Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 14 — Chapter 2

AV 14 2.1

तुभ्यम् अग्रे पर्य् अवहन्त् सूर्यां वहतुना सह । स नः पतिभ्यो जायां दा अग्ने प्रजया सह

tubhyam agre pary avahant sūryāṃ vahatunā saha | sa naḥ patibhyo jāyāṃ dā agne prajayā saha

For you they conveyed Sūryā around, in the beginning, together with the bridal procession. Do you give back to us husbands a wife, O Agni, together with offspring.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.2

पुनः पत्नीम् अग्निर् अदाद् आयुषा सह वर्चसा । दीर्घायुर् अस्या यः पतिर् जीवाति शरदः शतम्

punaḥ patnīm agnir adād āyuṣā saha varcasā | dīrghāyur asyā yaḥ patir jīvāti śaradaḥ śatam

Agni has given back the wife, together with long life and lustre. Long-lived is he who is her husband; he shall live a hundred autumns.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.3

सोमस्य जाया प्रथमं गन्धर्वस् ते ऽपरः पतिः । तृतीयो अग्निष् टे पतिस् तुरीयस् ते मनुष्यजाः

somasya jāyā prathamaṃ gandharvas te 'paraḥ patiḥ | tṛtīyo agniṣ ṭe patis turīyas te manuṣyajāḥ

You were Soma's wife first; the Gandharva was your next husband; Agni was your third husband; the fourth is your human-born (husband).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.4

सोमो ददद् गन्धर्वाय गन्धर्वो ददद् अग्नये । रयिं च पुत्रांस् चादाद् अग्निर् मह्यम् अथो इमाम्

somo dadad gandharvāya gandharvo dadad agnaye | rayiṃ ca putrāṃs cādād agnir mahyam atho imām

Soma gave (her) to the Gandharva, the Gandharva gave (her) to Agni; and Agni has given wealth and sons to me, and also this woman.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.5

आ वाम् अगन्त् सुमतिर् वाजिनीवसू न्य् अश्विना हृत्सु कामा अरंसत । अभूतं गोपा मिथुना शुभस् पती प्रिया अर्यम्णो दुर्याꣳ अशीमहि

ā vām agant sumatir vājinīvasū ny aśvinā hṛtsu kāmā araṃsata | abhūtaṃ gopā mithunā śubhas patī priyā aryamṇo duryāṁ aśīmahi

Your favour has come, O you two rich in mares, O Aśvins; the desires have come to rest in (our) hearts. You two have become herdsmen, a pair, lords of beauty — may we attain the dear dwellings of Aryaman.

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

AV 14 2.6

सा मन्दसाना मनसा शिवेन रयिं धेहि सर्ववीरं वचस्यम् । सुगं तीर्थं सुप्रपाणं शुभस् पती स्थाणुं पथिष्ठाम् अप दुर्मतिं हतम्

sā mandasānā manasā śivena rayiṃ dhehi sarvavīraṃ vacasyam | sugaṃ tīrthaṃ suprapāṇaṃ śubhas patī sthāṇuṃ pathiṣṭhām apa durmatiṃ hatam

Rejoicing, with kindly mind, bestow wealth with all its heroes, worthy of praise. O lords of beauty, make the ford easy to cross and good for drinking; strike away the post that stands in the path, (strike away) ill-will.

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

AV 14 2.7

या ओषधयो या नद्यो यानि क्षेत्राणि या वना । तास् त्वा वधु प्रजावतीं पत्ये रक्षन्तु रक्षसः

yā oṣadhayo yā nadyo yāni kṣetrāṇi yā vanā | tās tvā vadhu prajāvatīṃ patye rakṣantu rakṣasaḥ

The plants that there are, the rivers, the fields, the forests — let these protect you, O bride, from the demons, (making you) rich in offspring for your husband.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.8

एमं पन्थाम् अरुक्षाम सुगं स्वस्तिवाहनम् । यस्मिन् वीरो न रिष्यत्य् अन्येषां विन्दते वसु

emaṃ panthām arukṣāma sugaṃ svastivāhanam | yasmin vīro na riṣyaty anyeṣāṃ vindate vasu

We have climbed onto this road, easy to travel, carrying well-being, on which a hero comes to no harm and (one) finds the goods of others.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.9

इदं सु मे नरः शृणुत ययाशिषा दंपती वामम् अश्नुतः । ये गन्धर्वा अप्सरसश् च देवीर् एषु वानस्पत्येषु ये ऽधि तस्थुः । स्योनास् ते अस्यै वध्वै भवन्तु मा हिंसिषुर् वहतुम् उह्यमानम्

idaṃ su me naraḥ śṛṇuta yayāśiṣā daṃpatī vāmam aśnutaḥ | ye gandharvā apsarasaś ca devīr eṣu vānaspatyeṣu ye 'dhi tasthuḥ | syonās te asyai vadhvai bhavantu mā hiṃsiṣur vahatum uhyamānam

Hear this well from me, O men, (the blessing) by which blessing the husband and wife attain what is dear. Whatever Gandharvas and divine Apsarases have taken their stand upon these trees — let them be kindly to this bride; let them not harm the wedding procession as it is driven along.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.10

ये वध्वश् चन्द्रं वहतुं यक्ष्मा यन्ति जनाꣳ अनु । पुनस् तान् यज्ञिया देवा नयन्तु यत आगताः

ye vadhvaś candraṃ vahatuṃ yakṣmā yanti janāṁ anu | punas tān yajñiyā devā nayantu yata āgatāḥ

The diseases that go among the people following the bride's glittering bridal train — let the sacrificial gods lead them back again to where they came from.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.11

मा विदन् परिपन्थिनो य आसीदन्ति दंपती । सुगेन दुर्गम् अतीताम् अप द्रान्त्व् अरातयः

mā vidan paripanthino ya āsīdanti daṃpatī | sugena durgam atītām apa drāntv arātayaḥ

Let the waylayers, who lie in ambush, not find the husband and wife; let the two pass over the hard going by an easy path; let the hostile powers run off.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.12

सं काशयामि वहतुं ब्रह्मणा गृहैर् अघोरेण चक्षुषा मित्रियेण । पर्याणद्धं विश्वरूपं यद् अस्ति स्योनं पतिभ्यः सविता तत् कृणोतु

saṃ kāśayāmi vahatuṃ brahmaṇā gṛhair aghoreṇa cakṣuṣā mitriyeṇa | paryāṇaddhaṃ viśvarūpaṃ yad asti syonaṃ patibhyaḥ savitā tat kṛṇotu

I make the bridal procession visible with the sacred formula, with the houses, with an eye that is not dread, a friendly (eye). What is bound up all about, of every form — let Savitṛ make that pleasant for the husbands.

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

AV 14 2.13

शिवा नारीयम् अस्तम् आगन्न् इमं धाता लोकम् अस्यै दिदेश । ताम् अर्यमा भगो अश्विनोभा प्रजापतिः प्रजया वर्धयन्तु

śivā nārīyam astam āgann imaṃ dhātā lokam asyai dideśa | tām aryamā bhago aśvinobhā prajāpatiḥ prajayā vardhayantu

Auspicious, this woman has come home; Dhātṛ has assigned this place to her. Let Aryaman, Bhaga, both Aśvins, (and) Prajāpati increase her with offspring.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.14

आत्मन्वत्य् उर्वरा नारीयम् आगन् तस्यां नरो वपत बीजम् अस्याम् । सा वः प्रजां जनयद् वक्षणाभ्यो बिभ्रती दुग्धम् ऋषभस्य रेतः

ātmanvaty urvarā nārīyam āgan tasyāṃ naro vapata bījam asyām | sā vaḥ prajāṃ janayad vakṣaṇābhyo bibhratī dugdham ṛṣabhasya retaḥ

An animate field, this woman has come; in her, O men, sow the seed — in her. She shall give birth to your offspring from her loins, bearing the bull's milked-out seed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.15

प्रति तिष्ठ विराड् असि विष्णुर् इवेह सरस्वति । सिनीवालि प्र जायतां भगस्य सुमताव् असत्

prati tiṣṭha virāḍ asi viṣṇur iveha sarasvati | sinīvāli pra jāyatāṃ bhagasya sumatāv asat

Stand firm; you are virāj, like Viṣṇu here, O Sarasvatī. O Sinīvālī, let (offspring) be born; may (she) be in the favour of Bhaga.

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

AV 14 2.16

उद् व ऊर्मिः शम्या हन्त्व् आपो योक्त्राणि मुञ्चत । मादुष्कृतौ व्येनसाव् अघ्न्याव् अशुनम् आरताम्

ud va ūrmiḥ śamyā hantv āpo yoktrāṇi muñcata | māduṣkṛtau vyenasāv aghnyāv aśunam āratām

Let the wave strike up (against) the peg for you; O waters, release the traces. Let the two not-to-be-slain ones, evil-doers and guilty, not have brought (us) misfortune.

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

AV 14 2.17

अघोरचक्षुर् अपतिघ्नी स्योना शग्मा सुशेवा सुयमा गृहेभ्यः । वीरसूर् देवृकामा सं त्वयैधिषीमहि सुमस्यमाना

aghoracakṣur apatighnī syonā śagmā suśevā suyamā gṛhebhyaḥ | vīrasūr devṛkāmā saṃ tvayaidhiṣīmahi sumasyamānā

Not dread of eye, not slaying (your) husband, kindly, capable, very pleasant, easily guided for the household, bearing heroes, loving your husband's brothers — with you may we prosper, being kindly disposed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.18

अदेवृघ्न्य् अपतिघ्नीहैधि शिवा पशुभ्यः सुयमा सुवर्चाः । प्रजावती वीरसूर् देवृकामा स्योनेमम् अग्निं गार्हपत्यं सपर्य

adevṛghny apatighnīhaidhi śivā paśubhyaḥ suyamā suvarcāḥ | prajāvatī vīrasūr devṛkāmā syonemam agniṃ gārhapatyaṃ saparya

Be here not slaying your husband's brothers, not slaying your husband, auspicious to the cattle, easily guided, of fine brilliance; having offspring, bearing heroes, loving your husband's brothers, kindly — serve this household fire.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.19

उत् तिष्ठेतः किम् इछन्तीदम् आगा अहं त्वेडे अभिभूः स्वाद् गृहात् । शून्यैषी निरृते याजगन्थोत् तिष्ठाराते प्र पत मेह रंस्थाः

ut tiṣṭhetaḥ kim ichantīdam āgā ahaṃ tveḍe abhibhūḥ svād gṛhāt | śūnyaiṣī nirṛte yājaganthot tiṣṭhārāte pra pata meha raṃsthāḥ

Stand up from here! What do you want, that you have come here? I address you, superior (to you), from my own house. Stand up, O Nirṛti, you who go seeking emptiness, since you have come; stand up, O hostile one, fly away, do not stay here with me.

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

AV 14 2.20

यदा गार्हपत्यम् असपर्यैत् पूर्वम् अग्निं वधूर् इयम् । अधा सरस्वत्यै नारि पितृभ्यश् च नमस् कुरु

yadā gārhapatyam asaparyait pūrvam agniṃ vadhūr iyam | adhā sarasvatyai nāri pitṛbhyaś ca namas kuru

When this bride has served the household fire, the former fire — then, O woman, make homage to Sarasvatī and to the Fathers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.21

शर्म वर्मैतद् आ हरास्यै नार्या उपस्तिरे । सिनीवालि प्र जायतां भगस्य सुमताव् असत्

śarma varmaitad ā harāsyai nāryā upastire | sinīvāli pra jāyatāṃ bhagasya sumatāv asat

Bring this shelter, this armour, to spread under for this woman. O Sinīvālī, let (offspring) be born; may (she) be in the favour of Bhaga.

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

AV 14 2.22

यं बल्बजं न्यस्यथ चर्म चोपस्तृणीथन । तद् आ रोहतु सुप्रजा या कन्या विन्दते पतिम्

yaṃ balbajaṃ nyasyatha carma copastṛṇīthana | tad ā rohatu suprajā yā kanyā vindate patim

The balbaja-grass that you lay down, and the hide that you spread under — let the girl who wins a husband mount upon that, rich in offspring.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.23

उप स्तृणीहि बल्बजम् अधि चर्मणि रोहिते । तत्रोपविश्य सुप्रजा इमम् अग्निं सपर्यतु

upa stṛṇīhi balbajam adhi carmaṇi rohite | tatropaviśya suprajā imam agniṃ saparyatu

Spread the balbaja-grass upon the red hide; sitting down there, let her, rich in offspring, serve this fire.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.24

आ रोह चर्मोप सीदाग्निम् एष देवो हन्ति रक्षांसि सर्वा । इह प्रजां जनय पत्ये अस्मै सुज्यैष्ठ्यो भवत् पुत्रस् त एषः

ā roha carmopa sīdāgnim eṣa devo hanti rakṣāṃsi sarvā | iha prajāṃ janaya patye asmai sujyaiṣṭhyo bhavat putras ta eṣaḥ

Mount the hide, sit down by the fire: this god slays all demons. Here bring forth offspring for this husband; let this son of yours be of good seniority.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.25

वि तिष्ठन्तां मातुर् अस्या उपस्थान् नानारूपाः पशवो जायमानाः । सुमङ्गल्य् उप सीदेमम् अग्निं संपत्नी प्रति भूषेह देवान्

vi tiṣṭhantāṃ mātur asyā upasthān nānārūpāḥ paśavo jāyamānāḥ | sumaṅgaly upa sīdemam agniṃ saṃpatnī prati bhūṣeha devān

Let animals of various forms be born and spread out from the lap of this mother. Bringing good fortune, sit down by this fire; as a united wife, here wait upon the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.26

सुमङ्गली प्रतरणी गृहाणां सुशेवा पत्ये श्वशुराय शंभूः । स्योना श्वश्र्वै प्र गृहान् विशेमान्

sumaṅgalī prataraṇī gṛhāṇāṃ suśevā patye śvaśurāya śaṃbhūḥ | syonā śvaśrvai pra gṛhān viśemān

Bringing good fortune, furthering the household, very pleasant to the husband, a blessing to the father-in-law, kindly to the mother-in-law — enter these houses.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.27

स्योना भव श्वशुरेभ्यः स्योना पत्ये गृहेभ्यः । स्योनास्यै सर्वस्यै विशे स्योना पुष्टायैषां भव

syonā bhava śvaśurebhyaḥ syonā patye gṛhebhyaḥ | syonāsyai sarvasyai viśe syonā puṣṭāyaiṣāṃ bhava

Be kindly to the parents-in-law, kindly to the husband, to the houses; be kindly to this whole clan, be kindly to their prosperity.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.28

सुमङ्गलीर् इयं वधूर् इमां समेत पश्यत । सौभाग्यम् अस्यै दत्त्वा दौर्भाग्यैर् विपरेतन

sumaṅgalīr iyaṃ vadhūr imāṃ sameta paśyata | saubhāgyam asyai dattvā daurbhāgyair viparetana

Very auspicious is this bride; come together and look at her. Having given her good fortune, depart with (your) ill fortune.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.29

या दुर्हार्दो युवतयो याश् चेह जरतीर् अपि । वर्चो न्व् अस्यै सं दत्ताथास्तं विपरेतन

yā durhārdo yuvatayo yāś ceha jaratīr api | varco nv asyai saṃ dattāthāstaṃ viparetana

You young women who are malevolent, and you who here are aged as well: give her splendour, and then go away home.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.30

रुक्मप्रस्तरणं वह्यं विश्वा रूपाणि बिभ्रतम् । आरोहत् सूर्या सावित्री बृहते सौभगाय कम्

rukmaprastaraṇaṃ vahyaṃ viśvā rūpāṇi bibhratam | ārohat sūryā sāvitrī bṛhate saubhagāya kam

Sūryā Sāvitrī mounted the carriage spread with gold, bearing all forms, for great good fortune — kam.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.31

आ रोह तल्पं सुमनस्यमानेह प्रजां जनय पत्ये अस्मै । इन्द्राणीव सुबुधा बुध्यमाना ज्योतिरग्रा उषसः प्रति जागरासि

ā roha talpaṃ sumanasyamāneha prajāṃ janaya patye asmai | indrāṇīva subudhā budhyamānā jyotiragrā uṣasaḥ prati jāgarāsi

Mount the couch, being of good mind; here bring forth offspring for this husband. Like Indrāṇī, waking easily awake, may you keep watch for the dawns whose front is light.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.32

देवा अग्रे न्य् अपद्यन्त पत्नीः सम् अस्पृशन्त तन्वस् तनूभिः । सूर्येव नारि विश्वरूपा महित्वा प्रजावती पत्या सं भवेह

devā agre ny apadyanta patnīḥ sam aspṛśanta tanvas tanūbhiḥ | sūryeva nāri viśvarūpā mahitvā prajāvatī patyā saṃ bhaveha

In the beginning the gods lay down (with) their wives; they touched bodies with bodies. Like Sūryā, O woman, of all forms in greatness, be united here with your husband, possessing offspring.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.33

उत् तिष्ठेतो विश्वावसो नमसेडामहे त्वा । जामिम् इछ पितृषदं न्यक्तां स ते भागो जनुषा तस्य विद्धि

ut tiṣṭheto viśvāvaso namaseḍāmahe tvā | jāmim icha pitṛṣadaṃ nyaktāṃ sa te bhāgo januṣā tasya viddhi

Rise up from here, Viśvāvasu; with homage we invoke you. Seek another woman, one sitting with (her) father, not yet given; that is your share by birth — know that.

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

AV 14 2.34

अप्सरसः सधमादं मदन्ति हविर्धानम् अन्तरा सूर्यं च । तास् ते जनित्रम् अभि ताः परेहि नमस् ते गन्धर्वर्तुना कृणोमि

apsarasaḥ sadhamādaṃ madanti havirdhānam antarā sūryaṃ ca | tās te janitram abhi tāḥ parehi namas te gandharvartunā kṛṇomi

The Apsarases revel in the drinking-feast between the havirdhāna and the sun. Go away to them, to your birthplace; homage I make to you, Gandharva, with the (proper) season.

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

AV 14 2.35

नमो गन्धर्वस्य नमसे नमो भामाय चक्षुषे च कृण्मः । विश्वावसो ब्रह्मणा ते नमो ऽभि जाया अप्सरसः परेहि

namo gandharvasya namase namo bhāmāya cakṣuṣe ca kṛṇmaḥ | viśvāvaso brahmaṇā te namo 'bhi jāyā apsarasaḥ parehi

Homage to the Gandharva, homage to (his) homage; homage we make to (his) wrath and to (his) eye. Viśvāvasu, homage to you with the sacred formula; go away to the Apsarases, your wives.

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

AV 14 2.36

राया वयं सुमनसः स्यामोद् इतो गन्धर्वम् आवीवृताम । अगन्त् स देवः परमं सधस्थम् अगन्म यत्र प्रतिरन्त आयुः

rāyā vayaṃ sumanasaḥ syāmod ito gandharvam āvīvṛtāma | agant sa devaḥ paramaṃ sadhastham aganma yatra pratiranta āyuḥ

May we be of good mind through wealth; from here we have turned the Gandharva away. That god has gone to the highest seat; we have come where they prolong life.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.37

सं पितराव् ऋत्विये सृजेथां माता पिता च रेतसो भवाथः । मर्य इव योषाम् अधि रोहयैनां प्रजां कृण्वाथाम् इह पुष्यतं रयिम्

saṃ pitarāv ṛtviye sṛjethāṃ mātā pitā ca retaso bhavāthaḥ | marya iva yoṣām adhi rohayaināṃ prajāṃ kṛṇvāthām iha puṣyataṃ rayim

Unite, you two parents, at the fit season; you shall become the mother and the father of the seed. Mount her as a young man (mounts) a maiden; make offspring here, make wealth thrive.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.38

तां पूषं छिवतमाम् एरयस्व यस्यां बीजं मनुष्या वपन्ति । या न ऊरू उशती विश्रयाति यस्याम् उशन्तः प्रहरेम शेपः

tāṃ pūṣaṃ chivatamām erayasva yasyāṃ bījaṃ manuṣyā vapanti | yā na ūrū uśatī viśrayāti yasyām uśantaḥ praharema śepaḥ

Stir her up, Pūṣan, as most favourable, her in whom men sow the seed, who willing will part her thighs for us, in whom, willing, we may thrust the member.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.39

आ रोहोरुम् उप धत्स्व हस्तं परि ष्वजस्व जायां सुमनस्यमानः । प्रजां कृण्वाथाम् इह मोदमानौ दीर्घं वाम् आयुः सविता कृणोतु

ā rohorum upa dhatsva hastaṃ pari ṣvajasva jāyāṃ sumanasyamānaḥ | prajāṃ kṛṇvāthām iha modamānau dīrghaṃ vām āyuḥ savitā kṛṇotu

Mount the thigh, lay on (your) hand, embrace (your) wife, being of good mind. Make offspring here, you two rejoicing; may Savitṛ make your life long.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.40

आ वां प्रजां जनयतु प्रजापतिर् अहोरात्राभ्यां सम् अनक्त्व् अर्यमा । अदुर्मङ्गली पतिलोकम् आ विशेमं शं नो भव द्विपदे शं चतुष्पदे

ā vāṃ prajāṃ janayatu prajāpatir ahorātrābhyāṃ sam anaktv aryamā | adurmaṅgalī patilokam ā viśemaṃ śaṃ no bhava dvipade śaṃ catuṣpade

May Prajāpati generate offspring for you two; may Aryaman anoint (you) together with day and night. Not of ill omen, may she enter the husband's world; be weal to our two-footed, weal to our four-footed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.41

देवैर् दत्तं मनुना साकम् एतद् वाधूयं वासो वध्वश् च वस्त्रम् । यो ब्रह्मणे चिकितुषे ददाति स इद् रक्षांसि तल्पानि हन्ति

devair dattaṃ manunā sākam etad vādhūyaṃ vāso vadhvaś ca vastram | yo brahmaṇe cikituṣe dadāti sa id rakṣāṃsi talpāni hanti

Given by the gods together with Manu is this bridal garment and the bride's clothing. Whoever gives (it) to a discerning brahman, he indeed slays the demons of the couch.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.42

यं मे दत्तो ब्रह्मभागं वधूयोर् वाधूयं वासो वध्वश् च वस्त्रम् । युवं ब्रह्मणे ऽनुमन्यमानौ बृहस्पते साकम् इन्द्रश् च दत्तम्

yaṃ me datto brahmabhāgaṃ vadhūyor vādhūyaṃ vāso vadhvaś ca vastram | yuvaṃ brahmaṇe 'numanyamānau bṛhaspate sākam indraś ca dattam

The brahman's portion of the bridal pair which you two gave me — the bridal garment and the bride's clothing: you two, consenting, give (it) to the brahman together, Bṛhaspati and Indra.

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

AV 14 2.43

स्योनाद् योनेर् अधि बध्यमानौ हसामुदौ महसा मोदमानौ । सुगू सुपुत्रौ सुगृहौ तराथो जीवाव् उषसो विभातीः

syonād yoner adhi badhyamānau hasāmudau mahasā modamānau | sugū suputrau sugṛhau tarātho jīvāv uṣaso vibhātīḥ

You two, being bound upon the pleasant seat, laughing with delight, rejoicing in greatness — with good cattle, good sons, a good house, may you pass through, living for the shining dawns.

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

AV 14 2.44

नवं वसानः सुरभिः सुवासा उदागां जीव उषसो विभातीः । आण्डात् पतत्रीवामुक्षि विश्वस्माद् एनसस् परि

navaṃ vasānaḥ surabhiḥ suvāsā udāgāṃ jīva uṣaso vibhātīḥ | āṇḍāt patatrīvāmukṣi viśvasmād enasas pari

Clothing myself in the new, fragrant, well-clad, I have come up alive for the shining dawns. Like a bird from the egg, I have washed myself free from every sin.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.45

शुम्भनी द्यावापृथिवी अन्तिसुम्ने महिव्रते । आपः सप्त सुस्रुवुर् देवीस् ता नो मुञ्चन्त्व् अंहसः

śumbhanī dyāvāpṛthivī antisumne mahivrate | āpaḥ sapta susruvur devīs tā no muñcantv aṃhasaḥ

Adorning are heaven and earth, near in their kindness, of great ordinance. The seven divine waters have flowed; let them release us from distress.

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

AV 14 2.46

सूर्यायै देवेभ्यो मित्राय वरुणाय च । ये भूतस्य प्रचेतसस् तेभ्य इदम् अकरं नमः

sūryāyai devebhyo mitrāya varuṇāya ca | ye bhūtasya pracetasas tebhya idam akaraṃ namaḥ

To Sūryā, to the gods, to Mitra and to Varuṇa — those who are the discerners of what exists: to them I have made this homage.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.47

य ऋते चिद् अभिश्रिषः पुरा जत्रुभ्य आतृदः । संधाता संधिं मघवा पुरूवसुर् निष्कर्ता विह्रुतं पुनः

ya ṛte cid abhiśriṣaḥ purā jatrubhya ātṛdaḥ | saṃdhātā saṃdhiṃ maghavā purūvasur niṣkartā vihrutaṃ punaḥ

He who even without a bandage, before (reaching) the collar-bones, is a piercer — the bountiful one rich in goods, joiner of the joint, who sets right again what is dislocated.

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

AV 14 2.48

अपास्मत् तम उछतु नीलं पिशङ्गम् उत लोहितं यत् । निर्दहनी या पृषातक्य् अस्मिन् तां स्थाणाव् अध्य् आ सजामि

apāsmat tama uchatu nīlaṃ piśaṅgam uta lohitaṃ yat | nirdahanī yā pṛṣātaky asmin tāṃ sthāṇāv adhy ā sajāmi

Let the darkness depart away from us — what is dark blue, and tawny, and red; the burning pṛṣātakī that is (here), her I fasten upon this post.

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

AV 14 2.49

यावतीः कृत्या उपवासने यावन्तो राज्ञो वरुणस्य पाशाः । व्यृद्धयो या असमृद्धयो या अस्मिन् ता स्थाणाव् अधि सादयामि

yāvatīḥ kṛtyā upavāsane yāvanto rājño varuṇasya pāśāḥ | vyṛddhayo yā asamṛddhayo yā asmin tā sthāṇāv adhi sādayāmi

However many witchcrafts there are in the bridal garment, however many fetters of king Varuṇa, whatever failures, whatever non-successes — those I set down upon this post.

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

AV 14 2.50

या मे प्रियतमा तनूः सा मे बिभाय वाससः । तस्याग्रे त्वं वनस्पते नीविं कृणुष्व मा वयं रिषाम

yā me priyatamā tanūḥ sā me bibhāya vāsasaḥ | tasyāgre tvaṃ vanaspate nīviṃ kṛṇuṣva mā vayaṃ riṣāma

That body of mine which is dearest — it has been afraid for want of a garment. At the front of it, O tree, make a waist-knot; let us not come to harm.

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

AV 14 2.51

ये अन्ता यावतीः सिचो य ओतवो ये च तन्तवः । वासो यत् पत्नीभिर् उतं तन् न स्योनम् उप स्पृशात्

ye antā yāvatīḥ sico ya otavo ye ca tantavaḥ | vāso yat patnībhir utaṃ tan na syonam upa spṛśāt

What the edges are, however many the flaps, what the wefts and what the warp-threads — the garment that has been woven by the wives, let that touch us pleasantly.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.52

उशतीः कन्यला इमाः पितृलोकात् पतिं यतीः । अव दीक्षाम् असृक्षत स्वाहा

uśatīḥ kanyalā imāḥ pitṛlokāt patiṃ yatīḥ | ava dīkṣām asṛkṣata svāhā

These girls, willing, going from the world of the fathers to a husband, have released the consecration. svāhā.

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

AV 14 2.53

बृहस्पतिनावसृष्टां विश्वे देवा अधारयन् । वर्चो गोषु प्रविष्टं यत् तेनेमां सं सृजामसि

bṛhaspatināvasṛṣṭāṃ viśve devā adhārayan | varco goṣu praviṣṭaṃ yat tenemāṃ saṃ sṛjāmasi

Her, released by Bṛhaspati, all the gods upheld; the lustre that has entered into the cows — with that we unite this woman.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.54

बृहस्पतिनावसृष्टां विश्वे देवा अधारयन् । तेजो गोषु प्रविष्टं यत् तेनेमां सं सृजामसि

bṛhaspatināvasṛṣṭāṃ viśve devā adhārayan | tejo goṣu praviṣṭaṃ yat tenemāṃ saṃ sṛjāmasi

Her, released by Bṛhaspati, all the gods upheld; the brilliance that has entered into the cows — with that we unite this woman.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.55

बृहस्पतिनावसृष्टां विश्वे देवा अधारयन् । भजो गोषु प्रविष्टो यस् तेनेमां सं सृजामसि

bṛhaspatināvasṛṣṭāṃ viśve devā adhārayan | bhajo goṣu praviṣṭo yas tenemāṃ saṃ sṛjāmasi

Her, released by Bṛhaspati, all the gods upheld; the share that has entered into the cows — with that we unite this woman.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.56

बृहस्पतिनावसृष्टां विश्वे देवा अधारयन् । यशो गोषु प्रविष्टं यत् तेनेमां सं सृजामसि

bṛhaspatināvasṛṣṭāṃ viśve devā adhārayan | yaśo goṣu praviṣṭaṃ yat tenemāṃ saṃ sṛjāmasi

Her, released by Bṛhaspati, all the gods upheld; the glory that has entered into the cows — with that we unite this woman.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.57

बृहस्पतिनावसृष्टां विश्वे देवा अधारयन् । पयो गोषु प्रविष्टं यत् तेनेमां सं सृजामसि

bṛhaspatināvasṛṣṭāṃ viśve devā adhārayan | payo goṣu praviṣṭaṃ yat tenemāṃ saṃ sṛjāmasi

Her, released by Bṛhaspati, all the gods upheld; the milk that has entered into the cows — with that we unite this woman.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.58

बृहस्पतिनावसृष्टां विश्वे देवा अधारयन् । रसो गोषु प्रविष्टो यस् तेनेमां सं सृजामसि

bṛhaspatināvasṛṣṭāṃ viśve devā adhārayan | raso goṣu praviṣṭo yas tenemāṃ saṃ sṛjāmasi

Her, released by Bṛhaspati, all the gods upheld; the sap that has entered into the cows — with that we unite this woman.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.59

यदीमे केशिनो जना गृहे ते समनर्तिषू रोदेन कृण्वन्तो ऽघम् । अग्निष् ट्वा तस्माद् एनसः सविता च प्र मुञ्चताम्

yadīme keśino janā gṛhe te samanartiṣū rodena kṛṇvanto 'gham | agniṣ ṭvā tasmād enasaḥ savitā ca pra muñcatām

If these long-haired people danced together in thy house, making mischief with weeping — let Agni and Savitṛ release thee from that guilt.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.60

यदीयं दुहिता तव विकेश्य् अरुदद् गृहे रोदेन कृण्वत्य् अघम् । अग्निष् ट्वा तस्माद् एनसः सविता च प्र मुञ्चताम्

yadīyaṃ duhitā tava vikeśy arudad gṛhe rodena kṛṇvaty agham | agniṣ ṭvā tasmād enasaḥ savitā ca pra muñcatām

If this daughter of thine, with hair unbound, wept in the house, making mischief with weeping — let Agni and Savitṛ release thee from that guilt.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.61

यज् जामयो यद् युवतयो गृहे ते समनर्तिषू रोदेन कृण्वतीर् अघम् । अग्निष् ट्वा तस्माद् एनसः सविता च प्र मुञ्चताम्

yaj jāmayo yad yuvatayo gṛhe te samanartiṣū rodena kṛṇvatīr agham | agniṣ ṭvā tasmād enasaḥ savitā ca pra muñcatām

If the kinswomen, if the young women danced together in thy house, making mischief with weeping — let Agni and Savitṛ release thee from that guilt.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.62

यत् ते प्रजायां पशुषु यद् वा गृहेषु निष्ठितम् अघकृद्भिर् अघं कृतम् । अग्निष् ट्वा तस्माद् एनसः सविता च प्र मुञ्चताम्

yat te prajāyāṃ paśuṣu yad vā gṛheṣu niṣṭhitam aghakṛdbhir aghaṃ kṛtam | agniṣ ṭvā tasmād enasaḥ savitā ca pra muñcatām

Whatever mischief has been made by the mischief-makers, lodged in thy offspring, in thy cattle, or in thy houses — let Agni and Savitṛ release thee from that guilt.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.63

इयं नार्य् उप ब्रूते पूल्यान्य् आवपन्तिका । दीर्घायुर् अस्तु मे पतिर् जीवाति शरदः शतम्

iyaṃ nāry upa brūte pūlyāny āvapantikā | dīrghāyur astu me patir jīvāti śaradaḥ śatam

This woman speaks up, scattering the chaff-grains: let my husband be long-lived, let him live a hundred autumns.

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

AV 14 2.64

इहेमाव् इन्द्र सं नुद चक्रवाकेव दंपती । प्रजयैनौ स्वस्तकौ विश्वम् आयुर् व्य् अश्नुताम्

ihemāv indra saṃ nuda cakravākeva daṃpatī | prajayainau svastakau viśvam āyur vy aśnutām

Here, O Indra, push these two together, the husband and wife, like two cakravāka birds; with offspring, well-fortuned, let them attain a full lifetime.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.65

यद् आसन्द्याम् उपधाने यद् वोपवासने कृतम् । विवाहे कृत्यां यां चक्रुर् आस्नाने तां नि दध्मसि

yad āsandyām upadhāne yad vopavāsane kṛtam | vivāhe kṛtyāṃ yāṃ cakrur āsnāne tāṃ ni dadhmasi

What has been done on the seat, on the cushion, or on the (bride's) garment; whatever witchcraft they have made at the wedding — that we deposit in the bathing-place.

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

AV 14 2.66

यद् दुष्कृतं यच् छमलं विवाहे वहतौ च यत् । तत् संभलस्य कम्बले मृज्महे दुरितं वयम्

yad duṣkṛtaṃ yac chamalaṃ vivāhe vahatau ca yat | tat saṃbhalasya kambale mṛjmahe duritaṃ vayam

The ill-done deed, the defilement at the wedding and in the bridal procession — that trouble we wipe off onto the matchmaker's blanket.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.67

संभले मलं सादयित्वा कम्बले दुरितं वयम् । अभूम यज्ञियाः शुद्धाः प्र ण आयूंषि तारिषत्

saṃbhale malaṃ sādayitvā kambale duritaṃ vayam | abhūma yajñiyāḥ śuddhāḥ pra ṇa āyūṃṣi tāriṣat

Having settled the filth upon the matchmaker, the trouble upon the blanket, we have become fit for sacrifice, pure; let him carry our lifetimes forward.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.68

कृत्रिमः कण्टकः शतदन् य एषः । अपास्याः केश्यं मलम् अप शीर्षण्यं लिखात्

kṛtrimaḥ kaṇṭakaḥ śatadan ya eṣaḥ | apāsyāḥ keśyaṃ malam apa śīrṣaṇyaṃ likhāt

This artificial thorn that has a hundred teeth — with it let her scrape away the filth of the hair, away that of the head.

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

AV 14 2.69

अङ्गादङ्गाद् वयम् अस्या अप यक्ष्मं नि दध्मसि । तन् मा प्रापत् पृथिवीं मोत देवान् दिवं मा प्रापद् उर्व् अन्तरिक्षम् । अपो मा प्रापन् मलम् एतद् अग्ने यमम् मा प्रापत् पितॄंश् च सर्वान्

aṅgādaṅgād vayam asyā apa yakṣmaṃ ni dadhmasi | tan mā prāpat pṛthivīṃ mota devān divaṃ mā prāpad urv antarikṣam | apo mā prāpan malam etad agne yamam mā prāpat pitṝṃś ca sarvān

From her every limb we take away the consumption and deposit it. Let it not reach the earth, nor the gods, nor the sky, nor the wide mid-space; let it not reach the waters; let this filth, O Agni, not reach Yama nor all the Fathers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.70

सं त्वा नह्यामि पयसा पृथिव्याः सं त्वा नह्यामि पयसौषधीनाम् । सं त्वा नह्यामि प्रजया धनेन सा संनद्धा सनुहि वाजम् एमम्

saṃ tvā nahyāmi payasā pṛthivyāḥ saṃ tvā nahyāmi payasauṣadhīnām | saṃ tvā nahyāmi prajayā dhanena sā saṃnaddhā sanuhi vājam emam

I bind you together with the milk of the earth; I bind you together with the milk of the plants; I bind you together with offspring and with wealth. Being thus bound, win this prize.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.71

अमो ऽहम् अस्मि सा त्वं सामाहम् अस्म्य् ऋक् त्वं द्यौर् अहं पृथिवी त्वम् । ताव् इह सं भवाव प्रजाम् आ जनयावहै

amo 'ham asmi sā tvaṃ sāmāham asmy ṛk tvaṃ dyaur ahaṃ pṛthivī tvam | tāv iha saṃ bhavāva prajām ā janayāvahai

I am the Ama, you are the Sā; I am the Sāman, you are the Ṛc; I am the sky, you are the earth. Let the two of us here unite; let us beget offspring.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.72

जनियन्ति नाव् अग्रवः पुत्रियन्ति सुदानवः । अरिष्टासू सचेवहि बृहते वाजसातये

janiyanti nāv agravaḥ putriyanti sudānavaḥ | ariṣṭāsū sacevahi bṛhate vājasātaye

The unwed men desire a wife for us two; the bountiful ones desire a son. Unharmed, may we two keep company, for the winning of a great prize.

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

AV 14 2.73

ये पितरो वधूदर्शा इमं वहतुम् आगमन् । ते अस्यै वध्वै संपत्न्यै प्रजावच् छर्म यछन्तु

ye pitaro vadhūdarśā imaṃ vahatum āgaman | te asyai vadhvai saṃpatnyai prajāvac charma yachantu

The fathers who have come to this wedding procession to see the bride — let them grant to this bride, together with her husband, shelter rich in offspring.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 14 2.74

येदं पूर्वागन् रशनायमाना प्रजाम् अस्यै द्रविणं चेह दत्त्वा । तां वहन्त्व् अगतस्यानु पन्थां विराड् इयं सुप्रजा अत्य् अजैषीत्

yedaṃ pūrvāgan raśanāyamānā prajām asyai draviṇaṃ ceha dattvā | tāṃ vahantv agatasyānu panthāṃ virāḍ iyaṃ suprajā aty ajaiṣīt

She who has come here first, holding the rein, having given here offspring and property to her — let them convey her along the path of the one who has gone; this virāj woman, rich in offspring, has won out.

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

AV 14 2.75

प्र बुध्यस्व सुबुधा बुध्यमाना दीर्घायुत्वाय शतशारदाय । गृहान् गछ गृहपत्नी यथासो दीर्घं त आयुः सविता कृणोतु

pra budhyasva subudhā budhyamānā dīrghāyutvāya śataśāradāya | gṛhān gacha gṛhapatnī yathāso dīrghaṃ ta āyuḥ savitā kṛṇotu

Wake up, easily wakeful one, awakening, for long life of a hundred autumns. Go to the house, that you may be mistress of the house; let Savitṛ make your life long.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition