Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 10 — Chapter 10

AV 10 10.1

नमस् ते जायमानायै जाताया उत ते नमः । बालेभ्यः शफेभ्यो रूपायाघ्न्ये ते नमः

namas te jāyamānāyai jātāyā uta te namaḥ | bālebhyaḥ śaphebhyo rūpāyāghnye te namaḥ

Homage to thee being born, and homage to thee (when) born; to thy tail-hairs, to thy hooves, to thy form, O inviolable cow, homage to thee.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 10.2

यो विद्यात् सप्त प्रवतः सप्त विद्यात् परावतः । शिरो यज्ञस्य यो विद्यात् स वशां प्रति गृह्णीयात्

yo vidyāt sapta pravataḥ sapta vidyāt parāvataḥ | śiro yajñasya yo vidyāt sa vaśāṃ prati gṛhṇīyāt

He who should know the seven downward-slopes, who should know the seven distances, who should know the head of the sacrifice — he might accept the cow (vaśā).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 10.3

वेदाहं सप्त प्रवतः सप्त वेद परावतः । शिरो यज्ञस्याहं वेद सोमं चास्यां विचक्षणम्

vedāhaṃ sapta pravataḥ sapta veda parāvataḥ | śiro yajñasyāhaṃ veda somaṃ cāsyāṃ vicakṣaṇam

I know the seven downward-slopes, I know the seven distances; I know the head of the sacrifice, and the Soma that looks far within her.

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AV 10 10.4

यया द्यौर् यया पृथिवी ययापो गुपिता इमाः । वशां सहस्रधारां ब्रह्मणाछावदामसि

yayā dyaur yayā pṛthivī yayāpo gupitā imāḥ | vaśāṃ sahasradhārāṃ brahmaṇāchāvadāmasi

She by whom the heaven, by whom the earth, by whom these waters are guarded — the cow of a thousand streams we address with sacred formula.

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AV 10 10.5

शतं कंसाः शतं दोग्धारः शतं गोप्तारो अधि पृष्ठे अस्याः । ये देवास् तस्यां प्राणन्ति ते वशां विदुर् एकधा

śataṃ kaṃsāḥ śataṃ dogdhāraḥ śataṃ goptāro adhi pṛṣṭhe asyāḥ | ye devās tasyāṃ prāṇanti te vaśāṃ vidur ekadhā

A hundred vessels, a hundred milkers, a hundred guardians are upon her back; the gods who breathe in her — they know the cow as one.

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AV 10 10.6

यज्ञपदीराक्षीरा स्वधाप्राणा महीलुका । वशा पर्जन्यपत्नी देवाꣳ अप्य् एति ब्रह्मणा

yajñapadīrākṣīrā svadhāprāṇā mahīlukā | vaśā parjanyapatnī devāṁ apy eti brahmaṇā

Having sacrifice for her feet, ...-milk, having svadhā for her breath, mahīlukā — the cow, wife of Parjanya, goes to the gods by the sacred formula.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 10 10.7

अनु त्वाग्निः प्राविशद् अनु सोमो वशे त्वा । ऊधस् ते भद्रे पर्जन्यो विद्युतस् ते स्तना वशे

anu tvāgniḥ prāviśad anu somo vaśe tvā | ūdhas te bhadre parjanyo vidyutas te stanā vaśe

Agni entered after thee, Soma after thee, O cow; Parjanya is thy udder, O auspicious one, the lightnings are thy teats, O cow.

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AV 10 10.8

अपस् त्वं धुक्षे प्रथमा उर्वरा अपरा वशे । तृतीयं राष्ट्रं धुक्षे ऽन्नं क्षीरं वशे त्वम्

apas tvaṃ dhukṣe prathamā urvarā aparā vaśe | tṛtīyaṃ rāṣṭraṃ dhukṣe 'nnaṃ kṣīraṃ vaśe tvam

As the first, thou yieldest the waters, as the next, O cow, the fertile fields; as the third thou yieldest the kingdom, food and milk, O cow.

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AV 10 10.9

यद् आदित्यैर् हूयमानोपातिष्ठ ऋतवरि । इन्द्रः सहस्रं पात्रान्त् सोमं त्वापाययद् वशे

yad ādityair hūyamānopātiṣṭha ṛtavari | indraḥ sahasraṃ pātrānt somaṃ tvāpāyayad vaśe

When, being invoked, you stood up together with the Ādityas, O holder of ṛta — Indra made you drink a thousand bowls of soma, O vaśā.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 10 10.10

यद् अनूचीन्द्रम् ऐर् आत् त्वा ऋषभो ऽह्वयत् । तस्मात् ते वृत्रहा पयः क्षीरं क्रुद्धो ऽहरद् वशे

yad anūcīndram air āt tvā ṛṣabho 'hvayat | tasmāt te vṛtrahā payaḥ kṣīraṃ kruddho 'harad vaśe

When (they) went along after Indra, and the bull called to you, thereupon the slayer of Vṛtra, angered, carried off your milk, your milk-drink, O vaśā.

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AV 10 10.11

यत् ते क्रुद्धो धनपतिर् आ क्षीरम् अहरद् वशे । इदं तद् अद्य नाकस् त्रिषु पात्रेषु रक्षति

yat te kruddho dhanapatir ā kṣīram aharad vaśe | idaṃ tad adya nākas triṣu pātreṣu rakṣati

That milk which the lord of wealth, angered, carried off from you, O vaśā — that same (milk) Nāka guards today in three vessels.

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AV 10 10.12

त्रिषु पात्रेषु तं सोमम् आ देव्य् अहरद् वशा । अथर्वा यत्र दीक्षितो बर्हिष्य् आस्त हिरण्यये

triṣu pātreṣu taṃ somam ā devy aharad vaśā | atharvā yatra dīkṣito barhiṣy āsta hiraṇyaye

In three vessels the divine vaśā carried that soma to where Atharvan, consecrated, sat upon the golden straw.

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AV 10 10.13

सं हि सोमेनागत सम् उ सर्वेण पद्वता । वशा समुद्रम् अध्य् अष्ठद् गन्धर्वैः कलिभिः सह

saṃ hi somenāgata sam u sarveṇa padvatā | vaśā samudram adhy aṣṭhad gandharvaiḥ kalibhiḥ saha

For she has come together with Soma, together too with all that goes on feet; the vaśā stood upon the ocean, along with the Gandharvas and the Kalis.

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AV 10 10.14

सं हि वातेनागत सम् उ सर्वैः पतत्रिभिः । वशा समुद्रे प्रानृत्यद् ऋचः सामानि बिभ्रती

saṃ hi vātenāgata sam u sarvaiḥ patatribhiḥ | vaśā samudre prānṛtyad ṛcaḥ sāmāni bibhratī

For she has come together with the wind, together too with all the winged ones; the vaśā danced forth in the ocean, bearing the ṛc-verses and the sāman-chants.

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AV 10 10.15

सं हि सूर्येणागत सम् उ सर्वेण चक्षुषा । वशा समुद्रम् अत्य् अख्यद् भद्रा ज्योतींषि बिभ्रती

saṃ hi sūryeṇāgata sam u sarveṇa cakṣuṣā | vaśā samudram aty akhyad bhadrā jyotīṃṣi bibhratī

For she has come together with the sun, together too with all sight; the vaśā looked out over the ocean, bearing the auspicious lights.

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AV 10 10.16

अभीवृता हिरण्येन यद् अतिष्ठ ऋतावरि । अश्वः समुद्रो भूत्वाध्य् अस्कन्दद् वशे त्वा

abhīvṛtā hiraṇyena yad atiṣṭha ṛtāvari | aśvaḥ samudro bhūtvādhy askandad vaśe tvā

When, covered over with gold, you stood there, O holder of ṛta, the ocean, having become a stallion, mounted you, O vaśā.

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AV 10 10.17

तद् भद्राः सम् अगछन्त वशा देष्ट्र्य् अथो स्वधा । अथर्वा यत्र दीक्षितो बर्हिष्य् आस्त हिरण्यये

tad bhadrāḥ sam agachanta vaśā deṣṭry atho svadhā | atharvā yatra dīkṣito barhiṣy āsta hiraṇyaye

Then the auspicious ones came together — the vaśā, the instructress, and also the svadhā — to where Atharvan, consecrated, sat upon the golden straw.

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AV 10 10.18

वशा माता राजन्यस्य वशा माता स्वधे तव । वशाया यज्ञ आयुधं ततश् चित्तम् अजायत

vaśā mātā rājanyasya vaśā mātā svadhe tava | vaśāyā yajña āyudhaṃ tataś cittam ajāyata

The vaśā is the mother of the royal one; the vaśā is (your) mother, O svadhā. The sacrifice is the vaśā's weapon; from her thought was born.

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AV 10 10.19

ऊर्ध्वो बिन्दुर् उद् अचरद् ब्रह्मणः ककुदाद् अधि । ततस् त्वं जज्ञिषे वशे ततो होताजायत

ūrdhvo bindur ud acarad brahmaṇaḥ kakudād adhi | tatas tvaṃ jajñiṣe vaśe tato hotājāyata

Upward the drop moved up from off the hump of brahman; from that you were born, O vaśā, from that the hotṛ was born.

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AV 10 10.20

आस्नस् ते गाथा अभवन्न् उष्णिहाभ्यो बलं वशे । पाजस्याज् जज्ञे यज्ञ स्तनेभ्यो रश्मयस् तव

āsnas te gāthā abhavann uṣṇihābhyo balaṃ vaśe | pājasyāj jajñe yajña stanebhyo raśmayas tava

From your mouth came the songs, from your neck-bones (came) strength, O vaśā; from your flank the sacrifice was born, from your teats your rays.

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AV 10 10.21

ईर्माभ्याम् अयनं जातं सक्थिभ्यां च वशे तव । आन्त्रेभ्यो जज्ञिरे अत्रा उदराद् अधि वीरुधः

īrmābhyām ayanaṃ jātaṃ sakthibhyāṃ ca vaśe tava | āntrebhyo jajñire atrā udarād adhi vīrudhaḥ

From your two forelegs and from your two thighs, O vaśā, the way of going was born; from your entrails the eaters(?) were born, from your belly the plants.

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AV 10 10.22

यद् उदरं वरुणस्यानुप्राविशथा वशे । ततस् त्वा ब्रह्मोद् अह्वयत् स हि नेत्रम् अवेत् तव

yad udaraṃ varuṇasyānuprāviśathā vaśe | tatas tvā brahmod ahvayat sa hi netram avet tava

When you entered into the belly of Varuṇa, O vaśā, thereupon brahman called you up, for he knew your guidance.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 10 10.23

सर्वे गर्भाद् अवेपन्त जायमानाद् असूस्वः । ससूव हि ताम् आहु वशेति ब्रह्मभिः कॢप्तः स ह्य् अस्या बन्धुः

sarve garbhād avepanta jāyamānād asūsvaḥ | sasūva hi tām āhu vaśeti brahmabhiḥ kḷptaḥ sa hy asyā bandhuḥ

All trembled at the embryo, at the one being born, (though) they had not given birth; for she has given birth — so they call her 'vaśā' — arranged by the brahman-formulas, for he is her kin.

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AV 10 10.24

युध एकः सं सृजति यो अस्या एक इद् वशी । तरांसि यज्ञा अभवन् तरसां चक्षुर् अभवद् वशा

yudha ekaḥ saṃ sṛjati yo asyā eka id vaśī | tarāṃsi yajñā abhavan tarasāṃ cakṣur abhavad vaśā

One alone joins (them) for battle, he who alone is the ruler of her; the sacrifices became the crossings-over, and the vaśā became the eye of the crossings.

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AV 10 10.25

वशा यज्ञं प्रत्य् अगृह्णाद् वशा सूर्यम् अधारयत् । वशायाम् अन्तर् अविशद् ओदनो ब्रह्मणा सह

vaśā yajñaṃ praty agṛhṇād vaśā sūryam adhārayat | vaśāyām antar aviśad odano brahmaṇā saha

The vaśā received the sacrifice; the vaśā upheld the sun; into the vaśā there entered the rice-porridge together with the brahman.

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AV 10 10.26

वशाम् एवामृतम् आहुर् वशां मृत्युम् उपासते । वशेदं सर्वम् अभवद् देवा मनुष्या असुराः पितर ऋषयः

vaśām evāmṛtam āhur vaśāṃ mṛtyum upāsate | vaśedaṃ sarvam abhavad devā manuṣyā asurāḥ pitara ṛṣayaḥ

The vaśā indeed they call the immortal; the vaśā they revere as death; the vaśā became all this — gods, men, asuras, fathers, seers.

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AV 10 10.27

य एवं विद्यात् स वशां प्रति गृह्णीयात् । तथा हि यज्ञः सर्वपाद् दुहे दात्रे ऽनपस्फुरन्

ya evaṃ vidyāt sa vaśāṃ prati gṛhṇīyāt | tathā hi yajñaḥ sarvapād duhe dātre 'napasphuran

He who should know thus, he may accept a vaśā; for so the sacrifice, drinking all(?), yields milk to the giver without kicking away.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 10 10.28

तिस्रो जिह्वा वरुणस्यान्तर् दीद्यत्य् आसनि । तासां या मध्ये राजति सा वशा दुष्प्रतिग्रहा

tisro jihvā varuṇasyāntar dīdyaty āsani | tāsāṃ yā madhye rājati sā vaśā duṣpratigrahā

Three tongues of Varuṇa shine within his mouth; of these, the one that gleams in the middle — that is the vaśā, hard to accept (as a gift).

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AV 10 10.29

चतुर्धा रेतो अभवद् वशायाः । आपस् तुरीयम् अमृतं तुरीयं यज्ञस् तुरीयं पशवस् तुरीयम्

caturdhā reto abhavad vaśāyāḥ | āpas turīyam amṛtaṃ turīyaṃ yajñas turīyaṃ paśavas turīyam

Fourfold did the seed of the vaśā (barren cow) become: the waters a fourth, the immortal a fourth, the sacrifice a fourth, the cattle a fourth.

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AV 10 10.30

वशा द्यौर् वशा पृथिवी वशा विष्णुः प्रजापतिः । वशाया दुग्धम् अपिबन्त् साध्या वसवश् च ये

vaśā dyaur vaśā pṛthivī vaśā viṣṇuḥ prajāpatiḥ | vaśāyā dugdham apibant sādhyā vasavaś ca ye

The vaśā is heaven, the vaśā is earth, the vaśā is Viṣṇu, (is) Prajāpati; the Sādhyas and the Vasus that are drank the milk of the vaśā.

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AV 10 10.31

वशाया दुग्धं पीत्वा साध्या वसवश् च ये । ते वै ब्रध्नस्य विष्टपि पयो अस्या उपासते

vaśāyā dugdhaṃ pītvā sādhyā vasavaś ca ye | te vai bradhnasya viṣṭapi payo asyā upāsate

Having drunk the milk of the vaśā, the Sādhyas and the Vasus that are — they indeed, on the height of the ruddy (sun), wait upon her milk.

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AV 10 10.32

सोमम् एनाम् एके दुह्रे घृतम् एक उपासते । य एवं विदुषे वशां ददुस् ते गतास् त्रिदिवं दिवः

somam enām eke duhre ghṛtam eka upāsate | ya evaṃ viduṣe vaśāṃ dadus te gatās tridivaṃ divaḥ

Some milk her (as) soma, some wait upon (her as) ghee; those who have given a vaśā to one who knows thus have gone to the third heaven of heaven.

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AV 10 10.33

ब्राह्मणेभ्यो वशां दत्त्वा सर्वांल् लोकान्त् सम् अश्नुते । ऋतं ह्य् अस्याम् आर्पितम् अपि ब्रह्माथो तपः

brāhmaṇebhyo vaśāṃ dattvā sarvāṃl lokānt sam aśnute | ṛtaṃ hy asyām ārpitam api brahmātho tapaḥ

Having given a vaśā to the Brahmans, one wins all the worlds; for in her is fixed ṛta, and brahman too, and also tapas.

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AV 10 10.34

वशां देवा उप जीवन्ति वशां मनुष्या उत । वशेदं सर्वम् अभवद् यावत् सूर्यो विपश्यति

vaśāṃ devā upa jīvanti vaśāṃ manuṣyā uta | vaśedaṃ sarvam abhavad yāvat sūryo vipaśyati

Upon the vaśā the gods live, and upon the vaśā the men also; the vaśā became all this, as far as the sun looks out.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition