Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 13 — Chapter 1

AV 13 1.1

उदेहि वाजिन् यो अप्स्व् अन्तर् इदं राष्ट्रं प्र विश सूनृतावत् । यो रोहितो विश्वम् इदं जजान स त्वा राष्ट्राय सुभृतं बिभर्तु

udehi vājin yo apsv antar idaṃ rāṣṭraṃ pra viśa sūnṛtāvat | yo rohito viśvam idaṃ jajāna sa tvā rāṣṭrāya subhṛtaṃ bibhartu

Rise up, O steed, you who are within the waters; enter this kingdom that is rich in bounty. He who as the Ruddy One (Rohita) begot all this — let him bear you, well borne, for kingship.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 13 1.2

उद् वाज आ गन् यो अप्स्व् अन्तर् विश आ रोह त्वद्योनयो याः । सोमं दधानो ऽप ओषधीर् गाश् चतुष्पदो द्विपद आ वेशयेह

ud vāja ā gan yo apsv antar viśa ā roha tvadyonayo yāḥ | somaṃ dadhāno 'pa oṣadhīr gāś catuṣpado dvipada ā veśayeha

The vigour (vāja) has come up, that which is within the waters: enter, mount the (places) that have their origin in you. Bestowing soma, the waters, the plants, the cows, make the four-footed and the two-footed enter here.

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

AV 13 1.3

यूयम् उग्रा मरुतः पृश्निमातर इन्द्रेण युजा प्र मृणीत शत्रून् । आ वो रोहितः शृणवत् सुदानवस् त्रिषप्तासो मरुतः स्वादुसंमुदः

yūyam ugrā marutaḥ pṛśnimātara indreṇa yujā pra mṛṇīta śatrūn | ā vo rohitaḥ śṛṇavat sudānavas triṣaptāso marutaḥ svādusaṃmudaḥ

You, O mighty Maruts, whose mother is Pṛśni, with Indra as your yokemate crush the foes. Let Rohita hear you, O bounteous ones, thrice-seven Maruts of sweet rejoicing.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 13 1.4

रुहो रुरोह रोहित आ रुरोह गर्भो जनीनां जनुषाम् उपस्थम् । ताभिः संरब्धम् अन्व् अविन्दन् षड् उर्वीर् गातुं प्रपश्यन्न् इह राष्ट्रम् आहाः

ruho ruroha rohita ā ruroha garbho janīnāṃ januṣām upastham | tābhiḥ saṃrabdham anv avindan ṣaḍ urvīr gātuṃ prapaśyann iha rāṣṭram āhāḥ

He has mounted the ascents; Rohita has mounted up, the embryo of women, the lap of births. By them they found (him) held fast — the six wide (regions); looking forth upon a way, he has proclaimed a kingdom here.

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

AV 13 1.5

आ ते राष्ट्रम् इह रोहितो ऽहार्षीद् व्य् आस्थन् मृधो अभयं ते अभूत् । तस्मै ते द्यावापृथिवी रेवतीभिः कामं दुहाताम् इह शक्वरीभिः

ā te rāṣṭram iha rohito 'hārṣīd vy āsthan mṛdho abhayaṃ te abhūt | tasmai te dyāvāpṛthivī revatībhiḥ kāmaṃ duhātām iha śakvarībhiḥ

Here Rohita has brought you the kingdom; the assailants have been scattered; safety has come to be for you. For that let Heaven and Earth here yield your desire with their riches, with their powers.

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

AV 13 1.6

रोहितो द्यावापृथिवी जजान तत्र तन्तुं परमेष्ठी ततान । तत्र शिश्रिये ऽज एकपादो ऽदृंहद् द्यावापृथिवी बलेन

rohito dyāvāpṛthivī jajāna tatra tantuṃ parameṣṭhī tatāna | tatra śiśriye 'ja ekapādo 'dṛṃhad dyāvāpṛthivī balena

Rohita begot Heaven and Earth; there Parameṣṭhin stretched the thread; there the one-footed goat took his support — he made firm Heaven and Earth with his strength.

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AV 13 1.7

रोहितो द्यावापृथिवी अदृंहत् तेन स्व स्तभितं तेन नाकः । तेनान्तरिक्षं विमिता रजांसि तेन देवा अमृतम् अन्व् अविन्दन्

rohito dyāvāpṛthivī adṛṃhat tena sva stabhitaṃ tena nākaḥ | tenāntarikṣaṃ vimitā rajāṃsi tena devā amṛtam anv avindan

Rohita made Heaven and Earth firm; by him the heaven (svar) is propped, by him the firmament; by him the mid-space and the measured-out spaces; by him the gods found immortality.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 13 1.8

वि रोहितो अमृशद् विश्वरूपं समाकुर्वाणः प्ररुहो रुहश् च । दिवं रूढ्वा महता महिम्ना सं ते राष्ट्रम् अनक्तु पयसा घृतेन

vi rohito amṛśad viśvarūpaṃ samākurvāṇaḥ praruho ruhaś ca | divaṃ rūḍhvā mahatā mahimnā saṃ te rāṣṭram anaktu payasā ghṛtena

Rohita felt over all that has form, making the up-growths and the ascents together; having ascended the sky with great greatness, let him anoint your kingdom with milk, with ghee.

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

AV 13 1.9

यास् ते रुहः प्ररुहो यास् त आरुहो याभिर् आपृणासि दिवम् अन्तरिक्षम् । तासां ब्रह्मणा पयसा ववृधानो विशि राष्ट्रे जागृहि रोहितस्य

yās te ruhaḥ praruho yās ta āruho yābhir āpṛṇāsi divam antarikṣam | tāsāṃ brahmaṇā payasā vavṛdhāno viśi rāṣṭre jāgṛhi rohitasya

Those ascents of yours, those up-growths, those climbings-up of yours, by which you fill sky and mid-space — grown strong by their formula (brahman) and their milk, watch over the clan, over the kingdom of Rohita.

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

AV 13 1.10

यस् ते विशस् तपसः संबभूवुर् वत्सं गायत्रीम् अनु ता इहागुः । तास् त्वा विशन्तु मनसा शिवेन संमाता वत्सो अभ्य् एतु रोहितः

yas te viśas tapasaḥ saṃbabhūvur vatsaṃ gāyatrīm anu tā ihāguḥ | tās tvā viśantu manasā śivena saṃmātā vatso abhy etu rohitaḥ

Whatever clans of you came into being out of heat (tapas), they have come here following the calf, the gāyatrī. Let them enter you with kindly mind; let Rohita the calf, of the same mother, come to (you).

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

AV 13 1.11

ऊर्ध्वो रोहितो अधि नाके अस्थाद् विश्वा रूपाणि जनयन् युवा कविः । तिग्मेनाग्निर् ज्योतिषा वि भाति तृतीये चक्रे रजसि प्रियाणि

ūrdhvo rohito adhi nāke asthād viśvā rūpāṇi janayan yuvā kaviḥ | tigmenāgnir jyotiṣā vi bhāti tṛtīye cakre rajasi priyāṇi

Upright, Rohita has stood upon the firmament, begetting all forms, the young sage. Agni shines out with his piercing light; in the third space he has made his dear things.

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AV 13 1.12

सहस्रशृङ्गो वृषभो जातवेदा घृताहुतः सोमपृष्ठः सुवीरः । मा मा हासीन् नाथितो नेत् त्वा जहानि गोपोषं च मे वीरपोषं च धेहि

sahasraśṛṅgo vṛṣabho jātavedā ghṛtāhutaḥ somapṛṣṭhaḥ suvīraḥ | mā mā hāsīn nāthito net tvā jahāni gopoṣaṃ ca me vīrapoṣaṃ ca dhehi

Thousand-horned bull, knowing what is born, offered to with ghee, soma on his back, rich in heroes: let him not, when entreated, abandon me, nor let me abandon you; set in me thriving of cattle and thriving of heroes.

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AV 13 1.13

रोहितो यज्ञस्य जनिता मुखं च रोहिताय वाचा श्रोत्रेण मनसा जुहोमि । रोहितं देवा यन्ति सुमनस्यमानाः स मा रोहैः सामित्यै रोहयतु

rohito yajñasya janitā mukhaṃ ca rohitāya vācā śrotreṇa manasā juhomi | rohitaṃ devā yanti sumanasyamānāḥ sa mā rohaiḥ sāmityai rohayatu

Rohita is the begetter of the sacrifice and its mouth; to Rohita I make offering with speech, with hearing, with mind. The gods go to Rohita, being well-minded; let him raise me up by ascents to the coming-together.

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

AV 13 1.14

रोहितो यज्ञं व्य् अदधाद् विश्वकर्मणे तस्मात् तेजांस्य् उप मेमान्य् आगुः । वोचेयं ते नाभिं भुवनस्याधि मज्मनि

rohito yajñaṃ vy adadhād viśvakarmaṇe tasmāt tejāṃsy upa memāny āguḥ | voceyaṃ te nābhiṃ bhuvanasyādhi majmani

Rohita apportioned the sacrifice for Viśvakarman; from that these splendours have come to me. I would declare your navel, in the greatness of the world.

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

AV 13 1.15

आ त्वा रुरोह बृहत्य् उत पङ्क्तिर् आ ककुब् वर्चसा जातवेदः । आ त्वा रुरोहोष्णिहाक्षरो वषट्कार आ त्वा रुरोह रोहितो रेतसा सह

ā tvā ruroha bṛhaty uta paṅktir ā kakub varcasā jātavedaḥ | ā tvā rurohoṣṇihākṣaro vaṣaṭkāra ā tvā ruroha rohito retasā saha

The bṛhatī has mounted you, and the paṅkti, and the kakubh with splendour, O knower of what is born; the uṣṇih syllable has mounted you, the vaṣaṭ-call; Rohita has mounted you together with his seed.

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

AV 13 1.16

अयं वस्ते गर्भं पृथिव्या दिवं वस्ते ऽयम् अन्तरिक्षम् । अयं ब्रध्नस्य विष्टपि स्वर् लोकान् व्य् आनशे

ayaṃ vaste garbhaṃ pṛthivyā divaṃ vaste 'yam antarikṣam | ayaṃ bradhnasya viṣṭapi svar lokān vy ānaśe

This one clothes himself in the embryo of the earth; this one clothes himself in the sky, this one in the mid-space. This one, on the summit of the ruddy (sun), has reached across the worlds of light.

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

AV 13 1.17

वाचस् पते पृथिवी नः स्योना स्योना योनिस् तल्पा नः सुशेवा । इहैव प्राणः सख्ये नो अस्तु तं त्वा परमेष्ठिन् पर्य् अग्निर् आयुषा वर्चसा दधातु

vācas pate pṛthivī naḥ syonā syonā yonis talpā naḥ suśevā | ihaiva prāṇaḥ sakhye no astu taṃ tvā parameṣṭhin pary agnir āyuṣā varcasā dadhātu

O lord of speech, let the earth be pleasant for us, pleasant the womb, the couch kindly for us. Right here let there be breath in our friendship; you, O Parameṣṭhin — let Agni set (you) about with lifetime, with splendour.

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AV 13 1.18

वाचस् पत ऋतवः पञ्च ये नौ वैश्वकर्मणाः परि ये संबभूवुः । इहैव प्राणः सख्ये नो अस्तु तं त्वा परमेष्ठिन् परि रोहित आयुषा वर्चसा दधातु

vācas pata ṛtavaḥ pañca ye nau vaiśvakarmaṇāḥ pari ye saṃbabhūvuḥ | ihaiva prāṇaḥ sakhye no astu taṃ tvā parameṣṭhin pari rohita āyuṣā varcasā dadhātu

O lord of speech, the five seasons which are ours, which belong to Viśvakarman, which have come into being around (us) — right here let there be breath in our friendship; you, O Parameṣṭhin — let Rohita set (you) about with lifetime, with splendour.

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AV 13 1.19

वाचस् पते सौमनसं मनश् च गोष्ठे नो गा जनय योनिषु प्रजाः । इहैव प्राणः सख्ये नो अस्तु तं त्वा परमेष्ठिन् पर्य् अहम् आयुषा वर्चसा दधातु

vācas pate saumanasaṃ manaś ca goṣṭhe no gā janaya yoniṣu prajāḥ | ihaiva prāṇaḥ sakhye no astu taṃ tvā parameṣṭhin pary aham āyuṣā varcasā dadhātu

O Lord of speech, (grant) good will and mind; generate cows for us in the cow-pen, offspring in the wombs. Right here let breath be in friendship with us; thee, O Parameṣṭhin — may I set (thee) about with lifetime and splendour.

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

AV 13 1.20

परि त्वा धात् सविता देवो अग्निर् वर्चसा मित्रावरुणाव् अभि त्वा । सर्वा अरातीर् अवक्रामन्न् एहीदं राष्ट्रम् अकरः सुनृतावत्

pari tvā dhāt savitā devo agnir varcasā mitrāvaruṇāv abhi tvā | sarvā arātīr avakrāmann ehīdaṃ rāṣṭram akaraḥ sunṛtāvat

May Savitṛ the god, (and) Agni, set thee about with splendour; may Mitra and Varuṇa (set) it upon thee. Treading down all hostilities, come here: thou hast made this kingdom rich in good gifts.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 13 1.21

यं त्वा पृषती रथे प्रष्टिर् वहति रोहित । शुभा यासि रिणन्न् अपः

yaṃ tvā pṛṣatī rathe praṣṭir vahati rohita | śubhā yāsi riṇann apaḥ

Thou whom the spotted mare, as side-horse, draws in the chariot, O Rohita — in splendour thou goest, making the waters flow.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 13 1.22

अनुव्रता रोहिणी रोहितस्य सूरिः सुवर्णा बृहती सुवर्चाः । तया वाजान् विश्वरूपां जयेम तया विश्वाः पृतना अभि ष्याम

anuvratā rohiṇī rohitasya sūriḥ suvarṇā bṛhatī suvarcāḥ | tayā vājān viśvarūpāṃ jayema tayā viśvāḥ pṛtanā abhi ṣyāma

Faithful to his vow is the Rohiṇī (ruddy mare) of Rohita, bright, golden-coloured, lofty, full of splendour. With her may we win prizes of every form; with her may we overcome all battle-lines.

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

AV 13 1.23

इदं सदो रोहिणी रोहितस्यासौ पन्थाः पृषती येन याति । तां गन्धर्वाः कश्यपा उन् नयन्ति तां रक्षन्ति कवयो ऽप्रमादम्

idaṃ sado rohiṇī rohitasyāsau panthāḥ pṛṣatī yena yāti | tāṃ gandharvāḥ kaśyapā un nayanti tāṃ rakṣanti kavayo 'pramādam

This is the seat, the Rohiṇī of Rohita; yonder is the path, the spotted one, by which she goes. The Gandharvas (and) the Kaśyapas lead her up; the sages guard her without negligence.

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

AV 13 1.24

सूर्यस्याश्वा हरयः केतुमन्तः सदा वहन्त्य् अमृताः सुखं रथम् । घृतपावा रोहितो भ्राजमानो दिवं देवः पृषतीम् आ विवेश

sūryasyāśvā harayaḥ ketumantaḥ sadā vahanty amṛtāḥ sukhaṃ ratham | ghṛtapāvā rohito bhrājamāno divaṃ devaḥ pṛṣatīm ā viveśa

Sūrya's horses, tawny, bearing banners, immortal, ever draw his easy-running chariot. Ghee-drinking Rohita, blazing, the god, has entered heaven, the spotted one.

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

AV 13 1.25

यो रोहितो वृषभस् तिग्मशृङ्गः पर्य् अग्निं परि सूर्यं बभूव । यो विष्टभ्नाति पृथिवीं दिवं च तस्माद् देवा अधि सृष्टीः सृजन्ते

yo rohito vṛṣabhas tigmaśṛṅgaḥ pary agniṃ pari sūryaṃ babhūva | yo viṣṭabhnāti pṛthivīṃ divaṃ ca tasmād devā adhi sṛṣṭīḥ sṛjante

Rohita, the bull with sharp horns, who has encompassed Agni, encompassed the Sun; who props apart the earth and the heaven — from him the gods emit their creations.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 13 1.26

रोहितो दिवम् आरुहन् महतः पर्य् अर्णवात् । सर्वो रुरोह रोहितो रुहः

rohito divam āruhan mahataḥ pary arṇavāt | sarvo ruroha rohito ruhaḥ

Rohita ascended to heaven out of the great flood; Rohita ascended all ascents.

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AV 13 1.27

वि मिमीष्व पयस्वतीं घृताचीं देवानां धेनुर् अनपस्पृग् एषा । इन्द्रः सोमं पिबतु क्षेमो अस्त्व् अग्निः प्र स्तौतु वि मृधो नुदस्व

vi mimīṣva payasvatīṃ ghṛtācīṃ devānāṃ dhenur anapaspṛg eṣā | indraḥ somaṃ pibatu kṣemo astv agniḥ pra stautu vi mṛdho nudasva

Measure out the milk-rich one, flowing with ghee: she is the milch-cow of the gods, not to be withheld. Let Indra drink the soma, let there be security; let Agni praise forth; thrust away the scorners.

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

AV 13 1.28

समिद्धो अग्निः समिधानो घृतवृद्धो घृताहुतः । अभीषाट् विश्वाषाड् अग्निः सपत्नान् हन्तु ये मम

samiddho agniḥ samidhāno ghṛtavṛddho ghṛtāhutaḥ | abhīṣāṭ viśvāṣāḍ agniḥ sapatnān hantu ye mama

Agni kindled, being kindled, grown by ghee, offered to with ghee — overpowering, all-conquering Agni: let him slay the rivals who are mine.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 13 1.29

हन्त्व् एनान् प्र दहत्व् अरिर् यो नः पृतन्यति । क्रव्यादाग्निना वयं सपत्नान् प्र दहामसि

hantv enān pra dahatv arir yo naḥ pṛtanyati | kravyādāgninā vayaṃ sapatnān pra dahāmasi

Let him slay them, let him burn up the foe who fights against us. With flesh-eating Agni we burn up our rivals.

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AV 13 1.30

अवाचीनान् अव जहीन्द्र वज्रेण बाहुमान् । अधा सपत्नान् मामकान् अग्नेस् तेजोभिर् आदिषि

avācīnān ava jahīndra vajreṇa bāhumān | adhā sapatnān māmakān agnes tejobhir ādiṣi

Strike them down head-foremost, O Indra, with the thunderbolt, thou of strong arms; then I have aimed at my rivals with the fiery energies of Agni.

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

AV 13 1.31

अग्ने सपत्नान् अधरान् पादयास्मद् व्यथया सजातम् उत्पिपानं बृहस्पते । इन्द्राग्नी मित्रावरुणाव् अधरे पद्यन्ताम् अप्रतिमन्यूयमानाः

agne sapatnān adharān pādayāsmad vyathayā sajātam utpipānaṃ bṛhaspate | indrāgnī mitrāvaruṇāv adhare padyantām apratimanyūyamānāḥ

O Agni, make the rivals fall lower than us; shake the swelling kinsman, O Bṛhaspati. Let Indra and Agni, Mitra and Varuṇa (make them) fall below, unable to show wrath in return.

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

AV 13 1.32

उद्यंस् त्वं देव सूर्य सपत्नान् अव मे जहि । अवैनान् अश्मना जहि ते यन्त्व् अधमं तमः

udyaṃs tvaṃ deva sūrya sapatnān ava me jahi | avainān aśmanā jahi te yantv adhamaṃ tamaḥ

Rising up, thou, O god Sūrya, strike down my rivals for me; strike them down with a stone: let them go to the lowest darkness.

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AV 13 1.33

वत्सो विराजो वृषभो मतीनाम् आ रुरोह शुक्रपृष्ठो ऽन्तरिक्षम् । घृतेनार्कम् अभ्य् अर्चन्ति वत्सं ब्रह्म सन्तं ब्रह्मणा वर्धयन्ति

vatso virājo vṛṣabho matīnām ā ruroha śukrapṛṣṭho 'ntarikṣam | ghṛtenārkam abhy arcanti vatsaṃ brahma santaṃ brahmaṇā vardhayanti

The calf of Virāj, the bull of the (devotional) thoughts, bright-backed, has ascended the midspace. With ghee they sing to the chant, to the calf; being brahman, they strengthen (him) with brahman.

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

AV 13 1.34

दिवं च रोह पृथिवीं च रोह राष्ट्रं च रोह द्रविणं च रोह । प्रजां च रोहामृतं च रोह रोहितेन तन्वं सं स्पृषस्व

divaṃ ca roha pṛthivīṃ ca roha rāṣṭraṃ ca roha draviṇaṃ ca roha | prajāṃ ca rohāmṛtaṃ ca roha rohitena tanvaṃ saṃ spṛṣasva

Ascend the heaven and ascend the earth; ascend the kingdom and ascend wealth; ascend offspring and ascend immortality; join thy body with Rohita.

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AV 13 1.35

ये देवा राष्ट्रभृतो ऽभितो यन्ति सूर्यम् । तैष् टे रोहितः सम्विदानो राष्ट्रं दधातु सुमनस्यमानः

ye devā rāṣṭrabhṛto 'bhito yanti sūryam | taiṣ ṭe rohitaḥ samvidāno rāṣṭraṃ dadhātu sumanasyamānaḥ

The gods who, bearing the kingdom, go about the Sun — in accord with them let Rohita, being kindly minded, confer the kingdom on thee.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 13 1.36

उत् त्वा यज्ञा ब्रह्मपूता वहन्त्य् अध्वगतो हरयस् त्वा वहन्ति । तिरः समुद्रम् अति रोचसे ऽर्णवम्

ut tvā yajñā brahmapūtā vahanty adhvagato harayas tvā vahanti | tiraḥ samudram ati rocase 'rṇavam

The sacrifices, purified by brahman, carry thee up; the tawny ones, gone on the road, carry thee. Across the sea thou shinest, beyond the flood.

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

AV 13 1.37

रोहिते द्यावापृथिवी अधि श्रिते वसुजिति गोजिति संधनाजिति । सहस्रं यस्य जनिमानि सप्त च वोचेयं ते नाभिं भुवनस्याधि मज्मनि

rohite dyāvāpṛthivī adhi śrite vasujiti gojiti saṃdhanājiti | sahasraṃ yasya janimāni sapta ca voceyaṃ te nābhiṃ bhuvanasyādhi majmani

Upon Rohita heaven and earth are set, the winner of goods, winner of cows, winner of gathered wealth — whose births are a thousand and seven. May I declare thy navel over the greatness of the world.

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

AV 13 1.38

यशा यासि प्रदिशो दिशश् च यशाः पशूनाम् उत चर्षणीनाम् । यशाः पृथिव्या अदित्या उपस्थे ऽहं भूयासं सवितेव चारुः

yaśā yāsi pradiśo diśaś ca yaśāḥ paśūnām uta carṣaṇīnām | yaśāḥ pṛthivyā adityā upasthe 'haṃ bhūyāsaṃ saviteva cāruḥ

Glorious thou goest to the intermediate quarters and the quarters; glorious among cattle and among men; glorious in the lap of the earth, of Aditi — may I be lovely like Savitṛ.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 13 1.39

अमुत्र सन्न् इह वेत्थेतः संस् तानि पश्यसि । इतः पश्यन्ति रोचनं दिवि सूर्यं विपश्चितम्

amutra sann iha vetthetaḥ saṃs tāni paśyasi | itaḥ paśyanti rocanaṃ divi sūryaṃ vipaścitam

Being yonder, you know (what is) here; being from here, you see those (things). From here they see the shining one in heaven, the wise Sūrya.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 13 1.40

देवो देवान् मर्चयस्य् अन्तश् चरस्य् अर्णवे । समानम् अग्निम् इन्धते तं विदुः कवयः परे

devo devān marcayasy antaś carasy arṇave | samānam agnim indhate taṃ viduḥ kavayaḥ pare

A god, you harm the gods; you move within the flood. They kindle the (one) common Agni; the sages beyond know him.

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

AV 13 1.41

अवः परेण पर एनावरेण पदा वत्सं बिब्रती गौर् उद् अस्थात् । सा कद्रीची कं स्विद् अर्धं परागात् क्व स्वित् सूते नहि यूथे अस्मिन्

avaḥ pareṇa para enāvareṇa padā vatsaṃ bibratī gaur ud asthāt | sā kadrīcī kaṃ svid ardhaṃ parāgāt kva svit sūte nahi yūthe asmin

Below with the upper (foot), above with the lower, bearing the calf with her foot, the cow has risen up. Which way is she turned? To which side has she gone away? Where does she calve? Surely not in this herd.

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

AV 13 1.42

एकपदी द्विपदी सा चतुष्पद्य् अष्टापदी नवपदी बभूवुषी । सहस्राक्षरा भुवनस्य पङ्क्तिस् तस्याः समुद्रा अधि वि क्षरन्ति

ekapadī dvipadī sā catuṣpady aṣṭāpadī navapadī babhūvuṣī | sahasrākṣarā bhuvanasya paṅktis tasyāḥ samudrā adhi vi kṣaranti

One-footed, two-footed is she, four-footed, eight-footed, having become nine-footed, thousand-syllabled—the row (paṅkti) of the world; from her the oceans flow out.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 13 1.43

आरोहन् द्याम् अमृतः प्राव मे वचः । उत् त्वा यज्ञा ब्रह्मपूता वहन्त्य् अध्वगतो हरयस् त्वा वहन्ति

ārohan dyām amṛtaḥ prāva me vacaḥ | ut tvā yajñā brahmapūtā vahanty adhvagato harayas tvā vahanti

Ascending to heaven, the immortal has favoured my speech. The sacrifices purified by brahman carry you up; the tawny (horses), going on the road, carry you.

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

AV 13 1.44

वेद तत् ते अमर्त्य यत् त आक्रमणं दिवि । यत् ते सधस्थं परमे व्योमन्

veda tat te amartya yat ta ākramaṇaṃ divi | yat te sadhasthaṃ parame vyoman

I know that of yours, O immortal—what your stride in heaven is, what your common seat is in the highest firmament.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 13 1.45

सूर्यो द्यां सूर्यः पृठिवीं सूर्य आपोऽति पश्यति । सूर्यो भूतस्यैकं चक्षुर् आ रुरोह दिवं महीम्

sūryo dyāṃ sūryaḥ pṛṭhivīṃ sūrya āpo'ti paśyati | sūryo bhūtasyaikaṃ cakṣur ā ruroha divaṃ mahīm

Sūrya looks over heaven, Sūrya over the earth, Sūrya over the waters. Sūrya, the one eye of what exists, has climbed the great heaven.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 13 1.46

उर्वीर् आसन् परिधयो वेदिर् भूमिर् अकल्पत । तत्रैताव् अग्नी आधत्त हिमं घ्रंसं च रोहितः

urvīr āsan paridhayo vedir bhūmir akalpata | tatraitāv agnī ādhatta himaṃ ghraṃsaṃ ca rohitaḥ

Wide were the enclosing-sticks; the earth was arranged as the altar. There Rohita set down these two fires, the cold and the heat.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 13 1.47

हिमं घ्रंसं चाधाय यूपान् कृत्वा पर्वतान् । वर्षाज्याव् अग्नी ईजाते रोहितस्य स्वर्विदः

himaṃ ghraṃsaṃ cādhāya yūpān kṛtvā parvatān | varṣājyāv agnī ījāte rohitasya svarvidaḥ

Having set down the cold and the heat, having made the mountains the sacrificial posts, the two fires of heaven-finding Rohita, with rain for their ghee, perform the sacrifice.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 13 1.48

स्वर्विदो रोहितस्य ब्रह्मणाग्निः सम् इध्यते । तस्माद् घ्रंसस् तस्माद् धिमस् तस्माद् यज्ञो ऽजायत

svarvido rohitasya brahmaṇāgniḥ sam idhyate | tasmād ghraṃsas tasmād dhimas tasmād yajño 'jāyata

By the brahman of heaven-finding Rohita Agni is kindled; from that (came) the heat, from that the cold, from that the sacrifice was born.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 13 1.49

ब्रह्मणाग्नी वावृधानौ ब्रह्मवृद्धौ ब्रह्माहुतौ । ब्रह्मेद्धाव् अग्नी ईजाते रोहितस्य स्वर्विदः

brahmaṇāgnī vāvṛdhānau brahmavṛddhau brahmāhutau | brahmeddhāv agnī ījāte rohitasya svarvidaḥ

The two fires grown great by brahman, increased by brahman, offered into by brahman, kindled by brahman—the two fires of heaven-finding Rohita perform the sacrifice.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 13 1.50

सत्ये अन्यः समाहितो ऽप्स्व् अन्यः सम् इध्यते । ब्रह्मेद्धाव् अग्नी ईजाते रोहितस्य स्वर्विदः

satye anyaḥ samāhito 'psv anyaḥ sam idhyate | brahmeddhāv agnī ījāte rohitasya svarvidaḥ

One is set together in truth, the other is kindled in the waters. The two fires kindled by brahman, of heaven-finding Rohita, perform the sacrifice.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 13 1.51

यं वातः परिशुम्भति यं वेन्द्रो ब्रह्मणस्पतिः । ब्रह्मेद्धावग्नी ईजाते रोहितस्य स्वर्विदः

yaṃ vātaḥ pariśumbhati yaṃ vendro brahmaṇaspatiḥ | brahmeddhāvagnī ījāte rohitasya svarvidaḥ

Him whom the wind polishes about, or whom Indra, Brahmaṇaspati (polishes)—the two fires kindled by brahman, of heaven-finding Rohita, perform the sacrifice.

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

AV 13 1.52

वेदिं भूमिं कल्पयित्वा दिवं कृत्वा दक्षिणाम् । घ्रंसं तद् अग्निं कृत्वा चकार विश्वम् आत्मन्वद् वर्षेणाज्येन रोहितः

vediṃ bhūmiṃ kalpayitvā divaṃ kṛtvā dakṣiṇām | ghraṃsaṃ tad agniṃ kṛtvā cakāra viśvam ātmanvad varṣeṇājyena rohitaḥ

Having arranged the earth as the altar, having made heaven the priestly gift, having made the heat that fire, Rohita made the whole (world) ensouled, with rain for ghee.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 13 1.53

वर्षम् आजम् घ्रंसो अग्निर् वेदिर् भूमिर् अकल्पत । तत्रैतान् पर्वतान् अग्निर् गीर्भिर् ऊर्ध्वाꣳ अकल्पयत्

varṣam ājam ghraṃso agnir vedir bhūmir akalpata | tatraitān parvatān agnir gīrbhir ūrdhvāṁ akalpayat

Rain was the ghee, the heat was the fire, the earth was arranged as the altar; there Agni arranged these mountains upright with his songs.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 13 1.54

गीर्भिर् ऊर्ध्वान् कल्पयित्वा रोहितो भूमिम् अब्रवीत् । त्वयीदं सर्वं जायतां यद् भूतं यच् च भाव्यम्

gīrbhir ūrdhvān kalpayitvā rohito bhūmim abravīt | tvayīdaṃ sarvaṃ jāyatāṃ yad bhūtaṃ yac ca bhāvyam

Having arranged them upright with songs, Rohita said to the earth: "In you let all this be born, what has been and what is to be."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 13 1.55

स यज्ञः प्रथमो भूतो भव्यो अजायत । तस्माद् ध जज्ञ इदं सर्वं यत् किं चेदं विरोचते रोहितेन ऋषिणाभृतम्

sa yajñaḥ prathamo bhūto bhavyo ajāyata | tasmād dha jajña idaṃ sarvaṃ yat kiṃ cedaṃ virocate rohitena ṛṣiṇābhṛtam

That sacrifice, born first, was born as what is to be. From it indeed was born all this, whatever here shines forth, brought (hither) by the ṛṣi Rohita.

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

AV 13 1.56

यश् च गां पदा स्फुरति प्रत्यङ् सूर्यं च मेहति । तस्य वृश्चामि ते मूलं न छायां करवो ऽपरम्

yaś ca gāṃ padā sphurati pratyaṅ sūryaṃ ca mehati | tasya vṛścāmi te mūlaṃ na chāyāṃ karavo 'param

And whoever kicks a cow with his foot and urinates facing the sun—of him I cut off your root; you shall not cast a shadow hereafter.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 13 1.57

यो माभिछायम् अत्येषि मां चाग्निं चान्तरा । तस्य वृश्चामि ते मूलं न छायां करवो ऽपरम्

yo mābhichāyam atyeṣi māṃ cāgniṃ cāntarā | tasya vṛścāmi te mūlaṃ na chāyāṃ karavo 'param

Whoever goes past me within my shadow, and between me and the fire—of him I cut off your root; you shall not cast a shadow hereafter.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 13 1.58

यो अद्य देव सूर्य त्वां च मां चान्तरायति । दुष्वप्न्यं तस्मिं छमलं दुरितानि च मृज्महे

yo adya deva sūrya tvāṃ ca māṃ cāntarāyati | duṣvapnyaṃ tasmiṃ chamalaṃ duritāni ca mṛjmahe

Whoever today, O god Sūrya, comes between you and me—on him we wipe off bad dreams, defilement, and misfortunes.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 13 1.59

मा प्र गाम पथो वयं मा यज्ञाद् इन्द्र सोमिनः । मान्त स्थुर् नो अरातयः

mā pra gāma patho vayaṃ mā yajñād indra sominaḥ | mānta sthur no arātayaḥ

May we not stray from the path, nor, Indra, from the sacrifice of the soma-presser; let no hostile powers stand between us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 13 1.60

यो यज्ञस्य प्रसाधनस् तन्तुर् देवेष्व् आततः । तम् आहुतम् अशीमहि

yo yajñasya prasādhanas tantur deveṣv ātataḥ | tam āhutam aśīmahi

The thread that is the accomplisher of the sacrifice, stretched out among the gods — may we attain it when it has been offered into the fire.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition