Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 10 — Chapter 3

AV 10 3.1

अयं मे वरणो मणिः सपत्नक्षयणो वृषा । तेना रभस्व त्वं शत्रून् प्र मृणीहि दुरस्यतः

ayaṃ me varaṇo maṇiḥ sapatnakṣayaṇo vṛṣā | tenā rabhasva tvaṃ śatrūn pra mṛṇīhi durasyataḥ

This varaṇa amulet of mine is a bull that destroys rivals; with it seize your enemies, crush those who would do harm.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 3.2

प्रैणान् छृणीहि प्र मृणा रभस्व मणिस् ते अस्तु पुरएता पुरस्तात् । अवारयन्त वरणेन देवा अभ्याचारम् असुराणां श्वःश्वः

praiṇān chṛṇīhi pra mṛṇā rabhasva maṇis te astu puraetā purastāt | avārayanta varaṇena devā abhyācāram asurāṇāṃ śvaḥśvaḥ

Crush them, grind them down, seize (them); let the amulet be your forerunner in front. With the varaṇa the gods warded off the onslaught of the Asuras day after day.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 3.3

अयं मणिर् वरणो विश्वभेषजः सहस्राक्षो हरितो हिरण्ययः । स ते शत्रून् अधरान् पादयाति पूर्वस् तान् दभ्नुहि ये त्वा द्विषन्ति

ayaṃ maṇir varaṇo viśvabheṣajaḥ sahasrākṣo harito hiraṇyayaḥ | sa te śatrūn adharān pādayāti pūrvas tān dabhnuhi ye tvā dviṣanti

This varaṇa amulet, remedy for all, thousand-eyed, tawny, golden — let it make your enemies fall beneath (you); be first, strike down those who hate you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 3.4

अयं ते कृत्यां वितताम् पौरुषेयाद् अयं भयात् । अयं त्वा सर्वस्मात् पापाद् वरणो वारयिष्यते

ayaṃ te kṛtyāṃ vitatām pauruṣeyād ayaṃ bhayāt | ayaṃ tvā sarvasmāt pāpād varaṇo vārayiṣyate

This (shall ward off) from you the witchcraft spread out (against you), this (shall ward off) danger from a human being; this varaṇa shall ward you from all evil.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 3.5

वरणो वारयाता अयं देवो वनस्पतिः । यक्ष्मो यो अस्मिन्न् आविष्टस् तम् उ देवा अवीवरन्

varaṇo vārayātā ayaṃ devo vanaspatiḥ | yakṣmo yo asminn āviṣṭas tam u devā avīvaran

The varaṇa shall ward off, this divine tree of the forest; the consumption that has entered into him — that too the gods have warded off.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 3.6

स्वप्नं सुप्त्वा यदि पश्यासि पापं मृगः सृतिं यति धावाद् अजुष्टाम् । परिक्षवाच् छकुनेः पापवादाद् अयं मणिर् वरणो वारयिष्यते

svapnaṃ suptvā yadi paśyāsi pāpaṃ mṛgaḥ sṛtiṃ yati dhāvād ajuṣṭām | parikṣavāc chakuneḥ pāpavādād ayaṃ maṇir varaṇo vārayiṣyate

If, having slept, you see an evil dream, (if) a beast goes—should run—an unwelcome course, from the sneezing of a bird, from ill-omened speech, this varaṇa amulet shall ward (it) off.

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

AV 10 3.7

अरात्यास् त्वा निरृत्या अभिचाराद् अथो भयात् । मृत्योर् ओजीयसो वधाद् वरणो वारयिष्यते

arātyās tvā nirṛtyā abhicārād atho bhayāt | mṛtyor ojīyaso vadhād varaṇo vārayiṣyate

From hostility, from Nirṛti, from sorcery, and also from fear, from the blow of overpowering death, the varaṇa shall ward you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 3.8

यन् मे माता यन् मे पिता भ्रातरो यच् च मे स्वा यद् एनश् चकृमा वयम् । ततो नो वारयिष्यते ऽयं देवो वनस्पतिः

yan me mātā yan me pitā bhrātaro yac ca me svā yad enaś cakṛmā vayam | tato no vārayiṣyate 'yaṃ devo vanaspatiḥ

Whatever (offence) my mother, whatever my father, (whatever) my brothers and my own people (have committed), and what offence we ourselves have committed — from that this divine tree of the forest shall ward us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 3.9

वरणेन प्रव्यथिता भ्रातृव्या मे सबन्धवः । असूर्तं रजो अप्य् अगुस् ते यन्त्व् अधमं तमः

varaṇena pravyathitā bhrātṛvyā me sabandhavaḥ | asūrtaṃ rajo apy agus te yantv adhamaṃ tamaḥ

Shaken by the varaṇa, my rivals along with their kin have gone into the sunless realm; let them go to the lowest darkness.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 3.10

अरिष्टो ऽहम् अरिष्टगुर् आयुष्मान्त् सर्वपूरुषः । तम् मायं वरणो मणिः परि पातु दिशोदिशः

ariṣṭo 'ham ariṣṭagur āyuṣmānt sarvapūruṣaḥ | tam māyaṃ varaṇo maṇiḥ pari pātu diśodiśaḥ

Unharmed am I, with cattle unharmed, long-lived, with all my men intact; let this varaṇa amulet guard me round from every quarter.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 3.11

अयं मे वरण उरसि राजा देवो वनस्पतिः । स मे शत्रून् वि बाधताम् इन्द्रो दस्यून् इवासुरान्

ayaṃ me varaṇa urasi rājā devo vanaspatiḥ | sa me śatrūn vi bādhatām indro dasyūn ivāsurān

This varaṇa of mine (is) on my breast, a king, a divine tree of the forest; let it drive off my enemies, as Indra (drove off) the Dasyus, the Asuras.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 3.12

इमं बिभर्मि वरणम् आयुष्मान् छतशारदः । स मे राष्ट्रं च क्षत्रं च पशून् ओजश् च मे दधत्

imaṃ bibharmi varaṇam āyuṣmān chataśāradaḥ | sa me rāṣṭraṃ ca kṣatraṃ ca paśūn ojaś ca me dadhat

This varaṇa I wear, long-lived, of a hundred autumns; let it grant me kingdom and lordly power, cattle and strength.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 3.13

यथा वातो वनस्पतीन् वृक्षान् भनक्त्य् ओजसा । एवा सपत्नान् मे भङ्ग्धि पूर्वान् जाताꣳ उतापरान् वरणस् त्वाभि रक्षतु

yathā vāto vanaspatīn vṛkṣān bhanakty ojasā | evā sapatnān me bhaṅgdhi pūrvān jātāṁ utāparān varaṇas tvābhi rakṣatu

As the wind breaks the forest trees, the trees, with its force, so break my rivals, those born before and those after; let the varaṇa protect you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 3.14

यथा वातश् चाग्निश् च वृक्षान् प्सातो वनस्पतीन् । एवा सपत्नान् मे प्साहि पूर्वान् जाताꣳ उतापरान् वरणस् त्वाभि रक्षतु

yathā vātaś cāgniś ca vṛkṣān psāto vanaspatīn | evā sapatnān me psāhi pūrvān jātāṁ utāparān varaṇas tvābhi rakṣatu

As wind and fire devour the trees, the forest trees, so devour my rivals, those born before and those after; let the varaṇa protect you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 3.15

यथा वातेन प्रक्षीणा वृक्षाः शेरे न्यर्पिताः । एवा सपत्नांस् त्वं मम प्र क्षिणीहि न्य् अर्पय । पूर्वान् जाताꣳ उतापरान् वरणस् त्वाभि रक्षतु

yathā vātena prakṣīṇā vṛkṣāḥ śere nyarpitāḥ | evā sapatnāṃs tvaṃ mama pra kṣiṇīhi ny arpaya | pūrvān jātāṁ utāparān varaṇas tvābhi rakṣatu

As trees destroyed by the wind lie cast down, so do you destroy my rivals and cast (them) down, those born before and those after; let the varaṇa protect you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 3.16

तांस् त्वं प्र छिन्द्धि वरण पुरा दिष्टात् पुरायुषः । य एनं पशुषु दिप्सन्ति ये चास्य राष्ट्रदिप्सवः

tāṃs tvaṃ pra chinddhi varaṇa purā diṣṭāt purāyuṣaḥ | ya enaṃ paśuṣu dipsanti ye cāsya rāṣṭradipsavaḥ

Cut them off, O varaṇa, before the appointed time, before (their full) lifetime — those who seek to harm him in his cattle, and those who seek to harm his kingdom.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 3.17

यथा सूर्यो अतिभाति यथास्मिन् तेज आहितम् । एवा मे वरणो मणिः कीर्तिं भूतिं नि यछतु । तेजसा मा सम् उक्षतु यशसा सम् अनक्तु मा

yathā sūryo atibhāti yathāsmin teja āhitam | evā me varaṇo maṇiḥ kīrtiṃ bhūtiṃ ni yachatu | tejasā mā sam ukṣatu yaśasā sam anaktu mā

As the sun shines out beyond (all), as brilliance is set in him, so let the varaṇa amulet grant me fame and prosperity; let it sprinkle me with brilliance, let it anoint me with glory.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 3.18

यथा यशश् चन्द्रमस्य् आदित्ये च नृचक्षसि । एवा मे वरणो मणिः कीर्तिं भूतिं नि यछतु । तेजसा मा सम् उक्षतु यशसा सम् अनक्तु मा

yathā yaśaś candramasy āditye ca nṛcakṣasi | evā me varaṇo maṇiḥ kīrtiṃ bhūtiṃ ni yachatu | tejasā mā sam ukṣatu yaśasā sam anaktu mā

As (there is) glory in the moon and in the sun that looks upon men, so let the varaṇa amulet grant me fame and prosperity; let it sprinkle me with brilliance, let it anoint me with glory.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 3.19

यथा यशः पृथिव्यां यथास्मिन् जातवेदसि । एवा मे वरणो मणिः कीर्तिं भूतिं नि यछतु । तेजसा मा सम् उक्षतु यशसा सम् अनक्तु मा

yathā yaśaḥ pṛthivyāṃ yathāsmin jātavedasi | evā me varaṇo maṇiḥ kīrtiṃ bhūtiṃ ni yachatu | tejasā mā sam ukṣatu yaśasā sam anaktu mā

As (there is) glory in the earth, as in Jātavedas, so let the varaṇa amulet grant me fame and prosperity; let it sprinkle me with brilliance, let it anoint me with glory.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 3.20

यथा यशः कन्यायां यथास्मिन्त् संभृते रथे । एवा मे वरणो मणिः कीर्तिं भूतिं नि यछतु । तेजसा मा सम् उक्षतु यशसा सम् अनक्तु मा

yathā yaśaḥ kanyāyāṃ yathāsmint saṃbhṛte rathe | evā me varaṇo maṇiḥ kīrtiṃ bhūtiṃ ni yachatu | tejasā mā sam ukṣatu yaśasā sam anaktu mā

As (there is) glory in a maiden, as in this well-fitted chariot, so let the varaṇa amulet grant me fame and prosperity. Let it sprinkle me with splendour, let it anoint me with glory.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 3.21

यथा यशः सोमपीथे मधुपर्के यथा यशः । एवा मे वरणो मणिः कीर्तिं भूतिं नि यछतु । तेजसा मा सम् उक्षतु यशसा सम् अनक्तु मा

yathā yaśaḥ somapīthe madhuparke yathā yaśaḥ | evā me varaṇo maṇiḥ kīrtiṃ bhūtiṃ ni yachatu | tejasā mā sam ukṣatu yaśasā sam anaktu mā

As (there is) glory in the soma-drinking, as (there is) glory in the madhuparka, so let the varaṇa amulet grant me fame and prosperity. Let it sprinkle me with splendour, let it anoint me with glory.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 3.22

यथा यशो ऽग्निहोत्रे वषट्कारे यथा यशः । एवा मे वरणो मणिः कीर्तिं भूतिं नि यछतु । तेजसा मा सम् उक्षतु यशसा सम् अनक्तु मा

yathā yaśo 'gnihotre vaṣaṭkāre yathā yaśaḥ | evā me varaṇo maṇiḥ kīrtiṃ bhūtiṃ ni yachatu | tejasā mā sam ukṣatu yaśasā sam anaktu mā

As (there is) glory in the agnihotra, as (there is) glory in the vaṣaṭ-call, so let the varaṇa amulet grant me fame and prosperity. Let it sprinkle me with splendour, let it anoint me with glory.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 3.23

यथा यशो यजमाने यथास्मिन् यज्ञ आहितम् । एवा मे वरणो मणिः कीर्तिं भूतिं नि यछतु । तेजसा मा सम् उक्षतु यशसा सम् अनक्तु मा

yathā yaśo yajamāne yathāsmin yajña āhitam | evā me varaṇo maṇiḥ kīrtiṃ bhūtiṃ ni yachatu | tejasā mā sam ukṣatu yaśasā sam anaktu mā

As (there is) glory in the sacrificer, as it is placed in this sacrifice, so let the varaṇa amulet grant me fame and prosperity. Let it sprinkle me with splendour, let it anoint me with glory.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 3.24

यथा यशः प्रजापतौ यथास्मिन् परमेष्ठिनि । एवा मे वरणो मणिः कीर्तिं भूतिं नि यछतु । तेजसा मा सम् उक्षतु यशसा सम् अनक्तु मा

yathā yaśaḥ prajāpatau yathāsmin parameṣṭhini | evā me varaṇo maṇiḥ kīrtiṃ bhūtiṃ ni yachatu | tejasā mā sam ukṣatu yaśasā sam anaktu mā

As (there is) glory in Prajāpati, as in this Parameṣṭhin, so let the varaṇa amulet grant me fame and prosperity. Let it sprinkle me with splendour, let it anoint me with glory.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 3.25

यथा देवेष्व् अमृतं यथैषु सत्यम् आहितम् । एवा मे वरणो मणिः कीर्तिं भूतिं नि यछतु । तेजसा मा सम् उक्षतु यशसा सम् अनक्तु मा

yathā deveṣv amṛtaṃ yathaiṣu satyam āhitam | evā me varaṇo maṇiḥ kīrtiṃ bhūtiṃ ni yachatu | tejasā mā sam ukṣatu yaśasā sam anaktu mā

As immortality (is) among the gods, as truth is placed in them, so let the varaṇa amulet grant me fame and prosperity. Let it sprinkle me with splendour, let it anoint me with glory.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition