Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 10 — Chapter 8

AV 10 8.1

यो भूतं च भव्यं च सर्वं यश् चाधितिष्ठति । स्व् अर्यस्य च केवलं तस्मै ज्येष्ठाय ब्रह्मणे नमः

yo bhūtaṃ ca bhavyaṃ ca sarvaṃ yaś cādhitiṣṭhati | sv aryasya ca kevalaṃ tasmai jyeṣṭhāya brahmaṇe namaḥ

He who rules over what has been and what shall be, over everything, and to whom alone belongs heaven — to that highest brahman, homage.

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

AV 10 8.2

स्कम्भेनेमे विष्टभिते द्यौश् च भूमिश् च तिष्ठतः । स्कम्भ इदं सर्वम् आत्मन्वद् यत् प्राणन् निमिषच् च यत्

skambheneme viṣṭabhite dyauś ca bhūmiś ca tiṣṭhataḥ | skambha idaṃ sarvam ātmanvad yat prāṇan nimiṣac ca yat

By the support (skambha) these two, sky and earth, stand propped apart. The support is all this that has a self, whatever breathes and blinks.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 8.3

तिस्रो ह प्रजा अत्यायम् आयन् न्य् अन्या अर्कम् अभितो ऽविशन्त । बृहन् ह तस्थौ रजसो विमानो हरितो हरिणीर् आ विवेश

tisro ha prajā atyāyam āyan ny anyā arkam abhito 'viśanta | bṛhan ha tasthau rajaso vimāno harito hariṇīr ā viveśa

Three sorts of creatures went past; others settled down about the arka. The great one stood, the measurer of the (middle) space; the tawny one entered the tawny mares.

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

AV 10 8.4

द्वादश प्रधयश् चक्रम् एकं त्रीणि नभ्यानि क उ तच् चिकेत । तत्राहतास् त्रीणि शतानि शङ्कवः षष्टिश् च खीला अविचाचला ये

dvādaśa pradhayaś cakram ekaṃ trīṇi nabhyāni ka u tac ciketa | tatrāhatās trīṇi śatāni śaṅkavaḥ ṣaṣṭiś ca khīlā avicācalā ye

Twelve felly-pieces, one wheel, three hubs — who has understood that? Therein three hundred pins are driven, and sixty pegs that do not stir at all.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 8.5

इदं सवितर् वि जानीहि षड् यमा एक एकजः । तस्मिन् हापित्वम् इछन्ते य एषाम् एक एकजः

idaṃ savitar vi jānīhi ṣaḍ yamā eka ekajaḥ | tasmin hāpitvam ichante ya eṣām eka ekajaḥ

Discern this, O Savitar: six are twins, one is single-born. In him, indeed, they seek partnership, (in him) who among these is the one single-born.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 8.6

आविः सन् निहितं गुहा जरन् नाम महत् पदम् । तत्रेदं सर्वम् आर्पितम् एजत् प्राणत् प्रतिष्ठितम्

āviḥ san nihitaṃ guhā jaran nāma mahat padam | tatredaṃ sarvam ārpitam ejat prāṇat pratiṣṭhitam

Being manifest, it is set down in hiding — the aging one, the great station by name. Therein all this is fixed, that which stirs, breathes, and stands firm.

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

AV 10 8.7

एकचक्रं वर्तत एकनेमि सहस्राक्षरं प्र पुरो नि पश्चा । अर्धेन विश्वं भुवनं जजान यद् अस्यार्धं क्व तद् बभूव

ekacakraṃ vartata ekanemi sahasrākṣaraṃ pra puro ni paścā | ardhena viśvaṃ bhuvanaṃ jajāna yad asyārdhaṃ kva tad babhūva

One-wheeled it rolls, with one rim, thousand-syllabled, forth in the east, down in the west. With a half he begot the whole world; what is his (other) half — where has that become?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 8.8

पञ्चवाही वहत्यग्रम् एषां प्रष्टयो युक्ता अनुसंवहन्ति । अयातम् अस्य ददृशे न यातं परं नेदीयो ऽवरं दवीयः

pañcavāhī vahatyagram eṣāṃ praṣṭayo yuktā anusaṃvahanti | ayātam asya dadṛśe na yātaṃ paraṃ nedīyo 'varaṃ davīyaḥ

A five-draught (team) draws the foremost of them; the yoked side-horses draw along with it. What of it has not been traversed is seen, not what has been traversed: the farther is the nearer, the nearer the farther.

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

AV 10 8.9

तिर्यग्बिलश् चमस ऊर्ध्वबुध्नस् तस्मिन् यशो निहितं विश्वरूपम् । तद् आसत ऋषयः सप्त साकं ये अस्य गोपा महतो बभूवुः

tiryagbilaś camasa ūrdhvabudhnas tasmin yaśo nihitaṃ viśvarūpam | tad āsata ṛṣayaḥ sapta sākaṃ ye asya gopā mahato babhūvuḥ

A bowl with its opening sideways and its bottom upward — in it glory is deposited, of every form. There the seven seers sat together, who became the guardians of that great one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 8.10

या पुरस्ताद् युज्यते या च पश्चाद् या विश्वतो युज्यते या च सर्वतः । यया यज्ञः प्राङ् तायते तां त्वा पृछामि कतमा सा ऋचाम्

yā purastād yujyate yā ca paścād yā viśvato yujyate yā ca sarvataḥ | yayā yajñaḥ prāṅ tāyate tāṃ tvā pṛchāmi katamā sā ṛcām

She who is yoked in front and she who is behind, she who is yoked on all sides and she who is (yoked) everywhere — she by whom the sacrifice is extended eastward: about her I ask you — which of the ṛcs is she?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 8.11

यद् एजति पतति यच् च तिष्ठति प्राणद् अप्राणन् निमिषच् च यद् भुवत् । तद् दाधार पृथिवीं विश्वरूपं तत् संभूय भवत्य् एकम् एव

yad ejati patati yac ca tiṣṭhati prāṇad aprāṇan nimiṣac ca yad bhuvat | tad dādhāra pṛthivīṃ viśvarūpaṃ tat saṃbhūya bhavaty ekam eva

What stirs, what flies, and what stands still, what has breathed, has not breathed, has blinked — that has upheld the earth, having all forms; that, coming together, becomes just one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 8.12

अनन्तं विततं पुरुत्रानन्तम् अन्तवच् चा समन्ते । ते नाकपालश् चरति विचिन्वन् विद्वान् भूतम् उत भव्यम् अस्य

anantaṃ vitataṃ purutrānantam antavac cā samante | te nākapālaś carati vicinvan vidvān bhūtam uta bhavyam asya

Endless, stretched out in many directions — the endless and the finite border on each other. The keeper of the vault moves discriminating between those two, knowing what of this has been and what shall be.

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

AV 10 8.13

प्रजापतिश् चरति गर्भे अन्तर् अदृश्यमानो बहुधा वि जायते । अर्धेन विश्वं भुवनं जजान यद् अस्यार्धं कतमः स केतुः

prajāpatiś carati garbhe antar adṛśyamāno bahudhā vi jāyate | ardhena viśvaṃ bhuvanaṃ jajāna yad asyārdhaṃ katamaḥ sa ketuḥ

Prajāpati moves about within the womb; unseen, he is born in many ways. With a half he begot the whole world; what is his (other) half — which is that sign?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 8.14

ऊर्ध्वं भरन्तम् उदकं कुम्भेनेवोदहार्यम् । पश्यन्ति सर्वे चक्षुषा न सर्वे मनसा विदुः

ūrdhvaṃ bharantam udakaṃ kumbhenevodahāryam | paśyanti sarve cakṣuṣā na sarve manasā viduḥ

(Him) carrying water upward, like a water-carrier with a jar — all see him with the eye, (but) not all know him with the mind.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 8.15

दूरे पूर्णेन वसति दूर ऊनेन हीयते । महद् यक्षं भुवनस्य मध्ये तस्मै बलिं राष्ट्रभृतो भरन्ति

dūre pūrṇena vasati dūra ūnena hīyate | mahad yakṣaṃ bhuvanasya madhye tasmai baliṃ rāṣṭrabhṛto bharanti

Afar he dwells with the full, afar he is left behind by the deficient. A great mystery in the midst of the world — to it those who uphold the kingdom bring tribute.

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

AV 10 8.16

यतः सूर्यः उदेत्य् अस्तं यत्र च गछति । तद् एव मन्ये ऽहं ज्येष्ठं तद् उ नात्य् एति किं चन

yataḥ sūryaḥ udety astaṃ yatra ca gachati | tad eva manye 'haṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ tad u nāty eti kiṃ cana

Whence the sun rises and where it goes to its setting — that indeed I deem the highest; nothing at all goes beyond it.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 8.17

ये अर्वाङ् मध्य उत वा पुराणं वेदं विद्वांसम् अभितो वदन्ति । आदित्यम् एव ते परि वदन्ति सर्वे अग्निं द्वितीयं त्रिवृतं च हंसम्

ye arvāṅ madhya uta vā purāṇaṃ vedaṃ vidvāṃsam abhito vadanti | ādityam eva te pari vadanti sarve agniṃ dvitīyaṃ trivṛtaṃ ca haṃsam

Those who, near or in the middle or of old, speak on all sides of him as knowing the Veda — all of them are really speaking about Āditya, about Agni as second, and about the threefold goose.

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

AV 10 8.18

सहस्राह्ण्यं वियताव् अस्य पक्षौ हरेर् हंसस्य पततः स्वर्गम् । स देवान्त् सर्वान् उरस्य् उपदद्य संपश्यन् याति भुवनानि विश्वा

sahasrāhṇyaṃ viyatāv asya pakṣau harer haṃsasya patataḥ svargam | sa devānt sarvān urasy upadadya saṃpaśyan yāti bhuvanāni viśvā

A thousand days' (journey) are his two outstretched wings, those of the tawny goose flying to heaven. He, setting all the gods upon his breast, goes surveying all the worlds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 8.19

सत्येनोर्ध्वस् तपति ब्रह्मणार्वाङ् वि पश्यति । प्राणेन तिर्यङ् प्राणति यस्मिन् ज्येष्ठम् अधि श्रितम्

satyenordhvas tapati brahmaṇārvāṅ vi paśyati | prāṇena tiryaṅ prāṇati yasmin jyeṣṭham adhi śritam

By truth he glows upward, by brahman he looks hitherward, by breath he breathes crosswise — he in whom the highest is established.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 8.20

यो वै ते विद्याद् अरणी याभ्यां निर्मथ्यते वसु । स विद्वान् ज्येष्ठं मन्येत स विद्याद् ब्राह्मणं महत्

yo vai te vidyād araṇī yābhyāṃ nirmathyate vasu | sa vidvān jyeṣṭhaṃ manyeta sa vidyād brāhmaṇaṃ mahat

Whoever should know thy two fire-sticks, from which the good (fire) is churned out — he, knowing, would think (on) the greatest; he would know the great brahman.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 8.21

अपाद् अग्रे सम् अभवत् सो अग्रे स्वर् आभरत् । चतुष्पाद् भूत्वा भोग्यः सर्वम् आदत्त भोजनम्

apād agre sam abhavat so agre svar ābharat | catuṣpād bhūtvā bhogyaḥ sarvam ādatta bhojanam

In the beginning it came into being footless; it in the beginning brought the sun (or: light). Having become four-footed, enjoyable, it took to itself all food.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 8.22

भोग्यो भवद् अथो अन्नम् अदद् बहु । यो देवम् उत्तरावन्तम् उपासातै सनातनम्

bhogyo bhavad atho annam adad bahu | yo devam uttarāvantam upāsātai sanātanam

He will become enjoyable, and then he will eat much food — whoever shall worship the god who is superior, the age-old one.

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

AV 10 8.23

सनातनम् एनम् आहुर् उताद्य स्यात् पुनर्णवः । अहोरात्रे प्र जायेते अन्यो अन्यस्य रूपयोः

sanātanam enam āhur utādya syāt punarṇavaḥ | ahorātre pra jāyete anyo anyasya rūpayoḥ

Him they call the age-old one, and he may today be new again; day and night are born forth, each from the other's forms.

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

AV 10 8.24

शतं सहस्रम् अयुतं न्यर्बुदम् असंख्येयं स्वम् अस्मिन् निविष्टम् । तद् अस्य घ्नन्त्य् अभिपश्यत एव तस्माद् देवो रोचत् एष एतत्

śataṃ sahasram ayutaṃ nyarbudam asaṃkhyeyaṃ svam asmin niviṣṭam | tad asya ghnanty abhipaśyata eva tasmād devo rocat eṣa etat

A hundred, a thousand, ten thousand, a hundred millions, uncountable — (such) property is settled in him. That of his they destroy while he merely looks on; therefore this god shines so.

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

AV 10 8.25

बालाद् एकम् अणीयस्कम् उतैकं नेव दृश्यते । ततः परिष्वजीयसी देवता सा मम प्रिया

bālād ekam aṇīyaskam utaikaṃ neva dṛśyate | tataḥ pariṣvajīyasī devatā sā mama priyā

One (part) of it is finer than a hair, and one is not even to be seen; thence (comes) that which is more encompassing — that deity is dear to me.

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

AV 10 8.26

इयं कल्याण्य् अजरा मर्त्यस्यामृता गृहे । यस्मै कृता शये स यश् चकार जजार सः

iyaṃ kalyāṇy ajarā martyasyāmṛtā gṛhe | yasmai kṛtā śaye sa yaś cakāra jajāra saḥ

This auspicious one, unaging, immortal, (dwells) in the house of a mortal; he for whom she was made lies (dead), and he who made her has grown old.

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

AV 10 8.27

त्वं स्त्री त्वं पुमान् असि त्वं कुमार उत वा कुमारी। त्वं जीर्णो दण्डेन वञ्चसि त्वं जातो भवसि विश्वतोमुखः

tvaṃ strī tvaṃ pumān asi tvaṃ kumāra uta vā kumārī| tvaṃ jīrṇo daṇḍena vañcasi tvaṃ jāto bhavasi viśvatomukhaḥ

Thou art woman, thou art man, thou art the boy or else the girl; when aged thou movest along with a staff; being born, thou becomest facing in all directions.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 8.28

उतैषां पितोत वा पुत्र एषाम् उतैषां ज्येष्ठ उत वा कनिष्ठः । एको ह देवो मनसि प्रविष्टः प्रथमो जातः स उ गर्भे अन्तः

utaiṣāṃ pitota vā putra eṣām utaiṣāṃ jyeṣṭha uta vā kaniṣṭhaḥ | eko ha devo manasi praviṣṭaḥ prathamo jātaḥ sa u garbhe antaḥ

And (he is) the father of these, and also their son; and their eldest, or else their youngest. One god indeed, entered into the mind, born first — and he is within the womb.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 8.29

पूर्णात् पूर्णम् उद् अचति पूर्णं पूर्णेन सिच्यते । उतो तद् अद्य विद्याम यतस् तत् परिषिच्यते

pūrṇāt pūrṇam ud acati pūrṇaṃ pūrṇena sicyate | uto tad adya vidyāma yatas tat pariṣicyate

From the full he draws up the full; the full is poured out with the full. And so may we today know that from which that is poured about.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 8.30

एषा सनत्नी सनम् एव जातैषा पुराणी परि सर्वं बभूव । मही देव्य् उषसो विभाती सैकेनैकेन मिषता वि चष्टे

eṣā sanatnī sanam eva jātaiṣā purāṇī pari sarvaṃ babhūva | mahī devy uṣaso vibhātī saikenaikena miṣatā vi caṣṭe

She is age-old, born of old indeed; she, the ancient one, has encompassed all. The great goddess, shining forth out of the dawns, she looks abroad with each single winking (creature).

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

AV 10 8.31

अविर् वै नाम देवतर्तेनास्ते परीवृता । तस्या रूपेणेमे वृक्षा हरिता हरितस्रजः

avir vai nāma devatartenāste parīvṛtā | tasyā rūpeṇeme vṛkṣā haritā haritasrajaḥ

Avi by name indeed is the deity; she abides enveloped by ṛta. By her form these trees (are) green, wearing green garlands.

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

AV 10 8.32

अन्ति सन्तं न जहात्य् अन्ति सन्तं न पश्यति । देवस्य पश्य काव्यं न ममार न जीर्यति

anti santaṃ na jahāty anti santaṃ na paśyati | devasya paśya kāvyaṃ na mamāra na jīryati

It does not abandon him who is near; him who is near it does not see. Behold the poetic power of the god: he has not died, he does not grow old.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 8.33

अपूर्वेणेषिता वाचस् ता वदन्ति यथायथम् । वदन्तीर् यत्र गछन्ति तद् आहुर् ब्राह्मणं महत्

apūrveṇeṣitā vācas tā vadanti yathāyatham | vadantīr yatra gachanti tad āhur brāhmaṇaṃ mahat

Impelled by the one who has no predecessor, those words speak, each as is fitting; where, speaking, they go — that they call the great brahman.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 8.34

यत्र देवाश् च मनुष्याश् चारा नाभाव् इव श्रिताः । अपां त्वा पुष्पं पृछामि यत्र तन् मायया हितम्

yatra devāś ca manuṣyāś cārā nābhāv iva śritāḥ | apāṃ tvā puṣpaṃ pṛchāmi yatra tan māyayā hitam

Where both gods and men are fixed like spokes in a nave — I ask thee about the flower of the waters, where that is set down by magic art.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 8.35

येभिर् वात इषितः प्रवाति ये ददन्ते पञ्च दिशः सध्रीचीः । य आहुतिम् अत्यमन्यन्त देवा अपां नेतारः कतमे त आसन्

yebhir vāta iṣitaḥ pravāti ye dadante pañca diśaḥ sadhrīcīḥ | ya āhutim atyamanyanta devā apāṃ netāraḥ katame ta āsan

They by whom the wind, impelled, blows forth; they who set the five directions converging; the gods who thought (themselves) above the oblation — which ones were they, the leaders of the waters?

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AV 10 8.36

इमाम् एषां पृथिवीं वस्त एको ऽन्तरिक्षं पर्य् एको बभूव । दिवम् एषां ददते यो विधर्ता विश्वा आशाः प्रति रक्षन्त्य् एके

imām eṣāṃ pṛthivīṃ vasta eko 'ntarikṣaṃ pary eko babhūva | divam eṣāṃ dadate yo vidhartā viśvā āśāḥ prati rakṣanty eke

One of them clothes this earth; one has encompassed the mid-air; one who is the upholder takes their heaven for himself; some guard all the quarters.

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AV 10 8.37

यो विद्यात् सूत्रं विततं यस्मिन्न् ओताः प्रजा इमाः । सूत्रं सूत्रस्य यो विद्याद् स विद्याद् ब्राह्मणं महत्

yo vidyāt sūtraṃ vitataṃ yasminn otāḥ prajā imāḥ | sūtraṃ sūtrasya yo vidyād sa vidyād brāhmaṇaṃ mahat

Whoever should know the thread stretched out, in which these creatures are woven; whoever should know the thread of the thread — he would know the great brahman.

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AV 10 8.38

वेदाहं सूत्रं विततं यस्मिन्न् ओताः प्रजा इमाः । सूत्रं सूत्रस्याहं वेदाथो यद् ब्राह्मणं महद्

vedāhaṃ sūtraṃ vitataṃ yasminn otāḥ prajā imāḥ | sūtraṃ sūtrasyāhaṃ vedātho yad brāhmaṇaṃ mahad

I know the thread stretched out, in which these creatures are woven; I know the thread of the thread, and also that which is the great brahman.

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AV 10 8.39

यद् अन्तरा द्यावापृथिवी अग्निर् ऐत् प्रदहन् विश्वदाव्यः । यत्रातिष्ठन्न् एकपत्नीः परस्तात् क्वेवासीन् मातरिश्वा तदानीम्

yad antarā dyāvāpṛthivī agnir ait pradahan viśvadāvyaḥ | yatrātiṣṭhann ekapatnīḥ parastāt kvevāsīn mātariśvā tadānīm

When Agni went between heaven and earth, burning forth, consuming all — where those having one husband stood beyond — where then was Mātariśvan?

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AV 10 8.40

अप्स्व् आसीन् मातरिश्वा प्रविष्टः प्रविष्टा देवाः सलिलान्य् आसन्। बृहन् ह तस्थौ रजसो विमानः पवमानो हरित आ विवेश

apsv āsīn mātariśvā praviṣṭaḥ praviṣṭā devāḥ salilāny āsan| bṛhan ha tasthau rajaso vimānaḥ pavamāno harita ā viveśa

Mātariśvan was within the waters, entered in; the gods, entered in, were the flood-waters. Lofty indeed stood (he), the measurer-out of the mid-space; the Pavamāna entered into the tawny ones.

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AV 10 8.41

उत्तरेणेव गयत्रीम् अमृते ऽधि वि चक्रमे । साम्ना ये साम संविदुर् अजस् तद् ददृशे क्व

uttareṇeva gayatrīm amṛte 'dhi vi cakrame | sāmnā ye sāma saṃvidur ajas tad dadṛśe kva

As if by the northern (way) he strode out upon the immortal. Those who through the sāman know the sāman together — where was that unborn one seen?

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AV 10 8.42

निवेशनः संगमनो वसूनां देव इव सविता सत्यधर्मा । इन्द्रो न तस्थौ समरे धनानाम्

niveśanaḥ saṃgamano vasūnāṃ deva iva savitā satyadharmā | indro na tasthau samare dhanānām

The one who settles (beings) down, who gathers together the goods, like the god Savitṛ whose ordinances are true — like Indra he stood in the clash for spoils.

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AV 10 8.43

पुण्डरीकं नवद्वारं त्रिभिर् गुणेभिर् आवृतम् । तस्मिन् यद् यक्षम् आत्मन्वत् तद् वै ब्रह्मविदो विदुः

puṇḍarīkaṃ navadvāraṃ tribhir guṇebhir āvṛtam | tasmin yad yakṣam ātmanvat tad vai brahmavido viduḥ

A lotus with nine doors, enclosed by three strands — what spirit-possessed yakṣa is in it, that indeed the knowers of brahman know.

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AV 10 8.44

अकामो धीरो अमृतः स्वयंभू रसेन तृप्तो न कुतश् चनोनः । तम् एव विद्वान् न बिभाय मृत्योर् आत्मानं धीरम् अजरं युवानम्

akāmo dhīro amṛtaḥ svayaṃbhū rasena tṛpto na kutaś canonaḥ | tam eva vidvān na bibhāya mṛtyor ātmānaṃ dhīram ajaraṃ yuvānam

Desireless, steadfast, immortal, self-existent, sated with sap, lacking in nothing from anywhere — he who knows him, the steadfast, ageless, youthful self, does not fear death.

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