Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 5 — Chapter 5

AV 5 5.1

रात्री माता नभः पितार्यमा ते पितामहः । सिलाची नाम वा असि सा देवानाम् असि स्वसा

rātrī mātā nabhaḥ pitāryamā te pitāmahaḥ | silācī nāma vā asi sā devānām asi svasā

Night is (your) mother, the mist (your) father, Aryaman your grandfather. Silācī by name indeed you are; you are the sister of the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 5.2

यस् त्वा पिबति जीवति त्रायसे पुरुषं त्वम् । भर्त्री हि शश्वताम् असि जनानां च न्यञ्चनी

yas tvā pibati jīvati trāyase puruṣaṃ tvam | bhartrī hi śaśvatām asi janānāṃ ca nyañcanī

He who drinks you lives; you rescue the man. For you are the sustainer of the successive (generations) and the one who bends down to men.

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

AV 5 5.3

वृक्षंवृक्षम् आ रोहसि वृषण्यन्तीव कन्यला । जयन्ती प्रत्यातिष्ठन्ती स्परणी नाम वा असि

vṛkṣaṃvṛkṣam ā rohasi vṛṣaṇyantīva kanyalā | jayantī pratyātiṣṭhantī sparaṇī nāma vā asi

You climb tree after tree, like a girl longing for a man. Conquering, standing firm (against it) — "Sparaṇī" (Rescuer) is indeed your name.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 5.4

यद् दण्डेन यद् इष्वा यद् वारुर् हरसा कृतम् । तस्य त्वम् असि निष्कृतिः सेमं निष् कृधि पूरुषम्

yad daṇḍena yad iṣvā yad vārur harasā kṛtam | tasya tvam asi niṣkṛtiḥ semaṃ niṣ kṛdhi pūruṣam

What (injury) has been made by a staff, what by an arrow, what (as) a wound by fire's heat — of that you are the mending: mend this man.

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

AV 5 5.5

भद्रात् प्लक्षान् निस् तिष्ठस्य् अश्वत्थात् खदिराद् धवात् । भद्रान् न्यग्रोधात् पर्णात् सा न एह्य् अरुन्धति

bhadrāt plakṣān nis tiṣṭhasy aśvatthāt khadirād dhavāt | bhadrān nyagrodhāt parṇāt sā na ehy arundhati

You stand forth from the auspicious plakṣa tree, from the aśvattha, the khadira, the dhava; from the auspicious nyagrodha, from the parṇa — come you to us, O Arundhatī.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 5.6

हिरण्यवर्णे सुभगे सूर्यवर्णे वपुष्टमे । रुतं गछासि निष्कृते निष्कृतिर् नाम वा असि

hiraṇyavarṇe subhage sūryavarṇe vapuṣṭame | rutaṃ gachāsi niṣkṛte niṣkṛtir nāma vā asi

O golden-hued, fortunate one, sun-hued, most beautiful in form — you go to the wound, O remedy; "remedy" indeed is your name.

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

AV 5 5.7

हिरण्यवर्णे सुभगे शुष्मे लोमशवक्षने । अपाम् असि स्वसा लाक्षे वातो हात्मा बभूव ते

hiraṇyavarṇe subhage śuṣme lomaśavakṣane | apām asi svasā lākṣe vāto hātmā babhūva te

O gold-coloured one, fortunate one, hissing one, with the hairy flank — you are the sister of the waters, O Lākṣā, and the wind has become your breath.

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

AV 5 5.8

सिलाची नाम कानीनो ऽजबभ्रु पिता तव । अश्वो यमस्य यः श्यावस् तस्य हास्नास्य् उक्षिता

silācī nāma kānīno 'jababhru pitā tava | aśvo yamasya yaḥ śyāvas tasya hāsnāsy ukṣitā

Silācī by name, the maiden's son, goat-brown, is your father. The horse of Yama that is dark — from that one you are sprinkled forth (from its mouth).

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

AV 5 5.9

अश्वस्यास्नः संपतिता सा वृक्षाꣳ अभि सिष्यदे । सरा पतत्रिणी भूत्वा सा न एह्य् अरुन्धति

aśvasyāsnaḥ saṃpatitā sā vṛkṣāṁ abhi siṣyade | sarā patatriṇī bhūtvā sā na ehy arundhati

Fallen from the horse's blood, she flowed out over the trees. Having become a runner, a winged one — come thou to us, Arundhatī!

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition