Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 2 — Chapter 13

AV 2 13.1

आयुर्दा अग्ने जरसं वृणानो घृतप्रतीको घृतपृष्ठो अग्ने । घृतं पीत्वा मधु चारु गव्यं पितेव पुत्रान् अभि रक्षताद् इमम्

āyurdā agne jarasaṃ vṛṇāno ghṛtapratīko ghṛtapṛṣṭho agne | ghṛtaṃ pītvā madhu cāru gavyaṃ piteva putrān abhi rakṣatād imam

O Agni, giver of lifetime, choosing old age, ghee-faced, ghee-backed, O Agni — having drunk ghee and the dear sweet cow-product, protect this one as a father his sons.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 2 13.2

परि धत्त धत्त नो वर्चसेमम् जरामृत्युं कृणुत दीर्घम् आयुः । बृहस्पतिः प्रायछद् वास एतत् सोमाय राज्ञे परिधातवा उ

pari dhatta dhatta no varcasemam jarāmṛtyuṃ kṛṇuta dīrgham āyuḥ | bṛhaspatiḥ prāyachad vāsa etat somāya rājñe paridhātavā u

Wrap (him) about; put splendour on this one for us; make him one whose death is old age, (make him) long life. Bṛhaspati handed over this garment to king Soma for wrapping about.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 2 13.3

परीदं वासो अधिथाः स्वस्तये ऽभूर् गृष्टीनाम् अभिशस्तिपा उ । शतं च जीव शरदः पुरूची रायश् च पोषम् उपसंव्ययस्व

parīdaṃ vāso adhithāḥ svastaye 'bhūr gṛṣṭīnām abhiśastipā u | śataṃ ca jīva śaradaḥ purūcī rāyaś ca poṣam upasaṃvyayasva

You have put on this garment for (your) well-being; you have become a protector against curses for the heifers. Live a hundred abundant autumns, and wrap about yourself an increase of wealth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 2 13.4

एह्य् अश्मानम् आ तिष्ठाश्मा भवतु ते तनूः । कृण्वन्तु विश्वे देवा आयुष्टे शरदः शतम्

ehy aśmānam ā tiṣṭhāśmā bhavatu te tanūḥ | kṛṇvantu viśve devā āyuṣṭe śaradaḥ śatam

Come here, stand upon the stone; let your body be stone. Let all the gods make your lifetime a hundred autumns.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 2 13.5

यस्य ते वासः प्रथमवास्यं हरामस् तं त्वा विश्वे ऽवन्तु देवाः । तं त्वा भ्रातरः सुवृधा वर्धमानम् अनु जायन्तां बहवः सुजातम्

yasya te vāsaḥ prathamavāsyaṃ harāmas taṃ tvā viśve 'vantu devāḥ | taṃ tvā bhrātaraḥ suvṛdhā vardhamānam anu jāyantāṃ bahavaḥ sujātam

You whose garment, the first-worn, we take away—may all the gods favour you; may many brothers be born after you, the well-born, as you grow with good growth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition