Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 4 — Chapter 16

AV 4 16.1

बृहन्न् एषाम् अधिष्ठाता अन्तिकाद् इव पश्यति । य स्तायन् मन्यते चरन्त् सर्वं देवा इदं विदुः

bṛhann eṣām adhiṣṭhātā antikād iva paśyati | ya stāyan manyate carant sarvaṃ devā idaṃ viduḥ

Their lofty overseer sees as if from close by. Whoever thinks he moves in stealth — all this the gods know.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 16.2

यस् तिष्ठति चरति यश् च वञ्चति यो निलायं चरति यः प्रतङ्कम् । द्वौ संनिषद्य यन् मन्त्रयेते राजा तद् वेद वरुणस् तृतीयः

yas tiṣṭhati carati yaś ca vañcati yo nilāyaṃ carati yaḥ prataṅkam | dvau saṃniṣadya yan mantrayete rājā tad veda varuṇas tṛtīyaḥ

Whoever stands, moves, or slinks about, whoever goes into hiding, whoever creeps along; when two sit down together and take counsel, King Varuṇa knows it as the third.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 16.3

उतेयं भूमिर् वरुणस्य राज्ञ उतासौ द्यौर् बृहती दूरेअन्ता । उतो समुद्रौ वरुणस्य कुक्षी उतास्मिन्न् अल्प उदके निलीनः

uteyaṃ bhūmir varuṇasya rājña utāsau dyaur bṛhatī dūreantā | uto samudrau varuṇasya kukṣī utāsminn alpa udake nilīnaḥ

And this earth belongs to King Varuṇa, and that lofty sky whose ends are far away; and the two seas are Varuṇa's flanks, and he is also hidden in this little bit of water.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 16.4

उत यो द्याम् अतिसर्पात् परस्तान् न स मुच्यातै वरुणस्य राज्ञः । दिव स्पशः प्र चरन्तीदम् अस्य सहस्राक्षा अति पश्यन्ति भूमिम्

uta yo dyām atisarpāt parastān na sa mucyātai varuṇasya rājñaḥ | diva spaśaḥ pra carantīdam asya sahasrākṣā ati paśyanti bhūmim

And whoever should slip away beyond the sky — he would not be freed from King Varuṇa. His spies go forth from heaven to this (world); thousand-eyed, they look out over the earth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 16.5

सर्वं तद् राजा वरुणो वि चष्टे यद् अन्तरा रोदसी यत् परस्तात् । संख्याता अस्य निमिषो जनानाम् अक्षान् इव श्वघ्नी नि मिनोति तानि

sarvaṃ tad rājā varuṇo vi caṣṭe yad antarā rodasī yat parastāt | saṃkhyātā asya nimiṣo janānām akṣān iva śvaghnī ni minoti tāni

All that King Varuṇa surveys, whatever is between the two world-halves and whatever is beyond. The blinkings of men's eyes are counted by him; as a gambler the dice, so he sets them down.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 16.6

ये ते पाशा वरुण सप्तसप्त त्रेधा तिष्ठन्ति विषिता रुषन्तः । छिनन्तु सर्वे अनृतं वदन्तं यः सत्यवाद्य् अति तं सृजन्तु

ye te pāśā varuṇa saptasapta tredhā tiṣṭhanti viṣitā ruṣantaḥ | chinantu sarve anṛtaṃ vadantaṃ yaḥ satyavādy ati taṃ sṛjantu

Those snares of yours, Varuṇa, seven by seven, which stand loosed and glaring in threefold (array) — let them all bind the one who speaks untruth; whoever is a speaker of truth, let them let him pass.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 16.7

शतेन पाशैर् अभि धेहि वरुणैनं मा ते मोच्य् अनृतवाङ् नृचक्षः । आस्तां जाल्म उदरं श्रंशयित्वा कोश इवाबन्धः परिकृत्यमानः

śatena pāśair abhi dhehi varuṇainaṃ mā te mocy anṛtavāṅ nṛcakṣaḥ | āstāṃ jālma udaraṃ śraṃśayitvā kośa ivābandhaḥ parikṛtyamānaḥ

Bind him with a hundred snares, Varuṇa; let the speaker of untruth not get free from you, O you who watch men. Let the wretch sit with his belly sagging, like a tub without a band, cut open all around.

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

AV 4 16.8

यः समाभ्यो वरुणो यो व्याभ्यो यः संदेश्यो वरुणो यो विदेश्यो । यो दैवो वरुणो यश् च मानुषः

yaḥ samābhyo varuṇo yo vyābhyo yaḥ saṃdeśyo varuṇo yo videśyo | yo daivo varuṇo yaś ca mānuṣaḥ

The Varuṇa who belongs to the near ones(?), who belongs to the far(?), the Varuṇa of the same region and the Varuṇa of another region, the Varuṇa who is divine and the one who is human —

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

AV 4 16.9

तैस् त्वा सर्वैर् अभि ष्यामि पाशैर् असाव् आमुष्यायणामुष्याः पुत्र । तान् उ ते सर्वान् अनुसंदिशामि

tais tvā sarvair abhi ṣyāmi pāśair asāv āmuṣyāyaṇāmuṣyāḥ putra | tān u te sarvān anusaṃdiśāmi

With all those snares I bind you round, so-and-so, of such-and-such lineage, son of such-and-such a woman; and all of them I direct against you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition