Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 12 — Chapter 3

AV 12 3.1

पुमान् पुंसो ऽधि तिष्ठ चर्मेहि तत्र ह्वयस्व यतमा प्रिया ते । यावन्ताव् अग्रे प्रथमं समेयथुस् तद् वां वयो यमराज्ये समानम्

pumān puṃso 'dhi tiṣṭha carmehi tatra hvayasva yatamā priyā te | yāvantāv agre prathamaṃ sameyathus tad vāṃ vayo yamarājye samānam

You, a male, stand upon the hide of a male; come here, call here whichever woman is dear to you. As great as the two of you were when you first came together at the beginning — that vigour of you two is the same in Yama's kingdom.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 3.2

तावद् वां चक्षुस् तति वीर्याणि तावत् तेजस् ततिधा वाजिनानि । अग्निः शरीरं सचते यदैधो ऽधा पक्वान् मिथुना सं भवाथः

tāvad vāṃ cakṣus tati vīryāṇi tāvat tejas tatidhā vājināni | agniḥ śarīraṃ sacate yadaidho 'dhā pakvān mithunā saṃ bhavāthaḥ

So great is the sight of you two, so many your heroic powers, so great your splendour, so manifold your winnings. Agni attends the body when it is fuel; then from the cooked (offering) you two become a pair.

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

AV 12 3.3

सम् अस्मिंल् लोके सम् उ देवयाने सं स्मा समेतं यमराज्येषु । पूतौ पवित्रैर् उप तद् ध्वयेथां यद्यद् रेतो अधि वां संबभूव

sam asmiṃl loke sam u devayāne saṃ smā sametaṃ yamarājyeṣu | pūtau pavitrair upa tad dhvayethāṃ yadyad reto adhi vāṃ saṃbabhūva

Together in this world, and together on the path of the gods, together indeed do you two come, in the realms of Yama. Purified by the purifiers, call that here — whatever seed has come into being from you two.

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

AV 12 3.4

आपस् पुत्रासो अभि सं विशध्वम् इमं जीवं जीवधन्याः समेत्य । तासां भजध्वम् अमृतं यम् आहुर् ओदनं पचति वां जनित्री

āpas putrāso abhi saṃ viśadhvam imaṃ jīvaṃ jīvadhanyāḥ sametya | tāsāṃ bhajadhvam amṛtaṃ yam āhur odanaṃ pacati vāṃ janitrī

O waters, (and you) sons, enter together; having come together, rich in life, into this living one. Partake of that immortal (draught) of theirs which they name: your mother cooks the porridge.

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

AV 12 3.5

यं वां पिता पचति यं च माता रिप्रान् निर्मुक्त्यै शमलाच् च वाचः । स ओदनः शतधारः स्वर्ग उभे व्य् आप नभसी महित्वा

yaṃ vāṃ pitā pacati yaṃ ca mātā riprān nirmuktyai śamalāc ca vācaḥ | sa odanaḥ śatadhāraḥ svarga ubhe vy āpa nabhasī mahitvā

What your father cooks and what your mother, for release from foulness and from the blemish of speech — that porridge, hundred-streamed, belonging to heaven, has spread through both firmaments by its greatness.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 3.6

उभे नभसी उभयांश् च लोकान् ये यज्वनाम् अभिजिताः स्वर्गाः । तेषां ज्योतिष्मान् मधुमान् यो अग्रे तस्मिन् पुत्रैर् जरसि सं श्रयेथाम्

ubhe nabhasī ubhayāṃś ca lokān ye yajvanām abhijitāḥ svargāḥ | teṣāṃ jyotiṣmān madhumān yo agre tasmin putrair jarasi saṃ śrayethām

Both firmaments and both sets of worlds, the heavenly (worlds) that are won by the sacrificers — of these, the one that is foremost, full of light and full of honey: in that one settle together with (your) sons in old age.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 3.7

प्राचींप्राचीं प्रदिशम् आ रभेथाम् एतं लोकं श्रद्दधानाः सचन्ते । यद् वां पक्वं परिविष्टम् अग्नौ तस्य गुप्तये दंपती सं श्रयेथाम्

prācīṃprācīṃ pradiśam ā rabhethām etaṃ lokaṃ śraddadhānāḥ sacante | yad vāṃ pakvaṃ pariviṣṭam agnau tasya guptaye daṃpatī saṃ śrayethām

Lay hold of the eastern quarter, ever eastward; those who have faith attend this world. For the guarding of what is cooked and served round for you in the fire, do you two, husband and wife, settle together.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 3.8

दक्षिणां दिशम् अभि नक्षमाणौ पर्यावर्तेथाम् अभि पात्रम् एतत् । तस्मिन् वां यमः पितृभिः संविदानः पक्वाय शर्म बहुलं नि यछात्

dakṣiṇāṃ diśam abhi nakṣamāṇau paryāvartethām abhi pātram etat | tasmin vāṃ yamaḥ pitṛbhiḥ saṃvidānaḥ pakvāya śarma bahulaṃ ni yachāt

Approaching the southern quarter, turn about toward this vessel; in it may Yama, in agreement with the Fathers, extend abundant shelter to what is cooked for you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 3.9

प्रतीची दिशाम् इयम् इद् वरं यस्यां सोमो अधिपा मृडिता च । तस्यां श्रयेथां सुकृतः सचेथाम् अधा पक्वान् मिथुना सं भवाथः

pratīcī diśām iyam id varaṃ yasyāṃ somo adhipā mṛḍitā ca | tasyāṃ śrayethāṃ sukṛtaḥ sacethām adhā pakvān mithunā saṃ bhavāthaḥ

This western one of the quarters is indeed the choice one, in which Soma is overlord and is merciful. In her settle, attend upon the well-doers; then from the cooked (food) you two shall become a pair.

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

AV 12 3.10

उत्तरं राष्ट्रं प्रजयोत्तरावद् दिशाम् उदीची कृणवन् नो अग्रम् । पाङ्क्तं छन्दः पुरुषो बभूव विश्वैर् विश्वाङ्गैः सह सं भवेम

uttaraṃ rāṣṭraṃ prajayottarāvad diśām udīcī kṛṇavan no agram | pāṅktaṃ chandaḥ puruṣo babhūva viśvair viśvāṅgaiḥ saha saṃ bhavema

Superior (be our) realm, superior through offspring; may the northern one of the quarters make us foremost. Puruṣa became the pāṅkta metre; may we come together with all (of them), with all their limbs.

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

AV 12 3.11

ध्रुवेयं विराण् नमो अस्त्व् अस्यै शिवा पुत्रेभ्य उत मह्यम् अस्तु । सा नो देव्य् अदिते विश्ववार इर्य इव गोपा अभि रक्ष पक्वम्

dhruveyaṃ virāṇ namo astv asyai śivā putrebhya uta mahyam astu | sā no devy adite viśvavāra irya iva gopā abhi rakṣa pakvam

Fixed is this Virāj; homage be to her; may she be kindly to (my) sons and to me. Do thou, our goddess Aditi, possessing all good things, guard the cooked (offering) like a vigilant herdsman.

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

AV 12 3.12

पितेव पुत्रान् अभि सं स्वजस्व नः शिवा नो वाता इह वान्तु भूमौ । यम् ओदनं पचतो देवते इह तं नस् तप उत सत्यं च वेत्तु

piteva putrān abhi saṃ svajasva naḥ śivā no vātā iha vāntu bhūmau | yam odanaṃ pacato devate iha taṃ nas tapa uta satyaṃ ca vettu

Embrace us as a father his sons; may kindly winds blow for us here on the earth. The porridge which the two deities cook here — let it mark our austerity and our truth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 3.13

यद्यद् कृष्णः शकुन एह गत्वा त्सरन् विषक्तं बिल आससाद । यद् वा दास्य् आर्द्रहस्ता समङ्क्त उलूखलं मुसलं शुम्भतापः

yadyad kṛṣṇaḥ śakuna eha gatvā tsaran viṣaktaṃ bila āsasāda | yad vā dāsy ārdrahastā samaṅkta ulūkhalaṃ musalaṃ śumbhatāpaḥ

If a black bird, having come here, creeping, has settled on what is stuck in the hole; or if a serving-woman with wet hands has smeared it — O waters, cleanse the mortar and the pestle.

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

AV 12 3.14

अयं ग्रावा पृथुबुध्नो वयोधाः पूतः पवित्रैर् अप हन्तु रक्षः । आ रोह चर्म महि शर्म यछ मा दंपती पौत्रम् अघं नि गाताम्

ayaṃ grāvā pṛthubudhno vayodhāḥ pūtaḥ pavitrair apa hantu rakṣaḥ | ā roha carma mahi śarma yacha mā daṃpatī pautram aghaṃ ni gātām

Let this pressing-stone, broad-based, vigour-bestowing, purified by the strainers, smite away the demon. Mount the hide, extend great shelter; let not the married pair come to evil regarding sons.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 3.15

वनस्पतिः सह देवैर् न आगन् रक्षः पिशाचाꣳ अपबाधमानः । स उच् छ्रयातै प्र वदाति वाचं तेन लोकाꣳ अभि सर्वान् जयेम

vanaspatiḥ saha devair na āgan rakṣaḥ piśācāṁ apabādhamānaḥ | sa uc chrayātai pra vadāti vācaṃ tena lokāṁ abhi sarvān jayema

The tree has come to us together with the gods, driving off the demon and the piśācas. Let it rise up, let it utter speech; by it may we win all the worlds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 3.16

सप्त मेधान् पशवः पर्य् अगृह्णन् य एषां ज्योतिष्माꣳ उत यश् चकर्श । त्रयस्त्रिंशद् देवतास् तान्त् सचन्ते स नः स्वर्गम् अभि नेष लोकम्

sapta medhān paśavaḥ pary agṛhṇan ya eṣāṃ jyotiṣmāṁ uta yaś cakarśa | trayastriṃśad devatās tānt sacante sa naḥ svargam abhi neṣa lokam

The animals have taken round the seven oblations — he of them who is full of light and he who has grown lean. Thirty-three deities attend upon them; lead thou us to the heavenly world.

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

AV 12 3.17

स्वर्गं लोकम् अभि नो नयासि सं जायया सह पुत्रैः स्याम । गृह्णामि हस्तम् अनु मैत्व् अत्र मा नस् तारीन् निरृतिर् मो अरातिः

svargaṃ lokam abhi no nayāsi saṃ jāyayā saha putraiḥ syāma | gṛhṇāmi hastam anu maitv atra mā nas tārīn nirṛtir mo arātiḥ

Thou wilt lead us to the heavenly world; may we be together with wife and with sons. I take the hand; let it follow me here; let not Nirṛti pass over us, nor hostility.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 3.18

ग्राहिं पाप्मानम् अति ताꣳ अयाम तमो व्य् अस्य प्र वदासि वल्गु । वानस्पत्य उद्यतो मा जिहिंसीर् मा तण्डुलं वि शरीर् देवयन्तम्

grāhiṃ pāpmānam ati tāṁ ayāma tamo vy asya pra vadāsi valgu | vānaspatya udyato mā jihiṃsīr mā taṇḍulaṃ vi śarīr devayantam

May we get past that seizure, that evil; scattering the darkness apart, thou wilt speak out fairly. O thou of the tree, being raised up, do no harm; do not split the rice-grain that seeks the gods.

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

AV 12 3.19

विश्वव्यचा घृतपृष्ठो भविष्यन्त् सयोनिर् लोकम् उप याह्य् एतम् । वर्षवृद्धम् उप यछ शूर्पं तुषं पलावान् अप तद् विनक्तु

viśvavyacā ghṛtapṛṣṭho bhaviṣyant sayonir lokam upa yāhy etam | varṣavṛddham upa yacha śūrpaṃ tuṣaṃ palāvān apa tad vinaktu

Being about to be all-containing, ghee-backed, of the same womb, come to this place. Hold up the rain-grown winnowing-basket; let it winnow away the husk and the chaff.

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

AV 12 3.20

त्रयो लोकाः संमिता ब्राह्मणेन द्यौर् एवासौ पृथिव्य् अन्तरिक्षम् । अंशून् गृभीत्वान्वारभेथाम् आ प्यायन्तां पुनर् आ यन्तु शूर्पम्

trayo lokāḥ saṃmitā brāhmaṇena dyaur evāsau pṛthivy antarikṣam | aṃśūn gṛbhītvānvārabhethām ā pyāyantāṃ punar ā yantu śūrpam

Three worlds are measured out by the brahman: that heaven yonder, the earth, the midspace. Having taken hold of the grains, hold on after (them); let them swell, let them come back to the winnowing-basket.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 3.21

पृथग् रूपाणि बहुधा पशूनाम् एकरूपो भवसि सं समृद्ध्या । एतां त्वचं लोहिनीं तां नुदस्व ग्रावा शुम्भाति मलग इव वस्त्रा

pṛthag rūpāṇi bahudhā paśūnām ekarūpo bhavasi saṃ samṛddhyā | etāṃ tvacaṃ lohinīṃ tāṃ nudasva grāvā śumbhāti malaga iva vastrā

Separate are the forms of the animals, in many ways; thou becomest of a single form through prospering. Push away this red skin of thine; the stone cleanses (it) as a washerman garments.

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

AV 12 3.22

पृथिवीं त्वा पृथिव्याम् आ वेशयामि तनूः समानी विकृता त एषा । यद्यद् द्युत्तं लिखितम् अर्पणेन तेन मा सुस्रोर् ब्रह्मणापि तद् वपामि

pṛthivīṃ tvā pṛthivyām ā veśayāmi tanūḥ samānī vikṛtā ta eṣā | yadyad dyuttaṃ likhitam arpaṇena tena mā susror brahmaṇāpi tad vapāmi

Earth (art thou); I make thee enter into earth; this body of thine is the same, (only) altered. Whatever has been shattered, scratched by the setting down — with that do not flow away; with the brahman I sow that too.

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

AV 12 3.23

जनित्रीव प्रति हर्यासि सूनुं सं त्वा दधामि पृथिवीं पृथिव्या । उखा कुम्भी वेद्यां मा व्यथिष्ठा यज्ञायुधैर् आज्येनातिषक्ता

janitrīva prati haryāsi sūnuṃ saṃ tvā dadhāmi pṛthivīṃ pṛthivyā | ukhā kumbhī vedyāṃ mā vyathiṣṭhā yajñāyudhair ājyenātiṣaktā

As a mother welcomes her son, so welcome (it); I set thee together, earth with earth. O pot, O jar, waver not upon the altar, beset with the sacrificial implements and with ghee.

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

AV 12 3.24

अग्निः पचन् रक्षतु त्वा पुरस्ताद् इन्द्रो रक्षतु दक्षिणतो मरुत्वान् । वरुणस् त्वा दृंहाद् धरुणे प्रतीच्या उत्तरात् त्वा सोमः सं ददातै

agniḥ pacan rakṣatu tvā purastād indro rakṣatu dakṣiṇato marutvān | varuṇas tvā dṛṃhād dharuṇe pratīcyā uttarāt tvā somaḥ saṃ dadātai

May Agni, cooking, guard you from the east; may Indra with the Maruts guard (you) from the south; may Varuṇa make you firm in the support on the west; from the north may Soma join you together.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 3.25

पूताः पवित्रैः पवन्ते अभ्राद् दिवं च यन्ति पृथिवीं च लोकान् । ता जीवला जीवधन्याः प्रतिष्ठाः पात्र आसिक्ताः पर्य् अग्निर् इन्धाम्

pūtāḥ pavitraiḥ pavante abhrād divaṃ ca yanti pṛthivīṃ ca lokān | tā jīvalā jīvadhanyāḥ pratiṣṭhāḥ pātra āsiktāḥ pary agnir indhām

Purified by the purifiers, they flow clear from the cloud, and they go to heaven and to the earth, to the worlds. Those (waters), life-giving, rich in life, firmly set, poured into the vessel — let Agni kindle (them) around.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 3.26

आ यन्ति दिवः पृथिवीं सचन्ते भूम्याः सचन्ते अध्य् अन्तरिक्षम् । शुद्धाः सतीस् ता उ शुम्भन्त एव ता नः स्वर्गम् अभि लोकं नयन्तु

ā yanti divaḥ pṛthivīṃ sacante bhūmyāḥ sacante adhy antarikṣam | śuddhāḥ satīs tā u śumbhanta eva tā naḥ svargam abhi lokaṃ nayantu

They come from heaven, they attend upon the earth; from the earth they attend upon the midspace above. Being pure, and indeed making themselves beautiful, let them lead us to the heavenly world.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 3.27

उतेव प्रभ्वीर् उत संमितास उत शुक्राः शुचयश् चामृतासः । ता ओदनं दंपतिभ्यां प्रशिष्टा आपः शिक्षन्तीः पचता सुनाथाः

uteva prabhvīr uta saṃmitāsa uta śukrāḥ śucayaś cāmṛtāsaḥ | tā odanaṃ daṃpatibhyāṃ praśiṣṭā āpaḥ śikṣantīḥ pacatā sunāthāḥ

And they are as it were mighty, and they are commensurate, and they are bright, clear, and immortal. Those waters, instructed, willing to help, good guides — cook the rice-porridge for the two householders (husband and wife).

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

AV 12 3.28

संख्याता स्तोकाः पृथिवीं सचन्ते प्राणापानैः संमिता ओषधीभिः । असंख्याता ओप्यमानाः सुवर्णाः सर्वं व्यापुः शुचयः शुचित्वम्

saṃkhyātā stokāḥ pṛthivīṃ sacante prāṇāpānaiḥ saṃmitā oṣadhībhiḥ | asaṃkhyātā opyamānāḥ suvarṇāḥ sarvaṃ vyāpuḥ śucayaḥ śucitvam

Counted, the drops attend upon the earth, measured out together with in-breaths and out-breaths, with the plants. Uncounted, being poured in, of fair colour, the clear ones have pervaded the whole with clearness.

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

AV 12 3.29

उद् योधन्त्य् अभि वल्गन्ति तप्ताः फेनम् अस्यन्ति बहुलांश् च बिन्दून् । योषेव दृष्ट्वा पतिम् ऋत्वियायैतैस् तण्डुलैर् भवता सम् आपः

ud yodhanty abhi valganti taptāḥ phenam asyanti bahulāṃś ca bindūn | yoṣeva dṛṣṭvā patim ṛtviyāyaitais taṇḍulair bhavatā sam āpaḥ

Heated, they fight upward, they leap about, they throw out foam and many bubbles. Like a young woman who has seen her husband at the right season — unite, O waters, with these rice-grains.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 3.30

उत् थापय सीदतो बुध्न एनान् अद्भिर् आत्मानम् अभि सं स्पृशन्ताम् । अमासि पात्रैर् उदकं यद् एतन् मितास् तण्डुलाः प्रदिशो यदीमाः

ut thāpaya sīdato budhna enān adbhir ātmānam abhi saṃ spṛśantām | amāsi pātrair udakaṃ yad etan mitās taṇḍulāḥ pradiśo yadīmāḥ

Make them rise up, as they settle at the bottom; let them touch themselves all over with the waters. I have measured out with vessels this water which is here; the rice-grains are measured, as are these directions.

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

AV 12 3.31

प्र यछ पर्शुं त्वरया हरौसम् अहिंसन्त ओषधीर् दान्तु पर्वन् । वासां सोमः परि राज्यं बभूवामन्युता नो वीरुधो भवन्तु

pra yacha parśuṃ tvarayā harausam ahiṃsanta oṣadhīr dāntu parvan | vāsāṃ somaḥ pari rājyaṃ babhūvāmanyutā no vīrudho bhavantu

Hold out the axe quickly, the golden(?) one; doing no injury, let them cut the plants at the joint. Soma has extended his kingship over them; let the plants be without wrath toward us.

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

AV 12 3.32

नवं बर्हिर् ओदनाय स्तृणीत प्रियं हृदश् चक्षुषो वल्ग्व् अस्तु । तस्मिन् देवाः सह दैवीर् विशन्त्व् इमं प्राश्नन्त्व् ऋतुभिर् निषद्य

navaṃ barhir odanāya stṛṇīta priyaṃ hṛdaś cakṣuṣo valgv astu | tasmin devāḥ saha daivīr viśantv imaṃ prāśnantv ṛtubhir niṣadya

Spread fresh barhis for the rice-porridge; let it be dear to the heart, fair to the eye. Let the gods enter into it together with the goddesses; let them sit down by the seasons and eat of this.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 3.33

वनस्पते स्तीर्णम् आ सीद बर्हिर् अग्निष्टोभैः संमितो देवताभिः । त्वष्ट्रेव रूपं सुकृतं स्वधित्यैना एहाः परि पात्रे ददृश्राम्

vanaspate stīrṇam ā sīda barhir agniṣṭobhaiḥ saṃmito devatābhiḥ | tvaṣṭreva rūpaṃ sukṛtaṃ svadhityainā ehāḥ pari pātre dadṛśrām

O lord of the forest (wooden vessel/spoon), sit down upon the strewn barhis, made commensurate with the Agni-chants, with the deities. Like a form well made by Tvaṣṭṛ with the axe, these (waters?) have appeared around here in the vessel.

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

AV 12 3.34

षष्ट्यां शरत्सु निधिपा अभीछात् स्वः पक्वेनाभ्य् अश्नवातै । उपैनं जीवान् पितरश् च पुत्रा एतं स्वर्गं गमयान्तम् अग्नेः

ṣaṣṭyāṃ śaratsu nidhipā abhīchāt svaḥ pakvenābhy aśnavātai | upainaṃ jīvān pitaraś ca putrā etaṃ svargaṃ gamayāntam agneḥ

In sixty autumns let the keeper of the deposit seek it out; let him attain heaven with the cooked (offering). Let the living, and the fathers, and the sons (approach) it; let them make this one go to heaven, away from the fire.

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

AV 12 3.35

धर्ता ध्रियस्व धरुणे पृथिव्या अच्युतं त्वा देवताश् च्यावयन्तु । तं त्वा दंपती जीवन्तौ जीवपुत्राव् उद् वासयातः पर्य् अग्निधानात्

dhartā dhriyasva dharuṇe pṛthivyā acyutaṃ tvā devatāś cyāvayantu | taṃ tvā daṃpatī jīvantau jīvaputrāv ud vāsayātaḥ pary agnidhānāt

As upholder, hold yourself firm in the support of the earth; let the deities make you, the unshaken, shake (i.e. move). Let the two householders, living, with living sons, take you up from around the fireplace.

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

AV 12 3.36

सर्वान्त् समागा अभिजित्य लोकान् यावन्तः कामाः सम् अतीतृपस् तान् । वि गाहेथाम् आयवनं च दर्विर् एकस्मिन् पात्रे अध्य् उद् धरैनम्

sarvānt samāgā abhijitya lokān yāvantaḥ kāmāḥ sam atītṛpas tān | vi gāhethām āyavanaṃ ca darvir ekasmin pātre adhy ud dharainam

You have come together, having won all the worlds; however many the desires, you have satisfied them. Plunge in, both you ladle and you stirring-spoon; lift this one up into a single vessel.

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

AV 12 3.37

उप स्तृणीहि प्रथय पुरस्ताद् घृतेन पात्रम् अभि घारयैतत् । वाश्रेवोस्रा तरुणं स्तनस्युम् इमं देवासो अभिहिङ्कृणोत

upa stṛṇīhi prathaya purastād ghṛtena pātram abhi ghārayaitat | vāśrevosrā taruṇaṃ stanasyum imaṃ devāso abhihiṅkṛṇota

Strew (the barhis) beneath, spread it out toward the east; besprinkle this vessel with ghee. As a lowing cow to her tender calf that seeks the udder, so, O gods, make the sound of welcome to this one.

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

AV 12 3.38

उपास्तरीर् अकरो लोकम् एतम् उरुः प्रथताम् असमः स्वर्गः । तस्मिं छ्रयातै महिषः सुपर्णो देवा एनं देवताभ्यः प्र यछान्

upāstarīr akaro lokam etam uruḥ prathatām asamaḥ svargaḥ | tasmiṃ chrayātai mahiṣaḥ suparṇo devā enaṃ devatābhyaḥ pra yachān

I have strewn beneath, I have made this world (for it); let it spread out wide, the incomparable heaven. In it let the buffalo, the fair-winged one, take his rest; let the gods present him to the deities.

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

AV 12 3.39

यद्यज् जाया पचति त्वत् परःपरः पतिर् वा जाये त्वत् तिरः । सं तत् सृजेथां सह वां तद् अस्तु संपादयन्तौ सह लोकम् एकम्

yadyaj jāyā pacati tvat paraḥparaḥ patir vā jāye tvat tiraḥ | saṃ tat sṛjethāṃ saha vāṃ tad astu saṃpādayantau saha lokam ekam

Whatever the wife cooks apart from you, or the husband, O wife, apart from you — join that together; let it be shared by you both; making it complete together, (attain) one world together.

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

AV 12 3.40

यावन्तो अस्याः पृथिवीं सचन्ते अस्मत् पुत्राः परि ये संबभूवुः । सर्वांस् ताꣳ उप पात्रे ह्वयेथां नाभिं जानानाः शिशवः समायान्

yāvanto asyāḥ pṛthivīṃ sacante asmat putrāḥ pari ye saṃbabhūvuḥ | sarvāṃs tāṁ upa pātre hvayethāṃ nābhiṃ jānānāḥ śiśavaḥ samāyān

However many of ours attend upon this earth, our sons who have been born around (us) — call all of them to the vessel; knowing the navel (the common bond), let the children come together.

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

AV 12 3.41

वसोर् या धारा मधुना प्रपीना घृतेन मिश्रा अमृतस्य नाभयः । सर्वास् ता अव रुन्धे स्वर्गः षष्ट्यां शरत्सु निधिपा अभीछात्

vasor yā dhārā madhunā prapīnā ghṛtena miśrā amṛtasya nābhayaḥ | sarvās tā ava rundhe svargaḥ ṣaṣṭyāṃ śaratsu nidhipā abhīchāt

The stream of wealth that is swollen with honey, mixed with ghee, the navels of immortality — all those he wins, the heavenly (porridge); in sixty autumns let the keeper of the deposit seek it out.

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

AV 12 3.42

निधिं निधिपा अभ्य् एनम् इछाद् अनीश्वरा अभितः सन्तु ये ऽन्ये । अस्माभिर् दत्तो निहितः स्वर्गस् त्रिभिः काण्डैस् त्रीन्त् स्वर्गान् अरुक्षत्

nidhiṃ nidhipā abhy enam ichād anīśvarā abhitaḥ santu ye 'nye | asmābhir datto nihitaḥ svargas tribhiḥ kāṇḍais trīnt svargān arukṣat

Let the keeper of the deposit seek out this deposit; let the others round about have no power over it. The heaven given by us and laid down — with three sections he has ascended the three heavens.

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

AV 12 3.43

अग्नी रक्षस् तपतु यद् विदेवं क्रव्याद् पिशाच इह मा प्र पास्त । नुदाम एनम् अप रुध्मो अस्मद् आदित्या एनम् अङ्गिरसः सचन्ताम्

agnī rakṣas tapatu yad videvaṃ kravyād piśāca iha mā pra pāsta | nudāma enam apa rudhmo asmad ādityā enam aṅgirasaḥ sacantām

Let Agni burn the demon, whatever is godless; let no flesh-eating Piśāca drink here. We thrust him away, we shut him off from us; let the Ādityas, the Aṅgirases, attend upon this (porridge).

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

AV 12 3.44

आदित्येभ्यो अङ्गिरोभ्यो मध्व् इदं घृतेन मिश्रं प्रति वेदयामि । शुद्धहस्तौ ब्राह्मणस्यानिहत्यैतं स्वर्गं सुकृताव् अपीतम्

ādityebhyo aṅgirobhyo madhv idaṃ ghṛtena miśraṃ prati vedayāmi | śuddhahastau brāhmaṇasyānihatyaitaṃ svargaṃ sukṛtāv apītam

To the Ādityas, to the Aṅgirases, I announce this honey mixed with ghee. With clean hands, having slain no brahman, you two doers of good, enter into this heaven.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 3.45

इदं प्रापम् उत्तमं काण्डम् अस्य यस्माल् लोकात् परमेष्ठी समाप । आ सिञ्च सर्पिर् घृतवत् सम् अङ्ग्ध्य् एष भागो अङ्गिरसो नो अत्र

idaṃ prāpam uttamaṃ kāṇḍam asya yasmāl lokāt parameṣṭhī samāpa | ā siñca sarpir ghṛtavat sam aṅgdhy eṣa bhāgo aṅgiraso no atra

I have reached this uppermost joint of it, (the world) from which Parameṣṭhin obtained (all). Pour in the melted butter, anoint it richly with ghee: this is here our portion for the Aṅgiras.

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

AV 12 3.46

सत्याय च तपसे देवताभ्यो निधिं शेवधिं परि दद्म एतम् । मा नो द्यूते ऽव गान् मा समित्यां मा स्मान्यस्मा उत् सृजता पुरा मत्

satyāya ca tapase devatābhyo nidhiṃ śevadhiṃ pari dadma etam | mā no dyūte 'va gān mā samityāṃ mā smānyasmā ut sṛjatā purā mat

To truth and to tapas, to the deities, we hand over this deposit, this treasure. Let it not be lost for us at the dice-play, nor in the assembly; do not release it to any other before me.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 3.47

अहं पचाम्य् अहं ददामि ममेद् उ कर्मन् करुणे ऽधि जाया । कौमारो लोको अजनिष्ट पुत्रो ऽन्वारभेथां वय उत्तरावत्

ahaṃ pacāmy ahaṃ dadāmi mamed u karman karuṇe 'dhi jāyā | kaumāro loko ajaniṣṭa putro 'nvārabhethāṃ vaya uttarāvat

I cook, I give; and in my act, in the (ritual) performance, the wife too (shares). A boy-world has been born, a son; do you two lay hold after (it) with higher vigour.

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

AV 12 3.48

न किल्बिषम् अत्र नाधारो अस्ति न यन् मित्रैः समममान एति । अनूनं पात्रं निहितं न एतत् पक्तारं पक्वः पुनर् आ विशाति

na kilbiṣam atra nādhāro asti na yan mitraiḥ samamamāna eti | anūnaṃ pātraṃ nihitaṃ na etat paktāraṃ pakvaḥ punar ā viśāti

There is here no fault, no prop(?), nor what comes of contending with companions. This unblemished vessel is set down for us; the cooked (food) enters again into the cooker.

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

AV 12 3.49

प्रियं प्रियाणां कृणवाम तमस् ते यन्तु यतमे द्विषन्ति । धेनुर् अनड्वान् वयोवय आयद् एव पौरुषेयम् अप मृत्युं नुदन्तु

priyaṃ priyāṇāṃ kṛṇavāma tamas te yantu yatame dviṣanti | dhenur anaḍvān vayovaya āyad eva pauruṣeyam apa mṛtyuṃ nudantu

Let us make what is dear of dear things; let darkness go to those, whichever they be, who hate (us). The milch-cow, the draught-ox, vigour upon vigour coming—let them thrust away human death.

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

AV 12 3.50

सम् अग्नयः विदुर् अन्यो अन्यं य ओषधीः सचते यश् च सिन्धून् । यावन्तो देवा दिव्य् आतपन्ति हिरण्यं ज्योतिः पचतो बभूव

sam agnayaḥ vidur anyo anyaṃ ya oṣadhīḥ sacate yaś ca sindhūn | yāvanto devā divy ātapanti hiraṇyaṃ jyotiḥ pacato babhūva

The fires know one another together: he who attends the plants and he who the rivers; as many gods as glow in heaven—the golden light has become the cooker's.

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

AV 12 3.51

एषा त्वचां पुरुषे सं बभूवानग्नाः सर्वे पशवो ये अन्ये । क्षत्रेणात्मानं परि धापयाथो ऽमोतं वासो मुखम् ओदनस्य

eṣā tvacāṃ puruṣe saṃ babhūvānagnāḥ sarve paśavo ye anye | kṣatreṇātmānaṃ pari dhāpayātho 'motaṃ vāso mukham odanasya

This of the skins has come to be upon man; unclothed are all the other animals. Clothe yourselves about with lordly power (kṣatra); the unwoven(?) garment is the face of the rice-mess.

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

AV 12 3.52

यद् अक्षेषु वदा यत् समित्यां यद् वा वदा अनृतं वित्तकाम्या । समानं तन्तुम् अभि सम्वसानौ तस्मिन्त् सर्वं शमलं सादयाथः

yad akṣeṣu vadā yat samityāṃ yad vā vadā anṛtaṃ vittakāmyā | samānaṃ tantum abhi samvasānau tasmint sarvaṃ śamalaṃ sādayāthaḥ

What you speak at the dice, what in the assembly, or what untruth you speak from desire of gain—the two of you, clothing yourselves in one and the same thread, set down all defilement upon that.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 3.53

वर्षं वनुष्वापि गछ देवांस् त्वचो धूमं पर्य् उत् पातयासि । विश्वव्यचा घृतपृष्ठो भविष्यन्त् सयोनिर् लोकम् उप याह्य् एतम्

varṣaṃ vanuṣvāpi gacha devāṃs tvaco dhūmaṃ pary ut pātayāsi | viśvavyacā ghṛtapṛṣṭho bhaviṣyant sayonir lokam upa yāhy etam

Win rain, go too to the gods; you shall make the smoke of the skin fly up. Becoming all-embracing, ghee-backed, go, of the same womb, to this world.

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

AV 12 3.54

तन्वं स्वर्गो बहुधा वि चक्रे यथा विद आत्मन्न् अन्यवर्णाम् । अपाजैत् कृष्णां रुशतीं पुनानो या लोहिनी तां ते अग्नौ जुहोमि

tanvaṃ svargo bahudhā vi cakre yathā vida ātmann anyavarṇām | apājait kṛṣṇāṃ ruśatīṃ punāno yā lohinī tāṃ te agnau juhomi

The heavenly one spread out the body manifoldly, so that you may know the one of other colour in the self. Purifying, he has driven off the black, the bright one; what is red, that I offer for you in Agni.

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

AV 12 3.55

प्राच्यै त्वा दिशे ऽग्नये ऽधिपतये ऽसिताय रक्षित्र आदित्यायेषुमते । एतं परि दद्मस् तं नो गोपायतास्माकम् ऐतोः । दिष्टं नो अत्र जरसे नि नेषज् जरा मृत्यवे परि णो ददात्व् अथ पक्वेन सह सं भवेम

prācyai tvā diśe 'gnaye 'dhipataye 'sitāya rakṣitra ādityāyeṣumate | etaṃ pari dadmas taṃ no gopāyatāsmākam aitoḥ | diṣṭaṃ no atra jarase ni neṣaj jarā mṛtyave pari ṇo dadātv atha pakvena saha saṃ bhavema

(We give) thee to the eastern direction, to Agni the overlord, to the black one the guardian, to Āditya the arrow-bearer. We deliver over this one; guard him for us until our coming. Here may he lead us on to old age by what is allotted; let old age hand us over to death; then may we be united with the cooked (food).

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

AV 12 3.56

दक्षिणायै त्वा दिश इन्द्रायाधिपतये तिरश्चिराजये रक्षित्रे यमायेषुमते । एतं परि दद्मस् तं नो गोपायतास्माकम् ऐतोः । दिष्टं नो अत्र जरसे नि नेषज् जरा मृत्यवे परि णो ददात्व् अथ पक्वेन सह सं भवेम

dakṣiṇāyai tvā diśa indrāyādhipataye tiraścirājaye rakṣitre yamāyeṣumate | etaṃ pari dadmas taṃ no gopāyatāsmākam aitoḥ | diṣṭaṃ no atra jarase ni neṣaj jarā mṛtyave pari ṇo dadātv atha pakvena saha saṃ bhavema

(We give) thee to the southern direction, to Indra the overlord, to the cross-striped snake the guardian, to Yama the arrow-bearer. We deliver over this one; guard him for us until our coming. Here may he lead us on to old age by what is allotted; let old age hand us over to death; then may we be united with the cooked (food).

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

AV 12 3.57

प्रतीच्यै त्वा दिशे वरुणायाधिपतये पृदाकवे रक्षित्रे ऽन्नायेषुमते । एतं परि दद्मस् तं नो गोपायतास्माकम् ऐतोः । दिष्टं नो अत्र जरसे नि नेषज् जरा मृत्यवे परि णो ददात्व् अथ पक्वेन सह सं भवेम

pratīcyai tvā diśe varuṇāyādhipataye pṛdākave rakṣitre 'nnāyeṣumate | etaṃ pari dadmas taṃ no gopāyatāsmākam aitoḥ | diṣṭaṃ no atra jarase ni neṣaj jarā mṛtyave pari ṇo dadātv atha pakvena saha saṃ bhavema

(We give) thee to the western direction, to Varuṇa the overlord, to the adder the guardian, to food the arrow-bearer. We deliver over this one; guard him for us until our coming. Here may he lead us on to old age by what is allotted; let old age hand us over to death; then may we be united with the cooked (food).

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

AV 12 3.58

उदीच्यै त्वा दिशे सोमायाधिपतये स्वजाय रक्षित्रे ऽशन्या इषुमत्यै । एतं परि दद्मस् तं नो गोपायतास्माकम् ऐतोः । दिष्टं नो अत्र जरसे नि नेषज् जरा मृत्यवे परि णो ददात्व् अथ पक्वेन सह सं भवेम

udīcyai tvā diśe somāyādhipataye svajāya rakṣitre 'śanyā iṣumatyai | etaṃ pari dadmas taṃ no gopāyatāsmākam aitoḥ | diṣṭaṃ no atra jarase ni neṣaj jarā mṛtyave pari ṇo dadātv atha pakvena saha saṃ bhavema

(We give) thee to the northern direction, to Soma the overlord, to the constrictor the guardian, to the lightning-bolt the arrow-bearer. We deliver over this one; guard him for us until our coming. Here may he lead us on to old age by what is allotted; let old age hand us over to death; then may we be united with the cooked (food).

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

AV 12 3.59

ध्रुवायै त्वा दिशे विष्णवे ऽधिपतये कल्माषग्रीवाय रक्षित्र ओषधीभ्य इषुमतीभ्यः । एतं परि दद्मस् तं नो गोपायतास्माकम् ऐतोः । दिष्टं नो अत्र जरसे नि नेषज् जरा मृत्यवे परि णो ददात्व् अथ पक्वेन सह सं भवेम

dhruvāyai tvā diśe viṣṇave 'dhipataye kalmāṣagrīvāya rakṣitra oṣadhībhya iṣumatībhyaḥ | etaṃ pari dadmas taṃ no gopāyatāsmākam aitoḥ | diṣṭaṃ no atra jarase ni neṣaj jarā mṛtyave pari ṇo dadātv atha pakvena saha saṃ bhavema

(We give) thee to the fixed direction, to Viṣṇu the overlord, to the speckled-necked one the guardian, to the plants the arrow-bearers. We deliver over this one; guard him for us until our coming. Here may he lead us on to old age by what is allotted; let old age hand us over to death; then may we be united with the cooked (food).

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

AV 12 3.60

ऊर्ध्वायै त्वा दिशे बृहस्पतये ऽधिपतये श्वित्राय रक्षित्रे वर्षायेषुमते । एतं परि दद्मस् तं नो गोपायतास्माकम् ऐतोः । दिष्टं नो अत्र जरसे नि नेषज् जरा मृत्यवे परि णो ददात्व् अथ पक्वेन सह सं भवेम

ūrdhvāyai tvā diśe bṛhaspataye 'dhipataye śvitrāya rakṣitre varṣāyeṣumate | etaṃ pari dadmas taṃ no gopāyatāsmākam aitoḥ | diṣṭaṃ no atra jarase ni neṣaj jarā mṛtyave pari ṇo dadātv atha pakvena saha saṃ bhavema

(We give) thee to the upward direction, to Bṛhaspati the overlord, to the white one the guardian, to rain the arrow-bearer. We deliver over this one; guard him for us until our coming. Here may he lead us on to old age by what is allotted; let old age hand us over to death; then may we be united with the cooked (food).

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