Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 11 — Chapter 8

AV 11 8.1

यन् मन्युर् जायाम् आवहत् संकल्पस्य गृहाद् अधि । क आसं जन्याः के वराः क उ ज्येष्ठवरो ऽभवत्

yan manyur jāyām āvahat saṃkalpasya gṛhād adhi | ka āsaṃ janyāḥ ke varāḥ ka u jyeṣṭhavaro 'bhavat

When Wrath brought home a wife from the house of Resolve — who were the bride's people, who the wooers, and who was the eldest suitor?

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

AV 11 8.2

तपश् चैवास्तां कर्म चान्तर् महत्य् अर्णवे । त आसं जन्यास् ते वरा ब्रह्म ज्येष्ठवरो ऽभवत्

tapaś caivāstāṃ karma cāntar mahaty arṇave | ta āsaṃ janyās te varā brahma jyeṣṭhavaro 'bhavat

Fervour and action, those two were within the great flood; they were the bride's people, they the wooers, and Brahman was the eldest suitor.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 8.3

दश साकम् अजायन्त देवा देवेभ्यः पुरा । यो वै तान् विद्यात् प्रत्यक्षं स वा अद्य महद् वदेत्

daśa sākam ajāyanta devā devebhyaḥ purā | yo vai tān vidyāt pratyakṣaṃ sa vā adya mahad vadet

Ten were born together, gods before the gods; whoever should know them face to face, he indeed could speak a great thing today.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 8.4

प्राणापानौ चक्षुः श्रोत्रम् अक्षितिश् च क्षितिश् च या । व्यानोदानौ वाङ् मनस् ते वा आकूतिम् आवहन्

prāṇāpānau cakṣuḥ śrotram akṣitiś ca kṣitiś ca yā | vyānodānau vāṅ manas te vā ākūtim āvahan

In-breath and out-breath, eye, ear, imperishability and perishing, through-breath and up-breath, speech and mind — these it was that brought the purpose home.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 8.5

अजाता आसन्न् ऋतवो ऽथो धाता बृहस्पतिः । इन्द्राग्नी अश्विना तर्हि कं ते ज्येष्ठम् उपासत

ajātā āsann ṛtavo 'tho dhātā bṛhaspatiḥ | indrāgnī aśvinā tarhi kaṃ te jyeṣṭham upāsata

Unborn were the seasons, and so too Dhātṛ, Bṛhaspati, Indra and Agni, and the Aśvins then: which one did they reverence as eldest?

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AV 11 8.6

तपश् चैवास्तां कर्म चान्तर् महत्य् अर्णवे । तपो ह जज्ञे कर्मणस् तत् ते ज्येष्ठम् उपासत

tapaś caivāstāṃ karma cāntar mahaty arṇave | tapo ha jajñe karmaṇas tat te jyeṣṭham upāsata

Fervour and action, those two were within the great flood; fervour was born of action — that they reverenced as eldest.

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AV 11 8.7

येत आसीद् भूमिः पूर्वा याम् अद्धातय इद् विदुः । यो वै तां विद्यान् नामथा स मन्येत पुराणवित्

yeta āsīd bhūmiḥ pūrvā yām addhātaya id viduḥ | yo vai tāṃ vidyān nāmathā sa manyeta purāṇavit

Which earth was the former one, which the addhātis indeed know — whoever should know it by name, he might consider himself a knower of ancient things.

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

AV 11 8.8

कुत इन्द्रः कुतः सोमः कुतो अग्निर् अजायत । कुतस् त्वष्टा सम् अभवत् कुतो धाताजायत

kuta indraḥ kutaḥ somaḥ kuto agnir ajāyata | kutas tvaṣṭā sam abhavat kuto dhātājāyata

From where was Indra, from where Soma, from where was Agni born? From where did Tvaṣṭṛ come into being, from where was Dhātṛ born?

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AV 11 8.9

इन्द्राद् इन्द्रः सोमात् सोमो अग्नेर् अग्निर् अजायत । त्वष्टा ह जज्ञे त्वष्टुर् धातुर् धाताजायत

indrād indraḥ somāt somo agner agnir ajāyata | tvaṣṭā ha jajñe tvaṣṭur dhātur dhātājāyata

From Indra Indra, from Soma Soma, from Agni Agni was born; Tvaṣṭṛ indeed was born from Tvaṣṭṛ, from Dhātṛ Dhātṛ was born.

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AV 11 8.10

ये त आसन् दश जाता देवा देवेभ्यः पुरा । पुत्रेभ्यो लोकं दत्त्वा कस्मिंस् ते लोक आसते

ye ta āsan daśa jātā devā devebhyaḥ purā | putrebhyo lokaṃ dattvā kasmiṃs te loka āsate

Those ten gods of yours who were born before the gods — having given the world to (their) sons, in what world do they dwell?

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AV 11 8.11

यदा केशान् अस्थि स्नाव मांसं मज्जानम् आभरत् । शरीरं कृत्वा पादवत् कं लोकम् अनु प्राविशत्

yadā keśān asthi snāva māṃsaṃ majjānam ābharat | śarīraṃ kṛtvā pādavat kaṃ lokam anu prāviśat

When he brought together the hair, the bone, the sinew, the flesh, the marrow — having made the body with feet, into what world did he enter?

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AV 11 8.12

कुतः केशान् कुतः स्नाव कुतो अस्थीन्य् आभरत् । अङ्गा पर्वाणि मज्जानं को मांसं कुत आभरत्

kutaḥ keśān kutaḥ snāva kuto asthīny ābharat | aṅgā parvāṇi majjānaṃ ko māṃsaṃ kuta ābharat

From where did he bring the hair, from where the sinew, from where the bones? The limbs, the joints, the marrow — who (brought them), and from where did he bring the flesh?

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AV 11 8.13

संसिचो नाम ते देवा ये संभारान्त् समभरन् । सर्वं संसिच्य मर्त्यं देवाः पुरुषम् आविशन्

saṃsico nāma te devā ye saṃbhārānt samabharan | sarvaṃ saṃsicya martyaṃ devāḥ puruṣam āviśan

Those gods are named 'the pourers-together', who gathered together the materials; having poured together the whole mortal (frame), the gods entered the man.

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AV 11 8.14

ऊरू पादाव् अष्ठीवन्तौ शिरो हस्ताव् अथो मुखम् । पृष्टीर् बर्जह्ये पार्श्वे कस् तत् सम् अदधाद् ऋषिः

ūrū pādāv aṣṭhīvantau śiro hastāv atho mukham | pṛṣṭīr barjahye pārśve kas tat sam adadhād ṛṣiḥ

The two thighs, the feet, the knees, the head, the two hands, and then the mouth, the ribs, the nipples(?), the two sides — what seer put that together?

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

AV 11 8.15

शिरो हस्ताव् अथो मुखं जिह्वां ग्रीवाश् च कीकसाः । त्वचा प्रावृत्य सर्वं तत् संधा सम् अदधान् मही

śiro hastāv atho mukhaṃ jihvāṃ grīvāś ca kīkasāḥ | tvacā prāvṛtya sarvaṃ tat saṃdhā sam adadhān mahī

The head, the two hands, and then the mouth, the tongue, and the neck-bones — having wrapped all that with skin, the great Joining put (it) together.

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AV 11 8.16

यत् तच् छरीरम् अशयत् संधया संहितं महत् । येनेदम् अद्य रोचते को अस्मिन् वर्णम् आभरत्

yat tac charīram aśayat saṃdhayā saṃhitaṃ mahat | yenedam adya rocate ko asmin varṇam ābharat

That great body which lay there, held together by the joining — by which it shines today: who brought colour into it?

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AV 11 8.17

सर्वे देवा उपाशिक्षन् तद् अजानाद् वधूः सती । ईशा वशस्य या जाया सास्मिन् वर्णम् आभरत्

sarve devā upāśikṣan tad ajānād vadhūḥ satī | īśā vaśasya yā jāyā sāsmin varṇam ābharat

All the gods sought to obtain it; the good wife knew it. She who, as wife, is mistress of the Wish — she brought colour into it.

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

AV 11 8.18

यदा त्वष्टा व्यतृणत् पिता त्वष्टुर् य उत्तरः । गृहं कृत्वा मर्त्यं देवाः पुरुषम् आविशन्

yadā tvaṣṭā vyatṛṇat pitā tvaṣṭur ya uttaraḥ | gṛhaṃ kṛtvā martyaṃ devāḥ puruṣam āviśan

When Tvaṣṭṛ bored (it) through — the father who is higher than Tvaṣṭṛ — having made the mortal (body) a house, the gods entered the man.

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

AV 11 8.19

स्वप्नो वै तन्द्रीर् निरृतिः पाप्मानो नाम देवताः । जरा खालत्यं पालित्यं शरीरम् अनु प्राविशन्

svapno vai tandrīr nirṛtiḥ pāpmāno nāma devatāḥ | jarā khālatyaṃ pālityaṃ śarīram anu prāviśan

Sleep indeed, weariness, Nirṛti, the deities named the Evils, old age, baldness, greying — they entered into the body.

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AV 11 8.20

स्तेयं दुष्कृतं वृजिनं सत्यं यज्ञो यशो बृहत् । बलं च क्षत्रम् ओजश् च शरीरम् अनु प्राविशन्

steyaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ vṛjinaṃ satyaṃ yajño yaśo bṛhat | balaṃ ca kṣatram ojaś ca śarīram anu prāviśan

Theft, evil-doing, crookedness, truth, sacrifice, lofty fame, and strength and dominion and vigour — they entered into the body.

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AV 11 8.21

भूतिश् च वा अभूतिश् च रातयो ऽरातयश् च याः । क्षुधश् च सर्वास् तृष्णाश् च शरीरम् अनु प्राविशन्

bhūtiś ca vā abhūtiś ca rātayo 'rātayaś ca yāḥ | kṣudhaś ca sarvās tṛṣṇāś ca śarīram anu prāviśan

Prosperity indeed and non-prosperity, the gifts and the non-gifts that there are, and all hungers and thirsts — they entered into the body.

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AV 11 8.22

निन्दाश् च वा अनिन्दाश् च यच् च हन्तेति नेति च । शरीरं श्रद्धा दक्षिणाश्रद्धा चानु प्राविशन्

nindāś ca vā anindāś ca yac ca hanteti neti ca | śarīraṃ śraddhā dakṣiṇāśraddhā cānu prāviśan

Blames indeed and non-blames, and what is 'Aye!' and what is 'No', faith, the sacrificial fee, and unfaith — they entered into the body.

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AV 11 8.23

विद्याश् च वा अविद्याश् च यच् चान्यद् उपदेश्यम् । शरीरं ब्रह्म प्राविशद् ऋचः सामाथो यजुः

vidyāś ca vā avidyāś ca yac cānyad upadeśyam | śarīraṃ brahma prāviśad ṛcaḥ sāmātho yajuḥ

Knowledges indeed and ignorances, and whatever else is to be taught — the brahman entered the body, the Ṛc verses, the Sāman, and then the Yajus.

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AV 11 8.24

आनन्दा मोदाः प्रमुदो ऽभीमोदमुदश् च ये । हसो नरिष्टा नृत्तानि शरीरम् अनु प्राविशन्

ānandā modāḥ pramudo 'bhīmodamudaś ca ye | haso nariṣṭā nṛttāni śarīram anu prāviśan

Joys, pleasures, delights, and those that are exultations of delight, laughter, merriments(?), dances — they entered into the body.

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

AV 11 8.25

आलापाश् च प्रलापाश् चाभीलापलपश् च ये । शरीरं सर्वे प्राविशन्न् आयुजः प्रयुजो युजः

ālāpāś ca pralāpāś cābhīlāpalapaś ca ye | śarīraṃ sarve prāviśann āyujaḥ prayujo yujaḥ

Talkings and pratings and those that are out-pratings of talk — all entered the body: the yokings-on, the yokings-forth, the yokings.

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

AV 11 8.26

प्राणापानौ चक्षुः श्रोत्रम् अक्षितिश् च क्षितिश् च या । व्यानोदानौ वाङ् मनः शरीरेण त ईयन्ते

prāṇāpānau cakṣuḥ śrotram akṣitiś ca kṣitiś ca yā | vyānodānau vāṅ manaḥ śarīreṇa ta īyante

In-breath and out-breath, sight, hearing, imperishability and perishability, the diffused breath and the up-breath, speech, mind — these move with the body.

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AV 11 8.27

आशिषश् च प्रशिषश् च संशिषो विशिषश् च याः । चित्तानि सर्वे संकल्पाः शरीरम् अनु प्राविशन्

āśiṣaś ca praśiṣaś ca saṃśiṣo viśiṣaś ca yāḥ | cittāni sarve saṃkalpāḥ śarīram anu prāviśan

Blessings and commands, the instructions and the distinctions that there are, all thoughts and intentions — they entered into the body.

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

AV 11 8.28

आस्तेयीश् च वास्तेयीश् च त्वरणाः कृपणाश् च याः । गुह्याः शुक्रा स्थूला अपस् ता बीभत्साव् असादयन्

āsteyīś ca vāsteyīś ca tvaraṇāḥ kṛpaṇāś ca yāḥ | guhyāḥ śukrā sthūlā apas tā bībhatsāv asādayan

The ... and the ... (waters), those that are hurrying and those that are scanty, the hidden ones, the bright, the thick waters — they set them in the loathsome (part).

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

AV 11 8.29

अस्थि कृत्वा समिधं तद् अष्टापो असादयन् । रेतः कृत्वाज्यं देवाः पुरुषम् आविशन्

asthi kṛtvā samidhaṃ tad aṣṭāpo asādayan | retaḥ kṛtvājyaṃ devāḥ puruṣam āviśan

Having made the bone the kindling, the waters then set it in place; having made the semen the melted butter, the gods entered into the man.

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

AV 11 8.30

या आपो याश् च देवता या विराड् ब्रह्मणा सह । शरीरं ब्रह्म प्राविशच् छरीरे ऽधि प्रजापतिः

yā āpo yāś ca devatā yā virāḍ brahmaṇā saha | śarīraṃ brahma prāviśac charīre 'dhi prajāpatiḥ

The waters that are, and the deities that are, and Virāj together with brahman — brahman entered the body; within the body (is) Prajāpati.

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AV 11 8.31

सूर्यश् चक्षुर् वातः प्राणं पुरुषस्य वि भेजिरे । अथास्येतरम् आत्मानं देवाः प्रायछन्न् अग्नये

sūryaś cakṣur vātaḥ prāṇaṃ puruṣasya vi bhejire | athāsyetaram ātmānaṃ devāḥ prāyachann agnaye

The sun took the eye, the wind the breath, of the man — thus they divided (him) up; then his remaining self the gods handed over to Agni.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 8.32

तस्माद् वै विद्वान् पुरुषम् इदं ब्रह्मेति मन्यते । सर्वा ह्य् अस्मिन् देवता गावो गोष्ठ इवासते

tasmād vai vidvān puruṣam idaṃ brahmeti manyate | sarvā hy asmin devatā gāvo goṣṭha ivāsate

Therefore indeed the one who knows thinks of the man: "This is brahman"; for all the deities are seated in him, as cows in a cow-pen.

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AV 11 8.33

प्रथमेन प्रमारेण त्रेधा विष्वङ् वि गछति । अद एकेन गछत्य् अद एकेन गछतीहैकेन नि षेवते

prathamena pramāreṇa tredhā viṣvaṅ vi gachati | ada ekena gachaty ada ekena gachatīhaikena ni ṣevate

With the first dying he goes apart threefold, in all directions: with one he goes yonder, with one he goes yonder, with one he settles here.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 8.34

अप्सु स्तीमासु वृद्धासु शरीरम् अन्तरा हितम् । तस्मिं छवो ऽध्य् अन्तरा तस्माच् छवो ऽध्य् उच्यते

apsu stīmāsu vṛddhāsu śarīram antarā hitam | tasmiṃ chavo 'dhy antarā tasmāc chavo 'dhy ucyate

In the waters, stiff(?) and swollen, the body is deposited within; in that (is) the śava within, and from that it is called śava (corpse).

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