Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 4 — Chapter 35

AV 4 35.1

यम् ओदनं प्रथमजा ऋतस्य प्रजापतिस् तपसा ब्रह्मणे ऽपचत् । यो लोकानां विधृतिर् नाभिरेषात् तेनौदनेनाति तराणि मृत्युम्

yam odanaṃ prathamajā ṛtasya prajāpatis tapasā brahmaṇe 'pacat | yo lokānāṃ vidhṛtir nābhireṣāt tenaudanenāti tarāṇi mṛtyum

The rice-porridge which Prajāpati, first-born of ṛta, cooked with ascetic heat for the brahman — which is the upholding of the worlds, their navel — with that rice-porridge may I cross beyond death.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 35.2

येनातरन् भूतकृतो ऽति मृत्युं यम् अन्वविन्दन् तपसा श्रमेण । यं पपाच ब्रह्मणे ब्रह्म पूर्वं तेनौदनेनाति तराणि मृत्युम्

yenātaran bhūtakṛto 'ti mṛtyuṃ yam anvavindan tapasā śrameṇa | yaṃ papāca brahmaṇe brahma pūrvaṃ tenaudanenāti tarāṇi mṛtyum

That by which the makers of beings crossed beyond death, which they found out by ascetic heat and by toil, which the brahman formerly cooked for the brahman — with that rice-porridge may I cross beyond death.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 35.3

यो दाधार पृथिवीं विश्वभोजसं यो अन्तरिक्षम् आपृणाद् रसेन । यो अस्तभ्नाद् दिवम् ऊर्ध्वो महिम्ना तेनौदनेनाति तराणि मृत्युम्

yo dādhāra pṛthivīṃ viśvabhojasaṃ yo antarikṣam āpṛṇād rasena | yo astabhnād divam ūrdhvo mahimnā tenaudanenāti tarāṇi mṛtyum

He who upheld the earth that feeds all, who filled the mid-air with sap, who, standing upright, propped up the sky with his greatness — with that rice-porridge may I cross beyond death.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 35.4

यस्मान् मासा निर्मितास् त्रिंशदराः संवत्सरो यस्मान् निर्मितो द्वादशारः । अहोरात्रा यं परियन्तो नापुस् तेनौदनेनाति तराणि मृत्युम्

yasmān māsā nirmitās triṃśadarāḥ saṃvatsaro yasmān nirmito dvādaśāraḥ | ahorātrā yaṃ pariyanto nāpus tenaudanenāti tarāṇi mṛtyum

From which the months were fashioned with thirty spokes, from which the year was fashioned with twelve spokes, which the days and nights, going around, have not reached — with that rice-porridge may I cross beyond death.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 35.5

यः प्राणदः प्राणदवान् बभूव यस्मै लोका घृतवन्तः क्षरन्ति । ज्योतिष्मतीः प्रदिशो यस्य सर्वास् तेनौदनेनाति तराणि मृत्युम्

yaḥ prāṇadaḥ prāṇadavān babhūva yasmai lokā ghṛtavantaḥ kṣaranti | jyotiṣmatīḥ pradiśo yasya sarvās tenaudanenāti tarāṇi mṛtyum

He who became the breath-giver, possessed of breath-giving, to whom the worlds full of ghee flow, whose quarters are all full of light — with that rice-porridge may I cross beyond death.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 35.6

यस्मात् पक्वाद् अमृतं संबभूव यो गायत्र्या अधिपतिर् बभूव । यस्मिन् वेदा निहिता विश्वरूपास् तेनौदनेनाति तराणि मृत्युम्

yasmāt pakvād amṛtaṃ saṃbabhūva yo gāyatryā adhipatir babhūva | yasmin vedā nihitā viśvarūpās tenaudanenāti tarāṇi mṛtyum

From which, when cooked, the immortal came into being, which became the overlord of the gāyatrī, in which the Vedas of all forms are deposited — with that rice-porridge may I cross beyond death.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 35.7

अव बाधे द्विषन्तं देवपीयुं सपत्ना ये मे ऽप ते भवन्तु । ब्रह्मौदनं विश्वजितं पचामि शृण्वन्तु मे श्रद्दधानस्य देवाः

ava bādhe dviṣantaṃ devapīyuṃ sapatnā ye me 'pa te bhavantu | brahmaudanaṃ viśvajitaṃ pacāmi śṛṇvantu me śraddadhānasya devāḥ

I beat down the hater, the reviler of the gods; those who are my rivals, let them be away. I cook the all-conquering brahman-porridge; let the gods hear me, who have faith.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition