Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 13 — Chapter 3
AV 13 3.1
य इमे द्यावापृथिवी जजान यो द्रापिम् कृत्वा भुवनानि वस्ते । यस्मिन् क्षियन्ति प्रदिशः षड् उर्वीर् याः पतङ्गो अनु विचाकशीति । तस्य देवस्य क्रुद्धस्यैतद् आगो य एवं विद्वांसं ब्राह्मणं जिनाति
ya ime dyāvāpṛthivī jajāna yo drāpim kṛtvā bhuvanāni vaste | yasmin kṣiyanti pradiśaḥ ṣaḍ urvīr yāḥ pataṅgo anu vicākaśīti | tasya devasya kruddhasyaitad āgo ya evaṃ vidvāṃsaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ jināti
He who begot these two, heaven and earth; who, having made (them) a mantle, clothes himself in the worlds; in whom dwell the six broad directions, which the flying one looks out over — this is an offence against that god, when he is angered: whoever injures a brāhmaṇa who knows thus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
He who engendered these, the earth and heaven, who made the worlds the mantle that he weareth, In whom abide the six wide-spreading regions through which the Bird's keen vision penetrateth, This God is wroth offended by the sinner who wrongs the Brāhman who hath gained this knowledge Agitate him, O Rohita; destroy him: entangle in thy snares the Brāman's tyrant.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 13 3.2
यस्माद् वाता ऋतुथा पवन्ते यस्मात् समुद्रा अधि विक्षरन्ति । तस्य देवस्य क्रुद्धस्यैतद् आगो य एवं विद्वांसं ब्राह्मणं जिनाति । उद् वेपय रोहित प्र क्षिणीहि ब्रह्मज्यस्य प्रति मुञ्च पाशान्
yasmād vātā ṛtuthā pavante yasmāt samudrā adhi vikṣaranti | tasya devasya kruddhasyaitad āgo ya evaṃ vidvāṃsaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ jināti | ud vepaya rohita pra kṣiṇīhi brahmajyasya prati muñca pāśān
He from whom the winds blow purely in their seasons, from whom the seas flow forth — this is an offence against that god, when he is angered: whoever injures a brāhmaṇa who knows thus. Make (him) tremble, O Rohita, destroy (him); fasten the snares upon the injurer of the brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
He from whom winds blow pure in ordered season, from whom the seas flow forth in all directions, This God, etc.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 13 3.3
यो मारयति प्राणयति यस्मात् प्राणन्ति भुवनानि विश्वा । तस्य देवस्य क्रुद्धस्यैतद् आगो य एवं विद्वांसं ब्राह्मणं जिनाति । उद् वेपय रोहित प्र क्षिणीहि ब्रह्मज्यस्य प्रति मुञ्च पाशान्
yo mārayati prāṇayati yasmāt prāṇanti bhuvanāni viśvā | tasya devasya kruddhasyaitad āgo ya evaṃ vidvāṃsaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ jināti | ud vepaya rohita pra kṣiṇīhi brahmajyasya prati muñca pāśān
He who causes to die, who causes to breathe, from whom all the worlds breathe — this is an offence against that god, when he is angered: whoever injures a brāhmaṇa who knows thus. Make (him) tremble, O Rohita, destroy (him); fasten the snares upon the injurer of the brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
He who takes life away, he who bestows it; from whom comes breath to every living creature, This God, etc.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 13 3.4
यः प्राणेन द्यावापृथिवी तर्पयत्य् अपानेन समुद्रस्य जठरं यः पिपर्ति । तस्य देवस्य क्रुद्धस्यैतद् आगो य एवं विद्वांसं ब्राह्मणं जिनाति । उद् वेपय रोहित प्र क्षिणीहि ब्रह्मज्यस्य प्रति मुञ्च पाशान्
yaḥ prāṇena dyāvāpṛthivī tarpayaty apānena samudrasya jaṭharaṃ yaḥ piparti | tasya devasya kruddhasyaitad āgo ya evaṃ vidvāṃsaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ jināti | ud vepaya rohita pra kṣiṇīhi brahmajyasya prati muñca pāśān
He who with his in-breath satisfies heaven and earth, who with his out-breath fills the belly of the sea — this is an offence against that god, when he is angered: whoever injures a brāhmaṇa who knows thus. Make (him) tremble, O Rohita, destroy (him); fasten the snares upon the injurer of the brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Who with the breath he draws sates earth and heaven, with expiration fills the ocean's belly, This God, etc.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 13 3.5
यस्मिन् विराट् परमेष्ठी प्रजापतिर् अग्निर् वैश्वानरः सह पङ्क्त्या श्रितः । यः परस्य प्राणं परमस्य तेज आददे । तस्य देवस्य क्रुद्धस्यैतद् आगो य एवं विद्वांसं ब्राह्मणं जिनाति
yasmin virāṭ parameṣṭhī prajāpatir agnir vaiśvānaraḥ saha paṅktyā śritaḥ | yaḥ parasya prāṇaṃ paramasya teja ādade | tasya devasya kruddhasyaitad āgo ya evaṃ vidvāṃsaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ jināti
In whom Virāj, Parameṣṭhin, Prajāpati, Agni Vaiśvānara are fixed together with the paṅkti (metre); who took to himself the breath of the far one, the brilliance of the farthest — this is an offence against that god, when he is angered: whoever injures a brāhmaṇa who knows thus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
In whom Virāj, Prajāpati, Parameshthin, Agni Vaisvānara abide with Pankti, He who hath taken to himself the breathing of the Supreme, the vigour of the Highest, This God, etc.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 13 3.6
यस्मिन् षड् उर्वीः पञ्च दिशो अधिश्रिताश् चतस्र आपो यज्ञस्य त्रयो ऽक्षराः । यो अन्तरा रोदसी क्रुद्धश् चक्षुषैक्षत । तस्य देवस्य क्रुद्धस्यैतद् आगो य एवं विद्वांसं ब्राह्मणम् जिनाति
yasmin ṣaḍ urvīḥ pañca diśo adhiśritāś catasra āpo yajñasya trayo 'kṣarāḥ | yo antarā rodasī kruddhaś cakṣuṣaikṣata | tasya devasya kruddhasyaitad āgo ya evaṃ vidvāṃsaṃ brāhmaṇam jināti
In whom the six broad ones, the five directions, are fixed, the four waters, the three syllables of the sacrifice; who, angered, looked with his eye between the two worlds — this is an offence against that god, when he is angered: whoever injures a brāhmaṇa who knows thus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
On whom rest six expenses and five regions, four waters, and three syllables of worship, He who hath looked between both spheres in anger, This God, etc.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 13 3.7
यो अन्नादो अन्नपतिर् बभूव ब्रह्मणस् पतिर् उत यः । भूतो भविष्यत् भुवनस्य यस् पतिः । तस्य देवस्य क्रुद्धस्यैतद् आगो य एवं विद्वांसं ब्राह्मणं जिनाति
yo annādo annapatir babhūva brahmaṇas patir uta yaḥ | bhūto bhaviṣyat bhuvanasya yas patiḥ | tasya devasya kruddhasyaitad āgo ya evaṃ vidvāṃsaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ jināti
He who became the eater of food, the lord of food, and who (became) Brahmaṇaspati; who was and will be the lord of the world — this is an offence against that god, when he is angered: whoever injures a brāhmaṇa who knows thus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
He who, consuming food, became its master, the Lord of Prayer, the Regent of Devotion, The world's Lord, present and to be hereafter, This God, etc.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 13 3.8
अहोरात्रैर् विमितं त्रिंशदङ्गं त्रयोदशं मासं यो निर्मिमीते । तस्य देवस्य क्रुद्धस्यैतद् आगो य एवं विद्वांसं ब्राह्मणं जिनाति । उद् वेपय रोहित प्र क्षिणीहि ब्रह्मज्यस्य प्रति मुञ्च पाशान्
ahorātrair vimitaṃ triṃśadaṅgaṃ trayodaśaṃ māsaṃ yo nirmimīte | tasya devasya kruddhasyaitad āgo ya evaṃ vidvāṃsaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ jināti | ud vepaya rohita pra kṣiṇīhi brahmajyasya prati muñca pāśān
He who fashions the thirteenth month, measured out by days and nights, with thirty limbs — this is an offence against that god, when he is angered: whoever injures a brāhmaṇa who knows thus. Make (him) tremble, O Rohita, destroy (him); fasten the snares upon the injurer of the brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
He who metes out the thirteenth month, constructed with days and nights, containing thirty members, This God, etc.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 13 3.9
कृस्णं नियानं हरयः सुपर्णा अपो वसाना दिवम् उत् पतन्ति । त आववृत्रन्त् सदनाद् ऋतस्य । तस्य देवस्य क्रुद्धस्यैतद् आगो य एवं विद्वांसं ब्राह्मणं जिनाति
kṛsṇaṃ niyānaṃ harayaḥ suparṇā apo vasānā divam ut patanti | ta āvavṛtrant sadanād ṛtasya | tasya devasya kruddhasyaitad āgo ya evaṃ vidvāṃsaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ jināti
The tawny fair-winged ones, clothing themselves in the waters, fly up to heaven by the black downward path; they have turned back from the seat of ṛta — this is an offence against that god, when he is angered: whoever injures a brāhmaṇa who knows thus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Dark the descent; the strong-winged birds are golden: they fly aloft to heaven, enrobed in waters. They have come hither from the seat of Order, This God, etc.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 13 3.10
यत् ते चन्द्रं कश्यप रोचनावद् यत् संहितं पुष्कलं चित्रभानु यस्मिन्त् सूर्या आर्पिताः सप्त साकम् । तस्य देवस्य क्रुद्धस्यैतद् आगो य एवं विद्वांसं ब्राह्मणं जिनाति । उद् वेपय रोहित प्र क्षिणीहि ब्रह्मज्यस्य प्रति मुञ्च पाशान्
yat te candraṃ kaśyapa rocanāvad yat saṃhitaṃ puṣkalaṃ citrabhānu yasmint sūryā ārpitāḥ sapta sākam | tasya devasya kruddhasyaitad āgo ya evaṃ vidvāṃsaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ jināti | ud vepaya rohita pra kṣiṇīhi brahmajyasya prati muñca pāśān
That shining (light) of yours, O Kaśyapa, full of brightness, that which is compact, abundant, of brilliant radiance, in which the seven suns are set together — this is an offence against that god, when he is angered: whoever injures a brāhmaṇa who knows thus. Make (him) tremble, O Rohita, destroy (him); fasten the snares upon the injurer of the brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
What silver. Kasyapa, thou hast refulgent, what brightly-shining lotus-flower collected, Wherein are gathered seven Suns together, This God, etc.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 13 3.11
बृहद् एनम् अनु वस्ते पुरस्ताद् रथंतरं प्रति गृह्णाति पश्चात् । ज्योतिर् वसाने सदम् अप्रमादम् । तस्य देवस्य क्रुद्धस्यैतद् आगो य एवं विद्वांसं ब्राह्मणं जिनाति
bṛhad enam anu vaste purastād rathaṃtaraṃ prati gṛhṇāti paścāt | jyotir vasāne sadam apramādam | tasya devasya kruddhasyaitad āgo ya evaṃ vidvāṃsaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ jināti
The bṛhat (chant) clothes him in front; the rathaṃtara receives him behind — as he clothes himself in light, ever unfaltering. This is an offence against that god, when he is angered: whoever injures a brāhmaṇa who knows thus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
In front the Brihat-Sāman is his mantle, and from behind Rathantara enfolds him, Ever with care robing themselves in splendour. This God, etc.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 13 3.12
बृहद् अन्यतः पक्ष आसीद् रथंतरम् अन्यतः सबले सध्रीची । यद् रोहितम् अजनयन्त देवाः । तस्य देवस्य क्रुद्धस्यैतद् आगो य एवं विद्वांसं ब्राह्मणं जिनाति
bṛhad anyataḥ pakṣa āsīd rathaṃtaram anyataḥ sabale sadhrīcī | yad rohitam ajanayanta devāḥ | tasya devasya kruddhasyaitad āgo ya evaṃ vidvāṃsaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ jināti
The bṛhat was his wing on one side, the rathaṃtara on the other, the two together with (his) strength, when the gods generated Rohita — this is an offence against that god, when he is angered: whoever injures a brāhmaṇa who knows thus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
One of his wings was Brihat, and the other Rathantarr., vigorous with one same purpose, What time the Gods gave Rohita his being. This God, etc.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 13 3.13
स वरुणः सायम् अग्निर् भवति स मित्रो भवति प्रातर् उद्यन् । स सविता भूत्वान्तरिक्षेण याति स इन्द्रो भूत्वा तपति मध्यतो दिवम् । तस्य देवस्य क्रुद्धस्यैतद् आगो य एवं विद्वांसं ब्राह्मणं जिनाति
sa varuṇaḥ sāyam agnir bhavati sa mitro bhavati prātar udyan | sa savitā bhūtvāntarikṣeṇa yāti sa indro bhūtvā tapati madhyato divam | tasya devasya kruddhasyaitad āgo ya evaṃ vidvāṃsaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ jināti
He, as Agni in the evening, becomes Varuṇa; he becomes Mitra, rising at dawn. Having become Savitṛ, he travels through the midspace; having become Indra, he heats the sky from the middle. This is the offence against that god when he is angered, (done by) whoever injures a brāhmaṇa who knows thus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
At evening he is Varuna and Agni, ascending in the morning he is Mitra. As Savitar, he moves through air's mid region, as Indra warms- the heavens from the centre. This God, etc.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 13 3.14
सहस्राह्ण्यं वियताव् अस्य पक्षौ हरेर् हंसस्य पततः स्वर्गम् । स देवान्त् सर्वान् उरस्य् उपदद्य संपश्यन् याति भुवनानि विश्वा । तस्य देवस्य क्रुद्धस्यैतद् आगो य एवं विद्वांसं ब्राह्मणं जिनाति
sahasrāhṇyaṃ viyatāv asya pakṣau harer haṃsasya patataḥ svargam | sa devānt sarvān urasy upadadya saṃpaśyan yāti bhuvanāni viśvā | tasya devasya kruddhasyaitad āgo ya evaṃ vidvāṃsaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ jināti
A thousand days' (journey) apart are stretched the two wings of this tawny goose as it flies to heaven. Having set all the gods upon his breast, he goes on, surveying together all the worlds. This is the offence against that god when he is angered, (done by) whoever injures a brāhmaṇa who knows thus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
This gold-hued Harisa's wings, soaring to heaven spread o'er a thousand days' continued journey. Supporting all the Gods upon his bosom, he goes his way behol- ding every creature. This God, etc.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 13 3.15
अयं स देवो अप्स्व् अन्तः सहस्रमूलः परुशाको अत्त्रिः । य इदं विश्वं भुवनं जजान । तस्य देवस्य क्रुद्धस्यैतद् आगो य एवं विद्वांसं ब्राह्मणं जिनाति
ayaṃ sa devo apsv antaḥ sahasramūlaḥ paruśāko attriḥ | ya idaṃ viśvaṃ bhuvanaṃ jajāna | tasya devasya kruddhasyaitad āgo ya evaṃ vidvāṃsaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ jināti
This is that god within the waters, thousand-rooted, knotty-branched (?), the devourer — he who begot this whole world. This is the offence against that god when he is angry, (committed by him) who injures a brahman who knows thus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
This is the God who dwells-within the waters, the thousand- rooted, many-powered Atri, He who brought all this world into existence. This God; etc.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 13 3.16
शुक्रं वहन्ति हरयो रघुष्यदो देवं दिवि वर्चसा भ्राजमानम् । यस्योर्ध्वा दिवं तन्वस् तपन्त्य् अर्वाङ् सुवर्णैः पटरैर् वि भाति । तस्य देवस्य क्रुद्धस्यैतद् आगो य एवं विद्वांसं ब्राह्मणं जिनाति
śukraṃ vahanti harayo raghuṣyado devaṃ divi varcasā bhrājamānam | yasyordhvā divaṃ tanvas tapanty arvāṅ suvarṇaiḥ paṭarair vi bhāti | tasya devasya kruddhasyaitad āgo ya evaṃ vidvāṃsaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ jināti
The tawny, swift-running (horses) carry the bright god, shining in heaven with splendour, whose upward bodies burn toward heaven, (while) on this side he shines out with golden flyers (?). This is the offence against that god when he is angry, (committed by him) who injures a brahman who knows thus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
With flying feet his tawny coursers carry the bright God through, the sky, aglow with splendour. Whose limbs uplifted fire and heat the heavens: hither he shines- with beams of golden colour. This God, etc.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 13 3.17
येनादित्यान् हरितः सम्वहन्ति येन यज्ञेन बहवो यन्ति प्रजानन्तः । यद् एकं ज्योतिर् बहुधा विभाति । तस्य देवस्य क्रुद्धस्यैतद् आगो य एवं विद्वांसं ब्राह्मणं जिनाति
yenādityān haritaḥ samvahanti yena yajñena bahavo yanti prajānantaḥ | yad ekaṃ jyotir bahudhā vibhāti | tasya devasya kruddhasyaitad āgo ya evaṃ vidvāṃsaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ jināti
By which the tawny (mares) convey the Ādityas together, by which sacrifice many go forward knowing (the way) — (that) which, being one light, shines forth manifoldly: of that god, when angered, this is the offence, (done by him) who injures a Brahman who knows thus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
He beside whom his bay steeds bear the Ādityas, by whom as sacrifice go many knowing. The sole light shining spread through various places. This God, etc.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 13 3.18
सप्त युञ्जन्ति रथम् एकचक्रम् एको अश्वो वहति सप्तनामा । त्रिनाभि चक्रम् अजरम् अनर्वं यत्रेमा विश्वा भुवनाधि तस्थुः । तस्य देवस्य क्रुद्धस्यैतद् आगो य एवं विद्वांसं ब्राह्मणं जिनाति
sapta yuñjanti ratham ekacakram eko aśvo vahati saptanāmā | trinābhi cakram ajaram anarvaṃ yatremā viśvā bhuvanādhi tasthuḥ | tasya devasya kruddhasyaitad āgo ya evaṃ vidvāṃsaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ jināti
Seven yoke the one-wheeled chariot; one horse with seven names draws (it). Three-naveled is the wheel, unaging, unstoppable, on which all these worlds stand. This is the offence against that god when he is angered, (namely) that one injures a Brahman who knows thus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
This seven make the one-wheeled chariot ready: bearing seven names the single courser draws it. The wheel, three-naved, is sound and undecaying: thereon these worlds of life are all dependent. This God, etc.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 13 3.19
अष्टधा युक्तो वहति वह्निर् उग्रः पिता देवानां जनिता मतीनाम् । ऋतस्य तन्तुं मनसा मिमानः सर्वा दिशः पवते मातरिश्वा । तस्य देवस्य क्रुद्धस्यैतद् आगो य एवं विद्वांसं ब्राह्मणं जिनाति
aṣṭadhā yukto vahati vahnir ugraḥ pitā devānāṃ janitā matīnām | ṛtasya tantuṃ manasā mimānaḥ sarvā diśaḥ pavate mātariśvā | tasya devasya kruddhasyaitad āgo ya evaṃ vidvāṃsaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ jināti
Eight times attached the potent Courser draws it, Sire of the Gods, father of hymns and praises. So Mātarisvan, measuring in spirit the thread of Order, purifies all regions. This God, etc.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96) (public domain)
AV 13 3.20
संयञ्चं तन्तुं प्रदिशो ऽनु सर्वा अन्तर् गायत्र्याम् अमृतस्य गर्भे । तस्य देवस्य क्रुद्धस्यैतद् आगो य एवं विद्वांसं ब्राह्मणं जिनाति । उद् वेपय रोहित प्र क्षिणीहि ब्रह्मज्यस्य प्रति मुञ्च पाशान्
saṃyañcaṃ tantuṃ pradiśo 'nu sarvā antar gāyatryām amṛtasya garbhe | tasya devasya kruddhasyaitad āgo ya evaṃ vidvāṃsaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ jināti | ud vepaya rohita pra kṣiṇīhi brahmajyasya prati muñca pāśān
(He measures out) the converging thread along all the directions, within the Gāyatrī, in the womb of the immortal. This is an offence against that god when he is angered — whoever injures a Brahman who knows thus. Make (him) tremble, O Rohita, crush (him) down; fasten the snares upon the oppressor of Brahmans.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
The thread that goes through all celestial quarters within the Gāyatri, womb of life eternal. This God, etc.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 13 3.21
निम्रुचस् तिस्रो व्युषो ह तिस्रस् त्रीणि रजांसि दिवो अङ्ग तिस्रः । विद्मा ते अग्ने त्रेधा जनित्रं त्रेधा देवानां जनिमानि विद्म । तस्य देवस्य क्रुद्धस्यैतद् आगो य एवं विद्वांसं ब्राह्मणं जिनाति
nimrucas tisro vyuṣo ha tisras trīṇi rajāṃsi divo aṅga tisraḥ | vidmā te agne tredhā janitraṃ tredhā devānāṃ janimāni vidma | tasya devasya kruddhasyaitad āgo ya evaṃ vidvāṃsaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ jināti
Three are the sunsettings, three indeed the dawns, three the dusty realms, three, O dear one, of heaven. We know, O Agni, thy threefold birth, threefold we know the births of the gods. This is an offence against that god when he is angered, whoever injures a brāhmaṇa who knows thus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
There are the settings, three the upward risings, three are the- spaces, yea, and three the heavens. We know thy triple place of birth, O Agni, we know the deities'' triple generations.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 13 3.22
वि य और्णोत् पृथिवीं जायमान आ समुद्रम् अदधात् अन्तरिक्षे । तस्य देवस्य क्रुद्धस्यैतद् आगो य एवं विद्वांसं ब्राह्मणं जिनाति । उद् वेपय रोहित प्र क्षिणीहि ब्रह्मज्यस्य प्रति मुञ्च पाशान्
vi ya aurṇot pṛthivīṃ jāyamāna ā samudram adadhāt antarikṣe | tasya devasya kruddhasyaitad āgo ya evaṃ vidvāṃsaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ jināti | ud vepaya rohita pra kṣiṇīhi brahmajyasya prati muñca pāśān
He who, as he was being born, uncovered the earth and set the ocean in the midspace — this is the offence against that god when he is angered, (the offence) of one who injures a brāhmaṇa who knows thus. Shake (him) up, Rohita, destroy (him), fasten the snares upon the oppressor of the brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
He who, as soon as born, laid broad earth open, and set the ocean in the air's mid-region, This God, etc.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 13 3.23
त्वम् अग्ने क्रतुभिः केतुभिर् हितो ऽर्कः समिद्ध उद् अरोचथा दिवि । किम् अभ्य् आर्चन् मरुतः पृश्निमातरो यद् रोहितम् अजनयन्त देवाः । तस्य देवस्य क्रुद्धस्यैतद् आगो य एवं विद्वांसं ब्राह्मणं जिनाति
tvam agne kratubhiḥ ketubhir hito 'rkaḥ samiddha ud arocathā divi | kim abhy ārcan marutaḥ pṛśnimātaro yad rohitam ajanayanta devāḥ | tasya devasya kruddhasyaitad āgo ya evaṃ vidvāṃsaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ jināti
You, Agni, set in place by (their) designs and signals, a kindled light, shone up in heaven. What did the Maruts, whose mother is Pṛśni, sing toward, when the gods begot the Rohita? Of that god, when angered, this is the offence: whoever injures a brāhmaṇa who knows thus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Thou, Agni, kind with lights and mental powers, hast up in heaven shone as the Sun, enkindled. The Maruts, sons of Prisni, sang his praises what time the Gods gave Rohita his being. This God, etc.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 13 3.24
य आत्मदा बलदा यस्य विश्व उपासते प्रशिषं यस्य देवाः । यो ऽस्येशे द्विपदो यश् चतुष्पदः । तस्य देवस्य क्रुद्धस्यैतद् आगो य एवं विद्वांसं ब्राह्मणं जिनाति
ya ātmadā baladā yasya viśva upāsate praśiṣaṃ yasya devāḥ | yo 'syeśe dvipado yaś catuṣpadaḥ | tasya devasya kruddhasyaitad āgo ya evaṃ vidvāṃsaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ jināti
He who gives the self, who gives strength, whose command all (beings) attend upon, whose (command) the gods (attend upon); who is lord of this (world) of the two-footed, who of the four-footed — this is an offence against that god when he is angered, whoever injures a brahman who knows thus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Giver of breath, giver of strength and vigour, he whose com- mandment all the Gods acknowledge, He who is Lord of this, of man and cattle, This God, etc.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 13 3.25
एकपाद् द्विपदो भूयो वि चक्रमे द्विपात् त्रिपादम् अभ्य् एति पश्चात् । चतुष्पाच् चक्रे द्विपदाम् अभिस्वरे संपश्यन् पङ्क्तिम् उपतिष्ठमानः । तस्य देवस्य क्रुद्धस्यैतद् आगो य एवं विद्वांसं ब्राह्मणं जिनाति
ekapād dvipado bhūyo vi cakrame dvipāt tripādam abhy eti paścāt | catuṣpāc cakre dvipadām abhisvare saṃpaśyan paṅktim upatiṣṭhamānaḥ | tasya devasya kruddhasyaitad āgo ya evaṃ vidvāṃsaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ jināti
The single-footed hath outstepped the biped, the biped overtakes the triple-footed. The quadruped hath wrought when bipeds called him, standing and looking on the five collected. This God is wroth offended by the sinner that wrongs the Brāhman who hath gained this knowledge. Agitate him, O Rohita; destroy him: entangle in thy snares the Brāhman's tyrant.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96) (public domain)
AV 13 3.26
कृष्णायः पुत्रो अर्जुनो रात्र्या वत्सो ऽजायत । स ह द्याम् अधि रोहति रुहो रुरोह रोहितः
kṛṣṇāyaḥ putro arjuno rātryā vatso 'jāyata | sa ha dyām adhi rohati ruho ruroha rohitaḥ
The white son of the black (cow), the calf of Night, was born; he indeed mounts up to the sky — the ruddy one has climbed the climbings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Born is the darksome Mother's Son, the whitely shining Calf of Night. He, Rohita, ascendeth up to heaven, hath mounted to the heights.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)