Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 13 — Chapter 4

AV 13 4.2

रश्मिभिर् नभ आभृतं महेन्द्र एत्य् आवृतः

raśmibhir nabha ābhṛtaṃ mahendra ety āvṛtaḥ

The cloud (is) brought together by (his) rays; great Indra comes, enveloped (in them).

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AV 13 4.3

स धाता स विधर्ता स वायुर् नभ उच्छ्रितम्

sa dhātā sa vidhartā sa vāyur nabha ucchritam

He is the establisher, he the apportioner, he is Vāyu, the cloud raised up.

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AV 13 4.4

सो ऽर्यमा स वरुणः स रुद्रः स महादेवः

so 'ryamā sa varuṇaḥ sa rudraḥ sa mahādevaḥ

He is Aryaman, he is Varuṇa, he is Rudra, he is the great god.

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AV 13 4.5

सो अग्निः स उ सूर्यः स उ एव महायमः

so agniḥ sa u sūryaḥ sa u eva mahāyamaḥ

He is Agni, he too is Sūrya, and he indeed is the great Yama.

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AV 13 4.6

तं वत्सा उप तिष्ठन्त्य् एकशीर्षाणो युता दश

taṃ vatsā upa tiṣṭhanty ekaśīrṣāṇo yutā daśa

Upon him the calves attend, ten of them, one-headed, yoked together.

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AV 13 4.7

पश्चात् प्राञ्च आ तन्वन्ति यद् उदेति वि भासति

paścāt prāñca ā tanvanti yad udeti vi bhāsati

From behind (i.e. from the west), facing east, they stretch (him) out; when he rises, he shines forth.

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AV 13 4.8

तस्यैष मारुतो गणः स एति शिक्याकृतः

tasyaiṣa māruto gaṇaḥ sa eti śikyākṛtaḥ

His is this troop of Maruts; it goes, fashioned into a sling.

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AV 13 4.9

रश्मिभिर् नभ आभृतं महेन्द्र एत्य् आवृतः

raśmibhir nabha ābhṛtaṃ mahendra ety āvṛtaḥ

The cloud is brought together by (his) rays; great Indra goes enveloped (in them).

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AV 13 4.10

तस्येमे नव कोशा विष्टम्भा नवधा हिताः

tasyeme nava kośā viṣṭambhā navadhā hitāḥ

His are these nine vessels, the props set down ninefold.

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AV 13 4.11

स प्रजाभ्यो वि पश्यति यच् च प्राणति यच् च न

sa prajābhyo vi paśyati yac ca prāṇati yac ca na

He looks out for the creatures, both what breathes and what does not.

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AV 13 4.12

तम् इदं निगतं सहः स एष एक एकवृद् एक एव

tam idaṃ nigataṃ sahaḥ sa eṣa eka ekavṛd eka eva

To him this power (is) come down; he, this one, is one, single-natured, one alone.

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AV 13 4.13

एते अस्मिन् देवा एकवृतो भवन्ति

ete asmin devā ekavṛto bhavanti

These gods become single-natured in him:

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AV 13 4.14

कीर्तिश् च यशश् चाम्भश् च नभश् च ब्राह्मणवर्चसं चान्नं चान्नाद्यं च

kīrtiś ca yaśaś cāmbhaś ca nabhaś ca brāhmaṇavarcasaṃ cānnaṃ cānnādyaṃ ca

fame and glory, and water and mist, and the lustre of a Brahman, and food and the eating of food.

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AV 13 4.15

य एतं देवम् एकवृतं वेद

ya etaṃ devam ekavṛtaṃ veda

(—for) whoever knows this god as single-natured.

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AV 13 4.16

न द्वितीयो न तृतीयश् चतुर्थो नाप्य् उच्यते

na dvitīyo na tṛtīyaś caturtho nāpy ucyate

He is not called a second, nor a third, nor even a fourth;

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AV 13 4.17

न पञ्चमो न षष्ठः सप्तमो नाप्य् उच्यते

na pañcamo na ṣaṣṭhaḥ saptamo nāpy ucyate

he is not called a fifth, nor a sixth, nor even a seventh;

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AV 13 4.18

नाष्टमो न नवमो दशमो नाप्य् उच्यते

nāṣṭamo na navamo daśamo nāpy ucyate

he is not called an eighth, nor a ninth, nor even a tenth.

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AV 13 4.19

स सर्वस्मै वि पश्यति यच् च प्राणति यच् च न

sa sarvasmai vi paśyati yac ca prāṇati yac ca na

He looks out for the whole, both what breathes and what does not.

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AV 13 4.20

तम् इदं निगतं सहः स एष एक एकवृद् एक एव

tam idaṃ nigataṃ sahaḥ sa eṣa eka ekavṛd eka eva

To him this power (is) come down; he, this one, is one, single-natured, one alone.

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AV 13 4.21

सर्वे अस्मिन् देवा एकवृतो भवन्ति

sarve asmin devā ekavṛto bhavanti

All the gods become single-natured in him:

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AV 13 4.22

ब्रह्म च तपश् च कीर्तिश् च यशश् चाम्भश् च नभश् च ब्राह्मणवर्चसं चान्नं चान्नाद्यं च

brahma ca tapaś ca kīrtiś ca yaśaś cāmbhaś ca nabhaś ca brāhmaṇavarcasaṃ cānnaṃ cānnādyaṃ ca

brahman and ascetic heat, fame and glory, and water and mist, and the lustre of a Brahman, and food and the eating of food,

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AV 13 4.23

भूतं च भव्यं च श्रद्धा च रुचिश् च स्वर्गश् च स्वधा च

bhūtaṃ ca bhavyaṃ ca śraddhā ca ruciś ca svargaś ca svadhā ca

and what has been and what is to be, and faith and pleasure, and heaven and the self-offering,

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AV 13 4.24

य एतं देवम् एकवृतं वेद

ya etaṃ devam ekavṛtaṃ veda

(—for) whoever knows this god as single-natured.

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AV 13 4.25

स एव मृत्युः सो ऽमृतं सो ऽभ्वं स रक्षः

sa eva mṛtyuḥ so 'mṛtaṃ so 'bhvaṃ sa rakṣaḥ

He himself is death, he is the immortal, he is the monstrous power, he is the demon.

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AV 13 4.26

स एति सविता स्वर् दिवस् पृष्ठे ऽवचाकशत् स रुद्रो वसुवनिर् वसुदेये नमोवाके वषट्कारो ऽनु संहितः

sa eti savitā svar divas pṛṣṭhe 'vacākaśat sa rudro vasuvanir vasudeye namovāke vaṣaṭkāro 'nu saṃhitaḥ

He goes as Savitṛ, the sun, gazing down on the back of heaven; he is Rudra, the winner of goods; at the giving of goods, at the utterance of homage, the vaṣaṭ-call is set in order after (him).

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AV 13 4.27

तस्येमे सर्वे यातव उप प्रशिषम् आसते

tasyeme sarve yātava upa praśiṣam āsate

All these sorcerers sit subject to his command.

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AV 13 4.28

तस्यामू सर्वा नक्षत्रा वशे चन्द्रमसा सह

tasyāmū sarvā nakṣatrā vaśe candramasā saha

All those constellations, together with the moon, are in his control.

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AV 13 4.29

स वा अह्नो ऽजायत तस्माद् अहर् अजायत

sa vā ahno 'jāyata tasmād ahar ajāyata

He indeed was born of the day; therefore the day was born.

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AV 13 4.30

स वै रात्र्या अजायत तस्माद् रात्रिर् अजायत

sa vai rātryā ajāyata tasmād rātrir ajāyata

He indeed was born of the night; therefore the night was born.

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AV 13 4.31

स वा अन्तरिक्षाद् अजायत तस्माद् अन्तरिक्षम् अजायत

sa vā antarikṣād ajāyata tasmād antarikṣam ajāyata

He indeed was born of the midspace; therefore the midspace was born.

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AV 13 4.32

स वै वायोर् अजायत तस्माद् वायुर् अजायत

sa vai vāyor ajāyata tasmād vāyur ajāyata

He indeed was born of the wind; therefore the wind was born.

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AV 13 4.33

स वै दिवो ऽजायत तस्माद् द्यौर् अधि अजायत

sa vai divo 'jāyata tasmād dyaur adhi ajāyata

He indeed was born of the sky; therefore the sky was born above.

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AV 13 4.34

स वै दिग्भ्यो ऽजायत तस्माद् दिशो ऽजायन्त

sa vai digbhyo 'jāyata tasmād diśo 'jāyanta

He indeed was born of the directions; therefore the directions were born.

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AV 13 4.35

स वै भूमेर् अजायत तस्माद् भूमिर् अजायत

sa vai bhūmer ajāyata tasmād bhūmir ajāyata

He indeed was born of the earth; therefore the earth was born.

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AV 13 4.36

स वा अग्नेर् अजायत तस्माद् अग्निर् अजायत

sa vā agner ajāyata tasmād agnir ajāyata

He indeed was born of Agni; therefore Agni was born.

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AV 13 4.37

स वा अद्भ्यो ऽजायत तस्माद् आपो ऽजायन्त

sa vā adbhyo 'jāyata tasmād āpo 'jāyanta

He indeed was born of the waters; therefore the waters were born.

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AV 13 4.38

स वा ऋग्भ्यो ऽजायत तस्माद् ऋचो ऽजायन्त

sa vā ṛgbhyo 'jāyata tasmād ṛco 'jāyanta

He indeed was born of the verses; therefore the verses were born.

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AV 13 4.39

स वै यज्ञाद् अजायत तस्माद् यज्ञो ऽजायत

sa vai yajñād ajāyata tasmād yajño 'jāyata

He indeed was born of the sacrifice; therefore the sacrifice was born.

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AV 13 4.40

स यज्ञस् तस्य यज्ञः स यज्ञस्य शिरस् कृतम्

sa yajñas tasya yajñaḥ sa yajñasya śiras kṛtam

He is the sacrifice, his is the sacrifice; he was made the head of the sacrifice.

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AV 13 4.41

स स्तनयति स वि द्योतते स उ अश्मानम् अस्यति

sa stanayati sa vi dyotate sa u aśmānam asyati

He thunders, he lightens, and he hurls the stone,

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AV 13 4.42

पापाय वा भद्राय वा पुरुषायासुराय वा

pāpāya vā bhadrāya vā puruṣāyāsurāya vā

for the evil or for the good man, for the man or for the asura.

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AV 13 4.43

यद् वा कृणोष्य् ओषधीर् यद् वा वर्षसि भद्रया यद् वा जन्यम् अवीवृधः

yad vā kṛṇoṣy oṣadhīr yad vā varṣasi bhadrayā yad vā janyam avīvṛdhaḥ

Whether you make the plants (grow), or whether you rain with blessing, or whether you have made what belongs to the people increase —

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AV 13 4.44

तावांस् ते मघवन् महिमोपो ते तन्वः शतम्

tāvāṃs te maghavan mahimopo te tanvaḥ śatam

so great is your greatness, O bounteous one; a hundred bodies are yours besides.

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AV 13 4.45

उपो ते बध्वे बद्धानि यदि वासि न्यर्बुदम्

upo te badhve baddhāni yadi vāsi nyarbudam

Bound things are near you for the binding, if you are (so) down to an arbuda.

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AV 13 4.46

भूयान् इन्द्रो नमुराद् भूयान् इन्द्रासि मृत्युभ्यः

bhūyān indro namurād bhūyān indrāsi mṛtyubhyaḥ

Indra is greater than the destroyer; you, Indra, are greater than the deaths;

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AV 13 4.47

भूयान् अरात्याः शच्याः पतिस् त्वम् इन्द्रासि विभूः प्रभूर् इति त्वोपास्महे वयम्

bhūyān arātyāḥ śacyāḥ patis tvam indrāsi vibhūḥ prabhūr iti tvopāsmahe vayam

greater than hostility. You, Indra, are the lord of power; as 'the pervading one, the pre-eminent one' we serve you.

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AV 13 4.48

नमस् ते अस्तु पश्यत पश्य मा पश्यत

namas te astu paśyata paśya mā paśyata

Homage be to you! Look, (all of you); look, (you); look at me.

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AV 13 4.49

अन्नाद्येन यशसा तेजसा ब्राह्मणवर्चसेन

annādyena yaśasā tejasā brāhmaṇavarcasena

With food, with glory, with brilliance, with priestly lustre.

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AV 13 4.50

अम्भो अमो महः सह इति त्वोपास्महे वयम्

ambho amo mahaḥ saha iti tvopāsmahe vayam

Flood, force, greatness, might — as such we serve you.

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AV 13 4.51

अम्भो अरुणं रजतं रजः सह इति त्वोपास्महे वयम्

ambho aruṇaṃ rajataṃ rajaḥ saha iti tvopāsmahe vayam

Flood, the ruddy, the silvery, the dusky realm, might — as such we serve you.

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AV 13 4.52

उरुः पृथुः सुभूर् भुव इति त्वोपास्महे वयम्

uruḥ pṛthuḥ subhūr bhuva iti tvopāsmahe vayam

Broad, wide, well-becoming, becoming — as such we serve you.

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AV 13 4.53

प्रथो वरो व्यचो लोक इति त्वोपास्महे वयम्

pratho varo vyaco loka iti tvopāsmahe vayam

Breadth, choice, extension, world — as such we serve you.

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AV 13 4.54

भवद्वसुर् इदद्वसुः संयद्वसुर् आयद्वसुर् इति त्वोपास्महे वयम्

bhavadvasur idadvasuḥ saṃyadvasur āyadvasur iti tvopāsmahe vayam

Having goods that come to be, having goods here, having goods that come together, having goods that approach — as such we serve you.

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AV 13 4.55

नमस् ते अस्तु पश्यत पश्य मा पश्यत

namas te astu paśyata paśya mā paśyata

Homage be to you! Look, (all of you); look, (you); look at me.

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AV 13 4.56

अन्नाद्येन यशसा तेजसा ब्राह्मणवर्चसेन

annādyena yaśasā tejasā brāhmaṇavarcasena

With food, with glory, with brilliance, with priestly lustre.

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