Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 15 — Chapter 17

AV 15 17.1

यो ऽस्य प्रथमो व्यानः सेयं भूमिः

yo 'sya prathamo vyānaḥ seyaṃ bhūmiḥ

That which is his first through-breath (vyāna) — that is this earth.

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AV 15 17.2

यो ऽस्य द्वितीयो व्यानस् तद् अन्तरिक्षम्

yo 'sya dvitīyo vyānas tad antarikṣam

That which is his second through-breath — that is the mid-air space.

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AV 15 17.3

यो ऽस्य तृतीयो व्यानः सा द्यौः

yo 'sya tṛtīyo vyānaḥ sā dyauḥ

That which is his third through-breath — that is the sky.

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AV 15 17.4

यो ऽस्य चतुर्थो व्यानस् तानि नक्षत्राणि

yo 'sya caturtho vyānas tāni nakṣatrāṇi

That which is his fourth through-breath — those are the stars.

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AV 15 17.5

यो ऽस्य पञ्चमो व्यानस् त ऋतवः

yo 'sya pañcamo vyānas ta ṛtavaḥ

That which is his fifth through-breath — those are the seasons.

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AV 15 17.6

यो ऽस्य षष्ठो व्यानस् त आर्तवाः

yo 'sya ṣaṣṭho vyānas ta ārtavāḥ

That which is his sixth through-breath — those are the season-parts (ārtavas).

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AV 15 17.7

यो ऽस्य सप्तमो व्यानः स संवत्सरः

yo 'sya saptamo vyānaḥ sa saṃvatsaraḥ

That which is his seventh vyāna (diffused breath), that is the year.

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AV 15 17.8

समानम् अर्थं परि यन्ति देवाः संवत्सरं वा एतद् ऋतवो ऽनुपरियन्ति व्रात्यं च

samānam arthaṃ pari yanti devāḥ saṃvatsaraṃ vā etad ṛtavo 'nupariyanti vrātyaṃ ca

The gods move around a common goal; that is the year — the seasons move around (it), and the Vrātya too.

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AV 15 17.9

यद् आदित्यम् अभिसंविशन्त्य् अमावास्यां चैव तत् पौर्णमासीं च

yad ādityam abhisaṃviśanty amāvāsyāṃ caiva tat paurṇamāsīṃ ca

When they enter into the sun together, that is the new moon and the full moon.

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AV 15 17.10

एकं तद् एषाम् अमृतत्वम् इत्य् आहुतिर् एव

ekaṃ tad eṣām amṛtatvam ity āhutir eva

"That immortality of theirs is one" — that is just the oblation.

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