Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 13 — Chapter 2

AV 13 2.1

उद् अस्य केतवो दिवि शुक्रा भ्राजन्त ईरते । आदित्यस्य नृचक्षसो महिव्रतस्य मीढुषः

ud asya ketavo divi śukrā bhrājanta īrate | ādityasya nṛcakṣaso mahivratasya mīḍhuṣaḥ

Upward his beacons rise in the sky, shining bright — (the beacons) of the Āditya who looks upon men, whose commandment is great, the bountiful one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 13 2.2

दिशां प्रज्ञानां स्वरयन्तम् अर्चिषा सुपक्षम् आशुं पतयन्तम् अर्णवे । स्तवाम सूर्यं भुवनस्य गोपां यो रश्मिभिर् दिश आभाति सर्वाः

diśāṃ prajñānāṃ svarayantam arciṣā supakṣam āśuṃ patayantam arṇave | stavāma sūryaṃ bhuvanasya gopāṃ yo raśmibhir diśa ābhāti sarvāḥ

Him who is the mark by which the directions are known, resounding with his flame, fair-winged, swift, flying in the flood — let us praise Sūrya, the herdsman of the world, who with his rays shines upon all the directions.

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

AV 13 2.3

यत् प्राङ् प्रत्यङ् स्वधया यासि शीभं नानारूपे अहनी कर्षि मायया । तद् आदित्य महि तत् ते महि श्रवो यद् एको विश्वं परि भूम जायसे

yat prāṅ pratyaṅ svadhayā yāsi śībhaṃ nānārūpe ahanī karṣi māyayā | tad āditya mahi tat te mahi śravo yad eko viśvaṃ pari bhūma jāyase

That you go swiftly eastward and westward by your own power, that you make the two days of different form by your magic — that, Āditya, is great, that is your great fame, that you alone are born encompassing the whole.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 13 2.4

विपश्चितं तरणिं भ्राजमानं वहन्ति यं हरितः सप्त बह्वीः । स्रुताद् यम् अत्त्रिर् दिवम् उन्निनाय तं त्वा पश्यन्ति परियान्तम् आजिम्

vipaścitaṃ taraṇiṃ bhrājamānaṃ vahanti yaṃ haritaḥ sapta bahvīḥ | srutād yam attrir divam unnināya taṃ tvā paśyanti pariyāntam ājim

Him, the wise one, the swift crosser, the shining one, whom the seven many tawny mares draw, whom Attri led up from the stream to heaven — you they see as you go round the racecourse.

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AV 13 2.5

मा त्वा दभन् परियान्तम् आजिं स्वस्ति दुर्गाꣳ अति याहि शीभम् । दिवं च सूर्य पृथिवीं च देवीम् अहोरात्रे विमिमानो यद् एषि

mā tvā dabhan pariyāntam ājiṃ svasti durgāṁ ati yāhi śībham | divaṃ ca sūrya pṛthivīṃ ca devīm ahorātre vimimāno yad eṣi

Let them not harm you as you go round the racecourse; pass swiftly and safely over the hard places, when you go measuring out heaven and the goddess Earth, and day and night, O Sūrya.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 13 2.6

स्वस्ति ते सूर्य चरसे रथाय येनोभाव् अन्तौ परियासि सद्यः । यं ते वहन्ति हरितो वहिष्ठाः शतम् अश्वा यदि वा सप्त बह्वीः

svasti te sūrya carase rathāya yenobhāv antau pariyāsi sadyaḥ | yaṃ te vahanti harito vahiṣṭhāḥ śatam aśvā yadi vā sapta bahvīḥ

Hail to your journeying, Sūrya, and to your chariot, with which you travel round both ends in a single day — (the chariot) which your tawny mares, the best of draught, draw, a hundred horses, or else the seven many ones.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 13 2.7

सुखं सूर्य रथम् अंशुमन्तं स्योनं सुवह्निम् अधि तिष्ठ वाजिनम् । यं ते वहन्ति हरितो वहिष्ठाः शतम् अश्वा यदि वा सप्त बह्वीः

sukhaṃ sūrya ratham aṃśumantaṃ syonaṃ suvahnim adhi tiṣṭha vājinam | yaṃ te vahanti harito vahiṣṭhāḥ śatam aśvā yadi vā sapta bahvīḥ

Mount, Sūrya, the easy-going chariot, rich in rays, comfortable, well-drawing, prize-winning, which your tawny mares, the best of draught, draw, a hundred horses, or else the seven many ones.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 13 2.8

सप्त सूर्यो हरितो यातवे रथे हिरण्यत्वचसो बृहतीर् अयुक्त । अमोचि शुक्रो रजसः परस्ताद् विधूय देवस् तमो दिवम् आरुहत्

sapta sūryo harito yātave rathe hiraṇyatvacaso bṛhatīr ayukta | amoci śukro rajasaḥ parastād vidhūya devas tamo divam āruhat

Sūrya yoked the seven tall gold-skinned tawny mares to his chariot, to travel. The bright one was let loose from beyond the airy space; shaking off the darkness, the god climbed to heaven.

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AV 13 2.9

उत् केतुना बृहता देव आगन्न् अपावृक् तमो ऽभि ज्योतिर् अश्रैत् । दिव्यः सुपर्णः स वीरो व्य् अख्यद् अदितेः पुत्रो भुवनानि विश्वा

ut ketunā bṛhatā deva āgann apāvṛk tamo 'bhi jyotir aśrait | divyaḥ suparṇaḥ sa vīro vy akhyad aditeḥ putro bhuvanāni viśvā

With his lofty beacon the god has come up; he has uncovered the darkness, he has leaned toward the light. That heavenly eagle, the hero, the son of Aditi, has looked out over all the worlds.

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AV 13 2.10

उद्यन् रश्मीन् आ तनुषे विश्वा रुपाणि पुष्यसि । उभा समुद्रौ क्रतुना वि भासि सर्वांल् लोकान् परिभूर् भ्राजमानः

udyan raśmīn ā tanuṣe viśvā rupāṇi puṣyasi | ubhā samudrau kratunā vi bhāsi sarvāṃl lokān paribhūr bhrājamānaḥ

Rising, you stretch out your rays; you make all forms thrive. With your power you shine upon both oceans, shining, encompassing all the worlds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 13 2.11

पूर्वापरं चरतो माययैतौ शिशू क्रीडन्तौ परि यातो ऽर्णवम् । विश्वान्यो भुवना विचष्टे हैरण्यैर् अन्यं हरितो वहन्ति

pūrvāparaṃ carato māyayaitau śiśū krīḍantau pari yāto 'rṇavam | viśvānyo bhuvanā vicaṣṭe hairaṇyair anyaṃ harito vahanti

These two travel, the one before, the other after, by magic; two children at play, they go round the flood. The one surveys all the beings; the other the golden tawny mares draw.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 13 2.12

दिवि त्वात्त्रिर् अधारयत् सूर्या मासाय कर्तवे । स एषि सुधृतस् तपन् विश्वा भूतावचाकशत्

divi tvāttrir adhārayat sūryā māsāya kartave | sa eṣi sudhṛtas tapan viśvā bhūtāvacākaśat

In the sky Attri established you, O Sūrya, for the making of the month. You go there well upheld, burning, looking down upon all beings.

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AV 13 2.13

उभाव् अन्तौ सम् अर्षसि वत्सः संमातराव् इव । नन्व् एतद् इतः पुरा ब्रह्म देवा अमी विदुः

ubhāv antau sam arṣasi vatsaḥ saṃmātarāv iva | nanv etad itaḥ purā brahma devā amī viduḥ

You reach both ends together, like a calf its two mothers. Surely these gods have known this sacred formula from of old, from here.

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

AV 13 2.14

यत् समुद्रम् अनु श्रितं तत् सिषासति सूर्यः । अध्वास्य विततो महान् पूर्वश् चापरश् च यः

yat samudram anu śritaṃ tat siṣāsati sūryaḥ | adhvāsya vitato mahān pūrvaś cāparaś ca yaḥ

What is laid along the ocean, that Sūrya seeks to win. His road is stretched out, great — the one that is eastern and the one that is western.

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

AV 13 2.15

तं सम् आप्नोति जूतिभिस् ततो नाप चिकित्सति । तेनामृतस्य भक्षं देवानां नाव रुन्धते

taṃ sam āpnoti jūtibhis tato nāpa cikitsati | tenāmṛtasya bhakṣaṃ devānāṃ nāva rundhate

He reaches it with his speedings; thence he does not turn his attention away. By that he does not shut off from the gods their portion of the immortal.

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

AV 13 2.16

उद् उ त्यं जातवेदसं देवं वहन्ति केतवः । दृशे विश्वाय सूर्यम्

ud u tyaṃ jātavedasaṃ devaṃ vahanti ketavaḥ | dṛśe viśvāya sūryam

The beacons carry up that god Jātavedas, Sūrya, for all to see.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 13 2.17

अप त्ये तायवो यथा नक्षत्रा यन्त्य् अक्तुभिः । सूराय विश्वचक्षसे

apa tye tāyavo yathā nakṣatrā yanty aktubhiḥ | sūrāya viśvacakṣase

Away, like thieves, go those constellations with the nights, before the all-beholding sun.

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AV 13 2.18

अदृश्रन्न् अस्य केतवो वि रश्मयो जनाꣳ अनु । भ्राजन्तो अग्नयो यथा

adṛśrann asya ketavo vi raśmayo janāṁ anu | bhrājanto agnayo yathā

His beacons have come into view, his rays spread out over the peoples, blazing like fires.

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AV 13 2.19

तरणिर् विश्वदर्शतो ज्योतिष्कृद् असि सूर्य । विश्वम् आ भासि रोचन

taraṇir viśvadarśato jyotiṣkṛd asi sūrya | viśvam ā bhāsi rocana

You are the crosser, seen by all, maker of light, O Sūrya; you shine upon the whole bright expanse.

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AV 13 2.20

प्रत्यङ् देवानां विशः प्रत्यङ्ङ् उद् एषि मानुषीः । प्रत्यङ् विश्वं स्वर् दृशे

pratyaṅ devānāṃ viśaḥ pratyaṅṅ ud eṣi mānuṣīḥ | pratyaṅ viśvaṃ svar dṛśe

Facing the clans of the gods, facing them you rise upon the human (clans); facing all, for the light of heaven to be seen.

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AV 13 2.21

येना पावक चक्षसा भुरण्यन्तं जनाꣳ अनु । त्वं वरुण पश्यसि

yenā pāvaka cakṣasā bhuraṇyantaṃ janāṁ anu | tvaṃ varuṇa paśyasi

With which eye, O purifier, you, O Varuṇa, look upon (him who is) bustling among the peoples —

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AV 13 2.22

वि द्याम् एषि रजस् पृथ्व् अहर् मिमानो अक्तुभिः । पश्यन् जन्मानि सूर्य

vi dyām eṣi rajas pṛthv ahar mimāno aktubhiḥ | paśyan janmāni sūrya

You traverse the sky, the broad space, measuring out the day with the nights, beholding the generations, O Sūrya.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 13 2.23

सप्त त्वा हरितो रथे वहन्ति देव सूर्य । शोचिष्केशं विचक्षणम्

sapta tvā harito rathe vahanti deva sūrya | śociṣkeśaṃ vicakṣaṇam

Seven tawny mares carry you on your chariot, O god Sūrya, the flame-haired, the far-gazing one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 13 2.24

अयुक्त सप्त शुन्ध्युवः सूरो रथस्य नप्त्यः । ताभिर् याति स्वयुक्तिभिः

ayukta sapta śundhyuvaḥ sūro rathasya naptyaḥ | tābhir yāti svayuktibhiḥ

The Sun has yoked the seven bright ones, the daughters of his chariot; with these, self-yoked, he goes.

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

AV 13 2.25

रोहितो दिवम् आरुहत् तपसा तपस्वी । स योनिम् ऐति स उ जायते पुनः स देवानाम् अधिपतिर् बभूव

rohito divam āruhat tapasā tapasvī | sa yonim aiti sa u jāyate punaḥ sa devānām adhipatir babhūva

The Ruddy One ascended the sky, glowing with heat through his heat; he goes to the womb, and he is born again; he has become the overlord of the gods.

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AV 13 2.26

यो विश्वचर्षणिर् उत विश्वतोमुखो यो विश्वतस्पाणिर् उत विश्वतस्पृथः । सं बाहुभ्यां भरति सं पतत्रैर् द्यावापृथिवी जनयन् देव एकः

yo viśvacarṣaṇir uta viśvatomukho yo viśvataspāṇir uta viśvataspṛthaḥ | saṃ bāhubhyāṃ bharati saṃ patatrair dyāvāpṛthivī janayan deva ekaḥ

He who observes all, and who faces in all directions, who has hands on all sides and is broad on all sides — he brings (them) together with his arms, together with his wings, the one god, generating heaven and earth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 13 2.27

एकपाद् द्विपदो भूयो वि चक्रमे द्विपात् त्रिपादम् अभ्य् एति पश्चात् । द्विपाद् ध षट्पदो भूयो वि चक्रमे त एकपदस् तन्वं सम् आसते

ekapād dvipado bhūyo vi cakrame dvipāt tripādam abhy eti paścāt | dvipād dha ṣaṭpado bhūyo vi cakrame ta ekapadas tanvaṃ sam āsate

The one-footed strode out more than the two-footed; the two-footed comes up behind the three-footed; the two-footed, indeed, strode out more than the six-footed — these sit together (forming) the body of the one-footed.

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

AV 13 2.28

अतन्द्रो यास्यन् हरितो यद् आस्थाद् द्वे रूपे कृणुते रोचमानः । केतुमान् उद्यन्त् सहमानो रजांसि विश्वा आदित्य प्रवतो वि भासि

atandro yāsyan harito yad āsthād dve rūpe kṛṇute rocamānaḥ | ketumān udyant sahamāno rajāṃsi viśvā āditya pravato vi bhāsi

Untiring, about to journey, when he has mounted the tawny mares, shining he makes for himself two forms; bearing his banner, rising, overpowering the spaces, you illumine all the downward slopes, O Āditya.

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

AV 13 2.29

बण् महाꣳ असि सूर्य बड् आदित्य महाꣳ असि । महांस् ते महतो महिमा त्वम् आदित्य महाꣳ असि

baṇ mahāṁ asi sūrya baḍ āditya mahāṁ asi | mahāṃs te mahato mahimā tvam āditya mahāṁ asi

Truly you are great, O Sūrya; truly, O Āditya, you are great; great is your greatness, you who are great; you, O Āditya, are great.

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AV 13 2.30

रोचसे दिवि रोचसे अन्तरिक्षे पतङ्ग पृथिव्यां रोचसे रोचसे अप्स्व् अन्तः । उभा समुद्रौ रुच्या व्य् आपिथ देवो देवासि महिषः स्वर्जित्

rocase divi rocase antarikṣe pataṅga pṛthivyāṃ rocase rocase apsv antaḥ | ubhā samudrau rucyā vy āpitha devo devāsi mahiṣaḥ svarjit

You shine in the sky, you shine in the midspace, O flyer; on the earth you shine, you shine within the waters. You have pervaded both oceans with your radiance; a god among gods you are, a buffalo, winner of the light of heaven.

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AV 13 2.31

अर्वाङ् परस्तात् प्रयतो व्यध्व आशुर् विपश्चित् पतयन् पतङ्गः । विष्णुर् विचित्तः शवसाधितिष्ठन् प्र केतुना सहते विश्वम् एजत्

arvāṅ parastāt prayato vyadhva āśur vipaścit patayan pataṅgaḥ | viṣṇur vicittaḥ śavasādhitiṣṭhan pra ketunā sahate viśvam ejat

Hither from beyond, sent forth, on separate paths, swift, wise, flying, the flyer; Viṣṇu, discerned, standing above by his might, with his banner he overcomes all that stirs.

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

AV 13 2.32

चित्राश् चिकित्वान् महिषः सुपर्ण आरोचयन् रोदसी अन्तरिक्षम् । अहोरात्रे परि सूर्यं वसाने प्रास्य विश्वा तिरतो वीर्याणि

citrāś cikitvān mahiṣaḥ suparṇa ārocayan rodasī antarikṣam | ahorātre pari sūryaṃ vasāne prāsya viśvā tirato vīryāṇi

Brilliant, attentive, a buffalo, fair-winged, lighting up the two worlds and the midspace; while day and night clothe the sun about, he stretches forth all his heroic powers.

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

AV 13 2.33

तिग्मो विभ्राजन् तन्वं शिशानो ऽरंगमासः प्रवतो रराणः । ज्योतिष्मान् पक्षी महिषो वयोधा विश्वा आस्थात् प्रदिशः कल्पमानः

tigmo vibhrājan tanvaṃ śiśāno 'raṃgamāsaḥ pravato rarāṇaḥ | jyotiṣmān pakṣī mahiṣo vayodhā viśvā āsthāt pradiśaḥ kalpamānaḥ

Sharp, blazing forth, whetting his body, swift-moving, delighting in the downward slopes; the light-filled winged buffalo, the giver of vigour, has mounted all the directions, ordering them.

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AV 13 2.34

चित्रं देवानाम् केतुर् अनीकं ज्योतिष्मान् प्रदिशः सूर्य उद्यन् । दिवाकरो ऽति द्युम्नैस् तमांसि विश्वातारीद् दुरितानि शुक्रः

citraṃ devānām ketur anīkaṃ jyotiṣmān pradiśaḥ sūrya udyan | divākaro 'ti dyumnais tamāṃsi viśvātārīd duritāni śukraḥ

The bright banner of the gods, the face, the light-filled Sūrya rising over the directions; the day-maker, by his splendours (going) beyond the darknesses, the bright one has carried (us) across all difficulties.

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AV 13 2.35

चित्रं देवानाम् उद् अगाद् अनीकं चक्षुर् मित्रस्य वरुणस्याग्नेः । आप्राद् द्यावापृथिवी अन्तरिक्षं सूर्य आत्मा जगतस् तस्थुषश् च

citraṃ devānām ud agād anīkaṃ cakṣur mitrasya varuṇasyāgneḥ | āprād dyāvāpṛthivī antarikṣaṃ sūrya ātmā jagatas tasthuṣaś ca

The bright face of the gods has risen, the eye of Mitra, of Varuṇa, of Agni; he has filled heaven and earth and the midspace: Sūrya is the self of what moves and what stands.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 13 2.36

उच्चा पतन्तम् अरुणं सुपर्णं मध्ये दिवस् तरणिं भ्राजमानम् । पश्यम त्वा सवितारं यम् आहुर् अजस्रं ज्योतिर् यद् अविन्दद् अत्त्रिः

uccā patantam aruṇaṃ suparṇaṃ madhye divas taraṇiṃ bhrājamānam | paśyama tvā savitāraṃ yam āhur ajasraṃ jyotir yad avindad attriḥ

Flying on high, the ruddy, fair-winged one, blazing in mid-heaven, the crosser — may we see you, Savitṛ, whom they call the unfailing light which Atri found.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 13 2.37

दिवस् पृष्ठे धावमानं सुपर्णम् अदित्याः पुत्रं नाथकाम उप यामि भीतः । स नः सूर्य प्र तिर दीर्घम् आयुर् मा रिषाम सुमतौ ते स्याम

divas pṛṣṭhe dhāvamānaṃ suparṇam adityāḥ putraṃ nāthakāma upa yāmi bhītaḥ | sa naḥ sūrya pra tira dīrgham āyur mā riṣāma sumatau te syāma

The fair-winged one running on the back of heaven, the son of Aditi — desiring protection, afraid, I approach (him). Extend, O Sūrya, our long life for us; may we not be harmed; may we be in your favour.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 13 2.38

सहस्राह्ण्यं वियताव् अस्य पक्षौ हरेर् हंसस्य पततः स्वर्गम् । स देवान्त् सर्वान् उरस्य् उपदद्य संपश्यन् याति भुवनानि विश्वा

sahasrāhṇyaṃ viyatāv asya pakṣau harer haṃsasya patataḥ svargam | sa devānt sarvān urasy upadadya saṃpaśyan yāti bhuvanāni viśvā

A thousand days' (journey) are his two outspread wings, of the tawny goose flying to heaven; having taken all the gods upon his breast, he goes surveying all the worlds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 13 2.39

रोहितः कालो अभवद् रोहितो ऽग्रे प्रजापतिः । रोहितो यज्ञानां मुखं रोहितः स्वर् आभरत्

rohitaḥ kālo abhavad rohito 'gre prajāpatiḥ | rohito yajñānāṃ mukhaṃ rohitaḥ svar ābharat

The Red One (Rohita) became Time; Rohita was Prajāpati in the beginning; Rohita is the mouth of the sacrifices; Rohita brought the light of heaven here.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 13 2.40

रोहितो लोको अभवद् रोहितो ऽत्य् अतपद् दिवम् । रोहितो रश्मिभिर् भूमिं समुद्रम् अनु सं चरत्

rohito loko abhavad rohito 'ty atapad divam | rohito raśmibhir bhūmiṃ samudram anu saṃ carat

Rohita became the world; Rohita blazed up beyond the sky; Rohita with his rays travels along the earth and the sea.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 13 2.41

सर्वा दिशः सम् अचरद् रोहितो ऽधिपतिर् दिवः । दिवं समुद्रम् आद् भूमिं सर्वं भूतं वि रक्षति

sarvā diśaḥ sam acarad rohito 'dhipatir divaḥ | divaṃ samudram ād bhūmiṃ sarvaṃ bhūtaṃ vi rakṣati

Rohita traversed all the directions, overlord of the sky; he guards the sky, the sea, and then the earth, every being.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 13 2.42

आरोहन् छुक्रो बृहतीर् अतन्द्रो द्वे रूपे कृणुते रोचमानः । चित्रश् चिकित्वान् महिषो वातमाया यावतो लोकान् अभि यद् विभाति

ārohan chukro bṛhatīr atandro dve rūpe kṛṇute rocamānaḥ | citraś cikitvān mahiṣo vātamāyā yāvato lokān abhi yad vibhāti

Ascending, bright, untiring, shining, he makes for himself two forms upon the lofty (heights); bright-coloured, discerning, a buffalo with the magic power of wind — however many worlds there are, over them he shines forth.

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

AV 13 2.43

अभ्य् अन्यद् एति पर्य् अन्यद् अस्यते ऽहोरात्राभ्यां महिषः कल्पमानः । सूर्यं वयं रजसि क्षियन्तं गातुविदं हवामहे नाधमानाः

abhy anyad eti pary anyad asyate 'horātrābhyāṃ mahiṣaḥ kalpamānaḥ | sūryaṃ vayaṃ rajasi kṣiyantaṃ gātuvidaṃ havāmahe nādhamānāḥ

One (form) he approaches, the other he casts about — the buffalo shaping himself by day and night. We, in our need, call upon the Sun, dwelling in the airy space, the finder of the way.

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

AV 13 2.44

पृथिवीप्रो महिषो नाधमानस्य गातुर् अदब्धचक्षुः परि विश्वं बभूव । विश्वं संपश्यन्त् सुविदत्रो यजत्र इदं शृणोतु यद् अहं ब्रवीमि

pṛthivīpro mahiṣo nādhamānasya gātur adabdhacakṣuḥ pari viśvaṃ babhūva | viśvaṃ saṃpaśyant suvidatro yajatra idaṃ śṛṇotu yad ahaṃ bravīmi

Filling the earth, the buffalo, the way for the one in need, with undeceived eye he has encompassed the universe. Looking upon all, well-giving, worthy of worship, may he hear this that I say.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 13 2.45

पर्य् अस्य महिमा पृथिवीं समुद्रं ज्योतिषा विभ्राजन् परि द्याम् अन्तरिक्षम् । सर्वं संपश्यन्त् सुविदत्रो यजत्र इदं शृणोतु यद् अहं ब्रवीमि

pary asya mahimā pṛthivīṃ samudraṃ jyotiṣā vibhrājan pari dyām antarikṣam | sarvaṃ saṃpaśyant suvidatro yajatra idaṃ śṛṇotu yad ahaṃ bravīmi

His greatness (extends) around the earth and the sea, shining with light around the sky and the mid-air. Looking upon all, well-giving, worthy of worship, may he hear this that I say.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 13 2.46

अबोध्य् अग्निः समिधा जनानां प्रति धेनुम् इवायतीम् उषसम् । यह्वा इव प्र वयाम् उज्जिहानाः प्र भानवः सिस्रते नाकम् अछ

abodhy agniḥ samidhā janānāṃ prati dhenum ivāyatīm uṣasam | yahvā iva pra vayām ujjihānāḥ pra bhānavaḥ sisrate nākam acha

Agni has awakened with the kindling-wood of the people, facing the dawn as she comes on like a milch-cow. Like young (shoots) shooting up as a branch, the beams spread forth toward the firmament.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition