Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 20 — Chapter 128

AV 20 128.1

यः सभेयो विदथ्यः सुत्वा यज्वाथ पूरुषः । सूर्यं चामू रिशादसस् तद् देवाः प्राग् अकल्पयन्

yaḥ sabheyo vidathyaḥ sutvā yajvātha pūruṣaḥ | sūryaṃ cāmū riśādasas tad devāḥ prāg akalpayan

He who is fit for the assembly, fit for the council, a soma-presser and a sacrificer — such a man — and the sun yonder, O you who destroy foes: that the gods arranged of old.

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

AV 20 128.2

यो जाम्या अप्रथयस् तद् यत् सखायं दुधूर्षति । ज्येष्ठो यद् अप्रचेतास् तद् आहुर् अधराग् इति

yo jāmyā aprathayas tad yat sakhāyaṃ dudhūrṣati | jyeṣṭho yad apracetās tad āhur adharāg iti

He who has spread (slander) about a kinswoman, and he who seeks to shake off a friend, and when the eldest is without understanding — that, they say, is downward (i.e. leads below).

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

AV 20 128.3

यद् भद्रस्य पुरुषस्य पुत्रो भवति दाधृषिः । तद् विप्रो अब्रवीद् उ तद् गन्धर्वः काम्यं वचः

yad bhadrasya puruṣasya putro bhavati dādhṛṣiḥ | tad vipro abravīd u tad gandharvaḥ kāmyaṃ vacaḥ

When the son of a good man becomes bold — that the inspired poet declared, and that (was) the Gandharva's desirable word.

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

AV 20 128.4

यश्च पणि रघुजिष्ठ्यो यश्च देवाꣳ अदाशुरिः । धीराणां शश्वताम् अहं तद् अपाग् इति शुश्रुम

yaśca paṇi raghujiṣṭhyo yaśca devāṁ adāśuriḥ | dhīrāṇāṃ śaśvatām ahaṃ tad apāg iti śuśruma

And whatever Paṇi is quick-tongued(?), and whoever does not offer to the gods — of the many wise ones I have heard: "That (goes) away/downward."

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

AV 20 128.5

ये च देवा अयजन्ताथो ये च पराददिः । सूर्यो दिवम् इव गत्वाय मघवा नो वि रप्शते

ye ca devā ayajantātho ye ca parādadiḥ | sūryo divam iva gatvāya maghavā no vi rapśate

And those gods who sacrificed, and those who gave away (gifts) — like the sun having gone to heaven, the bounteous one overflows for us.

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

AV 20 128.6

योऽनाक्ताक्षो अनभ्यक्तो अमणिवो अहिरण्यवः । अब्रह्मा ब्रह्मणः पुत्रस्तोता कल्पेषु संमिता

yo'nāktākṣo anabhyakto amaṇivo ahiraṇyavaḥ | abrahmā brahmaṇaḥ putrastotā kalpeṣu saṃmitā

He whose eyes are unanointed, who is unanointed, without jewels, without gold, without sacred formula — (yet) the son of a brahman, a praiser, measured out in the rites.

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

AV 20 128.7

य आक्ताक्षः सुभ्यक्तः सुमणिः सुहिरण्यवः । सुब्रह्मा ब्रह्मणः पुत्रस्तोता कल्पेषु संमिता

ya āktākṣaḥ subhyaktaḥ sumaṇiḥ suhiraṇyavaḥ | subrahmā brahmaṇaḥ putrastotā kalpeṣu saṃmitā

He whose eyes are anointed, who is well anointed, richly jewelled, richly golden, with good sacred formula — the son of a brahman, a praiser, measured out in the rites.

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

AV 20 128.8

अप्रपाणा च वेशन्ता रेवाꣳ अप्रतिदिश्ययः । अयभ्या कन्या कल्याणी तोता कल्पेषु संमिता

aprapāṇā ca veśantā revāṁ apratidiśyayaḥ | ayabhyā kanyā kalyāṇī totā kalpeṣu saṃmitā

A pool with no drinking-place, a rich man with no one to point (him) out, a fair maiden not to be embraced — the praiser(?) measured out in the rites.

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

AV 20 128.9

सुप्रपाणा च वेशन्ता रेवान्त् सुप्रतिदिश्ययः । सुयभ्या कन्या कल्याणी तोता कल्पेषु संमिता

suprapāṇā ca veśantā revānt supratidiśyayaḥ | suyabhyā kanyā kalyāṇī totā kalpeṣu saṃmitā

A pool with a good drinking-place, a rich man well pointed out, a fair maiden to be gladly embraced — the praiser(?) measured out in the rites.

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

AV 20 128.10

परिवृक्ता च महिषी स्वस्त्या च युधिं गमः । अनाशुरश्चायामी तोता कल्पेषु संमिता

parivṛktā ca mahiṣī svastyā ca yudhiṃ gamaḥ | anāśuraścāyāmī totā kalpeṣu saṃmitā

The favourite wife neglected, and the man who safely shuns the fight, A sluggish horse whom none may guide, these things are order- ed in the rules.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96) (public domain)

AV 20 128.11

वावाता च महिषी स्वस्त्या च युधिं गमः । श्वाशुरश् चायामी तोता कल्पेषु संमिता

vāvātā ca mahiṣī svastyā ca yudhiṃ gamaḥ | śvāśuraś cāyāmī totā kalpeṣu saṃmitā

The favourite wife most dearly loved, the man who safely goes to war, The fleet steed who obeys the rein, these things are ordered in the rules.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96) (public domain)

AV 20 128.12

यद् इन्द्रादो दाशराज्ञे मानुषं वि गाहथाः । विरूपः सर्वस्मा आसीत् सह यक्षाय कल्पते

yad indrādo dāśarājñe mānuṣaṃ vi gāhathāḥ | virūpaḥ sarvasmā āsīt saha yakṣāya kalpate

When, Indra, thou, as no man could, didst plunge into the Ten Kings' fight, That was a guard for every man: for he is formed to stay disease.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96) (public domain)

AV 20 128.13

त्वं वृषाक्षुं मघवन्न् अम्रं मर्याकरो रविः । त्वं रौहिणं व्यास्यो वि वृत्रस्याभिनच् छिरः

tvaṃ vṛṣākṣuṃ maghavann amraṃ maryākaro raviḥ | tvaṃ rauhiṇaṃ vyāsyo vi vṛtrasyābhinac chiraḥ

Easily conquering Maghavan, thou, Hero, bentest Raji down, Rentest asunder Rauhina, calvest in pieces Vritra's head.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96) (public domain)

AV 20 128.14

यः पर्वतान् व्यदधाद् यो अपो व्यगाहथाः । इन्द्रो यो वृत्रहान्महं तस्माद् इन्द्र नमो ऽस्तु ते

yaḥ parvatān vyadadhād yo apo vyagāhathāḥ | indro yo vṛtrahānmahaṃ tasmād indra namo 'stu te

Who set the mountains apart, who plunged into the waters, Indra who is the great slayer of Vṛtra — therefore, Indra, let homage be to thee.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 20 128.15

पृष्ठं धावन्तं हर्योर् औच्चैः श्रवसम् अब्रुवन् । स्वस्त्यश्व जैत्रायेन्द्रम् आ वह सुस्रजम्

pṛṣṭhaṃ dhāvantaṃ haryor auccaiḥ śravasam abruvan | svastyaśva jaitrāyendram ā vaha susrajam

Him running upon the back of the two bay horses they called (one) of lofty fame; for good fortune, O steed, bring Indra here, the well-garlanded, to victory.

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

AV 20 128.16

ये त्वा श्वेता अजैश्रवसो हार्यो युञ्जन्ति दक्षिणम् । पूर्वा नमस्य देवानां बिभ्रद् इन्द्र महीयते

ye tvā śvetā ajaiśravaso hāryo yuñjanti dakṣiṇam | pūrvā namasya devānāṃ bibhrad indra mahīyate

The white (steeds) of Ajaiśravas, the bay ones, which yoke thee on the right — bearing the foremost (oblation?), worthy of homage among the gods, O Indra, he is magnified.

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