Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 10 — Chapter 7

AV 10 7.1

कस्मिन्न् अङ्गे तपो अस्याधि तिष्ठति कस्मिन्न् अङ्ग ऋतम् अस्याध्य् आहितम् । क्व व्रतं क्व श्रद्धास्य तिष्ठति कस्मिन्न् अङ्गे सत्यम् अस्य प्रतिष्ठितम्

kasminn aṅge tapo asyādhi tiṣṭhati kasminn aṅga ṛtam asyādhy āhitam | kva vrataṃ kva śraddhāsya tiṣṭhati kasminn aṅge satyam asya pratiṣṭhitam

In which limb of his does ascetic heat stand? In which limb of his is ṛta placed? Where does his vrata, where does his faith stand? In which limb of his is truth established?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 7.2

कस्माद् अङ्गाद् दीप्यते अग्निर् अस्य कस्माद् अङ्गात् पवते मातरिश्व । कस्माद् अङ्गाद् वि मिमीते ऽधि चन्द्रमा मह स्कम्भस्य मिमानो अङ्गम्

kasmād aṅgād dīpyate agnir asya kasmād aṅgāt pavate mātariśva | kasmād aṅgād vi mimīte 'dhi candramā maha skambhasya mimāno aṅgam

From which limb of his does Agni blaze? From which limb does Mātariśvan blow? From which limb does the moon measure out, measuring the limb of the great Skambha?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 7.3

कस्मिन्न् अङ्गे तिष्ठति भूमिर् अस्य कस्मिन्न् अङ्गे तिष्ठत्य् अन्तरिक्षम् । कस्मिन्न् अङ्गे तिष्ठत्य् आहिता द्यौः कस्मिन्न् अङ्गे तिष्ठत्य् उत्तरं दिवः

kasminn aṅge tiṣṭhati bhūmir asya kasminn aṅge tiṣṭhaty antarikṣam | kasminn aṅge tiṣṭhaty āhitā dyauḥ kasminn aṅge tiṣṭhaty uttaraṃ divaḥ

In which limb of his does the earth stand? In which limb does the midspace stand? In which limb does the sky stand, set in place? In which limb stands that which is above the sky?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 7.4

क्व प्रेप्सन् दीप्यत ऊर्ध्वो अग्निः क्व प्रेप्सन् पवते मातरिश्वा । यत्र प्रेप्सन्तीर् अभियन्त्य् आवृतः स्कम्भं तं ब्रूहि कतमः स्विद् एव सः

kva prepsan dīpyata ūrdhvo agniḥ kva prepsan pavate mātariśvā | yatra prepsantīr abhiyanty āvṛtaḥ skambhaṃ taṃ brūhi katamaḥ svid eva saḥ

Seeking to reach what does Agni blaze upward? Seeking to reach what does Mātariśvan blow? (He) toward whom the circling ones go, seeking to reach (him) — tell me that Skambha (support): who indeed is he?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 7.5

क्वार्धमासाः क्व यन्ति मासाः संवत्सरेण सह संविदानाः । यत्र यन्त्य् ऋतवो यत्रार्तवाः स्कम्भं तं ब्रूहि कतमः स्विद् एव सः

kvārdhamāsāḥ kva yanti māsāḥ saṃvatsareṇa saha saṃvidānāḥ | yatra yanty ṛtavo yatrārtavāḥ skambhaṃ taṃ brūhi katamaḥ svid eva saḥ

Where do the half-months, where do the months go, in agreement with the year? Whither go the seasons, whither the season-parts — tell me that Skambha: who indeed is he?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 7.6

क्व प्रेप्सन्ती युवती विरूपे अहोरात्रे द्रवतः संविदाने । यत्र प्रेप्सन्तीर् अभियन्त्य् आपः स्कम्भं तं ब्रूहि कतमः स्विद् एव सः

kva prepsantī yuvatī virūpe ahorātre dravataḥ saṃvidāne | yatra prepsantīr abhiyanty āpaḥ skambhaṃ taṃ brūhi katamaḥ svid eva saḥ

Seeking to reach what do the two young women of unlike form, day and night, run, in agreement? Where the waters go, seeking to reach (it) — tell me that Skambha: who indeed is he?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 7.7

यस्मिन्त् स्तब्ध्वा प्रजापतिर् लोकान्त् सर्वाꣳ अधारयत् । स्कम्भं तं ब्रूहि कतमः स्विद् एव सः

yasmint stabdhvā prajāpatir lokānt sarvāṁ adhārayat | skambhaṃ taṃ brūhi katamaḥ svid eva saḥ

Propping himself on whom, Prajāpati upheld all the worlds — tell me that Skambha: who indeed is he?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 7.8

यत् परमम् अवमम् यच् च मध्यमं प्रजापतिः ससृजे विश्वरूपम् । कियता स्कम्भः प्र विवेश तत्र यन् न प्राविशत् कियत् तद् बभूव

yat paramam avamam yac ca madhyamaṃ prajāpatiḥ sasṛje viśvarūpam | kiyatā skambhaḥ pra viveśa tatra yan na prāviśat kiyat tad babhūva

What is highest, what lowest, and what is midmost, which Prajāpati created in all forms — with how much (of himself) did Skambha enter there, and what (of him) did not enter, how much was that?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 7.9

कियता स्कम्भः प्र विवेश भूतम् कियद् भविष्यद् अन्वाशये ऽस्य । एकं यद् अङ्गम् अकृणोत् सहस्रधा कियता स्कम्भः प्र विवेश तत्र

kiyatā skambhaḥ pra viveśa bhūtam kiyad bhaviṣyad anvāśaye 'sya | ekaṃ yad aṅgam akṛṇot sahasradhā kiyatā skambhaḥ pra viveśa tatra

With how much did Skambha enter what has come to be? How much of the future lies within him? That one limb which he made thousandfold — with how much did Skambha enter there?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 7.10

यत्र लोकाम्श् च कोशांश् चापो ब्रह्म जना विदुः । असच् च यत्र सच् चान्त स्कम्भं तं ब्रूहि कतमः स्विद् एव सः

yatra lokāmś ca kośāṃś cāpo brahma janā viduḥ | asac ca yatra sac cānta skambhaṃ taṃ brūhi katamaḥ svid eva saḥ

In whom people know the worlds and the vessels, the waters, the brahman; in whom is the non-existent and the existent within — tell me that Skambha: who indeed is he?

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

AV 10 7.11

यत्र तपः पराक्रम्य व्रतं धारयत्य् उत्तरम् । ऋतं च यत्र श्रद्धा चापो ब्रह्म समाहिताः स्कम्भं तं ब्रूहि कतमः स्विद् एव सः

yatra tapaḥ parākramya vrataṃ dhārayaty uttaram | ṛtaṃ ca yatra śraddhā cāpo brahma samāhitāḥ skambhaṃ taṃ brūhi katamaḥ svid eva saḥ

In whom, having striven forth, heat (tapas) upholds the higher vow; in whom truth (ṛta) and faith, the waters, the brahman are set together — tell me that Skambha: who indeed is he?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 7.12

यस्मिन् भूमिर् अन्तरिक्षं द्यौर् यस्मिन्न् अध्य् आहिता । यत्राग्निश् चन्द्रमाः सूर्यो वातस् तिष्ठन्त्य् आर्पिताः स्कम्भं तं ब्रूहि कतमः स्विद् एव सः

yasmin bhūmir antarikṣaṃ dyaur yasminn adhy āhitā | yatrāgniś candramāḥ sūryo vātas tiṣṭhanty ārpitāḥ skambhaṃ taṃ brūhi katamaḥ svid eva saḥ

In whom (are) the earth, the midspace, in whom the sky is placed above; where Agni, moon, sun, wind stand fixed — tell me that Skambha: who indeed is he?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 7.13

यस्य त्रयस्त्रिंशद् देवा अङ्गे सर्वे समाहिताः । स्कम्भं तं ब्रूहि कतमः स्विद् एव सः

yasya trayastriṃśad devā aṅge sarve samāhitāḥ | skambhaṃ taṃ brūhi katamaḥ svid eva saḥ

In whose limb all the thirty-three gods are set together — tell me that Skambha: who indeed is he?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 7.14

यत्र ऋषयः प्रथमजा ऋचः साम यजुर् मही । एकर्षिर् यस्मिन्न् आर्पितः स्कम्भं तं ब्रूहि कतमः स्विद् एव सः

yatra ṛṣayaḥ prathamajā ṛcaḥ sāma yajur mahī | ekarṣir yasminn ārpitaḥ skambhaṃ taṃ brūhi katamaḥ svid eva saḥ

In whom (are) the first-born seers, the ṛc verses, the sāman, the yajus, the earth; in whom the single seer (Ekarṣi) is fixed — tell me that Skambha: who indeed is he?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 7.15

यत्रामृतं च मृत्युश् च पुरुषे ऽधि समाहिते । समुद्रो यस्य नाड्यः पुरुषे ऽधि समाहिताः स्कम्भं तं ब्रूहि कतमः स्विद् एव सः

yatrāmṛtaṃ ca mṛtyuś ca puruṣe 'dhi samāhite | samudro yasya nāḍyaḥ puruṣe 'dhi samāhitāḥ skambhaṃ taṃ brūhi katamaḥ svid eva saḥ

In whom both the immortal and death are set together within the Man (puruṣa); whose channels are the ocean, set together within the Man — tell me that Skambha: who indeed is he?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 7.16

यस्य चतस्रः प्रदिशो नाड्यस् तिष्ठन्ति प्रथमाः । यज्ञो यत्र पराक्रान्तः स्कम्भं तं ब्रूहि कतमः स्विद् एव सः

yasya catasraḥ pradiśo nāḍyas tiṣṭhanti prathamāḥ | yajño yatra parākrāntaḥ skambhaṃ taṃ brūhi katamaḥ svid eva saḥ

Whose channels, the four directions, stand as the first; in whom the sacrifice has strode forth — tell me that Skambha: who indeed is he?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 7.17

ये पुरुषे ब्रह्म विदुस् ते विदुः परमेष्ठिनम् । यो वेद परमेष्ठिनं यश् च वेद प्रजापतिम् । ज्येष्ठं ये ब्राह्मणं विदुस् ते स्कम्भम् अनुसंविदुः

ye puruṣe brahma vidus te viduḥ parameṣṭhinam | yo veda parameṣṭhinaṃ yaś ca veda prajāpatim | jyeṣṭhaṃ ye brāhmaṇaṃ vidus te skambham anusaṃviduḥ

Those who know the brahman in the Man, they know the Highest-standing one; whoever knows the Highest-standing one, and whoever knows Prajāpati; those who know the eldest brāhmaṇa (priestly power), they have thereby come to know Skambha.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 7.18

यस्य शिरो वैश्वानरश् चक्षुर् अङ्गिरसो ऽभवन् । अङ्गानि यस्य यातवः स्कम्भं तं ब्रूहि कतमः स्विद् एव सः

yasya śiro vaiśvānaraś cakṣur aṅgiraso 'bhavan | aṅgāni yasya yātavaḥ skambhaṃ taṃ brūhi katamaḥ svid eva saḥ

Whose head became Vaiśvānara, whose eye the Aṅgirases, whose limbs the sorceries — tell me that Skambha: who indeed is he?

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

AV 10 7.19

यस्य ब्रह्म मुखम् आहुर् जिह्वां मधुकशाम् उत । विराजम् ऊधो यस्याहुः स्कम्भं तं ब्रूहि कतमः स्विद् एव सः

yasya brahma mukham āhur jihvāṃ madhukaśām uta | virājam ūdho yasyāhuḥ skambhaṃ taṃ brūhi katamaḥ svid eva saḥ

Whose mouth they call the brahman, and (whose) tongue the honey-whip, whose udder they call Virāj — tell me that Skambha: who indeed is he?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 7.20

यस्माद् ऋचो अपातक्षन् यजुर् यस्माद् अपाकषन् । सामानि यस्य लोमान्य् अथर्वाङ्गिरसो मुखं स्कम्भं तं ब्रूहि कतमः स्विद् एव सः

yasmād ṛco apātakṣan yajur yasmād apākaṣan | sāmāni yasya lomāny atharvāṅgiraso mukhaṃ skambhaṃ taṃ brūhi katamaḥ svid eva saḥ

From whom they hewed out the ṛc verses, from whom they scraped off the yajus, whose hairs are the sāmans, whose mouth the Atharvans and Aṅgirases — tell me that Skambha: who indeed is he?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 7.21

असच्चाखां प्रतिष्ठन्तीं परमम् इव जना विदुः । उतो सन् मन्यन्ते ऽवरे ये ते शाखाम् उपासते

asaccākhāṃ pratiṣṭhantīṃ paramam iva janā viduḥ | uto san manyante 'vare ye te śākhām upāsate

People know the non-existent branch, standing firm, as if it were the highest; and the lower ones, who serve that branch of yours, think it existent.

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

AV 10 7.22

यत्रादित्याश् च रुद्राश् च वसवश् च समाहिताः । भूतं च यत्र भव्यं च सर्वे लोकाः प्रतिष्ठिताः स्कम्भं तं ब्रूहि कतमः स्विद् एव सः

yatrādityāś ca rudrāś ca vasavaś ca samāhitāḥ | bhūtaṃ ca yatra bhavyaṃ ca sarve lokāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ skambhaṃ taṃ brūhi katamaḥ svid eva saḥ

In whom the Ādityas and the Rudras and the Vasus are set together; in whom what has been and what will be, all the worlds, stand established — tell me that Skambha: who indeed is he?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 7.23

यस्य त्रयस्त्रिंशद् देवा निधिं रक्षन्ति सर्वदा । निधिं तम् अद्य को वेद यं देवा अभिरक्षथ

yasya trayastriṃśad devā nidhiṃ rakṣanti sarvadā | nidhiṃ tam adya ko veda yaṃ devā abhirakṣatha

Whose hoard the thirty-three gods guard always — who today knows that hoard which you, O gods, guard over?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 7.24

यत्र देवा ब्रह्मविदो ब्रह्म ज्येष्ठम् उपासते । यो वै तान् विद्यात् प्रत्यक्षं स ब्रह्मा वेदिता स्यात्

yatra devā brahmavido brahma jyeṣṭham upāsate | yo vai tān vidyāt pratyakṣaṃ sa brahmā veditā syāt

Where the gods who know brahman attend upon the highest brahman — whoever should know them face to face, he would be a brahmán, a knower.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 7.25

बृहन्तो नाम ते देवा ये ऽसतः परि जज्ञिरे । एकं तद् अङ्गं स्कम्भस्यासद् आहुः परो जनाः

bṛhanto nāma te devā ye 'sataḥ pari jajñire | ekaṃ tad aṅgaṃ skambhasyāsad āhuḥ paro janāḥ

Bṛhant ("Great") by name are those gods who were born out of the non-existent. That one limb of Skambha the people beyond call the non-existent.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 7.26

यत्र स्कम्भः प्रजनयन् पुराणं व्यवर्तयत् । एकं तद् अङ्गं स्कम्भस्य पुराणम् अनुसंविदुः

yatra skambhaḥ prajanayan purāṇaṃ vyavartayat | ekaṃ tad aṅgaṃ skambhasya purāṇam anusaṃviduḥ

Where Skambha, begetting, rolled forth the ancient (one) — that one limb of Skambha they have come to know as the ancient.

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

AV 10 7.27

यस्य त्रयस्त्रिंशद् देवा अङ्गे गात्रा विभेजिरे । तान् वै त्रयस्त्रिंशद् देवान् एके ब्रहम्विदो विदुः

yasya trayastriṃśad devā aṅge gātrā vibhejire | tān vai trayastriṃśad devān eke brahamvido viduḥ

In whose limb the thirty-three gods distributed the members — those thirty-three gods some knowers of brahman know.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 7.28

हिरण्यगर्भम् परमम् अनत्युद्यं जना विदुः । स्कम्भस् तद् अग्रे प्रासिञ्चद् धिरण्यं लोके अन्तरा

hiraṇyagarbham paramam anatyudyaṃ janā viduḥ | skambhas tad agre prāsiñcad dhiraṇyaṃ loke antarā

People know Hiraṇyagarbha (the Golden Germ) as the highest, not to be surpassed; Skambha in the beginning poured forth that gold within the world.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 7.29

स्कम्भे लोकाः स्कम्भे तपः स्कम्भे ऽध्य् ऋतम् आहितम् । स्कम्भ त्वा वेद प्रत्यक्षम् इन्द्रे सर्वं समाहितम्

skambhe lokāḥ skambhe tapaḥ skambhe 'dhy ṛtam āhitam | skambha tvā veda pratyakṣam indre sarvaṃ samāhitam

In Skambha are the worlds, in Skambha the heat (of austerity), in Skambha is the truth (ṛta) set down. O Skambha, I know thee face to face: in Indra all is deposited.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 7.30

इन्द्रे लोका इन्द्रे तप इन्द्रे ऽध्य् ऋतम् आहितम् । इन्द्रं त्वा वेद प्रत्यक्षं स्कम्भे सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम्

indre lokā indre tapa indre 'dhy ṛtam āhitam | indraṃ tvā veda pratyakṣaṃ skambhe sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam

In Indra are the worlds, in Indra the heat (of austerity), in Indra is the truth (ṛta) set down. O Indra, I know thee face to face: in Skambha all is established.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 7.31

नाम नाम्ना जोहवीति पुरा सूर्यात् पुरोषसः । यद् अजः प्रथमं संबभूव स ह तत् स्वराज्यम् इयाय यस्मान् नान्यत् परम् अस्ति भूतम्

nāma nāmnā johavīti purā sūryāt puroṣasaḥ | yad ajaḥ prathamaṃ saṃbabhūva sa ha tat svarājyam iyāya yasmān nānyat param asti bhūtam

Name calls out again and again to name, before the sun, before the dawn. When the Unborn first came to be, he indeed reached that sovereignty than which no other being is higher.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 7.32

यस्य भूमिः प्रमान्तरिक्षम् उतोदरम् । दिवं यश् चक्रे मूर्धानं तस्मै ज्येष्ठाय ब्रह्मणे नमः

yasya bhūmiḥ pramāntarikṣam utodaram | divaṃ yaś cakre mūrdhānaṃ tasmai jyeṣṭhāya brahmaṇe namaḥ

He whose measure is the earth, and whose belly the mid-air, who made the sky his head — to that highest brahman, homage.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 7.33

यस्य सूर्यश् चक्षुश् चन्द्रमाश् च पुनर्णवः । अग्निं यश् चक्र आस्यं तस्मै ज्येष्ठाय ब्रह्मणे नमः

yasya sūryaś cakṣuś candramāś ca punarṇavaḥ | agniṃ yaś cakra āsyaṃ tasmai jyeṣṭhāya brahmaṇe namaḥ

He whose eye is the sun and the moon renewing itself, who made Agni his mouth — to that highest brahman, homage.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 7.34

यस्य वातः प्राणापानौ चक्षुर् अङ्गिरसो ऽभवन् । दिशो यश् चक्रे प्रज्ञानीस् तस्मै ज्येष्ठाय ब्रह्मणे नमः

yasya vātaḥ prāṇāpānau cakṣur aṅgiraso 'bhavan | diśo yaś cakre prajñānīs tasmai jyeṣṭhāya brahmaṇe namaḥ

He whose in-breath and out-breath the wind is, whose eye the Aṅgirases became, who made the directions his means of knowing — to that highest brahman, homage.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 7.35

स्कम्भो दाधार द्यावापृथिवी उभे इमे स्कम्भो दाधारोर्व् अन्तरिक्षम् । स्कम्भो दाधार प्रदिशः षड् उर्वीः स्कम्भ इदं विश्वं भुवनम् आ विवेश

skambho dādhāra dyāvāpṛthivī ubhe ime skambho dādhārorv antarikṣam | skambho dādhāra pradiśaḥ ṣaḍ urvīḥ skambha idaṃ viśvaṃ bhuvanam ā viveśa

Skambha upheld these two, heaven and earth; Skambha upheld the wide mid-air; Skambha upheld the six broad directions; Skambha entered into this whole world.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 7.36

यः श्रमात् तपसो जातो लोकान्त् सर्वान्त् समानशे । सोमं यश् चक्रे केवलं तस्मै ज्येष्ठाय ब्रह्मणे नमः

yaḥ śramāt tapaso jāto lokānt sarvānt samānaśe | somaṃ yaś cakre kevalaṃ tasmai jyeṣṭhāya brahmaṇe namaḥ

He who, born from toil and from austerity, pervaded all the worlds, who made Soma wholly his own — to that highest brahman, homage.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 7.37

कथं वातो नेलयति कथं न रमते मनः । किम् आपः सत्यं प्रेप्सन्तीर् नेलयन्ति कदा चन

kathaṃ vāto nelayati kathaṃ na ramate manaḥ | kim āpaḥ satyaṃ prepsantīr nelayanti kadā cana

How is it that the wind does not come to rest? how is it that the mind does not rest? why do the waters, seeking to reach the truth, never come to rest?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 7.38

महद् यक्षं भुवनस्य मध्ये तपसि क्रान्तं सलिलस्य पृष्ठे । तस्मिन् छ्रयन्ते य उ के च देवा वृक्षस्य स्कन्धः परित इव शाखाः

mahad yakṣaṃ bhuvanasya madhye tapasi krāntaṃ salilasya pṛṣṭhe | tasmin chrayante ya u ke ca devā vṛkṣasya skandhaḥ parita iva śākhāḥ

A great spirit (yakṣa) in the midst of the world, striding in austerity upon the back of the flood — on it rest whatever gods there are, as the branches all around the trunk of a tree.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 7.39

यस्मै हस्ताभ्यां पादाभ्यां वाचा श्रोत्रेण चक्षुषा । यस्मै देवाः सदा बलिं प्रयछन्ति विमिते ऽमितं स्कम्भं तं ब्रूहि कतमः स्विद् एव सः

yasmai hastābhyāṃ pādābhyāṃ vācā śrotreṇa cakṣuṣā | yasmai devāḥ sadā baliṃ prayachanti vimite 'mitaṃ skambhaṃ taṃ brūhi katamaḥ svid eva saḥ

He to whom (they offer) with hands, with feet, with voice, with hearing, with eye, to whom the gods always bring tribute in the measured (world) — tell that unmeasured Skambha: which one indeed is he?

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

AV 10 7.40

अप तस्य हतं तमो व्यावृत्तः स पाप्मना । सर्वाणि तस्मिन् ज्योतींषि यानि त्रीणि प्रजापतौ

apa tasya hataṃ tamo vyāvṛttaḥ sa pāpmanā | sarvāṇi tasmin jyotīṃṣi yāni trīṇi prajāpatau

His darkness is struck away; he is turned away from evil. In him are all the lights, the three that are in Prajāpati.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 7.41

यो वेतसं हिरण्ययं तिष्ठन्तं सलिले वेद । स वै गुह्यः प्रजापतिः

yo vetasaṃ hiraṇyayaṃ tiṣṭhantaṃ salile veda | sa vai guhyaḥ prajāpatiḥ

He who knows the golden reed standing in the flood — he indeed is the hidden Prajāpati.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 7.42

तन्त्रम् एके युवती विरूपे अभ्याक्रामं वयतः षण्मयूखम् । प्रान्या तन्तूंस् तिरते धत्ते अन्या नाप वृञ्जाते न गमातो अन्तम्

tantram eke yuvatī virūpe abhyākrāmaṃ vayataḥ ṣaṇmayūkham | prānyā tantūṃs tirate dhatte anyā nāpa vṛñjāte na gamāto antam

Two young women of unlike form, stepping up (to it), weave a web with six pegs; the one draws the threads forward, the other sets them in place; they do not break (them) off, they do not reach the end.

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

AV 10 7.43

तयोर् अहं परिनृत्यन्त्योर् इव न वि जानामि यतरा परस्तात् । पुमान् एनद् वयत्य् उद् गृणन्ति पुमान् एनद् वि जभाराधि नाके

tayor ahaṃ parinṛtyantyor iva na vi jānāmi yatarā parastāt | pumān enad vayaty ud gṛṇanti pumān enad vi jabhārādhi nāke

Of those two, as if dancing around, I do not distinguish which of the two is farther off. A male weaves this — they lift it up; a male has spread it out upon the vault of heaven.

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

AV 10 7.44

इमे मयूखा उप तस्तभुर् दिवं सामानि चक्रुस् तसराणि वातवे

ime mayūkhā upa tastabhur divaṃ sāmāni cakrus tasarāṇi vātave

These pegs have propped up the sky; they have made the sāmans into shuttles for the weaving.

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