Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 12 — Chapter 1

AV 12 1.1

सत्यं बृहद् ऋतम् उग्रं दीक्षा तपो ब्रह्म यज्ञः पृथिवीं धारयन्ति । सा नो भूतस्य भव्यस्य पत्न्य् उरुं लोकं पृथिवी नः कृणोतु

satyaṃ bṛhad ṛtam ugraṃ dīkṣā tapo brahma yajñaḥ pṛthivīṃ dhārayanti | sā no bhūtasya bhavyasya patny uruṃ lokaṃ pṛthivī naḥ kṛṇotu

Truth, greatness, ṛta, fierceness, consecration, tapas, brahman, sacrifice — (these) uphold the earth. Let her, mistress of what has been and what is to be, the earth, make for us a wide place.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.2

असंबाधं मध्यतो मानवानां यस्या उद्वतः प्रवतः समं बहु । नानावीर्या ओषधीर् या बिभर्ति पृथिवी नः प्रथतां राध्यतां नः

asaṃbādhaṃ madhyato mānavānāṃ yasyā udvataḥ pravataḥ samaṃ bahu | nānāvīryā oṣadhīr yā bibharti pṛthivī naḥ prathatāṃ rādhyatāṃ naḥ

Unconstricted in the midst of men, whose heights and slopes are level and manifold, who bears the plants of various powers — let the earth spread wide for us, let her be gracious to us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.3

यस्यां समुद्र उत सिन्धुर् आपो यस्याम् अन्नं कृष्टयः संबभूवुः । यस्याम् इदं जिन्वति प्राणद् एजत् सा नो भूमिः पूर्वपेये दधातु

yasyāṃ samudra uta sindhur āpo yasyām annaṃ kṛṣṭayaḥ saṃbabhūvuḥ | yasyām idaṃ jinvati prāṇad ejat sā no bhūmiḥ pūrvapeye dadhātu

In whom (are) the sea and the stream, the waters; in whom food and the tilled fields came to be; in whom this that breathes and stirs is quickened — may that earth set us in the first drinking.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.4

यस्याश् चतस्रः प्रदिशः पृथिव्या यस्याम् अन्नम् कृष्टयः संबभूवुः । या बिभर्ति बहुधा प्राणद् एजत् सा नो भूमिर् गोष्व् अप्य् अन्ने दधातु

yasyāś catasraḥ pradiśaḥ pṛthivyā yasyām annam kṛṣṭayaḥ saṃbabhūvuḥ | yā bibharti bahudhā prāṇad ejat sā no bhūmir goṣv apy anne dadhātu

Of whom, the earth, (there are) the four directions; in whom food and the tilled fields came to be; who in many ways bears what breathes and stirs — may that earth set us also in cattle, in food.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.5

यस्यां पूर्वे पूर्वजना विचक्रिरे यस्यां देवा असुरान् अभ्यवर्तयन् । गवाम् अश्वानां वयसश् च विष्ठा भगं वर्चः पृथिवी नो दधातु

yasyāṃ pūrve pūrvajanā vicakrire yasyāṃ devā asurān abhyavartayan | gavām aśvānāṃ vayasaś ca viṣṭhā bhagaṃ varcaḥ pṛthivī no dadhātu

On whom the former ones, the former generations, moved about; on whom the gods overcame the Asuras; the station of cattle, of horses, and of birds — may the earth set upon us fortune and splendour.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.6

विश्वंभरा वसुधानी प्रतिष्ठा हिरण्यवक्षा जगतो निवेशनी । वैश्वानरं बिभ्रती भूमिर् अग्निम् इन्द्रऋषभा द्रविणे नो दधातु

viśvaṃbharā vasudhānī pratiṣṭhā hiraṇyavakṣā jagato niveśanī | vaiśvānaraṃ bibhratī bhūmir agnim indraṛṣabhā draviṇe no dadhātu

All-bearing, treasure-holding, the foundation, gold-breasted, the resting place of what moves, bearing Agni Vaiśvānara — may the earth, whose bull is Indra, set wealth in us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.7

यां रक्षन्त्य् अस्वप्ना विश्वदानीं देवा भूमिं पृथिवीम् अप्रमादम् । सा नो मधु प्रियं दुहाम् अथो उक्षतु वर्चसा

yāṃ rakṣanty asvapnā viśvadānīṃ devā bhūmiṃ pṛthivīm apramādam | sā no madhu priyaṃ duhām atho ukṣatu varcasā

The earth, the broad one, whom the sleepless gods guard always, without negligence — may she yield us dear honey, and may she sprinkle us with splendour.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.8

यार्णवे ऽधि सलिलम् अग्र आसीत् यां मायाभिर् अन्वचरन् मनीषिणः । यस्या हृदयं परमे व्योमन्त् सत्येनावृतम् अमृतं पृथिव्याः । सा नो भूमिस् त्विषिं बलं राष्ट्रे दधातूत्तमे

yārṇave 'dhi salilam agra āsīt yāṃ māyābhir anvacaran manīṣiṇaḥ | yasyā hṛdayaṃ parame vyomant satyenāvṛtam amṛtaṃ pṛthivyāḥ | sā no bhūmis tviṣiṃ balaṃ rāṣṭre dadhātūttame

She who at first was the flood upon the sea, whom the wise ones followed with their powers; whose heart is in the highest firmament, wrapped in truth, immortal — the earth's; may that earth set in us brilliance and strength, in the highest kingship.

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

AV 12 1.9

यस्याम् आपः परिचराः समानीर् अहोरात्रे अप्रमादं क्षरन्ति । सा नो भूमिर् भूरिधारा पयो दुहाम् अथो उक्षतु वर्चसा

yasyām āpaḥ paricarāḥ samānīr ahorātre apramādaṃ kṣaranti | sā no bhūmir bhūridhārā payo duhām atho ukṣatu varcasā

On whom the waters, moving together, the same, flow by day and night without ceasing — may that earth of many streams yield us milk, and may she sprinkle us with splendour.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.10

याम् अश्विनाव् अमिमातां विष्णुर् यस्यां विचक्रमे । इन्द्रो यां चक्र आत्मने ऽनमित्रां शचीपतिः । सा नो भूमिर् वि सृजतां माता पुत्राय मे पयः

yām aśvināv amimātāṃ viṣṇur yasyāṃ vicakrame | indro yāṃ cakra ātmane 'namitrāṃ śacīpatiḥ | sā no bhūmir vi sṛjatāṃ mātā putrāya me payaḥ

Whom the two Aśvins measured out, on whom Viṣṇu strode; whom Indra, lord of power, made free of enemies for himself — may that earth, the mother, pour out milk for me, her son.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.11

गिरयस् ते पर्वता हिमवन्तो ऽरण्यं ते पृथिवि स्योनम् अस्तु । बभ्रुं कृष्णां रोहिणीं विश्वरूपां ध्रुवां भूमिं पृथिवीम् इन्द्रगुप्ताम् । अजीतो ऽहतो अक्षतो ऽध्य् अष्ठाम् पृथिवीम् अहम्

girayas te parvatā himavanto 'raṇyaṃ te pṛthivi syonam astu | babhruṃ kṛṣṇāṃ rohiṇīṃ viśvarūpāṃ dhruvāṃ bhūmiṃ pṛthivīm indraguptām | ajīto 'hato akṣato 'dhy aṣṭhām pṛthivīm aham

Thy hills, the snowy mountains — may thy forest, O earth, be pleasant. Upon the brown, the black, the red, the all-formed, the firm earth, the broad one guarded by Indra, have I stood, unconquered, unslain, unwounded.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.12

यत् ते मध्यं पृथिवि यच् च नभ्यं यास् त ऊर्जस् तन्वः संबभूवुः । तासु नो धेह्य् अभि नः पवस्व माता भूमिः पुत्रो अहं पृथिव्याः पर्जन्यः पिता स उ नः पिपर्तु

yat te madhyaṃ pṛthivi yac ca nabhyaṃ yās ta ūrjas tanvaḥ saṃbabhūvuḥ | tāsu no dhehy abhi naḥ pavasva mātā bhūmiḥ putro ahaṃ pṛthivyāḥ parjanyaḥ pitā sa u naḥ pipartu

What is thy middle, O earth, and what thy navel, and what strengthening bodies of thine have come to be — in those set us; purify us. The earth is mother, I am the son of the earth; Parjanya is father; let him fill us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.13

यस्यां वेदिं परिगृह्णन्ति भूम्यां यस्यां यज्ञं तन्वते विश्वकर्माणः । यस्यां मीयन्ते स्वरवः पृथिव्याम् ऊर्ध्वाः शुक्रा आहुत्याः पुरस्तात् । सा नो भूमिर् वर्धयद् वर्धमाना

yasyāṃ vediṃ parigṛhṇanti bhūmyāṃ yasyāṃ yajñaṃ tanvate viśvakarmāṇaḥ | yasyāṃ mīyante svaravaḥ pṛthivyām ūrdhvāḥ śukrā āhutyāḥ purastāt | sā no bhūmir vardhayad vardhamānā

On which earth they enclose the altar, on whom those doing all the work stretch out the sacrifice; on which earth the sacrificial posts are set up, upright and bright, before the offering — may that earth, increasing, make us increase.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.14

यो नो द्वेषत् पृथिवि यः पृतन्याद् यो ऽभिदासान् मनसा यो वधेन । तं नो भूमे रन्धय पूर्वकृत्वरि

yo no dveṣat pṛthivi yaḥ pṛtanyād yo 'bhidāsān manasā yo vadhena | taṃ no bhūme randhaya pūrvakṛtvari

Whoever hates us, O earth, whoever fights us, whoever threatens us with thought or with a weapon — subject him to us, O earth, thou who actest first.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.15

त्वज् जातास् त्वयि चरन्ति मर्त्यास् त्वं बिभर्षि द्विपदस् त्वं चतुष्पदः । तवेमे पृथिवि पञ्च मानवा येभ्यो ज्योतिर् अमृतं मर्त्येभ्य उद्यन्त् सूर्यो रश्मिभिर् आतनोति

tvaj jātās tvayi caranti martyās tvaṃ bibharṣi dvipadas tvaṃ catuṣpadaḥ | taveme pṛthivi pañca mānavā yebhyo jyotir amṛtaṃ martyebhya udyant sūryo raśmibhir ātanoti

Born from thee, mortals move upon thee; thou bearest the two-footed, thou the four-footed. Thine, O earth, are these five (races of) men, for whom, mortals, the rising sun spreads out with his rays the immortal light.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.16

ता नः प्रजाः सं दुह्रतां समग्रा वाचो मधु पृथिवि धेहि मह्यम्

tā naḥ prajāḥ saṃ duhratāṃ samagrā vāco madhu pṛthivi dhehi mahyam

May those creatures together yield milk for us, all of them; set thou, O earth, the honey of speech in me.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.17

विश्वस्वं मातरम् ओषधीनां ध्रुवां भूमिं पृथिवीं धर्मणा धृताम् । शिवां स्योनाम् अनु चरेम विश्वहा

viśvasvaṃ mātaram oṣadhīnāṃ dhruvāṃ bhūmiṃ pṛthivīṃ dharmaṇā dhṛtām | śivāṃ syonām anu carema viśvahā

The all-producing mother of the plants, the firm earth, the broad one, upheld by ordinance — upon her, kindly and pleasant, may we walk all our days.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.18

महत् सधस्थं महती बभूविथ महान् वेग एजथुर् वेपथुष् टे । महांस् त्वेन्द्रो रक्षत्य् अप्रमादम् । सा नो भूमे प्र रोचय हिरण्यस्येव संदृशि मा नो द्विक्षत कश् चन

mahat sadhasthaṃ mahatī babhūvitha mahān vega ejathur vepathuṣ ṭe | mahāṃs tvendro rakṣaty apramādam | sā no bhūme pra rocaya hiraṇyasyeva saṃdṛśi mā no dvikṣata kaś cana

Great, thou hast become a great abode; great is (thy) impulse, the stirring and the trembling are thine; great Indra guards thee without negligence. Make us shine, O earth, as at the sight of gold; let no one hate us.

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

AV 12 1.19

अग्निर् भूम्याम् ओषधीष्व् अग्निम् आपो बिभ्रत्य् अग्निर् अश्मसु । अग्निर् अन्तः पुरुषेषु गोष्व् अश्वेष्व् अग्नयः

agnir bhūmyām oṣadhīṣv agnim āpo bibhraty agnir aśmasu | agnir antaḥ puruṣeṣu goṣv aśveṣv agnayaḥ

Agni is in the earth, in the plants; the waters bear Agni; Agni is in the stones; Agni is within men; in cattle and in horses are the fires.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.20

अग्निर् दिव आ तपत्य् अग्नेर् देवस्योर्व् अन्तरिक्षम् । अग्निं मर्तास इन्धते हव्यवाहं घृतप्रियम्

agnir diva ā tapaty agner devasyorv antarikṣam | agniṃ martāsa indhate havyavāhaṃ ghṛtapriyam

Agni shines forth from the sky; to Agni the god belongs the wide midspace; mortals kindle Agni, the carrier of oblations, who loves ghee.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.21

अग्निवासाः पृथिव्य् असितज्ञूस् त्विषीमन्तं संशितं मा कृणोतु

agnivāsāḥ pṛthivy asitajñūs tviṣīmantaṃ saṃśitaṃ mā kṛṇotu

The earth, clothed in Agni, with dark knees — may she make me brilliant and sharpened.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.22

भूम्यां देवेभ्यो ददति यज्ञं हव्यम् अरंकृतम् । भूम्यां मनुष्या जीवन्ति स्वधयान्नेन मर्त्याः । सा नो भूमिः प्राणम् आयुर् दधातु जरदष्टिं मा पृथिवी कृणोतु

bhūmyāṃ devebhyo dadati yajñaṃ havyam araṃkṛtam | bhūmyāṃ manuṣyā jīvanti svadhayānnena martyāḥ | sā no bhūmiḥ prāṇam āyur dadhātu jaradaṣṭiṃ mā pṛthivī kṛṇotu

On the earth (men) give to the gods the sacrifice, the oblation duly prepared; on the earth mortal men live by food at their own will. Let that earth set breath and lifetime in us; let the earth make me one who reaches old age.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.23

यस् ते गन्धः पृथिवि संबभूव यं बिभ्रत्य् ओषधयो यम् आपः । यं गन्धर्वा अप्सरसश् च भेजिरे तेन मा सुरभिं कृणु मा नो द्विक्षत कश् चन

yas te gandhaḥ pṛthivi saṃbabhūva yaṃ bibhraty oṣadhayo yam āpaḥ | yaṃ gandharvā apsarasaś ca bhejire tena mā surabhiṃ kṛṇu mā no dvikṣata kaś cana

That fragrance of yours, O earth, which has arisen, which the plants bear, which the waters (bear), which the Gandharvas and Apsarases have partaken of — with that make me fragrant; let no one hate us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.24

यस् ते गन्धः पुष्करम् आविवेश यं संजभ्रुः सूर्याया विवाहे । अमर्त्याः पृथिवि गन्धम् अग्रे तेन मा सुरभिं कृणु मा नो द्विक्षत कश् चन

yas te gandhaḥ puṣkaram āviveśa yaṃ saṃjabhruḥ sūryāyā vivāhe | amartyāḥ pṛthivi gandham agre tena mā surabhiṃ kṛṇu mā no dvikṣata kaś cana

That fragrance of yours which entered the lotus, which (the gods) gathered together at the wedding of Sūryā — the immortals (gathered) the fragrance, O earth, in the beginning — with that make me fragrant; let no one hate us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.25

यस् ते गन्धः पुरुषेषु स्त्रीषु पुंसु भगो रुचिः । यो अश्वेषु वीरेषु यो मृगेषूत हस्तिषु । कन्यायां वर्चो यद् भूमे तेनास्माꣳ अपि सं सृज मा नो द्विक्षत कश् चन

yas te gandhaḥ puruṣeṣu strīṣu puṃsu bhago ruciḥ | yo aśveṣu vīreṣu yo mṛgeṣūta hastiṣu | kanyāyāṃ varco yad bhūme tenāsmāṁ api saṃ sṛja mā no dvikṣata kaś cana

That fragrance of yours which is in human beings, in women and in men, (which is) fortune and radiance, which is in horses and in heroes, which is in wild beasts and in elephants, and the splendour that is in a maiden, O earth — with that unite us also; let no one hate us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.26

शिला भूमिर् अश्मा पांसुः सा भूमिः संधृता धृता । तस्यै हिरण्यवक्षसे पृथिव्या अकरं नमः

śilā bhūmir aśmā pāṃsuḥ sā bhūmiḥ saṃdhṛtā dhṛtā | tasyai hiraṇyavakṣase pṛthivyā akaraṃ namaḥ

Rock is the earth, stone, dust; that earth is held together, held fast. To her, to the gold-breasted earth, I have made homage.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.27

यस्यां वृक्षा वानस्पत्या ध्रुवास् तिष्ठन्ति विश्वहा । पृथिवीं विश्वधायसं धृताम् अछावदामसि

yasyāṃ vṛkṣā vānaspatyā dhruvās tiṣṭhanti viśvahā | pṛthivīṃ viśvadhāyasaṃ dhṛtām achāvadāmasi

In whom the trees, the lords of the forest, stand firm at all times — the earth, all-nourishing, held fast, we address.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.28

उदीराणा उतासीनास् तिष्ठन्तः प्रक्रामन्तः । पद्भ्यां दक्षिणसव्याभ्यां मा व्यथिष्महि भूम्याम्

udīrāṇā utāsīnās tiṣṭhantaḥ prakrāmantaḥ | padbhyāṃ dakṣiṇasavyābhyāṃ mā vyathiṣmahi bhūmyām

Rising up and sitting, standing, striding forth, with our feet, the right and the left, may we not stagger upon the earth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.29

विमृग्वरीं पृथिवीम् आ वदामि क्षमां भूमिं ब्रह्मणा वावृधानाम् । ऊर्जं पुष्टं बिभ्रतीम् अन्नभागं घृतं त्वाभि नि षीदेम भूमे

vimṛgvarīṃ pṛthivīm ā vadāmi kṣamāṃ bhūmiṃ brahmaṇā vāvṛdhānām | ūrjaṃ puṣṭaṃ bibhratīm annabhāgaṃ ghṛtaṃ tvābhi ni ṣīdema bhūme

I speak to the cleansing earth, to the patient earth, grown great through the formulation (brahman); bearing vigour and thriving, having a share of food — may we sit down upon you, (who are) ghee, O earth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.30

शुद्धा न आपस् तन्वे क्षरन्तु यो नः सेदुर् अप्रिये तं नि दध्मः । पवित्रेण पृथिवि मोत् पुनामि

śuddhā na āpas tanve kṣarantu yo naḥ sedur apriye taṃ ni dadhmaḥ | pavitreṇa pṛthivi mot punāmi

Let pure waters flow for our body; whoever has settled upon us we lay down on one unfriendly. With the purifier, O earth, I purify myself.

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

AV 12 1.31

यास् ते प्राचीः प्रदिशो या उदीचीर् यास् ते भूमे अधराद् याश् च पश्चात् । स्योनास् ता मह्यं चरते भवन्तु मा नि पप्तं भुवने शिश्रियाणः

yās te prācīḥ pradiśo yā udīcīr yās te bhūme adharād yāś ca paścāt | syonās tā mahyaṃ carate bhavantu mā ni paptaṃ bhuvane śiśriyāṇaḥ

Those of your quarters that are eastern, those that are northern, those of yours, O earth, that are from below and those from behind — let them be pleasant for me as I walk; may I not fall down, resting upon the world.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.32

मा नः पश्चान् मा पुरस्तान् नुदिष्ठा मोत्तराद् अधराद् उत । स्वस्ति भूमे नो भव मा विदन् परिपन्थिनो वरीयो यावया वधम्

mā naḥ paścān mā purastān nudiṣṭhā mottarād adharād uta | svasti bhūme no bhava mā vidan paripanthino varīyo yāvayā vadham

Do not thrust us away from behind, nor from in front, nor from the north nor from below; be well-being for us, O earth; let not the highway-robbers find (us); ward off the weapon far away.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.33

यावत् ते ऽभि विपश्यामि भूमे सूर्येण मेदिना । तावन् मे चक्षुर् मा मेष्टोत्तरामुत्तरां समाम्

yāvat te 'bhi vipaśyāmi bhūme sūryeṇa medinā | tāvan me cakṣur mā meṣṭottarāmuttarāṃ samām

As long as I look out upon you, O earth, with the sun as ally, so long let my eye not fail, year after year.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.34

यच् छयानः पर्यावर्ते दक्षिणं सख्यम् अभि भूमे पार्श्वम् उत्तानास् त्वा प्रतीचीं यत् पृष्टीभिर् अधिशेमहे । मा हिंसीस् तत्र नो भूमे सर्वस्य प्रतिशीवरि

yac chayānaḥ paryāvarte dakṣiṇaṃ sakhyam abhi bhūme pārśvam uttānās tvā pratīcīṃ yat pṛṣṭībhir adhiśemahe | mā hiṃsīs tatra no bhūme sarvasya pratiśīvari

When, lying down, I turn upon my right side and upon my flank, O earth; when, stretched out, we lie upon you facing us with our ribs — do not injure us there, O earth, you who lie facing all.

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

AV 12 1.35

यत् ते भूमे विखनामि क्षिप्रं तद् अपि रोहतु । मा ते मर्म विमृग्वरि मा ते हृदयम् अर्पिपम्

yat te bhūme vikhanāmi kṣipraṃ tad api rohatu | mā te marma vimṛgvari mā te hṛdayam arpipam

What of you I dig out, O earth, let that quickly grow up again; may I not pierce your vital part, O cleansing one, nor your heart.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.36

ग्रीष्मस् ते भूमे वर्षाणि शरद् धेमन्तः शिशिरो वसन्तः । ऋतवस् ते विहिता हायनीर् अहोरात्रे पृथिवि नो दुहाताम्

grīṣmas te bhūme varṣāṇi śarad dhemantaḥ śiśiro vasantaḥ | ṛtavas te vihitā hāyanīr ahorātre pṛthivi no duhātām

Your summer, O earth, the rains, autumn, winter, the cool season, spring — your appointed seasons, yearly, day and night, O earth, let them yield milk for us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.37

याप सर्पं विजमाना विमृग्वरी यस्याम् आसन्न् अग्नयो ये अप्स्व् अन्तः । परा दस्यून् ददती देवपीयून् इन्द्रं वृणाना पृथिवी न वृत्रम् शक्राय दध्रे वृषभाय वृष्णे

yāpa sarpaṃ vijamānā vimṛgvarī yasyām āsann agnayo ye apsv antaḥ | parā dasyūn dadatī devapīyūn indraṃ vṛṇānā pṛthivī na vṛtram śakrāya dadhre vṛṣabhāya vṛṣṇe

She who, shuddering, (drives) away the serpent, the cleansing one, in whom were the fires that are within the waters, who gives over to the far side the Dasyus who revile the gods, choosing Indra and not Vṛtra — the earth has given herself to Śakra, to the bull, the potent one.

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

AV 12 1.38

यस्यां सदोहविर्धाने यूपो यस्यां निमीयते । ब्रह्माणो यस्याम् अर्चन्त्य् ऋग्भिः साम्ना यजुर्विदः युज्यन्ते यस्याम् ऋत्विजः सोमम् इन्द्राय पातवे

yasyāṃ sadohavirdhāne yūpo yasyāṃ nimīyate | brahmāṇo yasyām arcanty ṛgbhiḥ sāmnā yajurvidaḥ yujyante yasyām ṛtvijaḥ somam indrāya pātave

On whom (stand) the sadas and the havirdhāna, on whom the sacrificial post is set up; on whom the brahmans chant with ṛc-verses, with the sāman, the knowers of the yajus; on whom the officiating priests are engaged, (pressing) soma for Indra to drink.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.39

यस्यां पूर्वे भूतकृत ऋषयो गा उदानृचुः । सप्त सत्रेण वेधसो यज्ञेन तपसा सह

yasyāṃ pūrve bhūtakṛta ṛṣayo gā udānṛcuḥ | sapta satreṇa vedhaso yajñena tapasā saha

On whom the former makers of beings, the seers, sang forth the cows — the seven ordainers, with the sacrificial session, with sacrifice together with fervour (tapas).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.40

सा नो भूमिर् आ दिशतु यद् धनं कामयामहे । भगो अनुप्रयुङ्क्ताम् इन्द्र एतु पुरोगवः

sā no bhūmir ā diśatu yad dhanaṃ kāmayāmahe | bhago anuprayuṅktām indra etu purogavaḥ

Let that earth assign to us the wealth we desire; let Bhaga be joined thereto; let Indra come as the one going before.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.41

यस्यां गायन्ति नृत्यन्ति भूम्यां मर्त्या व्यैलबाः । युध्यन्ते यस्याम् आक्रन्दो यस्याम् वदति दुन्दुभिः । सा नो भूमिः प्र णुदतां सपत्नान् असपत्नं मा पृथिवी कृणोतु

yasyāṃ gāyanti nṛtyanti bhūmyāṃ martyā vyailabāḥ | yudhyante yasyām ākrando yasyām vadati dundubhiḥ | sā no bhūmiḥ pra ṇudatāṃ sapatnān asapatnaṃ mā pṛthivī kṛṇotu

On which the mortals sing and dance with loud noise, on which they fight, on which is the war-cry, on which the drum sounds — let that earth thrust away our rivals; let the earth make me free of rivals.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.42

यस्याम् अन्नं व्रीहियवौ यस्या इमाः पञ्च कृष्टयः । भूम्यै पर्जन्यपत्न्यै नमो ऽस्तु वर्षमेदसे

yasyām annaṃ vrīhiyavau yasyā imāḥ pañca kṛṣṭayaḥ | bhūmyai parjanyapatnyai namo 'stu varṣamedase

On whom (are) food, rice and barley, whose (are) these five peoples — to the earth, wife of Parjanya, let there be homage, to her who is fattened by the rain.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.43

यस्याः पुरो देवकृताः क्षेत्रे यस्या विकुर्वते । प्रजापतिः पृथिवीं विश्वगर्भाम् आशामाशां रण्यां नः कृणोतु

yasyāḥ puro devakṛtāḥ kṣetre yasyā vikurvate | prajāpatiḥ pṛthivīṃ viśvagarbhām āśāmāśāṃ raṇyāṃ naḥ kṛṇotu

Whose strongholds (are) god-made, in whose field they carry on their work — let Prajāpati make for us the earth, containing all germs, pleasant in every direction.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.44

निधिं बिभ्रती बहुधा गुहा वसु मणिं हिरण्यं पृथिवी ददातु मे । वसूनि नो वसुदा रासमाना देवी दधातु सुमनस्यमाना

nidhiṃ bibhratī bahudhā guhā vasu maṇiṃ hiraṇyaṃ pṛthivī dadātu me | vasūni no vasudā rāsamānā devī dadhātu sumanasyamānā

Bearing the treasure-store, the wealth hidden in many places, let the earth give me the gem and the gold; let the goddess, the giver of goods, bestowing goods on us, set them (in us), being well-disposed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.45

जनं बिभ्रती बहुधा विवाचसं नानाधर्माणं पृथिवी यथौकसम् । सहस्रं धारा द्रविणस्य मे दुहां ध्रुवेव धेनुर् अनपस्फुरन्ती

janaṃ bibhratī bahudhā vivācasaṃ nānādharmāṇaṃ pṛthivī yathaukasam | sahasraṃ dhārā draviṇasya me duhāṃ dhruveva dhenur anapasphurantī

Bearing in many places the people of differing speech, of different observances, according to their dwellings, let the earth milk out for me a thousand streams of wealth, like a steady milch-cow that does not kick away.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.46

यस् ते सर्पो वृश्चिकस् तृष्टदंश्मा हेमन्तजब्धो भृमलो गुहा शये । क्रिमिर् जिन्वत् पृथिवि यद्यद् एजति प्रावृषि तन् नः सर्पन् मोप सृपद् यच् छिवं तेन नो मृड

yas te sarpo vṛścikas tṛṣṭadaṃśmā hemantajabdho bhṛmalo guhā śaye | krimir jinvat pṛthivi yadyad ejati prāvṛṣi tan naḥ sarpan mopa sṛpad yac chivaṃ tena no mṛḍa

Whatever snake of yours, whatever scorpion of sharp bite, whatever creature stupefied by winter, drowsy, lies hidden, whatever worm is astir, O earth, whatever moves in the rainy season — let that not creep upon us; with what is auspicious be gracious to us.

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

AV 12 1.47

ये ते पन्थानो बहवो जनायना रथस्य वर्त्मानसश् च यातवे । यैः संचरन्त्य् उभये भद्रपापास् तं पन्थानं जयेमानमित्रम् अतस्करं यच् छिवं तेन नो मृड

ye te panthāno bahavo janāyanā rathasya vartmānasaś ca yātave | yaiḥ saṃcaranty ubhaye bhadrapāpās taṃ panthānaṃ jayemānamitram ataskaraṃ yac chivaṃ tena no mṛḍa

Your many paths, the roads men travel, and the tracks for chariot and cart to go by, by which both the good and the bad move about — may we win that path free of enemy and free of thief; with what is auspicious be gracious to us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.48

मल्वं बिभ्रती गुरुभृद् भद्रपापस्य निधनं तितिक्षुः । वराहेण पृथिवी संविदाना सूकराय वि जिहीते मृगाय

malvaṃ bibhratī gurubhṛd bhadrapāpasya nidhanaṃ titikṣuḥ | varāheṇa pṛthivī saṃvidānā sūkarāya vi jihīte mṛgāya

Bearing the fool (or: the dull mass), carrying the heavy, enduring the resting-place of good and bad alike, the earth, in agreement with the boar, opens herself to the wild swine.

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

AV 12 1.49

ये त आरण्याः पशवो मृगा वने हिताः सिंहा व्याघ्राः पुरुषादश् चरन्ति । उलं वृकं पृथिवि दुछुनाम् इत ऋक्षीकां रक्षो अप बाधयास्मत्

ye ta āraṇyāḥ paśavo mṛgā vane hitāḥ siṃhā vyāghrāḥ puruṣādaś caranti | ulaṃ vṛkaṃ pṛthivi duchunām ita ṛkṣīkāṃ rakṣo apa bādhayāsmat

Whatever wild beasts of yours, the game set in the forest, the lions, the tigers, that go about man-eating — drive the ula, the wolf, O earth, the mischief away from here, drive the ṛkṣīkā, the demon, away from us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.50

ये गन्धर्वा अप्सरसो ये चारायाः किमीदिनः । पिशाचान्त् सर्वा रक्षांसि तान् अस्मद् भूमे यावय

ye gandharvā apsaraso ye cārāyāḥ kimīdinaḥ | piśācānt sarvā rakṣāṃsi tān asmad bhūme yāvaya

The Gandharvas and Apsarases, and the Arāyas and the Kimīdins — the Piśācas, all the demons: keep them away from us, O earth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.51

यां द्विपादः पक्षिणः संपतन्ति हंसाः सुपर्णाः शकुना वयांसि । यस्यां वातो मातरिश्वेयते रजांसि कृण्वंश् च्यावयंश् च वृक्षान् । वातस्य प्रवाम् उपवाम् अनु वात्य् अर्चिः

yāṃ dvipādaḥ pakṣiṇaḥ saṃpatanti haṃsāḥ suparṇāḥ śakunā vayāṃsi | yasyāṃ vāto mātariśveyate rajāṃsi kṛṇvaṃś cyāvayaṃś ca vṛkṣān | vātasya pravām upavām anu vāty arciḥ

(The earth) to whom the two-footed birds fly together, geese, eagles, hawks, fowl; on whom the wind, Mātariśvan, goes, raising the dust and shaking the trees; along the wind's blowing forth and blowing on, the flame blows.

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

AV 12 1.52

यस्यां कृष्णम् अरुणं च संहिते अहोरात्रे विहिते भूम्याम् अधि । वर्षेण भूमिः पृथिवी वृतावृता सा नो दधातु भद्रया प्रिये धामनिधामनि

yasyāṃ kṛṣṇam aruṇaṃ ca saṃhite ahorātre vihite bhūmyām adhi | varṣeṇa bhūmiḥ pṛthivī vṛtāvṛtā sā no dadhātu bhadrayā priye dhāmanidhāmani

On whom the black and the ruddy, day and night, are set together, apportioned upon the earth; the earth, the wide one, encompassed and covered by rain — let her set us with good fortune in each dear abode.

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

AV 12 1.53

द्यौश् च म इदं पृथिवी चान्तरिक्षं च मे व्यचः । अग्निः सूर्य आपो मेधां विश्वे देवाश् च सं ददुः

dyauś ca ma idaṃ pṛthivī cāntarikṣaṃ ca me vyacaḥ | agniḥ sūrya āpo medhāṃ viśve devāś ca saṃ daduḥ

The sky and this earth and the wide space of the atmosphere for me — Agni, the sun, the waters, and all the gods together have given me wisdom.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.54

अहम् अस्मि सहमान उत्तरो नाम भूम्याम् । अभीषाड् अस्मि विश्वाषाड् आशामाशां विषासहिः

aham asmi sahamāna uttaro nāma bhūmyām | abhīṣāḍ asmi viśvāṣāḍ āśāmāśāṃ viṣāsahiḥ

I am the overcoming one, by name the higher one upon the earth; I am the subduer, the all-subduer, the vanquisher in region after region.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.55

अदो यद् देवि प्रथमाना पुरस्ताद् देवैर् उक्ता व्यसर्पो महित्वम् । आ त्वा सुभूतम् अविशत् तदानीम् अकल्पयथाः प्रदिशश् चतस्रः

ado yad devi prathamānā purastād devair uktā vyasarpo mahitvam | ā tvā subhūtam aviśat tadānīm akalpayathāḥ pradiśaś catasraḥ

When of old, O goddess, spreading out toward the east, you were bidden by the gods, you crept forth into greatness; then well-being entered into you; at that time you shaped the four directions.

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

AV 12 1.56

ये ग्रामा यद् अरण्यं याः सभा अधि भूम्याम् । ये संग्रामाः समितयस् तेषु चारु वदेम ते

ye grāmā yad araṇyaṃ yāḥ sabhā adhi bhūmyām | ye saṃgrāmāḥ samitayas teṣu cāru vadema te

The villages, and the wilderness, and the assemblies that are upon the earth, the battles and the gatherings — in them may we speak what is pleasing to you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.57

अश्व इव रजो दुधुवे वि तान् जनान् य आक्षियन् पृथिवीं याद् अजायत । मन्द्राग्रेत्वरी भुवनस्य गोपा वनस्पतीनां गृभिर् ओषधीनाम्

aśva iva rajo dudhuve vi tān janān ya ākṣiyan pṛthivīṃ yād ajāyata | mandrāgretvarī bhuvanasya gopā vanaspatīnāṃ gṛbhir oṣadhīnām

Like a horse she has shaken off the dust — those peoples who have dwelt on the earth since she was born; she who goes in front, delightful, the guardian of the world, the holder of forest-trees and of plants.

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

AV 12 1.58

यद् वदामि मधुमत् तद् वदामि यद् ईक्षे तद् वनन्ति मा । त्विषीमान् अस्मि जूतिमान् अवान्यान् हन्मि दोधतः

yad vadāmi madhumat tad vadāmi yad īkṣe tad vananti mā | tviṣīmān asmi jūtimān avānyān hanmi dodhataḥ

What I speak, I speak as honeyed; what I look upon, that (they) love me for; I am impetuous and impelling; I strike down others who rage.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.59

शन्तिवा सुरभिः स्योना कीलालोध्नी पयस्वती । भूमिर् अधि ब्रवीतु मे पृथिवी पयसा सह

śantivā surabhiḥ syonā kīlālodhnī payasvatī | bhūmir adhi bravītu me pṛthivī payasā saha

Peaceful, fragrant, pleasant, with kīlāla in her udder, rich in milk — let the earth speak for me, the earth together with (her) milk.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.60

याम् अन्वैछद् धविषा विश्वकर्मान्तर् अर्णवे रजसि प्रविष्टाम् । भुजिष्यं पात्रं निहितं गुहा यद् आविर् भोगे अभवन् मातृमद्भ्यः

yām anvaichad dhaviṣā viśvakarmāntar arṇave rajasi praviṣṭām | bhujiṣyaṃ pātraṃ nihitaṃ guhā yad āvir bhoge abhavan mātṛmadbhyaḥ

Whom Viśvakarman sought after with oblation when she had entered within the flood, into the dust — a serviceable vessel laid down in secret, which became manifest for the enjoyment of those who have mothers.

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

AV 12 1.61

त्वम् अस्य् आवपनी जनानाम् अदितिः कामदुघा पप्रथाना । यत् त ऊनं तत् त आ पूरयाति प्रजापतिः प्रथमजा ऋतस्य

tvam asy āvapanī janānām aditiḥ kāmadughā paprathānā | yat ta ūnaṃ tat ta ā pūrayāti prajāpatiḥ prathamajā ṛtasya

You are the sowing-ground of men, Aditi, milking out desire, spreading wide. What of yours is lacking, that Prajāpati, first-born of ṛta, will fill up for you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.62

उपस्थास् ते अनमीवा अयक्ष्मा अस्मभ्यं सन्तु पृथिवि प्रसूताः । दीर्घं न आयुः प्रतिबुध्यमाना वयं तुभ्यं बलिहृतः स्याम

upasthās te anamīvā ayakṣmā asmabhyaṃ santu pṛthivi prasūtāḥ | dīrghaṃ na āyuḥ pratibudhyamānā vayaṃ tubhyaṃ balihṛtaḥ syāma

Let your laps, O Earth, be free from sickness and from yakṣma, put forth for us; awakening to a long lifetime, may we be bearers of tribute to you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 1.63

भूमे मातर् नि धेहि मा भद्रया सुप्रतिष्ठितम् । संविदाना दिवा कवे श्रियां मा धेहि भूत्याम्

bhūme mātar ni dhehi mā bhadrayā supratiṣṭhitam | saṃvidānā divā kave śriyāṃ mā dhehi bhūtyām

O Mother Earth, set me down auspiciously, well established; in concord with Heaven, O wise one, place me in splendour, in prosperity.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition