Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 18 — Chapter 4

AV 18 4.1

आ रोहत जनित्रीं जातवेदसः पितृयानैः सं व आ रोहयामि । अवाड् ढव्येषितो हव्यवाह ईजानं युक्ताः सुकृतां धत्त लोके

ā rohata janitrīṃ jātavedasaḥ pitṛyānaiḥ saṃ va ā rohayāmi | avāḍ ḍhavyeṣito havyavāha ījānaṃ yuktāḥ sukṛtāṃ dhatta loke

Mount the birthplace of Jātavedas; by the fathers' paths I make you mount together. Urged on by the oblations, the oblation-bearer has carried (them); being yoked, place the sacrificer in the world of those who have done well.

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

AV 18 4.2

देवा यज्ञम् ऋतवः कल्पयन्ति हविः पुरोडाशं स्रुचो यज्ञायुधानि । तेभिर् याहि पथिभिर् देवयानैर् यैर् ईजानाः स्वर्गं यन्ति लोकम्

devā yajñam ṛtavaḥ kalpayanti haviḥ puroḍāśaṃ sruco yajñāyudhāni | tebhir yāhi pathibhir devayānair yair ījānāḥ svargaṃ yanti lokam

The gods, the seasons, arrange the sacrifice: the oblation, the sacrificial cake, the ladles, the implements of the sacrifice. Go by those paths, the god-travelled ones, by which those who have sacrificed go to the heavenly world.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.3

ऋतस्य पन्थाम् अनु पश्य साध्व् अङ्गिरसः सुकृतो येन यन्ति । तेभिर् याहि पथिभिः स्वर्गं यत्रादित्या मधु भक्षयन्ति तृतीये नाके अधि वि श्रयस्व

ṛtasya panthām anu paśya sādhv aṅgirasaḥ sukṛto yena yanti | tebhir yāhi pathibhiḥ svargaṃ yatrādityā madhu bhakṣayanti tṛtīye nāke adhi vi śrayasva

Look straight along the path of ṛta, by which the Aṅgirases, the doers of good, go. Go by those paths to heaven, where the Ādityas partake of honey; spread yourself out on the third firmament.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.4

त्रयः सुपर्णा उपरस्य मायू नाकस्य पृष्ठे अधि विष्टपि श्रिताः । स्वर्गा लोका अमृतेन विष्ठा इषम् ऊर्जं यजमानाय दुह्राम्

trayaḥ suparṇā uparasya māyū nākasya pṛṣṭhe adhi viṣṭapi śritāḥ | svargā lokā amṛtena viṣṭhā iṣam ūrjaṃ yajamānāya duhrām

Three eagles of the lower (region) are bellowing, resting on the back of the firmament, up in the vault. The heavenly worlds, set apart by the immortal — let them milk out refreshment and strength for the sacrificer.

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

AV 18 4.5

जुहूर् दाधार द्याम् उपभृद् अन्तरिक्षं ध्रुवा दाधार पृथिवीं प्रतिष्ठाम् । प्रतीमां लोका घृतपृष्ठाः स्वर्गाः कामंकामं यजमानाय दुह्राम्

juhūr dādhāra dyām upabhṛd antarikṣaṃ dhruvā dādhāra pṛthivīṃ pratiṣṭhām | pratīmāṃ lokā ghṛtapṛṣṭhāḥ svargāḥ kāmaṃkāmaṃ yajamānāya duhrām

The juhū ladle upheld the sky, the upabhṛt the midspace, the dhruvā upheld the earth, the foundation. In return, let these ghee-backed heavenly worlds milk out for the sacrificer each and every wish.

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

AV 18 4.6

ध्रुव आ रोह पृथिवीं विश्वभोजसम् अन्तरिक्षम् उपभृद् आ क्रमस्व । जुहु द्यां गछ यजमानेन साकं स्रुवेण वत्सेन दिशः प्रपीनाः सर्वा धुक्ष्वाहृण्यमानः

dhruva ā roha pṛthivīṃ viśvabhojasam antarikṣam upabhṛd ā kramasva | juhu dyāṃ gacha yajamānena sākaṃ sruveṇa vatsena diśaḥ prapīnāḥ sarvā dhukṣvāhṛṇyamānaḥ

O dhruvā, mount the earth that nourishes all; O upabhṛt, stride to the midspace; O juhū, go to the sky together with the sacrificer; with the sruva ladle as calf, milk out all the swollen directions, without being angered.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.7

तीर्थैस् तरन्ति प्रवतो महीर् इति यज्ञकृतः सुकृतो येन यन्ति । अत्रादधुर् यजमानाय लोकं दिशो भूतानि यद् अकल्पयन्त

tīrthais taranti pravato mahīr iti yajñakṛtaḥ sukṛto yena yanti | atrādadhur yajamānāya lokaṃ diśo bhūtāni yad akalpayanta

"By fords they cross the great downward slopes" — by which the sacrifice-makers, the doers of good, go. There they established a world for the sacrificer, when they arranged the directions and the beings.

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

AV 18 4.8

अङ्गिरसाम् अयनं पूर्वो अग्निर् आदित्यानाम् अयनं गार्हपत्यो दक्षिणानाम् अयनं दक्षिणाग्निः । महिमानम् अग्नेर् विहितस्य ब्रह्मणा समङ्गः सर्व उप याहि शग्मः

aṅgirasām ayanaṃ pūrvo agnir ādityānām ayanaṃ gārhapatyo dakṣiṇānām ayanaṃ dakṣiṇāgniḥ | mahimānam agner vihitasya brahmaṇā samaṅgaḥ sarva upa yāhi śagmaḥ

The eastern fire is the course of the Aṅgirases; the gārhapatya is the course of the Ādityas; the southern fire is the course of the dakṣiṇās. Approach the greatness of Agni, who is disposed by brahman — whole in your limbs, entire, capable.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.9

पूर्वो अग्निष् ट्वा तपतु शं पुरस्ताच् छं पश्चात् तपतु गार्हपत्यः । दक्षिणाग्निष् टे तपतु शर्म वर्मोत्तरतो मध्यतो अन्तरिक्षाद् दिशोदिशो अग्ने परि पाहि घोरात्

pūrvo agniṣ ṭvā tapatu śaṃ purastāc chaṃ paścāt tapatu gārhapatyaḥ | dakṣiṇāgniṣ ṭe tapatu śarma varmottarato madhyato antarikṣād diśodiśo agne pari pāhi ghorāt

Let the eastern fire heat you auspiciously from in front; auspiciously from behind let the gārhapatya heat; let the southern fire heat you — shelter and armour from the north, from the middle, from the midspace. O Agni, protect (him) on every side, from every direction, from what is dreadful.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.10

यूयम् अग्ने शंतमाभिस् तनूभिर् ईजानम् अभि लोकं स्वर्गम् । अश्वा भूत्वा पृष्टिवाहो वहाथ यत्र देवैः सधमादं मदन्ति

yūyam agne śaṃtamābhis tanūbhir ījānam abhi lokaṃ svargam | aśvā bhūtvā pṛṣṭivāho vahātha yatra devaiḥ sadhamādaṃ madanti

You, O Agni(s), with your most kindly bodies, (carry) the one who has sacrificed to the heavenly world; becoming horses that bear on the back, you shall carry (him) where they revel in feasting together with the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.11

शम् अग्ने पश्चात् तप शं पुरस्ताच् छम् उत्तराच् छम् अधरात् तपैनम् । एकस् त्रेधा विहितो जातवेदः सम्यग् एनं धेहि सुकृताम् उ लोके

śam agne paścāt tapa śaṃ purastāc cham uttarāc cham adharāt tapainam | ekas tredhā vihito jātavedaḥ samyag enaṃ dhehi sukṛtām u loke

O Agni, heat auspiciously from behind, auspiciously from in front, auspiciously from the north, auspiciously from below heat him. Being one, distributed threefold, O Jātavedas, set him rightly in the world of those who have done well.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.12

शम् अग्नयः समिद्धा आ रभन्तां प्राजापत्यं मेध्यं जातवेदसः । शृतं कृण्वन्त इह माव चिक्षिपन्

śam agnayaḥ samiddhā ā rabhantāṃ prājāpatyaṃ medhyaṃ jātavedasaḥ | śṛtaṃ kṛṇvanta iha māva cikṣipan

Auspiciously let the kindled fires take hold (of him) — (the fires) belonging to Prajāpati, fit for sacrifice, the Jātavedases. Making (him) done through, let them not cast (him) down here.

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

AV 18 4.13

यज्ञ एति विततः कल्पमान ईजानम् अभि लोकं स्वर्गम् । तम् अग्नयः सर्वहुतं जुषन्तां प्राजापत्यं मेध्यं जातवेदसः

yajña eti vitataḥ kalpamāna ījānam abhi lokaṃ svargam | tam agnayaḥ sarvahutaṃ juṣantāṃ prājāpatyaṃ medhyaṃ jātavedasaḥ

The sacrifice goes forth, stretched out, taking shape, toward the heavenly world of the one who has sacrificed. Let the fires enjoy it, wholly offered — (the fires) belonging to Prajāpati, fit for sacrifice, the Jātavedases.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.14

ईजानश् चितम् आरुक्षद् अग्निं नाकस्य पृष्ठाद् दिवम् उत्पतिष्यन् । तस्मै प्र भाति नभसो ज्योतिषीमान्त् स्वर्गः पन्थाः सुकृते देवयानः

ījānaś citam ārukṣad agniṃ nākasya pṛṣṭhād divam utpatiṣyan | tasmai pra bhāti nabhaso jyotiṣīmānt svargaḥ panthāḥ sukṛte devayānaḥ

The one who has sacrificed has climbed onto the piled fire, about to fly up to heaven from the back of the firmament. For him there shines forth the light-filled heavenly path out of the cloud, the god-travelled path for the doer of good.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.15

अग्निर् होताध्वर्युष् टे बृहस्पतिर् इन्द्रो ब्रह्मा दक्षिणतस् ते अस्तु । हुतो ऽयं संस्थितो यज्ञ एति यत्र पूर्वम् अयनं हुतानाम्

agnir hotādhvaryuṣ ṭe bṛhaspatir indro brahmā dakṣiṇatas te astu | huto 'yaṃ saṃsthito yajña eti yatra pūrvam ayanaṃ hutānām

Agni is (thy) hotṛ, Bṛhaspati thy adhvaryu; let Indra be thy brahman on the south side. This offered, completed sacrifice goes where the former journey of the offered ones was.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.16

अपूपवान् क्षीरवांश् चरुर् एह सीदतु । लोककृतः पथिकृतो यजामहे ये देवानां हुतभागा इह स्थ

apūpavān kṣīravāṃś carur eha sīdatu | lokakṛtaḥ pathikṛto yajāmahe ye devānāṃ hutabhāgā iha stha

Let the pot (caru), having cakes and having milk, sit down here. You who make the world, who make the path — we sacrifice (to you), you who are here as the gods' sharers in the oblation.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.17

अपूपवान् दधिवांश् चरुर् एह सीदतु । लोककृतः पथिकृतो यजामहे ये देवानां हुतभागा इह स्थ

apūpavān dadhivāṃś carur eha sīdatu | lokakṛtaḥ pathikṛto yajāmahe ye devānāṃ hutabhāgā iha stha

Let the pot, having cakes and having curds, sit down here. You who make the world, who make the path — we sacrifice (to you), you who are here as the gods' sharers in the oblation.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.18

अपूपवान् द्रप्सवांश् चरुर् एह सीदतु । लोककृतः पथिकृतो यजामहे ये देवानां हुतभागा इह स्थ

apūpavān drapsavāṃś carur eha sīdatu | lokakṛtaḥ pathikṛto yajāmahe ye devānāṃ hutabhāgā iha stha

Let the pot, having cakes and having drops, sit down here. You who make the world, who make the path — we sacrifice (to you), you who are here as the gods' sharers in the oblation.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.19

अपूपवान् घृतवांश् चरुर् एह सीदतु । लोककृतः पथिकृतो यजामहे ये देवानां हुतभागा इह स्थ

apūpavān ghṛtavāṃś carur eha sīdatu | lokakṛtaḥ pathikṛto yajāmahe ye devānāṃ hutabhāgā iha stha

Let the pot, having cakes and having ghee, sit down here. You who make the world, who make the path — we sacrifice (to you), you who are here as the gods' sharers in the oblation.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.20

अपूपवान् मांसवांश् चरुर् एह सीदतु । लोककृतः पथिकृतो यजामहे ये देवानां हुतभागा इह स्थ

apūpavān māṃsavāṃś carur eha sīdatu | lokakṛtaḥ pathikṛto yajāmahe ye devānāṃ hutabhāgā iha stha

Let the pot, having cakes and having meat, sit down here. You who make the world, who make the path — we sacrifice (to you), you who are here as the gods' sharers in the oblation.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.21

अपूपवान् अन्नवांश् चरुर् एह सीदतु । लोककृतः पथिकृतो यजामहे ये देवानां हुतभागा इह स्थ

apūpavān annavāṃś carur eha sīdatu | lokakṛtaḥ pathikṛto yajāmahe ye devānāṃ hutabhāgā iha stha

Let the pot, having cakes and having food, sit down here. You who make the world, who make the path — we sacrifice (to you), you who are here as the gods' sharers in the oblation.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.22

अपूपवान् मधुमांश् चरुर् एह सीदतु । लोककृतः पथिकृतो यजामहे ये देवानां हुतभागा इह स्थ

apūpavān madhumāṃś carur eha sīdatu | lokakṛtaḥ pathikṛto yajāmahe ye devānāṃ hutabhāgā iha stha

Let the pot, having cakes and having honey, sit down here. You who make the world, who make the path — we sacrifice (to you), you who are here as the gods' sharers in the oblation.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.23

अपूपवान् रसवांश् चरुर् एह सीदतु । लोककृतः पथिकृतो यजामहे ये देवानां हुतभागा इह स्थ

apūpavān rasavāṃś carur eha sīdatu | lokakṛtaḥ pathikṛto yajāmahe ye devānāṃ hutabhāgā iha stha

Let the pot, having cakes and having juice, sit down here. You who make the world, who make the path — we sacrifice (to you), you who are here as the gods' sharers in the oblation.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.24

अपूपवान् अपवांश् चरुर् एह सीदतु । लोककृतः पथिकृतो यजामहे ये देवानां हुतभागा इह स्थ

apūpavān apavāṃś carur eha sīdatu | lokakṛtaḥ pathikṛto yajāmahe ye devānāṃ hutabhāgā iha stha

Let the pot, having cakes and having water, sit down here. You who make the world, who make the path — we sacrifice (to you), you who are here as the gods' sharers in the oblation.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.25

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 held for thee — let them be for thee full of svadhā, full of honey, dripping with ghee.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.26

यास् ते धाना अनुकिरामि तिलमिश्राः स्वधावतीः । तास् ते सन्तूद्भ्वीः प्रभ्वीस् तास् ते यमो राजानु मन्यताम्

yās te dhānā anukirāmi tilamiśrāḥ svadhāvatīḥ | tās te santūdbhvīḥ prabhvīs tās te yamo rājānu manyatām

The grains which I strew out for thee, mixed with sesame, full of svadhā — let them be abundant for thee, ample; let king Yama grant them to thee.

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

AV 18 4.27

अक्षितिं भूयसीम्

akṣitiṃ bhūyasīm

Imperishable, more abundant.

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

AV 18 4.28

द्रप्सश् चस्कन्द पृथिवीम् अनु द्याम् इमं च योनिम् अनु यश् च पूर्वः । समानं योनिम् अनु सम्चरन्तं द्रप्सम् जुहोम्य् अनु सप्त होत्राः

drapsaś caskanda pṛthivīm anu dyām imaṃ ca yonim anu yaś ca pūrvaḥ | samānaṃ yonim anu samcarantaṃ drapsam juhomy anu sapta hotrāḥ

The drop has fallen along the earth, along the sky, along this womb and the one that was before. I offer the drop that moves along the same womb, following the seven hotṛ-offices.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.29

शतधारं वायुम् अर्कं स्वर्विदं नृचक्षसस् ते अभि चक्षते रयिम् । ये पृनन्ति प्र च यछन्ति सर्वदा ते दुह्रते दक्षिणां सप्तमातरम्

śatadhāraṃ vāyum arkaṃ svarvidaṃ nṛcakṣasas te abhi cakṣate rayim | ye pṛnanti pra ca yachanti sarvadā te duhrate dakṣiṇāṃ saptamātaram

Vāyu of a hundred streams, the light-song that finds the sun — those men-beholding ones look upon (him as) wealth. Those who give and who always bestow — they milk out the dakṣiṇā that has seven mothers.

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

AV 18 4.30

कोशं दुहन्ति कलशं चतुर्बिलम् इडां धेनुं मधुमतीं स्वस्तये । ऊर्जं मदन्तीम् अदितिं जनेष्व् अग्ने मा हिंसीः परमे व्योमन्

kośaṃ duhanti kalaśaṃ caturbilam iḍāṃ dhenuṃ madhumatīṃ svastaye | ūrjaṃ madantīm aditiṃ janeṣv agne mā hiṃsīḥ parame vyoman

They milk the vessel, the four-holed jar, Iḍā the honeyed milch-cow, for well-being. O Agni, do not harm Aditi, exhilarating strength among the peoples, in the highest heaven.

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

AV 18 4.31

एतत् ते देवः सविता वासो ददाति भर्तवे । तत् त्वं यमस्य राज्ये वसानस् तार्प्यं चर

etat te devaḥ savitā vāso dadāti bhartave | tat tvaṃ yamasya rājye vasānas tārpyaṃ cara

This garment the god Savitṛ gives thee to wear. Clothing thyself in that tārpya garment, move in Yama's kingdom.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.32

धाना धेनुर् अभवद् वत्सो अस्यास् तिलो ऽभवत् । तां वै यमस्य राज्ये अक्षिताम् उप जीवति

dhānā dhenur abhavad vatso asyās tilo 'bhavat | tāṃ vai yamasya rājye akṣitām upa jīvati

The grain became a milch-cow, and the sesame became its calf. On her, imperishable, one lives in Yama's kingdom.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.33

एतास् ते असौ धेनवः कामदुघा भवन्तु । एनीः श्येनीः सरूपा विरूपास् तिलवत्सा उप तिष्ठन्तु त्वात्र

etās te asau dhenavaḥ kāmadughā bhavantu | enīḥ śyenīḥ sarūpā virūpās tilavatsā upa tiṣṭhantu tvātra

Let these be for thee, So-and-so, milch-cows yielding (thy) desires: spotted, white, of like form and of unlike form; with sesame for calves let them attend upon thee here.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.34

एनीर् धाना हरिणीः श्येनीर् अस्य कृष्णा धाना रोहिणीर् धेनवस् ते । तिलवत्सा ऊर्जम् अस्मै दुहाना विश्वाहा सन्त्व् अनपस्फुरन्तीः

enīr dhānā hariṇīḥ śyenīr asya kṛṣṇā dhānā rohiṇīr dhenavas te | tilavatsā ūrjam asmai duhānā viśvāhā santv anapasphurantīḥ

The spotted grains, the tawny, the white ones of his, the black grains, the ruddy — (these are) thy milch-cows; with sesame for calves, milking out strength for him, let them be all days, not kicking away.

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

AV 18 4.35

वैश्वानरे हविर् इदं जुहोमि साहस्रं शतधारम् उत्सम् । स बिभर्ति पितरं पितामहान् प्रपितामहान् बिभर्ति पिन्वमानः

vaiśvānare havir idaṃ juhomi sāhasraṃ śatadhāram utsam | sa bibharti pitaraṃ pitāmahān prapitāmahān bibharti pinvamānaḥ

In Vaiśvānara I pour this oblation, a thousandfold spring with a hundred streams. It sustains the father, it sustains the grandfathers and the great-grandfathers, swelling full.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.36

सहस्रधारं शतधारम् उत्सम् अक्षितं व्यच्यमानं सलिलस्य पृष्ठे । ऊर्जं दुहानम् अनपस्फुरन्तम् उपासते पितरः स्वधाभिः

sahasradhāraṃ śatadhāram utsam akṣitaṃ vyacyamānaṃ salilasya pṛṣṭhe | ūrjaṃ duhānam anapasphurantam upāsate pitaraḥ svadhābhiḥ

The spring with a thousand streams, with a hundred streams, unexhausted, spreading out on the surface of the flood, yielding strength, not slipping away — the Fathers wait upon it with their svadhā-offerings.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.37

इदं कसाम्बु चयनेन चितं तत् सजाता अव पश्यतेत । मर्त्यो ऽयम् अमृतत्वम् एति तस्मै गृहान् कृणुत यावत्सबन्धु

idaṃ kasāmbu cayanena citaṃ tat sajātā ava paśyateta | martyo 'yam amṛtatvam eti tasmai gṛhān kṛṇuta yāvatsabandhu

This kasāmbu is heaped up by heaping; look down upon it, you kinsmen. This mortal goes to immortality; make houses for him, as many as there are of his kin.

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

AV 18 4.38

इहैवैधि धनसनिर् इहचित्त इहक्रतुः । इहैधि वीर्यवत्तरो वयोधा अपराहतः

ihaivaidhi dhanasanir ihacitta ihakratuḥ | ihaidhi vīryavattaro vayodhā aparāhataḥ

Be just here, a winner of wealth, here in mind, here in purpose; be here more full of manly power, bestowing vigour, unassailed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.39

पुत्रं पौत्रम् अभितर्पयन्तीर् आपो मधुमतीर् इमाः । स्वधां पितृभ्यो अमृतं दुहाना आपो देवीर् उभयांस् तर्पयन्तु

putraṃ pautram abhitarpayantīr āpo madhumatīr imāḥ | svadhāṃ pitṛbhyo amṛtaṃ duhānā āpo devīr ubhayāṃs tarpayantu

These honey-rich waters, refreshing son and grandson, yielding to the Fathers the svadhā, the immortal — let the divine waters refresh both (parties).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.40

आपो अग्निं प्र हिणुत पितॄꣳर् उपेमं यज्ञं पितरो मे जुषन्ताम् । आसीनाम् ऊर्जम् उप ये सचन्ते ते नो रयिं सर्ववीरं नि यछान्

āpo agniṃ pra hiṇuta pitṝṁr upemaṃ yajñaṃ pitaro me juṣantām | āsīnām ūrjam upa ye sacante te no rayiṃ sarvavīraṃ ni yachān

O waters, send Agni forth to the Fathers; let my Fathers take pleasure in this sacrifice. Those who, sitting, attend upon the nourishment — let them grant us wealth with all our men.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.41

सम् इन्धते अमर्त्यं हव्यवाहं घृतप्रियम् । स वेद निहितान् निधीन् पितॄन् परावतो गतान्

sam indhate amartyaṃ havyavāhaṃ ghṛtapriyam | sa veda nihitān nidhīn pitṝn parāvato gatān

They kindle the immortal bearer of oblations, to whom ghee is dear. He knows the treasures laid away, (and) the Fathers who have gone to the far distance.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.42

यं ते मन्थं यम् ओदननं यन् मांसं निपृणामि ते । ते ते सन्तु स्वधावन्तो मधुमन्तो घृतश्चुतः

yaṃ te manthaṃ yam odananaṃ yan māṃsaṃ nipṛṇāmi te | te te santu svadhāvanto madhumanto ghṛtaścutaḥ

What stirred drink, what boiled grain, what flesh I furnish for you — let these be for you full of svadhā, full of honey, dripping with ghee.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.43

यास् ते धाना अनुकिरामि तिलमिश्राः स्वधावतीः । तास् ते सन्तूद्भ्वीः प्रभ्वीस् तास् ते यमो राजानु मन्यताम्

yās te dhānā anukirāmi tilamiśrāḥ svadhāvatīḥ | tās te santūdbhvīḥ 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 abundant and powerful; let King Yama approve them for you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.44

इदं पूर्वम् अपरं नियानं येना ते पूर्वे पितरः परेताः । पुरोगवा ये अभिसाचो अस्य ते त्वा वहन्ति सुकृताम् उ लोकम्

idaṃ pūrvam aparaṃ niyānaṃ yenā te pūrve pitaraḥ paretāḥ | purogavā ye abhisāco asya te tvā vahanti sukṛtām u lokam

This is the earlier and the later way down, by which your earlier Fathers departed. Those who go in front, who are his attendants — they carry you to the world of those who have done well.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.45

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 who serve the gods call on Sarasvatī, on Sarasvatī when the rite is being stretched out; those who have done well call on Sarasvatī; may Sarasvatī give what is choice to the worshipper.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.46

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

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

The Fathers call on Sarasvatī, approaching the sacrifice from the south. Having sat down on this barhis, take your delight; set in us refreshments free of sickness.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.47

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 journeyed on the same chariot with the recitations, with the svadhā-offerings, O goddess, rejoicing along with the Fathers — set here for the sacrificer a share of refreshment worth a thousand, and thriving of wealth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.48

पृथिवीं त्वा पृथिव्याम् आ वेशयामि देवो नो धाता प्र तिरात्य् आयुः । परापरैता वसुविद् वो अस्त्व् अधा मृताः पितृषु सं भवन्तु

pṛthivīṃ tvā pṛthivyām ā veśayāmi devo no dhātā pra tirāty āyuḥ | parāparaitā vasuvid vo astv adhā mṛtāḥ pitṛṣu saṃ bhavantu

(As) earth I make you enter into the earth. Let the god Dhātar prolong our lifetime. Let him who goes far and farther be a finder of goods for you; and let the dead come together among the Fathers.

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

AV 18 4.49

आ प्र च्यवेथाम् अप तन् मृजेथां यद् वाम् अभिभा अत्रोचुः । अस्माद् एतम् अघ्न्यौ तद् वशीयो दातुः पितृष्व् इहभोजनौ मम

ā pra cyavethām apa tan mṛjethāṃ yad vām abhibhā atrocuḥ | asmād etam aghnyau tad vaśīyo dātuḥ pitṛṣv ihabhojanau mama

Come forth, wipe that away, whatever ill-omen they have here spoken of you two. From this one (comes) this; that is more to be wished, O you two inviolable ones, from the giver among the Fathers — you two who are here my food.

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

AV 18 4.50

एयम् अगन् दक्षिणा भद्रतो ना अनेन दत्ता सुदुघा वयोधाः । यौवने जीवान् उपपृञ्चती जरा पितृभ्य उपसंपराणयाद् इमान्

eyam agan dakṣiṇā bhadrato nā anena dattā sudughā vayodhāḥ | yauvane jīvān upapṛñcatī jarā pitṛbhya upasaṃparāṇayād imān

Hither has come this sacrificial gift, auspiciously, given by this man, well-milking, bestowing vigour. Mingling with the living in their youth, let it conduct these onward to the Fathers (only) in old age.

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

AV 18 4.51

इदं पितृभ्यः प्र भरामि बर्हिर् जीवं देवेभ्य उत्तरं स्तृणामि । तद् आ रोह पुरुष मेध्यो भवन् प्रति त्वा जानन्तु पितरः परेतम्

idaṃ pitṛbhyaḥ pra bharāmi barhir jīvaṃ devebhya uttaraṃ stṛṇāmi | tad ā roha puruṣa medhyo bhavan prati tvā jānantu pitaraḥ paretam

This barhis I bring forward for the Fathers; a living, higher one I strew for the gods. Mount upon that, O man, becoming fit for sacrifice; let the Fathers recognize you when you have gone away.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.52

एदं बर्हिर् असदो मेध्यो ऽभूः प्रति त्वा जानन्तु पितरः परेतम् । यथापरु तन्वं सं भरस्व गात्राणि ते ब्रह्मणा कल्पयामि

edaṃ barhir asado medhyo 'bhūḥ prati tvā jānantu pitaraḥ paretam | yathāparu tanvaṃ saṃ bharasva gātrāṇi te brahmaṇā kalpayāmi

You have sat upon this barhis; you have become fit for sacrifice; let the Fathers recognize you when you have gone away. Gather together your body limb by limb; I put your members in order with the sacred formula.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.53

पर्णो राजापिधानं चरूणाम् ऊर्जो बलं सह ओजो न आगन् । आयुर् जीवेभ्यो विदधद् दीर्घायुत्वाय शतशारदाय

parṇo rājāpidhānaṃ carūṇām ūrjo balaṃ saha ojo na āgan | āyur jīvebhyo vidadhad dīrghāyutvāya śataśāradāya

Parṇa the king, the lid of the pots — strength, power, force, vigour have come to us; dispensing lifetime to the living, for long life, for a hundred autumns.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.54

ऊर्जो भागो य इमं जजानाश्मान्नानाम् आधिपत्यं जगाम । तम् अर्चत विश्वमित्रा हविर्भिः स नो यमः प्रतरं जीवसे धात्

ūrjo bhāgo ya imaṃ jajānāśmānnānām ādhipatyaṃ jagāma | tam arcata viśvamitrā havirbhiḥ sa no yamaḥ prataraṃ jīvase dhāt

The share of strength, which begot him and attained overlordship of the stone-foods — praise him, all you friends, with oblations; may that Yama set us to live on further.

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

AV 18 4.55

यथा यमाय हर्म्यम् अवपन् पञ्च मानवाः । एवा वपामि हर्म्यं यथा मे भूरयो ऽसत

yathā yamāya harmyam avapan pañca mānavāḥ | evā vapāmi harmyaṃ yathā me bhūrayo 'sata

As the five descendants of Manu strewed a house for Yama, so do I strew a house, that I may have many (offspring).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.56

इदं हिरण्यं बिभृहि यत् ते पिताबिभः पुरा । स्वर्गं यतः पितुर् हस्तं निर् मृड्ढि दक्षिणम्

idaṃ hiraṇyaṃ bibhṛhi yat te pitābibhaḥ purā | svargaṃ yataḥ pitur hastaṃ nir mṛḍḍhi dakṣiṇam

Bear this gold, which your father bore before; going to heaven, wipe clean the father's right hand.

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

AV 18 4.57

ये च जीवा ये च मृता ये जाता ये च यज्ञियाः । तेभ्यो घृतस्य कुल्यैतु मधुधारा व्युन्दती

ye ca jīvā ye ca mṛtā ye jātā ye ca yajñiyāḥ | tebhyo ghṛtasya kulyaitu madhudhārā vyundatī

Those who are alive, and those who are dead, those who are born and those who are worthy of sacrifice — for them let a stream of ghee go, a flow of honey, drenching (all).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.58

वृषा मतीनां पवते विचक्षणः सूरो अह्नां प्रतरीतोषसां दिवः । प्राणः सिन्धूनां कलशाꣳ अचिक्रदद् इन्द्रस्य हार्दिम् आविशन् मनीषया

vṛṣā matīnāṃ pavate vicakṣaṇaḥ sūro ahnāṃ pratarītoṣasāṃ divaḥ | prāṇaḥ sindhūnāṃ kalaśāṁ acikradad indrasya hārdim āviśan manīṣayā

The bull of thoughts flows clear, the far-seeing one, the sun of days, the extender of the dawns, of heaven; the breath of rivers, he has roared into the jars, entering Indra's heart with insight.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.59

त्वेषस् ते धूम ऊर्णोतु दिवि षं छुक्र आततः । सूरो न हि द्युता त्वं कृपा पावक रोचसे

tveṣas te dhūma ūrṇotu divi ṣaṃ chukra ātataḥ | sūro na hi dyutā tvaṃ kṛpā pāvaka rocase

Let your glittering smoke cover (it), stretched out bright in heaven; for like the sun in brilliance you, O Pāvaka, shine with beauty.

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

AV 18 4.60

प्र वा एतीन्दुर् इन्द्रस्य निष्कृतिं सखा सख्युर् न प्र मिनाति संगिरः । मर्य इव योषाः सम् अर्षसे सोमः कलशे शतयामना पथा

pra vā etīndur indrasya niṣkṛtiṃ sakhā sakhyur na pra mināti saṃgiraḥ | marya iva yoṣāḥ sam arṣase somaḥ kalaśe śatayāmanā pathā

The drop goes forth to Indra's meeting place; a friend does not break his promises to a friend. Like a young man to maidens, you flow together, Soma, into the jar by a path of a hundred courses.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.61

अक्षन्न् अमीमदन्त ह्य् अव प्रियाꣳ अधूषत । अस्तोषत स्वभानवो विप्रा यविष्ठा ईमहे

akṣann amīmadanta hy ava priyāṁ adhūṣata | astoṣata svabhānavo viprā yaviṣṭhā īmahe

They have eaten, they have made merry, they have shaken off the dear (things); the self-radiant ones have been praised; we, the inspired, entreat the youngest (Agni).

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

AV 18 4.62

आ यात पितरः सोम्यासो गम्भीरैः पथिभिः पितृयाणैः । आयुर् अस्मभ्यं दधतः प्रजां च रायश् च पोषैर् अभि नः सचध्वम्

ā yāta pitaraḥ somyāso gambhīraiḥ pathibhiḥ pitṛyāṇaiḥ | āyur asmabhyaṃ dadhataḥ prajāṃ ca rāyaś ca poṣair abhi naḥ sacadhvam

Come, O fathers who love soma, by the deep paths that the fathers travel; bestowing on us life-span and offspring, attend us with increases of wealth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.63

परा यात पितरः सोम्यासो गम्भीरैः पथिभिः पूर्याणैः । अधा मासि पुनर् आ यात नो गृहान् हविर् अत्तुं सुप्रजसः सुवीराः

parā yāta pitaraḥ somyāso gambhīraiḥ pathibhiḥ pūryāṇaiḥ | adhā māsi punar ā yāta no gṛhān havir attuṃ suprajasaḥ suvīrāḥ

Go away, O fathers who love soma, by the deep paths (that the fathers travel); then in a month come again to our houses to eat the oblation, with good offspring, with good men.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.64

यद् वो अग्निर् अजहाद् एकम् अङ्गं पितृलोकं गमयं जातवेदाः । तद् व एतत् पुनर् आ प्याययामि साङ्गाः स्वर्गे पितरो मादयध्वम्

yad vo agnir ajahād ekam aṅgaṃ pitṛlokaṃ gamayaṃ jātavedāḥ | tad va etat punar ā pyāyayāmi sāṅgāḥ svarge pitaro mādayadhvam

Whatever single limb of yours Agni Jātavedas left behind when sending (you) to the world of the fathers, that very (limb) of yours I now make full again; complete in limbs, O fathers, rejoice in heaven.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.65

अभूद् दूतः प्रहितो जातवेदाः सायं न्यह्न उपवन्द्यो नृभिः । प्रादाः पितृभ्यः स्वधया ते अक्षन्न् अद्धि त्वं देव प्रयता हवींषि

abhūd dūtaḥ prahito jātavedāḥ sāyaṃ nyahna upavandyo nṛbhiḥ | prādāḥ pitṛbhyaḥ svadhayā te akṣann addhi tvaṃ deva prayatā havīṃṣi

Jātavedas has been the messenger sent forth, to be greeted by men at evening, at day's close. You have given to the fathers; they have eaten by (their) svadhā. Eat, O god, the oblations presented.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.66

असौ हा इह ते मनः ककुत्सलम् इव जामयः । अभ्य् एनं भूम ऊर्णुहि

asau hā iha te manaḥ kakutsalam iva jāmayaḥ | abhy enaṃ bhūma ūrṇuhi

So-and-so! Here is your mind ... like kinswomen ...; cover him over, O Earth.

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

AV 18 4.67

शुम्भन्तां लोकाः पितृषदनाः पितृषदने त्वा लोक आ सादयामि

śumbhantāṃ lokāḥ pitṛṣadanāḥ pitṛṣadane tvā loka ā sādayāmi

Let the worlds that are the seats of the fathers be made splendid; in the world that is the seat of the fathers I set you.

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AV 18 4.68

ये अस्माकं पितरस् तेषां बर्हिर् असि

ye asmākaṃ pitaras teṣāṃ barhir asi

You are the barhis of those who are our fathers.

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AV 18 4.69

उद् उत्तमं वरुण पाशम् अस्मद् अवाधमं श्रथाय । अधा वयम् आदित्य व्रते तवानागसो अदितये स्याम

ud uttamaṃ varuṇa pāśam asmad avādhamaṃ śrathāya | adhā vayam āditya vrate tavānāgaso aditaye syāma

Loosen from us, O Varuṇa, the highest fetter upward, the lowest downward; then, O Āditya, in your ordinance may we be guiltless before Aditi.

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AV 18 4.70

प्रास्मत् पाशान् वरुण मुञ्च सर्वान् यैः समामे बध्यते यैर् व्यामे । अधा जीवेम शरदं शतानि त्वया राजन् गुपिता रक्षमाणाः

prāsmat pāśān varuṇa muñca sarvān yaiḥ samāme badhyate yair vyāme | adhā jīvema śaradaṃ śatāni tvayā rājan gupitā rakṣamāṇāḥ

Release from us, O Varuṇa, all the fetters, those by which one is bound within a span, those by which within a fathom; then may we live a hundred autumns, guarded and protected by you, O king.

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

AV 18 4.71

अग्नये कव्यवाहनाय स्वधा नमः

agnaye kavyavāhanāya svadhā namaḥ

To Agni, conveyor of the offerings to the wise (fathers), svadhā, homage.

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AV 18 4.72

सोमाय पितृमते स्वधा नमः

somāya pitṛmate svadhā namaḥ

To Soma, accompanied by the fathers, svadhā, homage.

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AV 18 4.73

पितृभ्यः सोमवद्भ्यः स्वधा नमः

pitṛbhyaḥ somavadbhyaḥ svadhā namaḥ

To the fathers, accompanied by soma, svadhā, homage.

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AV 18 4.74

यमाय पितृमते स्वधा नमः

yamāya pitṛmate svadhā namaḥ

To Yama, accompanied by the fathers, svadhā, homage.

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AV 18 4.75

एतत् ते प्रततामह स्वधा ये च त्वाम् अनु

etat te pratatāmaha svadhā ye ca tvām anu

This is for thee, great-grandfather, as thine own portion, and for those who follow thee.

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AV 18 4.76

एतत् ते ततामह स्वधा ये च त्वाम् अनु

etat te tatāmaha svadhā ye ca tvām anu

This is for thee, grandfather, as thine own portion, and for those who follow thee.

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AV 18 4.77

एतत् ते तत स्वधा

etat te tata svadhā

This is for thee, father: svadhā (thine own portion).

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AV 18 4.78

स्वधा पितृभ्यः पृथिविषद्भ्यः

svadhā pitṛbhyaḥ pṛthiviṣadbhyaḥ

Svadhā to the Fathers who dwell on the earth.

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AV 18 4.79

स्वधा पितृभ्यो अन्तरिक्षसद्भ्यः

svadhā pitṛbhyo antarikṣasadbhyaḥ

Svadhā to the Fathers who dwell in the mid-space.

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AV 18 4.80

स्वधा पितृभ्यो दिविषद्भ्यः

svadhā pitṛbhyo diviṣadbhyaḥ

Svadhā to the Fathers who dwell in heaven.

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AV 18 4.81

नमो वः पितर ऊर्जे नमो वः पितरो रसाय

namo vaḥ pitara ūrje namo vaḥ pitaro rasāya

Homage to you, Fathers, for (your) vigour; homage to you, Fathers, for (your) sap.

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AV 18 4.82

नमो वः पितरो भामाय नमो वः पितरो मन्यवे

namo vaḥ pitaro bhāmāya namo vaḥ pitaro manyave

Homage to you, Fathers, for (your) fury; homage to you, Fathers, for (your) wrath.

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AV 18 4.83

नमो वः पितरो यद् घोरं तस्मै नमो वः पितरो यत् क्रूरं तस्मै

namo vaḥ pitaro yad ghoraṃ tasmai namo vaḥ pitaro yat krūraṃ tasmai

Homage to you, Fathers—to that in you which is terrible; homage to you, Fathers—to that which is cruel.

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AV 18 4.84

नमो वः पितरो यच् छिवं तस्मै नमो वः पितरो यत् स्योनं तस्मै

namo vaḥ pitaro yac chivaṃ tasmai namo vaḥ pitaro yat syonaṃ tasmai

Homage to you, Fathers—to that in you which is kindly; homage to you, Fathers—to that which is pleasant.

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AV 18 4.85

नमो वः पितरः स्वधा वः पितरः

namo vaḥ pitaraḥ svadhā vaḥ pitaraḥ

Homage to you, Fathers; svadhā to you, Fathers.

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AV 18 4.86

ये ऽत्र पितरः पितरो ये ऽत्र यूयं स्थ युष्मांस् ते ऽनु यूयं तेषां श्रेष्ठा भूयास्थ

ye 'tra pitaraḥ pitaro ye 'tra yūyaṃ stha yuṣmāṃs te 'nu yūyaṃ teṣāṃ śreṣṭhā bhūyāstha

The Fathers who are here, and the Fathers among whom you are here—may you follow after them(?) and be the best of them.

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

AV 18 4.87

य इह पितरो जीवा इह वयं स्मः । अस्माꣳस् ते ऽनु वयं तेषां श्रेष्ठा भूयास्म

ya iha pitaro jīvā iha vayaṃ smaḥ | asmāṁs te 'nu vayaṃ teṣāṃ śreṣṭhā bhūyāsma

The Fathers who are here alive, (and) we who are here—may those follow us, (and) may we be the best of them.

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

AV 18 4.88

आ त्वाग्न इधीमहि द्युमन्तं देवाजरम् । यद् घ सा ते पनीयसी समिद् दीदयति द्यवि । इषं स्तोतृभ्य आ भर

ā tvāgna idhīmahi dyumantaṃ devājaram | yad gha sā te panīyasī samid dīdayati dyavi | iṣaṃ stotṛbhya ā bhara

We would kindle thee, O Agni, the shining, unaging god; so that that more admirable kindling-stick of thine may blaze in the sky—bring food for (thy) praisers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 18 4.89

चन्द्रमा अप्स्व् अन्तर् आ सुपर्णो धावते दिवि । न वो हिरण्यनेमयः पदं विन्दन्ति विद्युतो वित्तं मे अस्य रोदसी

candramā apsv antar ā suparṇo dhāvate divi | na vo hiraṇyanemayaḥ padaṃ vindanti vidyuto vittaṃ me asya rodasī

The moon (moves) within the waters; the fair-winged one runs in the sky. They do not find your station, O gold-rimmed lightnings—take note of this of mine, O you two worlds (heaven and earth)!

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