Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 5 — Chapter 11

AV 5 11.1

कथं महे असुरायाब्रवीर् इह कथं पित्रे हरये त्वेषनृम्णः । पृश्निं वरुण दक्षिणां ददावान् पुनर्मघ त्वं मनसाचिकित्सीः

kathaṃ mahe asurāyābravīr iha kathaṃ pitre haraye tveṣanṛmṇaḥ | pṛśniṃ varuṇa dakṣiṇāṃ dadāvān punarmagha tvaṃ manasācikitsīḥ

How didst thou speak here to the great Asura? How to the tawny father, thou of impetuous manliness? Having given the dappled (cow) as thy priestly gift, Varuṇa, thou of returned-bounty, hast thou reconsidered it in thy mind?

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

AV 5 11.2

न कामेन पुनर्मघो भवामि सं चक्षे कं पृश्निम् एताम् उपाजे । केन नु त्वम् अथर्वन् काव्येन केन जातेनासि जातवेदाः

na kāmena punarmagho bhavāmi saṃ cakṣe kaṃ pṛśnim etām upāje | kena nu tvam atharvan kāvyena kena jātenāsi jātavedāḥ

Not by (my own) wish do I become a taker-back of gifts; I look (at her) — which dappled (cow) is this that I drive up? By what poetic wisdom, O Atharvan, by what birth art thou Jātavedas?

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

AV 5 11.3

सत्यम् अहं गभीरः काव्येन सत्यं जातेनास्मि जातवेदाः । न मे दासो नार्यो महित्वा व्रतं मीमाय यद् अहं धरिष्ये

satyam ahaṃ gabhīraḥ kāvyena satyaṃ jātenāsmi jātavedāḥ | na me dāso nāryo mahitvā vrataṃ mīmāya yad ahaṃ dhariṣye

Truly I am deep through poetic wisdom, truly by my birth I am Jātavedas; neither Dāsa nor Ārya has by his greatness transgressed my ordinance, which I shall uphold.

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AV 5 11.4

न त्वद् अन्यः कवितरो न मेधया धीरतरो वरुण स्वधावन् । त्वं ता विश्वा भुवनानि वेत्थ स चिन् नु त्वज् जनो मायी बिभाय

na tvad anyaḥ kavitaro na medhayā dhīrataro varuṇa svadhāvan | tvaṃ tā viśvā bhuvanāni vettha sa cin nu tvaj jano māyī bibhāya

There is no other more of a seer than thou, none more steadfast in insight, O Varuṇa of independent power; thou knowest all these worlds. Even that man of magic arts has feared thee.

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AV 5 11.5

त्वं ह्य् अङ्ग वरुण स्वधावन् विश्वा वेत्थ जनिम सुप्रणीते । किं रजस एना परो अन्यद् अस्त्य् एना किं परेणावरम् अमुर

tvaṃ hy aṅga varuṇa svadhāvan viśvā vettha janima supraṇīte | kiṃ rajasa enā paro anyad asty enā kiṃ pareṇāvaram amura

For thou indeed, O Varuṇa of independent power, knowest all births, O well-guiding one. Is there another (space), beyond this, of the atmosphere? Is there a nearer one beyond this, O undeluded one?

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AV 5 11.6

एकं रजस एना परो अन्यद् अस्त्य् एना पर एकेन दुर्णशं चिद् अर्वाक् । तत् ते विद्वान् वरुण प्र ब्रवीम्य् अधोवचसः पणयो भवन्तु नीचैर् दासा उप सर्पन्तु भूमिम्

ekaṃ rajasa enā paro anyad asty enā para ekena durṇaśaṃ cid arvāk | tat te vidvān varuṇa pra bravīmy adhovacasaḥ paṇayo bhavantu nīcair dāsā upa sarpantu bhūmim

There is one (space) beyond this of the atmosphere; there is another beyond this; beyond the one there is even that which is hard to reach on the nearer side. That, knowing it, I declare to thee, Varuṇa: let the Paṇis be of lowered speech, let the Dāsas creep low along the ground.

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

AV 5 11.7

त्वं ह्य् अङ्ग वरुण ब्रवीषि पुनर्मघेष्व् अवद्यानि भूरि । मो षु पणीꣳर् अभ्य् एतावतो भून् मा त्वा वोचन्न् अराधसं जनासः

tvaṃ hy aṅga varuṇa bravīṣi punarmagheṣv avadyāni bhūri | mo ṣu paṇīṁr abhy etāvato bhūn mā tvā vocann arādhasaṃ janāsaḥ

For thou indeed, O Varuṇa, speakest many blameworthy things against those who take back their gifts. Let there be no going over to the Paṇis of such a sort; let not people call thee ungenerous.

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AV 5 11.8

मा मा वोचन्न् अराधसं जनासः पुनस् ते पृश्निं जरितर् ददामि । स्तोत्रं मे विश्वम् आ याहि शचीभिर् अन्तर् विश्वासु मानुषीषु दिक्षु

mā mā vocann arādhasaṃ janāsaḥ punas te pṛśniṃ jaritar dadāmi | stotraṃ me viśvam ā yāhi śacībhir antar viśvāsu mānuṣīṣu dikṣu

Let not people call me ungenerous: I give thee back the dappled (cow), O singer. Come to my every praise-song with (thy) powers, within all the human directions.

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AV 5 11.9

आ ते स्तोत्राण्य् उद्यतानि यन्त्व् अन्तर् विश्वासु मानुषीषु दिक्षु । देहि नु मे यन् मे अदत्तो असि युज्यो मे सप्तपदः सखासि

ā te stotrāṇy udyatāni yantv antar viśvāsu mānuṣīṣu dikṣu | dehi nu me yan me adatto asi yujyo me saptapadaḥ sakhāsi

Let the praise-songs offered up to thee come, within all the human directions. Give me now what thou hast not (yet) given me; thou art my ally, my friend of seven steps.

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AV 5 11.10

समा नौ बन्धुर् वरुण समा जा वेदाहं तद् यन् नाव् एषा समा जा । ददामि तद् यत् ते अदत्तो अस्मि युज्यस् ते सप्तपदः सखास्मि

samā nau bandhur varuṇa samā jā vedāhaṃ tad yan nāv eṣā samā jā | dadāmi tad yat te adatto asmi yujyas te saptapadaḥ sakhāsmi

Our kinship is the same, Varuṇa, the same our birth — I know that, that this birth of ours is the same. I give that which I have not (yet) given thee; I am thy ally, thy friend of seven steps.

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AV 5 11.11

देवो देवाय गृणते वयोधा विप्रो विप्राय स्तुवते सुमेधाः । अजीजनो हि वरुण स्वधावन्न् अथर्वाणं पितरं देवबन्धुम् । तस्मा उ राधः कृणुहि सुप्रशस्तं सखा नो असि परमं च बन्धुः

devo devāya gṛṇate vayodhā vipro viprāya stuvate sumedhāḥ | ajījano hi varuṇa svadhāvann atharvāṇaṃ pitaraṃ devabandhum | tasmā u rādhaḥ kṛṇuhi supraśastaṃ sakhā no asi paramaṃ ca bandhuḥ

A god, a giver of vigour to the god who sings; an inspired one of good insight to the inspired one who praises: for thou, Varuṇa of independent power, hast begotten Atharvan, the father, the kinsman of the gods. To him, then, make a well-praised gift: thou art our friend and highest kinsman.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition