Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 8 — Chapter 9

AV 8 9.1

कुतस् तौ जातौ कतमः सो अर्धः कस्माल् लोकात् कतमस्याः पृथिव्याः । वत्सौ विराजः सलिलाद् उद् ऐतां तौ त्वा पृछामि कतरेण दुग्धा

kutas tau jātau katamaḥ so ardhaḥ kasmāl lokāt katamasyāḥ pṛthivyāḥ | vatsau virājaḥ salilād ud aitāṃ tau tvā pṛchāmi katareṇa dugdhā

Whence were those two born? Which is that half? From which world, from which of the earths? The two calves of Virāj came up out of the flood; about those two I ask you: by which of the two was she milked?

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AV 8 9.2

यो अक्रन्दयत् सलिलं महित्वा योनिं कृत्वा त्रिभुजं शयानः । वत्सः कामदुघो विराजः स गुहा चक्रे तन्वः पराचैः

yo akrandayat salilaṃ mahitvā yoniṃ kṛtvā tribhujaṃ śayānaḥ | vatsaḥ kāmadugho virājaḥ sa guhā cakre tanvaḥ parācaiḥ

He who made the flood roar by his greatness, who, having made a threefold-bent womb, lay (there) — he, the calf of Virāj that milks out desires, made his bodies in hiding, far away.

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AV 8 9.3

यानि त्रीणि बृहन्ति येषां चतुर्थं वियुनक्ति वाचम् । ब्रह्मैनद् विद्यात् तपसा विपश्चिद् यस्मिन्न् एकं युज्यते यस्मिन्न् एकम्

yāni trīṇi bṛhanti yeṣāṃ caturthaṃ viyunakti vācam | brahmainad vidyāt tapasā vipaścid yasminn ekaṃ yujyate yasminn ekam

Which are the three bṛhat (meters) whose fourth disjoins speech? The wise brahman should know this by (his) heat of austerity: in which the one is joined, in which the one.

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AV 8 9.4

बृहतः परि सामानि षष्ठात् पञ्चाधि निर्मिता । बृहद् बृहत्या निर्मितं कुतो ऽधि बृहती मिता

bṛhataḥ pari sāmāni ṣaṣṭhāt pañcādhi nirmitā | bṛhad bṛhatyā nirmitaṃ kuto 'dhi bṛhatī mitā

The sāmans were fashioned out from the bṛhat, five upon the sixth; the bṛhat was fashioned from the bṛhatī — from what is the bṛhatī measured out?

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AV 8 9.5

बृहती परि मात्राया मातुर् मात्राधि निर्मिता । माया ह जज्ञे मायाया मायाया मातली परि

bṛhatī pari mātrāyā mātur mātrādhi nirmitā | māyā ha jajñe māyāyā māyāyā mātalī pari

The bṛhatī was fashioned out from the measure, from the mother's measure; from māyā māyā was born, and from māyā, Mātalī.

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AV 8 9.6

वैश्वानरस्य प्रतिमोपरि द्यौर् यावद् रोदसी विबबाधे अग्निः । ततः षष्ठाद् आमुतो यन्ति स्तोमा उद् इतो यन्त्य् अभि षष्ठम् अह्नः

vaiśvānarasya pratimopari dyaur yāvad rodasī vibabādhe agniḥ | tataḥ ṣaṣṭhād āmuto yanti stomā ud ito yanty abhi ṣaṣṭham ahnaḥ

The counter-measure of Vaiśvānara is above: heaven, as far as Agni forced apart the two world-halves. From that sixth, from yonder, the praise-songs go; from here they go up toward the sixth (part) of the day.

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AV 8 9.7

षट् त्वा पृछाम ऋषयः कश्यपेमे त्वं हि युक्तं युयुक्षे योग्यं च । विराजम् आहुर् ब्रह्मणः पितरं तां नो वि धेहि यतिधा सखिभ्यः

ṣaṭ tvā pṛchāma ṛṣayaḥ kaśyapeme tvaṃ hi yuktaṃ yuyukṣe yogyaṃ ca | virājam āhur brahmaṇaḥ pitaraṃ tāṃ no vi dhehi yatidhā sakhibhyaḥ

We six ṛṣis ask you, Kaśyapa — for you have yoked what is yoked and what is to be yoked. They call Virāj the father of the brahman: apportion her for us, in how many parts, for (your) companions.

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AV 8 9.8

यां प्रच्युताम् अनु यज्ञाः प्रच्यवन्त उपतिष्ठन्त उपतिष्ठमानाम् । यस्या व्रते प्रसवे यक्षम् एजति सा विराट् ऋषयः परमे व्योमन्

yāṃ pracyutām anu yajñāḥ pracyavanta upatiṣṭhanta upatiṣṭhamānām | yasyā vrate prasave yakṣam ejati sā virāṭ ṛṣayaḥ parame vyoman

She, when she moved away, after whom the sacrifices moved away, and whom, when she stood near, they attended; in whose ordinance and impulse the mysterious power stirs — she is Virāj, O ṛṣis, in the highest firmament.

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AV 8 9.9

अप्राणैति प्राणेन प्राणतीनां विराट् स्वराजम् अभ्य् एति पश्चात् । विश्वं मृशन्तीम् अभिरूपां विराजं पश्यन्ति त्वे न त्वे पश्यन्त्य् एनाम्

aprāṇaiti prāṇena prāṇatīnāṃ virāṭ svarājam abhy eti paścāt | viśvaṃ mṛśantīm abhirūpāṃ virājaṃ paśyanti tve na tve paśyanty enām

Breathless, she goes by the breath of the breathing ones; Virāj, the self-ruling, comes up from behind. Virāj, who touches everything, who is of fitting form — some see her, some do not see her.

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AV 8 9.10

को विराजो मिथुनत्वं प्र वेद क ऋतून् क उ कल्पम् अस्याः । क्रमान् को अस्याः कतिधा विदुग्धान् को अस्या धाम कतिधा व्युष्टीः

ko virājo mithunatvaṃ pra veda ka ṛtūn ka u kalpam asyāḥ | kramān ko asyāḥ katidhā vidugdhān ko asyā dhāma katidhā vyuṣṭīḥ

Who knows the pairing of Virāj? Who her seasons, and who her arrangement? Who (knows) her strides, how many times they are milked out? Who her abode, how many her dawnings?

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AV 8 9.11

इयम् एव सा या प्रथमा व्यौछद् आस्व् इतरासु चरति प्रविष्टा । महान्तो अस्यां महिमानो अन्तर् वधूर् जिगाय नवगज् जनित्री

iyam eva sā yā prathamā vyauchad āsv itarāsu carati praviṣṭā | mahānto asyāṃ mahimāno antar vadhūr jigāya navagaj janitrī

This very one is she who first shone forth; she moves, having entered into these others. Great greatnesses are within her: the bride, the mother of the newborn, has won.

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AV 8 9.12

छन्दःपक्षे उषसा पेपिशाने समानं योनिम् अनु सं चरेमे । सूर्यपत्नी सं चरतः प्रजानती केतुमती अजरे भूरिरेतसा

chandaḥpakṣe uṣasā pepiśāne samānaṃ yonim anu saṃ careme | sūryapatnī saṃ carataḥ prajānatī ketumatī ajare bhūriretasā

The two with meters for wings, adorning themselves as the dawn, move together along a common womb; the two wives of the Sun move together, knowing, bearing a sign, unaging, of abundant seed.

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AV 8 9.13

ऋतस्य पन्थाम् अनु तिस्र आगुस् त्रयो घर्मा अनु रेत आगुः । प्रजाम् एका जिन्वत्य् ऊर्जम् एका राष्ट्रम् एका रक्षति देवयूनाम्

ṛtasya panthām anu tisra āgus trayo gharmā anu reta āguḥ | prajām ekā jinvaty ūrjam ekā rāṣṭram ekā rakṣati devayūnām

Along the path of ṛta three have come; three heating-vessels have come after the seed. One quickens offspring, one vigor, one guards the realm of those devoted to the gods.

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AV 8 9.14

अग्नीषोमाव् अदधुर् या तुरीयासीद् यज्ञस्य पक्षाव् ऋषयः कल्पयन्तः । गायत्रीं त्रिष्टुभं जगतीम् अनुष्टुभं बृहदर्कीं यजमानाय स्वर् आभरन्तीम्

agnīṣomāv adadhur yā turīyāsīd yajñasya pakṣāv ṛṣayaḥ kalpayantaḥ | gāyatrīṃ triṣṭubhaṃ jagatīm anuṣṭubhaṃ bṛhadarkīṃ yajamānāya svar ābharantīm

Agni and Soma set down her who was the fourth, the ṛṣis fashioning the two wings of the sacrifice: Gāyatrī, Triṣṭubh, Jagatī, Anuṣṭubh, the bṛhat-and-arka one, bringing the light of heaven to the sacrificer.

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AV 8 9.15

पञ्च व्युष्टीर् अनु पञ्च दोहा गां पञ्चनाम्नीम् ऋतवो ऽनु पञ्च । पञ्च दिशः पञ्चदशेन कॢप्तास् ता एकमूर्ध्नीर् अभि लोकम् एकम्

pañca vyuṣṭīr anu pañca dohā gāṃ pañcanāmnīm ṛtavo 'nu pañca | pañca diśaḥ pañcadaśena kḷptās tā ekamūrdhnīr abhi lokam ekam

Five dawnings, and after them five milkings — the cow of five names — and after them five seasons; five directions arranged by the fifteenfold: they, having one head, (face) toward one world.

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AV 8 9.16

षट् जाता भूता प्रथमजा ऋतस्य षट् उ सामानि षटहं वहन्ति । षट्योगं सीरम् अनु सामसाम षट् आहुर् द्यावापृथिवीः षट् उर्वीः

ṣaṭ jātā bhūtā prathamajā ṛtasya ṣaṭ u sāmāni ṣaṭahaṃ vahanti | ṣaṭyogaṃ sīram anu sāmasāma ṣaṭ āhur dyāvāpṛthivīḥ ṣaṭ urvīḥ

Six beings were born, first-born of ṛta; and six sāmans carry the six-day rite; six-yoked is the plough, sāman by sāman; six they call the heavens-and-earths, six the wide spaces.

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AV 8 9.17

षड् आहुः शीतान् षड् उ मास उष्णान् ऋतुं नो ब्रूत यतमो ऽतिरिक्तः । सप्त सुपर्णाः कवयो नि षेदुः सप्त छन्दांस्य् अनु सप्त दीक्षाः

ṣaḍ āhuḥ śītān ṣaḍ u māsa uṣṇān ṛtuṃ no brūta yatamo 'tiriktaḥ | sapta suparṇāḥ kavayo ni ṣeduḥ sapta chandāṃsy anu sapta dīkṣāḥ

Six (months) they call cold, and six months hot; tell us which season is the one left over. Seven fine-winged sages have sat down; seven meters, and after them seven consecrations.

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AV 8 9.18

सप्त होमाः समिधो ह सप्त मधूनि सप्त ऋतवो ह सप्त । सप्ताज्यानि परि भूतम् आयन् ताः सप्तगृध्रा इति शुश्रुमा वयम्

sapta homāḥ samidho ha sapta madhūni sapta ṛtavo ha sapta | saptājyāni pari bhūtam āyan tāḥ saptagṛdhrā iti śuśrumā vayam

Seven oblations, and seven kindling-sticks, seven honeys, and seven seasons; seven ghee-offerings went around existence — they are the seven vultures, so we have heard.

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AV 8 9.19

सप्त छन्दांसि चतुरुत्तराण्य् अन्यो अन्यस्मिन्न् अध्य् आर्पितानि । कथं स्तोमाः प्रति तिष्ठन्ति तेषु तानि स्तोमेषु कथम् आर्पितानि

sapta chandāṃsi caturuttarāṇy anyo anyasminn adhy ārpitāni | kathaṃ stomāḥ prati tiṣṭhanti teṣu tāni stomeṣu katham ārpitāni

Seven meters, each greater by four, are fitted one upon the other: how do the praise-songs stand firm upon them, and how are they fitted into the praise-songs?

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AV 8 9.20

कथं गायत्री त्रिवृतं व्य् आप कथं त्रिष्टुप् पञ्चदशेन कल्पते । त्रयस्त्रिंशेन जगती कथम् अनुष्टुप् कथम् एकविंशः

kathaṃ gāyatrī trivṛtaṃ vy āpa kathaṃ triṣṭup pañcadaśena kalpate | trayastriṃśena jagatī katham anuṣṭup katham ekaviṃśaḥ

How did the gāyatrī pervade the threefold (stoma)? How does the triṣṭubh fit with the fifteenfold? With the thirty-threefold, how the jagatī? How the anuṣṭubh, how the twenty-one-fold?

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AV 8 9.21

अष्ट जाता भूता प्रथमजा ऋतस्याष्टेन्द्र ऋत्विजो दैव्या ये । अष्टयोनिर् अदितिर् अष्टपुत्रास्तमीं रात्रिम् अभि हव्यम् एति

aṣṭa jātā bhūtā prathamajā ṛtasyāṣṭendra ṛtvijo daivyā ye | aṣṭayonir aditir aṣṭaputrāstamīṃ rātrim abhi havyam eti

Eight are the beings born, the first-born of ṛta; eight are Indra's ṛtvijes, the divine ones. Aditi is eight-wombed, eight-sonned; to the eighth night the oblation goes.

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AV 8 9.22

इत्थं श्रेयो मन्यमानेदम् आगमं युष्माकं सख्ये अहम् अस्मि शेवा । समानजन्मा क्रतुर् अस्ति वः शिवः स वः सर्वाः सं चरति प्रजानन्

itthaṃ śreyo manyamānedam āgamaṃ yuṣmākaṃ sakhye aham asmi śevā | samānajanmā kratur asti vaḥ śivaḥ sa vaḥ sarvāḥ saṃ carati prajānan

Thinking this to be the better thing, I have come here; I am kindly toward your friendship. There is for you a benign resolve (kratu) of common birth; knowing it, it goes along with you all.

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AV 8 9.23

अष्टेन्द्रस्य षड् यमस्य ऋषीणां सप्त सप्तधा । अपो मनुष्यान् ओषधीस् ताꣳ उ पञ्चानु सेचिरे

aṣṭendrasya ṣaḍ yamasya ṛṣīṇāṃ sapta saptadhā | apo manuṣyān oṣadhīs tāṁ u pañcānu secire

Eight are Indra's, six Yama's, seven the ṛṣis' sevenfold; the waters, men, and the plants — after these the five poured out.

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AV 8 9.24

केवलीन्द्राय दुदुहे हि गृष्टिर् वशम् पीयूषं प्रथमं दुहाना । अथातर्पयच् चतुरश् चतुर्धा देवान् मनुष्याꣳ असुरान् उत ऋषीन्

kevalīndrāya duduhe hi gṛṣṭir vaśam pīyūṣaṃ prathamaṃ duhānā | athātarpayac caturaś caturdhā devān manuṣyāṁ asurān uta ṛṣīn

For the young cow yielded exclusively for Indra, milking out first the desired first milk; then she satisfied four in fourfold manner: the gods, men, the asuras, and the ṛṣis.

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AV 8 9.25

को नु गौः क एकऋषिः किम् उ धाम का आशिषः । यक्षम् पृथिव्याम् एकवृद् एकर्तुः कतमो नु सः

ko nu gauḥ ka ekaṛṣiḥ kim u dhāma kā āśiṣaḥ | yakṣam pṛthivyām ekavṛd ekartuḥ katamo nu saḥ

Who now is the cow? Who the single ṛṣi? What is the abode, what the blessings? The mystery (yakṣa) on the earth, one-fold, of one season — which one is it?

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AV 8 9.26

एको गौर् एक एकऋषिर् एकं धामैकधाशिषः । यक्षं पृथिव्याम् एकवृद् एकर्तुर् नाति रिच्यते

eko gaur eka ekaṛṣir ekaṃ dhāmaikadhāśiṣaḥ | yakṣaṃ pṛthivyām ekavṛd ekartur nāti ricyate

One is the cow, one the single ṛṣi, one the abode, single-fold the blessings; the mystery on the earth, one-fold, of one season, is not surpassed.

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