Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 4 — Chapter 21

AV 4 21.1

आ गावो अग्मन्न् उत भद्रम् अक्रन्त् सीदन्तु गोष्ठे रणयन्त्व् अस्मे । प्रजावतीः पुरुरूपा इह स्युर् इन्द्राय पूर्वीर् उषसो दुहानाः

ā gāvo agmann uta bhadram akrant sīdantu goṣṭhe raṇayantv asme | prajāvatīḥ pururūpā iha syur indrāya pūrvīr uṣaso duhānāḥ

The cows have come, and they have made what is auspicious; let them sit down in the stall, let them take pleasure with us. May they be here rich in offspring, of many forms, milking for Indra through many dawns.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 21.2

इन्द्रो यज्वने गृणते च शिक्षत उपेद् ददाति न स्वं मुषायति । भूयोभूयो रयिम् इद् अस्य वर्धयन्न् अभिन्ने खिल्ये नि दधाति देवयुम्

indro yajvane gṛṇate ca śikṣata uped dadāti na svaṃ muṣāyati | bhūyobhūyo rayim id asya vardhayann abhinne khilye ni dadhāti devayum

Indra gives to him who sacrifices and who sings and seeks to serve; he does indeed bestow, he does not rob (him of) his own. Increasing ever more his wealth, he sets the god-devoted man on unbroken level ground.

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

AV 4 21.3

न ता नशन्ति न दभाति तस्करो नासाम् आमित्रो व्यथिर् आ दधर्षति । देवांश् च याभिर् यजते ददाति च ज्योग् इत् ताभिः सचते गोपतिः सह

na tā naśanti na dabhāti taskaro nāsām āmitro vyathir ā dadharṣati | devāṃś ca yābhir yajate dadāti ca jyog it tābhiḥ sacate gopatiḥ saha

They are not lost, no thief harms them, no hostile one dares to assail them with injury; with them he sacrifices to the gods and gives (gifts): long indeed does the cattle-lord consort with them.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 21.4

न ता अर्वा रेणुककाटो ऽश्नुते न संस्कृतत्रम् उप यन्ति ता अभि । उरुगायम् अभयं तस्य ता अनु गावो मर्तस्य वि चरन्ति यज्वनः

na tā arvā reṇukakāṭo 'śnute na saṃskṛtatram upa yanti tā abhi | urugāyam abhayaṃ tasya tā anu gāvo martasya vi caranti yajvanaḥ

No dust-raising steed overtakes them, nor do they go to the slaughtering-place; the cows of that mortal sacrificer roam over his wide-ranging, fearless (pasture).

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

AV 4 21.5

गावो भगो गाव इन्द्रो म इछाद् गाव सोमस्य प्रथमस्य भक्षः । इमा या गावः स जनास इन्द्र इछामि हृदा मनसा चिद् इन्द्रम्

gāvo bhago gāva indro ma ichād gāva somasya prathamasya bhakṣaḥ | imā yā gāvaḥ sa janāsa indra ichāmi hṛdā manasā cid indram

The cows are Bhaga, the cows — may Indra desire (them) for me; the cows are the draught of the first soma. These which are the cows, they, O men, are Indra: with heart and with mind indeed I desire Indra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 21.6

यूयं गावो मेदयथ कृशं चिद् अश्रीरं चित् कृणुथा सुप्रतीकम् । भद्रं गृहं कृणुथ भद्रवाचो बृहद् वो वय उच्यते सभासु

yūyaṃ gāvo medayatha kṛśaṃ cid aśrīraṃ cit kṛṇuthā supratīkam | bhadraṃ gṛhaṃ kṛṇutha bhadravāco bṛhad vo vaya ucyate sabhāsu

You, O cows, make fat even the lean one; even the ugly one you make fair of face. You make the house auspicious, O you of auspicious voice; great is your vigour spoken of in the assemblies.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 21.7

प्रजावतीः सूयवसे रुशन्तीः शुद्धा अपः सुप्रपाणे पिबन्तीः । मा व स्तेन ईशत माघशंसः परि वो रुद्रस्य हेतिर् वृणक्तु

prajāvatīḥ sūyavase ruśantīḥ śuddhā apaḥ suprapāṇe pibantīḥ | mā va stena īśata māghaśaṃsaḥ pari vo rudrasya hetir vṛṇaktu

Rich in offspring, gleaming in good pasture, drinking pure water at a good watering-place — let no thief have power over you, nor any evil-speaker; may Rudra's missile pass you by.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition