Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 9 — Chapter 3

AV 9 3.1

उपमितां प्रतिमिताम् अथो परिमिताम् उत । शालाया विश्ववाराया नद्धानि वि चृतामसि

upamitāṃ pratimitām atho parimitām uta | śālāyā viśvavārāyā naddhāni vi cṛtāmasi

The propped-up (beam), the counter-propped, and also the cross-measured — of the all-granting hall we untie the bindings.

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AV 9 3.2

यत् ते नद्धं विश्ववारे पाशो ग्रन्थिश् च यः कृतः । बृहस्पतिर् इवाहं बलं वाचा वि स्रंसयामि तत्

yat te naddhaṃ viśvavāre pāśo granthiś ca yaḥ kṛtaḥ | bṛhaspatir ivāhaṃ balaṃ vācā vi sraṃsayāmi tat

What is bound in you, O all-granting one, whatever noose and knot has been made — like Bṛhaspati (splitting) strength, with my speech I make that fall apart.

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AV 9 3.3

आ ययाम सं बबर्ह ग्रन्थींश् चकार ते दृढान् । परूंषि विद्वां छस्तेवेन्द्रेण वि चृतामसि

ā yayāma saṃ babarha granthīṃś cakāra te dṛḍhān | parūṃṣi vidvāṃ chastevendreṇa vi cṛtāmasi

He drew (you) together, he pressed (you) tight, he made your knots firm; knowing the joints, like a carver, with Indra we untie (them).

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AV 9 3.4

वंशानां ते नहनानां प्राणाहस्य तृणस्य च । पक्षाणां विश्ववारे ते नद्धानि वि चृतामसि

vaṃśānāṃ te nahanānāṃ prāṇāhasya tṛṇasya ca | pakṣāṇāṃ viśvavāre te naddhāni vi cṛtāmasi

Of your bamboo poles, of the fastenings, of the binding-band and of the thatch-grass, of the side-walls, O all-granting one, we untie the bindings.

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AV 9 3.5

संदंशानां पलदानां परिष्वञ्जल्यस्य च । इदं मानस्य पत्न्या नद्धानि वि चृतामसि

saṃdaṃśānāṃ paladānāṃ pariṣvañjalyasya ca | idaṃ mānasya patnyā naddhāni vi cṛtāmasi

Of the clamps, of the straw-bundles, and of the encircling band — here we untie the bindings of the mistress of the dwelling.

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AV 9 3.6

यानि ते ऽन्तः शिक्यान्य् आबेधू रण्याय कम् । प्र ते तानि चृतामसि शिवा मानस्य पत्नि न उद्धिता तन्वे भव

yāni te 'ntaḥ śikyāny ābedhū raṇyāya kam | pra te tāni cṛtāmasi śivā mānasya patni na uddhitā tanve bhava

The loops that they bound within you for delight — those we loosen for you; being set up, O mistress of the dwelling, be kindly to our body.

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AV 9 3.7

हविर्धानम् अग्निशालं पत्नीनां सदनं सदः । सदो देवानाम् असि देवि शाले

havirdhānam agniśālaṃ patnīnāṃ sadanaṃ sadaḥ | sado devānām asi devi śāle

The oblation-holder, the fire-hall, the seat, the sitting-place of the wives: you are the seat of the gods, O divine hall.

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AV 9 3.8

अक्षुम् ओपशं विततं सहस्राक्षं विषूवति । अवनद्धम् अभिहितं ब्रह्मणा वि चृतामसि

akṣum opaśaṃ vitataṃ sahasrākṣaṃ viṣūvati | avanaddham abhihitaṃ brahmaṇā vi cṛtāmasi

The thousand-eyed mesh stretched out as a head-covering upon the middle (beam), fastened down and tied on — with the sacred formula we untie it.

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AV 9 3.9

यस् त्वा शाले प्रतिगृह्णाति येन चासि मिता त्वम् । उभौ मानस्य पत्नि तौ जीवतां जरदष्टी

yas tvā śāle pratigṛhṇāti yena cāsi mitā tvam | ubhau mānasya patni tau jīvatāṃ jaradaṣṭī

He who receives you, O hall, and he by whom you have been erected — let both of them, O mistress of the dwelling, live to reach old age.

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AV 9 3.10

अमुत्रैनम् आ गछताद् दृढा नद्धा परिष्कृता । यस्यास् ते विचृतामस्य् अङ्गमङ्गं परुष्परुः

amutrainam ā gachatād dṛḍhā naddhā pariṣkṛtā | yasyās te vicṛtāmasy aṅgamaṅgaṃ paruṣparuḥ

Let her come to him yonder, firm, bound fast, made ready — you whose limb by limb, joint by joint we are untying.

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AV 9 3.11

यस् त्वा शाले निमिमाय संजभार वनस्पतीन् । प्रजायै चक्रे त्वा शाले परमेष्ठी प्रजापतिः

yas tvā śāle nimimāya saṃjabhāra vanaspatīn | prajāyai cakre tvā śāle parameṣṭhī prajāpatiḥ

He who built you, O hall, who gathered together the forest trees — Parameṣṭhin Prajāpati made you, O hall, for offspring.

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AV 9 3.12

नमस् तस्मै नमो दात्रे शालापतये च कृण्मः । नमो ऽग्नये प्रचरते पुरुषाय च ते नमः

namas tasmai namo dātre śālāpataye ca kṛṇmaḥ | namo 'gnaye pracarate puruṣāya ca te namaḥ

To him we make homage, homage to the giver and to the lord of the house; homage to Agni as he moves within, and homage to your man (the householder).

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AV 9 3.13

गोभ्यो अश्वेभ्यो नमो यच् छालायां विजायते । विजावति प्रजावति वि ते पाशांश् चृतामसि

gobhyo aśvebhyo namo yac chālāyāṃ vijāyate | vijāvati prajāvati vi te pāśāṃś cṛtāmasi

Homage to the cows, to the horses, to whatever is born in the house; O you rich in births, rich in offspring, we loosen your cords.

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AV 9 3.14

अग्निम् अन्तश् छादयसि पुरुषान् पशुभिः सह । विजावति प्रजावति वि ते पाशांश् चृतामसि

agnim antaś chādayasi puruṣān paśubhiḥ saha | vijāvati prajāvati vi te pāśāṃś cṛtāmasi

You cover Agni within, and the men together with the cattle; O you rich in births, rich in offspring, we loosen your cords.

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AV 9 3.15

अन्तरा द्यां च पृथिवीं च यद् व्यचस् तेन शालां प्रति गृह्णामि त इमाम् । यद् अन्तरिक्षं रजसो विमानं तत् कृण्वे ऽहम् उदरं शेवधिभ्यः । तेन शालां प्रति गृह्णामि तस्मै

antarā dyāṃ ca pṛthivīṃ ca yad vyacas tena śālāṃ prati gṛhṇāmi ta imām | yad antarikṣaṃ rajaso vimānaṃ tat kṛṇve 'ham udaraṃ śevadhibhyaḥ | tena śālāṃ prati gṛhṇāmi tasmai

Whatever expanse there is between heaven and earth, with that I accept this house of yours; whatever the mid-space is, the measuring-out of the aerial realm, that I make into a belly for the treasures; with that I accept the house for him.

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AV 9 3.16

ऊर्जस्वती पयस्वती पृथिव्यां निमिता मिता । विश्वान्नं बिभ्रती शाले मा हिंसीः प्रतिगृह्णतः

ūrjasvatī payasvatī pṛthivyāṃ nimitā mitā | viśvānnaṃ bibhratī śāle mā hiṃsīḥ pratigṛhṇataḥ

Full of strength, full of milk, set up on the earth and measured out, bearing all food, O house, do not injure those who accept you.

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AV 9 3.17

तृणैर् आवृता पलदान् वसाना रात्रीव शाला जगतो निवेशनी । मिता पृथिव्यां तिष्ठसि हस्तिनीव पद्वती

tṛṇair āvṛtā paladān vasānā rātrīva śālā jagato niveśanī | mitā pṛthivyāṃ tiṣṭhasi hastinīva padvatī

Covered with grass, clothed in straw, the house, like night, is the resting-place of what moves; measured out, you stand upon the earth like a she-elephant, having feet.

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AV 9 3.18

इटस्य ते वि चृताम्य् अपिनद्धम् अपोर्णुवन् । वरुणेन समुब्जितां मित्रः प्रातर् व्य् उब्जतु

iṭasya te vi cṛtāmy apinaddham aporṇuvan | varuṇena samubjitāṃ mitraḥ prātar vy ubjatu

Of your ... I loosen what is bound fast, uncovering (it); pressed together by Varuṇa, let Mitra pry (it) open at dawn.

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

AV 9 3.19

ब्रह्मणा शालां निमितां कविभिर् निमितां मिताम् । इन्द्राग्नी रक्षतां शालाम् अमृतौ सोम्यं सदः

brahmaṇā śālāṃ nimitāṃ kavibhir nimitāṃ mitām | indrāgnī rakṣatāṃ śālām amṛtau somyaṃ sadaḥ

The house set up by the brahman, set up and measured by the seers—let Indra and Agni, the two immortals, guard the house, the Soma-seat.

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AV 9 3.20

कुलाये ऽधि कुलायं कोशे कोशः समुब्जितः । तत्र मर्तो वि जायते यस्माद् विश्वं प्रजायते

kulāye 'dhi kulāyaṃ kośe kośaḥ samubjitaḥ | tatra marto vi jāyate yasmād viśvaṃ prajāyate

Nest upon nest, container pressed together within container: there the mortal is born, from whom everything is brought forth.

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AV 9 3.21

या द्विपक्षा चतुष्पक्षा षट्पक्षा या निमीयते । अष्टापक्षां दशपक्षां शालां मानस्य पत्नीम् अग्निर् गर्भ इवा शये

yā dvipakṣā catuṣpakṣā ṣaṭpakṣā yā nimīyate | aṣṭāpakṣāṃ daśapakṣāṃ śālāṃ mānasya patnīm agnir garbha ivā śaye

(The house) which is two-sided, four-sided, six-sided, which is being set up, the eight-sided, the ten-sided house, the wife of the measure—in her Agni lies like an embryo.

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AV 9 3.22

प्रतीचीं त्वा प्रतीचीनः शाले प्रैम्य् अहिंसतीम् । अग्निर् ह्य् अन्तर् आपश् च ऋतस्य प्रथमा द्वाः

pratīcīṃ tvā pratīcīnaḥ śāle praimy ahiṃsatīm | agnir hy antar āpaś ca ṛtasya prathamā dvāḥ

Facing you, O house, I come facing toward you who do not injure; for Agni is within, and the waters, the first door of the ṛta.

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AV 9 3.23

इमा आपः प्र भराम्य् अयक्ष्मा यक्ष्मनाशनीः । गृहान् उप प्र सीदाम्य् अमृतेन सहाग्निना

imā āpaḥ pra bharāmy ayakṣmā yakṣmanāśanīḥ | gṛhān upa pra sīdāmy amṛtena sahāgninā

These waters I bring forward, free of disease, destroyers of disease; I approach the house together with immortal Agni.

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AV 9 3.24

मा नः पाशं प्रति मुचो गुरुर् भारो लघुर् भव । वधूम् इव त्वा शाले यत्रकामं भरामसि

mā naḥ pāśaṃ prati muco gurur bhāro laghur bhava | vadhūm iva tvā śāle yatrakāmaṃ bharāmasi

Do not fasten a cord upon us; be a light burden, not a heavy one; like a bride, O house, we carry you wherever we wish.

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AV 9 3.25

प्राच्या दिशः शालाया नमो महिम्ने स्वाहा देवेभ्यः स्वाह्येभ्यः

prācyā diśaḥ śālāyā namo mahimne svāhā devebhyaḥ svāhyebhyaḥ

Of the eastern direction of the house: homage to the greatness; svāhā to the gods who are to be greeted with svāhā.

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AV 9 3.26

दक्षिणाया दिशः शालाया नमो महिम्ने स्वाहा देवेभ्यः स्वाह्येभ्यः

dakṣiṇāyā diśaḥ śālāyā namo mahimne svāhā devebhyaḥ svāhyebhyaḥ

Of the southern direction of the house: homage to the greatness; svāhā to the gods who are to be greeted with svāhā.

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AV 9 3.27

प्रतीच्या दिशः शालाया नमो महिम्ने स्वाहा देवेभ्यः स्वाह्येभ्यः

pratīcyā diśaḥ śālāyā namo mahimne svāhā devebhyaḥ svāhyebhyaḥ

Of the western direction of the house: homage to the greatness; svāhā to the gods who are to be greeted with svāhā.

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AV 9 3.28

उदीच्या दिशः शालाया नमो महिम्ने स्वाहा देवेभ्यः स्वाह्येभ्यः

udīcyā diśaḥ śālāyā namo mahimne svāhā devebhyaḥ svāhyebhyaḥ

Of the northern direction of the house: homage to the greatness; svāhā to the gods who are to be greeted with svāhā.

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AV 9 3.29

ध्रुवाया दिशः शालाया नमो महिम्ने स्वाहा देवेभ्यः स्वाह्येभ्यः

dhruvāyā diśaḥ śālāyā namo mahimne svāhā devebhyaḥ svāhyebhyaḥ

Of the fixed (downward) direction of the house: homage to the greatness; svāhā to the gods who are to be greeted with svāhā.

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AV 9 3.30

ऊर्ध्वाया दिशः शालाया नमो महिम्ने स्वाहा देवेभ्यः स्वाह्येभ्यः

ūrdhvāyā diśaḥ śālāyā namo mahimne svāhā devebhyaḥ svāhyebhyaḥ

Of the upward direction of the house: homage to the greatness; svāhā to the gods who are to be greeted with svāhā.

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AV 9 3.31

दिशोदिशः शालाया नमो महिम्ने स्वाहा देवेभ्यः स्वाह्येभ्यः

diśodiśaḥ śālāyā namo mahimne svāhā devebhyaḥ svāhyebhyaḥ

Of each and every direction of the house: homage to the greatness; svāhā to the gods who are to be greeted with svāhā.

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