Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 4 — Chapter 5

AV 4 5.1

सहस्रशृङ्गो वृषभो यः समुद्राद् उदाचरत् । तेना सहस्येना वयं नि जनान्त् स्वापयामसि

sahasraśṛṅgo vṛṣabho yaḥ samudrād udācarat | tenā sahasyenā vayaṃ ni janānt svāpayāmasi

The thousand-horned bull who came up out of the sea — with him, the mighty one, we put the people to sleep.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 5.2

न भूमिं वातो अति वाति नाति पश्यति कश् चन । स्त्रियश् च सर्वाः स्वापय शुनश् चेन्द्रसखा चरन्

na bhūmiṃ vāto ati vāti nāti paśyati kaś cana | striyaś ca sarvāḥ svāpaya śunaś cendrasakhā caran

The wind does not blow across the earth, no one looks across; put all the women to sleep, and the dogs, going about as Indra's comrade.

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

AV 4 5.3

प्रोष्ठेशयास् तल्पेशया नारीर् या वह्यशीवरीः । स्त्रियो याः पुण्यगन्धयस् ताः सर्वाः स्वापयामसि

proṣṭheśayās talpeśayā nārīr yā vahyaśīvarīḥ | striyo yāḥ puṇyagandhayas tāḥ sarvāḥ svāpayāmasi

The women who lie on benches, who lie on beds, who lie in litters, the women of holy fragrance — all of them we put to sleep.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 5.4

एजदेजद् अजग्रभं चक्षुः प्राणम् अजग्रभम् । अङ्गान्य् अजग्रभं सर्वा रात्रीणाम् अतिशर्वरे

ejadejad ajagrabhaṃ cakṣuḥ prāṇam ajagrabham | aṅgāny ajagrabhaṃ sarvā rātrīṇām atiśarvare

Whatever stirs, I have seized; the eye I have seized, the breath I have seized; I have seized all the limbs in the deep dark of the nights.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 5.5

य आस्ते यश् चरति यश् च तिष्ठन् विपश्यति । तेषां सं दध्मो अक्षीणि यथेदं हर्म्यं तथा

ya āste yaś carati yaś ca tiṣṭhan vipaśyati | teṣāṃ saṃ dadhmo akṣīṇi yathedaṃ harmyaṃ tathā

Whoever sits, whoever walks, and whoever stands and looks about — of them we shut up the eyes, just as (we shut up) this house.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 5.6

स्वप्तु माता स्वप्तु पिता स्वप्तु श्वा स्वप्तु विश्पतिः । स्वपन्त्व् अस्यै ज्ञातयः स्वप्त्व् अयम् अभितो जनः

svaptu mātā svaptu pitā svaptu śvā svaptu viśpatiḥ | svapantv asyai jñātayaḥ svaptv ayam abhito janaḥ

Let the mother sleep, let the father sleep, let the dog sleep, let the master of the household sleep; let her kinsmen sleep, let this folk round about sleep.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 5.7

स्वप्न स्वप्नाभिकरणेन सर्वं नि स्वापया जनम् । ओत्सूर्यम् अन्यान्त् स्वापयाव्युषं जागृताद् अहम् इन्द्र इवारिष्टो अक्षितः

svapna svapnābhikaraṇena sarvaṃ ni svāpayā janam | otsūryam anyānt svāpayāvyuṣaṃ jāgṛtād aham indra ivāriṣṭo akṣitaḥ

O Sleep, with that which brings on sleep put all the folk to sleep; put the others to sleep until sunrise; let me stay awake until the dawn, like Indra, unharmed, undiminished.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition