Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 14 — Chapter 1

AV 14 1.1

सत्येनोत्तभिता भूमिः सूर्येणोत्तभिता द्यौः । ऋतेनादित्यास् तिष्ठन्ति दिवि सोमो अधि श्रितः

satyenottabhitā bhūmiḥ sūryeṇottabhitā dyauḥ | ṛtenādityās tiṣṭhanti divi somo adhi śritaḥ

By truth the earth is propped up, by the sun the sky is propped up; by ṛta the Ādityas stand, and Soma is set in heaven.

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AV 14 1.2

सोमेनादित्या बलिनः सोमेन पृथिवी मही । अथो नक्षत्राणाम् एषाम् उपस्थे सोम आहितः

somenādityā balinaḥ somena pṛthivī mahī | atho nakṣatrāṇām eṣām upasthe soma āhitaḥ

By Soma the Ādityas are strong, by Soma the earth is great; and Soma is placed in the lap of these constellations.

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AV 14 1.3

सोमं मन्यते पपिवान् यत् संपिंषन्त्य् ओषधिम् । सोमं यं ब्रह्माणो विदुर् न तस्याश्नाति पार्थिवः

somaṃ manyate papivān yat saṃpiṃṣanty oṣadhim | somaṃ yaṃ brahmāṇo vidur na tasyāśnāti pārthivaḥ

One who has drunk thinks he has drunk Soma when they crush the plant; but of that Soma which the brahmans know, no earthly one partakes.

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AV 14 1.4

यत् त्वा सोम प्रपिबन्ति तत आ प्यायसे पुनः । वायुः सोमस्य रक्षिता समानां मास आकृतिः

yat tvā soma prapibanti tata ā pyāyase punaḥ | vāyuḥ somasya rakṣitā samānāṃ māsa ākṛtiḥ

When they drink you up, O Soma, from that you swell again; Vāyu is Soma's guardian; the month is the shape of the years (?).

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AV 14 1.5

आछद्विधानैर् गुपितो बार्हतैः सोम रक्षितः । ग्राव्णाम् इच् छृण्वन् तिष्ठसि न ते अश्नाति पार्थिवः

āchadvidhānair gupito bārhataiḥ soma rakṣitaḥ | grāvṇām ic chṛṇvan tiṣṭhasi na te aśnāti pārthivaḥ

Guarded by covering arrangements, protected, O Soma, by the bārhata (verses), you stand hearing the pressing-stones; no earthly one eats of you.

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AV 14 1.6

चित्तिर् आ उपबर्हणं चक्षुर् आ अभ्यञ्जनम् । द्यौर् भूमिः कोश आसीद् यद् अयात् सूर्या पतिम्

cittir ā upabarhaṇaṃ cakṣur ā abhyañjanam | dyaur bhūmiḥ kośa āsīd yad ayāt sūryā patim

Thought was her pillow, sight her ointment; sky and earth were the chest, when Sūryā went to her husband.

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AV 14 1.7

रैभ्य् आसीद् अनुदेयी नाराशंसी न्योचनी । सुर्याया भद्रम् इद् वासो गाथयति परिष्कृता

raibhy āsīd anudeyī nārāśaṃsī nyocanī | suryāyā bhadram id vāso gāthayati pariṣkṛtā

The Raibhī was the attendant gift, the Nārāśaṃsī the one who settles in; Sūryā's garment was indeed auspicious, adorned with the gāthā.

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AV 14 1.8

स्तोमा आसन् प्रतिधयः कुरीरं छन्द ओपशः । सूर्याया अश्विना वराग्निर् आसीत् पुरोगवः

stomā āsan pratidhayaḥ kurīraṃ chanda opaśaḥ | sūryāyā aśvinā varāgnir āsīt purogavaḥ

The praise-songs were the crossbands, the kurīra headdress was the metre; the Aśvins were Sūryā's wooers, Agni was the one who went in front.

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AV 14 1.9

सोमो वधूयुर् अभवद् अश्विनास्ताम् उभा वरा । सूर्यां यत् पत्ये शंसन्तीं मनसा सविताददात्

somo vadhūyur abhavad aśvināstām ubhā varā | sūryāṃ yat patye śaṃsantīṃ manasā savitādadāt

Soma became the bride-seeker; the two Aśvins were both suitors; when Savitṛ gave away Sūryā, who was assenting with her mind, to her husband.

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AV 14 1.10

मनो अस्या अन आसीद् द्यौर् आसीद् उत छदिः । शुक्राव् अनड्वाहाव् आस्तां यद् अयात् सूर्या पतिम्

mano asyā ana āsīd dyaur āsīd uta chadiḥ | śukrāv anaḍvāhāv āstāṃ yad ayāt sūryā patim

Her mind was the cart, the sky was the covering; the two bright ones were the draught-oxen, when Sūryā went to her husband.

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AV 14 1.11

ऋक्सामाभ्याम् अभिहितौ गावौ ते सामनाव् ऐताम् । श्रोत्रे ते चक्रे आस्तां दिवि पन्थाश् चराचरः

ṛksāmābhyām abhihitau gāvau te sāmanāv aitām | śrotre te cakre āstāṃ divi panthāś carācaraḥ

Harnessed by ṛc and sāman, your two oxen went as a matched pair; your two ears were the wheels; in heaven was the moving path.

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AV 14 1.12

शुची ते चक्रे यात्या व्यानो अक्ष आहतः । अनो मनस्मयं सूर्यारोहत् प्रयती पतिम्

śucī te cakre yātyā vyāno akṣa āhataḥ | ano manasmayaṃ sūryārohat prayatī patim

Pure are your two wheels for going; the breath (vyāna) is the axle fixed in (them). Sūryā mounted the mind-made cart as she went to her husband.

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AV 14 1.13

सूर्याया वहतुः प्रागात् सविता यम् अवासृजत् । मघासु हन्यन्ते गावः फल्गुनीषु व्य् उह्यते

sūryāyā vahatuḥ prāgāt savitā yam avāsṛjat | maghāsu hanyante gāvaḥ phalgunīṣu vy uhyate

Sūryā's bridal train went forth, which Savitā sent off. In (the asterism) Maghā the cattle are slain; in the Phalgunīs she is led home.

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AV 14 1.14

यद् अश्विना पृछमानाव् अयातं त्रिचक्रेण वहतुं सूर्यायाः । क्वैकं चक्रं वाम् आसीत् क्व देष्ट्राय तस्थथुः

yad aśvinā pṛchamānāv ayātaṃ tricakreṇa vahatuṃ sūryāyāḥ | kvaikaṃ cakraṃ vām āsīt kva deṣṭrāya tasthathuḥ

When, O Aśvins, you two, being the askers (suitors), went with the three-wheeled (car) to the wedding of Sūryā—where was your one wheel? where did you two stand for the pointing-out?

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AV 14 1.15

यद् अयातं शुभस् पती वरेयं सूर्याम् उप । विश्वे देवा अनु तद् वाम् अजानन् पुत्रः पितरम् अवृणीत पूषा

yad ayātaṃ śubhas patī vareyaṃ sūryām upa | viśve devā anu tad vām ajānan putraḥ pitaram avṛṇīta pūṣā

When, O lords of splendour, you two went to Sūryā to woo her, all the gods assented to that for you; (as) a son (chooses) a father, Pūṣan chose (her).

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AV 14 1.16

द्वे ते चक्रे सूर्ये ब्रह्माण ऋतुथा विदुः । अथैकं चक्रं यद् गुहा तद् अद्धातय इद् विदुः

dve te cakre sūrye brahmāṇa ṛtuthā viduḥ | athaikaṃ cakraṃ yad guhā tad addhātaya id viduḥ

Two wheels of yours, O Sūryā, the brahmans know according to the season; but the one wheel that is hidden—that only the truth-knowers know.

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AV 14 1.17

अर्यमणं यजामहे सुबन्धुं पतिवेदनम् । उर्वारुकम् इव बन्धनात् प्रेतो मुञ्चामि नामुतः

aryamaṇaṃ yajāmahe subandhuṃ pativedanam | urvārukam iva bandhanāt preto muñcāmi nāmutaḥ

We worship Aryaman, the good kinsman, the finder of a husband. As (one loosens) a cucumber from its stalk, so I loose (her) from here, not from there.

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AV 14 1.18

प्रेतो मुञ्चामि नामुतः सुबद्धाम् अमुतस् करम् । यथेयम् इन्द्र मीढ्वः सुपुत्रा सुभगासति

preto muñcāmi nāmutaḥ subaddhām amutas karam | yatheyam indra mīḍhvaḥ suputrā subhagāsati

From here I loose (her), not from there; I make her well bound there, so that she, O bountiful Indra, may be rich in sons and fortunate.

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AV 14 1.19

प्र त्वा मुञ्चामि वरुणस्य पाशाद् येन त्वाबध्नात् सविता सुशेवाः । ऋतस्य योनौ सुकृतस्य लोके स्योनं ते अस्तु सहसंभलायै

pra tvā muñcāmi varuṇasya pāśād yena tvābadhnāt savitā suśevāḥ | ṛtasya yonau sukṛtasya loke syonaṃ te astu sahasaṃbhalāyai

I release you from the fetter of Varuṇa, with which the very kindly Savitā bound you. In the womb of ṛta, in the world of good action, let it be pleasant for you together with your husband.

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AV 14 1.20

भगस् त्वेतो नयतु हस्तगृह्याश्विना त्वा प्र वहतां रथेन । गृहान् गछ गृहपत्नी यथासो वशिनी त्वं विदथम् आ वदासि

bhagas tveto nayatu hastagṛhyāśvinā tvā pra vahatāṃ rathena | gṛhān gacha gṛhapatnī yathāso vaśinī tvaṃ vidatham ā vadāsi

Let Bhaga lead you from here, taking you by the hand; let the Aśvins carry you forth by chariot. Go to the house, so that you may be mistress of the house; you, having authority, shall speak (before) the assembly.

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AV 14 1.21

इह प्रियं प्रजायै ते सम् ऋध्यताम् अस्मिन् गृहे गार्हपत्याय जागृहि । एना पत्या तन्वं सं स्पृशस्वाथ जिर्विर् विदथम् आ वदासि

iha priyaṃ prajāyai te sam ṛdhyatām asmin gṛhe gārhapatyāya jāgṛhi | enā patyā tanvaṃ saṃ spṛśasvātha jirvir vidatham ā vadāsi

Here let what is dear prosper for your offspring; in this house be watchful for the householdership. Join your body with this husband; then, aged, you shall speak (before) the assembly.

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AV 14 1.22

इहैव स्तं मा वि यौष्टं विश्वम् आयुर् व्य् अश्नुतम् । क्रीडन्तौ पुत्रैर् नप्तृभिर् मोदमानौ स्वस्तकौ

ihaiva staṃ mā vi yauṣṭaṃ viśvam āyur vy aśnutam | krīḍantau putrair naptṛbhir modamānau svastakau

Be just here; do not part; attain the whole of your lifetime, playing with sons and grandsons, rejoicing, in your own home.

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AV 14 1.23

पूर्वापरं चरतो मायैतौ शिशू क्रीडन्तौ परि यातो ऽर्णवम् । विश्वान्यो भुवना विचष्ट ऋतूंर् अन्यो विदधज् जायसे नवः

pūrvāparaṃ carato māyaitau śiśū krīḍantau pari yāto 'rṇavam | viśvānyo bhuvanā vicaṣṭa ṛtūṃr anyo vidadhaj jāyase navaḥ

These two children go, the one before, the other after, by magic power; playing, they circle the sea. The one surveys all the worlds; the other, ordering the seasons, is born anew.

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AV 14 1.24

नवोनवो भवसि जायमानो ऽह्नां केतुर् उषसाम् एष्य् अग्रम् । भागं देवेभ्यो वि दधास्य् आयन् प्र चन्द्रमस् तिरसे दीर्घम् आयुः

navonavo bhavasi jāyamāno 'hnāṃ ketur uṣasām eṣy agram | bhāgaṃ devebhyo vi dadhāsy āyan pra candramas tirase dīrgham āyuḥ

New and new you become as you are born; as the banner of the days you go at the front of the dawns. Coming, you apportion their share to the gods; O Moon, you extend (for us) long life.

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AV 14 1.25

परा देहि शामुल्यं ब्रह्मभ्यो वि भजा वसु । कृत्यैषा पद्वती भूत्वा जाया विशते पतिम्

parā dehi śāmulyaṃ brahmabhyo vi bhajā vasu | kṛtyaiṣā padvatī bhūtvā jāyā viśate patim

Give away the (bridal) shift; distribute wealth to the brahmans. This witchcraft, having become footed, enters the husband as a wife.

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AV 14 1.26

नीललोहितं भवति कृत्यासक्तिर् व्य् अज्यते । एधन्ते अस्या ज्ञातयः पतिर् बन्धेषु बध्यते

nīlalohitaṃ bhavati kṛtyāsaktir vy ajyate | edhante asyā jñātayaḥ patir bandheṣu badhyate

It becomes dark blue and red; the clinging witchcraft is smeared out. Her kinsmen thrive; the husband is bound in bonds.

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AV 14 1.27

अश्लीला तनूर् भवति रुशती पापयामुया । पतिर् यद् वध्वो वाससः स्वम् अङ्गम् अभ्यूर्णुते

aślīlā tanūr bhavati ruśatī pāpayāmuyā | patir yad vadhvo vāsasaḥ svam aṅgam abhyūrṇute

The body becomes unlovely, glaring, evilly so, when the husband covers his own limb with the bride's garment.

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AV 14 1.28

आशसनं विशसनम् अथो अधिविकर्तनम् । सूर्यायाः पश्य रूपाणि तानि ब्रह्मोत शुम्भति

āśasanaṃ viśasanam atho adhivikartanam | sūryāyāḥ paśya rūpāṇi tāni brahmota śumbhati

The cutting up, the cutting apart, and also the cutting off—look at the forms of Sūryā: these the brahman purifies.

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AV 14 1.29

तृष्टम् एतत् कटुकम् अपाष्ठवद् विषवन् नैतद् अत्तवे । सूर्यां यो ब्रह्मा वेद स इद् वाधूयम् अर्हति

tṛṣṭam etat kaṭukam apāṣṭhavad viṣavan naitad attave | sūryāṃ yo brahmā veda sa id vādhūyam arhati

This is harsh, sharp, barbed, like poison—not to be eaten. Only the brahman who knows Sūryā is worthy of the bridal garment.

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AV 14 1.30

स इत् तत् स्योनं हरति ब्रह्मा वासः सुमङ्गलम् । प्रायश्चित्तिं यो अध्येति येन जाया न रिष्यति

sa it tat syonaṃ harati brahmā vāsaḥ sumaṅgalam | prāyaścittiṃ yo adhyeti yena jāyā na riṣyati

He alone, the brahman, carries off that pleasant, very auspicious garment—he who learns the expiation by which the wife comes to no harm.

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AV 14 1.31

युवं भगं सं भरतं समृद्धम् ऋतं वदन्ताव् ऋतोद्येषु । ब्रह्मणस् पते पतिम् अस्यै रोचय चारु संभलो वदतु वाचम् एताम्

yuvaṃ bhagaṃ saṃ bharataṃ samṛddham ṛtaṃ vadantāv ṛtodyeṣu | brahmaṇas pate patim asyai rocaya cāru saṃbhalo vadatu vācam etām

Do you two bring together abundant fortune, speaking what is right in the right-speakings. O Brahmaṇaspati, make the husband pleasing to her; let the wooer speak this speech becomingly.

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AV 14 1.32

इहेद् असाथ न परो गमाथेमं गावः प्रजया वर्धयाथ । शुभं यतीर् उस्रियाः सोमवर्चसो विश्वे देवाः क्रन्न् इह वो मनांसि

ihed asātha na paro gamāthemaṃ gāvaḥ prajayā vardhayātha | śubhaṃ yatīr usriyāḥ somavarcaso viśve devāḥ krann iha vo manāṃsi

Be here, do not go far; increase this (man), O cows, with offspring. You ruddy ones, going in splendour, with the lustre of Soma — all the gods have made your minds (to be) here.

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AV 14 1.33

इमं गावः प्रजया सं विशाथायं देवानां न मिनाति भागम् । अस्मै वः पूषा मरुतश् च सर्वे अस्मै वो धाता सविता सुवाति

imaṃ gāvaḥ prajayā saṃ viśāthāyaṃ devānāṃ na mināti bhāgam | asmai vaḥ pūṣā marutaś ca sarve asmai vo dhātā savitā suvāti

Enter into this (man), O cows, with offspring; he does not diminish the gods' portion. For him (are) you — Pūṣan and all the Maruts; for him may Dhātṛ, Savitṛ, impel you.

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AV 14 1.34

अनृक्षरा ऋजवः सन्तु पन्थनो येभिः सखायो यन्ति नो वरेयम् । सं भगेन सम् अर्यम्णा सं धाता सृजतु वर्चसा

anṛkṣarā ṛjavaḥ santu panthano yebhiḥ sakhāyo yanti no vareyam | saṃ bhagena sam aryamṇā saṃ dhātā sṛjatu varcasā

Free of thorns, straight let the paths be by which (our) friends go for our wooing. May Bhaga, may Aryaman, may Dhātṛ join (us) with splendour.

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AV 14 1.35

यच् च वर्चो अक्षेषु सुरायां च यद् आहितम् । यद् गोष्व् अश्विना वर्चस् तेनेमां वर्चसावतम्

yac ca varco akṣeṣu surāyāṃ ca yad āhitam | yad goṣv aśvinā varcas tenemāṃ varcasāvatam

What splendour is in the dice and what is set in the liquor, what splendour is in the cattle — with that, O Aśvins, endow her with splendour.

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AV 14 1.36

येन महानघ्न्या जघनम् अश्विना येन वा सुरा । येनाक्षा अभ्यषिच्यन्त तेनेमां वर्चसावतम्

yena mahānaghnyā jaghanam aśvinā yena vā surā | yenākṣā abhyaṣicyanta tenemāṃ varcasāvatam

With what, O Aśvins, the loins of the mahānagnī (were sprinkled), or with what the liquor, with what the dice were sprinkled — with that endow her with splendour.

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AV 14 1.37

यो अनिध्मो दीदयद् अप्स्व् अन्तर् यं विप्रास ईडते अध्वरेषु । अपां नपान् मधुमतीर् अपो दा याभिर् इन्द्रो वावृधे वीर्यावान्

yo anidhmo dīdayad apsv antar yaṃ viprāsa īḍate adhvareṣu | apāṃ napān madhumatīr apo dā yābhir indro vāvṛdhe vīryāvān

He who, without fuel, shines within the waters, whom the inspired ones invoke at the rites — O Napāt of the waters, give honeyed waters, by which Indra, full of manly power, grew strong.

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AV 14 1.38

इदम् अहं रुशन्तं ग्राभं तनूदूषिम् अपोहामि । यो भद्रो रोचनस् तम् उद् अचामि

idam ahaṃ ruśantaṃ grābhaṃ tanūdūṣim apohāmi | yo bhadro rocanas tam ud acāmi

This gleaming seizure, the body-defiler, I thrust away; what is auspicious and shining, that I draw up.

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

AV 14 1.39

आस्यै ब्राह्मणाः स्नपनीर् हरन्त्व् अवीरघ्नीर् उद् अजन्त्व् आपः । अर्यम्णो अग्निं पर्य् एतु पूषन् प्रतीक्षन्ते श्वशुरो देवरश् च

āsyai brāhmaṇāḥ snapanīr harantv avīraghnīr ud ajantv āpaḥ | aryamṇo agniṃ pary etu pūṣan pratīkṣante śvaśuro devaraś ca

Let the brahmins bring bathing-waters for her; let them drive up the waters that do not slay husbands. Let her go around the fire of Aryaman, O Pūṣan; the father-in-law and the husband's brother are waiting.

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AV 14 1.40

शं ते हिरण्यं शम् उ सन्त्व् आपः शं मेथिर् भवतु शं युगस्य तर्द्म । शं त आपः शतपवित्रा भवन्तु शम् उ पत्या तन्वं सं स्पृशस्व

śaṃ te hiraṇyaṃ śam u santv āpaḥ śaṃ methir bhavatu śaṃ yugasya tardma | śaṃ ta āpaḥ śatapavitrā bhavantu śam u patyā tanvaṃ saṃ spṛśasva

May the gold be kindly to you, and kindly be the waters; kindly be the (cart-)post, kindly the hole of the yoke. Kindly to you be the waters with a hundred purifiers; and kindly touch your body together with (your) husband.

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AV 14 1.41

खे रथस्य खे ऽनसः खे युगस्य शतक्रतो । अपालाम् इन्द्र त्रिष् पूत्वाकृणोः सूर्यत्वचम्

khe rathasya khe 'nasaḥ khe yugasya śatakrato | apālām indra triṣ pūtvākṛṇoḥ sūryatvacam

In the hole of the chariot, in the hole of the cart, in the hole of the yoke, O Śatakratu — having purified Apālā three times, O Indra, you made her sun-skinned.

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AV 14 1.42

आशासाना सौमनसं प्रजां सौभाग्यं रयिम् । पत्युर् अनुव्रता भूत्वा सं नह्यस्वामृताय कम्

āśāsānā saumanasaṃ prajāṃ saubhāgyaṃ rayim | patyur anuvratā bhūtvā saṃ nahyasvāmṛtāya kam

Wishing for good-mindedness, offspring, good fortune, wealth — becoming obedient to your husband's will, gird yourself for immortality.

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AV 14 1.43

यथा सिन्धुर् नदीनां साम्राज्यं सुषुवे वृषा । एवा त्वं सम्राज्ञ्य् एधि पत्युर् अस्तं परेत्य

yathā sindhur nadīnāṃ sāmrājyaṃ suṣuve vṛṣā | evā tvaṃ samrājñy edhi patyur astaṃ paretya

As the Sindhu, the bull, has won sovereignty over the rivers, so be you a sovereign queen, having gone home to your husband.

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AV 14 1.44

सम्राज्ञ्य् एधि श्वशुरेषु सम्राज्ञ्य् उत देवृषु । ननान्दुः सम्राज्ञ्य् एधि सम्राज्ञ्य् उत श्वश्र्वाः

samrājñy edhi śvaśureṣu samrājñy uta devṛṣu | nanānduḥ samrājñy edhi samrājñy uta śvaśrvāḥ

Be a sovereign queen over the father-in-law's people, and a sovereign queen over the husband's brothers; be a sovereign queen over the husband's sister, and a sovereign queen over the mother-in-law.

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AV 14 1.45

या अकृन्तन्न् अवयन् याश् च तत्निरे या देवीर् अन्ताꣳ अभितो ऽददन्त । तास् त्वा जरसे सं व्ययन्त्व् आयुष्मतीदं परि धत्स्व वासः

yā akṛntann avayan yāś ca tatnire yā devīr antāṁ abhito 'dadanta | tās tvā jarase saṃ vyayantv āyuṣmatīdaṃ pari dhatsva vāsaḥ

Those (goddesses) who cut and wove, and those who stretched (the threads), those goddesses who set the borders on both sides — let them wrap you for old age. Being long-lived, put on this garment.

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AV 14 1.46

जीवं रुदन्ति वि नयन्त्य् अध्वरं दीर्घाम् अनु प्रसितिं दीध्युर् नरः । वामं पितृभ्यो य इदं समीरिरे मयः पतिभ्यो जनये परिष्वजे

jīvaṃ rudanti vi nayanty adhvaraṃ dīrghām anu prasitiṃ dīdhyur naraḥ | vāmaṃ pitṛbhyo ya idaṃ samīrire mayaḥ patibhyo janaye pariṣvaje

They weep for the living one; they lead the rite away; the men have pondered upon the long course. It is a good thing for the fathers, (for) those who have set this in motion, a joy for the husbands, to embrace the wife.

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

AV 14 1.47

स्योनं ध्रुवं प्रजायै धारयामि ते ऽश्मानं देव्याः पृथिव्या उपस्थे । तम् आ तिष्ठानुमाद्या सुवर्चा दीर्घं त आयुः सविता कृणोतु

syonaṃ dhruvaṃ prajāyai dhārayāmi te 'śmānaṃ devyāḥ pṛthivyā upasthe | tam ā tiṣṭhānumādyā suvarcā dīrghaṃ ta āyuḥ savitā kṛṇotu

Pleasant and firm, I set (this) for you for offspring — the stone, in the lap of the goddess Earth. Stand upon it, you who are to be praised, full of splendour; may Savitṛ make your lifetime long.

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AV 14 1.48

येनाग्निर् अस्या भूम्या हस्तं जग्राह दक्षिणम् । तेन गृह्णामि ते हस्तं मा व्यथिष्ठा मया सह प्रजया च धनेन च

yenāgnir asyā bhūmyā hastaṃ jagrāha dakṣiṇam | tena gṛhṇāmi te hastaṃ mā vyathiṣṭhā mayā saha prajayā ca dhanena ca

With that (formula) with which Agni took the right hand of this earth, with that I take your hand; do not waver, (but stay) with me, with offspring and with wealth.

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AV 14 1.49

देवस् ते सविता हस्तं गृह्णातु सोमो राजा सुप्रजसं कृणोतु । अग्निः सुभगां जतवेदाः पत्ये पत्नीं जरदष्टिम् कृणोतु

devas te savitā hastaṃ gṛhṇātu somo rājā suprajasaṃ kṛṇotu | agniḥ subhagāṃ jatavedāḥ patye patnīṃ jaradaṣṭim kṛṇotu

Let the god Savitṛ take your hand; let king Soma make (you) rich in offspring; let Agni Jātavedas make (you) fortunate, a wife who reaches old age for (her) husband.

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AV 14 1.50

गृह्णामि ते सौभगत्वाय हस्तं मया पत्या जरदष्टिर् यथासः । भगो अर्यमा सविता पुरंधिर् मह्यं त्वादुर् गार्हपत्याय देवाः

gṛhṇāmi te saubhagatvāya hastaṃ mayā patyā jaradaṣṭir yathāsaḥ | bhago aryamā savitā puraṃdhir mahyaṃ tvādur gārhapatyāya devāḥ

I take your hand for good fortune, so that you may reach old age with me as husband. Bhaga, Aryaman, Savitṛ, Puraṃdhi — the gods have given you to me for householdership.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 1.51

भगस् ते हस्तम् अग्रहीत् सविता हस्तम् अग्रहीत् । पत्नी त्वम् असि धर्मणाहं गृहपतिस् तव

bhagas te hastam agrahīt savitā hastam agrahīt | patnī tvam asi dharmaṇāhaṃ gṛhapatis tava

Bhaga has taken your hand, Savitṛ has taken (your) hand. By the ordinance you are the wife; I am the lord of your house.

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AV 14 1.52

ममेयम् अस्तु पोष्या मह्यं त्वादाद् बृहस्पतिः । मया पत्या प्रजावति सं जीव शरदः शतम्

mameyam astu poṣyā mahyaṃ tvādād bṛhaspatiḥ | mayā patyā prajāvati saṃ jīva śaradaḥ śatam

Let her be mine, to be nourished; Bṛhaspati has given you to me. With me as husband, rich in offspring, live together a hundred autumns.

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AV 14 1.53

त्वष्टा वासो व्य् अदधाच् छुभे कं बृहस्पतेः प्रशिषा कवीनाम् । तेनेमां नारीं सविता भगश् च सूर्याम् इव परि धत्तां प्रजया

tvaṣṭā vāso vy adadhāc chubhe kaṃ bṛhaspateḥ praśiṣā kavīnām | tenemāṃ nārīṃ savitā bhagaś ca sūryām iva pari dhattāṃ prajayā

Tvaṣṭar arranged the garment for beauty, for delight, by the direction of Bṛhaspati, of the seers. With that may Savitar and Bhaga wrap this woman round with offspring, as (they did) Sūryā.

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

AV 14 1.54

इन्द्राग्नी द्यावापृथिवी मातरिश्वा मित्रावरुणा भगो अश्विनोभा । बृहस्पतिर् मरुतो ब्रह्म सोम इमां नारिं प्रजया वर्धयन्तु

indrāgnī dyāvāpṛthivī mātariśvā mitrāvaruṇā bhago aśvinobhā | bṛhaspatir maruto brahma soma imāṃ nāriṃ prajayā vardhayantu

Indra and Agni, Heaven and Earth, Mātariśvan, Mitra and Varuṇa, Bhaga, and both Aśvins; Bṛhaspati, the Maruts, brahman, Soma — let them make this woman thrive with offspring.

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AV 14 1.55

बृहस्पतिः प्रथमः सूर्यायाः शीर्षे केशाꣳ अकल्पयत् । तेनेमाम् अश्विना नारीं पत्ये सं शोभयामसि

bṛhaspatiḥ prathamaḥ sūryāyāḥ śīrṣe keśāṁ akalpayat | tenemām aśvinā nārīṃ patye saṃ śobhayāmasi

Bṛhaspati first arranged the hairs on Sūryā's head; with that, O Aśvins, we adorn this woman for her husband.

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AV 14 1.56

इदं तद् रूपं यद् अवस्त योषा जायां जिज्ञासे मनसा चरन्तीम् । ताम् अन्व् अर्तिष्ये सखिभिर् नवग्वैः क इमान् विद्वान् वि चचर्त पाशान्

idaṃ tad rūpaṃ yad avasta yoṣā jāyāṃ jijñāse manasā carantīm | tām anv artiṣye sakhibhir navagvaiḥ ka imān vidvān vi cacarta pāśān

"This is that form which the young woman put on (as a garment). I would seek to know as wife her who goes about in my mind. Her I will pursue with my companions, the Navagvas. Who, knowing, has cut apart these fetters?"

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AV 14 1.57

अहं वि ष्यामि मयि रूपम् अस्या वेदद् इत् पश्यन् मनसः कुलायम् । न स्तेयम् अद्मि मनसोद् अमुच्ये स्वयं श्रथ्नानो वरुणस्य पाशान्

ahaṃ vi ṣyāmi mayi rūpam asyā vedad it paśyan manasaḥ kulāyam | na steyam admi manasod amucye svayaṃ śrathnāno varuṇasya pāśān

"I untie (them); let her form be in me. Let him find, seeing, the nest of the mind. I eat no stolen thing; I have released (it) with my mind, myself loosening the fetters of Varuṇa."

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AV 14 1.58

प्र त्वा मुञ्चामि वरुणस्य पाशाद् येन त्वाबध्नात् सविता सुशेवाः । उरुं लोकं सुगम् अत्र पन्थां कृणोमि तुभ्यं सहपत्न्यै वधु

pra tvā muñcāmi varuṇasya pāśād yena tvābadhnāt savitā suśevāḥ | uruṃ lokaṃ sugam atra panthāṃ kṛṇomi tubhyaṃ sahapatnyai vadhu

I release you from the fetter of Varuṇa, with which the very kindly Savitar bound you. In the seat of the law, in the world of good action, I make a wide world and an easy path here for you, O bride, together with your husband.

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AV 14 1.59

उद् यछध्वम् अप रक्षो हनाथेमं नारीं सुकृते दधात । धाता विपश्चित् पतिम् अस्यै विवेद भगो राजा पुर एतु प्रजानन्

ud yachadhvam apa rakṣo hanāthemaṃ nārīṃ sukṛte dadhāta | dhātā vipaścit patim asyai viveda bhago rājā pura etu prajānan

Lift (her) up; strike away the demon; set this woman in good action. Dhātar, wise in inspired speech, has found a husband for her; let Bhaga the king go in front, knowing the way.

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AV 14 1.60

भगस् ततक्ष चतुरः पादान् भगस् ततक्ष चत्वार्य् उष्पलानि । त्वष्टा पिपेश मध्यतो ऽनु वर्ध्रान्त् सा नो अस्तु सुमङ्गली

bhagas tatakṣa caturaḥ pādān bhagas tatakṣa catvāry uṣpalāni | tvaṣṭā pipeśa madhyato 'nu vardhrānt sā no astu sumaṅgalī

Bhaga fashioned the four feet, Bhaga fashioned the four uprights; Tvaṣṭar shaped (it) in the middle along the straps — may she be of good fortune for us.

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AV 14 1.61

सुकिंशुकं वहतुं विश्वरूपं हिरण्यवर्णं सुवृतं सुचक्रम् । आ रोह सूर्ये अमृतस्य लोकं स्योनं पतिभ्यो वहतुं कृणु त्वम्

sukiṃśukaṃ vahatuṃ viśvarūpaṃ hiraṇyavarṇaṃ suvṛtaṃ sucakram | ā roha sūrye amṛtasya lokaṃ syonaṃ patibhyo vahatuṃ kṛṇu tvam

The bridal car, well-adorned with kiṃśuka wood, of every form, golden-coloured, well-rolling, with good wheels — mount it, O Sūryā, (mount) the world of immortality; make the bridal car pleasant for the husbands.

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AV 14 1.62

अभ्रातृघ्नीं वरुणापशुघ्नीं बृहस्पते । इन्द्रापतिघ्नीम् पुत्रिणीम् आस्मभ्यं सवितर् वह

abhrātṛghnīṃ varuṇāpaśughnīṃ bṛhaspate | indrāpatighnīm putriṇīm āsmabhyaṃ savitar vaha

O Varuṇa, (bring) her who does not slay brothers; O Bṛhaspati, her who does not slay cattle; O Indra, her who does not slay her husband — bring us, O Savitar, one who will have sons.

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AV 14 1.63

मा हिंसिष्टं कुमार्यं स्थूणे देवकृते पथि । शालाया देव्या द्वारं स्योनं कृण्मो वधूपथम्

mā hiṃsiṣṭaṃ kumāryaṃ sthūṇe devakṛte pathi | śālāyā devyā dvāraṃ syonaṃ kṛṇmo vadhūpatham

Do not harm the maiden, O you two posts set up by the gods on the path; we make the door of the divine house a pleasant road for the bride.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 1.64

ब्रह्मापरं युज्यतां ब्रह्म पूर्वं ब्रह्मान्ततो मध्यतो ब्रह्म सर्वतः । अनाव्याधां देवपुरां प्रपद्य शिवा स्योना पतिलोके वि राज

brahmāparaṃ yujyatāṃ brahma pūrvaṃ brahmāntato madhyato brahma sarvataḥ | anāvyādhāṃ devapurāṃ prapadya śivā syonā patiloke vi rāja

Let brahman be joined behind, brahman in front, brahman at the end, brahman in the middle, brahman on all sides. Having entered the unpierced stronghold of the gods, be kindly and pleasant, shine forth in your husband's world.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition