Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 46

AV 6 46.1

यो न जीवो ऽसि न मृतो देवानाम् अमृतगर्भो ऽसि स्वप्न । वरुणानी ते माता यमः पिताररुर् नामासि

yo na jīvo 'si na mṛto devānām amṛtagarbho 'si svapna | varuṇānī te mātā yamaḥ pitārarur nāmāsi

You who are neither alive nor dead: you are the immortal-germ of the gods, O Sleep. Varuṇānī is your mother, Yama your father; Araru is your name.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 6 46.2

विद्म ते स्वप्न जनित्रं देवजामीनां पुत्रो ऽसि यमस्य करणः । अन्तको ऽसि मृत्युर् असि तं त्वा स्वप्न तथा सं विद्म स नः स्वप्न दुष्वप्न्यात् पाहि

vidma te svapna janitraṃ devajāmīnāṃ putro 'si yamasya karaṇaḥ | antako 'si mṛtyur asi taṃ tvā svapna tathā saṃ vidma sa naḥ svapna duṣvapnyāt pāhi

We know your birthplace, O Sleep: you are the son of the sisters of the gods, the agent of Yama. You are the ender, you are death. Thus do we know you well, O Sleep; so protect us, O Sleep, from evil dreaming.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 6 46.3

यथा कलां यथा शफं यथर्णं संनयन्ति । एवा दुष्वप्न्यं सर्वं द्विषते सं नयामसि

yathā kalāṃ yathā śaphaṃ yatharṇaṃ saṃnayanti | evā duṣvapnyaṃ sarvaṃ dviṣate saṃ nayāmasi

As they hand over a sixteenth part, as a hoof(-price), as a debt, so do we hand over all evil dreaming to (our) enemy.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition