Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 10 — Chapter 2

AV 10 2.1

केन पार्ष्णी आभृते पूरुषस्य केन मांसं संभृतं केन गुल्फौ । केनाङ्गुलीः पेशनीः केन खानि केनोच्छ्लङ्खौ मध्यतः कः प्रतिष्ठाम्

kena pārṣṇī ābhṛte pūruṣasya kena māṃsaṃ saṃbhṛtaṃ kena gulphau | kenāṅgulīḥ peśanīḥ kena khāni kenocchlaṅkhau madhyataḥ kaḥ pratiṣṭhām

By whom were the two heels of man brought (into place), by whom was the flesh assembled, by whom the two ankles? by whom the shapely fingers, by whom the openings, by whom the two (ucchlaṅkha-joints), and who (set) the support in the middle?

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

AV 10 2.2

कस्मान् नु गुल्फाव् अधराव् अकृण्वन्न् अष्ठीवन्ताव् उत्तरौ पुरुषस्य । जङ्घे निरृत्य न्य् अदधुः क्व स्विज् जानुनोः संधी क उ तच् चिकेत

kasmān nu gulphāv adharāv akṛṇvann aṣṭhīvantāv uttarau puruṣasya | jaṅghe nirṛtya ny adadhuḥ kva svij jānunoḥ saṃdhī ka u tac ciketa

Why now did they make the ankles below and the knee-bones above in man? The shanks they set apart and put down — where, then, are the joints of the two knees? and who has understood that?

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

AV 10 2.3

चतुष्टयं युजते संहितान्तं जानुभ्याम् ऊर्ध्वं शिथिरं कबन्धम् । श्रोणी यद् ऊरू क उ तज् जजान याभ्यां कुसिन्धं सुदृढं बभूव

catuṣṭayaṃ yujate saṃhitāntaṃ jānubhyām ūrdhvaṃ śithiraṃ kabandham | śroṇī yad ūrū ka u taj jajāna yābhyāṃ kusindhaṃ sudṛḍhaṃ babhūva

A fourfold thing they join, with its ends held together; above the knees (is) the loose trunk. The hips, the thighs — who generated that, by which the frame became firmly fixed?

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

AV 10 2.4

कति देवाः कतमे त आसन् य उरो ग्रीवाश् चिक्युः पुरुषस्य । कति स्तनौ व्य् अदधुः कः कफोदौ कति स्कन्धान् कति पृष्टीर् अचिन्वन्

kati devāḥ katame ta āsan ya uro grīvāś cikyuḥ puruṣasya | kati stanau vy adadhuḥ kaḥ kaphodau kati skandhān kati pṛṣṭīr acinvan

How many gods, and which were they, who piled together the breast and the neck of man? How many disposed the two nipples? who the collar-bones? how many piled up the shoulders, how many the ribs?

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AV 10 2.5

को अस्य बाहू सम् अभरद् वीर्यां करवाद् इति । अंसौ को अस्य तद् देवः कुसिन्धे अध्य् आ दधौ

ko asya bāhū sam abharad vīryāṃ karavād iti | aṃsau ko asya tad devaḥ kusindhe adhy ā dadhau

Who brought together his two arms, (saying) 'let him do heroic deeds'? Which god was it who set his two shoulders onto the trunk?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 2.6

कः सप्त खानि वि ततर्द शीर्षणि कर्णाव् इमौ नासिके चक्षणी मुखम् । येषां पुरुत्रा विजयस्य मह्ननि चतुष्पादो द्विपदो यन्ति यामम्

kaḥ sapta khāni vi tatarda śīrṣaṇi karṇāv imau nāsike cakṣaṇī mukham | yeṣāṃ purutrā vijayasya mahnani catuṣpādo dvipado yanti yāmam

Who bored out the seven openings in the head — these two ears, the nostrils, the eyes, the mouth — by the greatness of whose victory in many places the four-footed and the two-footed go on their course?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 2.7

हन्वोर् हि जिह्वाम् अदधात् पुरूचीम् अधा महीम् अधि शिश्राय वाचम् । स आ वरीवर्ति भुवनेष्व् अन्तर् अपो वसानः क उ तच् चिकेत

hanvor hi jihvām adadhāt purūcīm adhā mahīm adhi śiśrāya vācam | sa ā varīvarti bhuvaneṣv antar apo vasānaḥ ka u tac ciketa

For he set the far-reaching tongue in the jaws, and then fixed great speech upon it; he keeps turning about among the worlds, clothing himself in the waters — and who has understood that?

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AV 10 2.8

मस्तिष्कम् अस्य यतमो ललातं ककाटिकां प्रथमो यः कपालम् । चित्वा चित्यं हन्वोः पूरुषस्य दिवं रुरोह कतमः स देवः

mastiṣkam asya yatamo lalātaṃ kakāṭikāṃ prathamo yaḥ kapālam | citvā cityaṃ hanvoḥ pūruṣasya divaṃ ruroha katamaḥ sa devaḥ

Which one (made) his brain, his forehead, the back of his head, who first the skull? Having piled up the pile of man's two jaws, which god was it that ascended to heaven?

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

AV 10 2.9

प्रियाप्रियाणि बहुला स्वप्नं संबाधतन्द्यः । आनन्दान् उग्रो नन्दांश् च कस्माद् वहति पूरुषः

priyāpriyāṇi bahulā svapnaṃ saṃbādhatandyaḥ | ānandān ugro nandāṃś ca kasmād vahati pūruṣaḥ

Things pleasant and unpleasant, many; sleep, oppressions and lassitudes; delights, and the formidable one, and joys — from what does man carry (these)?

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AV 10 2.10

आर्तिर् अवर्तिर् निरृतिः कुतो नु पुरुषे ऽमतिः । राद्धिः समृद्धिर् अव्यृद्धिर् मतिर् उदितयः कुतः

ārtir avartir nirṛtiḥ kuto nu puruṣe 'matiḥ | rāddhiḥ samṛddhir avyṛddhir matir uditayaḥ kutaḥ

Affliction, destitution, ruin — whence, then, is stupidity in man? Attainment, prosperity, freedom from loss, thought, utterances — whence?

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AV 10 2.11

को अस्मिन्न् आपो व्य् अदधात् विषूवृतः पुरूवृतः सिन्धुसृत्याय जाताः । तीव्रा अरुणा लोहिनीस् ताम्रधूम्रा ऊर्ध्वा अवाचीः पुरुषे तिरश्चीः

ko asminn āpo vy adadhāt viṣūvṛtaḥ purūvṛtaḥ sindhusṛtyāya jātāḥ | tīvrā aruṇā lohinīs tāmradhūmrā ūrdhvā avācīḥ puruṣe tiraścīḥ

Who disposed the waters in him, turning in all directions, turning in many ways, born to run as streams — sharp, ruddy, red, coppery-dark, going upward, downward, crosswise in man?

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AV 10 2.12

को अस्मिन् रूपम् अदधात् को मह्मानं च नाम च । गातुं को अस्मिन् कः केतुं कश् चरित्रानि पुरुषे

ko asmin rūpam adadhāt ko mahmānaṃ ca nāma ca | gātuṃ ko asmin kaḥ ketuṃ kaś caritrāni puruṣe

Who set form in him, who greatness and name? who (set) motion in him, who a sign, who the movements in man?

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AV 10 2.13

को अस्मिन् प्राणं अवयत् को अपानं व्यानम् उ । समानम् अस्मिन् को देवो ऽधि शिश्राय पुरुषे

ko asmin prāṇaṃ avayat ko apānaṃ vyānam u | samānam asmin ko devo 'dhi śiśrāya puruṣe

Who wove into him the in-breath, who the out-breath, and the diffused breath? What god fastened into this man the equalizing breath?

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AV 10 2.14

को अस्मिन् यज्ञम् अदधाद् एको देवो ऽधि पुरुषे । को अस्मिन्त् सत्यं को ऽनृतं कुतो मृत्युः कुतो ऽमृतम्

ko asmin yajñam adadhād eko devo 'dhi puruṣe | ko asmint satyaṃ ko 'nṛtaṃ kuto mṛtyuḥ kuto 'mṛtam

Who placed the sacrifice in him — what one god (placed it) in the man? Who (put) truth in him, who untruth? Whence death, whence immortality?

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AV 10 2.15

को अस्मै वासः पर्य् अदधात् को अस्यायुर् अकल्पयत् । बलं को अस्मै प्रायछत् को अस्याकल्पयज् जवम्

ko asmai vāsaḥ pary adadhāt ko asyāyur akalpayat | balaṃ ko asmai prāyachat ko asyākalpayaj javam

Who wrapped the garment about him? Who arranged his lifetime? Who handed him strength? Who arranged his swiftness?

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AV 10 2.16

केनापो अन्व् अतनुत केनाहर् अकरोद् रुचे । उषसं केनान्व् ऐन्द्ध केन सायंभवं ददे

kenāpo anv atanuta kenāhar akarod ruce | uṣasaṃ kenānv ainddha kena sāyaṃbhavaṃ dade

By what did he stretch out the waters? By what did he make the day for shining? By what did he kindle the dawn? By what did he take on the coming of evening?

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

AV 10 2.17

को अस्मिन् रेतो न्य् अदधात् तन्तुर् आ तायताम् इति । मेधां को अस्मिन्न् अध्य् औहत् को बाणं को नृतो दधौ

ko asmin reto ny adadhāt tantur ā tāyatām iti | medhāṃ ko asminn adhy auhat ko bāṇaṃ ko nṛto dadhau

Who laid the seed in him, (thinking) "let the thread be stretched out"? Who set insight upon him? Who gave him the arrow, who the dance?

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

AV 10 2.18

केनेमां भूमिम् और्णोत् केन पर्य् अभवद् दिवम् । केनाभि मह्ना पर्वतान् केन कर्माणि पुरुषः

kenemāṃ bhūmim aurṇot kena pary abhavad divam | kenābhi mahnā parvatān kena karmāṇi puruṣaḥ

By what did he cover this earth? By what did he encompass the sky? By what, in his greatness, the mountains? By what (does) the man (do) his works?

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AV 10 2.19

केन पर्जन्यम् अन्व् एति केन सोमं विचक्षणम् । केन यज्ञम् च श्रद्धां च केनास्मिन् निहितं मनः

kena parjanyam anv eti kena somaṃ vicakṣaṇam | kena yajñam ca śraddhāṃ ca kenāsmin nihitaṃ manaḥ

By what does he follow after Parjanya, by what after Soma the far-seeing? By what sacrifice and faith? By what is mind set in him?

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AV 10 2.20

केन श्रोत्रियम् आप्नोति केनेमं परमेष्ठिनम् । केनेमम् अग्निं पूरुषः केन संवत्सरं ममे

kena śrotriyam āpnoti kenemaṃ parameṣṭhinam | kenemam agniṃ pūruṣaḥ kena saṃvatsaraṃ mame

By what does he obtain the learned (state)? By what this highest-standing one? By what does the man (obtain) this Agni? By what has he measured out the year?

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

AV 10 2.21

ब्रह्म श्रोत्रियम् आप्नोति ब्रह्मेमं परमेष्ठिनम् । ब्रह्मेमम् अग्निं पूरुषो ब्रह्म संवत्सरं ममे

brahma śrotriyam āpnoti brahmemaṃ parameṣṭhinam | brahmemam agniṃ pūruṣo brahma saṃvatsaraṃ mame

By brahman he obtains the learned (state), by brahman this highest-standing one; by brahman the man (obtains) this Agni, by brahman he has measured out the year.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 2.22

केन देवाꣳ अनु क्षियति केन दैवजनीर् विशः । केनेदम् अन्यन् नक्षत्रं केन सत् क्षत्रम् उच्यते

kena devāṁ anu kṣiyati kena daivajanīr viśaḥ | kenedam anyan nakṣatraṃ kena sat kṣatram ucyate

By what does he dwell in accord with the gods? By what (with) the clans born of the gods? By what this other constellation? By what is true lordship spoken of?

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

AV 10 2.23

ब्रह्म देवाꣳ अनु क्षियति ब्रह्म दैवजनीर् विशः । ब्रह्मेदम् अन्यन् नक्षत्रं ब्रह्म सत् क्षत्रम् उच्यते

brahma devāṁ anu kṣiyati brahma daivajanīr viśaḥ | brahmedam anyan nakṣatraṃ brahma sat kṣatram ucyate

By brahman he dwells in accord with the gods, by brahman (with) the clans born of the gods; by brahman this other constellation, by brahman true lordship is spoken of.

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

AV 10 2.24

केनेयं भूमिर् विहिता केन द्यौर् उत्तरा हिता । केनेदम् ऊर्ध्वं तिर्यक् चान्तरिक्षम् व्यचो हितम्

keneyaṃ bhūmir vihitā kena dyaur uttarā hitā | kenedam ūrdhvaṃ tiryak cāntarikṣam vyaco hitam

By what was this earth disposed? By what was the sky set above? By what was this expanse of mid-air set upward and crosswise?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 2.25

ब्रह्मणा भूमिर् विहिता ब्रह्म द्यौर् उत्तरा हिता । ब्रह्मेदम् ऊर्ध्वं तिर्यक् चान्तरिक्षं व्यचो हितम्

brahmaṇā bhūmir vihitā brahma dyaur uttarā hitā | brahmedam ūrdhvaṃ tiryak cāntarikṣaṃ vyaco hitam

By brahman was the earth disposed, by brahman the sky set above; by brahman this expanse of mid-air (was) set upward and crosswise.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 2.26

मूर्धानम् अस्य संसीव्याथर्वा हृदयं च यत् । मस्तिष्काद् ऊर्ध्वः प्रैरयत् पवमानो ऽधि शीर्षतः

mūrdhānam asya saṃsīvyātharvā hṛdayaṃ ca yat | mastiṣkād ūrdhvaḥ prairayat pavamāno 'dhi śīrṣataḥ

Having sewn together his head and what is the heart, Atharvan sent (him) upward from the brain — the purifying one, from above the head.

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AV 10 2.27

तद् वा अथर्वणः शिरो देवकोशः समुब्जितः । तत् प्राणो अभि रक्षति शिरो अन्नम् अथो मनः

tad vā atharvaṇaḥ śiro devakośaḥ samubjitaḥ | tat prāṇo abhi rakṣati śiro annam atho manaḥ

That indeed is Atharvan's head, a god-chest pressed close together. That the breath guards — the head, food, and also the mind.

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

AV 10 2.28

ऊर्ध्वो नु सृष्टा३स् तिर्यङ् नु सृष्टा३स् सर्वा दिशः पुरुष आ बभूवा३ꣳ । पुरं यो ब्रह्मणो वेद यस्याः पुरुष उच्यते

ūrdhvo nu sṛṣṭā3s tiryaṅ nu sṛṣṭā3s sarvā diśaḥ puruṣa ā babhūvā3ṁ | puraṃ yo brahmaṇo veda yasyāḥ puruṣa ucyate

Upward indeed was he created, crosswise indeed was he created — the man has become all the directions — who knows the fortress of brahman, from which he is called Man.

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

AV 10 2.29

यो वै तां ब्रह्मणो वेदामृतेनावृतां पुरम् । तस्मै ब्रह्म च ब्राह्माश् च चक्षुः प्राणं प्रजां ददुः

yo vai tāṃ brahmaṇo vedāmṛtenāvṛtāṃ puram | tasmai brahma ca brāhmāś ca cakṣuḥ prāṇaṃ prajāṃ daduḥ

To him who indeed knows that fortress of brahman, wrapped round with immortality, brahman and the brahman-beings have given sight, breath, offspring.

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AV 10 2.30

न वै तम् चक्षुर् जहाति न प्राणो जरसः पुरा । पुरं यो ब्रह्मणो वेद यस्याः पुरुष उच्यते

na vai tam cakṣur jahāti na prāṇo jarasaḥ purā | puraṃ yo brahmaṇo veda yasyāḥ puruṣa ucyate

Sight does not leave him, nor breath, before old age — (him) who knows the fortress of brahman, from which he is called Man.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 2.31

अष्टाचक्रा नवद्वारा देवानां पूर् अयोध्या । तस्यां हिरण्ययः कोशः स्वर्गो ज्योतिषावृतः

aṣṭācakrā navadvārā devānāṃ pūr ayodhyā | tasyāṃ hiraṇyayaḥ kośaḥ svargo jyotiṣāvṛtaḥ

Eight-wheeled, nine-doored, is the unassailable fortress of the gods; in it is a golden chest, heavenly, wrapped in light.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 2.32

तस्मिन् हिरण्यये कोशे त्र्यरे त्रिप्रतिष्ठिते । तस्मिन् यद् यक्षम् आत्मन्वत् तद् वै ब्रह्मविदो विदुः

tasmin hiraṇyaye kośe tryare tripratiṣṭhite | tasmin yad yakṣam ātmanvat tad vai brahmavido viduḥ

In that golden chest, three-spoked, three-based — what wondrous being possessed of self is in it, that indeed the knowers of brahman know.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 2.33

प्रभ्राजमानां हरिणीं यशसा संपरीवृताम् । पुरं हिरण्ययीं ब्रह्मा विवेशापराजिताम्

prabhrājamānāṃ hariṇīṃ yaśasā saṃparīvṛtām | puraṃ hiraṇyayīṃ brahmā viveśāparājitām

The golden city, blazing forth, tawny-gold, encompassed about with glory, unconquered — into it brahman entered.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition