Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 12 — Chapter 2

AV 12 2.1

नडम् आ रोह न ते अत्र लोक इदं सीसं भागधेयं त एहि । यो गोषु यक्ष्मः पुरुषेषु यक्ष्मस् तेन त्वं साकम् अधराङ् परेहि

naḍam ā roha na te atra loka idaṃ sīsaṃ bhāgadheyaṃ ta ehi | yo goṣu yakṣmaḥ puruṣeṣu yakṣmas tena tvaṃ sākam adharāṅ parehi

Mount the reed; there is no world for you here. This lead is your portion — come! The yakṣma that is in cattle, the yakṣma that is in men — go away downward together with it.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 2.2

अघशंसदुःशंसाभ्यां करेणानुकरेण च । यक्ष्मं च सर्वं तेनेतो मृत्युं च निर् अजामसि

aghaśaṃsaduḥśaṃsābhyāṃ kareṇānukareṇa ca | yakṣmaṃ ca sarvaṃ teneto mṛtyuṃ ca nir ajāmasi

Along with the evil-speaker and the ill-speaker, with the doer and the after-doer, with that we drive out from here both all yakṣma and death.

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

AV 12 2.3

निर् इतो मृत्युं निरृतिं निर् अरातिम् अजामसि । यो नो द्वेष्टि तम् अद्ध्य् अग्ने अक्रव्याद् यम् उ द्विष्मस् तम् उ ते प्र सुवामसि

nir ito mṛtyuṃ nirṛtiṃ nir arātim ajāmasi | yo no dveṣṭi tam addhy agne akravyād yam u dviṣmas tam u te pra suvāmasi

From here we drive out death, Nirṛti, hostility. Whoever hates us, eat him, O Agni who art not flesh-eating; and whom we hate, him we deliver over to you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 2.4

यद्य् अग्निः क्रव्याद् यदि वा व्याघ्र इमं गोष्ठं प्रविवेशान्योकाः । तं माषाज्यं कृत्वा प्र हिणोमि दूरं स गछत्व् अप्सुषदो ऽप्य् अग्नीन्

yady agniḥ kravyād yadi vā vyāghra imaṃ goṣṭhaṃ praviveśānyokāḥ | taṃ māṣājyaṃ kṛtvā pra hiṇomi dūraṃ sa gachatv apsuṣado 'py agnīn

If a flesh-eating Agni, or if a tiger, has entered this cattle-pen, belonging elsewhere — making for him a bean-and-ghee (offering), I send him far away; let him go to the fires that dwell in the waters.

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

AV 12 2.5

यत् त्वा क्रुद्धाः प्रचक्रुर् मन्युना पुरुषे मृते । सुकल्पम् अग्ने तत् त्वया पुनस् त्वोद् दीपयामसि

yat tvā kruddhāḥ pracakrur manyunā puruṣe mṛte | sukalpam agne tat tvayā punas tvod dīpayāmasi

What the angry ones did to you in their wrath when a man had died — that is easily set right again by you, O Agni; we kindle you up again.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 2.6

पुनस् त्वादित्या रुद्रा वसवः पुनर् ब्रह्मा वसुनीतिर् अग्ने । पुनस् त्वा ब्रह्मणस् पतिर् आधाद् दीर्घायुत्वाय शतशारदाय

punas tvādityā rudrā vasavaḥ punar brahmā vasunītir agne | punas tvā brahmaṇas patir ādhād dīrghāyutvāya śataśāradāya

Again (let) the Ādityas, the Rudras, the Vasus (establish) you; again the brahman, wealth-leading, O Agni; again has Brahmaṇaspati set you (here), for length of life, for a hundred autumns.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 2.7

यो अग्निः क्रव्यात् प्रविवेश नो गृहम् इमं पश्यन्न् इतरं जातवेदसम् । तं हरामि पितृयज्ञाय दूरं स घर्मम् इन्धां परमे सधस्थे

yo agniḥ kravyāt praviveśa no gṛham imaṃ paśyann itaraṃ jātavedasam | taṃ harāmi pitṛyajñāya dūraṃ sa gharmam indhāṃ parame sadhasthe

The flesh-eating Agni who has entered our house, seeing this other Jātavedas here — him I carry far away for the sacrifice to the Fathers; let him kindle the gharma in the highest seat.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 2.8

क्रव्यादम् अग्निं प्र हिणोमि दूरम् यमराज्ञो गछतु रिप्रवाहः । इहायम् इतरो जातवेदा देवो देवेभ्यो हव्यं वहतु प्रजानन्

kravyādam agniṃ pra hiṇomi dūram yamarājño gachatu ripravāhaḥ | ihāyam itaro jātavedā devo devebhyo havyaṃ vahatu prajānan

The flesh-eating Agni I send far away; let him, carrier of defilement, go to (the realm of) king Yama. Let this other one here, Jātavedas, a god, knowing the way, carry the oblation to the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 2.9

क्रव्यादम् अग्निम् इषितो हरामि जनान् दृंहन्तं वज्रेण मृत्युम् । नि तं शास्मि गार्हपत्येन विद्वान् पितॄणां लोके ऽपि भागो अस्तु

kravyādam agnim iṣito harāmi janān dṛṃhantaṃ vajreṇa mṛtyum | ni taṃ śāsmi gārhapatyena vidvān pitṝṇāṃ loke 'pi bhāgo astu

Impelled, I carry off the flesh-eating Agni, the death that binds men fast with the bolt. Knowing, I subdue him with the gārhapatya fire; let his share be in the world of the Fathers.

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

AV 12 2.10

क्रव्यादम् अग्निं शशमानम् उक्थ्यं प्र हिणोमि पथिभिः पितृयाणैः । मा देवयानैः पुनर् आ गा अत्रैवैधि पितृषु जागृहि त्वम्

kravyādam agniṃ śaśamānam ukthyaṃ pra hiṇomi pathibhiḥ pitṛyāṇaiḥ | mā devayānaiḥ punar ā gā atraivaidhi pitṛṣu jāgṛhi tvam

The flesh-eating Agni, toiling, worthy of recitation, I send forth along the paths that lead to the Fathers. Do not come back again by the god-travelled paths; stay just there, keep watch among the Fathers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 2.11

सम् इन्धते संकसुकं स्वस्तये शुद्धा भवन्तः शुचयः पावकाः । जहाति रिप्रम् अत्य् एन एति समिद्धो अग्निः सुपुना पुनाति

sam indhate saṃkasukaṃ svastaye śuddhā bhavantaḥ śucayaḥ pāvakāḥ | jahāti ripram aty ena eti samiddho agniḥ supunā punāti

They kindle Saṃkasuka for well-being, becoming clean, bright, purifying. He abandons defilement, he passes beyond sin; kindled, Agni purifies with good purification.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 2.12

देवो अग्निः संकसुको दिवस् पृष्ठान्य् आरुहत् । मुच्यमानो निर् एणसो ऽमोग् अस्माꣳ अशस्त्याः

devo agniḥ saṃkasuko divas pṛṣṭhāny āruhat | mucyamāno nir eṇaso 'mog asmāṁ aśastyāḥ

The god Agni Saṃkasuka has mounted the back of heaven; being released from sin, he has freed us from ill-repute.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 2.13

अस्मिन् वयं संकसुके अग्नौ रिप्राणि मृज्महे । अभूम यज्ञियाः शुद्धाः प्र ण आयूंषि तारिषत्

asmin vayaṃ saṃkasuke agnau riprāṇi mṛjmahe | abhūma yajñiyāḥ śuddhāḥ pra ṇa āyūṃṣi tāriṣat

In this Saṃkasuka fire we wipe off our defilements; we have become fit for sacrifice, clean — let him carry our lifetimes forward.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 2.14

संकसुको विकसुको निरृथो यश् च निस्वरः । ते ते यक्ष्मं सवेदसो दूराद् दूरम् अनीनशन्

saṃkasuko vikasuko nirṛtho yaś ca nisvaraḥ | te te yakṣmaṃ savedaso dūrād dūram anīnaśan

Saṃkasuka, Vikasuka, Nirṛtha and Nisvara — these, of one accord, have made your yakṣma vanish far and away.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 2.15

यो नो अश्वेषु वीरेषु यो नो गोष्व् अजाविषु । क्रव्यादं निर् णुदामसि यो अग्निर् जनयोपनः

yo no aśveṣu vīreṣu yo no goṣv ajāviṣu | kravyādaṃ nir ṇudāmasi yo agnir janayopanaḥ

Whichever (Agni) is among our horses, among our men, whichever among our cattle, goats and sheep — we thrust out the flesh-eater, the Agni that destroys people.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 2.16

अन्येभ्यस् त्वा पुरुषेभ्यो गोभ्यो अश्वेभ्यस् त्वा । निः क्रव्यादं नुदामसि यो अग्निर् जीवितयोपनः

anyebhyas tvā puruṣebhyo gobhyo aśvebhyas tvā | niḥ kravyādaṃ nudāmasi yo agnir jīvitayopanaḥ

You (we thrust) away from other men, you from cattle, from horses; we thrust out the flesh-eater, the Agni that destroys life.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 2.17

यस्मिन् देवा अमृजत यस्मिन् मनुष्या उत । तस्मिन् घृतस्तावो मृष्ट्वा त्वम् अग्ने दिवं रुह

yasmin devā amṛjata yasmin manuṣyā uta | tasmin ghṛtastāvo mṛṣṭvā tvam agne divaṃ ruha

In whom the gods wiped themselves clean, and in whom men too — in him, dripping with ghee, having been wiped clean, do you, O Agni, ascend to heaven.

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

AV 12 2.18

समिद्धो अग्न आहुत स नो माभ्यपक्रमीः । अत्रैव दीदिहि द्यवि ज्योक् च सूर्यं दृशे

samiddho agna āhuta sa no mābhyapakramīḥ | atraiva dīdihi dyavi jyok ca sūryaṃ dṛśe

O Agni, kindled and offered to, do not go away from us; shine right here in the sky, and long may we see the sun.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 2.19

सीसे मृड्ढ्वं नडे मृड्ढ्वम् अग्नौ संकसुके च यत् । अथो अव्यां रामायां शीर्षक्तिम् उपबर्हणे

sīse mṛḍḍhvaṃ naḍe mṛḍḍhvam agnau saṃkasuke ca yat | atho avyāṃ rāmāyāṃ śīrṣaktim upabarhaṇe

Wipe (it) off onto lead, wipe (it) off onto the reed, and what (is) in Agni and in the saṃkasuka; and (wipe) the headache onto the dark ewe, onto the pillow.

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

AV 12 2.20

सीसे मलं सादयित्वा शीर्षक्तिम् उपबर्हणे । अव्याम् असिक्न्यां मृष्ट्वा शुद्धा भवत यज्ञियाः

sīse malaṃ sādayitvā śīrṣaktim upabarhaṇe | avyām asiknyāṃ mṛṣṭvā śuddhā bhavata yajñiyāḥ

Having settled the impurity into lead, the headache into the pillow, having wiped (it) off onto the black ewe, become pure, fit for the sacrifice.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 2.21

परं मृत्यो अनु परेहि पन्थां यस् त एष इतरो देवयानात् । चक्षुष्मते शृण्वते ते ब्रवीमीहेमे वीरा बहवो भवन्तु

paraṃ mṛtyo anu parehi panthāṃ yas ta eṣa itaro devayānāt | cakṣuṣmate śṛṇvate te bravīmīheme vīrā bahavo bhavantu

Go away, O Death, along the farther path, that one of yours which is other than the road travelled by the gods. To you who have eyes and who hear I speak: do not (harm) our men; let these heroes here be many.

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

AV 12 2.22

इमे जीवा वि मृतैर् आववृत्रन्न् अभूद् भद्रा देवहुतिर् नो अद्य । प्राञ्चो अगाम नृतये हसाय सुवीरासो विदथम् आ वदेम

ime jīvā vi mṛtair āvavṛtrann abhūd bhadrā devahutir no adya | prāñco agāma nṛtaye hasāya suvīrāso vidatham ā vadema

These living ones have turned apart from the dead; our calling of the gods has today been auspicious. We have gone forward to dancing and laughter; rich in heroes, may we speak at the assembly.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 2.23

इमं जीवेभ्यः परिधिं दधामि मैषां नु गाद् अपरो अर्थम् एतम् । शतं जीवन्तः शरदः पुरूचीस् तिरो मृत्युं दधताम् पर्वतेन

imaṃ jīvebhyaḥ paridhiṃ dadhāmi maiṣāṃ nu gād aparo artham etam | śataṃ jīvantaḥ śaradaḥ purūcīs tiro mṛtyuṃ dadhatām parvatena

This enclosure I set for the living; let no other of them go to this goal now. Living a hundred abundant autumns, let them put death away behind the mountain.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 2.24

आ रोहतायुर् जरसं वृणाना अनुपूर्वं यतमाना यति स्थ । तान् वस् त्वष्टा सुजनिमा सजोषाः सर्वम् आयुर् नयतु जीवनाय

ā rohatāyur jarasaṃ vṛṇānā anupūrvaṃ yatamānā yati stha | tān vas tvaṣṭā sujanimā sajoṣāḥ sarvam āyur nayatu jīvanāya

Mount up, choosing old age as your lifetime, striving one after another, as many as you are. May Tvaṣṭar of good begettings, of one accord, lead you to a full lifetime for living.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 2.25

यथाहान्य् अनुपूर्वं भवन्ति यथ र्तव ऋतुभिर् यन्ति साकम् । यथा न पूर्वम् अपरो जहात्य् एवा धातर् आयूंषि कल्पयैषाम्

yathāhāny anupūrvaṃ bhavanti yatha rtava ṛtubhir yanti sākam | yathā na pūrvam aparo jahāty evā dhātar āyūṃṣi kalpayaiṣām

As the days come one after another, as the seasons go together with the seasons, as the later does not abandon the earlier, so, O Dhātar, arrange their lifetimes.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 2.26

अश्मन्वती रीयते सं रभध्वं वीरयध्वं प्र तरता सखायः । अत्रा जहीत ये असन् दुरेवा अनमीवान् उत् तरेमाभि वाजान्

aśmanvatī rīyate saṃ rabhadhvaṃ vīrayadhvaṃ pra taratā sakhāyaḥ | atrā jahīta ye asan durevā anamīvān ut taremābhi vājān

The stony (river) flows; take hold together, be manly, cross over, comrades. Here leave behind those who were of evil ways; let us cross up to prizes free of sickness.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 2.27

उत् तिष्ठता प्र तरता सखायो ऽश्मन्वती नदी स्यन्दत इयम् । अत्रा जहीत ये असन्न् अशिवाः शिवान्त् स्योनान् उत् तरेमाभि वाजान्

ut tiṣṭhatā pra taratā sakhāyo 'śmanvatī nadī syandata iyam | atrā jahīta ye asann aśivāḥ śivānt syonān ut taremābhi vājān

Stand up, cross over, comrades; this stony river is flowing. Here leave behind those who were unkindly; let us cross up to prizes that are kindly and comfortable.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 2.28

वैश्वदेवीं वर्चसा आ रभध्वं शुद्धा भवन्तः शुचयः पावकाः । अतिक्रामन्तो दुरिता पदानि शतं हिमाः सर्ववीरा मदेम

vaiśvadevīṃ varcasā ā rabhadhvaṃ śuddhā bhavantaḥ śucayaḥ pāvakāḥ | atikrāmanto duritā padāni śataṃ himāḥ sarvavīrā madema

Take hold of the all-gods' (vessel) with splendour, becoming pure, clean, purifying. Stepping over the tracks of difficulties, may we rejoice a hundred winters with all our heroes.

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

AV 12 2.29

उदीचीनैः पथिभिर् वायुमद्भिर् अतिक्रामन्तो ऽवरान् परेभिः । त्रिः सप्त कृत्व ऋषयः परेता मृत्युं प्रत्य् औहन् पदयोपनेन

udīcīnaiḥ pathibhir vāyumadbhir atikrāmanto 'varān parebhiḥ | triḥ sapta kṛtva ṛṣayaḥ paretā mṛtyuṃ praty auhan padayopanena

By northward paths, paths that have wind, stepping over the nearer ones by means of the farther ones, the seers, having gone forth thrice seven times, thrust death back by obliterating its track.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 2.30

मृत्योः पदं योपयन्त एत द्राघीय आयुः प्रतरं दधानाः । आसीना मृत्युं नुदता सधस्थे ऽथ जीवासो विदथम् आ वदेम

mṛtyoḥ padaṃ yopayanta eta drāghīya āyuḥ prataraṃ dadhānāḥ | āsīnā mṛtyuṃ nudatā sadhasthe 'tha jīvāso vidatham ā vadema

Come, obliterating the footprint of Death, taking to yourselves a longer, further lifetime. Sitting, push Death away in the common seat; then, as living ones, may we speak at the assembly.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 2.31

इमा नारीर् अविधवाः सुपत्नीर् आञ्जनेन सर्पिषा सं स्पृशन्ताम् । अनश्रवो अनमीवाः सुरत्ना आ रोहन्तु जनयो योनिम् अग्रे

imā nārīr avidhavāḥ supatnīr āñjanena sarpiṣā saṃ spṛśantām | anaśravo anamīvāḥ suratnā ā rohantu janayo yonim agre

Let these women, not widowed, having good husbands, anoint themselves with ointment, with ghee. Tearless, free of sickness, richly jewelled, let the wives first mount the seat.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 2.32

व्याकरोमि हविषाहम् एतौ तौ ब्रह्मणा व्य् अहं कल्पयामि । स्वधां पितृभ्यो अजरां कृणोमि दीर्घेणायुषा सम् इमान्त् सृजामि

vyākaromi haviṣāham etau tau brahmaṇā vy ahaṃ kalpayāmi | svadhāṃ pitṛbhyo ajarāṃ kṛṇomi dīrgheṇāyuṣā sam imānt sṛjāmi

I separate these two with the oblation; those two I arrange apart with the sacred formula. I make the svadhā for the Fathers unaging; with long lifetime I unite these ones.

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

AV 12 2.33

यो नो अग्निः पितरो हृत्स्व् अन्तर् आविवेशामृतो मर्त्येषु । मय्य् अहं तं परि गृह्णामि देवं मा सो अस्मान् द्विक्षत मा वयं तम्

yo no agniḥ pitaro hṛtsv antar āviveśāmṛto martyeṣu | mayy ahaṃ taṃ pari gṛhṇāmi devaṃ mā so asmān dvikṣata mā vayaṃ tam

The Agni, O Fathers, which has entered within our hearts, immortal among mortals — that god I take round about into myself; let him not hate us, nor we him.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 2.34

अपावृत्य गार्हपत्यात् क्रव्यादा प्रेत दक्षिणा । प्रियं पितृभ्य आत्मने ब्रह्मभ्यः कृणुता प्रियम्

apāvṛtya gārhapatyāt kravyādā preta dakṣiṇā | priyaṃ pitṛbhya ātmane brahmabhyaḥ kṛṇutā priyam

Turning away from the householder's fire, go forth southward, O flesh-eater. Do what is dear to the Fathers, to yourself, to the brahman-priests.

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AV 12 2.35

द्विभागधनम् आदाय प्र क्षिणात्य् अवर्त्या । अग्निः पुत्रस्य ज्येष्ठस्य यः क्रव्याद् अनिराहितः

dvibhāgadhanam ādāya pra kṣiṇāty avartyā | agniḥ putrasya jyeṣṭhasya yaḥ kravyād anirāhitaḥ

Taking property in two shares, it destroys (it) by ruin — the Agni of the eldest son, the flesh-eater, who has not been carried out.

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AV 12 2.36

यत् कृषते यद् वनुते यच् च वस्नेन विन्दते । सर्वं मर्त्यस्य तन् नास्ति क्रव्याच् चेद् अनिराहितः

yat kṛṣate yad vanute yac ca vasnena vindate | sarvaṃ martyasya tan nāsti kravyāc ced anirāhitaḥ

What one ploughs, what one wins, and what one obtains by purchase — all that of the mortal is not (his), if the flesh-eater has not been carried out.

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AV 12 2.37

अयज्ञियो हतवर्चा भवति नैनेन हविर् अत्तवे । छिनत्ति कृष्या गोर् धनाद् यं क्रव्याद् अनुवर्तते

ayajñiyo hatavarcā bhavati nainena havir attave | chinatti kṛṣyā gor dhanād yaṃ kravyād anuvartate

He becomes unfit for sacrifice, his splendour slain; the oblation is not to be eaten by him. It cuts (him) off from ploughing, from the wealth of cattle, the man whom the flesh-eater follows after.

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AV 12 2.38

मुहुर् गृध्यैः प्र वदत्य् आर्तिम् मर्त्यो नीत्य । क्रव्याद् यान् अग्निर् अन्तिकाद् अनुविद्वान् वितावति

muhur gṛdhyaiḥ pra vadaty ārtim martyo nītya | kravyād yān agnir antikād anuvidvān vitāvati

Again and again the mortal speaks out with greedy (words), having brought distress upon himself — (he) whom the flesh-eating Agni from close by, knowing (him), pursues.

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AV 12 2.39

ग्राह्या गृहाः सं सृज्यन्ते स्त्रिया यन् म्रियते पतिः । ब्रह्मैव विद्वान् एष्यो यः क्रव्यादं निरादधत्

grāhyā gṛhāḥ saṃ sṛjyante striyā yan mriyate patiḥ | brahmaiva vidvān eṣyo yaḥ kravyādaṃ nirādadhat

The houses are joined with the Seizer (Grāhi) when a woman's husband dies. It is the knowing brahman alone who is to be approached, he who has set down apart the flesh-eating (fire).

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AV 12 2.40

यद् रिप्रं शमलं चकृम यच् च दुष्कृतम् । आपो मा तस्माच् छुम्भन्त्व् अग्नेः संकसुकाच् च यत्

yad ripraṃ śamalaṃ cakṛma yac ca duṣkṛtam | āpo mā tasmāc chumbhantv agneḥ saṃkasukāc ca yat

Whatever foulness, whatever stain we have done, and whatever ill deed — let the waters cleanse me from that, and from what is of the crumbling(?) Agni.

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AV 12 2.41

ता अधराद् उदीचीर् आववृत्रन् प्रजानैतीः पथिभिर् देवयानैः । पर्वतस्य वृषभस्याधि पृष्ठे नवाश् चरन्ति सरितः पुराणीः

tā adharād udīcīr āvavṛtran prajānaitīḥ pathibhir devayānaiḥ | parvatasya vṛṣabhasyādhi pṛṣṭhe navāś caranti saritaḥ purāṇīḥ

They have turned round from below toward the north, knowing (the way), by the paths that the gods travel. Upon the back of the mountain, the bull, the ancient streams run as new ones.

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AV 12 2.42

अग्ने अक्रव्यान् निः क्रव्यादं नुदा देवयजनं वह

agne akravyān niḥ kravyādaṃ nudā devayajanaṃ vaha

O Agni, not flesh-eating, drive out the flesh-eater; bring here the worship of the gods.

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AV 12 2.43

इमं क्रव्याद् आ विवेशायं क्रव्यादम् अन्व् अगात् । व्याघ्रौ कृत्वा नानानं तं हरामि शिवापरम्

imaṃ kravyād ā viveśāyaṃ kravyādam anv agāt | vyāghrau kṛtvā nānānaṃ taṃ harāmi śivāparam

The flesh-eater has entered this one; this one has gone after the flesh-eater. Having made the two tigers ... I carry him off, the other being kindly.

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AV 12 2.44

अन्तर्धिर् देवानां परिधिर् मनुष्याणाम् अग्निर् गार्हपत्य उभयान् अन्तरा श्रितः

antardhir devānāṃ paridhir manuṣyāṇām agnir gārhapatya ubhayān antarā śritaḥ

The partition of the gods, the enclosure of men: Agni of the household hearth is set between the two.

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AV 12 2.45

जीवानाम् आयुः प्र तिर त्वम् अग्ने पितॄणां लोकम् अपि गछन्तु ये मृताः । सुगार्हपत्यो वितपन्न् अरातिम् उषामुषां श्रेयसीं धेह्य् अस्मै

jīvānām āyuḥ pra tira tvam agne pitṝṇāṃ lokam api gachantu ye mṛtāḥ | sugārhapatyo vitapann arātim uṣāmuṣāṃ śreyasīṃ dhehy asmai

Extend forward the lifetime of the living, O Agni; let those who are dead go to the world of the fathers. Being a good household fire, burning away hostility, assign to this man a better dawn, dawn after dawn.

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AV 12 2.46

सर्वान् अग्ने सहमानः सपत्नान् ऐषाम् ऊर्जं रयिम् अस्मासु धेहि

sarvān agne sahamānaḥ sapatnān aiṣām ūrjaṃ rayim asmāsu dhehi

Overcoming all rivals, O Agni, place their strength and wealth in us.

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AV 12 2.47

इमम् इन्द्रं वह्निं पप्रिम् अन्वारभध्वं स वो निर् वक्षद् दुरिताद् अवद्यात् । तेनाप हत शरुम् आपतन्तं तेन रुद्रस्य परि पातास्ताम्

imam indraṃ vahniṃ paprim anvārabhadhvaṃ sa vo nir vakṣad duritād avadyāt | tenāpa hata śarum āpatantaṃ tena rudrasya pari pātāstām

Take hold after this Indra, the conveyer, the filler; he shall carry you out from evil going, from disgrace. With him strike away the arrow as it flies; with him ward off the missile shot by Rudra.

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AV 12 2.48

अनड्वाहं प्लवम् अन्वारभध्वं स वो निर् वक्षद् दुरिताद् अवद्यात् । आ रोहत सवितुर् नावम् एतां षड्भिर् उर्वीभिर् अमतिं तरेम

anaḍvāhaṃ plavam anvārabhadhvaṃ sa vo nir vakṣad duritād avadyāt | ā rohata savitur nāvam etāṃ ṣaḍbhir urvībhir amatiṃ tarema

Take hold after the draught-ox as a raft; he shall carry you out from evil going, from disgrace. Mount up on this ship of Savitṛ; with the six broad ones may we cross over destitution.

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AV 12 2.49

अहोरात्रे अन्व् एषि बिभ्रत् क्षेम्यस् तिष्ठन् प्रतरणः सुवीरः । अनातुरान्त् सुमनसस् तल्प बिभ्रज् ज्योग् एव नः पुरुषगन्धिर् एधि

ahorātre anv eṣi bibhrat kṣemyas tiṣṭhan prataraṇaḥ suvīraḥ | anāturānt sumanasas talpa bibhraj jyog eva naḥ puruṣagandhir edhi

You go along after day and night, bearing (them), standing secure, carrying across, rich in heroes. Bearing (us) on a couch, free of sickness, of good mind — be for a long time smelling of men for us.

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AV 12 2.50

ते देवेभ्य आ वृश्चन्ते पापं जीवन्ति सर्वदा । क्रव्याद् यान् अग्निर् अन्तिकाद् अश्व इवानुवपते नडम्

te devebhya ā vṛścante pāpaṃ jīvanti sarvadā | kravyād yān agnir antikād aśva ivānuvapate naḍam

They cut themselves off from the gods; they live badly always — those whom the flesh-eating fire from nearby scatters as a horse does the reed.

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AV 12 2.51

ये ऽश्रद्धा धनकाम्या क्रव्यादा समासते । ते वा अन्येषां कुम्भीं पर्यादधति सर्वदा

ye 'śraddhā dhanakāmyā kravyādā samāsate | te vā anyeṣāṃ kumbhīṃ paryādadhati sarvadā

Those flesh-eaters who sit together without faith, out of desire for wealth — they indeed always take possession of others' cooking-pot.

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AV 12 2.52

प्रेव पिपतिषति मनसा मुहुर् आ वर्तते पुनः । क्रव्याद् यान् अग्निर् अन्तिकाद् अनुविद्वान् वितावति

preva pipatiṣati manasā muhur ā vartate punaḥ | kravyād yān agnir antikād anuvidvān vitāvati

He is minded, as it were, to fly forth; again and again he turns back — those whom the flesh-eating fire from nearby, knowing them, sets apart(?).

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AV 12 2.53

अविः कृष्णा भागधेयं पशूनां सीसं क्रव्याद् अपि चन्द्रं त आहुः । माषाः पिष्टा भागधेयं ते हव्यम् अरण्यान्या गह्वरं सचस्व

aviḥ kṛṣṇā bhāgadheyaṃ paśūnāṃ sīsaṃ kravyād api candraṃ ta āhuḥ | māṣāḥ piṣṭā bhāgadheyaṃ te havyam araṇyānyā gahvaraṃ sacasva

A black ewe is the share of the animals; lead, they say, is the flesh-eater's, and gold(?) is yours. Ground beans are your share, your oblation; keep to the thicket of the forest-goddess.

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AV 12 2.54

इषीकां जरतीम् इष्ट्वा तिल्पिञ्जं दण्डनं नडम् । तम् इन्द्र इध्मम् कृत्वा यमस्याग्निं निरादधौ

iṣīkāṃ jaratīm iṣṭvā tilpiñjaṃ daṇḍanaṃ naḍam | tam indra idhmam kṛtvā yamasyāgniṃ nirādadhau

Having sought(?) the old reed-stalk, the tilpiñja, the daṇḍana, the naḍa — having made that his fuel, Indra set apart the fire of Yama.

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AV 12 2.55

प्रत्यञ्चम् अर्कं प्रत्यर्पयित्वा प्रविद्वान् पन्थां वि ह्य् आविवेश । परामीषाम् असून् दिदेश दीर्घेणायुषा सम् इमान्त् सृजामि

pratyañcam arkaṃ pratyarpayitvā pravidvān panthāṃ vi hy āviveśa | parāmīṣām asūn dideśa dīrgheṇāyuṣā sam imānt sṛjāmi

Having sent back the westward chant, knowing beforehand he has entered upon the path. He has assigned away their life-breaths; I join these here with a long lifetime.

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