Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 15 — Chapter 1

AV 15 1.1

व्रात्य आसीद् ईयमान एव स प्रजापतिं सम् ऐरयत्

vrātya āsīd īyamāna eva sa prajāpatiṃ sam airayat

There was the Vrātya, moving about; he stirred up Prajāpati.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 15 1.2

स प्रजापतिः सुवर्णम् आत्मन्न् अपश्यत् तत् प्राजनयत्

sa prajāpatiḥ suvarṇam ātmann apaśyat tat prājanayat

That Prajāpati saw gold in himself; he brought it forth.

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

AV 15 1.3

तद् एकम् अभवत् तल् ललामम् अभवत् तन् महद् अभवत् तज् ज्येष्ठम् अभवत् तद् ब्रह्माभवत् तत् तपो ऽभवत् तत् सत्यम् अभवत् तेन प्राजायत

tad ekam abhavat tal lalāmam abhavat tan mahad abhavat taj jyeṣṭham abhavat tad brahmābhavat tat tapo 'bhavat tat satyam abhavat tena prājāyata

That became one; that became the mark; that became great; that became the eldest; that became brahman; that became tapas; that became truth; through that he propagated.

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AV 15 1.4

सो ऽवर्धत स महान् अभवत् स महादेवो ऽभवत्

so 'vardhata sa mahān abhavat sa mahādevo 'bhavat

He grew; he became great; he became Mahādeva.

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AV 15 1.5

स देवानाम् ईशां पर्य् ऐत् स ईशानो ऽभवत्

sa devānām īśāṃ pary ait sa īśāno 'bhavat

He went around to the lordship of the gods; he became lord.

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AV 15 1.6

स एकव्रात्यो ऽभवत् स धनुर् आदत्त तद् एवेन्द्रधनुः

sa ekavrātyo 'bhavat sa dhanur ādatta tad evendradhanuḥ

He became the sole Vrātya; he took up the bow — that is indeed Indra's bow (the rainbow).

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AV 15 1.7

नीलम् अस्योदरं लोहितं पृष्ठम्

nīlam asyodaraṃ lohitaṃ pṛṣṭham

Dark blue is its belly, red its back.

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AV 15 1.8

नीलेनैवाप्रियं भ्रातृव्यं प्रोर्णोति लोहितेन द्विषन्तं विध्यतीति ब्रह्मवादिनो वदन्ति

nīlenaivāpriyaṃ bhrātṛvyaṃ prorṇoti lohitena dviṣantaṃ vidhyatīti brahmavādino vadanti

"With the dark blue he covers over the unfriendly rival; with the red he pierces the one who hates" — so say the expounders of brahman.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition