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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 4 — Chapter 26

AV 4 26.1

मन्वे वां द्यावापृथिवी सुभोजसौ सचेतसौ ये अप्रथेथाम् अमिता योजनानि । प्रतिष्ठे ह्य् अभवतं वसूनां ते नो मुञ्चतम् अंहसः

manve vāṃ dyāvāpṛthivī subhojasau sacetasau ye aprathethām amitā yojanāni | pratiṣṭhe hy abhavataṃ vasūnāṃ te no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ

I think upon you two, Heaven and Earth, rich in good food, of one mind, you who spread out unmeasured leagues. For you two have become the firm foundation of good things — release us, you two, from distress.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

O Heaven and Earth, I think on you, wise, givers of abundant gifts, ye who through measureless expanses have spread forth. For ye are seats and homes of goodly treasures. Deliver us, ye twain from grief and trouble.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 4 26.2

प्रतिष्ठे ह्य् अभवतं वसूनां प्रवृद्धे देवी सुभगे उरूची । द्यावापृथिवी भवतं मे स्योने ते नो मुञ्चतम् अंहसः

pratiṣṭhe hy abhavataṃ vasūnāṃ pravṛddhe devī subhage urūcī | dyāvāpṛthivī bhavataṃ me syone te no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ

For you two have become the firm foundation of good things — grown great, goddesses, fortunate, wide-extending. Heaven and Earth, be pleasant to me — release us, you two, from distress.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Yea, seats and homes are ye of goodly treasures, grown strong, divine, blessed, and far-extending, To me, O Heaven and Earth, be ye auspicious. Deliver us, ye twain, from grief and trouble.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 4 26.3

असन्तापे सुतपसौ हुवे ऽहम् उर्वी गम्भीरे कविभिर् नमस्ये । द्यावापृथिवी भवतं मे स्योने ते नो मुञ्चतम् अंहसः

asantāpe sutapasau huve 'ham urvī gambhīre kavibhir namasye | dyāvāpṛthivī bhavataṃ me syone te no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ

Free of scorching heat, of good warmth — I call you, the two wide, deep ones, to be reverenced by the sages. Heaven and Earth, be pleasant to me — release us, you two, from distress.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

I call on you who warm and cause no sorrow, deep, spacious, meet to be adored by poets. To me, O Heaven and Earth, be ye auspicious. Deliver us, ye twain, from grief and trouble.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 4 26.4

ये अमृतं बिभृथो ये हवींषि ये स्रोत्या बिभृथो ये मनुष्यान् । द्यावापृथिवी भवतं मे स्योने ते नो मुञ्चतम् अंहसः

ye amṛtaṃ bibhṛtho ye havīṃṣi ye srotyā bibhṛtho ye manuṣyān | dyāvāpṛthivī bhavataṃ me syone te no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ

You two who bear the immortal (draught), you who bear the oblations, you who bear the streams, you who bear men — Heaven and Earth, be pleasant to me — release us, you two, from distress.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Ye who maintain Amrit and sacrifices, ye who support rivers and human beings, To me, O Heaven and Earth, be ye auspicious, Deliver us, ye twain, from grief and trouble.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 4 26.5

ये उस्रिया बिभृथो ये वनस्पतीन् ययोर् वां विश्वा भुवनान्य् अन्तः । द्यावापृथिवी भवतं मे स्योने ते नो मुञ्चतम् अंहसः

ye usriyā bibhṛtho ye vanaspatīn yayor vāṃ viśvā bhuvanāny antaḥ | dyāvāpṛthivī bhavataṃ me syone te no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ

You two who bear the cows, who bear the trees, you two within whom are all the worlds — Heaven and Earth, be pleasant to me — release us, you two, from distress.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Ye by whom cows and forest trees are cherished within whose range all creatures are included, To me, O Heaven and Earth, be ye auspicious. Deliver us, ye twain, from grief and trouble.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 4 26.6

ये कीलालेन तर्पयथो ये घृतेन याभ्याम् ऋते न किं चन शक्नुवन्ति । द्यावापृथिवी भवतं मे स्योने ते नो मुञ्चतम् अंहसः

ye kīlālena tarpayatho ye ghṛtena yābhyām ṛte na kiṃ cana śaknuvanti | dyāvāpṛthivī bhavataṃ me syone te no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ

You two who satisfy with sweet drink, who (satisfy) with ghee, without whom (men) can do nothing at all — Heaven and Earth, be pleasant to me — release us, you two, from distress.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Ye who delight in nectar and in fatness, ye without whom men have no strength or power, To me, O Heaven and Earth, be ye auspicious. Deliver us, ye twain, from grief and trouble.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 4 26.7

यन् मेदम् अभिशोचति येनयेन वा कृतं पौरुषेयान् न दैवात् । स्तौमि द्यावापृथिवी नाथितो जोहवीमि ते नो मुञ्चतम् अंहसः

yan medam abhiśocati yenayena vā kṛtaṃ pauruṣeyān na daivāt | staumi dyāvāpṛthivī nāthito johavīmi te no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ

Whatever of this here burns me, whether it was done by this one or that one, from what is of men, not from what is of the gods — I praise Heaven and Earth, in need I call loudly — release us, you two, from distress.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

The grief that pains me here, whoever caused it, not sent by fate, hath sprung from human action. I, suppliant, praise Heaven, Earth, and oft invoke them. Deliver us, ye twain, from grief and trouble.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)