Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 5 — Chapter 28

AV 5 28.1

नव प्राणान् नवभिः सं मिमीते दीर्घायुत्वाय शतशारदाय । हरिते त्रीणि रजते त्रीण्य् अयसि त्रीणि तपसाविष्टितानि

nava prāṇān navabhiḥ saṃ mimīte dīrghāyutvāya śataśāradāya | harite trīṇi rajate trīṇy ayasi trīṇi tapasāviṣṭitāni

He measures out nine breaths with nine, for long life lasting a hundred autumns: three in the yellow (gold), three in the silver, three in the iron — (all) enclosed with fervour (tapas).

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AV 5 28.2

अग्निः सूर्यश् चन्द्रमा भूमिर् आपो द्यौर् अन्तरिक्षं प्रदिशो दिशश् च । आर्तवा ऋतुभिः संविदाना अनेन मा त्रिवृता पारयन्तु

agniḥ sūryaś candramā bhūmir āpo dyaur antarikṣaṃ pradiśo diśaś ca | ārtavā ṛtubhiḥ saṃvidānā anena mā trivṛtā pārayantu

Agni, the sun, the moon, the earth, the waters, heaven, the mid-space, the directions and the quarters, and the seasonal (deities) in accord with the seasons — let them carry me across by this threefold (amulet).

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AV 5 28.3

त्रयः पोषास् त्रिवृति श्रयन्ताम् अनक्तु पूषा पयसा घृतेन । अन्नस्य भूमा पुरुषस्य भूमा भूमा पशूनां त इह श्रयन्ताम्

trayaḥ poṣās trivṛti śrayantām anaktu pūṣā payasā ghṛtena | annasya bhūmā puruṣasya bhūmā bhūmā paśūnāṃ ta iha śrayantām

Let three prosperities rest in the threefold (amulet); let Pūṣan anoint (it) with milk and ghee. Abundance of food, abundance of men, abundance of cattle — let these rest here.

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AV 5 28.4

इमम् आदित्या वसुना सम् उक्षतेमम् अग्ने वर्धय ववृधानः । इमम् इन्द्र सं सृज वीर्येणास्मिन् त्रिवृच् छ्रयतां पोषयिष्णु

imam ādityā vasunā sam ukṣatemam agne vardhaya vavṛdhānaḥ | imam indra saṃ sṛja vīryeṇāsmin trivṛc chrayatāṃ poṣayiṣṇu

Sprinkle this man with wealth, O Ādityas; strengthen him, O Agni, being yourself strengthened; endow him, O Indra, with manly power; let the threefold (amulet), productive of prosperity, rest upon him.

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AV 5 28.5

भूमिष् ट्वा पातु हरितेन विश्वभृद् अग्निः पिपर्त्व् अयसा सजोषाः । वीरुद्भिष् टे अर्जुनं संविदानं दक्षं दधातु सुमनस्यमानम्

bhūmiṣ ṭvā pātu haritena viśvabhṛd agniḥ pipartv ayasā sajoṣāḥ | vīrudbhiṣ ṭe arjunaṃ saṃvidānaṃ dakṣaṃ dadhātu sumanasyamānam

Let the earth guard you with the yellow (gold); let all-sustaining Agni, in accord (with it), carry you through with the iron; let (Agni), well-disposed, in concord with the plants, set in you the white (silver) and skill.

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AV 5 28.6

त्रेधा जातम् जन्मनेदं हिरण्यम् अग्नेर् एकं प्रियतमं बभूव सोमस्यैकं हिंसितस्य परापतत् । अपाम् एकं वेधसां रेत आहुस् तत् ते हिरण्यं त्रिवृद् अस्त्व् आयुषे

tredhā jātam janmanedaṃ hiraṇyam agner ekaṃ priyatamaṃ babhūva somasyaikaṃ hiṃsitasya parāpatat | apām ekaṃ vedhasāṃ reta āhus tat te hiraṇyaṃ trivṛd astv āyuṣe

Threefold by birth is this gold: one (part) became Agni's dearest; one flew away from Soma when he was injured; one they call the seed of the waters, of the ordainers — let that gold be threefold for you, for (long) life.

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AV 5 28.7

त्र्यायुषं जमदग्नेः कश्यपस्य त्र्यायुषम् । त्रेधामृतस्य चक्षणं त्रीण्य् आयूंषि ते ऽकरम्

tryāyuṣaṃ jamadagneḥ kaśyapasya tryāyuṣam | tredhāmṛtasya cakṣaṇaṃ trīṇy āyūṃṣi te 'karam

The three lifetimes of Jamadagni, the three lifetimes of Kaśyapa, the threefold sight of the immortal — three lifetimes have I made for you.

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AV 5 28.8

त्रयः सुपर्णास् त्रिवृता यद् आयन्न् एकाक्षरम् अभिसंभूय शक्राः । प्रत्य् औहन् मृत्युम् अमृतेन साकम् अन्तर्दधाना दुरितानि विश्वा

trayaḥ suparṇās trivṛtā yad āyann ekākṣaram abhisaṃbhūya śakrāḥ | praty auhan mṛtyum amṛtena sākam antardadhānā duritāni viśvā

When the three eagles went with the threefold (amulet), the mighty ones, having come together into one syllable, they thrust back death together with immortality, hiding away all evils.

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AV 5 28.9

दिवस् त्वा पातु हरितं मध्यात् त्वा पात्व् अर्जुनम् । भूम्या अयस्मयं पातु प्रागाद् देवपुरा अयम्

divas tvā pātu haritaṃ madhyāt tvā pātv arjunam | bhūmyā ayasmayaṃ pātu prāgād devapurā ayam

Let the yellow (gold) from heaven guard you; let the white (silver) guard you from the middle (region); let the one made of iron guard you from the earth: this one has gone forth (equipped with) the gods' strongholds.

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AV 5 28.10

इमास् तिस्रो देवपुरास् तास् त्वा रक्षन्तु सर्वतः । तास् त्वं बिभ्रद् वर्चस्व्य् उत्तरो द्विषतां भव

imās tisro devapurās tās tvā rakṣantu sarvataḥ | tās tvaṃ bibhrad varcasvy uttaro dviṣatāṃ bhava

These are the three divine strongholds; let them guard you on every side. Wearing them, do you, full of splendour, become superior to those who hate (you).

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AV 5 28.11

पुरं देवानाम् अमृतं हिरण्यम् य आबेधे प्रथमो देवो अग्रे । तस्मै नमो दश प्राचीः कृणोम्य् अनु मन्यतां त्रिवृद् आबधे मे

puraṃ devānām amṛtaṃ hiraṇyam ya ābedhe prathamo devo agre | tasmai namo daśa prācīḥ kṛṇomy anu manyatāṃ trivṛd ābadhe me

The gods' stronghold, the immortal gold, which the god first bound on in the beginning — to him I make homage, ten (obeisances) eastward; let him consent that the threefold (amulet) be bound on me.

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AV 5 28.12

आ त्वा चृतत्व् अर्यमा पूषा बृहस्पतिः । अहर्जातस्य यन् नाम तेन त्वाति चृतामसि

ā tvā cṛtatv aryamā pūṣā bṛhaspatiḥ | aharjātasya yan nāma tena tvāti cṛtāmasi

Let Aryaman, Pūṣan, Bṛhaspati fasten you on; by whatever name belongs to the day-born one, by that we fasten you on.

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AV 5 28.13

ऋतुभिष् ट्वार्तवैर् आयुषे वर्चसे त्वा । संवत्सरस्य तेजसा तेन संहनु कृण्मसि

ṛtubhiṣ ṭvārtavair āyuṣe varcase tvā | saṃvatsarasya tejasā tena saṃhanu kṛṇmasi

(We bind) you with the seasons, with the seasonal (deities); (we bind) you for long life, for splendour; with the brilliance of the year — with that we make (you) firm-jawed.

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AV 5 28.14

घृताद् उल्लुप्तम् मधुना समक्तं भूमिदृंहम् अच्युतम् पारयिष्णु । भिन्दत् सपत्नान् अधरांश् च कृण्वद् आ मा रोह महते सौभगाय

ghṛtād ulluptam madhunā samaktaṃ bhūmidṛṃham acyutam pārayiṣṇu | bhindat sapatnān adharāṃś ca kṛṇvad ā mā roha mahate saubhagāya

Taken up out of ghee, anointed with honey, firm as the earth, unshaken, carrying across, splitting the rivals and making them inferior — mount upon me for great good fortune.

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