Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 20 — Chapter 88

AV 20 88.1

यस् तस्तम्भ सहसा वि ज्मो अन्तान् बृहस्पतिस् त्रिषधस्थो रवेण । तं प्रत्नास ऋषयो दीध्यानाः पुरो विप्रा दधिरे मन्द्रजिह्वम्

yas tastambha sahasā vi jmo antān bṛhaspatis triṣadhastho raveṇa | taṃ pratnāsa ṛṣayo dīdhyānāḥ puro viprā dadhire mandrajihvam

He who with force propped apart the ends of the earth, Bṛhaspati of the threefold seat, with his roar — him the ancient seers, meditating, the inspired ones, set before them, him of the gladdening tongue.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 20 88.2

धुनेतयः सुप्रकेतं मदन्तो बृहस्पते अभि ये नस् ततस्रे । पृषन्तं सृप्रम् अदब्धम् ऊर्वं बृहस्पते रक्षताद् अस्य योनिम्

dhunetayaḥ supraketaṃ madanto bṛhaspate abhi ye nas tatasre | pṛṣantaṃ sṛpram adabdham ūrvaṃ bṛhaspate rakṣatād asya yonim

Of tumultuous course, exulting, they who have pressed toward us the clear sign — O Bṛhaspati, the dappled, slippery, undeceived pen: Bṛhaspati, guard the womb of this.

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

AV 20 88.3

बृहस्पते या परमा परावद् अत आ ते ऋतस्पृशो नि षेदुः । तुभ्यं खाता अवता अद्रिदुग्धा मध्व श्चोतन्त्य् अभितो विरप्शम्

bṛhaspate yā paramā parāvad ata ā te ṛtaspṛśo ni ṣeduḥ | tubhyaṃ khātā avatā adridugdhā madhva ścotanty abhito virapśam

Bṛhaspati, whatever is the highest distance — from there your ṛta-touching ones have sat down (to you). For you the dug wells, milked by the stone, drip honey in abundance on all sides.

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

AV 20 88.4

बृहस्पतिः प्रथमं जायमानो महो ज्योतिषः परमे व्योमन् । सप्तास्यस् तुविजातो रवेण वि सप्तरश्मिर् अधमत् तमांसि

bṛhaspatiḥ prathamaṃ jāyamāno maho jyotiṣaḥ parame vyoman | saptāsyas tuvijāto raveṇa vi saptaraśmir adhamat tamāṃsi

Bṛhaspati, being born first out of the great light in the highest heaven, seven-mouthed, mightily born, seven-rayed, blew apart the darknesses with his roar.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 20 88.5

स सुष्टुभा स ऋक्वता गणेन वलं रुरोज फलिगं रवेन । बृहस्पतिर् उस्रिया हव्यसूदः कनिक्रदद् वावशतीर् उद् आजत्

sa suṣṭubhā sa ṛkvatā gaṇena valaṃ ruroja phaligaṃ ravena | bṛhaspatir usriyā havyasūdaḥ kanikradad vāvaśatīr ud ājat

He with the well-chanting, with the verse-singing troop, broke Vala, the cave, with his roar; Bṛhaspati, bellowing, drove up the ruddy cows, lowing, the sweeteners of the oblation.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 20 88.6

एवा पित्रे विश्वदेवाय वृष्णे यज्ञैर् विधेम नमसा हविर्भिः । बृहस्पते सुप्रजा वीरवन्तो वयं स्याम पतयो रयीणाम्

evā pitre viśvadevāya vṛṣṇe yajñair vidhema namasā havirbhiḥ | bṛhaspate suprajā vīravanto vayaṃ syāma patayo rayīṇām

So let us serve the father, the all-god, the bull, with sacrifices, with homage, with oblations. Bṛhaspati, may we, rich in offspring and in heroes, be lords of riches.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition