Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 8 — Chapter 1

AV 8 1.1

अन्तकाय मृत्यवे नमः प्राना अपाना इह ते रमन्ताम् । इहायम् अस्तु पुरुषः सहासुना सूर्यस्य भागे अमृतस्य लोके

antakāya mṛtyave namaḥ prānā apānā iha te ramantām | ihāyam astu puruṣaḥ sahāsunā sūryasya bhāge amṛtasya loke

Homage to Antaka, to Death. May your in-breaths and out-breaths remain here. Let this man be here together with his life-breath, in the portion of the sun, in the world of the deathless.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 1.2

उद् एनं भगो अग्रभीद् उद् एनं सोमो अंशुमान् । उद् एनं मरुतो देवा उद् इन्द्राग्नी स्वस्तये

ud enaṃ bhago agrabhīd ud enaṃ somo aṃśumān | ud enaṃ maruto devā ud indrāgnī svastaye

Bhaga has taken him up, Soma rich in stalks has taken him up, the Maruts, the gods, have taken him up, Indra and Agni have taken him up — for well-being.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 1.3

इह ते ऽसुर् इह प्राण इहायुर् इह ते मनः । उत् त्वा निरृत्याः पाशेभ्यो दैव्या वचा भरामसि

iha te 'sur iha prāṇa ihāyur iha te manaḥ | ut tvā nirṛtyāḥ pāśebhyo daivyā vacā bharāmasi

Here is your life-spirit, here your breath, here your lifetime, here your mind. We bear you up out of the fetters of Nirṛti by divine speech.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 1.4

उत् क्रामातः पुरुष माव पत्था मृत्योः पड्वीषम् अवमुञ्चमानः । मा छित्था अस्माल् लोकाद् अग्नेः सूर्यस्य संदृशः

ut krāmātaḥ puruṣa māva patthā mṛtyoḥ paḍvīṣam avamuñcamānaḥ | mā chitthā asmāl lokād agneḥ sūryasya saṃdṛśaḥ

Step up from here, O man; do not fall down, loosing off the foot-shackle of death. Do not be cut off from this world, from the sight of Agni and of the sun.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 1.5

तुभ्यं वातः पवतां मातरिश्वा तुभ्यं वर्षन्त्व् अमृतान्य् आपः । सूर्यस् ते तन्वे शं तपाति त्वाम् मृत्युर् दयतां मा प्र मेष्ठाः

tubhyaṃ vātaḥ pavatāṃ mātariśvā tubhyaṃ varṣantv amṛtāny āpaḥ | sūryas te tanve śaṃ tapāti tvām mṛtyur dayatāṃ mā pra meṣṭhāḥ

For you let the wind, Mātariśvan, blow; for you let the waters rain down deathless things. Let the sun shine kindly for your body; let Death have pity on you — do not perish.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 1.6

उद्यानं ते पुरुष नावयानं जीवातुं ते दक्षतातिं कृनोमि । आ हि रोहेमम् अमृतं सुखं रथम् अथ जिर्विर् विदथम् आ वदासि

udyānaṃ te puruṣa nāvayānaṃ jīvātuṃ te dakṣatātiṃ kṛnomi | ā hi rohemam amṛtaṃ sukhaṃ ratham atha jirvir vidatham ā vadāsi

For you, O man, there is going up, not going down; I make for you living and strength-giving. Mount this pleasant, deathless chariot, and then, grown old, you shall speak in the assembly.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 1.7

मा ते मनस् तत्र गान् मा तिरो भून् मा जीवेभ्यः प्र मदो मानु गाः पितॄन् । विश्वे देवा अभि रक्षन्तु त्वेह

mā te manas tatra gān mā tiro bhūn mā jīvebhyaḥ pra mado mānu gāḥ pitṝn | viśve devā abhi rakṣantu tveha

Let your mind not go there, let it not be lost; do not be heedless of the living, do not follow after the Fathers. Let all the gods guard you here.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 1.8

मा गतानाम् आ दीधीथा ये नयन्ति परावतम् । आ रोह तमसो ज्योतिर् एह्य् आ ते हस्तौ रभामहे

mā gatānām ā dīdhīthā ye nayanti parāvatam | ā roha tamaso jyotir ehy ā te hastau rabhāmahe

Do not think after those who are gone, who lead (one) to the far distance. Mount up out of the darkness, come to the light; we grasp your hands.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 1.9

श्यामश् च त्वा मा शबलश् च प्रेषितौ यमस्य यौ पथिरक्षी श्वानौ । अर्वाङ् एहि मा वि दीध्यो मात्र तिष्ठः पराङ्मनाः

śyāmaś ca tvā mā śabalaś ca preṣitau yamasya yau pathirakṣī śvānau | arvāṅ ehi mā vi dīdhyo mātra tiṣṭhaḥ parāṅmanāḥ

Let not the dark one and the spotted one, sent forth, (take) you — Yama's two dogs that guard the path. Come here toward us; do not look away, do not stand there with your mind turned away.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 1.10

मैतं पन्थाम् अनु गा भीम एष येन पूर्वं नेयथ तं ब्रवीमि । तम एतत् पुरुष मा प्र पत्था भयं परस्ताद् अभयं ते अर्वाक्

maitaṃ panthām anu gā bhīma eṣa yena pūrvaṃ neyatha taṃ bravīmi | tama etat puruṣa mā pra patthā bhayaṃ parastād abhayaṃ te arvāk

Do not go along this path — it is fearful; I speak of that by which you have not gone before. This is darkness, O man; do not fall into it. There is fear beyond, safety for you on this side.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 1.11

रक्षन्तु त्वाग्नयो ये अप्स्व् अन्ता रक्षतु त्वा मनुष्या यम् इन्धते । वैश्वानरो रक्षतु जातवेदा दिव्यस् त्वा मा प्र धाग् विद्युता सह

rakṣantu tvāgnayo ye apsv antā rakṣatu tvā manuṣyā yam indhate | vaiśvānaro rakṣatu jātavedā divyas tvā mā pra dhāg vidyutā saha

Let the fires that are within the waters guard you; let the one that men kindle guard you. Let Vaiśvānara Jātavedas guard (you); let not the heavenly one burn you up together with the lightning.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 1.12

मा त्वा क्रव्याद् अभि मंस्तारात् संकसुकाच् चर रक्षतु त्वा द्यौ रक्षतु । पृथिवी सूर्यश् च त्वा रक्षतां चन्द्रमाश् च । अन्तरिक्षं रक्षतु देवहेत्याः

mā tvā kravyād abhi maṃstārāt saṃkasukāc cara rakṣatu tvā dyau rakṣatu | pṛthivī sūryaś ca tvā rakṣatāṃ candramāś ca | antarikṣaṃ rakṣatu devahetyāḥ

Let not the flesh-eater aim at you; move away from the crematory ground. Let Heaven guard you, let Earth guard (you); let the sun and the moon guard you; let the atmosphere guard (you) from the gods' missile.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 1.13

बोधश् च त्वा प्रतिबोधश् च रक्षताम् अस्वप्नश् च त्वानवद्राणश् च रक्षताम् । गोपायंश् च त्वा जागृविश् च रक्षताम्

bodhaś ca tvā pratibodhaś ca rakṣatām asvapnaś ca tvānavadrāṇaś ca rakṣatām | gopāyaṃś ca tvā jāgṛviś ca rakṣatām

Let Waking and Watchfulness guard you; let the Sleepless and the Undrowsing guard you; let the Herdsman and the Vigilant guard you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 1.14

ते त्वा रक्षन्तु ते त्वा गोपायन्तु तेभ्यो नमस् तेभ्यः स्वाहा

te tvā rakṣantu te tvā gopāyantu tebhyo namas tebhyaḥ svāhā

Let them guard you, let them keep you; homage to them, svāhā to them.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 1.15

जीवेभ्यस् त्वा समुदे वायुर् इन्द्रो धाता दधातु सविता त्रायमाणः । मा त्वा प्राणो बलं हासीद् असुं ते ऽनु ह्वयामसि

jīvebhyas tvā samude vāyur indro dhātā dadhātu savitā trāyamāṇaḥ | mā tvā prāṇo balaṃ hāsīd asuṃ te 'nu hvayāmasi

To the living, to the assembly, may Vāyu, Indra, Dhātar, and protecting Savitar set you. Let not breath and strength forsake you; we call after your life-spirit.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 1.16

मा त्वा जम्भः संहनुर् मा तमो विदन् मा जिह्वा बर्हिस् प्रमयुः कथा स्याः । उत् त्वादित्या वसवो भरन्तूद् इन्द्राग्नी स्वस्तये

mā tvā jambhaḥ saṃhanur mā tamo vidan mā jihvā barhis pramayuḥ kathā syāḥ | ut tvādityā vasavo bharantūd indrāgnī svastaye

Let not the jaw, the closing-jaws, find you, nor darkness; let not the tongue (?), the ritual grass (?) — how should you be one who perishes? Let the Ādityas, the Vasus, bear you up; let Indra and Agni bear (you) up, for well-being.

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

AV 8 1.17

उत् त्वा द्यौर् उत् पृथिव्य् उत् प्रजापतिर् अग्रभीत् । उत् त्वा मृत्योर् ओषधयः सोमराज्ञीर् अपीपरन्

ut tvā dyaur ut pṛthivy ut prajāpatir agrabhīt | ut tvā mṛtyor oṣadhayaḥ somarājñīr apīparan

Heaven has taken you up, Earth (has taken you) up, Prajāpati has taken (you) up. The plants whose king is Soma have carried you up out of death.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 1.18

अयं देवा इहैवास्त्व् अयं मामुत्र गाद् इतः । इमं सहस्रवीर्येण मृत्योर् उत् पारयामसि

ayaṃ devā ihaivāstv ayaṃ māmutra gād itaḥ | imaṃ sahasravīryeṇa mṛtyor ut pārayāmasi

O gods, let this one be right here; let him not go from here to yonder. With a thousandfold power we carry this one up out of death.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 1.19

उत् त्वा मृत्योर् अपीपरं सं धमन्तु वयोधसः । मा त्वा व्यस्तकेश्यो मा त्वाघरुदो रुदन्

ut tvā mṛtyor apīparaṃ saṃ dhamantu vayodhasaḥ | mā tvā vyastakeśyo mā tvāgharudo rudan

I have carried you up out of death; let the strength-giving ones blow (you) together. Let not the women with disheveled hair, let not the evil wailers, wail over you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 1.20

आहार्षम् अविदं त्वा पुनर् आगाः पुनर्णवः । सर्वाङ्ग सर्वं ते चक्षुः सर्वम् आयुश् च ते ऽविदम्

āhārṣam avidaṃ tvā punar āgāḥ punarṇavaḥ | sarvāṅga sarvaṃ te cakṣuḥ sarvam āyuś ca te 'vidam

I have fetched (you), I have found you; you have come back, new again. O you of all limbs, all your eye, and all your lifetime, I have found for you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 1.21

व्य् अवात् ते ज्योतिर् अभूद् अप त्वत् तमो अक्रमीत् । अप त्वन् मृत्युं निरृतिम् अप यक्ष्मं नि दध्मसि

vy avāt te jyotir abhūd apa tvat tamo akramīt | apa tvan mṛtyuṃ nirṛtim apa yakṣmaṃ ni dadhmasi

Your light has blown forth, the darkness has gone away from you; away from you we set death, calamity, away disease.

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