Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 11 — Chapter 3

AV 11 3.1

तस्यौदनस्य बृहस्पतिः शिरो ब्रह्म मुखम्

tasyaudanasya bṛhaspatiḥ śiro brahma mukham

Of that rice-porridge, Bṛhaspati is the head, brahman the mouth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 3.2

द्यावापृथिवी श्रोत्रे सूर्याचन्द्रमसाव् अक्षिणी सप्तऋषयः प्राणापानाः

dyāvāpṛthivī śrotre sūryācandramasāv akṣiṇī saptaṛṣayaḥ prāṇāpānāḥ

Heaven and earth are the two ears, sun and moon the two eyes, the seven seers the in-breathings and out-breathings.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 3.3

चक्षुर् मुसलं काम उलूखलम्

cakṣur musalaṃ kāma ulūkhalam

The eye is the pestle, desire the mortar.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 3.4

दितिः शूर्पम् अदितिः शूर्पग्राही वातो ऽपाविनक्

ditiḥ śūrpam aditiḥ śūrpagrāhī vāto 'pāvinak

Diti is the winnowing-basket, Aditi the holder of the winnowing-basket; the wind winnowed (it) clean.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 3.5

अश्वाः कणा गावस् तण्डुला मशकास् तुषाः

aśvāḥ kaṇā gāvas taṇḍulā maśakās tuṣāḥ

The horses are the grains, the cattle the rice-kernels, the gnats the husks.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 3.6

कब्रु फलीकरणाः शरो ऽभ्रम्

kabru phalīkaraṇāḥ śaro 'bhram

Kabru is the split grains, the reed(?) is the cloud.

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

AV 11 3.7

श्यामम् अयो ऽस्य मांसानि लोहितम् अस्य लोहितम्

śyāmam ayo 'sya māṃsāni lohitam asya lohitam

Dark iron is its flesh, red (copper) its blood.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 3.8

त्रपु भस्म हरितं वर्णः पुष्करम् अस्य गन्धः

trapu bhasma haritaṃ varṇaḥ puṣkaram asya gandhaḥ

Tin is its ash, green is its colour; the lotus is its scent.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 3.9

खलः पात्रं स्फ्याव् अंसाव् ईषे अनूक्ये

khalaḥ pātraṃ sphyāv aṃsāv īṣe anūkye

The threshing-floor is its vessel, the two wooden shovels its shoulders, the pole-shafts its spine.

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

AV 11 3.10

आन्त्राणि जत्रवो गुदा वरत्राः

āntrāṇi jatravo gudā varatrāḥ

The entrails are the collar-bones, the guts the straps.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 3.11

इयम् एव पृथिवी कुम्भी भवति राध्यमानस्यौदनस्य द्यौर् अपिधानम्

iyam eva pṛthivī kumbhī bhavati rādhyamānasyaudanasya dyaur apidhānam

This very earth becomes the pot of the rice-porridge being cooked; the sky is the lid.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 3.12

सीताः पर्शवः सिकता ऊबध्यम्

sītāḥ parśavaḥ sikatā ūbadhyam

The furrows are the ribs, the sands the stomach-contents.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 3.13

ऋतं हस्तावनेजनं कुल्योपसेचनम्

ṛtaṃ hastāvanejanaṃ kulyopasecanam

Ṛta is the water for washing the hands, the stream the sauce poured over it.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 3.14

ऋचा कुम्भ्य् अधिहितार्त्विज्येन प्रेषिता

ṛcā kumbhy adhihitārtvijyena preṣitā

The pot is set on with a ṛc-verse, it is set going by the priestly office.

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

AV 11 3.15

ब्रह्मणा परिगृहीता साम्ना पर्यूढा

brahmaṇā parigṛhītā sāmnā paryūḍhā

It is enclosed round by the brahman, encompassed by the sāman.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 3.16

बृहद् आयवनं रथन्तरं दर्विः

bṛhad āyavanaṃ rathantaraṃ darviḥ

The Bṛhat is the stirring-vessel, the Rathantara the ladle.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 3.17

ऋतवः पक्तार आर्तवाः सम् इन्धते

ṛtavaḥ paktāra ārtavāḥ sam indhate

The seasons are the cooks; the season-portions kindle (the fire) together.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 3.18

चरुं पञ्चबिलम् उखं घर्मो ऽभीन्धे [नोते चोर्रिगेन्द्अ एद्। श्प्प्]

caruṃ pañcabilam ukhaṃ gharmo 'bhīndhe [note CORRIGENDA ed. ŚPP]

The gharma (hot drink/cauldron) heats the pot, the five-holed ukhā kettle.

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

AV 11 3.19

ओदनेन यज्ञवतः सर्वे लोकाः समाप्याः

odanena yajñavataḥ sarve lokāḥ samāpyāḥ

By the rice-porridge all the worlds are to be attained by him who has sacrificed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 3.20

यस्मिन्त् समुद्रो द्यौर् भूमिस् त्रयो ऽवरपरं श्रिताः

yasmint samudro dyaur bhūmis trayo 'varaparaṃ śritāḥ

In which the sea, the sky, the earth — the three — rest, lower and higher.

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

AV 11 3.21

यस्य देवा अकल्पन्तोच्छिष्टे षड् अशीतयः

yasya devā akalpantocchiṣṭe ṣaḍ aśītayaḥ

In whose remnant the six times eighty gods arranged themselves.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 3.22

तं त्वौदनस्य पृछामि यो अस्य महिमा महान्

taṃ tvaudanasya pṛchāmi yo asya mahimā mahān

I ask you about that great greatness of the rice-porridge which is its own.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 3.23

स य ओदनस्य महिमानं विद्यात्

sa ya odanasya mahimānaṃ vidyāt

He who should know the greatness of the rice-porridge —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 3.24

नाल्प इति ब्रूयान् नानुपसेचन इति नेदं च किं चेति

nālpa iti brūyān nānupasecana iti nedaṃ ca kiṃ ceti

He should not say "It is little," nor "It has no sauce," nor "This is just something or other."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 3.25

यावद् दाताभिमनस्येत तन् नाति वदेत्

yāvad dātābhimanasyeta tan nāti vadet

As much as the giver would have in mind, that he should not speak beyond.

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

AV 11 3.26

ब्रह्मवादिनो वदन्ति पराञ्चम् ओदनं प्राशी३ः प्रत्यञ्चा३म् इति

brahmavādino vadanti parāñcam odanaṃ prāśī3ḥ pratyañcā3m iti

Those who discourse on the brahman say: "Have you eaten the rice-porridge facing away, or facing towards?"

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

AV 11 3.27

त्वम् ओदनं प्राशी३स् त्वाम् ओदना३ इति

tvam odanaṃ prāśī3s tvām odanā3 iti

"Have you eaten the porridge, or has the porridge (eaten) you?"

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 3.28

पराञ्चं चैनं प्राशीः प्राणास् त्वा हास्यन्तीत्य् एनम् आह

parāñcaṃ cainaṃ prāśīḥ prāṇās tvā hāsyantīty enam āha

And if you ate it facing away, he says to him: "The out-breaths will abandon you."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 3.29

प्रत्यञ्चं चैनं प्राशीर् अपानास् त्वा हास्यन्तीत्य् एनम् आह

pratyañcaṃ cainaṃ prāśīr apānās tvā hāsyantīty enam āha

And if you ate it facing hitherward, he says to him: "The down-breaths will abandon you."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 3.30

नैवाहम् ओदनं न माम् ओदनः

naivāham odanaṃ na mām odanaḥ

Neither I (ate) the porridge, nor did the porridge (eat) me.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 3.31

ओदन एवौदनं प्राशीत्

odana evaudanaṃ prāśīt

It was the porridge itself that ate the porridge.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 3.32

ततश् चैनम् अन्येन शीर्ष्णा प्राशीर् येन चैतं पूर्व ऋषयः प्राश्नन् । ज्येष्ठतस् ते प्रजा मरिष्यतीत्य् एनम् आह । तं वा अहं नार्वाञ्चं न पराञ्चं न प्रत्यञ्चम् । बृहस्पतिना शीर्ष्णा । तेनैनं प्राशिषं तेनैनम् अजीगमम् । एष वा ओदनः सर्वाङ्गः सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः । सर्वाङ्ग एव सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः सं भवति य एवं वेद

tataś cainam anyena śīrṣṇā prāśīr yena caitaṃ pūrva ṛṣayaḥ prāśnan | jyeṣṭhatas te prajā mariṣyatīty enam āha | taṃ vā ahaṃ nārvāñcaṃ na parāñcaṃ na pratyañcam | bṛhaspatinā śīrṣṇā | tenainaṃ prāśiṣaṃ tenainam ajīgamam | eṣa vā odanaḥ sarvāṅgaḥ sarvaparuḥ sarvatanūḥ | sarvāṅga eva sarvaparuḥ sarvatanūḥ saṃ bhavati ya evaṃ veda

And (if he says): "You ate it with a head other than that with which the ancient seers ate it" — he says to him: "Your offspring will die beginning with the eldest." But I (ate) it neither hitherward, nor away, nor toward. With Bṛhaspati as head — with that I ate it, with that I made it go (down). This porridge is indeed whole-limbed, whole-jointed, whole-bodied. Whole-limbed indeed, whole-jointed, whole-bodied he becomes, who knows thus.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 3.33

ततश् चैनम् अन्याभ्यां श्रोत्राभ्यां प्राशीर् याभ्यां चैतं पूर्व ऋषयः प्राश्नन् । बधिरो भविष्यसीत्य् एनम् आह । तं वा अहं नार्वाञ्चं न पराञ्चं न प्रत्यञ्चम् । द्यावापृथिवीभ्यां श्रोत्राभ्याम् । ताभ्याम् एनं प्राशिषं ताभ्याम् एनम् अजीगमम् । एष वा ओदनः सर्वाङ्गः सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः । सर्वाङ्ग एव सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः सं भवति य एवं वेद

tataś cainam anyābhyāṃ śrotrābhyāṃ prāśīr yābhyāṃ caitaṃ pūrva ṛṣayaḥ prāśnan | badhiro bhaviṣyasīty enam āha | taṃ vā ahaṃ nārvāñcaṃ na parāñcaṃ na pratyañcam | dyāvāpṛthivībhyāṃ śrotrābhyām | tābhyām enaṃ prāśiṣaṃ tābhyām enam ajīgamam | eṣa vā odanaḥ sarvāṅgaḥ sarvaparuḥ sarvatanūḥ | sarvāṅga eva sarvaparuḥ sarvatanūḥ saṃ bhavati ya evaṃ veda

And (if he says): "You ate it with ears other than those with which the ancient seers ate it" — he says to him: "You will become deaf." But I (ate) it neither hitherward, nor away, nor toward. With heaven and earth as the two ears — with those I ate it, with those I made it go (down). This porridge is indeed whole-limbed, whole-jointed, whole-bodied. Whole-limbed indeed, whole-jointed, whole-bodied he becomes, who knows thus.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 3.34

ततश् चैनम् अन्याभ्याम् अक्षीभ्यां प्राशीर् याभ्यां चैतं पूर्व ऋषयः प्राश्नन् । अन्धो भविष्यसीत्य् एनम् आह । तं वा अहं नार्वाञ्चं न पराञ्चं न प्रत्यञ्चम् । सूर्याचन्द्रमसाभ्याम् अक्षीभ्याम् । ताभ्याम् एनं प्राशिषं ताभ्याम् एनम् अजीगमम् । एष वा ओदनः सर्वाङ्गः सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः । सर्वाङ्ग एव सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः सं भवति य एवं वेद

tataś cainam anyābhyām akṣībhyāṃ prāśīr yābhyāṃ caitaṃ pūrva ṛṣayaḥ prāśnan | andho bhaviṣyasīty enam āha | taṃ vā ahaṃ nārvāñcaṃ na parāñcaṃ na pratyañcam | sūryācandramasābhyām akṣībhyām | tābhyām enaṃ prāśiṣaṃ tābhyām enam ajīgamam | eṣa vā odanaḥ sarvāṅgaḥ sarvaparuḥ sarvatanūḥ | sarvāṅga eva sarvaparuḥ sarvatanūḥ saṃ bhavati ya evaṃ veda

And (if he says): "You ate it with eyes other than those with which the ancient seers ate it" — he says to him: "You will become blind." But I (ate) it neither hitherward, nor away, nor toward. With the sun and moon as the two eyes — with those I ate it, with those I made it go (down). This porridge is indeed whole-limbed, whole-jointed, whole-bodied. Whole-limbed indeed, whole-jointed, whole-bodied he becomes, who knows thus.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 3.35

ततश् चैनम् अन्येन मुखेन प्राशीर् येन चैतं पूर्व ऋषयः प्राश्नन् । मुखतस् ते प्रजा मरिष्यतीत्य् एनम् आह । तं वा अहं नार्वाञ्चं न पराञ्चं न प्रत्यञ्चम् । ब्रह्मणा मुखेन । तेनैनं प्राशिषं तेनैनम् अजीगमम् । एष वा ओदनः सर्वाङ्गः सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः । सर्वाङ्ग एव सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः सं भवति य एवं वेद

tataś cainam anyena mukhena prāśīr yena caitaṃ pūrva ṛṣayaḥ prāśnan | mukhatas te prajā mariṣyatīty enam āha | taṃ vā ahaṃ nārvāñcaṃ na parāñcaṃ na pratyañcam | brahmaṇā mukhena | tenainaṃ prāśiṣaṃ tenainam ajīgamam | eṣa vā odanaḥ sarvāṅgaḥ sarvaparuḥ sarvatanūḥ | sarvāṅga eva sarvaparuḥ sarvatanūḥ saṃ bhavati ya evaṃ veda

And (if he says): "You ate it with a mouth other than that with which the ancient seers ate it" — he says to him: "Your offspring will die beginning with the foremost." But I (ate) it neither hitherward, nor away, nor toward. With the brahman as mouth — with that I ate it, with that I made it go (down). This porridge is indeed whole-limbed, whole-jointed, whole-bodied. Whole-limbed indeed, whole-jointed, whole-bodied he becomes, who knows thus.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 3.36

ततश् चैनम् अन्यया जिह्वया प्राशीर् यया चैतं पूर्व ऋषयः प्राश्नन् । जिह्वा ते मरिष्यतीत्य् एनम् आह । तं वा अहं नार्वाञ्चं न पराञ्चं न प्रत्यञ्चम् । अग्नेर् जिह्वया । तयैनं प्राशिषं तयैनम् अजीगमम् । एष वा ओदनः सर्वाङ्गः सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः । सर्वाङ्ग एव सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः सं भवति य एवं वेद

tataś cainam anyayā jihvayā prāśīr yayā caitaṃ pūrva ṛṣayaḥ prāśnan | jihvā te mariṣyatīty enam āha | taṃ vā ahaṃ nārvāñcaṃ na parāñcaṃ na pratyañcam | agner jihvayā | tayainaṃ prāśiṣaṃ tayainam ajīgamam | eṣa vā odanaḥ sarvāṅgaḥ sarvaparuḥ sarvatanūḥ | sarvāṅga eva sarvaparuḥ sarvatanūḥ saṃ bhavati ya evaṃ veda

And (if he says): "You ate it with a tongue other than that with which the ancient seers ate it" — he says to him: "Your tongue will die." But I (ate) it neither hitherward, nor away, nor toward. With Agni's tongue — with that I ate it, with that I made it go (down). This porridge is indeed whole-limbed, whole-jointed, whole-bodied. Whole-limbed indeed, whole-jointed, whole-bodied he becomes, who knows thus.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 3.37

ततश् चैनम् अन्यैर् दन्तैः प्राशीर् यैश् चैतं पूर्व ऋषयः प्राश्नन् । दन्तास् ते शत्स्यन्तीत्य् एनम् आह । तं वा अहं नार्वाञ्चं न पराञ्चं न प्रत्यञ्चम् । ऋतुभिर् दन्तैः । तैर् एनं प्राशिषं तैर् एनम् अजीगमम् । एष वा ओदनः सर्वाङ्गः सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः । सर्वाङ्ग एव सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः सं भवति य एवं वेद

tataś cainam anyair dantaiḥ prāśīr yaiś caitaṃ pūrva ṛṣayaḥ prāśnan | dantās te śatsyantīty enam āha | taṃ vā ahaṃ nārvāñcaṃ na parāñcaṃ na pratyañcam | ṛtubhir dantaiḥ | tair enaṃ prāśiṣaṃ tair enam ajīgamam | eṣa vā odanaḥ sarvāṅgaḥ sarvaparuḥ sarvatanūḥ | sarvāṅga eva sarvaparuḥ sarvatanūḥ saṃ bhavati ya evaṃ veda

And (if he says): "You ate it with teeth other than those with which the ancient seers ate it" — he says to him: "Your teeth will fall out." But I (ate) it neither hitherward, nor away, nor toward. With the seasons as teeth — with those I ate it, with those I made it go (down). This porridge is indeed whole-limbed, whole-jointed, whole-bodied. Whole-limbed indeed, whole-jointed, whole-bodied he becomes, who knows thus.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 3.38

ततश् चैनम् अन्यैः प्राणापानैः प्राशीर् यैश् चैतं पूर्व ऋषयः प्राश्नन् । प्राणापानास् त्वा हास्यन्तीत्य् एनम् आह । तं वा अहं नार्वाञ्चं न पराञ्चं न प्रत्यञ्चम् । सप्तऋषिभिः प्राणापानैः । तैर् एनं प्राशिषं तैर् एनम् अजीगमम् । एष वा ओदनः सर्वाङ्गः सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः । सर्वाङ्ग एव सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः सं भवति य एवं वेद

tataś cainam anyaiḥ prāṇāpānaiḥ prāśīr yaiś caitaṃ pūrva ṛṣayaḥ prāśnan | prāṇāpānās tvā hāsyantīty enam āha | taṃ vā ahaṃ nārvāñcaṃ na parāñcaṃ na pratyañcam | saptaṛṣibhiḥ prāṇāpānaiḥ | tair enaṃ prāśiṣaṃ tair enam ajīgamam | eṣa vā odanaḥ sarvāṅgaḥ sarvaparuḥ sarvatanūḥ | sarvāṅga eva sarvaparuḥ sarvatanūḥ saṃ bhavati ya evaṃ veda

And (if he says): "You ate it with out-breaths and down-breaths other than those with which the ancient seers ate it" — he says to him: "The out-breaths and down-breaths will abandon you." But I (ate) it neither hitherward, nor away, nor toward. With the seven seers as out-breaths and down-breaths — with those I ate it, with those I made it go (down). This porridge is indeed whole-limbed, whole-jointed, whole-bodied. Whole-limbed indeed, whole-jointed, whole-bodied he becomes, who knows thus.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 3.39

ततश् चैनम् अन्येन व्यचसा प्राशीर् येन चैतं पूर्व ऋषयः प्राश्नन् । राजयक्ष्मस् त्वा हनिष्यतीत्य् एनम् आह । तं वा अहं नार्वाञ्चं न पराञ्चं न प्रत्यञ्चम् । अन्तरिक्षेण व्यचसा । तेनैनं प्राशिषं तेनैनम् अजीगमम् । एष वा ओदनः सर्वाङ्गः सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः । सर्वाङ्ग एव सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः सं भवति य एवं वेद

tataś cainam anyena vyacasā prāśīr yena caitaṃ pūrva ṛṣayaḥ prāśnan | rājayakṣmas tvā haniṣyatīty enam āha | taṃ vā ahaṃ nārvāñcaṃ na parāñcaṃ na pratyañcam | antarikṣeṇa vyacasā | tenainaṃ prāśiṣaṃ tenainam ajīgamam | eṣa vā odanaḥ sarvāṅgaḥ sarvaparuḥ sarvatanūḥ | sarvāṅga eva sarvaparuḥ sarvatanūḥ saṃ bhavati ya evaṃ veda

And (if he says): "You ate it with an expanse other than that with which the ancient seers ate it" — he says to him: "Consumption will slay you." But I (ate) it neither hitherward, nor away, nor toward. With the mid-space as expanse — with that I ate it, with that I made it go (down). This porridge is indeed whole-limbed, whole-jointed, whole-bodied. Whole-limbed indeed, whole-jointed, whole-bodied he becomes, who knows thus.

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

AV 11 3.40

ततश् चैनम् अन्येन पृष्ठेन प्राशीर् येन चैतं पूर्व ऋषयः प्राश्नन् । विद्युत् त्वा हनिष्यतीत्य् एनम् आह । तं वा अहं नार्वाञ्चं न पराञ्चं न प्रत्यञ्चम् । दिवा पृष्ठेन । तेनैनं प्राशिषं तेनैनम् अजीगमम् । एष वा ओदनः सर्वाङ्गः सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः । सर्वाङ्ग एव सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः सं भवति य एवं वेद

tataś cainam anyena pṛṣṭhena prāśīr yena caitaṃ pūrva ṛṣayaḥ prāśnan | vidyut tvā haniṣyatīty enam āha | taṃ vā ahaṃ nārvāñcaṃ na parāñcaṃ na pratyañcam | divā pṛṣṭhena | tenainaṃ prāśiṣaṃ tenainam ajīgamam | eṣa vā odanaḥ sarvāṅgaḥ sarvaparuḥ sarvatanūḥ | sarvāṅga eva sarvaparuḥ sarvatanūḥ saṃ bhavati ya evaṃ veda

And (if he says): "You ate it with a back other than that with which the ancient seers ate it" — he says to him: "The lightning will slay you." But I (ate) it neither hitherward, nor away, nor toward. With the sky as back — with that I ate it, with that I made it go (down). This porridge is indeed whole-limbed, whole-jointed, whole-bodied. Whole-limbed indeed, whole-jointed, whole-bodied he becomes, who knows thus.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 3.41

ततश् चैनम् अन्येनोरसा प्राशीर् येन चैतं पूर्व ऋषयः प्राश्नन् । कृष्या न रात्स्यसीत्य् एनम् आह । तं वा अहं नार्वाञ्चं न पराञ्चं न प्रत्यञ्चम् । पृथिव्योरसा । तेनैनं प्राशिषं तेनैनम् अजीगमम् । एष वा ओदनः सर्वाङ्गः सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः । सर्वाङ्ग एव सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः सं भवति य एवं वेद

tataś cainam anyenorasā prāśīr yena caitaṃ pūrva ṛṣayaḥ prāśnan | kṛṣyā na rātsyasīty enam āha | taṃ vā ahaṃ nārvāñcaṃ na parāñcaṃ na pratyañcam | pṛthivyorasā | tenainaṃ prāśiṣaṃ tenainam ajīgamam | eṣa vā odanaḥ sarvāṅgaḥ sarvaparuḥ sarvatanūḥ | sarvāṅga eva sarvaparuḥ sarvatanūḥ saṃ bhavati ya evaṃ veda

And (if he says): "You ate it with a chest other than that with which the ancient seers ate it" — he says to him: "You will not succeed with ploughing." But I (ate) it neither hitherward, nor away, nor toward. With the earth as chest — with that I ate it, with that I made it go (down). This porridge is indeed whole-limbed, whole-jointed, whole-bodied. Whole-limbed indeed, whole-jointed, whole-bodied he becomes, who knows thus.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 3.42

ततश् चैनम् अन्येनोदरेण प्राशीर् येन चैतं पूर्व ऋषयः प्राश्नन् । उदरदारस् त्वा हनिष्यतीत्य् एनम् आह । तं वा अहं नार्वाञ्चं न पराञ्चं न प्रत्यञ्चम् । सत्येनोदरेण । तेनैनं प्राशिषं तेनैनम् अजीगमम् । एष वा ओदनः सर्वाङ्गः सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः । सर्वाङ्ग एव सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः सं भवति य एवं वेद

tataś cainam anyenodareṇa prāśīr yena caitaṃ pūrva ṛṣayaḥ prāśnan | udaradāras tvā haniṣyatīty enam āha | taṃ vā ahaṃ nārvāñcaṃ na parāñcaṃ na pratyañcam | satyenodareṇa | tenainaṃ prāśiṣaṃ tenainam ajīgamam | eṣa vā odanaḥ sarvāṅgaḥ sarvaparuḥ sarvatanūḥ | sarvāṅga eva sarvaparuḥ sarvatanūḥ saṃ bhavati ya evaṃ veda

And (if he says): "You ate it with a belly other than that with which the ancient seers ate it" — he says to him: "A tearing of the belly will slay you." But I (ate) it neither hitherward, nor away, nor toward. With truth as belly — with that I ate it, with that I made it go (down). This porridge is indeed whole-limbed, whole-jointed, whole-bodied. Whole-limbed indeed, whole-jointed, whole-bodied he becomes, who knows thus.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 3.43

ततश् चैनम् अन्येन वस्तिना प्राशीर् येन चैतं पूर्व ऋषयः प्राश्नन् । अप्सु मरिष्यसीत्य् एनम् आह । तं वा अहं नार्वाञ्चं न पराञ्चं न प्रत्यञ्चम् । समुद्रेण वस्तिना । तेनैनं प्राशिषं तेनैनम् अजीगमम् । एष वा ओदनः सर्वाङ्गः सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः । सर्वाङ्ग एव सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः सं भवति य एवं वेद

tataś cainam anyena vastinā prāśīr yena caitaṃ pūrva ṛṣayaḥ prāśnan | apsu mariṣyasīty enam āha | taṃ vā ahaṃ nārvāñcaṃ na parāñcaṃ na pratyañcam | samudreṇa vastinā | tenainaṃ prāśiṣaṃ tenainam ajīgamam | eṣa vā odanaḥ sarvāṅgaḥ sarvaparuḥ sarvatanūḥ | sarvāṅga eva sarvaparuḥ sarvatanūḥ saṃ bhavati ya evaṃ veda

And (if he says): "You ate it with a bladder other than that with which the ancient seers ate it" — he says to him: "You will die in the waters." But I (ate) it neither hitherward, nor away, nor toward. With the ocean as bladder — with that I ate it, with that I made it go (down). This porridge is indeed whole-limbed, whole-jointed, whole-bodied. Whole-limbed indeed, whole-jointed, whole-bodied he becomes, who knows thus.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 3.44

ततश् चैनम् अन्याभ्याम् ऊरुभ्यां प्राशीर् याभ्यां चैतं पूर्व ऋषयः प्राश्नन् । ऊरू ते मरिष्यत इत्य् एनम् आह । तं वा अहं नार्वाञ्चं न पराञ्चं न प्रत्यञ्चम् । मित्रावरुणयोर् ऊरुभ्याम् । ताभ्याम् एनं प्राशिषं ताभ्याम् एनम् अजीगमम् । एष वा ओदनः सर्वाङ्गः सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः । सर्वाङ्ग एव सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः सं भवति य एवं वेद

tataś cainam anyābhyām ūrubhyāṃ prāśīr yābhyāṃ caitaṃ pūrva ṛṣayaḥ prāśnan | ūrū te mariṣyata ity enam āha | taṃ vā ahaṃ nārvāñcaṃ na parāñcaṃ na pratyañcam | mitrāvaruṇayor ūrubhyām | tābhyām enaṃ prāśiṣaṃ tābhyām enam ajīgamam | eṣa vā odanaḥ sarvāṅgaḥ sarvaparuḥ sarvatanūḥ | sarvāṅga eva sarvaparuḥ sarvatanūḥ saṃ bhavati ya evaṃ veda

And (if he says): "You ate it with thighs other than those with which the ancient seers ate it" — he says to him: "Your thighs will die." But I (ate) it neither hitherward, nor away, nor toward. With Mitra and Varuṇa as the two thighs — with those I ate it, with those I made it go (down). This porridge is indeed whole-limbed, whole-jointed, whole-bodied. Whole-limbed indeed, whole-jointed, whole-bodied he becomes, who knows thus.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 3.45

ततश् चैनम् अन्याभ्याम् अष्ठीवद्भ्यां प्राशीर् याभ्यां चैतं पूर्व ऋषयः प्राश्नन् । स्रामो भविष्यसीत्य् एनम् आह । तं वा अहं नार्वाञ्चं न पराञ्चं न प्रत्यञ्चम् । त्वष्टुर् अष्ठीवद्भ्याम् । ताभ्याम् एनं प्राशिषं ताभ्याम् एनम् अजीगमम् । एष वा ओदनः सर्वाङ्गः सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः । सर्वाङ्ग एव सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः सं भवति य एवं वेद

tataś cainam anyābhyām aṣṭhīvadbhyāṃ prāśīr yābhyāṃ caitaṃ pūrva ṛṣayaḥ prāśnan | srāmo bhaviṣyasīty enam āha | taṃ vā ahaṃ nārvāñcaṃ na parāñcaṃ na pratyañcam | tvaṣṭur aṣṭhīvadbhyām | tābhyām enaṃ prāśiṣaṃ tābhyām enam ajīgamam | eṣa vā odanaḥ sarvāṅgaḥ sarvaparuḥ sarvatanūḥ | sarvāṅga eva sarvaparuḥ sarvatanūḥ saṃ bhavati ya evaṃ veda

And (if he says): "You ate it with knees other than those with which the ancient seers ate it" — he says to him: "You will become lame." But I (ate) it neither hitherward, nor away, nor toward. With Tvaṣṭṛ's knees — with those I ate it, with those I made it go (down). This porridge is indeed whole-limbed, whole-jointed, whole-bodied. Whole-limbed indeed, whole-jointed, whole-bodied he becomes, who knows thus.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 3.46

ततश् चैनम् अन्याभ्यां पादाभ्यां प्राशीर् याभ्यां चैतं पूर्व ऋषयः प्राश्नन् । बहुचारी भविष्यसीत्य् एनम् आह । तं वा अहं नार्वाञ्चं न पराञ्चं न प्रत्यञ्चम् । अश्विनोः पादाभ्याम् । ताभ्याम् एनं प्राशिषं ताभ्याम् एनम् अजीगमम् । एष वा ओदनः सर्वाङ्गः सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः । सर्वाङ्ग एव सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः सं भवति य एवं वेद

tataś cainam anyābhyāṃ pādābhyāṃ prāśīr yābhyāṃ caitaṃ pūrva ṛṣayaḥ prāśnan | bahucārī bhaviṣyasīty enam āha | taṃ vā ahaṃ nārvāñcaṃ na parāñcaṃ na pratyañcam | aśvinoḥ pādābhyām | tābhyām enaṃ prāśiṣaṃ tābhyām enam ajīgamam | eṣa vā odanaḥ sarvāṅgaḥ sarvaparuḥ sarvatanūḥ | sarvāṅga eva sarvaparuḥ sarvatanūḥ saṃ bhavati ya evaṃ veda

And (if he says): "You ate it with feet other than those with which the ancient seers ate it" — he says to him: "You will become a wanderer." But I (ate) it neither hitherward, nor away, nor toward. With the Aśvins' feet — with those I ate it, with those I made it go (down). This porridge is indeed whole-limbed, whole-jointed, whole-bodied. Whole-limbed indeed, whole-jointed, whole-bodied he becomes, who knows thus.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 3.47

ततश् चैनम् अन्याभ्यां प्रपदाभ्यां प्राशीर् याभ्यां चैतं पूर्व ऋषयः प्राश्नन् । सर्पस् त्वा हनिष्यतीत्य् एनम् आह । तं वा अहं नार्वाञ्चं न पराञ्चं न प्रत्यञ्चम् । सवितुः प्रपदाभ्याम् । ताभ्याम् एनं प्राशिषं ताभ्याम् एनम् अजीगमम् । एष वा ओदनः सर्वाङ्गः सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः । सर्वाङ्ग एव सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः सं भवति य एवं वेद

tataś cainam anyābhyāṃ prapadābhyāṃ prāśīr yābhyāṃ caitaṃ pūrva ṛṣayaḥ prāśnan | sarpas tvā haniṣyatīty enam āha | taṃ vā ahaṃ nārvāñcaṃ na parāñcaṃ na pratyañcam | savituḥ prapadābhyām | tābhyām enaṃ prāśiṣaṃ tābhyām enam ajīgamam | eṣa vā odanaḥ sarvāṅgaḥ sarvaparuḥ sarvatanūḥ | sarvāṅga eva sarvaparuḥ sarvatanūḥ saṃ bhavati ya evaṃ veda

And thereupon you have eaten it with other fore-feet than those with which the ancient ṛṣis ate it. "A serpent will slay you," (so) he says to him. But I (eat) it neither hitherward nor away nor back; with the fore-feet of Savitṛ — with those I have eaten it, with those I have made it go. This rice-dish indeed is whole-limbed, whole-jointed, whole-bodied. Whole-limbed indeed, whole-jointed, whole-bodied does he become who knows thus.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 3.48

ततश् चैनम् अन्याभ्यां हस्ताभ्यां प्राशीर् याभ्यां चैतं पूर्व ऋषयः प्राश्नन् । ब्राह्मणं हनिष्यसीत्य् एनम् आह । तं वा अहं नार्वाञ्चं न पराञ्चं न प्रत्यञ्चम् । ऋतस्य हस्ताभ्याम् । ताभ्याम् एनं प्राशिषं ताभ्याम् एनम् अजीगमम् । एष वा ओदनः सर्वाङ्गः सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः । सर्वाङ्ग एव सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः सं भवति य एवं वेद

tataś cainam anyābhyāṃ hastābhyāṃ prāśīr yābhyāṃ caitaṃ pūrva ṛṣayaḥ prāśnan | brāhmaṇaṃ haniṣyasīty enam āha | taṃ vā ahaṃ nārvāñcaṃ na parāñcaṃ na pratyañcam | ṛtasya hastābhyām | tābhyām enaṃ prāśiṣaṃ tābhyām enam ajīgamam | eṣa vā odanaḥ sarvāṅgaḥ sarvaparuḥ sarvatanūḥ | sarvāṅga eva sarvaparuḥ sarvatanūḥ saṃ bhavati ya evaṃ veda

And thereupon you have eaten it with other hands than those with which the ancient ṛṣis ate it. "You will slay a brahman," (so) he says to him. But I (eat) it neither hitherward nor away nor back; with the hands of ṛta — with those I have eaten it, with those I have made it go. This rice-dish indeed is whole-limbed, whole-jointed, whole-bodied. Whole-limbed indeed, whole-jointed, whole-bodied does he become who knows thus.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 3.49

ततश् चैनम् अन्यया प्रतिष्ठया प्राशीर् यया चैतं पूर्व ऋषयः प्राश्नन् । अप्रतिष्ठानो ऽनायतनो मरिष्यसीत्य् एनम् आह । तं वा अहं नार्वाञ्चं न पराञ्चं न प्रत्यञ्चम् । सत्ये प्रतिष्ठाय । तयैनं प्राशिषं तयैनम् अजीगमम् । एष वा ओदनः सर्वाङ्गः सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः । सर्वाङ्ग एव सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः सं भवति य एवं वेद

tataś cainam anyayā pratiṣṭhayā prāśīr yayā caitaṃ pūrva ṛṣayaḥ prāśnan | apratiṣṭhāno 'nāyatano mariṣyasīty enam āha | taṃ vā ahaṃ nārvāñcaṃ na parāñcaṃ na pratyañcam | satye pratiṣṭhāya | tayainaṃ prāśiṣaṃ tayainam ajīgamam | eṣa vā odanaḥ sarvāṅgaḥ sarvaparuḥ sarvatanūḥ | sarvāṅga eva sarvaparuḥ sarvatanūḥ saṃ bhavati ya evaṃ veda

And thereupon you have eaten it with another standing-ground than that with which the ancient ṛṣis ate it. "Without standing-ground, without abode, you will die," (so) he says to him. But I (eat) it neither hitherward nor away nor back; standing firm on truth — with that I have eaten it, with that I have made it go. This rice-dish indeed is whole-limbed, whole-jointed, whole-bodied. Whole-limbed indeed, whole-jointed, whole-bodied does he become who knows thus.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 3.50

एतद् वै ब्रध्नस्य विष्टपं यद् ओदनः

etad vai bradhnasya viṣṭapaṃ yad odanaḥ

This, indeed, is the summit of the ruddy one (the sun), namely the rice-dish.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 3.51

ब्रध्नलोको भवति ब्रध्नस्य विष्टपि श्रयते य एवं वेद

bradhnaloko bhavati bradhnasya viṣṭapi śrayate ya evaṃ veda

He becomes one whose world is the ruddy one's; he rests on the summit of the ruddy one — he who knows thus.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 3.52

एतस्माद् वा ओदनात् त्रयस्त्रिंशतं लोकान् निर् अमिमीत प्रजापतिः

etasmād vā odanāt trayastriṃśataṃ lokān nir amimīta prajāpatiḥ

Out of this rice-dish Prajāpati measured out the thirty-three worlds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 3.53

तेषां प्रज्ञानाय यज्ञम् असृजत

teṣāṃ prajñānāya yajñam asṛjata

For the knowing of them he emitted the sacrifice.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 3.54

स य एवं विदुष उपद्रष्टा भवति प्राणं रुणद्धि

sa ya evaṃ viduṣa upadraṣṭā bhavati prāṇaṃ ruṇaddhi

He who becomes a spy upon one who knows thus obstructs his own breath.

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

AV 11 3.55

न च प्राणं रुणद्धि सर्वज्यानिं जीयते

na ca prāṇaṃ ruṇaddhi sarvajyāniṃ jīyate

And (if) he does not obstruct the breath, he suffers total loss.

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

AV 11 3.56

न च सर्वज्यानिं जीयते पुरैनं जरसः प्राणो जहाति

na ca sarvajyāniṃ jīyate purainaṃ jarasaḥ prāṇo jahāti

And (if) he does not suffer total loss, the breath leaves him before old age.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition