Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 7 — Chapter 81
AV 7 81.1
पूर्वापरं चरतो मययैतौ शिशू क्रीडन्तौ परि यातो ऽर्णवम् । विश्वान्यो भुवना विचष्ट ऋतूꣳर् अन्यो विदधज् जायसे नवः
pūrvāparaṃ carato mayayaitau śiśū krīḍantau pari yāto 'rṇavam | viśvānyo bhuvanā vicaṣṭa ṛtūṁr anyo vidadhaj jāyase navaḥ
By magic power these two move, the one in front and the one behind; two children at play, they go around the ocean. The one surveys all the worlds; the other, ordering the seasons, is born anew.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Forward and backward by their wondrous power move these two youths, disporting, round the ocean. One views all living things, and thou, the other, art born again arranging times and seasons.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 7 81.2
नवोनवो भवसि जायमानो ऽह्नां केतुर् उषसाम् एष्य् अग्रम् । भागं देवेभ्यो वि दधास्य् आयन् प्र चन्द्रमस् तिरसे धीर्घम् आयुः
navonavo bhavasi jāyamāno 'hnāṃ ketur uṣasām eṣy agram | bhāgaṃ devebhyo vi dadhāsy āyan pra candramas tirase dhīrgham āyuḥ
Ever new you become as you are born; as the banner of the days you go at the forefront of the dawns. Coming, you apportion the share to the gods; O Moon, you extend long life.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Thou art re-born for ever new: thou marchest, ensign of days, in forefront of the mornings. Marching thou dealest to the Gods their portion. Thou lengthe- nest, Moon! the days of man's existence.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 7 81.3
सोमस्याम्शो युधां पते ऽनूनो नाम वा असि । अनूनम् दर्श मा कृधि प्रजया च धनेन च
somasyāmśo yudhāṃ pate 'nūno nāma vā asi | anūnam darśa mā kṛdhi prajayā ca dhanena ca
O portion of Soma, lord of battles, "Undiminished" is indeed your name. Make me undiminished, O Darśa (new moon), in offspring and in wealth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
O spray of Soma, Lord of Wars! all-perfect verily art thou. Make me all-perfect, Beauteous One! in riches and in progeny.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 7 81.4
दर्शो ऽसि दर्शतो ऽसि समग्रो ऽसि समन्तः । समग्रः समन्तो भूयासं गोभिर् अश्वैः प्रजया पशुभिर् गृहैर् धनेन
darśo 'si darśato 'si samagro 'si samantaḥ | samagraḥ samanto bhūyāsaṃ gobhir aśvaiḥ prajayā paśubhir gṛhair dhanena
You are Darśa, you are worth beholding; you are entire, you are complete. May I be entire and complete, with cattle, with horses, with offspring, with livestock, with houses, with wealth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Thou art the New Moon, fair to see, thou art complete in every part. May I be perfect, fully blest in every way in steeds and kine, in children, cattle, home, and wealth.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 7 81.5
यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मस् तस्य त्वं प्राणेना प्यायस्व । आ वयं प्यासिषीमहि गोभिर् अश्वैः प्रजया पशुभिर् गृहैर् धनेन
yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmas tasya tvaṃ prāṇenā pyāyasva | ā vayaṃ pyāsiṣīmahi gobhir aśvaiḥ prajayā paśubhir gṛhair dhanena
Whoever hates us, and whomever we hate—swell yourself with his breath. May we swell full with cattle, with horses, with offspring, with livestock, with houses, with wealth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Inflate thee with his vital breath who hathes us and whom we detest. May we grow rich in steeds and kine, in children, cattle, houses, wealth.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 7 81.6
यं देवा अंशुम् आप्याययन्ति यम् अक्षितम् अक्षिता भक्षयन्ति । तेनास्मान् इन्द्रो वरुणो बृहस्पतिर् आ प्याययन्तु भुवनस्य गोपाः
yaṃ devā aṃśum āpyāyayanti yam akṣitam akṣitā bhakṣayanti | tenāsmān indro varuṇo bṛhaspatir ā pyāyayantu bhuvanasya gopāḥ
The stalk which the gods make to swell, which, imperishable, the imperishable ones consume—with that may Indra, Varuṇa, Bṛhaspati, the herdsmen of the world, make us swell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition