Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 18 — Chapter 2

AV 18 2.1

यमाय सोमः पवते यमाय क्रियते हविः । यमं ह यज्ञो गछत्य् अग्निदूतो अरंकृतः

yamāya somaḥ pavate yamāya kriyate haviḥ | yamaṃ ha yajño gachaty agnidūto araṃkṛtaḥ

For Yama the soma is purified, for Yama the oblation is made; to Yama indeed the sacrifice goes, with Agni as messenger, made ready.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 2.2

यमाय मधुमत्तमं जुहोता प्र च तिष्ठत । इदं नम ऋषिभ्यः पूर्वजेभ्यः पूर्वेभ्यः पथिकृद्भ्यः

yamāya madhumattamaṃ juhotā pra ca tiṣṭhata | idaṃ nama ṛṣibhyaḥ pūrvajebhyaḥ pūrvebhyaḥ pathikṛdbhyaḥ

Offer to Yama the sweetest (oblation) and step forth. This homage (is) to the seers born before, to the ancient makers of the path.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 2.3

यमाय घृतवत् पयो राज्ञे हविर् जुहोतन । स नो जीवेष्व् आ यमेद् दीर्घम् आयुः प्र जीवसे

yamāya ghṛtavat payo rājñe havir juhotana | sa no jīveṣv ā yamed dīrgham āyuḥ pra jīvase

To king Yama offer ye the oblation, milk rich in ghee. May he extend to us among the living a long life-span, to live on.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 2.4

मैनम् अग्ने वि दहो माभि शूशुचो मास्य त्वचं चिक्षिपो मा शरीरम् । शृतं यदा करसि जातवेदो ऽथेम् एनं प्र हिणुतात् पितॄꣳर् उप

mainam agne vi daho mābhi śūśuco māsya tvacaṃ cikṣipo mā śarīram | śṛtaṃ yadā karasi jātavedo 'them enaṃ pra hiṇutāt pitṝṁr upa

Do not burn him up, Agni, do not scorch him over, do not tear apart his skin or his body. When thou hast made (him) cooked, Jātavedas, then send him forth to the Fathers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 2.5

यदा शृतं कृणवो जातवेदो ऽथेमम् एनं परि दत्तात् पितृभ्यः । यदो गछात्य् असुनीतिम् एताम् अथ देवानां वशनीर् भवाति

yadā śṛtaṃ kṛṇavo jātavedo 'themam enaṃ pari dattāt pitṛbhyaḥ | yado gachāty asunītim etām atha devānāṃ vaśanīr bhavāti

When thou shalt make (him) cooked, Jātavedas, then hand him over to the Fathers. When he goes to this leading-away of life-breath, then he becomes subject to the will of the gods.

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

AV 18 2.6

त्रिकद्रुकेभिः पवते षड् उर्वीर् एकम् इद् बृहत् । त्रिष्टुब् गायत्री छन्दांसि सर्वा ता यम आर्पिता

trikadrukebhiḥ pavate ṣaḍ urvīr ekam id bṛhat | triṣṭub gāyatrī chandāṃsi sarvā tā yama ārpitā

With the Trikadrukas he is purified; the six wide (regions), the one great (thing); triṣṭubh, gāyatrī — all those metres are fixed in Yama.

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

AV 18 2.7

सूर्यं चक्षुषा गछ वातम् आत्मना दिवं च गछ पृथिवीं च धर्मभिः । अपो वा गछ यदि तत्र ते हितम् ओषधीषु प्रति तिष्ठा शरीरैः

sūryaṃ cakṣuṣā gacha vātam ātmanā divaṃ ca gacha pṛthivīṃ ca dharmabhiḥ | apo vā gacha yadi tatra te hitam oṣadhīṣu prati tiṣṭhā śarīraiḥ

Go to the sun with thy eye, to the wind with thy breath-self; go to heaven and to the earth according to (their) ordinances; or go to the waters, if that is set for thee there; stand firm in the plants with thy bodily parts.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 2.8

अजो भागस् तपसस् तं तपस्व तं ते शोचिस् तपतु तं ते अर्चिः । यास् ते शिवास् तन्वो जातवेदस् ताभिर् वहैनं सुकृताम् उ लोकम्

ajo bhāgas tapasas taṃ tapasva taṃ te śocis tapatu taṃ te arciḥ | yās te śivās tanvo jātavedas tābhir vahainaṃ sukṛtām u lokam

The goat is (your) share of heat—heat that; let your flame heat that, your blaze that. With those bodies of yours that are kindly, O Jātavedas, carry him to the world of the well-doers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 2.9

यास् ते शोचयो रंहयो जातवेदो याभिर् आपृणासि दिवम् अन्तरिक्षम् । अजं यन्तम् अनु ताः सम् ऋण्वताम् अथेतराभिः शिवतमाभिः शृतं कृधि

yās te śocayo raṃhayo jātavedo yābhir āpṛṇāsi divam antarikṣam | ajaṃ yantam anu tāḥ sam ṛṇvatām athetarābhiḥ śivatamābhiḥ śṛtaṃ kṛdhi

Those flames of yours, your onrushings, O Jātavedas, with which you fill up heaven and the midspace—let them press on after the goat as he goes; and then with the other, most kindly ones, make (him) cooked through.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 2.10

अव सृज पुनर् अग्ने पितृभ्यो यस् त आहुतश् चरति स्वधावान् । आयुर् वसान उप यातु शेषः सं गछतां तन्वा सुवर्चाः

ava sṛja punar agne pitṛbhyo yas ta āhutaś carati svadhāvān | āyur vasāna upa yātu śeṣaḥ saṃ gachatāṃ tanvā suvarcāḥ

Release (him) again, O Agni, to the Fathers—he who, offered into you, moves possessing his own power. Clothing himself in life, let what remains (of him) come near; let him unite with a body, well-glowing.

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

AV 18 2.11

अति द्रव श्वानौ सारमेयौ चतुरक्षौ शबलौ साधुना पथा । अधा पितॄन्त् सुविदत्राꣳ अपीहि यमेन ये सधमादं मदन्ति

ati drava śvānau sārameyau caturakṣau śabalau sādhunā pathā | adhā pitṝnt suvidatrāṁ apīhi yamena ye sadhamādaṃ madanti

Run past the two dogs, Saramā's sons, four-eyed and brindled, by the good road; and then go to the bounteous Fathers, who revel in joint revelry with Yama.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 2.12

यौ ते श्वानौ यम रक्षितारौ चतुरक्षौ पथिषदी नृचक्षसा । ताभ्यां राजन् परि धेह्य् एनं स्वस्त्य् अस्मा अनमीवं च धेहि

yau te śvānau yama rakṣitārau caturakṣau pathiṣadī nṛcakṣasā | tābhyāṃ rājan pari dhehy enaṃ svasty asmā anamīvaṃ ca dhehi

Your two dogs, O Yama, the guardians, four-eyed, sitting on the path, watching men—with those two, O king, enfold him; grant him well-being and freedom from sickness.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 2.13

उरूणसाव् असुतृपाव् उदुम्बलौ यमस्य दूतौ चरतो जनाꣳ अनु । ताव् अस्मभ्यं दृशये सूर्याय पुनर् दाताम् असुम् अद्येह भद्रम्

urūṇasāv asutṛpāv udumbalau yamasya dūtau carato janāṁ anu | tāv asmabhyaṃ dṛśaye sūryāya punar dātām asum adyeha bhadram

Broad-nosed, life-stealing, (dark-?)brown, Yama's two messengers move among the people. Let those two give back to us here today a good breath of life, for seeing the sun.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 2.14

सोम एकेभ्यः पवते घृतम् एक उपासते । येभ्यो मधु प्रधावति तांश् चिद् एवापि गछतात्

soma ekebhyaḥ pavate ghṛtam eka upāsate | yebhyo madhu pradhāvati tāṃś cid evāpi gachatāt

For some Soma is pressed; some sit by the ghee. To those to whom honey runs forth—to just them let him go.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 2.15

ये चित् पूर्व ऋतसाता ऋतजाता ऋतावृधः । ऋषीन् तपस्वतो यम तपोजाꣳ अपि गछतात्

ye cit pūrva ṛtasātā ṛtajātā ṛtāvṛdhaḥ | ṛṣīn tapasvato yama tapojāṁ api gachatāt

Those former ones who won ṛta, born of ṛta, who increased ṛta—the seers possessed of tapas, born of tapas, O Yama, to them let him go.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 2.16

तपसा ये अनाधृष्यास् तपसा ये स्वर् ययुः । तपो ये चक्रिरे महस् तांश् चिद् एवापि गछतात्

tapasā ye anādhṛṣyās tapasā ye svar yayuḥ | tapo ye cakrire mahas tāṃś cid evāpi gachatāt

Those who by tapas are not to be assailed, who by tapas went to the light of heaven, who made tapas their greatness—to just them let him go.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 2.17

ये युध्यन्ते प्रधनेषु शूरासो ये स्वर् तनूत्यजः । ये वा सहस्रदक्षिणास् तां चिद् एवापि गछतात्

ye yudhyante pradhaneṣu śūrāso ye svar tanūtyajaḥ | ye vā sahasradakṣiṇās tāṃ cid evāpi gachatāt

Those who fight in battles, the heroes who give up their bodies (for the sun/for heaven), or those who give a thousand as sacrificial gifts—to just them let him go.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 2.18

सहस्रणीथाः कवयो ये गोपायन्ति सूर्यम् । ऋषीन् तपस्वतो यम तपोजाꣳ अपि गछतात्

sahasraṇīthāḥ kavayo ye gopāyanti sūryam | ṛṣīn tapasvato yama tapojāṁ api gachatāt

The sages of a thousand songs who guard the sun—the seers possessed of tapas, born of tapas, O Yama, to them let him go.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 2.19

स्योनास्मै भव पृथिव्य् अनृक्षरा निवेशनी । यछास्मै शर्म सप्रथाः

syonāsmai bhava pṛthivy anṛkṣarā niveśanī | yachāsmai śarma saprathāḥ

Be pleasant to him, O Earth, free of thorns, offering a resting place; extend to him wide-reaching shelter.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 2.20

असंबाधे पृथिव्या उरौ लोके नि धीयस्व । स्वधा याश् चकृषे जीवन् तास् ते सन्तु मधुश्चुतः

asaṃbādhe pṛthivyā urau loke ni dhīyasva | svadhā yāś cakṛṣe jīvan tās te santu madhuścutaḥ

Be laid down in the unconfined, wide world of the earth. The svadhā-offerings which you made while living—let them be dripping honey for you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 2.21

ह्वयामि ते मनसा मन इहेमान् गृहाम् उप जुजुषाण एहि । सं गछस्व पितृभिः सं यमेन स्योनास् त्वा वाता उप वान्तु शग्माः

hvayāmi te manasā mana ihemān gṛhām upa jujuṣāṇa ehi | saṃ gachasva pitṛbhiḥ saṃ yamena syonās tvā vātā upa vāntu śagmāḥ

With my mind I call your mind: come here to these houses, well pleased. Unite with the Fathers, unite with Yama; let pleasant, favourable winds blow upon you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 2.22

उत् त्वा वहन्तु मरुत उदवाहा उदप्रुतः । अजेन कृण्वन्तः शीतं वर्षेणोक्षन्तु बाल् इति

ut tvā vahantu maruta udavāhā udaprutaḥ | ajena kṛṇvantaḥ śītaṃ varṣeṇokṣantu bāl iti

Let the Maruts bear you up, they that carry water, that swim in water; making it cool with the goat, let them sprinkle you with rain—'bāl!'

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

AV 18 2.23

उद् अह्वम् आयुर् आयुषे क्रत्वे दक्षाय जीवसे । स्वान् गछतु ते मनो अधा पितॄꣳर् उप द्रव

ud ahvam āyur āyuṣe kratve dakṣāya jīvase | svān gachatu te mano adhā pitṝṁr upa drava

I have called up life for life, for resolve, for skill, for living. Let your mind go to your own people; then run to the Fathers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 2.24

मा ते मनो मासोर् माङ्गानां मा रसस्य ते । मा ते हास्त तन्वः किं चनेह

mā te mano māsor māṅgānāṃ mā rasasya te | mā te hāsta tanvaḥ kiṃ caneha

Let there be no loss of your mind, nor of your breath, nor of your limbs, nor of your sap; let nothing at all of your body fail you here.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 2.25

मा त्वा वृक्षः सं बाधिष्ट मा देवी पृथिवी मही । लोकं पितृषु वित्त्वैधस्व यमराजसु

mā tvā vṛkṣaḥ saṃ bādhiṣṭa mā devī pṛthivī mahī | lokaṃ pitṛṣu vittvaidhasva yamarājasu

Let no tree crush you, nor the great goddess Earth. Having found a place among the Fathers, thrive among those over whom Yama is king.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 2.26

यत् ते अङ्गम् अतिहितं पराचैर् अपानः प्राणो य उ वा ते परेतः । तत् ते संगत्य पितरः सनीडा घासाद् घासं पुनर् आ वेशयन्तु

yat te aṅgam atihitaṃ parācair apānaḥ prāṇo ya u vā te paretaḥ | tat te saṃgatya pitaraḥ sanīḍā ghāsād ghāsaṃ punar ā veśayantu

Whatever limb of yours has been put away far off, or your out-breath, your in-breath, that has gone away—let the Fathers of one nest, coming together, put it back into you, mouthful from mouthful.

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

AV 18 2.27

अपेमं जीवा अरुधन् गृहेभ्यस् तं निर् वहत परि ग्रामाद् इतः । मृत्युर् यमस्यासीद् दूतः प्रचेता असून् पितृभ्यो गमयां चकार

apemaṃ jīvā arudhan gṛhebhyas taṃ nir vahata pari grāmād itaḥ | mṛtyur yamasyāsīd dūtaḥ pracetā asūn pitṛbhyo gamayāṃ cakāra

The living have kept him away from the houses; carry him out, away from the village here. Death was Yama's messenger, the far-knowing; he has made the breaths of life go to the Fathers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 2.28

ये दस्यवः पितृषु प्रविष्टा ज्ञातिमुखा अहुतादश् चरन्ति । परापुरो निपुरो ये भरन्त्य् अग्निष् टान् अस्मात् प्र धमाति यज्ञात्

ye dasyavaḥ pitṛṣu praviṣṭā jñātimukhā ahutādaś caranti | parāpuro nipuro ye bharanty agniṣ ṭān asmāt pra dhamāti yajñāt

The dasyus who have entered in among the Fathers, who go about with the faces of kinsmen, eaters of what is not offered — those who carry off the parāpuras and the nipuras: may Agni blow them away from this sacrifice.

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

AV 18 2.29

सं विशन्त्व् इह पितरः स्वा नः स्योनं कृण्वन्तः प्रतिरन्त आयुः । तेभ्यः शकेम हविषा नक्षमाणा ज्योग् जीवन्तः शरदः पुरूचीः

saṃ viśantv iha pitaraḥ svā naḥ syonaṃ kṛṇvantaḥ pratiranta āyuḥ | tebhyaḥ śakema haviṣā nakṣamāṇā jyog jīvantaḥ śaradaḥ purūcīḥ

Let the Fathers, our own, enter in together here, making (things) pleasant (for us), prolonging (our) lifetime. May we, approaching them with an oblation, be able (to reach them), living long, for many autumns.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 2.30

यां ते धेनुं निपृणामि यम् उ क्षीर ओदनम् । तेना जनस्यासो भर्ता यो ऽत्रासद् अजीवनः

yāṃ te dhenuṃ nipṛṇāmi yam u kṣīra odanam | tenā janasyāso bhartā yo 'trāsad ajīvanaḥ

The milch-cow that I present to you, and the rice-mess with milk — by that you shall be the supporter of the man who here has been without life.

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

AV 18 2.31

अश्वावतीं प्र तर या सुशेवा र्क्षाकं वा प्रतरं नवीयः । यस् त्वा जघान वध्यः सो अस्तु मा सो अन्यद् विदत भागधेयम्

aśvāvatīṃ pra tara yā suśevā rkṣākaṃ vā prataraṃ navīyaḥ | yas tvā jaghāna vadhyaḥ so astu mā so anyad vidata bhāgadheyam

Cross over the one abounding in horses, which is kindly, or the ṛkṣāka farther on, anew. He who struck you down, let him be the one to be struck; let him not find any other portion.

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

AV 18 2.32

यमः परो ऽवरो विवस्वान् ततः परं नाति पश्यामि किं चन । यमे अध्वरो अधि मे निविष्टो भुवो विवस्वान् अन्वाततान

yamaḥ paro 'varo vivasvān tataḥ paraṃ nāti paśyāmi kiṃ cana | yame adhvaro adhi me niviṣṭo bhuvo vivasvān anvātatāna

Yama is the farther, Vivasvan the nearer; beyond that I see nothing whatever. My sacrifice is set upon Yama; you became Vivasvan, (and) stretched (yourself) out along (it).

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

AV 18 2.33

अपागूहन्न् अमृतां मर्त्येभ्यः कृत्वा सवर्णाम् अदधुर् विवस्वते । उताश्विनाव् अभरद् यत् तद् आसीद् अजहाद् उ द्वा मिथुना सरण्यूः

apāgūhann amṛtāṃ martyebhyaḥ kṛtvā savarṇām adadhur vivasvate | utāśvināv abharad yat tad āsīd ajahād u dvā mithunā saraṇyūḥ

They hid away the immortal (woman) from the mortals; having made one of like colour, they gave (her) to Vivasvan. And she bore the two Aśvins, when that happened; and Saraṇyū abandoned the two of a pair.

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

AV 18 2.34

ये निखाता ये परोप्ता ये दग्धा ये चोद्धिताः । सर्वांस् तान् अग्न आ वह पितॄन् हविषे अत्तवे

ye nikhātā ye paroptā ye dagdhā ye coddhitāḥ | sarvāṃs tān agna ā vaha pitṝn haviṣe attave

Those who are buried, those who are scattered away, those who are burned, and those who are set up — all those Fathers, O Agni, bring here to eat the oblation.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 2.35

ये अग्निदग्धा ये अनग्निदग्धा मध्ये दिवः स्वधया मादयन्ते । त्वं तान् वेत्थ यदि ते जातवेदः स्वधया यज्ञं स्वधितिं जुषन्ताम्

ye agnidagdhā ye anagnidagdhā madhye divaḥ svadhayā mādayante | tvaṃ tān vettha yadi te jātavedaḥ svadhayā yajñaṃ svadhitiṃ juṣantām

Those burned by fire, those not burned by fire, who take their pleasure in the middle of heaven by (their) svadhā — you know them, if they are yours, O Jātavedas; let them enjoy the sacrifice, the svadhiti, with svadhā.

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

AV 18 2.36

शं तप माति तपो अग्ने मा तन्वं तपः । वणेषु शुष्मो अस्तु ते पृथिव्याम् अस्तु यद् धरः

śaṃ tapa māti tapo agne mā tanvaṃ tapaḥ | vaṇeṣu śuṣmo astu te pṛthivyām astu yad dharaḥ

Burn kindly; do not burn too much, O Agni; do not burn the body. Let your fury be in the trees, let what heat (you have) be in the earth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 2.37

ददाम्य् अस्मा अवसानम् एतद् य एष आगन् मम चेद् अभूद् इह । यमश् चिकित्वान् प्रत्य् एतद् आह ममैष राय उप तिष्ठताम् इह

dadāmy asmā avasānam etad ya eṣa āgan mama ced abhūd iha | yamaś cikitvān praty etad āha mamaiṣa rāya upa tiṣṭhatām iha

I give him this resting-place, this one who has come here and has been mine. Yama, discerning, replies to this: "He is mine; let him attend here for wealth."

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

AV 18 2.38

इमां मात्रां मिमीमहे यथापरं न मासातै । शते शरत्सु नो पुरा

imāṃ mātrāṃ mimīmahe yathāparaṃ na māsātai | śate śaratsu no purā

This measure we measure out, so that hereafter it shall not be measured — not for us before a hundred autumns.

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

AV 18 2.39

प्रेमां मात्रां मिमीमहे यथापरं न मासातै । शते शरत्सु नो पुरा

premāṃ mātrāṃ mimīmahe yathāparaṃ na māsātai | śate śaratsu no purā

Forth do we measure out this measure, so that hereafter it shall not be measured — not for us before a hundred autumns.

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

AV 18 2.40

अपेमां मात्रां मिमीमहे यथापरं न मासातै । शते शरत्सु नो पुरा

apemāṃ mātrāṃ mimīmahe yathāparaṃ na māsātai | śate śaratsu no purā

Away do we measure out this measure, so that hereafter it shall not be measured — not for us before a hundred autumns.

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

AV 18 2.41

वीमां मात्रां मिमीमहे यथापरं न मासातै । शते शरत्सु नो पुरा

vīmāṃ mātrāṃ mimīmahe yathāparaṃ na māsātai | śate śaratsu no purā

Apart do we measure out this measure, so that hereafter it shall not be measured — not for us before a hundred autumns.

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

AV 18 2.42

निर् इमां मात्रां मिमीमहे यथापरं न मासातै । शते शरत्सु नो पुरा

nir imāṃ mātrāṃ mimīmahe yathāparaṃ na māsātai | śate śaratsu no purā

Out do we measure this measure, so that hereafter it shall not be measured — not for us before a hundred autumns.

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

AV 18 2.43

उद् इमां मात्रां मिमीमहे यथापरं न मासातै । शते शरत्सु नो पुरा

ud imāṃ mātrāṃ mimīmahe yathāparaṃ na māsātai | śate śaratsu no purā

Up do we measure this measure, so that hereafter it shall not be measured — not for us before a hundred autumns.

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

AV 18 2.44

सम् इमां मात्रां मिमीमहे यथापरं न मासातै । शते शरत्सु नो पुरा

sam imāṃ mātrāṃ mimīmahe yathāparaṃ na māsātai | śate śaratsu no purā

Together do we measure this measure, so that hereafter it shall not be measured — not for us before a hundred autumns.

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

AV 18 2.45

अमासि मात्रां स्वर् अगाम् आयुष्मान् भूयासम् । यथापरं न मासातै शते शरत्सु नो पुरा

amāsi mātrāṃ svar agām āyuṣmān bhūyāsam | yathāparaṃ na māsātai śate śaratsu no purā

I have measured out the measure; I have gone to the light; may I be full of life — so that hereafter it shall not be measured, not for us before a hundred autumns.

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

AV 18 2.46

प्राणो अपानो व्यान आयुश् चक्षुर् दृशये सूर्याय । अपरिपरेण पथा यमराज्ञः पितॄन् गछ

prāṇo apāno vyāna āyuś cakṣur dṛśaye sūryāya | aparipareṇa pathā yamarājñaḥ pitṝn gacha

In-breath, out-breath, diffused breath, lifetime, the eye for seeing, for the sun. By a path that is not roundabout go to the Fathers of King Yama.

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

AV 18 2.47

ये अग्रवः शशमानाः परेयुर् हित्वा द्वेषांस्य् अनपत्यवन्तः । ते द्याम् उदित्याविदन्त लोकं नाकस्य पृष्ठे अधि दीध्यानाः

ye agravaḥ śaśamānāḥ pareyur hitvā dveṣāṃsy anapatyavantaḥ | te dyām udityāvidanta lokaṃ nākasya pṛṣṭhe adhi dīdhyānāḥ

Those unwedded ones who, having toiled (at the rites), passed away, leaving behind their enmities, without offspring — they, having gone up to heaven, found the (heavenly) world, shining upon the back of the firmament.

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

AV 18 2.48

उदन्वती द्यौर् अवमा पीलुमतीति मध्यमा । तृतीया ह प्रद्यौर् इति यस्यां पितर आसते

udanvatī dyaur avamā pīlumatīti madhyamā | tṛtīyā ha pradyaur iti yasyāṃ pitara āsate

The lowest heaven is watery, the middle one is called "having the pīlu tree," and the third is called pradyaus, in which the fathers are seated.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 2.49

ये न पितुः पितरो ये पितामहा य आविविशुर् उर्व् अन्तरिक्षम् । य आक्षियन्ति पृथिवीम् उत द्यां तेभ्यः पितृभ्यो नमसा विधेम

ye na pituḥ pitaro ye pitāmahā ya āviviśur urv antarikṣam | ya ākṣiyanti pṛthivīm uta dyāṃ tebhyaḥ pitṛbhyo namasā vidhema

Those who are the fathers of our father, those who are grandfathers, who have entered the wide mid-space, who dwell upon the earth and the heaven — to those fathers let us pay honour with homage.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 2.50

इदम् इद् वा उ नापरं दिवि पश्यसि सूर्यम् । माता पुत्रं यथा सिचाभ्य् एनं भूम ऊर्णुहि

idam id vā u nāparaṃ divi paśyasi sūryam | mātā putraṃ yathā sicābhy enaṃ bhūma ūrṇuhi

Just this, and indeed nothing beyond: in the sky you behold the sun. As a mother (covers) her son with her hem, cover him over, O Earth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 2.51

इदम् इद् वा उ नापरं जरस्य् अन्यद् इतो ऽपरम् । जाया पतिम् इव वाससाभ्य् एनं भूम ऊर्णुहि

idam id vā u nāparaṃ jarasy anyad ito 'param | jāyā patim iva vāsasābhy enaṃ bhūma ūrṇuhi

Just this, and indeed nothing beyond: you grow old — something else is beyond this. As a wife (covers) her husband with a garment, cover him over, O Earth.

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

AV 18 2.52

अभि त्वोर्णोमि पृथिव्या मातुर् वस्त्रेण भद्रया । जीवेषु भद्रं तन् मयि स्वधा पितृषु सा त्वयि

abhi tvorṇomi pṛthivyā mātur vastreṇa bhadrayā | jīveṣu bhadraṃ tan mayi svadhā pitṛṣu sā tvayi

I cover you over with the auspicious garment of mother Earth. What is auspicious (be) among the living, that (be) in me; let that svadhā be in you among the fathers.

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

AV 18 2.53

अग्नीषोमा पथिकृता स्योनं देवेभ्यो रत्नं दधथुर् वि लोकम् । उप प्रेष्यन्तं पूषणं यो वहात्य् अञ्जोयानैः पथिभिस् तत्र गछतम्

agnīṣomā pathikṛtā syonaṃ devebhyo ratnaṃ dadhathur vi lokam | upa preṣyantaṃ pūṣaṇaṃ yo vahāty añjoyānaiḥ pathibhis tatra gachatam

O Agni and Soma, path-makers, you two have set a pleasant treasure, a wide place, for the gods. Go there by easy-going paths, to Pūṣan who conveys him that is being sent forth.

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

AV 18 2.54

पूषा त्वेतश् च्यावयतु प्र विद्वान् अनष्टपशुर् भुवनस्य गोपाः । स त्वैतेभ्यः परि ददत् पितृभ्यो ऽग्निर् देवेभ्यः सुविदत्रियेभ्यः

pūṣā tvetaś cyāvayatu pra vidvān anaṣṭapaśur bhuvanasya gopāḥ | sa tvaitebhyaḥ pari dadat pitṛbhyo 'gnir devebhyaḥ suvidatriyebhyaḥ

Let Pūṣan, knowing, set you moving forth from here, he whose cattle are not lost, the herdsman of the world. Let him hand you over to these fathers, and Agni to the gods who are easy to find.

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

AV 18 2.55

आयुर् विश्वायुः परि पातु त्वा पूषा त्वा पातु प्रपथे पुरस्तात् । यत्रासते सुकृतो यत्र त ईयुस् तत्र त्वा देवः सविता दधातु

āyur viśvāyuḥ pari pātu tvā pūṣā tvā pātu prapathe purastāt | yatrāsate sukṛto yatra ta īyus tatra tvā devaḥ savitā dadhātu

Let lifetime, all-lifetime, guard you about; let Pūṣan guard you on the far path, in front. Where the well-doers sit, where they have gone — there let the god Savitṛ place you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 2.56

इमौ युनज्मि ते वह्नी असुनीताय वोढवे । ताभ्यां यमस्य सादनं समितिश् चाव गछतात्

imau yunajmi te vahnī asunītāya voḍhave | tābhyāṃ yamasya sādanaṃ samitiś cāva gachatāt

These two draft-animals I yoke for you, to carry (you) to the leading-away of the breath-spirit. With those two go down to Yama's seat and to the assembly.

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

AV 18 2.57

एतत् त्वा वासः प्रथमं न्व् आगन्न् अपैतद् ऊह यद् इहाबिभः पुरा । इष्टापूर्तम् अनुसंक्राम विद्वान् यत्र ते दत्तं बहुधा विबन्धुषु

etat tvā vāsaḥ prathamaṃ nv āgann apaitad ūha yad ihābibhaḥ purā | iṣṭāpūrtam anusaṃkrāma vidvān yatra te dattaṃ bahudhā vibandhuṣu

This garment has now come to you as the first; put away that which you wore here before. Go on, knowing, after (your) offered-and-bestowed merit, where what you gave is (laid up) in many portions among the kinless.

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

AV 18 2.58

अग्नेर् वर्म परि गोभिर् व्ययस्व सं प्रोर्णुष्व मेदसा पीवसा च । नेत् त्वा धृष्णुर् हरसा जर्हृषाणो दधृग् विधक्षन् परीङ्खयातै

agner varma pari gobhir vyayasva saṃ prorṇuṣva medasā pīvasā ca | net tvā dhṛṣṇur harasā jarhṛṣāṇo dadhṛg vidhakṣan parīṅkhayātai

Wrap yourself about with the armour (against) Agni by means of the cows; cover yourself over with fat and grease, lest the bold one, exulting with his flame, take hold and, resolute, whirl you about intending to burn (you) up.

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

AV 18 2.59

दण्डं हस्ताद् आददानो गतासोः सह श्रोत्रेण वर्चसा बलेन । अत्रैव त्वम् इह वयं सुवीरा विश्वा मृधो अभिमातीर् जयेम

daṇḍaṃ hastād ādadāno gatāsoḥ saha śrotreṇa varcasā balena | atraiva tvam iha vayaṃ suvīrā viśvā mṛdho abhimātīr jayema

Taking the staff from the hand of him whose breath has gone, along with his hearing, his splendour, his strength — you (be) just there, we here; may we, with good heroes, conquer all assaults and hostilities.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 2.60

धनुर् हस्ताद् आददानो मृतस्य सह क्षत्रेण वर्चसा बलेन । समागृभाय वसु भूरि पुष्टम् अर्वाङ् त्वम् एह्य् उप जीवलोकम्

dhanur hastād ādadāno mṛtasya saha kṣatreṇa varcasā balena | samāgṛbhāya vasu bhūri puṣṭam arvāṅ tvam ehy upa jīvalokam

Taking the bow from the hand of the dead man, along with (his) ruling power, splendour, and strength — "Take hold of the goods, abundant and thriving; come you hither, near to the world of the living."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition