Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 11 — Chapter 4

AV 11 4.1

प्राणाय नमो यस्य सर्वम् इदं वशे । यो भूतः सर्वस्येश्वरो यस्मिन्त् सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम्

prāṇāya namo yasya sarvam idaṃ vaśe | yo bhūtaḥ sarvasyeśvaro yasmint sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam

Homage to Prāṇa, in whose control is all this; who has become the lord of all, in whom all is established.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 4.2

नमस् ते प्राण क्रन्दाय नमस् ते स्तनयित्नवे । नमस् ते प्राण विद्युते नमस् ते प्राण वर्षते

namas te prāṇa krandāya namas te stanayitnave | namas te prāṇa vidyute namas te prāṇa varṣate

Homage to you, Prāṇa, to your roaring; homage to you, to the thundering; homage to you, Prāṇa, to the lightning; homage to you, Prāṇa, when you rain.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 4.3

यत् प्राण स्तनयित्नुनाभिक्रन्दत्य् ओषधीः । प्र वीयन्ते गर्भान् दधते ऽथो बह्वीर् वि जायन्ते

yat prāṇa stanayitnunābhikrandaty oṣadhīḥ | pra vīyante garbhān dadhate 'tho bahvīr vi jāyante

When, Prāṇa, with the thunder you roar at the plants, they are impregnated, they take on embryos, and then many are born.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 4.4

यत् प्राण ऋताव् आगते ऽभिक्रन्दत्य् ओषधीः । सर्वं तदा प्र मोदते यत् किं च भूम्याम् अधि

yat prāṇa ṛtāv āgate 'bhikrandaty oṣadhīḥ | sarvaṃ tadā pra modate yat kiṃ ca bhūmyām adhi

When, Prāṇa, at the coming of the season you roar at the plants, then everything rejoices, whatever is upon the earth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 4.5

यदा प्राणो अभ्यवर्षीद् वर्षेण पृथिवीं महीम् । पशवस् तत् प्र मोदन्ते महो वै नो भविष्यति

yadā prāṇo abhyavarṣīd varṣeṇa pṛthivīṃ mahīm | paśavas tat pra modante maho vai no bhaviṣyati

When Prāṇa has rained down with rain upon the great earth, the cattle rejoice at it: "Greatness indeed shall be ours."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 4.6

अभिवृष्टा ओषधयः प्राणेन सम् अवादिरन् । आयुर् वै नः प्रातीतरः सर्वा नः सुरभीर् अकः

abhivṛṣṭā oṣadhayaḥ prāṇena sam avādiran | āyur vai naḥ prātītaraḥ sarvā naḥ surabhīr akaḥ

The plants, rained upon, have spoken together with Prāṇa: "You have indeed prolonged our life; you have made us all fragrant."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 4.7

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

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

Homage be to you coming, homage be (to you) going away; homage to you, Prāṇa, standing, and homage to you seated.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 4.8

नमस् ते प्राण प्राणते नमो अस्त्व् अपानते । पराचीनाय ते नमः प्रतीचीनाय ते नमः सर्वस्मै त इदं नमः

namas te prāṇa prāṇate namo astv apānate | parācīnāya te namaḥ pratīcīnāya te namaḥ sarvasmai ta idaṃ namaḥ

Homage to you, Prāṇa, when you breathe in; homage be (to you) when you breathe out; homage to you turned away, homage to you turned hither; this homage to you, to the whole of you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 4.9

या ते प्राण प्रिया तनूर् यो ते प्राण प्रेयसी । अथो यद् भेषजं तव तस्य नो धेहि जीवसे

yā te prāṇa priyā tanūr yo te prāṇa preyasī | atho yad bheṣajaṃ tava tasya no dhehi jīvase

That body of yours, Prāṇa, which is dear, and that which is dearer, and also that remedy of yours — of that give to us, that we may live.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 4.10

प्राणः प्रजा अनु वस्ते पिता पुत्रम् इव प्रियम् । प्राणो ह सर्वस्येश्वरो यच् च प्राणति यच् च न

prāṇaḥ prajā anu vaste pitā putram iva priyam | prāṇo ha sarvasyeśvaro yac ca prāṇati yac ca na

Prāṇa clothes the creatures, as a father his dear son; Prāṇa indeed is the lord of all, of what breathes and what does not.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 4.11

प्राणो मृत्युः प्राणस् तक्मा प्राणं देवा उपासते । प्राणो ह सत्यवादिनम् उत्तमे लोक आ दधत्

prāṇo mṛtyuḥ prāṇas takmā prāṇaṃ devā upāsate | prāṇo ha satyavādinam uttame loka ā dadhat

Breath is death, breath is the fever; the gods reverence breath. Breath shall set the truth-speaker in the highest world.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 4.12

प्राणो विराट् प्राणो देष्ट्री प्राणं सर्व उपासते । प्राणो ह सूर्यश् चन्द्रमाः प्राणम् आहुः प्रजापतिम्

prāṇo virāṭ prāṇo deṣṭrī prāṇaṃ sarva upāsate | prāṇo ha sūryaś candramāḥ prāṇam āhuḥ prajāpatim

Breath is Virāṭ, breath is the instructress; all reverence breath. Breath indeed is the sun, the moon; breath they call Prajāpati.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 4.13

प्राणापानौ व्रीहियवाव् अनड्वान् प्राण उच्यते । यवे ह प्राण आहितो ऽपानो व्रीहिर् उच्यते

prāṇāpānau vrīhiyavāv anaḍvān prāṇa ucyate | yave ha prāṇa āhito 'pāno vrīhir ucyate

In-breath and out-breath are rice and barley; the draft-ox is called breath. Breath indeed is set in barley, the out-breath is called rice.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 4.14

अपानति प्राणति पुरुषो गर्भे अन्तरा । यदा त्वं प्राण जिन्वस्य् अथ स जायते पुनः

apānati prāṇati puruṣo garbhe antarā | yadā tvaṃ prāṇa jinvasy atha sa jāyate punaḥ

The man breathes out, breathes in, within the womb. When you, O breath, quicken (him), then he is born again.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 4.15

प्राणम् आहुर् मातरिश्वानं वातो ह प्राण उच्यते । प्राणे ह भूतं भव्यं च प्राणे सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम्

prāṇam āhur mātariśvānaṃ vāto ha prāṇa ucyate | prāṇe ha bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ ca prāṇe sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam

Breath they call Mātariśvan; the wind indeed is called breath. In breath is what has been and what is to be; in breath everything is established.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 4.16

आथर्वणीर् आङ्गिरसीर् दैवीर् मनुष्यजा उत । ओषधयः प्र जायन्ते यदा त्वं प्राण जिन्वसि

ātharvaṇīr āṅgirasīr daivīr manuṣyajā uta | oṣadhayaḥ pra jāyante yadā tvaṃ prāṇa jinvasi

The Atharvan plants, the Āṅgirasa ones, the divine and those born of men—the plants are brought forth when you, O breath, quicken (them).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 4.17

यदा प्राणो अभ्यवर्षीद् वर्षेण पृथिवीं महीम् । ओषधयः प्र जायन्ते ऽथो याः काश् च वीरुधः

yadā prāṇo abhyavarṣīd varṣeṇa pṛthivīṃ mahīm | oṣadhayaḥ pra jāyante 'tho yāḥ kāś ca vīrudhaḥ

When breath has rained down with rain upon the great earth, the plants are brought forth, and also whatever creeping plants there are.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 4.18

यस् ते प्राणेदं वेद यस्मिंश् चासि प्रतिष्ठितः । सर्वे तस्मै बलिं हरान् अमुष्मिंल् लोक उत्तमे

yas te prāṇedaṃ veda yasmiṃś cāsi pratiṣṭhitaḥ | sarve tasmai baliṃ harān amuṣmiṃl loka uttame

He who knows this of you, O breath, and (knows) in whom you are established—to him all shall bring tribute in yonder highest world.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 4.19

यथा प्राण बलिहृतस् तुभ्यं सर्वाः प्रजा इमाः । एवा तस्मै बलिं हरान् यस् त्वा शृणवत् सुश्रवः

yathā prāṇa balihṛtas tubhyaṃ sarvāḥ prajā imāḥ | evā tasmai baliṃ harān yas tvā śṛṇavat suśravaḥ

As, O breath, all these creatures are tribute-bringers to you, so shall they bring tribute to him who hears you, O well-heard one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 4.20

अन्तर् गर्भश् चरति देवतास्व् आभूतो भूतः स उ जायते पुनः । स भूतो भव्यं भविष्यत् पिता पुत्रं प्र विवेशा शचीभिः

antar garbhaś carati devatāsv ābhūto bhūtaḥ sa u jāyate punaḥ | sa bhūto bhavyaṃ bhaviṣyat pitā putraṃ pra viveśā śacībhiḥ

Within he moves as an embryo among the deities; having come to be, having been, he is born again. Having come to be, he, the father, as what is to be, what will be, has entered into the son with (his) powers.

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

AV 11 4.21

एकं पादं नोत् खिदति सलिलाद् धंस उच्चरन् । यद् अङ्ग स तम् उत्खिदेन् नैवाद्य न श्वः स्यात् । न रात्री नाहः स्यान् न व्य् उछेत् कदा चन

ekaṃ pādaṃ not khidati salilād dhaṃsa uccaran | yad aṅga sa tam utkhiden naivādya na śvaḥ syāt | na rātrī nāhaḥ syān na vy uchet kadā cana

He does not draw up one foot, the swan rising up out of the water. If indeed he were to draw it up, there would be neither today nor tomorrow; there would be no night, no day; it would never dawn.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 4.22

अष्टाचक्रं वर्तत एकनेमि सहस्राक्षरं प्र पुरो नि पश्चा । अर्धेन विश्वं भुवनं जजान यद् अस्यार्धं कतमः स केतुः

aṣṭācakraṃ vartata ekanemi sahasrākṣaraṃ pra puro ni paścā | ardhena viśvaṃ bhuvanaṃ jajāna yad asyārdhaṃ katamaḥ sa ketuḥ

Eight-wheeled it turns, one-rimmed, thousand-syllabled: forth in the east, down in the west. With half it begot the whole world; what is its (other) half—which is that sign?

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

AV 11 4.23

यो अस्य विश्वजन्मन ईशे विश्वस्य चेष्टतः । अन्येषु क्षिप्रधन्वने तस्मै प्राण नमो ऽस्तु ते

yo asya viśvajanmana īśe viśvasya ceṣṭataḥ | anyeṣu kṣipradhanvane tasmai prāṇa namo 'stu te

He who rules over all this that is born and over all that moves—untiring, swift-bowed among others—to him, O breath, be homage to you.

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

AV 11 4.24

यो अस्य सर्वजन्मन ईशे सर्वस्य चेष्टतः । अतन्द्रो ब्रह्मणा धीरः प्राणो मानु तिष्ठतु

yo asya sarvajanmana īśe sarvasya ceṣṭataḥ | atandro brahmaṇā dhīraḥ prāṇo mānu tiṣṭhatu

He who rules over all this that is born and over all that moves—untiring, steadfast through the sacred word—may breath stand by me.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 4.25

ऊर्ध्वः सुप्तेषु जागार ननु तिर्यङ् नि पद्यते । न सुप्तम् अस्य सुप्तेष्व् अनु शुश्राव कश् चन

ūrdhvaḥ supteṣu jāgāra nanu tiryaṅ ni padyate | na suptam asya supteṣv anu śuśrāva kaś cana

Upright he wakes among the sleepers; he surely does not lie down crosswise. No one has ever heard of his sleeping among the sleepers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 4.26

प्राण मा मत् पर्यावृतो न मद् अन्यो भविष्यसि । अपां गर्भम् इव जीवसे प्राण बध्नामि त्वा मयि

prāṇa mā mat paryāvṛto na mad anyo bhaviṣyasi | apāṃ garbham iva jīvase prāṇa badhnāmi tvā mayi

O breath, do not turn away from me; you shall not be other than I. Like the embryo of the waters, for life, O breath, I bind you to me.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition