Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 4 — Chapter 10

AV 4 10.1

वाताज् जातो अन्तरिक्षाद् विद्युतो ज्योतिषस् परि । स नो हिरण्यजाः शङ्खः कृशनः पात्व् अंहसः

vātāj jāto antarikṣād vidyuto jyotiṣas pari | sa no hiraṇyajāḥ śaṅkhaḥ kṛśanaḥ pātv aṃhasaḥ

Born from the wind, from the atmosphere, from the lightning, from the light — may this gold-born shell, the pearl, protect us from distress.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 10.2

यो अग्रतो रोचनानां समुद्राद् अधि जज्ञिषे । शङ्खेन हत्वा रक्षांस्य् अत्त्रिणो वि षहामहे

yo agrato rocanānāṃ samudrād adhi jajñiṣe | śaṅkhena hatvā rakṣāṃsy attriṇo vi ṣahāmahe

You who were born at the front of the shining ones, out of the ocean — smiting the demons with the shell, we overcome the devourers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 10.3

शङ्खेनामीवाम् अमतिं शङ्खेनोत सदान्वाः । शङ्खो नो विश्वभेषजः कृशनः पात्व् अंहसः

śaṅkhenāmīvām amatiṃ śaṅkhenota sadānvāḥ | śaṅkho no viśvabheṣajaḥ kṛśanaḥ pātv aṃhasaḥ

With the shell (we overcome) sickness and want, with the shell too the Sadānvās; may the shell, our all-remedy, the pearl, protect us from distress.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 10.4

दिवि जातः समुद्रजः सिन्धुतस् पर्य् आभृतः । स नो हिरण्यजाः शङ्ख आयुष्प्रतरणो मणिः

divi jātaḥ samudrajaḥ sindhutas pary ābhṛtaḥ | sa no hiraṇyajāḥ śaṅkha āyuṣprataraṇo maṇiḥ

Born in heaven, born of the ocean, brought here from the river — this gold-born shell is for us an amulet that lengthens life.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 10.5

समुद्राज् जातो मणिर् वृत्राज् जातो दिवाकरः । सो अस्मान्त् सर्वतः पातु हेत्या देवासुरेभ्यः

samudrāj jāto maṇir vṛtrāj jāto divākaraḥ | so asmānt sarvataḥ pātu hetyā devāsurebhyaḥ

The amulet born from the ocean, the sun born from Vṛtra — may it protect us on all sides from the missile, from the gods and the asuras.

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

AV 4 10.6

हिरण्यानाम् एको ऽसि सोमात् त्वम् अधि जज्ञिषे । रथे त्वम् असि दर्शत इषुधौ रोचनस् त्वं प्र ण आयूंषि तारिषत्

hiraṇyānām eko 'si somāt tvam adhi jajñiṣe | rathe tvam asi darśata iṣudhau rocanas tvaṃ pra ṇa āyūṃṣi tāriṣat

You are one of the golden things; you were born out of soma; on the chariot you are conspicuous, in the quiver you are shining — may it carry our lifetimes forward.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 10.7

देवानाम् अस्थि कृशनं बभूव तद् आत्मन्वच् चरत्य् अप्स्व् अन्तः । तत् ते बध्नाम्य् आयुषे वर्चसे बलाय दीर्घायुत्वाय शतशारदाय कार्शनस् त्वाभि रक्षतु

devānām asthi kṛśanaṃ babhūva tad ātmanvac caraty apsv antaḥ | tat te badhnāmy āyuṣe varcase balāya dīrghāyutvāya śataśāradāya kārśanas tvābhi rakṣatu

The bone of the gods became the pearl; it moves within the waters, possessed of a self. That I bind on you for life, for splendour, for strength, for long life, for a hundred autumns — may the pearl(-amulet) guard you about.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition