasya puruhūta saṃsṛji ||6|| 7. saṃsṛṣṭaṃ dhanam ubhayaṃ samākṛtam asmabhyaṃ dhattāṃ varuṇaś ca manyuḥ | bhiyo dadhānā hṛdayeṣu śatravaḥ parājitāso apa ni layantām ||7||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 4.32 — Hymn 32. A hymn to Manyu
1. He who hath reverenced thee, Manyu, destructive bolt! breeds. for himself forthwith all conquering energy. Arya and Dāsa will we conquer with thine aid, with thee the conqueror, with conquest conquest-sped.
2. Manyu was Indra, yea, the God was Manyu; Manyu was Hotar Varuna, Jātavedas. The tribes of human lineage worship Manyu. Accordant, with thy fervour, Manyu! guard us.
3. Come hither, Manyu, mightier than the mighty: smite, with thy fervour, for ally, our foemen. Slayer of foes, of Vritra, and of Dasyu, bring thou to us all kinds of wealth and treasure.
4. For thou art, Manyu, of surpassing vigour, fierce, queller of the foe, and self-existent, Shared by all men, victorious, subduer: vouchsafe to us superior strength in battles.
5. I have departed still without a portion, wise God! according to thy will, the mighty. I, feeble man, was wroth with thee, O Manyu. Come in thy proper form and give us vigour.
6. Come hither, I am all thine own: advancing, turn thou to me, victorious, all-bestowing. Come to me, Manyu, wielder of the thunder: bethink thee of thy friend, and slay the Dasyus.
7. Approach, and on our right hand hold thy station, then let us slay a multitude of foemen. The best of meath I offer to support thee: may we be first to drink thereof in quiet.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. यस् ते मन्यो ऽविधद् वज्र सायक सह ओजः पुष्यति विश्वम् आनुषक् । साह्याम दासम् आर्यं त्वया युजा वयं सहस्कृतेन सहसा सहस्वता ॥1॥ 2. मन्युर् इन्द्रो मन्युर् एवास देवो मन्युर् होता वरुणो जातवेदाः । मन्युं विश ईडते मानुषीर् याः पहि नो मन्यो तपसा सजोषाः ॥2॥ 3. अभीहि मन्यो तवसस् तवीयान् तपसा युजा वि जहि शत्रून् । अमित्रहा वृत्रहा दस्युहा च विश्वा वसून्य् आ भरा त्वं नः ॥3॥ 4. त्वं हि मन्यो अभिभूत्योजाः स्वयंभूर् भामो अभिमातिषाहः । विश्वचर्षणिः सहुरिः सहीयान् अस्मास्व् ओजः पृतनासु धेहि ॥4॥ 5. अभागः सन्न् अप परेतो अस्मि तव क्रत्वा तविषस्य प्रचेतः । तं त्वा मन्यो अक्रतुर् जिहीडाहं स्वा तनूर् बलदावा न एहि ॥5॥ 6. अयं ते अस्म्य् उप न एह्य् अर्वाङ् प्रतीचीनः सहुरे विश्वदावन् । मन्यो वज्रिन्न् अभि न आ ववृत्स्व हनाव दस्यूंर् उत बोध्य् आपेः ॥6॥ 7. अभि प्रेहि दक्षिणतो भवा नो ऽधा वृत्राणि जङ्घनाव भूरि । जुहोमि ते धरुणं मध्वो अग्रम् उभाव् उपांशु प्रथमा पिबाव ॥7॥
Transliteration
1. yas te manyo 'vidhad vajra sāyaka saha ojaḥ puṣyati viśvam ānuṣak | sāhyāma dāsam āryaṃ tvayā yujā vayaṃ sahaskṛtena sahasā sahasvatā ||1|| 2. manyur indro manyur evāsa devo manyur hotā varuṇo jātavedāḥ | manyuṃ viśa īḍate mānuṣīr yāḥ pahi no manyo tapasā sajoṣāḥ ||2|| 3. abhīhi manyo tavasas tavīyān tapasā yujā vi jahi śatrūn | amitrahā vṛtrahā dasyuhā ca viśvā vasūny ā bharā tvaṃ naḥ ||3|| 4. tvaṃ hi manyo abhibhūtyojāḥ svayaṃbhūr bhāmo abhimātiṣāhaḥ | viśvacarṣaṇiḥ sahuriḥ sahīyān asmāsv ojaḥ pṛtanāsu dhehi ||4|| 5. abhāgaḥ sann apa pareto asmi tava kratvā taviṣasya pracetaḥ | taṃ tvā manyo akratur jihīḍāhaṃ svā tanūr baladāvā na ehi ||5|| 6. ayaṃ te asmy upa na ehy arvāṅ pratīcīnaḥ sahure viśvadāvan | manyo vajrinn abhi na ā vavṛtsva hanāva dasyūṃr uta bodhy āpeḥ ||6|| 7. abhi prehi dakṣiṇato bhavā no 'dhā vṛtrāṇi jaṅghanāva bhūri | juhomi te dharuṇaṃ madhvo agram ubhāv upāṃśu prathamā pibāva ||7||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 4.33 — Hymn 33. A prayer to Agni for protection and prosperity
1. Chasing our pain with splendid light, O Agni, shine thou wealth on us. His lustre flash our pain away.
2. For goodly fields, for pleasant homes, for wealth we sacrifice to thee. His lustre flash our pain away!
3. Best praiser of all these be he, and foremost be our noble chiefs. His lustre flash our pain away!
4. So that thy worshipper and we, thine, Agni! in our sons may live. His lustre flash our pain away!
5. As ever conquering Agni's beams of splendour go to every side, His lustre flash our pain away.
6. To every side thy face is turned, thou art triumphant everywhere. His lustre flash our pain away!
7. O thou whose face looks every way, bear off our foes as in a ship. His lustre flash our pain away!
8. As in a ship across the flood, transport us to felicity. His lustre flash our pain away
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. अप नः शोशुचद् अघम् अग्ने शुशुग्ध्य् आ रयिम् । अप नः शोशुचद् अघम् ॥1॥ 2. सुक्षेत्रिया सुगातुया वसूया च यजामहे । अप नः शोशुचद् अघम् ॥2॥ 3. प्र यद् भन्दिष्ठ एषां प्रास्माकासश् च सूरयः । अप नः शोशुचद् अघम् ॥3॥ 4. प्र यत् ते अग्ने सूरयो जायेमहि प्र ते वयम् । अप नः शोशुचद् अघम् ॥4॥ 5. प्र यद् अग्नेः सहस्वतो विश्वतो यन्ति भानवः । अप नः शोशुचद् अघम् ॥5॥ 6. त्वं हि विश्वतोमुख विश्वतः परिभूर् असि । अप नः शोशुचद् अघम् ॥6॥ 7. द्विषो नो विश्वतोमुखाति नावेव पारय । अप नः शोशुचद् अघम् ॥7॥ 8. स नः सिन्धुम् इव नावाति पर्ष स्वस्तये । अप नः शोशुचद् अघम् ॥8॥
Transliteration
1. apa naḥ śośucad agham agne śuśugdhy ā rayim | apa naḥ śośucad agham ||1|| 2. sukṣetriyā sugātuyā vasūyā ca yajāmahe | apa naḥ śośucad agham ||2|| 3. pra yad bhandiṣṭha eṣāṃ prāsmākāsaś ca sūrayaḥ | apa naḥ śośucad agham ||3|| 4. pra yat te agne sūrayo jāyemahi pra te vayam | apa naḥ śośucad agham ||4|| 5. pra yad agneḥ sahasvato viśvato yanti bhānavaḥ | apa naḥ śośucad agham ||5|| 6. tvaṃ hi viśvatomukha viśvataḥ paribhūr asi | apa naḥ śośucad agham ||6|| 7. dviṣo no viśvatomukhāti nāveva pāraya | apa naḥ śośucad agham ||7|| 8. sa naḥ sindhum iva nāvāti parṣa svastaye | apa naḥ śośucad agham ||8||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 4.34 — Hymn 34. Glorification of the Vishtāri sacrifice
1. The head of this is prayer, its back the Brihat, Odanas's belly is the Vāmadevya; Its face reality, its sides the metre, Vishtāri sacrifice produced from fervour.
2. Boneless, cleansed, purified by him who cleanseth, they go res- plendent to the world of splendour. Fire burneth not their organ of enjoyment: much pleasure have they in the world of Svarga.
3. Never doth want or evil fortune visit those who prepare oblation called Vishtāri. He goes unto the Gods, he dwells with Yama, he joys among Gandharvas meet for Soma.
4. Yama robs not of generative vigour the men who dress oblation called Vishtāri. Borne on his car, a charioteer, he travels: endowed with wings he soars beyond the heavens.
5. Strongest is this, performed, of sacrifices: he hath reached heaven who hath prepared Vishtāri. The oval-fruited lotus spreads his fibre: there bloom the nelo- phar and water-lilies. Abundant with their overflow of sweetness, these streams shall reach thee in the world of Svarga, whole lakes with lotus- blossom shall approach thee.
6. Full lakes of butter with their banks of honey, flowing with wine, and milk and curds and water Abundant with their overflow of sweetness, these streams shall reach thee in the world of Svarga, whole lakes with lotus- blossom shall approach thee.
7. I give four pitchers, in four several places, filled to the brim with milk and curds and water. Abundant with their overflow of sweetness, these streams shall reach thee in the world of Svarga, whole lakes with lotus- blossom shall approach thee.
8. I part this Odana among the Brāhmans, Vishtāri, conquering worlds and reaching heaven. Let me not lose it: swelling by its nature, be it my perfect Cow to grant all wishes!
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. ब्रह्मास्य शीर्षं बृहद् अस्य पृष्ठं वामदेव्यम् उदरम् ओदनस्य । छन्दांसि पक्षौ मुखम् अस्य सत्यं विष्टारी जातस् तपसोऽधि यज्ञः ॥1॥ 2. अनस्थाः पूताः पवनेन शुद्धाः शुचयः शुचिम् अपि यन्ति लोकम् । नैषां शिश्नं प्र दहति जातवेदाः स्वर्गे लोके बहु स्त्रैणम् एषाम् ॥2॥ 3. विष्टारिणम् ओदनं ये पचन्ति नैनान् अवर्तिः सचते कदा चन । आस्ते यम उप याति देवान्त् सं गन्धर्वैर् मदते सोम्येभिः ॥3॥ 4. विष्टारिणम् ओदनम् ये पचन्ति नैनान् यमः परि मुष्णाति रेतः । रथी ह भूत्वा रथयान ईयते पक्षी ह भूत्वाति दिवः सम् एति ॥4॥ 5. एष यज्ञानां विततो वहिष्ठो विष्टारिणं पक्त्वा दिवम् आ विवेश । आण्डीकं कुमुदं सं तनोति बिसं शालूकं शफको मुलाली । एतास् त्वा धारा उप यन्तु सर्वाः स्वर्गे लोके मधुमत् पिन्वमाना उप त्वा तिष्ठन्तु पुष्करिणीः समन्ताः ॥5॥ 6. घृतह्रदा मधुकूलाः सुरोदकाः क्षीरेण पूर्णा उदकेन दध्ना । एतास् त्वा धारा उप यन्तु सर्वाः स्वर्गे लोके मधुमत् पिन्वमाना उप त्वा तिष्ठन्तु पुष्करिणीः समन्ताः ॥6॥ 7. चतुरः कुम्भांश् चतुर्धा ददामि क्षीरेण पूर्नां उदकेन दध्ना । एतास् त्वा धारा उप यन्तु सर्वाः स्वर्गे लोके मधुमत् पिन्वमाना उप त्वा तिष्ठन्तु पुष्करिणीः समन्ताः ॥7॥ 8. इमम् ओदनं नि दधे ब्राह्मणेषु विष्टारिणं लोकजितं स्वर्गम् । स मे मा क्षेष्ट स्वधया पिन्वमानो विश्वरूपा धेनुः कामदुघा मे अस्तु ॥8॥
Transliteration
1. brahmāsya śīrṣaṃ bṛhad asya pṛṣṭhaṃ vāmadevyam udaram odanasya | chandāṃsi pakṣau mukham asya satyaṃ viṣṭārī jātas tapaso'dhi yajñaḥ ||1|| 2. anasthāḥ pūtāḥ pavanena śuddhāḥ śucayaḥ śucim api yanti lokam | naiṣāṃ śiśnaṃ pra dahati jātavedāḥ svarge loke bahu straiṇam eṣām ||2|| 3. viṣṭāriṇam odanaṃ ye pacanti nainān avartiḥ sacate kadā cana | āste yama upa yāti devānt saṃ gandharvair madate somyebhiḥ ||3|| 4. viṣṭāriṇam odanam ye pacanti nainān yamaḥ pari muṣṇāti retaḥ | rathī ha bhūtvā rathayāna īyate pakṣī ha bhūtvāti divaḥ sam eti ||4|| 5. eṣa yajñānāṃ vitato vahiṣṭho viṣṭāriṇaṃ paktvā divam ā viveśa | āṇḍīkaṃ kumudaṃ saṃ tanoti bisaṃ śālūkaṃ śaphako mulālī | etās tvā dhārā upa yantu sarvāḥ svarge loke madhumat pinvamānā upa tvā tiṣṭhantu puṣkariṇīḥ samantāḥ ||5|| 6. ghṛtahradā madhukūlāḥ surodakāḥ kṣīreṇa pūrṇā udakena dadhnā | etās tvā dhārā upa yantu sarvāḥ svarge loke madhumat pinvamānā upa tvā tiṣṭhantu puṣkariṇīḥ samantāḥ ||6|| 7. caturaḥ kumbhāṃś caturdhā dadāmi kṣīreṇa pūrnāṃ udakena dadhnā | etās tvā dhārā upa yantu sarvāḥ svarge loke madhumat pinvamānā upa tvā tiṣṭhantu puṣkariṇīḥ samantāḥ ||7|| 8. imam odanaṃ ni dadhe brāhmaṇeṣu viṣṭāriṇaṃ lokajitaṃ svargam | sa me mā kṣeṣṭa svadhayā pinvamāno viśvarūpā dhenuḥ kāmadughā me astu ||8||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 4.35 — Hymn 35. Magnification of the Odana or oblation of milk and rice
1. Odana which Prajāpati, the firstborn of Order, dressed with fervour for the Brāhman, which guards the worlds from breaking atIthe centre,—I with this Odana will conquer Mrityu.
2. Whereby the World-Creators vanquished Mrityu, that which they found by fervour, toil and trouble, That which prayer first made ready for the Brāhman,—I with this Odana will conquer Mrityu.
3. That which upholds the Earth, the all-sustainer, that which hath filled air's middle realm with moisture, Which, raised on high in grandeur, stablished heaven,—I with this Odana will conquer Mrityu.
4. From which the months with thirty spokes were moulded, from which the twelve-spoked year was formed and fashioned. Which circling day and night have ne'er o'ertaken,—I with this Odana will conquer Mrityu.
5. Which hath become breath-giver, life-bestower; to which the worlds flow full of oil and fatness, To whom belong all the refulgent regions,—I with this Odana will conquer Mrityu.
6. From which, matured, sprang Amrit into being, which hath become Gāyatris lord and ruler, In which the perfect Vedas have been treasured,—I with this Odana will conquer Mrityu,
7. I drive away the hostile God-despiser: far off be those who are mine adversaries, I dress Brahmaudana that winneth all things. May the Gods hear me who believe and trust them.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. यम् ओदनं प्रथमजा ऋतस्य प्रजापतिस् तपसा ब्रह्मणे ऽपचत् । यो लोकानां विधृतिर् नाभिरेषात् तेनौदनेनाति तराणि मृत्युम् ॥1॥ 2. येनातरन् भूतकृतो ऽति मृत्युं यम् अन्वविन्दन् तपसा श्रमेण । यं पपाच ब्रह्मणे ब्रह्म पूर्वं तेनौदनेनाति तराणि मृत्युम् ॥2॥ 3. यो दाधार पृथिवीं विश्वभोजसं यो अन्तरिक्षम् आपृणाद् रसेन । यो अस्तभ्नाद् दिवम् ऊर्ध्वो महिम्ना तेनौदनेनाति तराणि मृत्युम् ॥3॥ 4. यस्मान् मासा निर्मितास् त्रिंशदराः संवत्सरो यस्मान् निर्मितो द्वादशारः । अहोरात्रा यं परियन्तो नापुस् तेनौदनेनाति तराणि मृत्युम् ॥4॥ 5. यः प्राणदः प्राणदवान् बभूव यस्मै लोका घृतवन्तः क्षरन्ति । ज्योतिष्मतीः प्रदिशो यस्य सर्वास् तेनौदनेनाति तराणि मृत्युम् ॥5॥ 6. यस्मात् पक्वाद् अमृतं संबभूव यो गायत्र्या अधिपतिर् बभूव । यस्मिन् वेदा निहिता विश्वरूपास् तेनौदनेनाति तराणि मृत्युम् ॥6॥ 7. अव बाधे द्विषन्तं देवपीयुं सपत्ना ये मे ऽप ते भवन्तु । ब्रह्मौदनं विश्वजितं पचामि शृण्वन्तु मे श्रद्दधानस्य देवाः ॥7॥
Transliteration
1. yam odanaṃ prathamajā ṛtasya prajāpatis tapasā brahmaṇe 'pacat | yo lokānāṃ vidhṛtir nābhireṣāt tenaudanenāti tarāṇi mṛtyum ||1|| 2. yenātaran bhūtakṛto 'ti mṛtyuṃ yam anvavindan tapasā śrameṇa | yaṃ papāca brahmaṇe brahma pūrvaṃ tenaudanenāti tarāṇi mṛtyum ||2|| 3. yo dādhāra pṛthivīṃ viśvabhojasaṃ yo antarikṣam āpṛṇād rasena | yo astabhnād divam ūrdhvo mahimnā tenaudanenāti tarāṇi mṛtyum ||3|| 4. yasmān māsā nirmitās triṃśadarāḥ saṃvatsaro yasmān nirmito dvādaśāraḥ | ahorātrā yaṃ pariyanto nāpus tenaudanenāti tarāṇi mṛtyum ||4|| 5. yaḥ prāṇadaḥ prāṇadavān babhūva yasmai lokā ghṛtavantaḥ kṣaranti | jyotiṣmatīḥ pradiśo yasya sarvās tenaudanenāti tarāṇi mṛtyum ||5|| 6. yasmāt pakvād amṛtaṃ saṃbabhūva yo gāyatryā adhipatir babhūva | yasmin vedā nihitā viśvarūpās tenaudanenāti tarāṇi mṛtyum ||6|| 7. ava bādhe dviṣantaṃ devapīyuṃ sapatnā ye me 'pa te bhavantu | brahmaudanaṃ viśvajitaṃ pacāmi śṛṇvantu me śraddadhānasya devāḥ ||7||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 4.36 — Hymn 36. A charm against fiends, human enemies, and other pests
1. Endowed with true strength, let the Bull, Agni Vaisvānara, burn them up. Him who would pain and injure us, him who would treat us as
a foe.
2. Him who, unharmed, would injure us, and him who, harmed, would do us harm, I lay between the doubled fangs of Agni, of Vaisvānara.
3. Those who, what time the moon is dark, hunt with loud cry and answering shout, Flesh-eaters, others who would harm,—all these I overcome with might.
4. I conquer the Pisāchas with my power, and take their wealth away. All who would injure us I slay. Let mine intention have success.
5. With Gods who flee with him, and match their rapid motion with the Sun, I with those animals who dwell in rivers and on hills am found.
6. I trouble the Pisāchas as the tiger plagues men rich in kine. They, even as dogs when they have seen a lion, find no hiding- place.
7. Naught with Pisāchas can I do, with thieves, with roamers of the wood. Pisāchas flee and vanish from each village as I enter it.
8. Into whatever village this mine awful power penetrates, Thence the Pisāchas flee away, and plot no further mischief there.
9. Those who enrage me with their prate, as flies torment an elephant, I deem unhappy creatures, like small insects troublesome to man.
10. Destruction seize upon the man, as with a cord they hold a horse, The fool who is enraged with me! He is not rescued from the noose.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. तान्त् सत्यौजाः प्र दहत्व् अग्निर् वैश्वानरो वृषा । यो नो दुरस्याद् दिप्साच् चाथो यो नो अरातियात् ॥1॥ 2. यो नो दिप्साद् अदिप्सतो दिप्सतो यश् च दिप्सति । वैश्वानरस्य दंष्ट्रयोर् अग्नेर् अपि दधामि तम् ॥2॥ 3. य आगरे मृगयन्ते प्रतिक्रोशे ऽमावास्ये । क्रव्यादो अन्यान् दिप्सतः सर्वांस् तान्त् सहसा सहे ॥3॥ 4. सहे पिशाचान्त् सहसैषां द्रविणं ददे । सर्वान् दुरस्यतो हन्मि सं म आकूतिर् ऋध्यताम् ॥4॥ 5. ये देवास् तेन हासन्ते सूर्येण मिमते जवम् । नदीषु पर्वतेषु ये सं तैः पशुभिर् विदे ॥5॥ 6. तपनो अस्मि पिशाचानां व्याघ्रो गोमताम् इव । श्वानः सिंहम् इव दृष्ट्वा ते न विन्दन्ते न्यञ्चनम् ॥6॥ 7. न पिशाचैः सं शक्नोमि न स्तेनैः न वनर्गुभिः । पिशाचास् तस्मान् नश्यन्ति यम् अहं ग्रामम् आविशे ॥7॥ 8. यं ग्रामम् आविशत इदम् उग्रं सहो मम । पिशाचास् तस्मान् नश्यन्ति न पापम् उप जानते ॥8॥ 9. ये मा क्रोधयन्ति लपिता हस्तिनं मशका इव । तान् अहं मन्ये दुर्हितान् जने अल्पशयून् इव ॥9॥ 10. अभि तं निरृतिर् धत्ताम् अश्वम् इव अश्वाभिधान्या । मल्वो यो मह्यं क्रुध्यति स उ पाशान् न मुच्यते ॥10॥
Transliteration
1. tānt satyaujāḥ pra dahatv agnir vaiśvānaro vṛṣā | yo no durasyād dipsāc cātho yo no arātiyāt ||1|| 2. yo no dipsād adipsato dipsato yaś ca dipsati | vaiśvānarasya daṃṣṭrayor agner api dadhāmi tam ||2|| 3. ya āgare mṛgayante pratikrośe 'māvāsye | kravyādo anyān dipsataḥ sarvāṃs tānt sahasā sahe ||3|| 4. sahe piśācānt sahasaiṣāṃ draviṇaṃ dade | sarvān durasyato hanmi saṃ ma ākūtir ṛdhyatām ||4|| 5. ye devās tena hāsante sūryeṇa mimate javam | nadīṣu parvateṣu ye saṃ taiḥ paśubhir vide ||5|| 6. tapano asmi piśācānāṃ vyāghro gomatām iva | śvānaḥ siṃham iva dṛṣṭvā te na vindante nyañcanam ||6|| 7. na piśācaiḥ saṃ śaknomi na stenaiḥ na vanargubhiḥ | piśācās tasmān naśyanti yam ahaṃ grāmam āviśe ||7|| 8. yaṃ grāmam āviśata idam ugraṃ saho mama | piśācās tasmān naśyanti na pāpam upa jānate ||8|| 9. ye mā krodhayanti lapitā hastinaṃ maśakā iva | tān ahaṃ manye durhitān jane alpaśayūn iva ||9|| 10. abhi taṃ nirṛtir dhattām aśvam iva aśvābhidhānyā | malvo yo mahyaṃ krudhyati sa u pāśān na mucyate ||10||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 4.37 — Hymn 37. A charm against Gandharvas and Apsarases
1. With thee, O Plant, in olden time Atharvans smote and slew the fiends. Kasyapa smote with thee, with thee did Kanava and Agastya smite.
2. With thee we scare and drive away Gandharvas and Apsarases. O Ajasringi, chase the fiends. Cause all to vanish with thy smell.
3. Let the Apsarases, puffed away, go to the river, to the ford,— Guggulū, Pīlā, Naladi, Aukshagandhi, Pramandini. Ye have become attentive since the Apsarases have past away.
4. Where great trees are, Asvatthas and Nyagrodhas with their leafy crests, There where your swings are green and bright, and lutes and cymbals sound in tune, 'Ye have become attentive since the Apsarases have past away.
5. Hither hath come this one, the most effectual of herbs and plants.
6. Let Ajasringi penetrate, Arā4aki with sharpened horn.
7. From the Gandharva, dancing near, the lord of the Apsarases, Wearing the tuft of hair, I take all manhood and virility.
8. With those dread hundred iron spears, the darts of Indra, let it pierce. The Blyxa-fed Gandharvas, those who bring no sacrificial gift.
9. With those dread hundred golden spears, the darts of Indra, let it pierce. The Blyxa-fed Gandharvas, those who bring no sacrificial gift.
10. O Plant, be thou victorious, crush the Pisāchas, one and all, Blyxa-fed, shining in the floods, illumining the selfish ones.
11. Youthful, completely decked with hair, one monkey-like, one like a dog,— So the Gandharva, putting on a lovely look, pursues a dame. Him with an efficacious charm we scare and cause to vanish hence.
12. Your wives are the Apsarases, and ye, Gandharvas, are their lords. Run ye, immortal ones, away: forbear to interfere with men!
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. त्वया पूर्वम् अथर्वाणो जघ्नू रक्षांस्य् ओषधे । त्वया जघान कश्यपस् त्वया कण्वो अगस्त्यः ॥1॥ 2. त्वया वयम् अप्सरसो गन्धर्वांस् चातयामहे । अजशृङ्ग्य् अज रक्षः सर्वान् गन्धेन नाशय ॥2॥ 3. नदीं यन्त्व् अप्सरसो ऽपां तारम् अवश्वसम् । गुल्गुलूः पीला नलद्य् औक्षगन्धिः प्रमन्दनी । तत् परेताप्सरसः प्रतिबुद्धा अभूतन ॥3॥ 4. यत्राश्वत्था न्यग्रोधा महावृक्षाः शिखण्डिनः । तत् परेताप्सरसः प्रतिबुद्धा अभूतन ॥4॥ 5. यत्र वः प्रेङ्खा हरिता अर्जुना उत यत्राघाताः कर्कर्यः संवदन्ति । तत् परेताप्सरसः प्रतिबुद्धा अभूतन ॥5॥ 6. एयम् अगन्न् ओषधीनां वीरुधाम् वीर्यावती । अजशृङ्ग्य् अराटकी तीक्ष्णशृङ्गी व्यृषतु ॥6॥ 7. आनृत्यतः शिखण्डिनो गन्धर्वस्याप्सरापतेः । भिनद्मि मुष्काव् अपि यामि शेपः ॥7॥ 8. भीमा इन्द्रस्य हेतयः शतं ऋष्टीर् अयस्मयीः । ताभिर् हविरदान् गन्धर्वान् अवकादान् व्यृषतु ॥8॥ 9. भीमा इन्द्रस्य हेतयः शतं ऋष्टीर् हिरण्ययीः । ताभिर् हविरदान् गन्धर्वान् अवकादान् व्यृषतु ॥9॥ 10. अवकादान् अभिशोचान् अप्सु ज्योतय मामकान् । पिशाचान्त् सर्वान् ओषधे प्र मृणीहि सहस्व च ॥10॥ 11. श्वेवैकः कपिर् इवैकः कुमारः सर्वकेशकः । प्रियो दृश इव भूत्वा गन्धर्वः सचते स्त्रियस् । तम् इतो नाशयामसि ब्रह्मणा वीर्यावता ॥11॥ 12. जाया इद् वो अप्सरसो गन्धर्वाः पतयो युयम् । अप धावतामर्त्या मर्त्यान् मा सचध्वम् ॥12॥
Transliteration
1. tvayā pūrvam atharvāṇo jaghnū rakṣāṃsy oṣadhe | tvayā jaghāna kaśyapas tvayā kaṇvo agastyaḥ ||1|| 2. tvayā vayam apsaraso gandharvāṃs cātayāmahe | ajaśṛṅgy aja rakṣaḥ sarvān gandhena nāśaya ||2|| 3. nadīṃ yantv apsaraso 'pāṃ tāram avaśvasam | gulgulūḥ pīlā nalady aukṣagandhiḥ pramandanī | tat paretāpsarasaḥ pratibuddhā abhūtana ||3|| 4. yatrāśvatthā nyagrodhā mahāvṛkṣāḥ śikhaṇḍinaḥ | tat paretāpsarasaḥ pratibuddhā abhūtana ||4|| 5. yatra vaḥ preṅkhā haritā arjunā uta yatrāghātāḥ karkaryaḥ saṃvadanti | tat paretāpsarasaḥ pratibuddhā abhūtana ||5|| 6. eyam agann oṣadhīnāṃ vīrudhām vīryāvatī | ajaśṛṅgy arāṭakī tīkṣṇaśṛṅgī vyṛṣatu ||6|| 7. ānṛtyataḥ śikhaṇḍino gandharvasyāpsarāpateḥ | bhinadmi muṣkāv api yāmi śepaḥ ||7|| 8. bhīmā indrasya hetayaḥ śataṃ ṛṣṭīr ayasmayīḥ | tābhir haviradān gandharvān avakādān vyṛṣatu ||8|| 9. bhīmā indrasya hetayaḥ śataṃ ṛṣṭīr hiraṇyayīḥ | tābhir haviradān gandharvān avakādān vyṛṣatu ||9|| 10. avakādān abhiśocān apsu jyotaya māmakān | piśācānt sarvān oṣadhe pra mṛṇīhi sahasva ca ||10|| 11. śvevaikaḥ kapir ivaikaḥ kumāraḥ sarvakeśakaḥ | priyo dṛśa iva bhūtvā gandharvaḥ sacate striyas | tam ito nāśayāmasi brahmaṇā vīryāvatā ||11|| 12. jāyā id vo apsaraso gandharvāḥ patayo yuyam | apa dhāvatāmartyā martyān mā sacadhvam ||12||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 4.38 — Hymn 38. A charm for success in gambling
1. Hither I call the Apsaras, victorious, who plays with skill, Her who comes freely fort to view, who wins the stakes in games of dice.
2. Hither I call that Apsaras who scatters and who gathers up. The Apsaras who plays with skill and takes her winnings in the game.
3. Dancing around us with the dice, winning the wager by her play. May she obtain the stake for us and gain the victory with skill. May she approach us full of strength: let them not win this wealth of ours.
4. Hither I call that Apsaras, the joyous, the delightful one— Those nymphs who revel in the dice, who suffer grief and yield to wrath.
5. Who follow in their course the rays of Sūrya, or as a particle of light attend him. Whose leader from afar, with store of riches, compasses quickly all the worlds and guards them. Pleased, may he come to this our burnt oblation, together with the Air, enriched with treasure.
6. Together with the Air, O rich in treasure, guard here the white cow and the calf, O mighty! Here are abundant drops for thee, come hither! Here is thy white calf, let thy mind be with us.
7. Together with the Air, O rich in treasure, keep the white calf in safety here, O mighty! Here is the grass, here is the stall, here do we bind the calf. We are your masters, name by name. All Hail!
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. उद्भिन्दतीं संजयन्तीम् अप्सरां साधुदेविनीम् । ग्लहे कृतानि कृण्वानाम् अप्सरां ताम् इह हुवे ॥1॥ 2. विचिन्वतीम् आकिरन्तीम् अप्सरां साधुदेविनीम् । ग्लहे कृतानि गृह्णानाम् अप्सरां ताम् इह हुवे ॥2॥ 3. यायैः परिनृत्यत्य् आददाना कृतं ग्लहात् । सा नः कृतानि सीषती प्रहाम् आप्नोतु मायया । सा नः पयस्वत्य् ऐतु मा नो जैषुर् इदं धनम् ॥3॥ 4. या अक्षेषु प्रमोदन्ते शुचं क्रोधं च बिभ्रती । आनन्दिनीं प्रमोदिनीम् अप्सरां ताम् इह हुवे ॥4॥ 5. सूर्यस्य रश्मीन् अनु याः सञ्चरन्ति मरीचीर् वा या अनुसञ्चरन्ति । यासाम् ऋषभो दूरतो वाजिनीवान्त् सद्यः सर्वान् लोकान् पर्येति रक्षन् । स न ऐतु होमम् इमं जुसाणो ऽन्तरिक्षेण सह वाजिनीवान् ॥5॥ 6. अन्तरिक्षेन सह वाजिनीवन् कर्कीं वत्साम् इह रक्ष वाजिन् । इमे ते स्तोका बहुला एह्य् अर्वाङ् इयं ते कर्कीह ते मनो ऽस्तु ॥6॥ 7. अन्तरिक्षेण सह वाजिनीवन् कर्कीं वत्साम् इह रक्ष वाजिन् । अयं घासो अयं व्रज इह वत्सां नि बध्नीमः । यथानाम व ईश्महे स्वाहा ॥7॥
Transliteration
1. udbhindatīṃ saṃjayantīm apsarāṃ sādhudevinīm | glahe kṛtāni kṛṇvānām apsarāṃ tām iha huve ||1|| 2. vicinvatīm ākirantīm apsarāṃ sādhudevinīm | glahe kṛtāni gṛhṇānām apsarāṃ tām iha huve ||2|| 3. yāyaiḥ parinṛtyaty ādadānā kṛtaṃ glahāt | sā naḥ kṛtāni sīṣatī prahām āpnotu māyayā | sā naḥ payasvaty aitu mā no jaiṣur idaṃ dhanam ||3|| 4. yā akṣeṣu pramodante śucaṃ krodhaṃ ca bibhratī | ānandinīṃ pramodinīm apsarāṃ tām iha huve ||4|| 5. sūryasya raśmīn anu yāḥ sañcaranti marīcīr vā yā anusañcaranti | yāsām ṛṣabho dūrato vājinīvānt sadyaḥ sarvān lokān paryeti rakṣan | sa na aitu homam imaṃ jusāṇo 'ntarikṣeṇa saha vājinīvān ||5|| 6. antarikṣena saha vājinīvan karkīṃ vatsām iha rakṣa vājin | ime te stokā bahulā ehy arvāṅ iyaṃ te karkīha te mano 'stu ||6|| 7. antarikṣeṇa saha vājinīvan karkīṃ vatsām iha rakṣa vājin | ayaṃ ghāso ayaṃ vraja iha vatsāṃ ni badhnīmaḥ | yathānāma va īśmahe svāhā ||7||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 4.39 — Hymn 39. A prayer to various deities for health, wealth, and prosperity
1. Agni no earth kath had mine homage. May he bless me. As I have bowed me down to Agni on the earth, so let the Favouring Graces bow them down to me.
2. Earth is the Cow, her calf is Agni. May she with her calf Agni yield me food, strength, all my wish, life first of all, and off- spring, plenty, wealth. All Hail!
3. Vāyu in air hath had mine homage. May he bless me. As I have bowed me down to Vāyu in the air, so let the Favour- ing Graces bow them down to me.
4. Air is the Cow, her calf is Vāyu. May she with her calf Vāyu yield me food, strength, all my wish, life first of all, and off- spring, plenty, wealth. All Hail!
5. The Sun in heaven hath had my homage. May he bless me. As I have bowed me down unto the Sun in heaven, so let the Favouring Graces bow them down to me.
6. Heaven is the Cow, her calf Āditya. May she yield with her calf the Sun food, strength, and all my wish, life first of all, and offspring, plenty, wealth. All Hail!
7. To Chandra in the quarters have I bowed me. May he bless me. As unto Chandra in the quarters I have bent, so let the Favour- ing Graces bow them down to me.
8. The quarters are the Cows, their calf is Chandra. May they yield with their calf the Moon food, strength and all my wish, life first of all, and offspring, plenty, wealth. All Hail!
9. Agni moves having entered into Agni, the Rishis' son, who guards from imprecations, I offer unto thee with reverent worship. Let me not mar the Gods' appointed service.
10. Skilled in all ways, O God, O Jātavedas, I offer what is cleansed by heart and spirit. To all thy seven mouths, O Jātavedas. Do thou accept with pleasure my libation.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. पृथिव्याम् अग्नये सम् अनमन्त् स आर्ध्नोत् । यथा पृथिव्याम् अग्नये समनमन्न् एवा मह्यं संनमः सं नमन्तु ॥1॥ 2. पृथिवी धेनुस् तस्या अग्निर् वत्सः । सा मे ऽग्निना वत्सेनेषम् ऊर्जं कामं दुहाम् । आयुः प्रथमं प्रजां पोषं रयिं स्वाहा ॥2॥ 3. अन्तरिक्षे वायवे सम् अनमन्त् स आर्ध्नोत् । यथान्तरिक्षे वायवे समनमन्न् एवा मह्यं संनमः सं नमन्तु ॥3॥ 4. अन्तरिक्षं धेनुस् तस्या वत्सः । सा मे वायुना वत्सेनेषम् ऊर्जं कामं दुहाम् । आयुः प्रथमं प्रजां पोषं रयिं स्वाहा ॥4॥ 5. दिव्यादित्याय सम् अनमन्त् स आर्ध्नोत् । यथा दिव्यादित्याय समनमन्न् एवा मह्यं संनमः सं नमन्तु ॥5॥ 6. द्यौर् धेनुस् तस्या आदित्यो वत्सः । सा म आदित्येन वत्सेनेषम् ऊर्जं कामं दुहाम् । आयुः प्रथमं प्रजां पोषं रयिं स्वाहा ॥6॥ 7. दिक्षु चन्द्राय सम् अनमन्त् स आर्ध्नोत् । यथा दिक्षु चन्द्राय समनमन्न् एवा मह्यं संनमः सं नमन्तु ॥7॥ 8. दिशो धेनवस् तासां चन्द्रो वत्सः । ता मे चन्द्रेण वत्सेनेषम् ऊर्जं कामं दुहाम् आयुः प्रथमं प्रजां पोसं रयिं स्वाहा ॥8॥ 9. अग्नाव् अग्निश् चरति प्रविष्ट ऋषीणाम् पुत्रो अभिशस्तिपा उ । नमस्कारेण नमसा ते जुहोमि मा देवानां मिथुया कर्म भागम् ॥9॥ 10. हृदा पूतम् मनसा जातवेदो विश्वानि देव वयुनानि विद्वान् । सप्तास्यानि तव जातवेदस् तेभ्यो जुहोमि स जुषस्व हव्यम् ॥10॥
Transliteration
1. pṛthivyām agnaye sam anamant sa ārdhnot | yathā pṛthivyām agnaye samanamann evā mahyaṃ saṃnamaḥ saṃ namantu ||1|| 2. pṛthivī dhenus tasyā agnir vatsaḥ | sā me 'gninā vatseneṣam ūrjaṃ kāmaṃ duhām | āyuḥ prathamaṃ prajāṃ poṣaṃ rayiṃ svāhā ||2|| 3. antarikṣe vāyave sam anamant sa ārdhnot | yathāntarikṣe vāyave samanamann evā mahyaṃ saṃnamaḥ saṃ namantu ||3|| 4. antarikṣaṃ dhenus tasyā vatsaḥ | sā me vāyunā vatseneṣam ūrjaṃ kāmaṃ duhām | āyuḥ prathamaṃ prajāṃ poṣaṃ rayiṃ svāhā ||4|| 5. divyādityāya sam anamant sa ārdhnot | yathā divyādityāya samanamann evā mahyaṃ saṃnamaḥ saṃ namantu ||5|| 6. dyaur dhenus tasyā ādityo vatsaḥ | sā ma ādityena vatseneṣam ūrjaṃ kāmaṃ duhām | āyuḥ prathamaṃ prajāṃ poṣaṃ rayiṃ svāhā ||6|| 7. dikṣu candrāya sam anamant sa ārdhnot | yathā dikṣu candrāya samanamann evā mahyaṃ saṃnamaḥ saṃ namantu ||7|| 8. diśo dhenavas tāsāṃ candro vatsaḥ | tā me candreṇa vatseneṣam ūrjaṃ kāmaṃ duhām āyuḥ prathamaṃ prajāṃ posaṃ rayiṃ svāhā ||8|| 9. agnāv agniś carati praviṣṭa ṛṣīṇām putro abhiśastipā u | namaskāreṇa namasā te juhomi mā devānāṃ mithuyā karma bhāgam ||9|| 10. hṛdā pūtam manasā jātavedo viśvāni deva vayunāni vidvān | saptāsyāni tava jātavedas tebhyo juhomi sa juṣasva havyam ||10||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.
Atharvaveda 4.40 — Hymn 40. A charm against rival worshippers
1. O Jātavedas, eastward sacrificers, as foes assail us from the eastern quarter. May they, turned back, be pained for harming Agni. I drive them backward with mine incantation.
2. O Jātavedas, southward sacrificers as foes assail us from the southern quarter. May they, turned back, be pained for harming Yama. I smite them backward with mine incantation.
3. O Jātavedas, westward sacrificers as foes assail us from the western quarter. For harming Varuna be they turned and troubled! I smite them backward with mine incantation.
4. Jātavedas, northward sacrificers as foes assail us from the northern quarter. For harming Soma be they turned and troubled! I smite them backward with mine incantation.
5. O Jātavedas, nether sacrificers, as foes assail us from the stead- fast quarter. For harming Earth let them be turned and troubled. I smite them backward with mine incantation.
6. Those who pay sacrifice, O Jātavedas, from air assail us from the midway quarter. For harming Vāyu be they turned and troubled! I smite them backward with mine incantation.
7. The sacrificers from above assail us, O Jātavedas, from the lofty quarter. For wronging Sūrya be they turned and troubled! I smite them backward with mine incantation.
8. Those from all points assail us, Jātavedas, who sacrifice from intermediate regions. For wronging Prayer let them be turned and troubled, I smite them backward with mine incantation.
Sanskrit and transliteration
Sanskrit
1. ये पुरस्ताज् जुह्वति जातवेदः प्राच्या दिशो ऽभिदासन्त्य् अस्मान् । अग्निम् ऋत्वा ते पराञ्चो व्यथन्तां प्रत्यग् एनान् प्रतिसरेण हन्मि ॥1॥ 2. ये दक्षिणतो जुह्वति जातवेदो दक्षिणाया दिशो ऽभिदासन्त्य् अस्मान् । यमं ऋत्वा ते पराञ्चो व्यथन्तां प्रत्यग् एना प्रतिसरेण हन्मि ॥2॥ 3. ये पश्चाज् जुह्वति जातवेदः प्रतीच्या दिशो ऽभिदासन्त्य् अस्मान् । वरुणम् ऋत्वा ते पराञ्चो व्यथन्तां प्रत्यग् एनान् प्रतिसरेण हन्मि ॥3॥ 4. य उत्तरतो जुह्वति जातवेद उदीच्या दिशो ऽभिदासन्त्य् अस्मान् । सोमम् ऋत्वा ते पराञ्चो व्यथन्तां प्रत्यग् एनान् प्रतिसरेण हन्मि ॥4॥ 5. ये ऽधस्ताज् जुह्वति जातवेद उदीच्या दिशो ऽभिदासन्त्य् अस्मान् । भूमिम् ऋत्वा ते पराञ्चो व्यथन्तां प्रत्यग् एनान् प्रतिसरेण हन्मि ॥5॥ 6. ये ऽन्तरिक्षाज् जुह्वति जातवेदो व्यध्वाया दिशो ऽभिदासन्त्य् अस्मान् । वायुम् ऋत्वा ते पराञ्चो व्यथन्तां प्रत्यग् एनान् प्रतिसरेण हन्मि ॥6॥ 7. य उपरिष्टाज् जुह्वति जातवेद ऊर्ध्वाया दिशो ऽभिदासन्त्य् अस्मान् । सूर्यम् ऋत्वा ते पराञ्चो व्यथन्तां प्रत्यग् एनान् प्रतिसरेण हन्मि ॥7॥ 8. ये दिशाम् अन्तर्देशेभ्यो जुह्वति जातवेदः सर्वाभ्यो दिग्भ्यो ऽभिदासन्ति अस्मान् । ब्रह्म र्त्वा ते पराञ्चो व्यथन्तां प्रत्यग् एनान् प्रतिसरेण हन्मि ॥8॥
Transliteration
1. ye purastāj juhvati jātavedaḥ prācyā diśo 'bhidāsanty asmān | agnim ṛtvā te parāñco vyathantāṃ pratyag enān pratisareṇa hanmi ||1|| 2. ye dakṣiṇato juhvati jātavedo dakṣiṇāyā diśo 'bhidāsanty asmān | yamaṃ ṛtvā te parāñco vyathantāṃ pratyag enā pratisareṇa hanmi ||2|| 3. ye paścāj juhvati jātavedaḥ pratīcyā diśo 'bhidāsanty asmān | varuṇam ṛtvā te parāñco vyathantāṃ pratyag enān pratisareṇa hanmi ||3|| 4. ya uttarato juhvati jātaveda udīcyā diśo 'bhidāsanty asmān | somam ṛtvā te parāñco vyathantāṃ pratyag enān pratisareṇa hanmi ||4|| 5. ye 'dhastāj juhvati jātaveda udīcyā diśo 'bhidāsanty asmān | bhūmim ṛtvā te parāñco vyathantāṃ pratyag enān pratisareṇa hanmi ||5|| 6. ye 'ntarikṣāj juhvati jātavedo vyadhvāyā diśo 'bhidāsanty asmān | vāyum ṛtvā te parāñco vyathantāṃ pratyag enān pratisareṇa hanmi ||6|| 7. ya upariṣṭāj juhvati jātaveda ūrdhvāyā diśo 'bhidāsanty asmān | sūryam ṛtvā te parāñco vyathantāṃ pratyag enān pratisareṇa hanmi ||7|| 8. ye diśām antardeśebhyo juhvati jātavedaḥ sarvābhyo digbhyo 'bhidāsanti asmān | brahma rtvā te parāñco vyathantāṃ pratyag enān pratisareṇa hanmi ||8||
Unaccented IAST transliteration from GRETIL's Atharvaveda-Samhita, Shaunaka recension. Devanagari is generated from that IAST text.