Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 16 — Chapter 1

AV 16 1.1

अतिसृष्टो अपां वृषभो ऽतिसृष्टा अग्नयो दिव्याः

atisṛṣṭo apāṃ vṛṣabho 'tisṛṣṭā agnayo divyāḥ

Sent forth is the bull of the waters; sent forth are the heavenly fires.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 16 1.2

रुजन् परिरुजन् मृणन् प्रमृणन्

rujan parirujan mṛṇan pramṛṇan

Breaking, breaking all round, crushing, crushing utterly,

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AV 16 1.3

म्रोको मनोहा खनो निर्दाह आत्मदूषिस् तनूदूषिः

mroko manohā khano nirdāha ātmadūṣis tanūdūṣiḥ

the smouldering one, the mind-slayer, the digger, the burner-out, the defiler of the self, the defiler of the body —

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

AV 16 1.4

इदं तम् अति सृजामि तं माभ्यवनिक्षि

idaṃ tam ati sṛjāmi taṃ mābhyavanikṣi

Here I send him forth against (that one); do not wash him down upon me.

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

AV 16 1.5

तेन तम् अभ्यतिसृजामो यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मः

tena tam abhyatisṛjāmo yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ

With that (fire) we send (it) forth against him who hates us and whom we hate.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 16 1.6

अपाम् अग्रम् असि समुद्रं वो ऽभ्यवसृजामि

apām agram asi samudraṃ vo 'bhyavasṛjāmi

You are the foremost of the waters; I release you down into the ocean.

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AV 16 1.7

यो ऽप्स्व् अग्निर् अति तं सृजामि म्रोकं खनिं तनूदूषिम्

yo 'psv agnir ati taṃ sṛjāmi mrokaṃ khaniṃ tanūdūṣim

The fire that is in the waters — him I send forth, the smouldering one, the digger, the defiler of the body.

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AV 16 1.8

यो व आपो ऽग्निर् आविवेश स एष यद् वो घोरं तद् एतत्

yo va āpo 'gnir āviveśa sa eṣa yad vo ghoraṃ tad etat

The fire that has entered you, O waters — that is this one; whatever of yours is terrible, that is this.

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AV 16 1.9

इन्द्रस्य व इन्द्रियेणाभि षिञ्चेत्

indrasya va indriyeṇābhi ṣiñcet

With Indra's power may he sprinkle you.

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

AV 16 1.10

अरिप्रा आपो अप रिप्रम् अस्मत्

ariprā āpo apa ripram asmat

Stainless are the waters; (may they carry) the stain away from us.

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AV 16 1.11

प्रास्मद् एनो वहन्तु प्र दुष्वप्न्यं वहन्तु

prāsmad eno vahantu pra duṣvapnyaṃ vahantu

Let them carry away the guilt from us; let them carry away the evil dream.

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AV 16 1.12

शिवेन मा चक्षुषा पश्यतापः शिवया तन्वोप स्पृशत त्वचं मे

śivena mā cakṣuṣā paśyatāpaḥ śivayā tanvopa spṛśata tvacaṃ me

Look upon me with a kindly eye, O waters; touch my skin with a kindly body.

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AV 16 1.13

शिवान् अग्नीन् अप्सुषदो हवामहे मयि क्षत्रं वर्च आ धत्त देवीः

śivān agnīn apsuṣado havāmahe mayi kṣatraṃ varca ā dhatta devīḥ

We call upon the kindly fires that dwell in the waters; place in me dominion and lustre, O goddesses.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition