Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 9 — Chapter 4

AV 9 4.1

साहस्रस् त्वेष ऋषभः पयस्वान् विश्वा रूपाणि वक्षणासु बिभ्रत् । भद्रं दात्रे यजमानाय शीक्षन् बार्हस्पत्य उस्रियस् तन्तुम् आतान्

sāhasras tveṣa ṛṣabhaḥ payasvān viśvā rūpāṇi vakṣaṇāsu bibhrat | bhadraṃ dātre yajamānāya śīkṣan bārhaspatya usriyas tantum ātān

Thousandfold, impetuous, the bull rich in milk, bearing all forms in his flanks, granting good to the giver, to the sacrificer — belonging to Bṛhaspati, the ruddy one has stretched out the thread.

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AV 9 4.2

अपां यो अग्ने प्रतिमा बभूव प्रभूः सर्वस्मै पृथिवीव देवी । पिता वत्सानां पतिर् अघ्न्यानां साहस्रे पोषे अपि नः कृणोतु

apāṃ yo agne pratimā babhūva prabhūḥ sarvasmai pṛthivīva devī | pitā vatsānāṃ patir aghnyānāṃ sāhasre poṣe api naḥ kṛṇotu

He who, O Agni, has become the counterpart of the waters, sufficient for everything, like the divine earth — father of calves, lord of the cows that may not be slain — may he set us in thousandfold thriving.

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AV 9 4.3

पुमान् अन्तर्वान्त् स्थविरः पयस्वान् वसोः कबन्धं ऋषभो बिभर्ति । तम् इन्द्राय पथिभिर् देवयानैर् हुतम् अग्निर् वहतु जातवेदाः

pumān antarvānt sthaviraḥ payasvān vasoḥ kabandhaṃ ṛṣabho bibharti | tam indrāya pathibhir devayānair hutam agnir vahatu jātavedāḥ

A male, yet pregnant, sturdy, rich in milk — the bull bears the cask of wealth. Let Agni Jātavedas carry him, offered, to Indra by the paths that lead to the gods.

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AV 9 4.4

पिता वत्सानां पतिर् अघ्न्यानां अथो पिता महतां गर्गराणाम् । वत्सो जरायु प्रतिधुक् पीयूष आमिक्षा घृतं तद् व् अस्य रेतः

pitā vatsānāṃ patir aghnyānāṃ atho pitā mahatāṃ gargarāṇām | vatso jarāyu pratidhuk pīyūṣa āmikṣā ghṛtaṃ tad v asya retaḥ

Father of calves, lord of the cows that may not be slain, and also father of the great gargaras: the calf, the afterbirth, the first milk, the colostrum, the curds, the ghee — that indeed is his seed.

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AV 9 4.5

देवानां भाग उपनाह एषो ऽपां रस ओषधीनां घृतस्य । सोमस्य भक्षम् अवृणीत शक्रो बृहन्न् अद्रिर् अभवद् यच् छरीरम्

devānāṃ bhāga upanāha eṣo 'pāṃ rasa oṣadhīnāṃ ghṛtasya | somasya bhakṣam avṛṇīta śakro bṛhann adrir abhavad yac charīram

This is the portion of the gods, the wrapping; the sap of the waters, of the plants, of the ghee. Śakra chose the drink of soma; what was his body became the lofty rock.

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AV 9 4.6

सोमेन पूर्णं कलशं बिभर्षि त्वस्ता रुपाणां जनिता पशूनाम् । शिवास् ते सन्तु प्रजन्व इह या इमा न्य् अस्मभ्यं स्वधिते यछ या अमूः

somena pūrṇaṃ kalaśaṃ bibharṣi tvastā rupāṇāṃ janitā paśūnām | śivās te santu prajanva iha yā imā ny asmabhyaṃ svadhite yacha yā amūḥ

Filled with soma you bear the jar, (you are) Tvaṣṭā, shaper of forms, begetter of cattle. May your begettings here be kindly; hold out to us, O axe, both these (creatures) here and those yonder.

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AV 9 4.7

आजं बिभर्ति घृतम् अस्य रेतः साहस्रः पोषस् तम् उ यज्ञम् आहुः । इन्द्रस्य रूपम् ऋषभो वसानः सो अस्मान् देवाः शिव ऐतु दत्तः

ājaṃ bibharti ghṛtam asya retaḥ sāhasraḥ poṣas tam u yajñam āhuḥ | indrasya rūpam ṛṣabho vasānaḥ so asmān devāḥ śiva aitu dattaḥ

He bears goat-fat; ghee is his seed; thousandfold thriving — him indeed they have called the sacrifice. The bull, wearing Indra's form — let him, when given, come to us kindly, O gods.

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AV 9 4.8

इन्द्रस्यौजो वरुणस्य बाहू अश्विनोर् अंसौ मरुताम् इयं ककुत् । बृहस्पतिं संभृतम् एतम् आहुर् ये धीरासः कवयो ये मनीषिणः

indrasyaujo varuṇasya bāhū aśvinor aṃsau marutām iyaṃ kakut | bṛhaspatiṃ saṃbhṛtam etam āhur ye dhīrāsaḥ kavayo ye manīṣiṇaḥ

Indra's strength, Varuṇa's two arms, the shoulders of the Aśvins, this hump of the Maruts — him they have called Bṛhaspati, brought together (out of these), those who are steady, the seers, the thoughtful ones.

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AV 9 4.9

दैवीर् विशः पयस्वान् आ तनोषि त्वाम् इन्द्रं त्वां सरस्वन्तम् आहुः । सहस्रं स एकमुखा ददाति यो ब्राह्मण ऋषभम् आजुहोति

daivīr viśaḥ payasvān ā tanoṣi tvām indraṃ tvāṃ sarasvantam āhuḥ | sahasraṃ sa ekamukhā dadāti yo brāhmaṇa ṛṣabham ājuhoti

Rich in milk, you stretch out the divine clans; you they call Indra, you Sarasvant. He who offers a bull to a brāhmaṇa — he gives a thousand at one mouth.

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AV 9 4.10

बृहस्पतिः सविता ते वयो दधौ त्वष्टुर् वायोः पर्य् आत्मा त आभृतः । अन्तरिक्षे मनसा त्वा जुहोमि बर्हिष् टे द्यावापृथिवी उभे स्ताम्

bṛhaspatiḥ savitā te vayo dadhau tvaṣṭur vāyoḥ pary ātmā ta ābhṛtaḥ | antarikṣe manasā tvā juhomi barhiṣ ṭe dyāvāpṛthivī ubhe stām

Bṛhaspati and Savitā have placed vital force in you; from Tvaṣṭā and from Vāyu your breath has been brought. In the midspace I offer you with my mind; let heaven and earth, both, be your barhis.

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AV 9 4.11

य इन्द्र इव देवेषु गोष्व् एति विवावदत् । तस्य ऋषभस्याङ्गानि ब्रह्मा सं स्तौतु भद्रया

ya indra iva deveṣu goṣv eti vivāvadat | tasya ṛṣabhasyāṅgāni brahmā saṃ stautu bhadrayā

He who goes among the cows as Indra among the gods, bellowing loudly — let the brahmán praise together the limbs of that bull with an auspicious (verse).

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AV 9 4.12

पार्श्वे आस्ताम् अनुमत्या भगस्यास्ताम् अनूवृजौ । अष्ठीवन्ताव् अब्रवीन् मित्रो ममैतौ केवलाव् इति

pārśve āstām anumatyā bhagasyāstām anūvṛjau | aṣṭhīvantāv abravīn mitro mamaitau kevalāv iti

The two flanks were Anumati's; the two anūvṛj were Bhaga's; of the two knees Mitra said, "These two are mine alone."

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AV 9 4.13

भसद् आसीद् आदित्यानां श्रोणी आस्तां बृहस्पतेः । पुछं वातस्य देवस्य तेन धूनोत्य् ओषधीः

bhasad āsīd ādityānāṃ śroṇī āstāṃ bṛhaspateḥ | puchaṃ vātasya devasya tena dhūnoty oṣadhīḥ

The rump belonged to the Ādityas, the two hips were Bṛhaspati's; the tail is of the god Vāta — with it he shakes the plants.

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AV 9 4.14

गुदा आसन्त् सिनीवाल्याः सूर्यायास् त्वचम् अब्रुवन् । उत्थातुर् अब्रुवन् पद ऋषभं यद् अकल्पयन्

gudā āsant sinīvālyāḥ sūryāyās tvacam abruvan | utthātur abruvan pada ṛṣabhaṃ yad akalpayan

The entrails were Sinīvālī's; the hide they assigned to Sūryā; the feet they assigned to the riser, when they fashioned the bull.

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AV 9 4.15

क्रोड आसीज् जामिशंसस्य सोमस्य क्लशो धृतः । देवाः संगत्य यत् सर्व ऋषभं व्यकल्पयन्

kroḍa āsīj jāmiśaṃsasya somasya klaśo dhṛtaḥ | devāḥ saṃgatya yat sarva ṛṣabhaṃ vyakalpayan

The breast belonged to Jāmiśaṃsa; the cup of soma was held (there) — when all the gods, coming together, fashioned out the bull.

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AV 9 4.16

ते कुष्ठिकाः सरमायै कुर्मेभ्यो अदधुः शफान् । ऊबध्यम् अस्य कीतेभ्यः श्ववर्तेभ्यो अधारयन्

te kuṣṭhikāḥ saramāyai kurmebhyo adadhuḥ śaphān | ūbadhyam asya kītebhyaḥ śvavartebhyo adhārayan

Those dewclaws they assigned to Saramā, the hooves to the tortoises; his stomach-contents they allotted to the insects, to the śvavartas.

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AV 9 4.17

शृङ्गाभ्यां रक्ष ऋषत्य् अवर्तिम् हन्ति चक्षुषा । शृणोति भद्रं कर्णाभ्यां गवां यः पतिर् अघ्न्यः

śṛṅgābhyāṃ rakṣa ṛṣaty avartim hanti cakṣuṣā | śṛṇoti bhadraṃ karṇābhyāṃ gavāṃ yaḥ patir aghnyaḥ

With his two horns he thrusts at the demon, with his eye he slays misfortune, with his two ears he hears what is good — he who is the bull, lord of the cows.

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AV 9 4.18

शतयाजं स यजते नैनं दुन्वन्त्य् अग्नयः । जिन्वन्ति विश्वे तं देवा यो ब्राह्मण ऋषभम् आजुहोति

śatayājaṃ sa yajate nainaṃ dunvanty agnayaḥ | jinvanti viśve taṃ devā yo brāhmaṇa ṛṣabham ājuhoti

He sacrifices a hundred-sacrifice offering; the fires do not scorch him; all the gods quicken him who offers a bull to a brāhmaṇa.

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AV 9 4.19

ब्राह्मणेभ्य ऋषभं दत्त्वा वरीयः कृणुते मनः । पुष्टिं सो अघ्न्यानां स्वे गोष्ठे ऽव पश्यते

brāhmaṇebhya ṛṣabhaṃ dattvā varīyaḥ kṛṇute manaḥ | puṣṭiṃ so aghnyānāṃ sve goṣṭhe 'va paśyate

Having given a bull to the brāhmaṇas, he makes his mind wider; he looks down upon the thriving of the cows in his own cattle-pen.

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AV 9 4.20

गावः सन्तु प्रजाः सन्त्व् अथो अस्तु तनूबलम् । तत् सर्वम् अनु मन्यन्तां देवा ऋषभदायिने

gāvaḥ santu prajāḥ santv atho astu tanūbalam | tat sarvam anu manyantāṃ devā ṛṣabhadāyine

Let there be cows, let there be offspring, and let there be strength of body: let the gods grant all that to the giver of the bull.

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AV 9 4.21

अयं पिपान इन्द्र इद् रयिं दधातु चेतनीम् । अयं धेनुं सुदुघां नित्यवत्सां वशं दुहां विपश्चितं परो दिवः

ayaṃ pipāna indra id rayiṃ dadhātu cetanīm | ayaṃ dhenuṃ sudughāṃ nityavatsāṃ vaśaṃ duhāṃ vipaścitaṃ paro divaḥ

May this one, drinking, (as) Indra himself, bestow conspicuous wealth; may this one milk out a well-milking cow with a calf ever at her side, a willing (cow), inspired, beyond the sky.

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AV 9 4.22

पिशङ्गरूपो नभसो वयोधा ऐन्द्रः शुष्मो विश्वरूपो न आगन् । आयुर् अस्मभ्यं दधत् प्रजां च रायश् च पोषैर् अभि नः सचताम्

piśaṅgarūpo nabhaso vayodhā aindraḥ śuṣmo viśvarūpo na āgan | āyur asmabhyaṃ dadhat prajāṃ ca rāyaś ca poṣair abhi naḥ sacatām

Ruddy in form, giver of vigour out of the cloud, the Indra-born force, of all forms, has come to us; granting us lifetime and offspring, let (it) attend us with increases of riches.

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AV 9 4.23

उपेहोपपर्चनास्मिन् गोष्ठ उप पृञ्च नः । उप ऋषभस्य यद् रेत उपेन्द्र तव वीर्यम्

upehopaparcanāsmin goṣṭha upa pṛñca naḥ | upa ṛṣabhasya yad reta upendra tava vīryam

Come here, O mingling! Mingle (it) into us in this cow-stall — the bull's seed, and, O Indra, thy manly power.

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AV 9 4.24

एतं वो युवानं प्रति दध्मो अत्र तेन क्रीडन्तीश् चरत वशाꣳ अनु । मा नो हासिष्ट जनुषा सुभागा रायश् च पोषैर् अभि नः सचध्वम्

etaṃ vo yuvānaṃ prati dadhmo atra tena krīḍantīś carata vaśāṁ anu | mā no hāsiṣṭa januṣā subhāgā rāyaś ca poṣair abhi naḥ sacadhvam

This young one we set here for you; playing with him, roam after the cows. Do not fail us, O fortunate ones, in offspring; attend us with increases of riches.

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