Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 5 — Chapter 12

AV 5 12.1

समिद्धो अद्य मनुषो दुरोणे देवो देवान् यजसि जातवेदः । आ च वह मित्रमहश् चिकित्वान् त्वं दूतः कविर् असि प्रचेताः

samiddho adya manuṣo duroṇe devo devān yajasi jātavedaḥ | ā ca vaha mitramahaś cikitvān tvaṃ dūtaḥ kavir asi pracetāḥ

Kindled today in the dwelling of man, being a god, thou sacrificest to the gods, O Jātavedas; and bring (them) hither, thou great as Mitra, thou discerning one: thou art the messenger, the seer, the foreknowing.

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AV 5 12.2

तनूनपात् पथ ऋतस्य यानान् मध्वा समञ्जन्त् स्वदया सुजिह्व । मन्मानि धीभिर् उत यज्ञम् ऋन्धन् देवत्रा च कृणुह्य् अध्वरम् नः

tanūnapāt patha ṛtasya yānān madhvā samañjant svadayā sujihva | manmāni dhībhir uta yajñam ṛndhan devatrā ca kṛṇuhy adhvaram naḥ

O Tanūnapāt, anointing with honey the travelled paths of ṛta, make (them) sweet, thou of good tongue; and furthering the thoughts with insights and the sacrifice, make our offering-rite reach the gods.

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

AV 5 12.3

आजुह्वान ईड्यो बन्द्यश् चा याह्य् अग्ने वसुभिः सजोषाः । त्वं देवानाम् असि यह्व होता स एनान् यक्षीषितो यजीयान्

ājuhvāna īḍyo bandyaś cā yāhy agne vasubhiḥ sajoṣāḥ | tvaṃ devānām asi yahva hotā sa enān yakṣīṣito yajīyān

Being invoked with offerings, to be praised and to be extolled, come hither, Agni, of one mind with the Vasus. Thou art the hotṛ of the gods, O youthful one; so, urged on, sacrifice to them, thou the better sacrificer.

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AV 5 12.4

प्राचीनं बर्हिः प्रदिशा पृथिव्या वस्तोर् अस्या वृज्यते अग्रे अह्नाम् । व्य् उ प्रथते वितरं वरीयो देवेभ्यो अदितये स्योनम्

prācīnaṃ barhiḥ pradiśā pṛthivyā vastor asyā vṛjyate agre ahnām | vy u prathate vitaraṃ varīyo devebhyo aditaye syonam

Eastward the barhis is twisted (strewn), by the direction of the earth, at the beginning of the days of this dawning; it spreads out further, wider, a soft seat for the gods, for Aditi.

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AV 5 12.5

व्यचस्वतीर् उर्विया वि श्रयन्तां पतिभ्यो न जनयः शुम्भमानाः । देवीर् द्वारो बृहतीर् विश्वमिन्वा देवेभ्यो भवत सुप्रायणाः

vyacasvatīr urviyā vi śrayantāṃ patibhyo na janayaḥ śumbhamānāḥ | devīr dvāro bṛhatīr viśvaminvā devebhyo bhavata suprāyaṇāḥ

Let them, full of room, open wide apart, like wives adorning themselves for their husbands; O divine doors, lofty, all-impelling, be easy of passage for the gods.

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AV 5 12.6

आ सुष्वयन्ती यजते उपाके उषासानक्ता सदतां नि योनौ । दिव्ये योषणे बृहती सुरुक्मे अधि श्रियं शुक्रपिशं दधाने

ā suṣvayantī yajate upāke uṣāsānaktā sadatāṃ ni yonau | divye yoṣaṇe bṛhatī surukme adhi śriyaṃ śukrapiśaṃ dadhāne

Approaching, the two adorable ones, close together, Dawn and Night, let them sit down in (their) place — two heavenly women, lofty, of fair gleam, wearing splendour of bright hue.

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AV 5 12.7

दैव्या होतारा प्रथमा सुवाचा मिमाना यज्ञं मनुषो यजध्यै । प्रचोदयन्ता विदथेषु कारू प्राचीनं ज्योतिः प्रदिशा दिशन्ता

daivyā hotārā prathamā suvācā mimānā yajñaṃ manuṣo yajadhyai | pracodayantā vidatheṣu kārū prācīnaṃ jyotiḥ pradiśā diśantā

The two divine hotṛs, first, of fair speech, measuring out the sacrifice for man to sacrifice, the two poets urging (it) on in the assemblies, pointing out the eastern light by the direction.

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AV 5 12.8

आ नो यज्ञं भारती तूयम् एत्व् इडा मनुष्वद् इह चेतयन्ती । तिस्रो देवीर् बर्हिर् एदं स्योनं सरस्वतीः स्वपसः सदन्ताम्

ā no yajñaṃ bhāratī tūyam etv iḍā manuṣvad iha cetayantī | tisro devīr barhir edaṃ syonaṃ sarasvatīḥ svapasaḥ sadantām

Let Bhāratī come quickly to our sacrifice, and Iḍā, taking notice here as with Manu; let the three goddesses, the Sarasvatīs, doing good work, sit down on this soft barhis.

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AV 5 12.9

य इमे द्यावापृथिवी जनित्री रूपैर् अपिंशद् भुवनानि विश्वा । तम् अद्य होतर् इषितो यजीयान् देवं त्वष्टारम् इह यक्षि विद्वान्

ya ime dyāvāpṛthivī janitrī rūpair apiṃśad bhuvanāni viśvā | tam adya hotar iṣito yajīyān devaṃ tvaṣṭāram iha yakṣi vidvān

He who fashioned out with forms these two begetters, heaven and earth, and all the worlds — to him, to the god Tvaṣṭar, do thou, O hotṛ, urged on, more skilled in sacrifice, knowing (how), make offering here today.

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AV 5 12.10

उपावसृज त्मन्या समञ्जन् देवानां पाथ ऋतुथा हवींषि । वनस्पतिः शमिता देवो अग्निः स्वदन्तु हव्यं मधुना घृतेन

upāvasṛja tmanyā samañjan devānāṃ pātha ṛtuthā havīṃṣi | vanaspatiḥ śamitā devo agniḥ svadantu havyaṃ madhunā ghṛtena

Release (them) downward of thyself, anointing them together, the oblations, the path of the gods, in due season; let Vanaspati, the immolator, the god Agni, make the offering sweet with honey and ghee.

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

AV 5 12.11

सद्यो जातो व्य् अमिमीत यज्ञम् अग्निर् देवानाम् अभवत् पुरोगाः । अस्य होतुः प्रशिष्य् ऋतस्य वाचि स्वाहाकृतं हविर् अदन्तु देवाः

sadyo jāto vy amimīta yajñam agnir devānām abhavat purogāḥ | asya hotuḥ praśiṣy ṛtasya vāci svāhākṛtaṃ havir adantu devāḥ

Born on that same day, he measured out the sacrifice; Agni became the forerunner of the gods. At the direction of this hotṛ, in the speech of ṛta, let the gods eat the oblation made with 'svāhā'.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition