Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 5 — Chapter 1

AV 5 1.1

ऋधङ्मन्त्रो योनिं य आबभूवामृतासुर् वर्धमानः सुजन्मा । अदब्धासुर् भ्राजमानो ऽहेव त्रितो धर्ता दाधार त्रीणि

ṛdhaṅmantro yoniṃ ya ābabhūvāmṛtāsur vardhamānaḥ sujanmā | adabdhāsur bhrājamāno 'heva trito dhartā dādhāra trīṇi

He of apt formula, who has entered into the womb, immortal of breath, growing, of good birth, undeceived of breath, shining like the days — Trita, the upholder, has upheld the three.

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AV 5 1.2

आ यो धर्माणि प्रथमः ससाद ततो वपूंषि कृणुषे पुरूणि । धास्युर् योनिं प्रथम आ विवेशा यो वाचम् अनुदितां चिकेत

ā yo dharmāṇi prathamaḥ sasāda tato vapūṃṣi kṛṇuṣe purūṇi | dhāsyur yoniṃ prathama ā viveśā yo vācam anuditāṃ ciketa

He who first sat down upon the ordinances — from there you make many wondrous forms; seeking sustenance, he entered the womb first — he who perceived the speech that had not been uttered.

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AV 5 1.3

यस् ते शोकाय तन्वं रिरेच क्षरद् धिरण्यं शुचयो ऽनु स्वाः । अत्रा दधेते अमृतानि नामास्मे वस्त्राणि विश एरयन्ताम्

yas te śokāya tanvaṃ rireca kṣarad dhiraṇyaṃ śucayo 'nu svāḥ | atrā dadhete amṛtāni nāmāsme vastrāṇi viśa erayantām

He who has emptied out his body for your burning — let the gold flow, (and) his own bright ones along with it. There the two (worlds) take on immortal names; let the clans set garments in motion for us.

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AV 5 1.4

प्र यद् एते प्रतरं पूर्व्यं गुः सदःसद आतिष्ठन्तो अजुर्यम् । कविः शुषस्य मातरा रिहाणे जाम्यै धुर्यं पतिम् एरयेथाम्

pra yad ete prataraṃ pūrvyaṃ guḥ sadaḥsada ātiṣṭhanto ajuryam | kaviḥ śuṣasya mātarā rihāṇe jāmyai dhuryaṃ patim erayethām

When these went forward, further, to the ancient, unaging one, taking their place seat by seat — the sage: O you two mothers of the roaring one, licking (him), set in motion for the kinswoman the yoke-bearing husband.

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AV 5 1.5

तद् ऊ षु ते महत् पृथुज्मन् नमः कविः काव्येना कृणोमि । यत् सम्यञ्चाव् अभियन्ताव् अभि क्षाम् अत्रा मही रोधचक्रे वावृधेते

tad ū ṣu te mahat pṛthujman namaḥ kaviḥ kāvyenā kṛṇomi | yat samyañcāv abhiyantāv abhi kṣām atrā mahī rodhacakre vāvṛdhete

That great homage to you, O you of broad ground, I, a sage, make with sagely skill; when the two, converging, come toward the earth, then the two great ones with obstructing wheels have grown strong.

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AV 5 1.6

सप्त मर्यादाः कवयस् ततक्षुस् तासाम् इद् एकाम् अभ्य् अंहुरो गात् । आयोर् ह स्कम्भ उपमस्य नीडे पथां विसर्गे धरुणेषु तस्थौ

sapta maryādāḥ kavayas tatakṣus tāsām id ekām abhy aṃhuro gāt | āyor ha skambha upamasya nīḍe pathāṃ visarge dharuṇeṣu tasthau

The sages have fashioned seven boundaries; to one of them the man in straits has gone. The pillar of Āyu stood in the nest of the highest, at the parting of the paths, upon the supports.

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AV 5 1.7

उतामृतासुर् व्रत एमि कृन्वन्न् असुर् आत्मा तन्वस् तत् सुमद्गुः । उत वा शक्रो रत्नं दधात्य् ऊर्जया वा यत् सचते हविर्दाः

utāmṛtāsur vrata emi kṛnvann asur ātmā tanvas tat sumadguḥ | uta vā śakro ratnaṃ dadhāty ūrjayā vā yat sacate havirdāḥ

And I, immortal of breath, go performing (my) observances; the breath, the self of the body — that goes well along with (it). Or else the mighty one bestows a treasure, or the giver of oblation is attended with vigour.

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AV 5 1.8

उत पुत्रः पितरं क्षत्रम् ईडे ज्येष्ठं मर्यादम् अह्वयन्त् स्वस्तये । दर्शन् नु ता वरुण यास् ते विष्ठा आवर्व्रततः कृणवो वपूंषि

uta putraḥ pitaraṃ kṣatram īḍe jyeṣṭhaṃ maryādam ahvayant svastaye | darśan nu tā varuṇa yās te viṣṭhā āvarvratataḥ kṛṇavo vapūṃṣi

And the son praises the father, the ruling power; they have called upon the eldest, the setter of bounds, for well-being. Let one indeed see, O Varuṇa, those dispositions of yours; you make wondrous forms for him who turns about again and again.

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AV 5 1.9

अर्धम् अर्धेन पयसा पृणक्ष्य् अर्धेन शुष्म वर्धसे अमुर । अविं वृधाम शग्मियं सखायं वरुणं पुत्रम् अदित्या इषिरम् । कविशस्तान्य् अस्मै वपूंष्य् अवोचाम रोदसी सत्यवाचा

ardham ardhena payasā pṛṇakṣy ardhena śuṣma vardhase amura | aviṃ vṛdhāma śagmiyaṃ sakhāyaṃ varuṇaṃ putram adityā iṣiram | kaviśastāny asmai vapūṃṣy avocāma rodasī satyavācā

Half with half you fill up with milk; by the half, O impetuous one, you grow, O unbewildered one. Let us strengthen the helpful comrade, Varuṇa, the son of Aditi, the impelling one. We have spoken to him the wondrous forms recited by sages — O you two worlds, you whose speech is true.

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