Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 8 — Chapter 2

AV 8 2.1

आ रभस्वेमाम् अमृतस्य श्नुष्टिम् अछिद्यमाना जरदष्टिर् अस्तु ते । असुं त आयुः पुनर् आ भरामि रजस् तमो मोप गा मा प्र मेष्ठाः

ā rabhasvemām amṛtasya śnuṣṭim achidyamānā jaradaṣṭir astu te | asuṃ ta āyuḥ punar ā bharāmi rajas tamo mopa gā mā pra meṣṭhāḥ

Take hold of this bunch(?) of immortality; unsevered, let living to old age be yours. I bring back to you your vital spirit, your lifetime; do not go to the dust, to the darkness, do not perish.

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

AV 8 2.2

जीवतां ज्योतिर् अभ्येह्य् अर्वाङ् आ त्वा हरामि शतशारदाय । अवमुञ्चन् मृत्युपाशान् अशस्तिं द्राघीय आयुः प्रतरं ते दधामि

jīvatāṃ jyotir abhyehy arvāṅ ā tvā harāmi śataśāradāya | avamuñcan mṛtyupāśān aśastiṃ drāghīya āyuḥ prataraṃ te dadhāmi

Come hither to the light of the living; I bring you (here) for a hundred autumns. Loosing the fetters of death and (the fetter of) ill-repute, I lay upon you a longer, further lifetime.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 2.3

वातात् ते प्रानम् अविदं सूर्याच् चक्षुर् अहं तव । यत् ते मनस् त्वयि तद् धारयामि सं वित्स्वाङ्गैर् वद जिह्वयालपन्

vātāt te prānam avidaṃ sūryāc cakṣur ahaṃ tava | yat te manas tvayi tad dhārayāmi saṃ vitsvāṅgair vada jihvayālapan

From the wind I have found your breath, from the sun your eye. What mind is yours, that I fix fast in you; be conscious with your limbs, speak, talking with your tongue.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 2.4

प्राणेन त्वा द्विपदां चतुष्पदाम् अग्निम् इव जातम् अभि सं धमामि । नमस् ते मृत्यो चक्षुषे नमः प्राणाय ते ऽकरम्

prāṇena tvā dvipadāṃ catuṣpadām agnim iva jātam abhi saṃ dhamāmi | namas te mṛtyo cakṣuṣe namaḥ prāṇāya te 'karam

With the breath of bipeds and of quadrupeds I blow you up, like fire newly born. Homage to your eye, O Death, homage have I made to your breath.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 2.5

अयं जीवतु मा मृतेमं सम् ईरयामसि । कृणोम्य् अस्मै भेषजं मृत्यो मा पुरुषं वधीः

ayaṃ jīvatu mā mṛtemaṃ sam īrayāmasi | kṛṇomy asmai bheṣajaṃ mṛtyo mā puruṣaṃ vadhīḥ

Let this one live, not die; we rouse him up. I make a remedy for him; O Death, do not slay the man.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 2.6

जीवलां नघारिषां जीवन्तीम् ओषधीम् अहम् । त्रायमाणां सहमानां सहस्वतीम् इह हुवे ऽस्मा अरिष्टतातये

jīvalāṃ naghāriṣāṃ jīvantīm oṣadhīm aham | trāyamāṇāṃ sahamānāṃ sahasvatīm iha huve 'smā ariṣṭatātaye

The jīvalā, the naghāriṣā, the living plant — the rescuing, the overcoming, the powerful one — I call here for his unharmedness.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 2.7

अधि ब्रूहि मा रभथाः सृजेमं तवैव सन्त् सर्वहायाः इहास्तु । भवाशर्वौ मृडतं शर्म यछतम् अपसिध्य दुरितं धत्तम् आयुः

adhi brūhi mā rabhathāḥ sṛjemaṃ tavaiva sant sarvahāyāḥ ihāstu | bhavāśarvau mṛḍataṃ śarma yachatam apasidhya duritaṃ dhattam āyuḥ

Speak in (his) favour; do not seize (him); release this one; though he is yours, let him be here with all his years. O Bhava and Śarva, be gracious, extend shelter; warding off misfortune, bestow lifetime.

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

AV 8 2.8

अस्मै मृत्यो अधि ब्रूहीमं दयस्वोद् इतो ऽयम् एतु । अरिष्टः सर्वाङ्गः सुश्रुज् जरसा शतहायन आत्मना भुजम् अश्नुताम्

asmai mṛtyo adhi brūhīmaṃ dayasvod ito 'yam etu | ariṣṭaḥ sarvāṅgaḥ suśruj jarasā śatahāyana ātmanā bhujam aśnutām

Speak in favour of this one, O Death; have pity on him; let him go up from here. Unharmed, with all his limbs, of good hearing, a hundred years old through old age, let him enjoy possession with his own self.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 2.9

देवानां हेतिः परि त्वा वृणक्तु पारयामि त्वा रजस उत् त्वा मृत्योर् अपीपरम् । आराद् अग्निं क्रव्यादं निरूहं जीवातवे ते परिधिं दधामि

devānāṃ hetiḥ pari tvā vṛṇaktu pārayāmi tvā rajasa ut tvā mṛtyor apīparam | ārād agniṃ kravyādaṃ nirūhaṃ jīvātave te paridhiṃ dadhāmi

Let the missile of the gods avoid you; I carry you across the murky space, I have brought you up out of death. Having removed the flesh-eating Agni far off, I set an enclosure (about you) for your living.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 2.10

यत् ते नियानं रजसं मृत्यो अनवधर्ष्यम् । पथ इमं तस्माद् रक्षन्तो ब्रह्मास्मै वर्म कृण्मसि

yat te niyānaṃ rajasaṃ mṛtyo anavadharṣyam | patha imaṃ tasmād rakṣanto brahmāsmai varma kṛṇmasi

Since your downward path, O Death, is dusty and not to be assailed — guarding this one from that path, we make the bráhman an armour for him.

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

AV 8 2.11

कृणोमि ते प्राणापानौ जरां मृत्युं दीर्घम् आयुः स्वस्ति । वैवस्वतेन प्रहितान् यमदूतांश् चरतो ऽप सेधामि सर्वान्

kṛṇomi te prāṇāpānau jarāṃ mṛtyuṃ dīrgham āyuḥ svasti | vaivasvatena prahitān yamadūtāṃś carato 'pa sedhāmi sarvān

I make for you in-breath and out-breath, old age, death (far off), long lifetime, well-being. All the messengers of Yama that roam about, sent forth by the son of Vivasvan, I drive away.

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

AV 8 2.12

आराद् अरातिं निरृतिं परो ग्राहिं क्रव्यादः पिशाचान् । रक्षो यत् सर्वं दुर्भूतं तत् तम इवाप हन्मसि

ārād arātiṃ nirṛtiṃ paro grāhiṃ kravyādaḥ piśācān | rakṣo yat sarvaṃ durbhūtaṃ tat tama ivāpa hanmasi

Far off (we put) hostility and calamity, beyond (us) the seizer, the flesh-eaters, the piśācas; whatever demon, all that is of evil being — that we smite away like darkness.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 2.13

अग्नेष् ट प्रानम् अमृताद् आयुष्मतो वन्वे जातवेदसः । यथा न रिष्या अमृतः सजूर् असस् तत् ते कृणोमि तद् उ ते सम् ऋध्यताम्

agneṣ ṭa prānam amṛtād āyuṣmato vanve jātavedasaḥ | yathā na riṣyā amṛtaḥ sajūr asas tat te kṛṇomi tad u te sam ṛdhyatām

I win your breath from immortal, life-possessing Agni Jātavedas, so that you may not suffer harm, may be immortal and in accord — that I do for you, and let that turn out well for you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 2.14

शिवे ते स्तां द्यावापृथिवी असंतापे अभिश्रियौ । शं ते सूर्य आ तपतु शं वातो वातु ते हृदे । शिवा अभि क्षरन्तु त्वापो दिव्याः पयस्वतीः

śive te stāṃ dyāvāpṛthivī asaṃtāpe abhiśriyau | śaṃ te sūrya ā tapatu śaṃ vāto vātu te hṛde | śivā abhi kṣarantu tvāpo divyāḥ payasvatīḥ

Let heaven and earth be kindly to you, free of scorching, conferring prosperity; kindly let the sun shine for you, kindly let the wind blow for your heart; let the heavenly waters, rich in milk, flow kindly over you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 2.15

शिवास् ते सन्त्व् ओषधय उत् त्वाहार्षम् अधरस्या उत्तरां पृथिवीम् अभि । तत्र त्वादित्यौ रक्षतां सूर्याचन्द्रमसाव् उभा

śivās te santv oṣadhaya ut tvāhārṣam adharasyā uttarāṃ pṛthivīm abhi | tatra tvādityau rakṣatāṃ sūryācandramasāv ubhā

Let the plants be kindly to you; I have carried you up from the lower earth to the upper one. There let the two Ādityas guard you, both the sun and the moon.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 2.16

यत् ते वासः परिधानं यां नीविं कृणुषे त्वम् । शिवं ते तन्वे तत् कृण्मः संस्पर्शे ऽद्रूक्ष्णम् अस्तु ते

yat te vāsaḥ paridhānaṃ yāṃ nīviṃ kṛṇuṣe tvam | śivaṃ te tanve tat kṛṇmaḥ saṃsparśe 'drūkṣṇam astu te

What garment is your wrapping, what undergarment you make for yourself — that we make kindly for your body; let it be not rough to your touch.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 2.17

यत् क्षुरेण मर्चयता सुतेजसा वप्ता वपसि केशश्मश्रु । शुभं मुखं मा न आयुः प्र मोषीः

yat kṣureṇa marcayatā sutejasā vaptā vapasi keśaśmaśru | śubhaṃ mukhaṃ mā na āyuḥ pra moṣīḥ

When with the injuring, very sharp razor you, the shearer, shear the hair and beard, making the face fair, do not steal away our lifetime.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 2.18

शिवौ ते स्तां व्रीहियवाव् अबलासाव् अदोमधौ । एतौ यक्ष्मं वि बाधेते एतौ मुञ्चतो अंहसः

śivau te stāṃ vrīhiyavāv abalāsāv adomadhau | etau yakṣmaṃ vi bādhete etau muñcato aṃhasaḥ

Let rice and barley be kindly to you, causing no balāsa-disease, doing no hurt(?). These two drive away disease, these two release from distress.

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

AV 8 2.19

यद् अश्नासि यत् पिबसि धान्यं कृष्याः पयः । यद् आद्यं यद् अनाद्यं सर्वं ते अन्नम् अविषं कृणोमि

yad aśnāsi yat pibasi dhānyaṃ kṛṣyāḥ payaḥ | yad ādyaṃ yad anādyaṃ sarvaṃ te annam aviṣaṃ kṛṇomi

What you eat, what you drink, the grain (of the field), the milk of the ploughland; what is to be eaten and what is not to be eaten — all your food I make free of poison.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 2.20

अह्ने च त्वा रात्रये चोभाभ्यां परि दद्मसि । अरायेभ्यो जिघत्सुभ्य इमं मे परि रक्षत

ahne ca tvā rātraye cobhābhyāṃ pari dadmasi | arāyebhyo jighatsubhya imaṃ me pari rakṣata

To the day and to the night, to both, we hand you over; from the niggards that seek to devour, guard this one of mine.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 2.21

शतं ते ऽयुतं हायनान् द्वे युगे त्रीणि चत्वारि कृण्मः । इन्द्राग्नी विश्वे देवास् ते ऽनु मन्यन्ताम् अहृणीयमानाः

śataṃ te 'yutaṃ hāyanān dve yuge trīṇi catvāri kṛṇmaḥ | indrāgnī viśve devās te 'nu manyantām ahṛṇīyamānāḥ

A hundred, ten thousand years for you, two ages, three, four we make; may Indra and Agni, all the gods approve of you, not being angered.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 2.22

शरदे त्वा हेमन्ताय वसन्ताय ग्रीष्माय परि दद्मसि । वर्षाणि तुभ्यं स्योनानि येषु वर्धन्त ओषधीः

śarade tvā hemantāya vasantāya grīṣmāya pari dadmasi | varṣāṇi tubhyaṃ syonāni yeṣu vardhanta oṣadhīḥ

To autumn, to winter, to spring, to summer we hand you over; the rains be pleasant for you, in which the plants grow.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 2.23

मृत्युर् ईशे द्विपदां मृत्युर् ईशे चतुष्पदाम् । तस्मात् त्वां मृत्योर् गोपतेर् उद् भरामि स मा बिभेः

mṛtyur īśe dvipadāṃ mṛtyur īśe catuṣpadām | tasmāt tvāṃ mṛtyor gopater ud bharāmi sa mā bibheḥ

Death rules over the two-footed, Death rules over the four-footed; from that Death, the herdsman, I carry you up — do not be afraid.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 2.24

सो ऽरिष्ट न मरिष्यसि न मरिष्यसि मा बिभेः । न वै तत्र म्रियन्ते नो यन्ति अधमं तमः

so 'riṣṭa na mariṣyasi na mariṣyasi mā bibheḥ | na vai tatra mriyante no yanti adhamaṃ tamaḥ

You, unharmed, will not die; you will not die — do not be afraid. Indeed there they do not die, nor do they go to the lowest darkness.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 2.25

सर्वो वै तत्र जीवति गौर् अश्वः पुरुषः पशुः । यत्रेदं ब्रह्म क्रियते परिधिर् जीवनाय कम्

sarvo vai tatra jīvati gaur aśvaḥ puruṣaḥ paśuḥ | yatredaṃ brahma kriyate paridhir jīvanāya kam

Indeed everyone there lives: cow, horse, man, beast — where this spell is performed, an enclosure for living. Bliss!

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 2.26

परि त्वा पातु समानेभ्यो ऽभिचारात् सबन्धुभ्यः । अमम्रिर् भवामृतो ऽतिजीवो मा ते हासिषुर् असवः शरीरम्

pari tvā pātu samānebhyo 'bhicārāt sabandhubhyaḥ | amamrir bhavāmṛto 'tijīvo mā te hāsiṣur asavaḥ śarīram

May (it) protect you round about from equals, from kinsmen, from sorcery. Be undying, immortal, surviving; let your life-breaths not abandon your body.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 2.27

ये मृत्यव एकशतं या नाष्ट्रा अतितार्याः । मुञ्चन्तु तस्मात् त्वां देवा अग्नेर् वैश्वानराद् अधि

ye mṛtyava ekaśataṃ yā nāṣṭrā atitāryāḥ | muñcantu tasmāt tvāṃ devā agner vaiśvānarād adhi

The deaths that are a hundred and one, and the destructions that are to be overpassed — from that may the gods release you, by (the power of) Agni Vaiśvānara.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 2.28

अग्नेः शरीरम् असि पारयिष्णु रक्षोहासि सपत्नहा । अथो अमीवचातनः पूतुद्रुर् नाम भेषजम्

agneḥ śarīram asi pārayiṣṇu rakṣohāsi sapatnahā | atho amīvacātanaḥ pūtudrur nāma bheṣajam

You are Agni's body, bringing across; you are slayer of demons, slayer of rivals; and also the dispeller of disease, the remedy named pūtudru.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition