Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 18 — Chapter 1

AV 18 1.1

ओ चित् सखायं सख्या ववृत्यां तिरः पुरु चिद् अर्णवं जगन्वान् । पितुर् नपातम् आ दधीत वेधा अधि क्षमि प्रतरं दीध्यानः

o cit sakhāyaṃ sakhyā vavṛtyāṃ tiraḥ puru cid arṇavaṃ jaganvān | pitur napātam ā dadhīta vedhā adhi kṣami prataraṃ dīdhyānaḥ

I would surely turn (my) friend to friendship, though (he has) gone across much flood indeed. Let the wise one (the creator) obtain a grandson of the father, thinking further upon the earth.

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

AV 18 1.2

न ते सखा सख्यं वष्ट्य् एतत् सलक्ष्मा यद् विषुरूपा भवति । महस् पुत्रासो असुरस्य वीरा दिवो धर्तार उर्विया परि ख्यन्

na te sakhā sakhyaṃ vaṣṭy etat salakṣmā yad viṣurūpā bhavati | mahas putrāso asurasya vīrā divo dhartāra urviyā pari khyan

Thy friend does not wish for this friendship—that she who is of the same mark becomes of a different form. The sons of the great Asura, the heroes, the upholders of heaven, look widely around.

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

AV 18 1.3

उशन्ति घा ते अमृतास एतद् एकस्य चित् त्यजसं मर्त्यस्य । नि ते मनो मनसि धाय्य् अस्मे जन्युः पतिस् तन्वम् आ विविष्याः

uśanti ghā te amṛtāsa etad ekasya cit tyajasaṃ martyasya | ni te mano manasi dhāyy asme janyuḥ patis tanvam ā viviṣyāḥ

The immortals do indeed wish this of thee: the abandoning (of the body) of a single mortal even. Let thy mind be set in our mind; as a begetting husband, thou shouldst enter (my) body.

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

AV 18 1.4

न यत् पुरा चकृमा कद् ध नूनम् ऋतं वदन्तो अनृतं रपेम । गन्धर्वो अप्स्व् अप्या च योषा सा नौ नाभिः परमं जामि तन् नौ

na yat purā cakṛmā kad dha nūnam ṛtaṃ vadanto anṛtaṃ rapema | gandharvo apsv apyā ca yoṣā sā nau nābhiḥ paramaṃ jāmi tan nau

What we did not do before—how then now, speaking the ṛta, should we utter untruth? The Gandharva in the waters and the watery maiden—she is our kin; that is our highest kinship.

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

AV 18 1.5

गर्भे नु नौ जनिता दम्पती कर् देवस् त्वष्टा सविता विश्वरूपः । नकिर् अस्य प्र मिनन्ति व्रतानि वेद नाव् अस्य पृथिवी उत द्यौः

garbhe nu nau janitā dampatī kar devas tvaṣṭā savitā viśvarūpaḥ | nakir asya pra minanti vratāni veda nāv asya pṛthivī uta dyauḥ

Even in the womb the begetter made us two husband and wife, the god Tvaṣṭar, Savitar of all forms. None transgress his ordinances; earth and heaven know us as his.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 1.6

को अद्य युङ्क्ते धुरि गा ऋतस्य शिमीवतो भामिनो दुर्हृणायून् । आसन्निषून् हृत्स्वसो मयोभून् य एषां भृत्याम् ऋणधत् स जीवात्

ko adya yuṅkte dhuri gā ṛtasya śimīvato bhāmino durhṛṇāyūn | āsanniṣūn hṛtsvaso mayobhūn ya eṣāṃ bhṛtyām ṛṇadhat sa jīvāt

Who today yokes at the pole the oxen of the ṛta, toiling, fierce, ill-tempered, with arrows in the mouth, with breath in the heart, and gladdening? Whoever discharges their maintenance shall live.

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

AV 18 1.7

को अस्य वेद प्रथमस्याह्नः क ईं ददर्श क इह प्र वोचत् । बृहन् मित्रस्य वरुणस्य धाम कद् उ ब्रव आहनो वीच्या नॄन्

ko asya veda prathamasyāhnaḥ ka īṃ dadarśa ka iha pra vocat | bṛhan mitrasya varuṇasya dhāma kad u brava āhano vīcyā nṝn

Who knows of this first day? Who has beheld it? Who here has declared it? Lofty is the domain of Mitra and of Varuṇa. What then shall I say, O wanton one, assailing men with reproach?

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

AV 18 1.8

यमस्य मा यम्यं काम आगन्त् समाने योनौ सहशेय्याय । जायेव पत्ये तन्वं रिरिच्यां वि चिद् वृहेव रथ्येव चक्रा

yamasya mā yamyaṃ kāma āgant samāne yonau sahaśeyyāya | jāyeva patye tanvaṃ riricyāṃ vi cid vṛheva rathyeva cakrā

Desire for Yama has come upon me, Yamī, to lie together in the same womb. Like a wife to a husband I would yield up (my) body; let us two roll apart like the wheels of a chariot.

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

AV 18 1.9

न तिष्ठन्ति न नि मिषन्त्य् एते देवानां स्पश इह ये चरन्ति । अन्येन मद् आहनो याहि तूयं तेन वि वृह रथ्येव चक्रा

na tiṣṭhanti na ni miṣanty ete devānāṃ spaśa iha ye caranti | anyena mad āhano yāhi tūyaṃ tena vi vṛha rathyeva cakrā

These do not stand still, they do not blink—the spies of the gods who move about here. Go quickly with another than me, O wanton one, and roll apart with him like the two wheels of a chariot.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 1.10

रात्रीभिर् अस्मा अहभिर् दशस्येत् सूर्यस्य चक्षुर् मुहुर् उन् मिमीयात् । दिवा पृथिव्या मिथुना सबन्धू यमीर् यमस्य विवृहाद् अजामि

rātrībhir asmā ahabhir daśasyet sūryasya cakṣur muhur un mimīyāt | divā pṛthivyā mithunā sabandhū yamīr yamasya vivṛhād ajāmi

With nights, with days let her show him favour; again and again the eye of the sun would rise. Pairs of heaven and earth, kin together—let Yamī practise with Yama what is not kin-like.

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

AV 18 1.11

आ घा ता गछान् उत्तरा युगानि यत्र जामयः कृणवन्न् अजामि । उप बर्बृहि वृषभाय बाहुम् अन्यम् इछस्व सुभगे पतिं मत्

ā ghā tā gachān uttarā yugāni yatra jāmayaḥ kṛṇavann ajāmi | upa barbṛhi vṛṣabhāya bāhum anyam ichasva subhage patiṃ mat

Those later ages will surely come, when female kin will do what is not kin-like. Press your arm close to a bull (for a husband); seek another husband than me, O fortunate one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 1.12

किं भ्रातासद् यद् अनाथं भवाति किम् उ स्वसा यन् निरृतिर् निगछात् । काममूता बह्व् एतद् रपामि तन्वा मे तन्वं सं पिपृग्धि

kiṃ bhrātāsad yad anāthaṃ bhavāti kim u svasā yan nirṛtir nigachāt | kāmamūtā bahv etad rapāmi tanvā me tanvaṃ saṃ pipṛgdhi

What is a brother for, when one is left without protection? What a sister, when destitution comes on? Maddened by desire I babble all this: join your body with my body.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 1.13

न ते नाथं यम्य् अत्राहम् अस्मि न ते तनूं तन्वा सम् पपृच्याम् । अन्येन मत् प्रमुदः कल्पयस्व न ते भ्राता सुभगे वष्ट्य् एतत्

na te nāthaṃ yamy atrāham asmi na te tanūṃ tanvā sam papṛcyām | anyena mat pramudaḥ kalpayasva na te bhrātā subhage vaṣṭy etat

I am not here as your protection, Yamī; I would not join my body with your body. Arrange your delights with another than me; your brother, fortunate one, does not want this.

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AV 18 1.14

न वा उ ते तनूं तन्वा सं पिपृच्यां पापम् आहुर् यः स्वसारं निगछात् । असंयद् एतन् मनसो हृदो मे भ्राता स्वसुः शयने यच् छयीय

na vā u te tanūṃ tanvā saṃ pipṛcyāṃ pāpam āhur yaḥ svasāraṃ nigachāt | asaṃyad etan manaso hṛdo me bhrātā svasuḥ śayane yac chayīya

No indeed, I would not join my body with your body; they call him evil who goes in to his sister. Not in accord with my mind and heart is this, that I, a brother, should lie in a sister's bed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 1.15

बतो बतासि यम नैव ते मनो हृदयं चाविदाम् आ । अन्या किल त्वां कक्ष्येव युक्तं परि ष्वजातौ लिबुजेव वृक्षम्

bato batāsi yama naiva te mano hṛdayaṃ cāvidām ā | anyā kila tvāṃ kakṣyeva yuktaṃ pari ṣvajātau libujeva vṛkṣam

Feeble, feeble you are, Yama! I have found in you neither mind nor heart. Surely another woman will embrace you as a girth (embraces) the harnessed (horse), as a creeper a tree.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 1.16

अन्यम् ऊ षु यम्य् अन्य उ त्वां परि ष्वजातौ लिबुजेव वृक्षम् । तस्य वा त्वं मन इछा स वा तवाधा कृणुष्व संविदं सुभद्राम्

anyam ū ṣu yamy anya u tvāṃ pari ṣvajātau libujeva vṛkṣam | tasya vā tvaṃ mana ichā sa vā tavādhā kṛṇuṣva saṃvidaṃ subhadrām

Embrace another, Yamī, and let another embrace you, as a creeper a tree. Seek his mind, or let him seek yours; then make a happy agreement.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 1.17

त्रीणि छन्दांसि कवयो वि येतिरे पुरुरूपं दर्शतं विश्वचक्षणम् । आपो वाता ओषधयस् तान्य् एकस्मिन् भुवन आर्पितानि

trīṇi chandāṃsi kavayo vi yetire pururūpaṃ darśataṃ viśvacakṣaṇam | āpo vātā oṣadhayas tāny ekasmin bhuvana ārpitāni

The seers spread apart the three metres, the many-formed, the fair to see, the all-beholding. The waters, the winds, the plants—these are fixed in one world.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 1.18

वृषा वृष्णे दुदुहे दोहसा दिवः पयांसि यह्वो अदितेर् अदाभ्यः । विश्वं स वेद वरुणो यथा धिया स यज्ञियो यजति यज्ञियाꣳ ऋतून्

vṛṣā vṛṣṇe duduhe dohasā divaḥ payāṃsi yahvo aditer adābhyaḥ | viśvaṃ sa veda varuṇo yathā dhiyā sa yajñiyo yajati yajñiyāṁ ṛtūn

The bull has milked for the bull, with a milking, the milks of heaven—the mighty, unassailable one of Aditi. He, Varuṇa, knows all things as if by insight; he, worthy of sacrifice, offers to the sacrificial seasons.

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

AV 18 1.19

रपद् गन्धर्वीर् अप्या च योषणा नदस्य नादे परि पातु नो मनः । इष्टस्य मध्ये अदितिर् नि धातु नो भ्राता नो ज्येष्ठः प्रथमो वि वोचति

rapad gandharvīr apyā ca yoṣaṇā nadasya nāde pari pātu no manaḥ | iṣṭasya madhye aditir ni dhātu no bhrātā no jyeṣṭhaḥ prathamo vi vocati

The Gandharva women and the watery maiden babbled; in the roaring of the roarer let her guard our mind all round. In the midst of what is sought let Aditi set us down; let our eldest brother declare it first.

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

AV 18 1.20

सो चित् नु भद्रा क्षुमती यशस्वत्य् उषा उवास मनवे स्वर्वती । यद् ईम् उशन्तम् उशताम् अनु क्रतुम् अग्निं होतारं विदथाय जीजनन्

so cit nu bhadrā kṣumatī yaśasvaty uṣā uvāsa manave svarvatī | yad īm uśantam uśatām anu kratum agniṃ hotāraṃ vidathāya jījanan

She indeed was auspicious, rich in cattle, glorious—Dawn dawned for Manu, bringing the light of heaven—when, following the will of the willing ones, they begot eager Agni as hotṛ for the vidatha.

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

AV 18 1.21

अध त्यं द्रप्सं विभ्वं विचक्षनं विर् आभरद् इषिरः श्येनो अध्वरे । यदी विशो वृणते दस्मम् आर्या अग्निं होतारम् अध धीर् अजायत

adha tyaṃ drapsaṃ vibhvaṃ vicakṣanaṃ vir ābharad iṣiraḥ śyeno adhvare | yadī viśo vṛṇate dasmam āryā agniṃ hotāram adha dhīr ajāyata

Then the bird brought that drop, far-extending, wide-gazing—the swift falcon—at the rite; when the Aryan clans choose the wondrous one, Agni, as hotṛ, then thought was born.

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

AV 18 1.22

सदासि रण्वो यवसेव पुष्यते होत्राभिर् अग्ने मनुषः स्वध्वरः । विप्रस्य वा यच् छशमान उक्थ्यो वाजं ससवाꣳ उपयासि भूरिभिः

sadāsi raṇvo yavaseva puṣyate hotrābhir agne manuṣaḥ svadhvaraḥ | viprasya vā yac chaśamāna ukthyo vājaṃ sasavāṁ upayāsi bhūribhiḥ

You are always a delight, like pasture to one that thrives, O Agni, well-rited through the offerings of man; or when, labouring and worthy of recitation, having won the prize of the inspired one, you come near with many (gifts).

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

AV 18 1.23

उद् ईरय पितरा जार आ भगम् इयक्षति हर्यतो हृत्त इष्यति । विवक्ति वह्निः स्वपस्यते मखस् तविष्यते असुरो वेपते मती

ud īraya pitarā jāra ā bhagam iyakṣati haryato hṛtta iṣyati | vivakti vahniḥ svapasyate makhas taviṣyate asuro vepate matī

Rouse up the two parents, O lover; he seeks fortune; the desiring one is impelled from the heart. The conveyer speaks out, he does good work, the liberal one shows his strength, the asura quivers with thought.

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

AV 18 1.24

यस् ते अग्ने सुमतिं मर्तो अख्यत् सहसः सूनो अति स प्र शृण्वे । इषं दधानो वहमानो अश्वैर् आ स द्युमाꣳ अमवान् भूषति द्यून्

yas te agne sumatiṃ marto akhyat sahasaḥ sūno ati sa pra śṛṇve | iṣaṃ dadhāno vahamāno aśvair ā sa dyumāṁ amavān bhūṣati dyūn

That mortal who has looked upon your favour, Agni, son of strength—he is heard of above (all others); gaining food, carried by horses, radiant and forceful, he adorns the days.

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

AV 18 1.25

श्रुधी नो अग्ने सदने सधस्थे युक्ष्वा रथम् अमृतस्य द्रवित्नुम् । आ नो वह रोदसी देवपुत्रे माकिर् देवानाम् अप भूर् इह स्याः

śrudhī no agne sadane sadhasthe yukṣvā ratham amṛtasya dravitnum | ā no vaha rodasī devaputre mākir devānām apa bhūr iha syāḥ

Hear us, Agni, in (your) seat, in the common abode; yoke the running chariot of the immortal. Convey to us the two worlds, whose sons are gods; be not away from the gods—be here.

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AV 18 1.26

यद् अग्न एषा समितिर् भवाति देवी देवेषु यजता यजत्र । रत्ना च यद् विभजासि स्वधावो भागं नो अत्र वसुमन्तं वीतात्

yad agna eṣā samitir bhavāti devī deveṣu yajatā yajatra | ratnā ca yad vibhajāsi svadhāvo bhāgaṃ no atra vasumantaṃ vītāt

When, Agni, this assembly of yours comes about, divine, worthy of worship among the gods, O worshipful one, and when you distribute treasures, O self-powered one, choose out for us here a portion rich in goods.

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

AV 18 1.27

अन्व् अग्निर् उषसाम् अग्रम् अख्यद् अन्व् अहानि प्रथमो जातवेदाः । अनु सूर्य उषसो अनु रश्मीन् द्यावापृथिवी आ विवेश

anv agnir uṣasām agram akhyad anv ahāni prathamo jātavedāḥ | anu sūrya uṣaso anu raśmīn dyāvāpṛthivī ā viveśa

Agni looked along the front of the dawns, along the days, he the first, Jātavedas; along the sun, along the dawns, along the rays—he entered heaven and earth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 1.28

प्रत्य् अग्निर् उषसाम् अग्रम् अख्यत् प्रत्य् अहानि प्रथमो जातवेदाः । प्रति सूर्यस्य पुरुधा च रश्मीन् प्रति द्यावापृथिवी आ ततान

praty agnir uṣasām agram akhyat praty ahāni prathamo jātavedāḥ | prati sūryasya purudhā ca raśmīn prati dyāvāpṛthivī ā tatāna

Agni looked toward the front of the dawns, toward the days, he the first, Jātavedas; and toward the rays of the sun in many places—toward heaven and earth he stretched himself out.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 1.29

द्यावा ह क्षामा प्रथमे ऋतेनाभिश्रावे भवतः सत्यवाचा । देवो यन् मर्तान् यजथाय कृण्वन्त् सीदद् धोता प्रत्यङ् स्वम् असुं यन्

dyāvā ha kṣāmā prathame ṛtenābhiśrāve bhavataḥ satyavācā | devo yan martān yajathāya kṛṇvant sīdad dhotā pratyaṅ svam asuṃ yan

Heaven and Earth, the first (pair), truth-speaking, become through ṛta (a place) of hearing (our call); when the god, making mortals (ready) for sacrifice, sits as hotṛ facing (us), going to his own life-breath.

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

AV 18 1.30

देवो देवान् परिभूर् ऋतेन वहा नो हव्यं प्रथमश् चिकित्वान् । धूमकेतुः समिधा भाऋजीको मन्द्रो होता नित्यो वाचा यजीयान्

devo devān paribhūr ṛtena vahā no havyaṃ prathamaś cikitvān | dhūmaketuḥ samidhā bhāṛjīko mandro hotā nityo vācā yajīyān

A god encompassing the gods through ṛta — convey our oblation, you the first who understand; with smoke as your banner, shining by the kindling-wood, the gladdening, constant hotṛ, better sacrificing through speech.

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

AV 18 1.31

अर्चामि वां वर्धायापो घृतस्नू द्यावाभूमी शृणुतं रोदसी मे । अहा यद् देवा असुनीतिम् आयन् मध्वा नो अत्र पितरा शिशीताम्

arcāmi vāṃ vardhāyāpo ghṛtasnū dyāvābhūmī śṛṇutaṃ rodasī me | ahā yad devā asunītim āyan madhvā no atra pitarā śiśītām

I sing to you two, for the increase of the waters, you that drip with ghee: Heaven and Earth, hear me, you two world-halves; when the gods, (as) the days, went the way of the breath of life, may the two parents here sharpen us with honey.

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AV 18 1.32

स्वावृग् देवस्यामृतं यदी गोर् अतो जातासो धारयन्त उर्वी । विश्वे देवा अनु तत् ते यजुर् गुर् दुहे यद् एनी दिव्यं घृतम् वाः

svāvṛg devasyāmṛtaṃ yadī gor ato jātāso dhārayanta urvī | viśve devā anu tat te yajur gur duhe yad enī divyaṃ ghṛtam vāḥ

Self-inclining is the god's immortal (draught), if it be of the cow; thence those born hold the two wide (worlds). All the gods have followed after that sacrificial formula of yours, when the dappled (cow) is milked of heavenly ghee, of water.

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AV 18 1.33

किं स्विन् नो राजा जगृहे कद् अस्याति व्रतं चकृमा को वि वेद । मित्रस् चिद् धि ष्मा जुहुराणो देवां छ्लोको न याताम् अपि वाजो अस्ति

kiṃ svin no rājā jagṛhe kad asyāti vrataṃ cakṛmā ko vi veda | mitras cid dhi ṣmā juhurāṇo devāṃ chloko na yātām api vājo asti

What, then, has the king seized from us? What vow of his have we overstepped? Who knows (it)? For even Mitra, misleading, (misleads) the gods; like the call of those who go, there is also (the prize) of vigour.

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AV 18 1.34

दुर्मन्त्व् अत्रामृतस्य नाम सलक्ष्मा यद् विषुरूपा भवाति । यमस्य यो मनवते सुमन्त्व् अग्ने तम् ऋष्व पाह्य् अप्रयुछन्

durmantv atrāmṛtasya nāma salakṣmā yad viṣurūpā bhavāti | yamasya yo manavate sumantv agne tam ṛṣva pāhy aprayuchan

Ill to be thought of here is the name of the immortal, when what has one mark becomes of different form. He who thinks well of Yama — him, O lofty Agni, protect, not slackening.

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AV 18 1.35

यस्मिन् देवा विदथे मादयन्ते विवस्वतः सदने धारयन्ते । सूर्ये ज्योतिर् अदधुर् मास्य् अक्तून् परि द्योतनिं चरतो अजस्रा

yasmin devā vidathe mādayante vivasvataḥ sadane dhārayante | sūrye jyotir adadhur māsy aktūn pari dyotaniṃ carato ajasrā

In which gathering the gods make themselves glad, and hold (it) in the seat of Vivasvant — they set light in the sun, nights in the moon; the two unwearying ones go round the shining.

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AV 18 1.36

यस्मिन् देवा मन्मनि संचरन्त्य् अपीच्ये न वयम् अस्य विद्म । मित्रो नो अत्रादितिर् अनागान्त् सविता देवो वरुणाय वोचत्

yasmin devā manmani saṃcaranty apīcye na vayam asya vidma | mitro no atrāditir anāgānt savitā devo varuṇāya vocat

In which thought the gods move together — in the hidden (place) — we do not know of it. May Mitra, may Aditi here (make) us sinless; may the god Savitṛ speak (for us) to Varuṇa.

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AV 18 1.37

सखाय आ शिषामहे ब्रह्मेन्द्राय वज्रिणे । स्तुष ऊ षु नृतमाय धृष्णवे

sakhāya ā śiṣāmahe brahmendrāya vajriṇe | stuṣa ū ṣu nṛtamāya dhṛṣṇave

Comrades, we address our formula to Indra the wielder of the vajra; I will indeed praise the most manly, the bold one.

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AV 18 1.38

शवसा ह्य् असि श्रुतो वृत्रहत्येन वृत्रहा । मघैर् मघोनो अति शूर दाशसि

śavasā hy asi śruto vṛtrahatyena vṛtrahā | maghair maghono ati śūra dāśasi

For by your might you are famed, the slayer of Vṛtra by the slaying of Vṛtra; with bounties you surpass the bountiful, O hero, in giving.

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AV 18 1.39

स्तेगो न क्षाम् अत्य् एषि पृथिवीं मही नो वाता इह वान्तु भूमौ । मित्रो नो अत्र वरुणो युजमानो अग्निर् वने न व्य् असृष्ट शोकम्

stego na kṣām aty eṣi pṛthivīṃ mahī no vātā iha vāntu bhūmau | mitro no atra varuṇo yujamāno agnir vane na vy asṛṣṭa śokam

Like a... you pass over the ground, the earth; let the great winds blow for us here upon the earth. May Mitra here, and Varuṇa yoking himself (for us), (be ours); Agni has sent out his flame, as (fire) in the wood.

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AV 18 1.40

स्तुहि श्रुतं गर्तसदं जनानां राजानं भीमम् उपहत्नुम् उग्रम् । मृडा जरित्रे रुद्र स्तवानो अन्यम् अस्मत् ते नि वपन्तु सेन्यम्

stuhi śrutaṃ gartasadaṃ janānāṃ rājānaṃ bhīmam upahatnum ugram | mṛḍā jaritre rudra stavāno anyam asmat te ni vapantu senyam

Praise the famed one, seated on the throne, the king of men, the terrible, the smiter, the fierce. Be gracious to the singer, O Rudra, when praised; let them strike down another than us, one of your host.

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AV 18 1.41

सरस्वतीं देवयन्तो हवन्ते सरस्वतीम् अध्वरे तायमाने । सरस्वतीं सुकृतो हवन्ते सरस्वती दाशुषे वार्यं दात्

sarasvatīṃ devayanto havante sarasvatīm adhvare tāyamāne | sarasvatīṃ sukṛto havante sarasvatī dāśuṣe vāryaṃ dāt

Those seeking the gods call upon Sarasvatī; upon Sarasvatī when the rite is being spun out; the well-doers call upon Sarasvatī. May Sarasvatī give what is choice to the giver.

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AV 18 1.42

सरस्वतीं पितरो हवन्ते दक्षिना यज्ञम् अभिनक्षमाणाः । आसद्यास्मिन् बर्हिषि मादयध्वम् अनमीवा इष आ धेह्य् अस्मे

sarasvatīṃ pitaro havante dakṣinā yajñam abhinakṣamāṇāḥ | āsadyāsmin barhiṣi mādayadhvam anamīvā iṣa ā dhehy asme

The Fathers call upon Sarasvatī, approaching the sacrifice from the south. Having sat down on this barhis, make yourselves glad; place in us refreshments free from sickness.

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AV 18 1.43

सरस्वति या सरथं ययाथोक्थैः स्वधाभिर् देवि पितृभिर् मदन्ती । सहस्रार्घम् इडो अत्र भागं रायस् पोषं यजमानाय धेहि

sarasvati yā sarathaṃ yayāthokthaiḥ svadhābhir devi pitṛbhir madantī | sahasrārgham iḍo atra bhāgaṃ rāyas poṣaṃ yajamānāya dhehi

O Sarasvatī, you who have driven in the same chariot with the Fathers, rejoicing, O goddess, in the hymns and the offerings — place here for the sacrificer a share of refreshment worth a thousand, and increase of wealth.

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AV 18 1.44

उद् ईरताम् अवर उत् परास उन् मध्यमाः पितरः सोम्यासः । असुं य ईयुर् अवृका ऋतज्ञास् ते नो ऽवन्तु पितरो हवेषु

ud īratām avara ut parāsa un madhyamāḥ pitaraḥ somyāsaḥ | asuṃ ya īyur avṛkā ṛtajñās te no 'vantu pitaro haveṣu

Let them rise up — the lower, the higher, the middle Fathers, they of the soma; those who, wolfless and knowing ṛta, have gone to (the other) life — let those Fathers help us at our calls.

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AV 18 1.45

आहं पितॄन्त् सुविदत्राꣳ अवित्सि नपातं च विक्रमणं च विष्णोः । बर्हिषदो ये स्वधया सुतस्य भजन्त पित्वस् त इहागमिष्ठाः

āhaṃ pitṝnt suvidatrāṁ avitsi napātaṃ ca vikramaṇaṃ ca viṣṇoḥ | barhiṣado ye svadhayā sutasya bhajanta pitvas ta ihāgamiṣṭhāḥ

I have found the Fathers, easy to find, and the grandson and the stride of Viṣṇu. Those who, sitting on the barhis, by the funeral offering partake of the pressed drink, of the food — they come here most readily.

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AV 18 1.46

इदं पितृभ्यो नमो अस्त्व् अद्य ये पूर्वासो ये अपरास ईयुः । ये पार्थिवे रजस्य् आ निषक्ता ये वा नूनं सुवृजनासु दिक्षु

idaṃ pitṛbhyo namo astv adya ye pūrvāso ye aparāsa īyuḥ | ye pārthive rajasy ā niṣaktā ye vā nūnaṃ suvṛjanāsu dikṣu

Let this homage be to the Fathers today, to those who went before and those who went after, who are settled in the earthly realm, or who are now in the regions of good dwelling.

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AV 18 1.47

मातली कव्यैर् यमो अङ्गिरोभिर् बृहस्पतिर् ऋक्वभिर् वावृधानः । यांश् च देवा वावृधुर् ये च देवांस् ते नो ऽवन्तु पितरो हवेषु

mātalī kavyair yamo aṅgirobhir bṛhaspatir ṛkvabhir vāvṛdhānaḥ | yāṃś ca devā vāvṛdhur ye ca devāṃs te no 'vantu pitaro haveṣu

Mātalī, grown strong with the Kavyas, Yama with the Aṅgirases, Bṛhaspati with the singers of ṛc — both those whom the gods have made grow and those who (made) the gods (grow): let those Fathers help us at our calls.

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AV 18 1.48

स्वादुष् किलायं मधुमाꣳ उतायं तीव्रः किलायं रसवाꣳ उतायम् । उतो न्व् अस्य पपिवांसम् इन्द्रं न कश् चन सहत आहवेषु

svāduṣ kilāyaṃ madhumāṁ utāyaṃ tīvraḥ kilāyaṃ rasavāṁ utāyam | uto nv asya papivāṃsam indraṃ na kaś cana sahata āhaveṣu

Sweet indeed is this one, and honeyed is this one; sharp indeed is this one, and full of sap is this one; and further, none at all can overcome Indra when he has drunk of it in the contests.

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AV 18 1.49

परेयिवांसं प्रवतो महीर् इति बहुभ्यः पन्थाम् अनुपस्पशानम् । वैवस्वतं संगमनं जनानां यमं राजानं हविषा सपर्यत

pareyivāṃsaṃ pravato mahīr iti bahubhyaḥ panthām anupaspaśānam | vaivasvataṃ saṃgamanaṃ janānāṃ yamaṃ rājānaṃ haviṣā saparyata

(Him) who went forth along the great descents, who spied out the path for many — Vaivasvata, the gatherer of the people, king Yama: honour (him) with an oblation.

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AV 18 1.50

यमो नो गातुं प्रथमो विवेद नैषा गव्यूतिर् अपभर्तवा उ । यत्रा नः पूर्वे पितरः परेता एना जज्ञानाः पथ्या अनु स्वाः

yamo no gātuṃ prathamo viveda naiṣā gavyūtir apabhartavā u | yatrā naḥ pūrve pitaraḥ paretā enā jajñānāḥ pathyā anu svāḥ

Yama was the first to find a way out for us; this pasture is not to be taken away. Where our fathers of old went forth, there the (later)-born (go) along their own paths.

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AV 18 1.51

बर्हिषदः पितर ऊत्य् अर्वाग् इमा वो हव्या चकृमा जुषध्वम् । त आ गतावसा शंतमेनाधा नः शं योर् अरपो दधात

barhiṣadaḥ pitara ūty arvāg imā vo havyā cakṛmā juṣadhvam | ta ā gatāvasā śaṃtamenādhā naḥ śaṃ yor arapo dadhāta

O Fathers seated on the barhis, (come) near with help; these oblations we have made for you — enjoy them. Come with most beneficial aid, and then grant us welfare and health, free from injury.

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AV 18 1.52

आच्या जानु दक्षिणतो निषद्येदं नो हविर् अभि गृणन्तु विश्वे । मा हिंसिष्ट पितरः केन चिन् नो यद् व आगः पुरुषता कराम

ācyā jānu dakṣiṇato niṣadyedaṃ no havir abhi gṛṇantu viśve | mā hiṃsiṣṭa pitaraḥ kena cin no yad va āgaḥ puruṣatā karāma

Bending the knee, sitting down on the south side, let them all greet this oblation of ours. Do not harm us, Fathers, for anything — for whatever offence against you we may commit in human fashion.

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AV 18 1.53

त्वष्टा दुहित्रे वहतुं कृणोति तेनेदं विश्वं भुवनं सम् एति । यमस्य माता पर्युह्यमाना महो जाया विवस्वतो ननाश

tvaṣṭā duhitre vahatuṃ kṛṇoti tenedaṃ viśvaṃ bhuvanaṃ sam eti | yamasya mātā paryuhyamānā maho jāyā vivasvato nanāśa

Tvaṣṭṛ makes a wedding for his daughter; at that this whole world comes together. Yama's mother, being led away (as bride), the wife of great Vivasvant, vanished.

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AV 18 1.54

प्रेहि प्रेहि पथिभिः पूर्याणैर् येना ते पूर्वे पितरः परेताः । उभा राजानौ स्वधया मदन्तौ यमं पश्यासि वरुणं च देवम्

prehi prehi pathibhiḥ pūryāṇair yenā te pūrve pitaraḥ paretāḥ | ubhā rājānau svadhayā madantau yamaṃ paśyāsi varuṇaṃ ca devam

Go forth, go forth by the ancient paths, by which your fathers of old went forth. You shall see both kings rejoicing in the svadhā-offering: Yama and god Varuṇa.

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AV 18 1.55

अपेत वीत वि च सर्पतातो ऽस्मा एतं पितरो लोकम् अक्रन् । अहोभिर् अद्भिर् अक्तुभिर् व्यक्तं यमो ददात्य् अवसानम् अस्मै

apeta vīta vi ca sarpatāto 'smā etaṃ pitaro lokam akran | ahobhir adbhir aktubhir vyaktaṃ yamo dadāty avasānam asmai

Go away, disperse, and creep apart from here; for him the Fathers have made this world. Yama gives him a resting-place marked out with days, with waters, with nights.

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AV 18 1.56

उशन्तस् त्वेधीमह्य् उशन्तः सम् इधीमहि । उशन्न् उशत आ वह पितॄन् हविषे अत्तवे

uśantas tvedhīmahy uśantaḥ sam idhīmahi | uśann uśata ā vaha pitṝn haviṣe attave

Desiring, may we kindle thee; desiring, may we kindle (thee) well. Desiring, bring here the desiring Fathers to eat the oblation.

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AV 18 1.57

द्युमन्तस् त्वेधीमहि द्युमन्तः सम् इधीमहि । द्युमान् द्युमत आ वह पितॄन् हविषे अत्तवे

dyumantas tvedhīmahi dyumantaḥ sam idhīmahi | dyumān dyumata ā vaha pitṝn haviṣe attave

Radiant, may we kindle thee; radiant, may we kindle (thee) well. Radiant, bring here the radiant Fathers to eat the oblation.

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AV 18 1.58

अङ्गिरसो नः पितरो नवग्वा अथर्वाणो भृगवः सोम्यासः । तेषां वयं सुमतौ यज्ञियानाम् अपि भद्रे सौमनसे स्याम

aṅgiraso naḥ pitaro navagvā atharvāṇo bhṛgavaḥ somyāsaḥ | teṣāṃ vayaṃ sumatau yajñiyānām api bhadre saumanase syāma

The Aṅgirases (are) our fathers, the Navagvas, the Atharvans, the Bhṛgus, the soma-worthy ones. May we be in the favour of those worthy of sacrifice, and in their auspicious good-will.

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AV 18 1.59

अङ्गिरोभिर् यज्ञियैर् आ गहीह यम वैरूपैर् इह मादयस्व । विवस्वन्तं हुवे यः पिता ते ऽस्मिन् बर्हिष्य् आ निषद्य

aṅgirobhir yajñiyair ā gahīha yama vairūpair iha mādayasva | vivasvantaṃ huve yaḥ pitā te 'smin barhiṣy ā niṣadya

Come here, Yama, with the sacrifice-worthy Aṅgirases; rejoice here with the Vairūpas. I call Vivasvant, who is thy father, (to) sit down here on this barhis.

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AV 18 1.60

इमं यम प्रस्तरम् आ हि रोहाङ्गिरोभिः पितृभिः संविदानः । आ त्वा मन्त्राः कविशस्ता वहन्त्व् एना राजन् हविषो मादयस्व

imaṃ yama prastaram ā hi rohāṅgirobhiḥ pitṛbhiḥ saṃvidānaḥ | ā tvā mantrāḥ kaviśastā vahantv enā rājan haviṣo mādayasva

Mount this strewn grass, Yama, in agreement with the Aṅgirases, the Fathers. Let the formulas recited by the seers convey thee here; rejoice, O king, in this oblation.

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AV 18 1.61

इत एत उदारुहन् दिवस् पृष्ठान्व् आरुहन् । प्र भूर्जयो यथा पथा द्याम् अङ्गिरसो ययुः

ita eta udāruhan divas pṛṣṭhānv āruhan | pra bhūrjayo yathā pathā dyām aṅgiraso yayuḥ

From here these ascended, they climbed up along the ridges of heaven; the Aṅgirases went forth to heaven by a path, as the conquerors (did).

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