Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 4 — Chapter 8

AV 4 8.1

भूतो भूतेषु पय आ दधाति स भूतानाम् अधिपतिर् बभूव । तस्य मृत्युश् चरति राजसूयं स राजा अनु मन्यताम् इदं

bhūto bhūteṣu paya ā dadhāti sa bhūtānām adhipatir babhūva | tasya mṛtyuś carati rājasūyaṃ sa rājā anu manyatām idaṃ

Having come to be, he places milk in beings; he has become the overlord of beings. Death attends upon his royal consecration; let him, as king, consent to this.

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

AV 4 8.2

अभि प्रेहि माप वेन उग्रश् चेत्ता सपत्नहा । आ तिष्ठ मित्रवर्धन तुभ्यम् देवा अधि ब्रुवन्

abhi prehi māpa vena ugraś cettā sapatnahā | ā tiṣṭha mitravardhana tubhyam devā adhi bruvan

Step forward, do not long to be away; formidable, a discerner, slayer of rivals. Mount up, increaser of friends; for you the gods have spoken.

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

AV 4 8.3

आतिष्ठन्तं परि विश्वे अभूषं छ्रियं वसानश् चरति स्वरोचिः । महत् तद् वृष्णो असुरस्य नामा विश्वरूपो अमृतानि तस्थौ

ātiṣṭhantaṃ pari viśve abhūṣaṃ chriyaṃ vasānaś carati svarociḥ | mahat tad vṛṣṇo asurasya nāmā viśvarūpo amṛtāni tasthau

As he mounted up, all (the gods) adorned him about; clothed in splendour, self-shining, he moves. Great is that name of the bull, the asura; having all forms, he has attained the immortal (states).

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

AV 4 8.4

व्याघ्रो अधि वैयाघ्रे वि क्रमस्व दिशो महीः । विशस् त्वा सर्वा वाञ्छन्त्व् आपो दिव्याः पयस्वतीः

vyāghro adhi vaiyāghre vi kramasva diśo mahīḥ | viśas tvā sarvā vāñchantv āpo divyāḥ payasvatīḥ

A tiger upon a tiger-skin, stride out over the great directions. Let all the clans desire you, (and) the heavenly waters full of milk.

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AV 4 8.5

या आपो दिव्याः पयसा मदन्त्य् अन्तरिक्ष उत वा पृथिव्याम् । तासां त्वा सर्वासाम् अपाम् अभि षिञ्चामि वर्चसा

yā āpo divyāḥ payasā madanty antarikṣa uta vā pṛthivyām | tāsāṃ tvā sarvāsām apām abhi ṣiñcāmi varcasā

The waters which, heavenly, exult with milk, in the midspace or on the earth — with the splendour of all those waters I sprinkle you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 8.6

अभि त्वा वर्चसासिचन्न् आपो दिव्याः पयस्वतीः । यथासो मित्रवर्धनस् तथा त्वा सविता करत्

abhi tvā varcasāsicann āpo divyāḥ payasvatīḥ | yathāso mitravardhanas tathā tvā savitā karat

The heavenly waters full of milk have sprinkled you with splendour; that you may be an increaser of friends, so may Savitar make you.

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AV 4 8.7

एना व्याघ्रं परिषस्वजानाः सिंहं हिन्वन्ति महते सौभगाय । समुद्रं न सुभुवस् तस्थिवांसं मर्मृज्यन्ते द्वीपिनम् अप्स्व् अन्तः

enā vyāghraṃ pariṣasvajānāḥ siṃhaṃ hinvanti mahate saubhagāya | samudraṃ na subhuvas tasthivāṃsaṃ marmṛjyante dvīpinam apsv antaḥ

With this, embracing the tiger, they urge the lion on to great good fortune. The beneficent ones burnish the leopard standing within the waters, as (they do) the sea.

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