Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 5 — Chapter 3

AV 5 3.1

ममाग्ने वर्चो विहवेष्व् अस्तु वयं त्वेन्धानास् तन्वम् पुषेम । मह्यं नमन्तां प्रदिशश् चतस्रस् त्वयाध्यक्षेण पृतना जयेम

mamāgne varco vihaveṣv astu vayaṃ tvendhānās tanvam puṣema | mahyaṃ namantāṃ pradiśaś catasras tvayādhyakṣeṇa pṛtanā jayema

Agni, let the splendour be mine in the contests of invocation; kindling you, may we make our body thrive. Let the four directions bow to me; with you as overseer may we win the battles.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 3.2

अग्ने मन्युं प्रतिनुदन् परेषां त्वं नो गोपाः परि पाहि विश्वतः । अपाञ्चो यन्तु निवता दुरस्यवो ऽमैषां चित्तं प्रबुधां वि नेशत्

agne manyuṃ pratinudan pareṣāṃ tvaṃ no gopāḥ pari pāhi viśvataḥ | apāñco yantu nivatā durasyavo 'maiṣāṃ cittaṃ prabudhāṃ vi neśat

Agni, thrusting back the wrath of the others, do you, our herdsman, guard us on every side. Let the malicious go backward and downward; let the thought of them as they wake be scattered.

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

AV 5 3.3

मम देवा विहवे सन्तु सर्व इन्द्रवन्तो मरुतो विष्णुर् अग्निः । ममान्तरिक्षम् उरुलोकम् अस्तु मह्यं वातः पवतां कामायास्मै

mama devā vihave santu sarva indravanto maruto viṣṇur agniḥ | mamāntarikṣam urulokam astu mahyaṃ vātaḥ pavatāṃ kāmāyāsmai

Let all the gods be mine at the contest of invocation — the Maruts with Indra, Viṣṇu, Agni. Let the midspace, the wide world, be mine; let the wind blow for me for this desire (of mine).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 3.4

मह्यं यजन्तां मम यानीष्टाकूतिः सत्या मनसो मे अस्तु । एनो मा नि गां कतमच् चनाहं विश्वे देवा अभि रक्षन्तु मेह

mahyaṃ yajantāṃ mama yānīṣṭākūtiḥ satyā manaso me astu | eno mā ni gāṃ katamac canāhaṃ viśve devā abhi rakṣantu meha

Let them sacrifice for me; let the offerings be mine; let my mind's intention come true. May I fall into no offence whatsoever; let all the gods protect me here.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 3.5

मयि देवा द्रविणम् आ यजन्तां मयि आशीर् अस्तु मयि देवहूतिः । दैवाः होतारः सनिषन् न एतद् अरिष्टाः स्याम तन्वा सुवीराः

mayi devā draviṇam ā yajantāṃ mayi āśīr astu mayi devahūtiḥ | daivāḥ hotāraḥ saniṣan na etad ariṣṭāḥ syāma tanvā suvīrāḥ

In me let the gods bestow wealth by sacrifice; in me let the blessing be, in me the invocation of the gods. Let the divine hotṛs win this for us; may we be unharmed in body, rich in strong men.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 3.6

दैवीः षड् उर्वीर् उरु नः कृणोत विश्वे देवास इह मादयध्वम् । मा नो विदद् अभिभा मो अशस्तिर् मा नो विदद् वृजिना द्वेष्या या

daivīḥ ṣaḍ urvīr uru naḥ kṛṇota viśve devāsa iha mādayadhvam | mā no vidad abhibhā mo aśastir mā no vidad vṛjinā dveṣyā yā

You six divine broad ones, make wide room for us; all you gods, take your pleasure here. Let no terror find us, nor ill-speaking; let no crookedness find us, nor the hatreds that there are.

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

AV 5 3.7

तिस्रो देवीर् महि नः शर्म यछत प्रजायै नस् तन्वे यच् च पुष्टम् । मा हास्महि प्रजया मा तनूभिर् मा रधाम द्विषते सोम राजन्

tisro devīr mahi naḥ śarma yachata prajāyai nas tanve yac ca puṣṭam | mā hāsmahi prajayā mā tanūbhir mā radhāma dviṣate soma rājan

You three goddesses, grant us great shelter, for our offspring, for our body, and for what is thriving. May we not be bereft of offspring, nor of our bodies; let us not fall subject to the hater, O King Soma.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 3.8

उरुव्यचा नो महिषः शर्म यछत्व् अस्मिन् हवे पुरुहूतः पुरुक्षु । स नः प्रजायै हर्यश्व मृडेन्द्र मा नो रीरिषो मा परा दाः

uruvyacā no mahiṣaḥ śarma yachatv asmin have puruhūtaḥ purukṣu | sa naḥ prajāyai haryaśva mṛḍendra mā no rīriṣo mā parā dāḥ

Let the wide-reaching buffalo grant us shelter in this contest of invocation — he much-invoked, rich in food. Be gracious to our offspring, Indra of the tawny horses; do not injure us, do not give us away.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 3.9

धाता विधाता भुवनस्य यस् पतिर् देवः सविताभिमातिषाहः । आदित्या रुद्रा अश्विनोभा देवाः पान्तु यजमानं निरृथात्

dhātā vidhātā bhuvanasya yas patir devaḥ savitābhimātiṣāhaḥ | ādityā rudrā aśvinobhā devāḥ pāntu yajamānaṃ nirṛthāt

The Establisher, the Ordainer, he who is lord of the world, the god Savitṛ who overcomes hostility, the Ādityas, the Rudras, both Aśvins — let the gods protect the sacrificer from destruction.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 3.10

ये नः सपत्ना अप ते भवन्त्व् इन्द्राग्निभ्याम् अव बाधामह एनान् । आदित्या रुद्रा उपरिस्पृशो नो उग्रं चेत्तारम् अधिराजम् अक्रत

ye naḥ sapatnā apa te bhavantv indrāgnibhyām ava bādhāmaha enān | ādityā rudrā uparispṛśo no ugraṃ cettāram adhirājam akrata

Those who are our rivals — let them be gone; with Indra and Agni we thrust them down. The Ādityas, the Rudras, touching us from above, have made (him) a fierce discerner, an overking.

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

AV 5 3.11

अर्वाञ्चम् इन्द्रम् अमुतो हवामहे यो गोजिद् धनजिद् अश्वजिद् यः । इमं नो यज्ञं विहवे शृणोत्व् अस्माकम् अभूर् हर्यश्व मेदी

arvāñcam indram amuto havāmahe yo gojid dhanajid aśvajid yaḥ | imaṃ no yajñaṃ vihave śṛṇotv asmākam abhūr haryaśva medī

We call Indra hither from yonder, who wins cattle, wins spoil, wins horses. Let him hear this sacrifice of ours at the contest of invocation; you have been our ally, O lord of the tawny horses.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition