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Atharvaveda, Book 1अथर्ववेद काण्ड १
35 hymns. Sanskrit beside Ralph T. H. Griffith’s English (1895–96).
Hymn: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35
Sanskrit
वाचस्पतिर्बला तेषां तन्वो अद्य दधातु मे ॥१॥
पुनरेहि वचस्पते देवेन मनसा सह ।
वसोष्पते नि रमय मय्येवास्तु मयि श्रुतम् ॥२॥
इहैवाभि वि तनूभे आर्त्नी इव ज्यया ।
वाचस्पतिर्नि यच्छतु मय्येवास्तु मयि श्रुतम् ॥३॥
उपहूतो वाचस्पतिरुपास्मान् वाचस्पतिर्ह्वयताम् ।
सं श्रुतेन गमेमहि मा श्रुतेन वि राधिषि ॥४॥
English Griffith 1895–96
1Now may Vāchaspati assign to me the strength and powers of
Those
Who, wearing every shape and form, the triple seven, are
wandering round.
2Come thou again, Vāchaspati, come with divine intelligence.
Vasoshpati, repose thou here. In me be Knowledge, yea, in me.
3Here, even here, spread sheltering arms like the two bow-ends
strained with cord.
This let Vāchaspati confirm. In me be Knowledge, yea, in me.
4Vāchaspati hath been invoked: may he invite us in reply.
May we adhere to Sacred Lore. Never may I be reft thereof.
Sanskrit
विद्मो ष्वस्य मातरं पृथिवीं भूरिवर्पसम् ॥१॥
ज्याके परि णो नमाश्मानं तन्वं कृधि ।
वीडुर्वरीयोऽरातीरप द्वेषांस्या कृधि ॥२॥
वृक्षं यद्गावः परिषस्वजाना अनुस्फुरं शरमर्चन्त्यृभुम् ।
शरुमस्मद्यावय दिद्युमिन्द्र ॥३॥
यथा द्यां च पृथिवीं चान्तस्तिष्ठति तेजनम् ।
एवा रोगं चास्रावं चान्तस्तिष्ठतु मुञ्ज इत्॥४॥
English Griffith 1895–96
1We know the father of the shaft, Parjanya, liberal nourisher,
Know well his mother: Prithivī, Earth with her manifold
designs.
2Do thou, O Bowstring, bend thyself around us: make my body
stone.
Firm in thy strength drive far away malignities and hateful
things.
3When, closely clinging round the wood, the bowstring sings
triumph to the swift and whizzing arrow,
Indra, ward off from us the shaft, the missile.
4As in its flight the arrow's point hangs between earth and
firmament,
So stand this Munja grass between ailment and dysenteric ill!
Sanskrit
तेना ते तन्वे शं करं पृथिव्यां ते निषेचनं बहिष्टे अस्तु बालिति ॥१॥
विद्मा शरस्य पितरं मित्रं शतवृष्ण्यम् ।
तेना ते तन्वे शं करं पृथिव्यां ते निषेचनं बहिष्टे अस्तु बालिति ॥२॥
विद्मा शरस्य पितरं वरुणं शतवृष्ण्यम् ।
तेना ते तन्वे शं करं पृथिव्यां ते निषेचनं बहिष्टे अस्तु बालिति ॥३॥
विद्मा शरस्य पितरं चन्द्रं शतवृष्ण्यम् ।
तेना ते तन्वे शं करं पृथिव्यां ते निषेचनं बहिष्टे अस्तु बालिति ॥४॥
विद्मा शरस्य पितरं सूर्यं शतवृष्ण्यम् ।
तेना ते तन्वे शं करं पृथिव्यां ते निषेचनं बहिष्टे अस्तु बालिति ॥५॥
यदान्त्रेषु गवीन्योर्यद्वस्तावधि संश्रितम् ।
एवा ते मूत्रं मुच्यतां बहिर्बालिति सर्वकम् ॥६॥
प्र ते भिनद्मि मेहनं वर्त्रं वेशन्त्या इव ।
एवा ते मूत्रं मुच्यतां बहिर्बालिति सर्वकम् ॥७॥
विषितं ते वस्तिबिलं समुद्रस्योदधेरिव ।
एवा ते मूत्रं मुच्यतां बहिर्बालिति सर्वकम् ॥८॥
यथेषुका परापतदवसृष्टाधि धन्वनः ।
एवा ते मूत्रं मुच्यतां बहिर्बालिति सर्वकम् ॥९॥
English Griffith 1895–96
1We know the father of the shaft, Parjanya strong with hundred
powers:
By this may I bring health unto thy body: let the channels pour
their burthen freely as of old.
2We know the father of the shaft, Mitra, the Lord of hundred
powers:
By this, etc.
3We know the father of the shaft, Varuna, strong with hundred
powers: p. a4
By this, etc.
4We know the father of the shaft, the Moon endowed with
hundred powers:
By this, etc.
5We know the father of the shaft, the Sun endowed with hundred
powers:
By this may I bring health unto thy body: let the channels pour
their burthen freely as of old.
6Whate'er hath gathered, as it flowed, in bowels, bladder, or in
groins,
Thus let the conduit, free from check, pour all its burthen as of
old.
7I lay the passage open as one cleaves the dam that bars the
lake:
Thus let, etc.
8Now hath the portal been unclosed as, of the sea that holds the
flood:
Thus let, etc.
9Even as the arrow flies away when loosened from the archer's
bow,
Thus let the burthen be discharged from channels that are checked
no more.
Sanskrit
पृञ्चतीर्मधुना पयः ॥१॥
अमूर्या उप सूर्ये याभिर्वा सूर्यः सह ।
ता नो हिन्वन्त्वध्वरम् ॥२॥
अपो देवीरुप ह्वये यत्र गावः पिबन्ति नः ।
सिन्धुभ्यः कर्त्वं हविः ॥३॥
अप्स्वन्तरमृतमप्सु भेषजम् ।
अपामुत प्रशस्तिभिरश्वा भवथ वाजिनो गावो भवथ वाजिनीः ॥४॥
English Griffith 1895–96
1Along their paths the Mothers go, sisters of priestly
ministrants,
Blending their water with the mead.
2May yonder Waters near the Sun, or those wherewith the Sun is
joined,
Send forth this sacrifice of ours.
3I call the Waters, Goddesses, hitherward where our cattle
drink:
The streams must share the sacrifice.
4Amrit is in the Waters, in the Waters balm.
Yea, through our praises of the Floods, O horses, be ye fleet and
strong, and, O ye kine, be full of strength.
Sanskrit
महे रणाय चक्षसे ॥१॥
यो वः शिवतमो रसस्तस्य भाजयतेह नः ।
उशतीरिव मातरः ॥२॥
तस्मा अरं गमाम वो यस्य क्षयाय जिन्वथ ।
आपो जनयथा च नः ॥३॥
ईशाना वार्याणां क्षयन्तीश्चर्षणीनाम् ।
अपो याचामि भेषजम् ॥४॥
English Griffith 1895–96
1Ye, Waters, truly bring us bliss: so help ye us to strength and
power p. a6
That we may look on great delight.
2Here grant to us a share of dew, that most auspicious dew of
yours,
Like mothers in their longing love.
3For you we fain would go to him to whose abode ye send us
forth,
And, Waters, give us procreant strength.
4I pray the Floods to send us balm, those who bear rule o'er
precious things,
And have supreme control of men.
Sanskrit
शं योरभि स्रवन्तु नः ॥१॥
अप्सु मे सोमो अब्रवीदन्तर्विश्वानि भेषजा ।
अग्निं च विश्वशंभुवम् ॥२॥
आपः पृणीत भेषजं वरूथं तन्वे मम ।
ज्योक्च सूर्यं दृशे ॥३॥
शं न आपो धन्वन्याः शमु सन्त्वनूप्याः ।
शं नः खनित्रिमा आपः शमु याः कुम्भ आभृताः ।
शिवा नः सन्तु वार्षिकीः ॥४॥
English Griffith 1895–96
1The Waters be to us for drink, Goddesses, for our aid and
bliss: p. a7
Let them stream health and wealth to us.
2Within the Waters—Soma thus hath told me—dwell all balms
that heal,
And Agni, he who blesseth all.
3O Waters, teem with medicine to keep my body safe from harm,
So that I long may see the Sun.
4The Waters bless us, all that rise in desert lands or marshy
pools!
Bless us the Waters dug from earth, bless us the Waters brought
in jars, bless us the Waters of the Rains!
Sanskrit
त्वं हि देव वन्दितो हन्ता दस्योर्बभूविथ ॥१॥
आज्यस्य परमेष्ठिन् जातवेदस्तनूवशिन् ।
अग्ने तौलस्य प्राशान यातुधानान् वि लापय ॥२॥
वि लपन्तु यातुधाना अत्त्रिणो ये किमीदिनः ।
अथेदमग्ने नो हविरिन्द्रश्च प्रति हर्यतम् ॥३॥
अग्निः पूर्व आ रभतां प्रेन्द्रो नुदतु बाहुमान् ।
ब्रवीतु सर्वो यातुमान् अयमस्मीत्येत्य ॥४॥
पश्याम ते वीर्यं जातवेदः प्र णो ब्रूहि यातुधानान् नृचक्षः ।
त्वया सर्वे परितप्ताः पुरस्तात्त आ यन्तु प्रब्रुवाणा उपेदम् ॥५॥
आ रभस्व जातवेदोऽस्माकार्थाय जज्ञिषे ।
दूतो नो अग्ने भूत्वा यातुधानान् वि लापय ॥६॥
त्वमग्ने यातुधानान् उपबद्धामिहा वह ।
अथैषामिन्द्रो वज्रेणापि शीर्षाणि वृश्चतु ॥७॥
English Griffith 1895–96
1Bring the Kimidin hither, bring the Yātudhāna self-declared
For Agni, God, thou, lauded, hast become the Dasyu's
slaughterer.
2O Jātavedas, Lord Supreme, controller of our bodies, taste
The butter, Agni, taste the oil: make thou the Yātudhānas
mourn.
3Let Yātudhānas mourn, let all greedy Kimidins weep and
wail:
And, Agni, Indra, may ye both accept this sacrifice of ours. p. a8
4May Agni seize upon them first, may strong-armed Indra drive
them forth:
Let every wicked sorcerer come hither and say, Here am I.
5Let us behold thy strength, O Jātavedas. Viewer of men, tell us
the Yātudhānas.
Burnt by thy heat and making declaration let all approach this
sacrifice before thee.
6O Jātavedas, seize, on them: for our advantage art thou born:
Agni, be thou our messenger and make the Yātudhānas wail.
7O Agni, bring thou hitherward the Yātudhānas bound and
chained.
And afterward let Indra tear their heads off with his thunder-
bolt.
Sanskrit
य इदं स्त्री पुमान् अकरिह स स्तुवतां जनः ॥१॥
अयं स्तुवान आगमदिमं स्म प्रति हर्यत ।
बृहस्पते वशे लब्ध्वाग्नीषोमा वि विध्यतम् ॥२॥
यातुधानस्य सोमप जहि प्रजां नयस्व च ।
नि स्तुवानस्य पातय परमक्ष्युतावरम् ॥३॥
यत्रैषामग्ने जनिमानि वेत्थ गुहा सतामत्त्रिणां जातवेदः ।
तांस्त्वं ब्रह्मणा वावृधानो जह्येषां शततर्हमग्ने ॥४॥
English Griffith 1895–96
1This sacrifice shall bring the Yātudhānas as the flood brings
foam: p. a9
Here let the doer of this deed woman or man, acknowledge it.
2This one hath come confessing all: do ye receive him
eagerly.
Master him thou, Brihaspati; Agni and Soma, pierce him
through.
3O Soma-drinker, strike and bring the Yātudhāna's progeny:
Make the confessing sinner's eyes fall from his head, both right
and left.
4As thou, O Agni Jātavedas, knowest the races of these secret
greedy beings,
So strengthened by the power of prayer, O Agni, crushing them
down a hundred times destroy them.
Sanskrit
इममादित्या उत विश्वे च देवा उत्तरस्मिन् ज्योतिषि धारयन्तु ॥१॥
अस्य देवाः प्रदिशि ज्योतिरस्तु सूर्यो अग्निरुत वा हिरण्यम् ।
सपत्ना अस्मदधरे भवन्तूत्तमं नाकमधि रोहयेमम् ॥२॥
येनेन्द्राय समभरः पयांस्युत्तमेन ब्रह्मणा जातवेदः ।
तेन त्वमग्न इह वर्धयेमं सजातानां श्रैष्ठ्य आ धेह्येनम् ॥३॥
ऐषां यज्ञमुत वर्चो ददेऽहं रायस्पोषमुत चित्तान्यग्ने ।
सपत्ना अस्मदधरे भवन्तूत्तमं नाकमधि रोहयेमम् ॥४॥
English Griffith 1895–96
1May Indra, Pūshan, Varuria, Mitra, Agni, benignant Gods,
maintain this man in riches.
May the Ādityas and the Vive Devas set and support him in
supremest lustre. p. a10
2May light, O Gods, be under his dominion, Agni, the Sun, all;
that is bright and golden.
Prostrate beneath our feet his foes and rivals. Uplift him to the.
loftiest cope of heaven.
3Through that most mighty prayer, O Jātavedas, wherewith thou.
broughtest milk to strengthen Indra,
Even therewith exalt this man, O Agni, and give him highest rank
among his kinsmen.
4I have assumed their sacrifice, O Agni, their hopes, their glory,.
and their riches' fulness.
Prostrate beneath our feet his foes and rivals. Uplift him to the-
loftiest cope of heaven.
Sanskrit
ततस्परि ब्रह्मणा शाशदान उग्रस्य मन्योरुदिमं नयामि ॥१॥
नमस्ते रजन् वरुणास्तु मन्यवे विश्वं ह्युग्र निचिकेषि द्रुग्धम् ।
सहस्रमन्यान् प्र सुवामि साकं शतं जीवाति शरदस्तवायम् ॥२॥
यदुवक्थानृतं जिह्वया वृजिनं बहु ।
राज्ञस्त्वा सत्यधर्मणो मुञ्चामि वरुणादहम् ॥३॥
मुञ्चामि त्वा वैश्वानरादर्णवान् महतस्परि ।
सजातान् उग्रेहा वद ब्रह्म चाप चिकीहि नः ॥४॥
English Griffith 1895–96
1This Lord is the Gods' ruler; for the wishes of Varuna the King
must be accomplished.
Therefore, triumphant with the prayer I utter, I rescue this man
from the Fierce One's anger.
2Homage be paid, King Varuna, to thine anger; for thou, dread
God, detectest every falsehood.
I send a thousand others forth together: let this thy servant live
a hundred autumns.
3Whatever falsehood thou hast told, much evil spoken with the
tongue,
I liberate thee from the noose of Varuna the righteous King.
4I free thee from Vaisvānara, from the great surging flood of sin.
Call thou thy brothers, Awful One! and pay attention to our
prayer.
Sanskrit
सिस्रतां नार्यृतप्रजाता वि पर्वाणि जिहतां सूतवा उ ॥१॥
चतस्रो दिवः प्रदिशश्चतस्रो भूम्या उत ।
देवा गर्भं समैरयन् तं व्यूर्णुवन्तु सूतवे ॥२॥
सूषा व्यूर्णोतु वि योनिं हापयामसि ।
श्रथया सूषणे त्वमव त्वं बिष्कले सृज ॥३॥
नेव मांसे न पीवसि नेव मज्जस्वाहतम् ।
अवैतु पृश्नि शेवलं शुने जराय्वत्तवेऽव जरायु पद्यताम् ॥४॥
वि ते भिनद्मि मेहनं वि योनिं वि गवीनिके ।
वि मातरं च पुत्रं च वि कुमारं जरायुणाव जरायु पद्यताम् ॥५॥
यथा वातो यथा मनो यथा पतन्ति पक्षिणः ।
एवा त्वं दशमास्य साकं जरायुणा पताव जरायु पद्यताम् ॥६॥
English Griffith 1895–96
1Vashat to thee. O Pūshan At this birth let Aryaman the Sage
perform as Hotar-priest, p. a12
As one who bears in season let this dame be ready to bring forth
her child.
2Four are the regions of the sky, and four the regions of the
earth:
The Gods have brought the babe; let them prepare the woman
for the birth.
3Puerpera (infatem) detegat: nos uterum aperimus. Lexa teipsam,
puerpera. Tu, parturiens! emitte eum non carni, non adipi,
non medullae adhāerntem.
4Descendat viscosa placenta, cani, comedenda placenta; decidat
placenta.
5Diffindo tuum urinae ductum, diffindo vaginam, diffindo inguina.
Matrem natumque divido, puerum a placenta divido: decidat
placenta.
6Sicut ventus, sicut mens, sicut alites volant, sic, decem mensium
puer, cum placenta descende: descendat placenta.
Sanskrit
स नो मृडाति तन्व ऋजुगो रुजन् य एकमोजस्त्रेधा विचक्रमे ॥१॥
अङ्गेअङ्गे शोचिषा शिश्रियाणं नमस्यन्तस्त्वा हविषा विधेम ।
अङ्कान्त्समङ्कान् हविषा विधेम यो अग्रभीत्पर्वास्या ग्रभीता ॥२॥
मुञ्च शीर्षक्त्या उत कास एनं परुष्परुराविवेशा यो अस्य ।
यो अभ्रजा वातजा यश्च शुष्मो वनस्पतीन्त्सचतां पर्वतांश्च ॥३॥
शं मे परस्मै गात्राय शमस्त्ववराय मे ।
शं मे चतुर्भ्यो अङ्गेभ्यः शमस्तु तन्वे मम ॥४॥
English Griffith 1895–96
1Born from the womb, brought forth from wind and from the
cloud, the first red bull comes onward thundering with the
rain.
Our bodies may he spare who, cleaving, goes straight on; he who,
a single force, divides himself in three.
2Bending to thee who clingest to each limb with heat, fain would
we worship thee with offered sacrifice,
Worship with sacrifice the bends and curves of thee who with a
vigorous grasp hast seized on this one's limbs.
3Do thou release this man from headache, free him from cough
which has entered into all his limbs and joints.
May he, the child of cloud, the offspring of the wind, the whiz-
zing lighting, strike the mountains and the trees.
4Well be it with my upper frame, well be it with my lower parts.
With my four limbs let it be well. Let all my body be in health.
Sanskrit
नमस्ते अस्त्वश्मने येना दूडाशे अस्यसि ॥१॥
नमस्ते प्रवतो नपाद्यतस्तपः समूहसि ।
मृडया नस्तनूभ्यो मयस्तोकेभ्यस्कृधि ॥२॥
प्रवतो नपान् नम एवास्तु तुभ्यं नमस्ते हेतये तपुषे च कृण्मः ।
विद्म ते धाम परमं गुहा यत्समुद्रे अन्तर्निहितासि नाभिः ॥३॥
यां त्वा देवा असृजन्त विश्व इषुं कृण्वाना असनाय धृष्णुम् ।
सा नो मृड विदथे गृणाना तस्यै ते नमो अस्तु देवि ॥४॥
English Griffith 1895–96
1Homage to thee, the Lightning's flash, homage to thee, the
Thunder's roar!
Homage to thee, the Stone which thou hurlest against the
undevout!
2Homage to thee, Child of the Flood whence thou collectest fer-
vent heat!
Be gracious to our bodies, give our children happiness and
joy.
3Yea, homage be to thee, O Offspring of the Flood! Homage we
pay to thee, the dart and fiery flame:
For well we know thy secret and sublimest home, where thou as
central point art buried in the sea.
4Thou, Arrow, which the host of Gods created, making it strong
and mighty for the shooting,
Be gracious, lauded thus, to our assembly. To thee, that Arrow,.
be our homage, Goddess!
Sanskrit
महाबुध्न इव पर्वतो ज्योक्पितृष्वास्ताम् ॥१॥
एषा ते राजन् कन्या वधूर्नि धूयतां यम ।
सा मातुर्बध्यतां गृहेऽथो भ्रातुरथो पितुः ॥२॥
एषा ते कुलपा राजन् तामु ते परि दद्मसि ।
ज्योक्पितृष्वासाता आ शीर्ष्णः शमोप्यात्॥३॥
असितस्य ते ब्रह्मणा कश्यपस्य गयस्य च ।
अन्तःकोशमिव जामयोऽपि नह्यामि ते भगम् ॥४ ॥
English Griffith 1895–96
1As from the tree a wreath, have I assumed her fortune and her
fame:
Among her kinsfolk long may she dwell, like a mountain broadly-
based.
2King Yama, let this maiden be surrendered as a wife to thee:
Bound let her be meanwhile within, her mother's, brother's,
father's house.
3Queen of thy race is she, O King: to thee do we deliver her.
Long with her kinsfolk may she sit, until her hair be white with
age.
4With Asita's and Kasyapa's and Gaya's incantation, thus
As sisters pack within a chest, I bind and tie thy fortune up.
Sanskrit
इमं यज्ञं प्रदिवो मे जुषन्तां संस्राव्येण हविषा जुहोमि ॥१॥
इहैव हवमा यात म इह संस्रावणा उतेमं वर्धयता गिरः ।
इहैतु सर्वो यः पशुरस्मिन् तिष्ठतु या रयिः ॥२॥
ये नदीनां संस्रवन्त्युत्सासः सदमक्षिताः ।
तेभिर्मे सर्वैः संस्रावैर्धनं सं स्रावयामसि ॥३॥
ये सर्पिषः संस्रवन्ति क्षीरस्य चोदकस्य च
तेभिर्मे सर्वैः संस्रावैर्धनं सं स्रावयामसि ॥४॥
English Griffith 1895–96
1Let the streams, flow together, let the winds and birds assembled
come.
Let this my sacrifice delight them always. I offer it with duly mixt
oblation.
2Come to my call, Blent Offerings, come ye very nigh. And,
singers, do ye strengthen and increase this man.
Hither come every animal: with this man let all wealth abide.
3All river founts that blend their streams for ever inexhaustible—
With all these confluent streams of mine we make abundant
riches flow.
4All streams of melted butter, and all streams of water and of
milk
With all these confluent streams of mine we make abundant
riches flow.
Sanskrit
अग्निस्तुरीयो यातुहा सो अस्मभ्यमधि ब्रवत्॥१॥
सीसायाध्याह वरुणः सीसायाग्निरुपावति ।
सीसं म इन्द्रः प्रायच्छत्तदङ्ग यातुचातनम् ॥२॥
इदं विष्कन्धं सहत इदं बाधते अत्त्रिणः ।
अनेन विश्वा ससहे या जातानि पिशाच्याः ॥३॥
यदि नो गां हंसि यद्यश्वं यदि पूरुषम् ।
तं त्वा सीसेन विध्यामो यथा नोऽसो अवीरहा ॥४॥
English Griffith 1895–96
1May potent Agni who destroys the demons bless and shelter us.
From greedy fiends who rise in troops at night-time when the
moon is dark.
2Varuna's benison hath blessed the lead, and Agni strengthens it.
Indra hath given me the lead: this verily repels the fiends.
3This overcomes Vishkandha, -this drives the voracious fiends
away:
By means of this have I, o'erthrown all the Pisāchi's demon
brood.
4If thou destroy a cow of ours, a human being, or a steed,
We pierce thee with this piece of lead so that thou mayst not slay
our men.
Sanskrit
अभ्रातर इव जामयस्तिष्ठन्तु हतवर्चसः ॥१॥
तिष्ठावरे तिष्ठ पर उत त्वं तिष्ठ मध्यमे ।
कनिष्ठिका च तिष्ठति तिष्ठादिद्धमनिर्मही ॥२॥
शतस्य धमनीनां सहस्रस्य हिराणाम् ।
अस्थुरिन् मध्यमा इमाः साकमन्ता अरंसत ॥३॥
परि वः सिकतावती धनूर्बृहत्यक्रमीत्।
तिष्ठतेलयता सु कम् ॥४॥
English Griffith 1895–96
1Those maidens there, the veins, who run their course in robes of
ruddy hue,
Must now stand quiet, reft of power, like sisters who are brother-
less.
2Stay still, thou upper vein, stay still, thou lower, stay, thou
midmost one,
The smallest one of all stands still: let the great vessel e'en be
still.
3Among a thousand vessels charged with blood, among a thousand
veins,
Even these the middlemost stand still and their extremities have
rest.
4A mighty rampart built of sand hath circled and encompassed
you:
Be still, and quietly take rest.
Sanskrit
अथ या भद्रा तानि नः प्रजाया अरातिं नयामसि ॥१॥
निररणिं सविता साविषक्पदोर्निर्हस्तयोर्वरुणो मित्रो अर्यमा ।
निरस्मभ्यमनुमती रराणा प्रेमां देवा असाविषुः सौभगाय ॥२॥
यत्त आत्मनि तन्वां घोरमस्ति यद्वा केशेषु प्रतिचक्षणे वा ।
सर्वं तद्वाचाप हन्मो वयं देवस्त्वा सविता सूदयतु ॥३॥
रिश्यपदीं वृषदतीं गोषेधां विधमामुत ।
विलीढ्यं ललाम्यं ता अस्मन् नाशयामसि ॥४॥
English Griffith 1895–96
1We drive away the Spotted Hag, Misfortune, and Malignity:
All blessings to our children then! We chase Malignity
away.
2Let Savitar, Mitra, Varuna, and Aryaman drive away Stinginess
from both the hands and feet:
May Favour, granting us her bounties, drive her off. The Gods
created Favour for our happiness.
3Each fearful sign upon thy body, in thyself, each inauspicious
mark seen in thy hair, thy face,
All this we drive away and banish with our speech. May Savitar
the God graciously further thee. p. a18
4Antelope-foot, and Bullock-tooth, Cow-terrifier, Vapour-form,
The Licker, and the Spotted Hag, all these we drive away from
us.
Sanskrit
आराच्छरव्या अस्मद्विषूचीरिन्द्र पातय ॥१॥
विष्वञ्चो अस्मच्छरवः पतन्तु ये अस्ता ये चास्याः ।
दैवीर्मनुष्येषवो ममामित्रान् वि विध्यत ॥२॥
यो नः स्वो यो अरणः सजात उत निष्ट्यो यो अस्मामभिदासति ।
रुद्रः शरव्ययैतान् ममामित्रान् वि विध्यतु ॥३॥
यः सपत्नो योऽसपत्नो यश्च द्विषन् छपाति नः ।
देवास्तं सर्वे धूर्वन्तु ब्रह्म वर्म ममान्तरम् ॥४॥
English Griffith 1895–96
1Let not the piercers find us, nor let those who wound discover
us.
O Indra, make the arrows fall, turned, far from us, to every
side.
2Turned from us let the arrows fall, those shot and those that will
be shot.
Shafts of the Gods and shafts of men, strike and transfix mine
enemies:
3Whoever treateth us as foes, be he our own or strange to us, a
kinsman or a foreigner,
May Rudra with his arrows pierce and slay these enemies of
mine. p. a19
4The rival and non-rival, he who in his hatred curses us
May all the deities injure him! My nearest, closest mail is
prayer.
Sanskrit
मा नो विददभिभा मो अशस्तिर्मा नो विदद्वृजिना द्वेष्या या ॥१॥
यो अद्य सेन्यो वधोऽघायूनामुदीरते ।
युवं तं मित्रावरुणावस्मद्यावयतं परि ॥२॥
इतश्च यदमुतश्च यद्वधं वरुण यावय ।
वि महच्छर्म यच्छ वरीयो यावया वधम् ॥३॥
शास इत्था महामस्यमित्रसाहो अस्तृतः ।
न यस्य हन्यते सखा न जीयते कदा चन ॥४॥
English Griffith 1895–96
1May it glide harmless by in this our sacrifice, O Soma, God!
Maruts, be gracious unto us.
Let not disaster, let not malison find us out; let not abominable
guiles discover us.
2Mitra and Varuna, ye twain, turn carefully away from us
The deadly dart that flies to-day, the missile of the wicked
ones.
3Ward off from this side and from that, O Varuna, the deadly
dart:
Give us thy great protection, turn the lethal weapon far away.
4A mighty Ruler thus art thou, unconquered, vanquisher of
foes,
Even thou whose friend is never slain, whose friend is never over-
come.
Sanskrit
वृषेन्द्रः पुर एतु नः सोमपा अभयंकरः ॥१॥
वि न इन्द्र मृधो जहि नीचा यच्छ पृतन्यतः ।
अधमं गमया तमो यो अस्मामभिदासति ॥२॥
वि रक्षो वि मृधो जहि वि वृत्रस्य हनू रुज ।
वि मन्युमिन्द्र वृत्रहन्न् अमित्रस्याभिदासतः ॥३॥
अपेन्द्र द्विषतो मनोऽप जिज्यासतो वधम् ।
वि महच्छर्म यच्छ वरीयो यावया वधम् ॥४॥
English Griffith 1895–96
1Lord of the clans, giver of bliss, fiend-slayer, mighty o'er the
foe,
May Indra, Soma-drinker, go before us, Bull, who brings us
peace.
2Indra, subdue our enemies, lay low the men who fight with
us:
Down into nether darkness send the man who shows us enmity:
3Strike down the fiend, strike down the foes, break thou asunder
Vritra's jaws.
O Indra, Vritra-slayer, quell the wrath of the assailing foe.
4Turn thou the foeman's thought away, his dart who fain would
conquer us:
Grant us thy great protection; keep his deadly weapon far
away.
Sanskrit
गो रोहितस्य वर्णेन तेन त्वा परि दध्मसि ॥१॥
परि त्वा रोहितैर्वर्णैर्दीर्घायुत्वाय दध्मसि ।
यथायमरपा असदथो अहरितो भुवत्॥२॥
या रोहिणीर्देवत्या गावो या उत रोहिणीः ।
रूपंरूपं वयोवयस्ताभिष्ट्वा परि दध्मसि ॥३॥
शुकेषु ते हरिमाणं रोपणाकासु दध्मसि ।
अथो हारिद्रवेषु ते हरिमाणं नि दध्मसि ॥४॥
English Griffith 1895–96
1As the Sun rises, let thy sore disease and yellowness depart. p. a21
We compass and surround thee with the colour of a ruddy ox.
2With ruddy hues we compass thee that thou mayst live a leng-
thened life:
So that this man be free from harm, and cast his yellow tint
away.
3Devatyās that are red of hue, yea, and the ruddy-coloured
kine,
Each several form, each several force—with these we compass
thee about.
4To parrots and to starlings we transfer thy sickly yellowness:
Now in the yellow-coloured birds we lay this yellowness of
thine.
Sanskrit
इदं रजनि रजय किलासं पलितं च यत्॥१॥
किलासं च पलितं च निरितो नाशया पृषत्।
आ त्वा स्वो विशतां वर्णः परा शुक्लानि पातय ॥२॥
असितं ते प्रलयनमास्थानमसितं तव ।
असिक्नी अस्योषधे निरितो नाशया पृषत्॥३॥
अस्थिजस्य किलासस्य तनूजस्य च यत्त्वचि ।
दूष्या कृतस्य ब्रह्मणा लक्ष्म श्वेतमनीनशम् ॥४॥
English Griffith 1895–96
1O Plant, thou sprangest up at night, dusky, dark-coloured,
black in hue! p. a22
So, Rajani, re-colour thou these ashy spots, this leprosy.
2Expel the leprosy, remove from him the spots and ashy hue:
Let thine own colour come to thee; drive far away the specks of
white.
3Dark is the place of thy repose, dark is the place thou dwellest
in:
Dusky and dark, O Plant, art thou: remove from him each
speck and spot.
4I with my spell have chased away the pallid sign of leprosy,
Caused by infection, on the skin, sprung from the body, from the
bones.
Sanskrit
तदासुरी युधा जिता रूपं चक्रे वनस्पतीन् ॥१॥
आसुरी चक्रे प्रथमेदं किलासभेषजमिदं किलासनाशनम् ।
अनीनशत्किलासं सरूपामकरत्त्वचम् ॥२॥
सरूपा नाम ते माता सरूपो नाम ते पिता ।
सरूपकृत्त्वमोषधे सा सरूपमिदं कृधि ॥३॥
श्यामा सरूपंकरणी पृथिव्या अध्युद्भृता ।
इदमू षु प्र साधय पुना रूपाणि कल्पय ॥४॥
English Griffith 1895–96
1First, before all, the strong-winged Bird was born;; thou wast
the gall thereof.
Conquered in fight, the Asuri took then the shape and form of
plants.
2The Asuri made, first of all, this medicine for leprosy, this
banisher of leprosy.
She banished leprosy, and gave one general colour to the skin.
3One-coloured, is thy mother's name, One-coloured is thy father
called:
One-colour-maker, Plant! art thou: give thou one colour to this
man. p. a23
4Sāmā who gives one general hue was formed and fashioned from
the earth:
Further this work efficiently. Restore the colours that were his.
Sanskrit
तत्र त आहुः परमं जनित्रं स नः संविद्वान् परि वृङ्ग्धि तक्मन् ॥१॥
यद्यर्चिर्यदि वासि शोचिः शकल्येषि यदि वा ते जनित्रम् ।
ह्रूडुर्नामासि हरितस्य देव स नः संविद्वान् परि वृङ्ग्धि तक्मन् ॥२॥
यदि शोको यदि वाभिशोको यदि वा राज्ञो वरुणस्यासि पुत्रः ।
ह्रूडुर्नामासि हरितस्य देव स नः संविद्वान् परि वृङ्ग्धि तक्मन् ॥३॥
नमः शीताय तक्मने नमो रूराय शोचिषे कृणोमि ।
यो अन्येद्युरुभयद्युरभ्येति तृतीयकाय नमो अस्तु तक्मने ॥४॥
English Griffith 1895–96
1When Agni blazed when he had pierced the Waters, whereat the
Law-observers paid him homage,
There, men assever, was thy loftiest birthplace: O Fever, yield-
ing to our prayer avoid us.
2If thou be fiery glow, or inflammation, or if thy birthplace call
for chips of fuel,
Rack is thy name, God of the sickly yellow! O Fever, yielding
to our prayer avoid us.
3Be thou distress, or agonizing torment, be thou the son King
Varuna hath begotten,
Rack isthy name, God of the sickly yellow! O Fever, yielding to
our prayer avoid us.
4I offer homage to the chilly Fever, to his fierce burning glow I
offer homage. p. a24
Be adoration paid to Fever coming each other day, the third, of
two days running.
Sanskrit
आरे अश्मा यमस्यथ ॥१॥
सखासावस्मभ्यमस्तु रातिः सखेन्द्रो भगः ।
सविता चित्रराधाः ॥२॥
यूयं नः प्रवतो नपान् मरुतः सूर्यत्वचसः ।
शर्म यच्छथ सप्रथाः ॥३॥
सुषूदत मृडत मृडया नस्तनूभ्यो ।
मयस्तोकेभ्यस्कृधि ॥४॥
English Griffith 1895–96
1Let that Destructive Weapon be far distant from us, O ye Gods;
far be the Stone ye wont to hurl.
2Our friend be that Celestial Grace, Indra and Bhaga be our friends,
and Savitar with splendid Wealth. p. a25
3Thou, Offspring of the waterflood, ye Maruts, with your sun-
bright skins, give us protection reaching far.
4Further us rightly, favour ye our bodies with your gracious love.
Give thou our children happiness.
Sanskrit
तासां जरायुभिर्वयमक्ष्यावपि व्ययामस्यघायोः परिपन्थिनः ॥१॥
विषूच्येतु कृन्तती पिनाकमिव बिभ्रती ।
विष्वक्पुनर्भुवा मनोऽसमृद्धा अघायवः ॥२॥
न बहवः समशकन् नार्भका अभि दाधृषुः ।
वेणोरद्गा इवाभितोऽसमृद्धा अघायवः ॥३॥
प्रेतं पादौ प्र स्फुरतं वहतं पृणतो गृहान् ।
इन्द्रान्येतु प्रथमाजीतामुषिता पुरः ॥४॥
English Griffith 1895–96
1There on the bank those Vipers lie, thrice-seven, having cast
their skins:
Now we with their discarded sloughs bind close and cover up the
eyes of the malicious highway thief.
2Far let her go, cutting her way, brandishing, as it were, a club:
Diverted be the new-born's mind: ne'er are the wicked
prosperous.
3Not many have had power enough; the feeble ones have not
prevailed,
Like scattered fragments of a reed: ne'er are the wicked pros-
perous.
4Go forward, feet, press quickly on, bring to the house of him
who pays.
Unconquered and unplundered, let Indrānf, foremost, lead the
way.
Sanskrit
दहन्न् अप द्वयाविनो यातुधानान् किमीदिनः ॥१॥
प्रति दह यातुधानान् प्रति देव किमीदिनः ।
प्रतीचीः कृष्णवर्तने सं दह यातुधान्यः ॥२॥
या शशाप शपनेन याघं मूरमादधे ।
या रसस्य हरणाय जातमारेभे तोकमत्तु सा ॥३॥
पुत्रमत्तु यातुधानीः स्वसारमुत नप्त्यम् ।
अधा मिथो विकेश्यो वि घ्नतां यातुधान्यो वि तृह्यन्तामराय्यः ॥४॥
English Griffith 1895–96
1God Agni hath come forth to us, fiend-slayer, chaser of disease,
Burning the Yātudhānas up, Kimidins, and deceitful ones.
2Consume the Yātudhānas, God! meet the Kimidins with thy
flame:
Burn up the Yātudhānis as they face thee, thou whose path is
black!
3She who hath cursed us with a curse, or hath conceived a
murderous sin;
Or seized our son to take his blood, let her devour the child
she bare.
4Let her, the Yātudhāni eat son, sister, and her daughter's.
child.
Now let the twain by turns destroy the wild-haired Yātudhānis-
and crush down Arāyis to the earth!
Sanskrit
तेनास्मान् ब्रह्मणस्पतेऽभि राष्ट्राय वर्धय ॥१॥
अभिवृत्य सपत्नान् अभि या नो अरातयः ।
अभि पृतन्यन्तं तिष्ठाभि यो नो दुरस्यति ॥२॥
अभि त्वा देवः सविताभि षोमो अवीवृधत्।
अभि त्वा विश्वा भूतान्यभीवर्तो यथाससि ॥३॥
अभीवर्तो अभिभवः सपत्नक्षयणो मणिः ।
राष्ट्राय मह्यं बध्यतां सपत्नेभ्यः पराभुवे ॥४॥
उदसौ सूर्यो अगादुदिदं मामकं वचः ।
यथाहं शत्रुहोऽसान्यसपत्नः सपत्नहा ॥५॥
सपत्नक्षयणो वृषाभिरष्ट्रो विषासहिः ।
यथाहमेषां वीराणां विराजानि जनस्य च ॥६॥
English Griffith 1895–96
1With that victorious Amulet which strengthened Indra's power-
and might p. a27
Do thou, O Brāhmanaspati, increase our strength for kingly
sway.
2Subduing those who rival us, subduing all malignities,
Withstand the man who menaces, and him who seeks to injure-
us.
3Soma and Savitar the God have strengthened and exalted thee:
All elements have aided thee, to make thee general conqueror.
4Slayer of rivals, vanquisher, may that victorious Amulet
Be bound on me for regal sway and conquest of mine enemies.
5Yon Sun hath mounted up on high, and this my word hath
mounted up
That I may smite my foes and be slayer of rivals, rivalless.
6Destroyer of my rivals, strong, victorious, with royal sway,
May I be ruler of these men, and King and sovran of the folk.
Sanskrit
मेमं सनाभिरुत वान्यनाभिर्मेमं प्रापत्पौरुषेयो वधो यः ॥१॥
ये वो देवाः पितरो ये च पुत्राः सचेतसो मे शृणुतेदमुक्तम् ।
सर्वेभ्यो वः परि ददाम्येतं स्वस्त्येनं जरसे वहाथ ॥२॥
ये देवा दिवि ष्ठ ये पृथिव्यां ये अन्तरिक्ष ओषधीषु पशुष्वप्स्वन्तः ।
ते कृणुत जरसमायुरस्मै शतमन्यान् परि वृणक्तु मृत्यून् ॥३॥
येषां प्रयाजा उत वानुयाजा हुतभागा अहुतादश्च देवाः ।
येषां वः पञ्च प्रदिशो विभक्तास्तान् वो अस्मै सत्रसदः कृणोमि ॥४॥
English Griffith 1895–96
1Guard and protect this man, all Gods and Vasus. Over him keep-
ye watch and ward, Ādityas.
Let not death reach him from the hands of brothers from hands
of aliens, or of human beings.
2Listen, one-minded, to the word I, utter, the sons, O Gods,
among you, and the fathers!
I trust this man to all of you: preserve him happily, and to
length of days conduct him.
3All Gods who dwell on earth or in the heavens, in air, within.
the plants, the beasts, the waters,
Grant this man life to full old age, and let him escape the
hundred other ways of dying. p. a28
4You, claiming Anuyājas or Prayājas, sharers, or not consumers,
of oblation,
You, to whom heaven's five regions are apportioned, I make
companions at his sacred sessions.
Sanskrit
इदं भूतस्याध्यक्षेभ्यो विधेम हविषा वयम् ॥१॥
य आशानामाशापालाश्चत्वार स्थन देवाः ।
ते नो निर्ऋत्याः पाशेभ्यो मुञ्चतांहसोअंहसः ॥२॥
अस्रामस्त्वा हविषा यजाम्यश्लोणस्त्वा घृतेन जुहोमि ।
य आशानामाशापालस्तुरीयो देवः स नः सुभूतमेह वक्षत्॥३॥
स्वस्ति मात्र उत पित्रे नो अस्तु स्वस्ति गोभ्यो जगते पुरुषेभ्यः ।
विश्वं सुभूतं सुविदत्रं नो अस्तु ज्योगेव दृशेम सूर्यम् ॥४॥
English Griffith 1895–96
1Here will we serve with sacrifice the great Controllers of the
world,
The four immortal Warders who protect the regions of the sky.
2Ye, Guardians of the regions, Gods who keep the quarters of
the heavens,
Rescue and free us from the bonds of Nirriti, from grief and
woe!
3I, free from stiffness, serve thee with oblation, not lame I sacri-
fice with oil and fatness.
Let the strong Warder God, who keeps the regions bring to us
hither safety and well-being.
4Well be it with our mother and our father, well be it with our
cows, and beasts, and people.
Ours be all happy fortune, grace, and favour. Long, very long
may we behold the sunlight.
Sanskrit
न तत्पृथिव्यां नो दिवि येन प्राणन्ति वीरुधः ॥१॥
अन्तरिक्ष आसां स्थाम श्रान्तसदामिव ।
आस्थानमस्य भूतस्य विदुष्टद्वेधसो न वा ॥२॥
यद्रोदसी रेजमाने भूमिश्च निरतक्षतम् ।
आर्द्रं तदद्य सर्वदा समुद्रस्येव श्रोत्याः ॥३॥
विश्वमन्यामभीवार तदन्यस्यामधि श्रितम् ।
दिवे च विश्ववेदसे पृथिव्यै चाकरं नमः ॥४॥
English Griffith 1895–96
1Ye people, hear and mark this well: he will pronounce a mighty
prayer:
That which gives breathing to the Plants is not on earth nor in,
the heaven.
2Their station, as of those who rest when weary, is in midmost air:
The base whereon this world is built, the sages know or know
it not.
3What the two trembling hemispheres and ground produced and
fashioned forth.
This All, is ever fresh to-day, even as the currents of the sea.
4This All hath compassed round the one, and on the other lies
at rest.
To Earth and all-possessing Heaven mine adoration have I paid.
Sanskrit
या अग्निं गर्भं दधिरे सुवर्णास्ता न आपः शं स्योना भवन्तु ॥१॥
यासां राजा वरुणो याति मध्ये सत्यानृते अवपश्यन् जनानाम् ।
या अग्निं गर्भं दधिरे सुवर्णास्ता न आपः शं स्योना भवन्तु ॥२॥
यासां देवा दिवि कृण्वन्ति भक्षं या अन्तरिक्षे बहुधा भवन्ति ।
या अग्निं गर्भं दधिरे सुवर्णास्ता न आपः शं स्योना भवन्तु ॥३॥
शिवेन मा चक्षुषा पश्यतापः शिवया तन्वोप स्पृशत त्वचं मे ।
घृतश्चुतः शुचयो याः पावकास्ता न आपः शं स्योना भवन्तु ॥४॥
English Griffith 1895–96
1May they, the golden-hued, the bright, the splendid, they wherein
Savitar was born and Agni,
They who took Agni as a germ, fair-coloured, the Waters, bring
felicity and bless us!
2They in the midst whereof King Varuna moveth, viewing men's
righteous and unrighteous dealing.
They who took Agni as a germ, fair-coloured,—those Waters bring
felicity and bless us!
3Whom the Gods make their beverage in heaven, they who wax
manifold in air's mid-region,
They who took Agni as a germ, fair-coloured,—those Waters bring
felicity and bless us!
4Ye Waters, with auspicious eye behold me: touch ye my skin
with your auspicious body.
May they, the bright and pure, distilling fatness, those Waters,
bring felicity and bless us.
Sanskrit
मधोरधि प्रजातासि सा नो मधुमतस्कृधि ॥१॥
जिह्वाया अग्रे मधु मे जिह्वामूले मधूलकम् ।
ममेदह क्रतावसो मम चित्तमुपायसि ॥२॥
मधुमन् मे निक्रमणं मधुमन् मे परायणम् ।
वाचा वदामि मधुमद्भूयासं मधुसंदृशः ॥३॥
मधोरस्मि मधुतरो मदुघान् मधुमत्तरः ।
मामित्किल त्वं वनाः शाखां मधुमतीमिव ॥४॥
परि त्वा परितत्नुनेक्षुणागामविद्विषे ।
यथा मां कमिन्यसो यथा मन् नापगा असः ॥५॥
English Griffith 1895–96
01. From honey sprang this Plant to life; with honey now we dig
thee up.
Make us as sweet as honey, for from honey hast thou been pro-
duced.
2My tongue hath honey at the tip, and sweetest honey at the root: p. a31
Thou yieldest to my wish and will, and shalt be mine and only
mine.
3My coming in is honey-sweet and honey-sweet, my going forth:
My voice and words are sweet: I fain would be like honey in
my look.
4Sweeter am I than honey, yet more full of sweets than licorice:
So mayst thou love me as a branch full of all sweets, and only me.
5Around thee have I girt a zone of sugar-cane to banish hate.
That thou mayst be in love with me, my darling never to depart.
Sanskrit
तत्ते बध्नाम्यायुषे वर्चसे बलाय दीर्घायुत्वाय शतशारदाय ॥१॥
नैनं रक्षांसि न पिशाचाः सहन्ते देवानामोजः प्रथमजं ह्येतत्।
यो बिभर्ति दाक्षायणं हिरण्यं स जीवेषु कृणुते दीर्घमायुः ॥२॥
अपां तेजो ज्योतिरोजो बलं च वनस्पतीनामुत वीर्याणि ।
इन्द्र इवेन्द्रियाण्यधि धारयामो अस्मिन् तद्दक्षमाणो बिभरद्धिरण्यम् ॥३॥
समानां मासामृतुभिष्ट्वा वयं संवत्सरस्य पयसा पिपर्मि ।
इन्द्राग्नी विश्वे देवास्तेऽनु मन्यन्तामहृणीयमानाः ॥४॥
English Griffith 1895–96
1This Ornament of Gold which Daksha's children bound, with
benevolent thoughts, on Satānïka,
This do I bind on thee for life, for glory, for long life lasting
through a hundred autumns.
2This man no fiends may conquer, no Pisāchas, for this is might
of Gods, their primal offspring.
Whoever wears the Gold of Daksha's children hath a long
lengthened life among the living.
3The light, the power, the lustre of the Waters, the strength of
Trees, and all their forceful vigour,
We lay on him as powers abide in Indra: so let him wear this
Gold and show his valour.
4With monthly and six-monthly times and seasons, with the full
year's sweet essence do we fill thee, p. a32
May Indra, Agni, and all Gods together, showing no anger, grant
thee what thou wishest.