Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 3 — Chapter 12

AV 3 12.1

इहैव ध्रुवां नि मिनोमि शालां क्षेमे तिष्ठाति घृतम् उक्षमाणा । तां त्वा शाले सर्ववीराः सुवीरा अरिष्टवीरा उप सं चरेम

ihaiva dhruvāṃ ni minomi śālāṃ kṣeme tiṣṭhāti ghṛtam ukṣamāṇā | tāṃ tvā śāle sarvavīrāḥ suvīrā ariṣṭavīrā upa saṃ carema

Right here I set up the house, firm; let it stand in security, dripping with ghee; upon thee, O house, may we move, all of us with our men, having good men, having unharmed men.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 3 12.2

इहैव ध्रुवा प्रति तिष्ठ शाले ऽश्वावती गोमती सूनृतावती । ऊर्जस्वती घृतवती पयस्वत्य् उच् छ्रयस्व महते सौभगाय

ihaiva dhruvā prati tiṣṭha śāle 'śvāvatī gomatī sūnṛtāvatī | ūrjasvatī ghṛtavatī payasvaty uc chrayasva mahate saubhagāya

Right here stand firm, O house, rich in horses, rich in cattle, rich in good gifts; full of vigour, full of ghee, full of milk, rise up for great good fortune.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 3 12.3

धरुण्य् असि शाले बृहछन्दाः पूतिधान्या । आ त्वा वत्सो गमेद् आ कुमार आ धेनवः सायम् आस्पन्दमानाः

dharuṇy asi śāle bṛhachandāḥ pūtidhānyā | ā tvā vatso gamed ā kumāra ā dhenavaḥ sāyam āspandamānāḥ

Thou art a support, O house, with a lofty roof, with pure grain; may the calf come to thee, may the boy come, may the milch-cows come at evening, hastening.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 3 12.4

इमां शालां सविता वायुर् इन्द्रो बृहस्पतिर् नि मिनोतु प्रजानन् । उक्षन्तूद्ना मरुतो घृतेन भगो नो राजा नि कृषिं तनोतु

imāṃ śālāṃ savitā vāyur indro bṛhaspatir ni minotu prajānan | ukṣantūdnā maruto ghṛtena bhago no rājā ni kṛṣiṃ tanotu

Let Savitṛ, Vāyu, Indra, Bṛhaspati set up this house, knowing (how); let the Maruts sprinkle it with water, with ghee; let king Bhaga extend our ploughing.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 3 12.5

मानस्य पत्नि शरणा स्योना देवी देवेभिर् निमितास्य् अग्रे । तृणं वसाना सुमना असस् त्वम् अथास्मभ्यं सहवीरं रयिं दाः

mānasya patni śaraṇā syonā devī devebhir nimitāsy agre | tṛṇaṃ vasānā sumanā asas tvam athāsmabhyaṃ sahavīraṃ rayiṃ dāḥ

O mistress of the dwelling, sheltering, pleasant, thou art a goddess, set up by the gods in the beginning; clothing thyself in grass, mayest thou be kindly-minded; and then give us wealth together with men.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 3 12.6

ऋतेन स्थूणाम् अधि रोह वंशोग्रो विराजन्न् अप वृङ्क्ष्व शत्रून् । मा ते रिषन्न् उपसत्तारो गृहाणां शाले शतं जीवेम शरदः सर्ववीराः

ṛtena sthūṇām adhi roha vaṃśogro virājann apa vṛṅkṣva śatrūn | mā te riṣann upasattāro gṛhāṇāṃ śāle śataṃ jīvema śaradaḥ sarvavīrāḥ

With ṛta climb the post, O beam; ruling forth as a mighty one, drive off the rivals; let those who sit near thy houses not come to harm, O house: may we live a hundred autumns, all of us with our men.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 3 12.7

एमां कुमारस् तरुण आ वत्सो जगता सह । एमाम् परिस्रुतः कुम्भ आ दध्नः कलशैर् अगुः

emāṃ kumāras taruṇa ā vatso jagatā saha | emām parisrutaḥ kumbha ā dadhnaḥ kalaśair aguḥ

To her the young boy has come, the calf together with the moving (herd); to her they have come with the pot of flowing (liquor), with the jars of curds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 3 12.8

पूर्णं नारि प्र भर कुम्भम् एतं घृतस्य धाराम् अमृतेन संभृताम् । इमां पातॄन् अमृतेन सम् अङ्ग्धीष्टापूर्तम् अभि रक्षात्य् एनाम्

pūrṇaṃ nāri pra bhara kumbham etaṃ ghṛtasya dhārām amṛtena saṃbhṛtām | imāṃ pātṝn amṛtena sam aṅgdhīṣṭāpūrtam abhi rakṣāty enām

O woman, bring forward this full pot, a stream of ghee mingled with the immortal; anoint these drinkers with the immortal; let what has been offered and given guard her.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 3 12.9

इमा आपः प्र भराम्य् अयक्ष्मा यक्ष्मनाशनीः । गृहान् उप प्र सीदाम्य् अमृतेन सहाग्निना

imā āpaḥ pra bharāmy ayakṣmā yakṣmanāśanīḥ | gṛhān upa pra sīdāmy amṛtena sahāgninā

These waters I bring forward, free of yakṣma, destroyers of yakṣma; I sit down at the house together with Agni, with the immortal.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition