Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 19 — Chapter 9

AV 19 9.1

शान्ता द्यौः शान्ता पृथिवी शान्तम् इदम् उर्व् अन्तरिक्षम् । शान्ता उदन्वतीर् आपः शान्ता नः सन्त्व् ओषधीः

śāntā dyauḥ śāntā pṛthivī śāntam idam urv antarikṣam | śāntā udanvatīr āpaḥ śāntā naḥ santv oṣadhīḥ

At peace is the sky, at peace the earth, at peace this wide mid-air; at peace are the waters full of streams, at peace let the plants be for us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 19 9.2

शान्तानि पूर्वरूपाणि शान्तं नो अस्तु कृताकृतम् । शान्तं भूतं च भव्यं च सर्वम् एव शम् अस्तु नः

śāntāni pūrvarūpāṇi śāntaṃ no astu kṛtākṛtam | śāntaṃ bhūtaṃ ca bhavyaṃ ca sarvam eva śam astu naḥ

At peace are the portents (lit. fore-forms); let what is done and not done be at peace for us; at peace what has been and what is to be — let everything be a blessing to us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 19 9.3

इयं या परमेष्ठिनी वाग् देवी ब्रह्मसंशिता । ययैव ससृजे घोरं तयैव शान्तिर् अस्तु नः

iyaṃ yā parameṣṭhinī vāg devī brahmasaṃśitā | yayaiva sasṛje ghoraṃ tayaiva śāntir astu naḥ

This Speech, the goddess who stands in the highest place, sharpened by brahman — by that very (speech) with which the dreadful was created, by that very one let there be peace for us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 19 9.4

इदं यत् परमेष्ठिनं मनो वां ब्रह्मसंशितम् । येनैव ससृजे घोरं तेनैव शान्तिर् अस्तु नः

idaṃ yat parameṣṭhinaṃ mano vāṃ brahmasaṃśitam | yenaiva sasṛje ghoraṃ tenaiva śāntir astu naḥ

This mind of you two, which stands in the highest place, sharpened by brahman — by that very one with which the dreadful was created, by that very one let there be peace for us.

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

AV 19 9.5

इमानि यानि पञ्चेन्द्रियानि मनःषष्ठानि मे हृदि ब्रह्मणा संशितानि । यैर् एव ससृजे घोरं तैर् एव शान्तिर् अस्तु नः

imāni yāni pañcendriyāni manaḥṣaṣṭhāni me hṛdi brahmaṇā saṃśitāni | yair eva sasṛje ghoraṃ tair eva śāntir astu naḥ

These five senses that are in my heart, with the mind as the sixth, sharpened by brahman — by those very ones with which the dreadful was created, by those very ones let there be peace for us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 19 9.6

शं नो मित्रः शं वरुणः शं विष्णुः शं प्रजापतिः । शं न इन्द्रो बृहस्पतिः शं नो भवत्व् अर्यमा

śaṃ no mitraḥ śaṃ varuṇaḥ śaṃ viṣṇuḥ śaṃ prajāpatiḥ | śaṃ na indro bṛhaspatiḥ śaṃ no bhavatv aryamā

A blessing to us be Mitra, a blessing Varuṇa, a blessing Viṣṇu, a blessing Prajāpati; a blessing to us Indra (and) Bṛhaspati, a blessing to us let Aryaman be.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 19 9.7

शं नो मित्रः शं वरुणः शं विवस्वां छम् अन्तकः । उत्पाताः पार्थिवान्तरिक्षाः शं नो दिविचरा ग्रहाः

śaṃ no mitraḥ śaṃ varuṇaḥ śaṃ vivasvāṃ cham antakaḥ | utpātāḥ pārthivāntarikṣāḥ śaṃ no divicarā grahāḥ

A blessing to us Mitra, a blessing Varuṇa, a blessing Vivasvant, a blessing the Ender; (a blessing) the portents of earth and mid-air, a blessing to us the planets that move in the sky.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 19 9.8

शं नो भूमिर् वेप्यमाना शम् उल्का निर्हतं च यत् । शं गावो लोहितक्षीराः शं भूमिर् अव तीर्यतीः

śaṃ no bhūmir vepyamānā śam ulkā nirhataṃ ca yat | śaṃ gāvo lohitakṣīrāḥ śaṃ bhūmir ava tīryatīḥ

A blessing to us the quaking earth, a blessing the meteor and what is struck down (by it); a blessing cows with red milk, a blessing the earth when it is split open.

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

AV 19 9.9

नक्षत्रम् उल्काभिहतं शम् अस्तु नः शं नो ऽभिचाराः शम् उ सन्तु कृत्याः । शं नो निखाता वल्गाः शम् उल्का देशोपसर्गाः शम् उ नो भवन्तु

nakṣatram ulkābhihataṃ śam astu naḥ śaṃ no 'bhicārāḥ śam u santu kṛtyāḥ | śaṃ no nikhātā valgāḥ śam ulkā deśopasargāḥ śam u no bhavantu

Let a constellation struck by a meteor be a blessing to us; a blessing to us be spells against us, and a blessing the witchcrafts; a blessing to us buried valgās, a blessing meteors and the visitations of the region — let them be a blessing to us.

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

AV 19 9.10

शं नो ग्रहाश् चान्द्रमसाः शम् आदित्यश् च राहुणा । शं नो मृत्युर् धूमकेतुः शं रुद्रास् तिग्मतेजसः

śaṃ no grahāś cāndramasāḥ śam ādityaś ca rāhuṇā | śaṃ no mṛtyur dhūmaketuḥ śaṃ rudrās tigmatejasaḥ

A blessing to us the lunar planets (or: the moon's seizures), a blessing the sun together with Rāhu; a blessing to us Death the smoke-bannered, a blessing the Rudras of sharp fire.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 19 9.11

शं रुद्राः शं वसवः शम् आदित्याः शम् अग्नयः । शं नो महर्षयो देवाः शं देवाः शं बृहस्पतिः

śaṃ rudrāḥ śaṃ vasavaḥ śam ādityāḥ śam agnayaḥ | śaṃ no maharṣayo devāḥ śaṃ devāḥ śaṃ bṛhaspatiḥ

A blessing the Rudras, a blessing the Vasus, a blessing the Ādityas, a blessing the fires; a blessing to us the great seers, the gods, a blessing the gods, a blessing Bṛhaspati.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 19 9.12

ब्रह्म प्रजापतिर् धाता लोका वेदाः सप्तऋषयो ऽग्नयः । तैर् मे कृतं स्वस्त्ययनम् इन्द्रो मे शर्म यछतु ब्रह्मा मे शर्म यछतु । विश्वे मे देवाः शर्म यछन्तु सर्वे मे देवाः शर्म यछन्तु

brahma prajāpatir dhātā lokā vedāḥ saptaṛṣayo 'gnayaḥ | tair me kṛtaṃ svastyayanam indro me śarma yachatu brahmā me śarma yachatu | viśve me devāḥ śarma yachantu sarve me devāḥ śarma yachantu

Brahman, Prajāpati, Dhātṛ, the worlds, the Vedas, the seven seers, the fires — by these a course to well-being has been made for me. Let Indra grant me shelter, let Brahmā grant me shelter; let all the gods grant me shelter, let all the gods grant me shelter.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 19 9.13

यानि कानि चिच् छान्तानि लोके सप्तऋषयो विदुः । सर्वाणि शं भवन्तु मे शं मे अस्त्व् अभयं मे अस्तु

yāni kāni cic chāntāni loke saptaṛṣayo viduḥ | sarvāṇi śaṃ bhavantu me śaṃ me astv abhayaṃ me astu

Whatsoever appeasements the seven seers know in the world — let them all be a blessing to me; let there be a blessing for me, let there be safety for me.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 19 9.14

पृथिवी शान्तिर् अन्तरिक्षं शान्तिर् द्यौः शान्तिर् आपः शान्तिर् ओषधयः शान्तिर् वनस्पतयः शान्तिर् विश्वे मे देवाः शान्तिः सर्वे मे देवाः शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिभिः । यद् इह घोरं यद् इह क्रूरं यद् इह पापं तच् छान्तं तच् छिवं सर्वम् एव शम् अस्तु नः

pṛthivī śāntir antarikṣaṃ śāntir dyauḥ śāntir āpaḥ śāntir oṣadhayaḥ śāntir vanaspatayaḥ śāntir viśve me devāḥ śāntiḥ sarve me devāḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntibhiḥ | yad iha ghoraṃ yad iha krūraṃ yad iha pāpaṃ tac chāntaṃ tac chivaṃ sarvam eva śam astu naḥ

The earth is peace, the mid-air is peace, the sky is peace, the waters are peace, the plants are peace, the forest trees are peace, all the gods are peace for me, all the gods are peace for me, peace, peace, by (these) peaces. What here is dreadful, what here is cruel, what here is evil — let that be quieted, let that be kindly, let all be a blessing to us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition