Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 5 — Chapter 30

AV 5 30.1

आवतस् त आवतः परावतस् त आवतः । इहैव भव मा नु गा मा पूर्वान् अनु गाः पितॄन् असुं बध्नामि ते दृढम्

āvatas ta āvataḥ parāvatas ta āvataḥ | ihaiva bhava mā nu gā mā pūrvān anu gāḥ pitṝn asuṃ badhnāmi te dṛḍham

From near, yours from near; from far, yours from near. Be just here, do not go; do not follow after the fathers of old — I bind your life-breath fast.

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

AV 5 30.2

यत् त्वाभिचेरुः पुरुषः स्वो यद् अरणो जनः । उन्मोचनप्रमोचने उभे वाचा वदामि ते

yat tvābhiceruḥ puruṣaḥ svo yad araṇo janaḥ | unmocanapramocane ubhe vācā vadāmi te

In that one has bewitched you — one's own man, or a stranger person — both unloosing and release I speak to you with (my) voice.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 30.3

यद् दुद्रोहिथ शेपिषे स्त्रियै पुंसे अचित्त्या । उन्मोचनप्रमोचने उभे वाचा वदामि ते

yad dudrohitha śepiṣe striyai puṃse acittyā | unmocanapramocane ubhe vācā vadāmi te

In that you have acted treacherously, have cursed a woman or a man out of thoughtlessness — both unloosing and release I speak to you with (my) voice.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 30.4

यत् एनसो मातृकृताच् छेषे पितृकृताच् च यत् । उन्मोचनप्रमोचने उभे वाचा वदामि ते

yat enaso mātṛkṛtāc cheṣe pitṛkṛtāc ca yat | unmocanapramocane ubhe vācā vadāmi te

In that you lie (afflicted) from sin done by (your) mother and from that done by (your) father — both unloosing and release I speak to you with (my) voice.

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

AV 5 30.5

यत् ते माता यत् ते पिता जमिर् भ्राता च सर्जतः । प्रत्यक् सेवस्व भेषजं जरदष्टिं कृणोमि त्वा

yat te mātā yat te pitā jamir bhrātā ca sarjataḥ | pratyak sevasva bheṣajaṃ jaradaṣṭiṃ kṛṇomi tvā

What your mother, what your father, and (what) sister and brother have released (against you) — take the remedy that counteracts (it); I make you one who attains old age.

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

AV 5 30.6

इहैधि पुरुष सर्वेण मनसा सह । दूतौ यमस्य मानु गा अधि जीवपुरा इहि

ihaidhi puruṣa sarveṇa manasā saha | dūtau yamasya mānu gā adhi jīvapurā ihi

Be here, O man, together with your whole mind. Do not follow the two messengers of Yama; come to the strongholds of the living.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 30.7

अनुहूतः पुनर् एहि विद्वान् उदयनं पथः । आरोहणम् आक्रमणं जीवतोजीवतो ऽयनम्

anuhūtaḥ punar ehi vidvān udayanaṃ pathaḥ | ārohaṇam ākramaṇaṃ jīvatojīvato 'yanam

Called back, come again, knowing the upward path — the ascent, the stepping up, the going of every living one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 30.8

मा बिभेर् न मरिष्यसि जरदष्टिं कृणोमि त्वा । निर् अवोचम् अहं यक्ष्मम् अङ्गेभ्यो अङ्गज्वरं तव

mā bibher na mariṣyasi jaradaṣṭiṃ kṛṇomi tvā | nir avocam ahaṃ yakṣmam aṅgebhyo aṅgajvaraṃ tava

Do not fear, you shall not die; I make you one who attains old age. I have spoken away the consumption from your limbs, (and) the fever of the limbs.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 30.9

अङ्गभेदो अङ्गज्वरो यश् च ते हृदयामयः । यक्ष्मः श्येन इव प्रापप्तद् वचा साढः परस्तराम्

aṅgabhedo aṅgajvaro yaś ca te hṛdayāmayaḥ | yakṣmaḥ śyena iva prāpaptad vacā sāḍhaḥ parastarām

The splitting of (your) limbs, the fever in (your) limbs, and whatever heart-ailment is yours — the consumption has flown away like a hawk, overpowered by the (healing) speech, far off.

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

AV 5 30.10

ऋषी बोधप्रतीबोधाव् अस्वप्नो यश् च जागृविः । तौ ते प्राणस्य गोप्तारौ दिवा नक्तं च जागृताम्

ṛṣī bodhapratībodhāv asvapno yaś ca jāgṛviḥ | tau te prāṇasya goptārau divā naktaṃ ca jāgṛtām

The two seers Bodha ('Waking') and Pratībodha ('Awakening'), and he who is sleepless and watchful — may those two, the guardians of your breath, keep watch by day and by night.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 30.11

अयम् अग्निर् उपसद्य इह सूर्य उद् एतु ते । उदेहि मृत्योर् गम्भीरात् कृष्णाच् चित् तमसस् परि

ayam agnir upasadya iha sūrya ud etu te | udehi mṛtyor gambhīrāt kṛṣṇāc cit tamasas pari

This Agni is to be waited upon; here let the sun rise for you. Rise up out of the deep (realm) of death, out of the black darkness.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 30.12

नमो यमाय नमो अस्तु मृत्यवे नमः पितृभ्य उत ये नयन्ति । उत्पारणस्य यो वेद तम् अग्निं पुरो दधे ऽस्मा अरिष्टतातये

namo yamāya namo astu mṛtyave namaḥ pitṛbhya uta ye nayanti | utpāraṇasya yo veda tam agniṃ puro dadhe 'smā ariṣṭatātaye

Homage to Yama, homage be to Death, homage to the Fathers and to those who lead (one away). That Agni who knows the way of bringing across — him I set in front, for this man's freedom from harm.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 30.13

ऐतु प्राण ऐतु मन ऐतु चक्षुर् अथो बलम् । शरीरम् अस्य सम् विदां तत् पद्भ्यां प्रति तिष्ठतु

aitu prāṇa aitu mana aitu cakṣur atho balam | śarīram asya sam vidāṃ tat padbhyāṃ prati tiṣṭhatu

Let breath come, let mind come, let sight come, and strength too. Let his body find itself together; let it stand firm upon its feet.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 30.14

प्राणेनाग्ने चक्षुषा सं सृजेमं सम् ईरय तन्वा सं बलेन । वेत्थामृतस्य मा नु गान् मा नु भूमिगृहो भुवत्

prāṇenāgne cakṣuṣā saṃ sṛjemaṃ sam īraya tanvā saṃ balena | vetthāmṛtasya mā nu gān mā nu bhūmigṛho bhuvat

Agni, join this man with breath, with sight; set him in motion together with his body, with strength. You know immortality: let him not go away, let him not come to have the earth for his house.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 30.15

मा ते प्राण उप दसन् मो अपानो ऽपि धायि ते । सूर्यस् त्वाधिपतिर् मृत्योर् उदायछतु रश्मिभिः

mā te prāṇa upa dasan mo apāno 'pi dhāyi te | sūryas tvādhipatir mṛtyor udāyachatu raśmibhiḥ

Let your in-breath not fail, nor let your out-breath be shut off. Let the sun, the overlord, raise you up out of death with its rays.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 30.16

इयम् अन्तर् वदति जिह्वा बद्धा पनिष्पदा । त्वया यक्ष्मम् निर् अवोचं शतं रोपीश् च तक्मनः

iyam antar vadati jihvā baddhā paniṣpadā | tvayā yakṣmam nir avocaṃ śataṃ ropīś ca takmanaḥ

This tongue speaks within, bound (yet) stamping about. By you I have spoken away the consumption and the hundred pangs of the fever.

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

AV 5 30.17

अयं लोकः प्रियतमो देवानाम् अपराजितः । यस्मै त्वम् इह मृत्यवे दिष्टः पुरुष जज्ञिषे । स च त्वानु ह्वयामसि मा पुरा जरसो मृथाः

ayaṃ lokaḥ priyatamo devānām aparājitaḥ | yasmai tvam iha mṛtyave diṣṭaḥ puruṣa jajñiṣe | sa ca tvānu hvayāmasi mā purā jaraso mṛthāḥ

This world is the dearest of the gods, the unconquered one. For whatever death you were here born, O man, being assigned (to it) — that (death) and you we call after: do not die before old age.

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