Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 11 — Chapter 2

AV 11 2.1

भवाशर्वौ मृडतं माभि यातं भूतपती पशुपती नमो वाम् । प्रतिहिताम् आयतां मा वि स्राष्टं मा नो हिंसिष्टं द्विपदो मा चतुष्पदः

bhavāśarvau mṛḍataṃ mābhi yātaṃ bhūtapatī paśupatī namo vām | pratihitām āyatāṃ mā vi srāṣṭaṃ mā no hiṃsiṣṭaṃ dvipado mā catuṣpadaḥ

Bhava and Śarva, be gracious, do not come against (us); lords of beings, lords of cattle, homage to you two. Do not loose the aimed, drawn (arrow); do not harm our two-footed, nor our four-footed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 2.2

शुने क्रोष्ट्रे मा शरीराणि कर्तम् अलिक्लवेभ्यो गृध्रेभ्यो ये च कृष्णा अविष्यवः । मक्षिकास् ते पशुपते वयांसि ते विघसे मा विदन्त

śune kroṣṭre mā śarīrāṇi kartam aliklavebhyo gṛdhrebhyo ye ca kṛṣṇā aviṣyavaḥ | makṣikās te paśupate vayāṃsi te vighase mā vidanta

Do not make our bodies (a prey) for the dog, for the jackal, for the aliklavas, for the vultures, and for those black ravenous ones. Let not your flies, O Paśupati, your birds, find (us) for devouring.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 2.3

क्रन्दाय ते प्राणाय याश् च ते भव रोपयः । नमस् ते रुद्र कृण्मः सहस्राक्षायामर्त्य

krandāya te prāṇāya yāś ca te bhava ropayaḥ | namas te rudra kṛṇmaḥ sahasrākṣāyāmartya

To your roar, to your breath, and to the pains that are yours, O Bhava—to you, Rudra, we make homage, to the thousand-eyed, immortal one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 2.4

पुरस्तात् ते नमः कृण्म उत्तराद् अधराद् उत । अभीवर्गाद् दिवस् पर्य् अन्तरिक्षाय ते नमः

purastāt te namaḥ kṛṇma uttarād adharād uta | abhīvargād divas pary antarikṣāya te namaḥ

From the east we make homage to you, and from the north, and from below; from the enclosing (sky), from out of heaven—homage to your midspace.

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

AV 11 2.5

मुखाय ते पशुपते यानि चक्षूंषि ते भव । त्वचे रूपाय संदृशे प्रतीचीनाय ते नमः

mukhāya te paśupate yāni cakṣūṃṣi te bhava | tvace rūpāya saṃdṛśe pratīcīnāya te namaḥ

To your mouth, O Paśupati, to whatever eyes are yours, O Bhava, to your skin, to your form, to your aspect, to your hinder side—homage to you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 2.6

अङ्गेभ्यस् त उदराय जिह्वाया आस्याय ते । दद्भ्यो गन्धाय ते नमः

aṅgebhyas ta udarāya jihvāyā āsyāya te | dadbhyo gandhāya te namaḥ

To your limbs, to your belly, to your tongue, to your mouth, to your teeth, to your smell—homage to you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 2.7

अस्त्रा नीलशिखण्डेन सहस्राक्षेण वाजिना । रुद्रेणार्धकघातिना तेन मा सम् अरामहि

astrā nīlaśikhaṇḍena sahasrākṣeṇa vājinā | rudreṇārdhakaghātinā tena mā sam arāmahi

With the archer, the dark-crested, the thousand-eyed, the mighty one, with Rudra the slayer of (his) portion—may we not come into conflict with him.

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

AV 11 2.8

स नो भवः परि वृणक्तु विश्वत आप इवाग्निः परि वृणक्तु नो भवः । मा नो ऽभि मांस्त नमो अस्त्व् अस्मै

sa no bhavaḥ pari vṛṇaktu viśvata āpa ivāgniḥ pari vṛṇaktu no bhavaḥ | mā no 'bhi māṃsta namo astv asmai

May that Bhava spare us on every side; as Agni (spares) the waters, may Bhava spare us. May he not have designs on us; homage be to him.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 2.9

चतुर् नमो अष्टकृत्वो भवाय दश कृत्वः पशुपते नमस् ते । तवेमे पञ्च पशवो विभक्ता गावो अश्वाः पुरुषा अजावयः

catur namo aṣṭakṛtvo bhavāya daśa kṛtvaḥ paśupate namas te | taveme pañca paśavo vibhaktā gāvo aśvāḥ puruṣā ajāvayaḥ

Four times homage, eight times to Bhava, ten times, O Paśupati, homage to you. Yours are these five kinds of cattle, apportioned: cows, horses, men, goats and sheep.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 2.10

तव चतस्रः प्रदिशस् तव द्यौस् तव पृथिवी तवेदम् उग्रोर्व् अन्तरिक्षम् । तवेदं सर्वम् आत्मन्वद् यत् प्राणत् पृथिवीम् अनु

tava catasraḥ pradiśas tava dyaus tava pṛthivī tavedam ugrorv antarikṣam | tavedaṃ sarvam ātmanvad yat prāṇat pṛthivīm anu

Yours are the four directions, yours the heaven, yours the earth, yours this wide midspace, O mighty one; yours is all this that has a self, whatever breathes upon the earth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 2.11

उरुः कोशो वसुधानस् तवायं यस्मिन्न् इमा विश्वा भुवनान्य् अन्तः । स नो मृड पशुपते नमस् ते परः क्रोष्टारो अभिभाः श्वानः परो यन्त्व् अघरुदो विकेश्यः

uruḥ kośo vasudhānas tavāyaṃ yasminn imā viśvā bhuvanāny antaḥ | sa no mṛḍa paśupate namas te paraḥ kroṣṭāro abhibhāḥ śvānaḥ paro yantv agharudo vikeśyaḥ

This wide wealth-holding vessel is yours, within which are all these worlds. Be gracious to us, O Paśupati; homage to you. Away with the jackals, the portents, the dogs; away let the dishevelled women who wail evilly go.

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

AV 11 2.12

धनुर् बिभर्षि हरितं हिरण्ययं सहस्रघ्निं शतवधं शिखण्डिन् । रुद्रस्येषुश् चरति देवहेतिस् तस्यै नमो यतमस्यां दिशीतः

dhanur bibharṣi haritaṃ hiraṇyayaṃ sahasraghniṃ śatavadhaṃ śikhaṇḍin | rudrasyeṣuś carati devahetis tasyai namo yatamasyāṃ diśītaḥ

You bear a bow, tawny, golden, slaying thousands, killing hundreds, O crested one. Rudra's arrow, the gods' missile, goes about; homage to it, in whatever direction it be from here.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 2.13

यो ऽभियातो निलयते त्वां रुद्र निचिकीर्षति । पश्चाद् अनुप्रयुङ्क्षे तं विद्धस्य पदनीर् इव

yo 'bhiyāto nilayate tvāṃ rudra nicikīrṣati | paścād anuprayuṅkṣe taṃ viddhasya padanīr iva

He who, being approached, hides himself and seeks to bring you down, Rudra—you pursue him from behind, like a tracker of the wounded (game).

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

AV 11 2.14

भवारुद्रौ सयुजा संविदानाव् उभाव् उग्रौ चरतो वीर्याय । ताभ्यां नमो यतमस्यां दिशीतः

bhavārudrau sayujā saṃvidānāv ubhāv ugrau carato vīryāya | tābhyāṃ namo yatamasyāṃ diśītaḥ

Bhava and Rudra, joined together and in accord, both mighty, go about for a deed of power; homage to them two, in whatever direction they be from here.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 2.15

नमस् ते अस्त्व् आयते नमो अस्तु परायते । नमस् ते रुद्र तिष्ठत आसीनायोत ते नमः

namas te astv āyate namo astu parāyate | namas te rudra tiṣṭhata āsīnāyota te namaḥ

Homage be to you as you come, homage be (to you) as you go away; homage to you, Rudra, as you stand, and homage to you seated.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 2.16

नमः सायं नमः प्रातर् नमो रात्र्या नमो दिवा । भवाय च शर्वाय चोभाभ्याम् अकरं नमः

namaḥ sāyaṃ namaḥ prātar namo rātryā namo divā | bhavāya ca śarvāya cobhābhyām akaraṃ namaḥ

Homage in the evening, homage in the morning, homage by night, homage by day: to Bhava and to Śarva, to both I have made homage.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 2.17

सहस्राक्षम् अतिपश्यं पुरस्ताद् रुद्रम् अस्यन्तं बहुधा विपश्चितम् । मोपाराम जिह्वयेयमानम्

sahasrākṣam atipaśyaṃ purastād rudram asyantaṃ bahudhā vipaścitam | mopārāma jihvayeyamānam

The thousand-eyed one, looking out before (us), Rudra shooting, manifoldly wise—may we not offend him who is being restrained by the tongue.

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

AV 11 2.18

श्यावाश्वं कृष्णम् असितं मृणन्तं भीमं रथं केशिनः पादयन्तम् । पूर्वे प्रतीमो नमो अस्त्व् अस्मै

śyāvāśvaṃ kṛṣṇam asitaṃ mṛṇantaṃ bhīmaṃ rathaṃ keśinaḥ pādayantam | pūrve pratīmo namo astv asmai

(Him who is) dusky-horsed, black, dark, crushing, terrible, setting in motion the chariot of the long-haired one — we in front go to meet (him); homage be to him.

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

AV 11 2.19

मा नो ऽभि स्रा मत्यं देवहेतिं मा नः क्रुधः पशुपते नमस् ते । अन्यत्रास्मद् दिव्यां शाखां वि धूनु

mā no 'bhi srā matyaṃ devahetiṃ mā naḥ krudhaḥ paśupate namas te | anyatrāsmad divyāṃ śākhāṃ vi dhūnu

Do not loose upon us the deadly divine missile; be not angry with us, Paśupati — homage to you! Shake off the heavenly branch elsewhere than upon us.

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

AV 11 2.20

मा नो हिंसीर् अधि नो ब्रूहि परि णो वृङ्धि मा क्रुधः । मा त्वया सम् अरामहि

mā no hiṃsīr adhi no brūhi pari ṇo vṛṅdhi mā krudhaḥ | mā tvayā sam arāmahi

Do not harm us; speak up for us; spare us; be not angry; may we not come into conflict with you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 2.21

मा नो गोषु पुरुषेषु मा गृधो नो अजाविषु । अन्यत्रोग्र वि वर्तय पियारूणां प्रजां जहि

mā no goṣu puruṣeṣu mā gṛdho no ajāviṣu | anyatrogra vi vartaya piyārūṇāṃ prajāṃ jahi

Do not covet (anything) among our cattle, among our men, nor among our goats and sheep; turn (it) elsewhere, O mighty one; slay the offspring of the revilers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 2.22

यस्य तक्मा कासिका हेतिर् एकम् अश्वस्येव वृषणः क्रन्द एति । अभिपूर्वं निर्णयते नमो अस्त्व् अस्मै

yasya takmā kāsikā hetir ekam aśvasyeva vṛṣaṇaḥ kranda eti | abhipūrvaṃ nirṇayate namo astv asmai

He whose missile is the fever, the cough — it goes forth like the single neighing of a lusty stallion; he carries (it) off one after another: homage be to him.

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

AV 11 2.23

यो ऽन्तरिक्षे तिष्ठति विष्टभितो ऽयज्वनः प्रमृणन् देवपीयून् । तस्मै नमो दशभिः शक्वरीभिः

yo 'ntarikṣe tiṣṭhati viṣṭabhito 'yajvanaḥ pramṛṇan devapīyūn | tasmai namo daśabhiḥ śakvarībhiḥ

He who stands in the midspace, propped apart, crushing those who do not sacrifice, the revilers of the gods — to him homage with the ten śakvarī verses.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 2.24

तुभ्यम् आरण्याः पशवो मृगा वने हिता हंसाः सुपर्णाः शकुना वयांसि । तव यक्षं पशुपते अप्स्व् अन्तस् तुभ्यं क्षरन्ति दिव्या आपो वृधे

tubhyam āraṇyāḥ paśavo mṛgā vane hitā haṃsāḥ suparṇāḥ śakunā vayāṃsi | tava yakṣaṃ paśupate apsv antas tubhyaṃ kṣaranti divyā āpo vṛdhe

Yours are the beasts of the wilderness, the wild animals set in the forest, the geese, the eagles, the birds, the fowl; your mystery, Paśupati, is within the waters; for you the heavenly waters flow, for (your) increase.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 2.25

शिंशुमारा अजगराः पुरीकया जषा मत्स्या रजसा येभ्यो अस्यसि । न ते दूरं न परिष्ठास्ति ते भव सद्यः सर्वां परि पश्यसि भूमिं पूर्वस्माद् धंस्य् उत्तरस्मिन्त् समुद्रे

śiṃśumārā ajagarāḥ purīkayā jaṣā matsyā rajasā yebhyo asyasi | na te dūraṃ na pariṣṭhāsti te bhava sadyaḥ sarvāṃ pari paśyasi bhūmiṃ pūrvasmād dhaṃsy uttarasmint samudre

River-dolphins, great serpents, purīkayas, jaṣas, fishes — at these you shoot through the dark expanse. There is no distance for you, no barrier, Bhava; at once you look out over the whole earth; from the eastern sea you strike into the northern.

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

AV 11 2.26

मा नो रुद्र तक्मना मा विषेण मा नः सं स्रा दिव्येनाग्निना । अन्यत्रास्मद् विद्युतं पातयैताम्

mā no rudra takmanā mā viṣeṇa mā naḥ saṃ srā divyenāgninā | anyatrāsmad vidyutaṃ pātayaitām

Not with fever, Rudra, not with poison, do not join us with the heavenly fire; make that lightning fall elsewhere than on us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 2.27

भवो दिवो भव ईशे पृथिव्या भव आ पप्र उर्व् अन्तरिक्षम् । तस्यै नमो यतमस्यां दिशीतः

bhavo divo bhava īśe pṛthivyā bhava ā papra urv antarikṣam | tasyai namo yatamasyāṃ diśītaḥ

Bhava rules over heaven, Bhava over earth; Bhava has filled the wide midspace. Homage to him, in whichever quarter from here (he is).

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

AV 11 2.28

भव राजन् यजमानाय मृड पशूनां हि पशुपतिर् बभूथ । यः श्रद्दधाति सन्ति देवा इति चतुष्पदे द्विपदे ऽस्य मृड

bhava rājan yajamānāya mṛḍa paśūnāṃ hi paśupatir babhūtha | yaḥ śraddadhāti santi devā iti catuṣpade dvipade 'sya mṛḍa

King Bhava, be gracious to the sacrificer, for you have become the lord of the cattle. Be gracious to the four-footed and the two-footed of him who has faith, (saying) 'the gods exist'.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 2.29

मा नो महान्तम् उत मा नो अर्भकं मा नो वहन्तम् उत मा नो वक्ष्यतः । मा नो हिंसीः पितरं मातरं च स्वां तन्वं रुद्र मा रीरिषो नः

mā no mahāntam uta mā no arbhakaṃ mā no vahantam uta mā no vakṣyataḥ | mā no hiṃsīḥ pitaraṃ mātaraṃ ca svāṃ tanvaṃ rudra mā rīriṣo naḥ

Not our great one, and not our little one, not our one who carries (us), and not the one who shall carry (us); do not harm our father and mother; do no injury to our own body, Rudra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 2.30

रुद्रस्यैलबकारेभ्यो ऽसंसूक्तगिलेभ्यः । इदं महास्येभ्यः श्वभ्यो अकरं नमः

rudrasyailabakārebhyo 'saṃsūktagilebhyaḥ | idaṃ mahāsyebhyaḥ śvabhyo akaraṃ namaḥ

To Rudra's noise-makers, to the swallowers of what is not recited in hymns, to the big-mouthed dogs — this homage I have made.

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

AV 11 2.31

नमस् ते घोषिणीभ्यो नमस् ते केशिनीभ्यः । नमो नमस्कृताभ्यो नमः संभुञ्जतीभ्यः । नमस् ते देव सेनाभ्यः स्वस्ति नो अभयं च नः

namas te ghoṣiṇībhyo namas te keśinībhyaḥ | namo namaskṛtābhyo namaḥ saṃbhuñjatībhyaḥ | namas te deva senābhyaḥ svasti no abhayaṃ ca naḥ

Homage to your howling ones, homage to your long-haired ones; homage to those to whom homage has been made, homage to those who feed together; homage to your armies, O god: well-being to us and freedom from fear for us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition