Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 4 — Chapter 28

AV 4 28.1

भवाशर्वौ मन्वे वां तस्य वित्तं ययोर् वाम् इदं प्रदिशि यद् विरोचते । याव् अस्येशाथे द्विपदो यौ चतुष्पदस् तौ नो मुञ्चतम् अंहसः

bhavāśarvau manve vāṃ tasya vittaṃ yayor vām idaṃ pradiśi yad virocate | yāv asyeśāthe dvipado yau catuṣpadas tau no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ

Bhava and Śarva, I think upon you two; take note of that — you two in whose domain is this that shines here. You two who rule over this two-footed (creation) and over the four-footed — release us, you two, from distress.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 28.2

ययोर् अभ्यभ्व उत यद् दूरे चिद् यौ विदिताव् इषुभृताम् असिष्ठौ । याव् अस्येशथे द्विपदो यौ चतुष्पदस् तौ नो मुञ्चतम् अंहसः

yayor abhyabhva uta yad dūre cid yau viditāv iṣubhṛtām asiṣṭhau | yāv asyeśathe dvipado yau catuṣpadas tau no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ

(Those two) whose is the overwhelming might, and that which is even far off; who are known as the surest shooters of the bearers of arrows — the two who rule over this biped and over the quadruped: may they release us from distress.

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

AV 4 28.3

सहस्राक्षौ वृत्रहना हुवेहं दूरेगव्यूती स्तुवन्न् एम्य् उग्रौ । याव् अस्येशथे द्विपदो यौ चतुष्पदस् तौ नो मुञ्चतम् अंहसः

sahasrākṣau vṛtrahanā huvehaṃ dūregavyūtī stuvann emy ugrau | yāv asyeśathe dvipado yau catuṣpadas tau no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ

The two thousand-eyed slayers of Vṛtra I call here; praising, I approach the two terrible ones whose pasture-range is far — the two who rule over this biped and over the quadruped: may they release us from distress.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 28.4

याव् आरेभाथे बहु साकम् अग्रे प्र चेद् अस्राष्ट्रम् अभिभां जनेषु । याव् अस्येशथे द्विपदो यौ चतुष्पदस् तौ नो मुञ्चतम् अंहसः

yāv ārebhāthe bahu sākam agre pra ced asrāṣṭram abhibhāṃ janeṣu | yāv asyeśathe dvipado yau catuṣpadas tau no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ

You two who in the beginning took hold of much together, and indeed sent forth terror among the peoples — the two who rule over this biped and over the quadruped: may they release us from distress.

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

AV 4 28.5

ययोर् वधान् नापपद्यते कश् चनान्तर् देवेषूत मानुषेषु । याव् अस्येशथे द्विपदो यौ चतुष्पदस् तौ नो मुञ्चतम् अंहसः

yayor vadhān nāpapadyate kaś canāntar deveṣūta mānuṣeṣu | yāv asyeśathe dvipado yau catuṣpadas tau no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ

From whose deadly weapon no one escapes, neither among the gods nor among men — the two who rule over this biped and over the quadruped: may they release us from distress.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 28.6

यः कृत्याकृन् मूलकृद् यातुधानो नि तस्मिन् धत्तं वज्रम् उग्रौ । याव् अस्येशथे द्विपदो यौ चतुष्पदस् तौ नो मुञ्चतम् अंहसः

yaḥ kṛtyākṛn mūlakṛd yātudhāno ni tasmin dhattaṃ vajram ugrau | yāv asyeśathe dvipado yau catuṣpadas tau no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ

Whoever is a maker of witchcraft, a digger of roots, a sorcerer — upon him lay down the thunderbolt, you two terrible ones. The two who rule over this biped and over the quadruped: may they release us from distress.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 28.7

अधि नो ब्रूतं पृतनासूग्रौ सं वज्रेण सृजतं यः किमीदी । स्तौमि भवाशर्वौ नाथितो जोहवीमि तौ नो मुञ्चतम् अंहसः

adhi no brūtaṃ pṛtanāsūgrau saṃ vajreṇa sṛjataṃ yaḥ kimīdī | staumi bhavāśarvau nāthito johavīmi tau no muñcatam aṃhasaḥ

Speak up for us in the battles, you two terrible ones; strike with the thunderbolt whoever is a Kimīdin. I praise Bhava and Śarva; in need I call again and again: may they release us from distress.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition