Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 18 — Chapter 3

AV 18 3.1

इयं नारी पतिलोकं वृणाना नि पद्यत उप त्वा मर्त्य प्रेतम् । धर्मं पुराणम् अनुपालयन्ती तस्यै प्रजां द्रविणं चेह धेहि

iyaṃ nārī patilokaṃ vṛṇānā ni padyata upa tvā martya pretam | dharmaṃ purāṇam anupālayantī tasyai prajāṃ draviṇaṃ ceha dhehi

This woman, choosing the world of her husband, lies down beside you, O mortal one who has departed, keeping up the ancient law. To her grant here offspring and property.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 3.2

उद् ईर्ष्व नार्य् अभि जीवलोकं गतासुम् एतम् उप शेष एहि । हस्तग्राभस्य दधिषोस् तवेदं पत्युर् जनित्वम् अभि सं बभूथ

ud īrṣva nāry abhi jīvalokaṃ gatāsum etam upa śeṣa ehi | hastagrābhasya dadhiṣos tavedaṃ patyur janitvam abhi saṃ babhūtha

Rise up, woman, to the world of the living; you lie beside him whose breath has gone — come away. You have come to be the wife of this husband who takes your hand and desires you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 3.3

अपश्यं युवतिं नीयमानां जीवां मृतेभ्यः परिणीयमानाम् । अन्धेन यत् तमसा प्रावृतासीत् प्राक्तो अपाचीम् अनयं तद् एनाम्

apaśyaṃ yuvatiṃ nīyamānāṃ jīvāṃ mṛtebhyaḥ pariṇīyamānām | andhena yat tamasā prāvṛtāsīt prākto apācīm anayaṃ tad enām

I saw a young woman being led, alive, being led round for the dead. When she was covered up with blind darkness, I led her back from in front, westward.

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

AV 18 3.4

प्रजानत्य् अघ्न्ये जीवलोकं देवानां पन्थाम् अनुसंचरन्ती । अयं ते गोपतिस् तं जुषस्व स्वर्गं लोकम् अधि रोहयैनम्

prajānaty aghnye jīvalokaṃ devānāṃ panthām anusaṃcarantī | ayaṃ te gopatis taṃ juṣasva svargaṃ lokam adhi rohayainam

Knowing the way, O inviolable cow, faring along the path of the gods to the world of the living — this is your cow-lord; delight in him; make him ascend to the heavenly world.

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

AV 18 3.5

उप द्याम् उप वेतसम् अवत्तरो नदीनाम् । अग्ने पित्तम् अपाम् असि

upa dyām upa vetasam avattaro nadīnām | agne pittam apām asi

Toward the sky, toward the reed — you are the one more cut off of the rivers. O Agni, you are the bile of the waters.

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

AV 18 3.6

यं त्वम् अग्ने समदहस् तम् उ निर् वापय पुनः । क्याम्बूर् अत्र रोहतु शाण्डदूर्वा व्यल्कशा

yaṃ tvam agne samadahas tam u nir vāpaya punaḥ | kyāmbūr atra rohatu śāṇḍadūrvā vyalkaśā

Whom you have burnt up, O Agni, him do you quench again. Let the kyāmbū plant grow here, the śāṇḍadūrvā, the vyalkaśā.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 3.7

इदं त एकम् पुर ऊ त एकं तृतीयेन ज्योतिषा सं विशस्व । संवेशने तन्वा चारुर् एधि प्रियो देवानां परमे सधस्थे

idaṃ ta ekam pura ū ta ekaṃ tṛtīyena jyotiṣā saṃ viśasva | saṃveśane tanvā cārur edhi priyo devānāṃ parame sadhasthe

This one of yours (is) here, one of yours (was) before; enter together with the third light. In the entering-together be lovely with your body, dear to the gods in the highest seat.

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

AV 18 3.8

उत् तिष्ठ प्रेहि प्र द्रवौकः कृणुष्व सलिले सधस्थे । तत्र त्वं पितृभिः संविदानः सं सोमेन मदस्व सं स्वधाभिः

ut tiṣṭha prehi pra dravaukaḥ kṛṇuṣva salile sadhasthe | tatra tvaṃ pitṛbhiḥ saṃvidānaḥ saṃ somena madasva saṃ svadhābhiḥ

Rise up, go forth, run on; make yourself a dwelling in the flowing waters as your seat. There, in agreement with the Fathers, revel together with Soma, together with the svadhā-offerings.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 3.9

प्र च्यवस्व तन्वं सं भरस्व मा ते गात्रा वि हायि मो शरीरम् । मनो निविष्टम् अनुसंविशस्व यत्र भूमेर् जुषसे तत्र गछ

pra cyavasva tanvaṃ saṃ bharasva mā te gātrā vi hāyi mo śarīram | mano niviṣṭam anusaṃviśasva yatra bhūmer juṣase tatra gacha

Stir forth, gather your body together; let your limbs not be left behind, nor your body. Follow in, entering after the mind that has settled in; go there, where you take pleasure in the earth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 3.10

वर्चसा मां पितरः सोम्यासो अञ्जन्तु देवा मधुना घृतेन । चक्षुषे मा प्रतरं तारयन्तो जरसे मा जरदष्टिं वर्धन्तु

varcasā māṃ pitaraḥ somyāso añjantu devā madhunā ghṛtena | cakṣuṣe mā prataraṃ tārayanto jarase mā jaradaṣṭiṃ vardhantu

Let the Fathers, the Soma-worthy ones, anoint me with splendour, the gods with honey and ghee; carrying me further on to sight, let them make me grow to old age, to the full span of years.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 3.11

वर्चसा मां सम् अनक्त्व् अग्निर् मेधां मे विष्णुर् न्य् अनक्त्व् आसन् । रयिं मे विश्वे नि यछन्तु देवाः स्योना मापः पवनैः पुनन्तु

varcasā māṃ sam anaktv agnir medhāṃ me viṣṇur ny anaktv āsan | rayiṃ me viśve ni yachantu devāḥ syonā māpaḥ pavanaiḥ punantu

Let Agni anoint me with splendour; let Viṣṇu anoint insight into my mouth; let all the gods bestow riches on me; let the kindly waters purify me with their purifiers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 3.12

मित्रावरुणा परि माम् अधाताम् आदित्या मा स्वरवो वर्धयन्तु । वर्चो म इन्द्रो न्य् अनक्तु हस्तयोर् जरदष्टिं मा सविता कृणोतु

mitrāvaruṇā pari mām adhātām ādityā mā svaravo vardhayantu | varco ma indro ny anaktu hastayor jaradaṣṭiṃ mā savitā kṛṇotu

Let Mitra and Varuṇa enclose me about; let the Ādityas make me grow, (and) the sacrificial posts; let Indra anoint splendour into my two hands; let Savitṛ make me live to old age.

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

AV 18 3.13

यो ममार प्रथमो मर्त्यानां यः प्रेयाय प्रथमो लोकम् एतम् । वैवस्वतं संगमनं जनानां यमं राजानं हविषा सपर्यत

yo mamāra prathamo martyānāṃ yaḥ preyāya prathamo lokam etam | vaivasvataṃ saṃgamanaṃ janānāṃ yamaṃ rājānaṃ haviṣā saparyata

Him who died first of mortals, who first went forth to that world, Vaivasvata, the gatherer of people, king Yama — honour him with an oblation.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 3.14

परा यात पितर आ च यातायं वो यज्ञो मधुना समक्तः । दत्तो अस्मभ्यं द्रविणेह भद्रं रयिं च नः सर्ववीरं दधात

parā yāta pitara ā ca yātāyaṃ vo yajño madhunā samaktaḥ | datto asmabhyaṃ draviṇeha bhadraṃ rayiṃ ca naḥ sarvavīraṃ dadhāta

Go away, O Fathers, and come again; this sacrifice of yours is anointed with honey. Give us property here, (give) what is auspicious, and grant us wealth with all (our) men.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 3.15

कण्वः कक्षीवान् पुरुमीढो अगस्त्यः श्यावाश्वः सोभर्य् अर्चनानाः । विश्वामित्रो ऽयं जमदग्निर् अत्रिर् अवन्तु नः कश्यपो वामदेवः

kaṇvaḥ kakṣīvān purumīḍho agastyaḥ śyāvāśvaḥ sobhary arcanānāḥ | viśvāmitro 'yaṃ jamadagnir atrir avantu naḥ kaśyapo vāmadevaḥ

Kaṇva, Kakṣīvān, Purumīḍha, Agastya, Śyāvāśva, Sobhari, Arcanānas, Viśvāmitra here, Jamadagni, Atri — let them help us, (and) Kaśyapa, Vāmadeva.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 3.16

विश्वामित्र जमदग्ने वसिष्ठ भरद्वाज गोतम वामदेव । शर्दिर् नो अत्रिर् अग्रभीन् नमोभिः सुसंशासः पितरो मृडता नः

viśvāmitra jamadagne vasiṣṭha bharadvāja gotama vāmadeva | śardir no atrir agrabhīn namobhiḥ susaṃśāsaḥ pitaro mṛḍatā naḥ

O Viśvāmitra, Jamadagni, Vasiṣṭha, Bharadvāja, Gotama, Vāmadeva — Atri has grasped shelter for us with reverences; O well-instructing Fathers, be gracious to us.

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

AV 18 3.17

कस्ये मृजाना अति यन्ति रिप्रम् आयुर् दधानाः प्रतरं नवीयः । आप्यायमानाः प्रजया धनेनाध स्याम सुरभयो गृहेषु

kasye mṛjānā ati yanti ripram āyur dadhānāḥ prataraṃ navīyaḥ | āpyāyamānāḥ prajayā dhanenādha syāma surabhayo gṛheṣu

Being cleansed of what(?), they pass beyond defilement, taking on life further and anew; swelling with offspring and with wealth, may we then be fragrant in (our) homes.

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

AV 18 3.18

अञ्जते व्य् अञ्जते सम् अञ्जते क्रतुं रिहन्ति मधुनाभ्य् अञ्जते । सिन्धोर् उच्छ्वासे पतयन्तम् उक्षणं हिरण्यपावाः पशुम् आसु गृह्नते

añjate vy añjate sam añjate kratuṃ rihanti madhunābhy añjate | sindhor ucchvāse patayantam ukṣaṇaṃ hiraṇyapāvāḥ paśum āsu gṛhnate

They anoint, they anoint apart, they anoint together; they lick the power (kratu), they anoint (it) over with honey. In the surging of the river the gold-purifiers seize the flying bull, the beast, among these (waters).

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

AV 18 3.19

यद् वो मुद्रं पितरः सोम्यं च तेनो सचध्वं स्वयशसो हि भूत । ते अर्वाणः कवय आ शृणोत सुविदत्रा विदथे हुयमानाः

yad vo mudraṃ pitaraḥ somyaṃ ca teno sacadhvaṃ svayaśaso hi bhūta | te arvāṇaḥ kavaya ā śṛṇota suvidatrā vidathe huyamānāḥ

What token(?) of yours there is, O Fathers, and what belongs to Soma — with that be joined, for you have been possessed of your own glory. As such, you swift ones, you sages, hear us, you who are generous when invoked at the ritual gathering.

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

AV 18 3.20

ये अत्रयो अङ्गिरसो नवग्वा इष्टावन्तो रातिषाचो दधानाः । दक्षिणावन्तः सुकृतो य उ स्थासद्यास्मिन् बर्हिषि मादयध्वम्

ye atrayo aṅgiraso navagvā iṣṭāvanto rātiṣāco dadhānāḥ | dakṣiṇāvantaḥ sukṛto ya u sthāsadyāsmin barhiṣi mādayadhvam

You Atris, Aṅgirases, Navagvas, possessed of offerings, attended by gifts, bestowing (them), and you who are rich in priestly fees, doers of good — take your seat and rejoice upon this barhis.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 3.21

अधा यथा नः पितरः परासः प्रत्नासो अग्न ऋतम् आशशानाः । शुचीद् अयन् दीध्यत उक्थशसः क्षामा भिन्दन्तो अरुणीर् अप व्रन्

adhā yathā naḥ pitaraḥ parāsaḥ pratnāso agna ṛtam āśaśānāḥ | śucīd ayan dīdhyata ukthaśasaḥ kṣāmā bhindanto aruṇīr apa vran

And so, as our Fathers of old, the ancient ones, O Agni, desiring the ṛta, went to the pure (light), meditating, reciters of hymns, splitting the earth, they uncovered the ruddy (cows).

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

AV 18 3.22

सुकर्मानः सुरुचो देवयन्तो अयो न देवा जनिमा धमन्तः । शुचन्तो अग्निं वावृधन्त इन्द्रम् उर्वीम् गव्यां परिषदं नो अक्रन्

sukarmānaḥ suruco devayanto ayo na devā janimā dhamantaḥ | śucanto agniṃ vāvṛdhanta indram urvīm gavyāṃ pariṣadaṃ no akran

Doing good work, brightly shining, seeking the gods, blowing the generations (into shape) like gods (smelting) metal, making Agni blaze they strengthened Indra; they made for us a wide enclosure full of cattle.

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

AV 18 3.23

आ यूथेव क्षुमति पश्वो अख्यद् देवानां जनिमान्त्य् उग्रः । मर्तासश् चिद् उर्वशीर् अकृप्रन् वृधे चिद् अर्य उपरस्यायोः

ā yūtheva kṣumati paśvo akhyad devānāṃ janimānty ugraḥ | martāsaś cid urvaśīr akṛpran vṛdhe cid arya uparasyāyoḥ

He looked out, as over herds of cattle in a rich pasture; the mighty one (goes to?) the births of the gods. Even the mortals longed for the Urvaśīs(?), indeed for the increase of the noble one, the later man.

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

AV 18 3.24

अकर्म ते स्वपसो अभूम ऋतम् अवस्रन्न् उषसो विभातीः । विश्वं तद् भद्रं यद् अवन्ति देवा बृहद् वदेम विदथे सुवीराः

akarma te svapaso abhūma ṛtam avasrann uṣaso vibhātīḥ | viśvaṃ tad bhadraṃ yad avanti devā bṛhad vadema vidathe suvīrāḥ

We have done (the work); we have become good workers for you; the ṛta has been laid down(?); the dawns have shone forth. All that is auspicious which the gods favour; may we, with good men, speak loftily at the ritual gathering.

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

AV 18 3.25

इन्द्रो मा मरुत्वान् प्राच्या दिशः पातु बाहुच्युता पृथिवी द्याम् इवोपरि । लोककृतः पथिकृतो यजामहे ये देवानां हुतभागा इह स्थ

indro mā marutvān prācyā diśaḥ pātu bāhucyutā pṛthivī dyām ivopari | lokakṛtaḥ pathikṛto yajāmahe ye devānāṃ hutabhāgā iha stha

Let Indra with the Maruts protect me from the eastern quarter — the earth thrust out by (his) arms, like the sky above. We sacrifice to the makers of the world, the makers of the path — you who are here as the gods' sharers in the oblation.

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

AV 18 3.26

धाता मा निरृत्या दक्षिणाया दिशः पातु बाहुच्युता पृथिवी द्यां इवोपरि । लोककृतः पथिकृतो यजामहे ये देवानां हुतभागा इह स्थ

dhātā mā nirṛtyā dakṣiṇāyā diśaḥ pātu bāhucyutā pṛthivī dyāṃ ivopari | lokakṛtaḥ pathikṛto yajāmahe ye devānāṃ hutabhāgā iha stha

Let Dhātṛ with Nirṛti protect me from the southern quarter — the earth thrust out by (his) arms, like the sky above. We sacrifice to the makers of the world, the makers of the path — you who are here as the gods' sharers in the oblation.

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

AV 18 3.27

अदितिर् मादित्यैः प्रतीच्या दिशः पातु बाहुच्युता पृथिवी द्याम् इवोपरि । लोककृतः पथिकृतो यजामहे ये देवानां हुतभागा इह स्थ

aditir mādityaiḥ pratīcyā diśaḥ pātu bāhucyutā pṛthivī dyām ivopari | lokakṛtaḥ pathikṛto yajāmahe ye devānāṃ hutabhāgā iha stha

Let Aditi with the Ādityas protect me from the western quarter — the earth thrust out by (her) arms, like the sky above. We sacrifice to the makers of the world, the makers of the path — you who are here as the gods' sharers in the oblation.

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

AV 18 3.28

सोमो मा विश्वैर् देवैर् उदीच्या दिशः पातु बाहुच्युता पृथिवी द्याम् इवोपरि । लोककृतः पथिकृतो यजामहे ये देवानां हुतभागा इह स्थ

somo mā viśvair devair udīcyā diśaḥ pātu bāhucyutā pṛthivī dyām ivopari | lokakṛtaḥ pathikṛto yajāmahe ye devānāṃ hutabhāgā iha stha

Let Soma with all the gods guard me from the northern quarter — the earth shaken from the arms, as (it were) above the sky. We worship the world-makers, the path-makers, you who are here the sharers of the gods' oblation.

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

AV 18 3.29

धर्ता ह त्वा धरुणो धारयाता ऊर्ध्वं भानुं सविता द्याम् इवोपरि । लोककृतः पथिकृतो यजामहे ये देवानां हुतभागा इह स्थ

dhartā ha tvā dharuṇo dhārayātā ūrdhvaṃ bhānuṃ savitā dyām ivopari | lokakṛtaḥ pathikṛto yajāmahe ye devānāṃ hutabhāgā iha stha

The upholder, the supporter, shall hold thee; Savitṛ (shall hold) the beam aloft, as (it were) above the sky. We worship the world-makers, the path-makers, you who are here the sharers of the gods' oblation.

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

AV 18 3.30

प्राच्यां त्वा दिशि पुरा सम्वृतः स्वधायाम् आ दधामि बाहुच्युता पृथिवी द्याम् इवोपरि । लोककृतः पथिकृतो यजामहे ये देवानां हुतभागा इह स्थ

prācyāṃ tvā diśi purā samvṛtaḥ svadhāyām ā dadhāmi bāhucyutā pṛthivī dyām ivopari | lokakṛtaḥ pathikṛto yajāmahe ye devānāṃ hutabhāgā iha stha

Thee, formerly enveloped, I set in the eastern quarter, in svadhā — the earth shaken from the arms, as (it were) above the sky. We worship the world-makers, the path-makers, you who are here the sharers of the gods' oblation.

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

AV 18 3.31

दक्षिणायां त्वा दिशि पुरा सम्वृतः स्वधायाम् आ दधामि बाहुच्युता पृथिवी द्याम् इवोपरि । लोककृतः पथिकृतो यजामहे ये देवानां हुतभागा इह स्थ

dakṣiṇāyāṃ tvā diśi purā samvṛtaḥ svadhāyām ā dadhāmi bāhucyutā pṛthivī dyām ivopari | lokakṛtaḥ pathikṛto yajāmahe ye devānāṃ hutabhāgā iha stha

Thee, formerly enveloped, I set in the southern quarter, in svadhā — the earth shaken from the arms, as (it were) above the sky. We worship the world-makers, the path-makers, you who are here the sharers of the gods' oblation.

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AV 18 3.32

प्रतीच्यां त्वा दिशि पुरा संवृतः स्वधायाम् आ दधामि बाहुच्युता पृथिवी द्याम् इवोपरि । लोककृतः पथिकृतो यजामहे ये देवानां हुतभागा इह स्थ

pratīcyāṃ tvā diśi purā saṃvṛtaḥ svadhāyām ā dadhāmi bāhucyutā pṛthivī dyām ivopari | lokakṛtaḥ pathikṛto yajāmahe ye devānāṃ hutabhāgā iha stha

Thee, formerly enveloped, I set in the western quarter, in svadhā — the earth shaken from the arms, as (it were) above the sky. We worship the world-makers, the path-makers, you who are here the sharers of the gods' oblation.

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

AV 18 3.33

उदीच्यां त्वा दिशि पुरा सम्वृतः स्वधायाम् आ दधामि बाहुच्युता पृथिवी द्याम् इवोपरि । लोककृतः पथिकृतो यजामहे ये देवानां हुतभागा इह स्थ

udīcyāṃ tvā diśi purā samvṛtaḥ svadhāyām ā dadhāmi bāhucyutā pṛthivī dyām ivopari | lokakṛtaḥ pathikṛto yajāmahe ye devānāṃ hutabhāgā iha stha

Thee, formerly enveloped, I set in the northern quarter, in svadhā — the earth shaken from the arms, as (it were) above the sky. We worship the world-makers, the path-makers, you who are here the sharers of the gods' oblation.

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AV 18 3.34

ध्रुवायां त्वा दिशि पुरा संवृतः स्वधायाम् आ दधामि बाहुच्युता पृथिवी द्याम् इवोपरि । लोककृतः पथिकृतो यजामहे ये देवानां हुतभागा इह स्थ

dhruvāyāṃ tvā diśi purā saṃvṛtaḥ svadhāyām ā dadhāmi bāhucyutā pṛthivī dyām ivopari | lokakṛtaḥ pathikṛto yajāmahe ye devānāṃ hutabhāgā iha stha

Thee, formerly enveloped, I set in the fixed quarter, in svadhā — the earth shaken from the arms, as (it were) above the sky. We worship the world-makers, the path-makers, you who are here the sharers of the gods' oblation.

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AV 18 3.35

ऊर्ध्वायां त्वा दिशि पुरा सम्वृतः स्वधायाम् आ दधामि बाहुच्युता पृथिवी द्याम् इवोपरि । लोककृतः पथिकृतो यजामहे ये देवानां हुतभागा इह स्थ

ūrdhvāyāṃ tvā diśi purā samvṛtaḥ svadhāyām ā dadhāmi bāhucyutā pṛthivī dyām ivopari | lokakṛtaḥ pathikṛto yajāmahe ye devānāṃ hutabhāgā iha stha

Thee, formerly enveloped, I set in the upward quarter, in svadhā — the earth shaken from the arms, as (it were) above the sky. We worship the world-makers, the path-makers, you who are here the sharers of the gods' oblation.

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AV 18 3.36

धर्तासि धरुनो ऽसि वंसगो ऽसि

dhartāsi dharuno 'si vaṃsago 'si

Thou art the upholder; thou art the supporter; thou art the bull.

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AV 18 3.37

उदपूर् असि मधुपूर् असि वातपूर् असि

udapūr asi madhupūr asi vātapūr asi

Thou art water-filling; thou art honey-filling; thou art wind-filling.

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

AV 18 3.38

इतश् च मामुतश् चावतां यमे इव यतमाने यद् ऐतम् । प्र वां भरन् मानुषा देवयन्तो आ सीदतां स्वम् उ लोकं विदाने

itaś ca māmutaś cāvatāṃ yame iva yatamāne yad aitam | pra vāṃ bharan mānuṣā devayanto ā sīdatāṃ svam u lokaṃ vidāne

Let them help me from here and from there, like two twins straining, when they went. Men, seeking the gods, brought you forward; sit down, you two, knowing your own place.

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

AV 18 3.39

स्वासस्थे भवतम् इन्दवे नो युजे वां ब्रह्म पूर्व्यं नमोभिः । वि श्लोक एति पथ्येव सूरिः शृण्वन्तु विश्वे अमृतास एतत्

svāsasthe bhavatam indave no yuje vāṃ brahma pūrvyaṃ namobhiḥ | vi śloka eti pathyeva sūriḥ śṛṇvantu viśve amṛtāsa etat

Be you two a good seat for our drop (of soma); I yoke for you the ancient formula with obeisances. The sound goes forth, like a patron on the road; let all the immortals hear this.

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AV 18 3.40

त्रीणि पदानि रुपो अन्व् अरोहच् चतुष्पदीम् अन्व् एतद् व्रतेन । अक्षरेण प्रति मिमीते अर्कम् ऋतस्य नाभाव् अभि सं पुनाति

trīṇi padāni rupo anv arohac catuṣpadīm anv etad vratena | akṣareṇa prati mimīte arkam ṛtasya nābhāv abhi saṃ punāti

He ascended along the three steps of ... ; along that four-footed (one he went) by (his) vow. With the syllable he measures out the chant; at the navel of ṛta he purifies (it).

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AV 18 3.41

देवेभ्यः कम् अवृणीत मृत्युं प्रजायै किम् अमृतं नावृणीत । बृहस्पतिर् यज्ञम् अतनुत ऋषिः प्रियां यमस् तन्वम् आ रिरेच

devebhyaḥ kam avṛṇīta mṛtyuṃ prajāyai kim amṛtaṃ nāvṛṇīta | bṛhaspatir yajñam atanuta ṛṣiḥ priyāṃ yamas tanvam ā rireca

For the gods he chose death; why did he not choose immortality for offspring? Bṛhaspati the seer stretched out the sacrifice; Yama gave up his own dear body.

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

AV 18 3.42

त्वम् अग्न ईडितो जातवेदो ऽवाड् ढव्यानि सुरभीणि कृत्वा । प्रादाः पितृभ्यः स्वधया ते अक्षन्न् अद्धि त्वं देव प्रयता हवींषि

tvam agna īḍito jātavedo 'vāḍ ḍhavyāni surabhīṇi kṛtvā | prādāḥ pitṛbhyaḥ svadhayā te akṣann addhi tvaṃ deva prayatā havīṃṣi

Thou, Agni, praised, Jātavedas, hast carried the oblations, having made them fragrant; thou gavest (them) to the Fathers — with svadhā they have eaten. Eat thou, O god, the oblations presented.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 3.43

आसीनासो अरुणीनाम् उपस्थे रयिं धत्त दाशुषे मर्त्याय । पुत्रेभ्यः पितरस् तस्य वस्वः प्र यछत त इहोर्जं दधात

āsīnāso aruṇīnām upasthe rayiṃ dhatta dāśuṣe martyāya | putrebhyaḥ pitaras tasya vasvaḥ pra yachata ta ihorjaṃ dadhāta

Seated in the lap of the ruddy ones, bestow wealth on the mortal who offers; from that treasure, O Fathers, hand on (a share) to the sons; set vigour here in them.

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

AV 18 3.44

अग्निष्वात्ताः पितर एह गछत सदःसदः सदत सुप्रणीतयः । अत्तो हवींषि प्रयतानि बर्हिषि रयिं च नः सर्ववीरं दधात

agniṣvāttāḥ pitara eha gachata sadaḥsadaḥ sadata supraṇītayaḥ | atto havīṃṣi prayatāni barhiṣi rayiṃ ca naḥ sarvavīraṃ dadhāta

O Fathers eaten (i.e. burnt) by Agni, come hither; sit down each on his seat, you well-guided ones. Eat the oblations presented on the barhis, and bestow on us wealth with all our men.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 3.45

उपहूता नः पितरः सोम्यासो बर्हिष्येषु निधिषु प्रियेषु । त आ गमन्तु त इह श्रुवन्त्व् अधि ब्रुवन्तु ते ऽवन्त्व् अस्मान्

upahūtā naḥ pitaraḥ somyāso barhiṣyeṣu nidhiṣu priyeṣu | ta ā gamantu ta iha śruvantv adhi bruvantu te 'vantv asmān

Our Fathers, the soma-loving, are invited to the pleasant hoards upon the barhis; let them come, let them hear here, let them speak in (our) favour, let them help us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 3.46

ये नः पितुः पितरो ये पितामहा अनूजहिरे सोमपीथं वसिष्ठाः । तेभिर् यमः सम्रराणो हवींष्य् उशन्न् उशद्भिः प्रतिकामम् अत्तु

ye naḥ pituḥ pitaro ye pitāmahā anūjahire somapīthaṃ vasiṣṭhāḥ | tebhir yamaḥ samrarāṇo havīṃṣy uśann uśadbhiḥ pratikāmam attu

Those who are our father's fathers, those who are the grandfathers, the best ones who have taken up the soma-drink after (us) — with them let Yama, rejoicing together, eating eagerly with the eager, eat the oblations at his pleasure.

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

AV 18 3.47

ये तातृषुर् देवत्रा जेहमाना होत्राविदः स्तोमतष्टासो अर्कैः । आग्ने याहि सहस्रं देववन्दैः सत्यैः कविभिर् ऋषिभिर् घर्मसद्भिः

ye tātṛṣur devatrā jehamānā hotrāvidaḥ stomataṣṭāso arkaiḥ | āgne yāhi sahasraṃ devavandaiḥ satyaiḥ kavibhir ṛṣibhir gharmasadbhiḥ

Those who thirsted, panting, among the gods, knowers of the hotṛ's office, fashioned into praise by their chants — come, O Agni, with a thousand, with the true god-praisers, with the sages, with the seers who sit at the gharma.

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

AV 18 3.48

ये सत्यासो हविरदो हविष्पा इन्द्रेण देवैः सरथं तुरेण । आग्ने याहि सुविदत्रेभिर् अर्वाङ् परैः पूर्वैर् ऋषिभिर् घर्मसद्भिः

ye satyāso havirado haviṣpā indreṇa devaiḥ sarathaṃ tureṇa | āgne yāhi suvidatrebhir arvāṅ paraiḥ pūrvair ṛṣibhir gharmasadbhiḥ

(You) who are true, eaters of the oblation, drinkers of the oblation, sharing one chariot with Indra and the swift gods — O Agni, come hither with the well-knowing ones, with the later and the earlier ṛṣis who sit at the gharma.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 3.49

उप सर्प मातरं भूमिम् एताम् उरुव्यचसं पृथिवीं सुशेवाम् । ऊर्णम्रदाः पृथिवी दक्षिणावत एषा त्वा पातु प्रपथे पुरस्तात्

upa sarpa mātaraṃ bhūmim etām uruvyacasaṃ pṛthivīṃ suśevām | ūrṇamradāḥ pṛthivī dakṣiṇāvata eṣā tvā pātu prapathe purastāt

Creep up to this mother, the earth, the wide-extending, kindly ground. Soft as wool is the earth for the giver of the sacrificial fee; let her protect you on the forward path, in front.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 3.50

उच् छ्वञ्चस्व पृथिवि मा नि बाधथाः सूपायनास्मै भव सूपसर्पणा । माता पुत्रं यथा सिचाभ्य् एनं भूम ऊर्णुहि

uc chvañcasva pṛthivi mā ni bādhathāḥ sūpāyanāsmai bhava sūpasarpaṇā | mātā putraṃ yathā sicābhy enaṃ bhūma ūrṇuhi

Open up, O earth; do not press (him) down; be easy of access for him, easy to creep into. As a mother (covers) her son with the hem (of her garment), cover him over, O earth.

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AV 18 3.51

उच्छ्वञ्चमाना पृथिवी सु तिष्ठतु सहस्रं मित उप हि श्रयन्ताम् । ते गृहासो घृतश्चुतः स्योना विश्वाहास्मै शरणाः सन्त्व् अत्र

ucchvañcamānā pṛthivī su tiṣṭhatu sahasraṃ mita upa hi śrayantām | te gṛhāso ghṛtaścutaḥ syonā viśvāhāsmai śaraṇāḥ santv atra

Let the earth, opening up, stand firm; let a thousand posts be propped up (here). Let those houses, dripping with ghee, be comfortable, let them be a shelter for him here for all days.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 3.52

उत् ते स्तभ्नामि पृथिवीं त्वत् परीमं लोगं निदधन् मो अहम् रिषम् । एतां स्थूणां पितरो धारयन्ति ते तत्र यमः सादना ते कृणोतु

ut te stabhnāmi pṛthivīṃ tvat parīmaṃ logaṃ nidadhan mo aham riṣam | etāṃ sthūṇāṃ pitaro dhārayanti te tatra yamaḥ sādanā te kṛṇotu

I prop up the earth (away) from you; laying down this clod round about, may I not come to harm. Let the Fathers hold up this post for you; let Yama there make you (your) seats.

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AV 18 3.53

इमम् अग्ने चमसं मा वि जिह्वरः प्रियो देवानाम् उत सोम्यानाम् । अयं यश् चमसो देवपानस् तस्मिन् देवा अमृता मादयन्ताम्

imam agne camasaṃ mā vi jihvaraḥ priyo devānām uta somyānām | ayaṃ yaś camaso devapānas tasmin devā amṛtā mādayantām

Do not overturn this cup, Agni — (it is) dear to the gods and to the soma-drinkers. This cup here, which is the gods' drinking-vessel, in it let the immortal gods take their joy.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 3.54

अथर्वा पूर्णम् चमसम् यम् इन्द्रायाबिभर् वाजिनीवते । तस्मिन् कृणोति सुकृतस्य भक्षं तस्मिन् इन्दुः पवते विश्वदानिम्

atharvā pūrṇam camasam yam indrāyābibhar vājinīvate | tasmin kṛṇoti sukṛtasya bhakṣaṃ tasmin induḥ pavate viśvadānim

The full cup which Atharvan bore for Indra, possessor of steeds — in it he makes a portion of the well-done (deed), in it the drop purifies itself at all times.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 3.55

यत् ते कृष्णः शकुन आतुतोद पिपीलः सर्प उत वा श्वापदः । अग्निष् टद् विश्वाद् अगदं कृणोतु सोमश् च यो ब्राह्मणाꣳ आविवेश

yat te kṛṣṇaḥ śakuna ātutoda pipīlaḥ sarpa uta vā śvāpadaḥ | agniṣ ṭad viśvād agadaṃ kṛṇotu somaś ca yo brāhmaṇāṁ āviveśa

Whatever the black bird has pecked at in you, or the ant, the snake, or the wild beast — let Agni make that free of disease, from everything, and Soma, who has entered into the Brahmans.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 3.56

पयस्वतीर् ओषधयः पयस्वन् मामकं पयः । अपां पयसो यत् पयस् तेन मा सह शुम्भतु

payasvatīr oṣadhayaḥ payasvan māmakaṃ payaḥ | apāṃ payaso yat payas tena mā saha śumbhatu

Milky are the plants, milky my own milk. Of the milk of the waters, what milk (there is) — with that make me beautiful together (with it).

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

AV 18 3.57

इमा नारीर् अविधवाः सुपत्नीर् आञ्जनेन सर्पिषा सं स्पृशन्ताम् । अनश्रवो अनमीवाः सुरत्ना आ रोहन्तु जनयो योनिम् अग्रे

imā nārīr avidhavāḥ supatnīr āñjanena sarpiṣā saṃ spṛśantām | anaśravo anamīvāḥ suratnā ā rohantu janayo yonim agre

Let these women, not widowed, having good husbands, touch (themselves) with ointment, with ghee; without tears, without sickness, richly jewelled, let the wives climb up to the place first.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 3.58

सं गछस्व पितृभिः सं यमेनेष्टापूर्तेन परमे व्योमन् । हित्वावद्यं पुनर् अस्तम् एहि सं गछतां तन्वा सुवर्चाः

saṃ gachasva pitṛbhiḥ saṃ yameneṣṭāpūrtena parame vyoman | hitvāvadyaṃ punar astam ehi saṃ gachatāṃ tanvā suvarcāḥ

Unite with the Fathers, with Yama, with (your) sacrifice and gifts, in the highest heaven. Having left behind blemish, come home again; unite with (your) body, full of splendour.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 3.59

ये नः पितुः पितरो ये पितामहा य आविविशुर् उर्व् अन्तरिक्षम् । तेभ्यः स्वराद् असुनीतिर् नो अद्य वथावशं तन्वः कल्पयाति

ye naḥ pituḥ pitaro ye pitāmahā ya āviviśur urv antarikṣam | tebhyaḥ svarād asunītir no adya vathāvaśaṃ tanvaḥ kalpayāti

Those who are our father's fathers, who are the grandfathers, who have entered into the wide mid-air — to them (be it). The self-ruler, the leader of life-breath, (will) today arrange our body(-parts) at will.

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

AV 18 3.60

शं ते नीहारो भवतु शं ते प्रुष्वाव शीयताम् । शीतिके शीतिकावति ह्लादिके ह्लादिकावति । मण्डूक्य् अप्सु शं भुव इमं स्व् अग्निं शमय

śaṃ te nīhāro bhavatu śaṃ te pruṣvāva śīyatām | śītike śītikāvati hlādike hlādikāvati | maṇḍūky apsu śaṃ bhuva imaṃ sv agniṃ śamaya

May the mist be kindly to you, may the frost drip down kindly for you. O cool one, full of coolness, O refreshing one, full of refreshment — O frog, be kindly in the waters; cool down this fire here.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 3.61

विवस्वान् नो अभयं कृणोतु यः सुत्रामा जीरदानुः सुदानुः । इहेमे वीरा बहवो भवन्तु गोमद् अश्ववन् मय्य् अस्तु पुष्टम्

vivasvān no abhayaṃ kṛṇotu yaḥ sutrāmā jīradānuḥ sudānuḥ | iheme vīrā bahavo bhavantu gomad aśvavan mayy astu puṣṭam

Let Vivasvan make safety for us, he who is a good protector, of quick drops, of good gifts. Let these heroes be many here; let there be prosperity in me, in cattle and in horses.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 3.62

विवस्वान् नो अमृतत्वे दधातु परैतु मृत्युर् अमृतं न ऐतु । इमान् रक्षतु पुरुषान् आ जरिम्णो मो स्व् एषाम् असवो यमं गुः

vivasvān no amṛtatve dadhātu paraitu mṛtyur amṛtaṃ na aitu | imān rakṣatu puruṣān ā jarimṇo mo sv eṣām asavo yamaṃ guḥ

Let Vivasvan set us in immortality; let death go away, let immortality come to us. Let him protect these men up to old age; let their life-breaths not go to Yama.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 3.63

यो दध्रे अन्तरिक्षे न मह्ना पितॄणां कविः प्रमतिर् मतीनाम् । तम् अर्चत विश्वमित्रा हविर्भिः स नो यमः प्रतरं जीवसे धात्

yo dadhre antarikṣe na mahnā pitṝṇāṃ kaviḥ pramatir matīnām | tam arcata viśvamitrā havirbhiḥ sa no yamaḥ prataraṃ jīvase dhāt

He who has established himself in the mid-air by his greatness, the sage of the Fathers, the foresight of thoughts — praise him, O friends of all, with oblations; may that Yama grant us (life) to live on further.

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

AV 18 3.64

आ रोहत दिवम् उत्तमाम् ऋषयो मा बिभीतन । सोमपाः सोमपायिन इदं वः क्रियते हविर् अगन्म ज्वोतिर् उत्तमम्

ā rohata divam uttamām ṛṣayo mā bibhītana | somapāḥ somapāyina idaṃ vaḥ kriyate havir aganma jvotir uttamam

Climb up to the highest heaven, O ṛṣis; do not be afraid. Drinkers of soma, soma-quaffers, this oblation is made for you: we have reached the highest light.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 3.65

प्र केतुना बृहता भात्य् अग्निर् आ रोदसी वृषभो रोरवीति । दिवश् चिद् अन्ताद् उपमाम् उद् आनड् अपाम् उपस्थे महिषो ववर्ध

pra ketunā bṛhatā bhāty agnir ā rodasī vṛṣabho roravīti | divaś cid antād upamām ud ānaḍ apām upasthe mahiṣo vavardha

Agni shines forth with his lofty banner; the bull roars out to the two worlds. He has reached up to the nearest point from the very end of heaven; the buffalo has grown in the lap of the waters.

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

AV 18 3.66

नाके सुपर्णम् उप यत् पतन्तं ह्र्दा वेनन्तो अभ्यचक्षत त्वा । हिरण्यपक्षं वरुणस्य दूतं यमस्य योनौ शकुनं भुरन्युम्

nāke suparṇam upa yat patantaṃ hrdā venanto abhyacakṣata tvā | hiraṇyapakṣaṃ varuṇasya dūtaṃ yamasya yonau śakunaṃ bhuranyum

When (they saw) the fine-winged bird flying up in the vault, longing with the heart they beheld you — the golden-winged messenger of Varuṇa, the hurrying bird in Yama's abode.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 3.67

इन्द्र क्रतुं न आ भर पिता पुत्रेभ्यो यथा । शिक्षा णो अस्मिन् पुरुहूत यामनि जीवा ज्योतिर् अशीमहि

indra kratuṃ na ā bhara pitā putrebhyo yathā | śikṣā ṇo asmin puruhūta yāmani jīvā jyotir aśīmahi

Indra, bring us resolve, as a father to his sons. Instruct us on this journey, O much-invoked one; may we, living, attain the light.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 3.68

अपूपापिहितान् कुम्भान् यांस् ते देवा अधारयन् । ते ते सन्तु स्वधावन्तो मधुमन्तो घृतश्चुतः

apūpāpihitān kumbhān yāṃs te devā adhārayan | te te santu svadhāvanto madhumanto ghṛtaścutaḥ

The jars covered over with cakes, which the gods set down for you — let them be for you full of svadhā, full of honey, dripping with ghee.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 3.69

यास् ते धाना अनुकिरामि तिलमिश्रा स्वधावतीः । तास् ते सन्तु विभ्वीः प्रभ्वीस् तास् ते यमो राजानु मन्यताम्

yās te dhānā anukirāmi tilamiśrā svadhāvatīḥ | tās te santu vibhvīḥ prabhvīs tās te yamo rājānu manyatām

The grains that I scatter out for you, mixed with sesame, full of svadhā — let them be for you ample and abundant; let king Yama grant them to you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 3.70

पुनर् देहि वनस्पते य एष निहितस् त्वयि । यथा यमस्य सादन आसातौ विदथा वदन्

punar dehi vanaspate ya eṣa nihitas tvayi | yathā yamasya sādana āsātau vidathā vadan

Give (him) back, O lord of the forest, this one who has been laid down in you, so that he may sit in Yama's seat speaking the words of the assembly.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 3.71

आ रभस्व जातवेदस् तेजस्वद् धरो अस्तु ते । शरीरम् अस्य सं दहाथैनं देहि सुकृताम् उ लोके

ā rabhasva jātavedas tejasvad dharo astu te | śarīram asya saṃ dahāthainaṃ dehi sukṛtām u loke

Take hold, O Jātavedas; let your grasp be full of heat. Burn up his body, and then put him in the world of those who have done well.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 3.72

ये ते पूर्वे परागता अपरे पितरश् च ये । तेभ्यो घृतस्य कुल्यैतु शतधारा व्युन्दती

ye te pūrve parāgatā apare pitaraś ca ye | tebhyo ghṛtasya kulyaitu śatadhārā vyundatī

Those earlier ones of yours who have passed away, and those fathers who are later — let a channel of ghee go to them, of a hundred streams, overflowing.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 3.73

एतद् आ रोह वय उन्मृजानः स्वा इह बृहद् उ दीदयन्ते । अभि प्रेहि मध्यतो माप हास्थाः पितॄनां लोकं प्रथमो यो अत्र

etad ā roha vaya unmṛjānaḥ svā iha bṛhad u dīdayante | abhi prehi madhyato māpa hāsthāḥ pitṝnāṃ lokaṃ prathamo yo atra

Mount this vigour, wiping yourself off; his own people here shine out greatly. Go forward from the middle, do not fall behind — (go to) the world of the fathers, who is here the first.

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