Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 9 — Chapter 5

AV 9 5.1

आ नयैतम् आ रभस्व सुकृतां लोकम् अपि गछतु प्रजानन् । तीर्त्वा तमांसि बहुधा महान्त्य् अजो नाकम् आ क्रमतां तृतीयम्

ā nayaitam ā rabhasva sukṛtāṃ lokam api gachatu prajānan | tīrtvā tamāṃsi bahudhā mahānty ajo nākam ā kramatāṃ tṛtīyam

Lead him here, take hold (of him); let him, knowing the way, go to the world of the well-doers. Having crossed the many great darknesses, let the goat mount to the third firmament.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 9 5.2

इन्द्राय भागं परि त्वा नयाम्य् अस्मिन् यज्ञे यजमानाय सूरिम् । ये नो द्विषन्त्य् अनु तान् रभस्वानागसो यजमानस्य वीराः

indrāya bhāgaṃ pari tvā nayāmy asmin yajñe yajamānāya sūrim | ye no dviṣanty anu tān rabhasvānāgaso yajamānasya vīrāḥ

As a portion for Indra I lead thee about, in this sacrifice, as a gift for the sacrificer; seize after those who hate us — let the sacrificer's men be free of guilt.

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

AV 9 5.3

प्र पदो ऽव नेनिग्धि दुश्चरितं यच् चचार शुद्धैः शफैर् आ क्रमतां प्रजानन् । तीर्त्वा तमांसि बहुधा विपश्यन्न् अजो नाकम् आ क्रमतां तृतीयम्

pra pado 'va nenigdhi duścaritaṃ yac cacāra śuddhaiḥ śaphair ā kramatāṃ prajānan | tīrtvā tamāṃsi bahudhā vipaśyann ajo nākam ā kramatāṃ tṛtīyam

Wash off the feet, the ill-conduct which he has committed; with cleansed hooves let him mount up, knowing the way. Having crossed the many darknesses, looking out, let the goat mount to the third firmament.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 9 5.4

अनुछ्य श्यामेन त्वचम् एतां विशस्तर् यथापर्व् असिना माभि मंस्थाः । माभि द्रुहः परुशः कल्पयैनं तृतीये नाके अधि वि श्रयैनम्

anuchya śyāmena tvacam etāṃ viśastar yathāparv asinā mābhi maṃsthāḥ | mābhi druhaḥ paruśaḥ kalpayainaṃ tṛtīye nāke adhi vi śrayainam

Cutting this skin away with the dark (blade), O butcher, joint by joint with the knife, do not do him violence; do not injure him: arrange him limb by limb; spread him out upon the third firmament.

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

AV 9 5.5

ऋचा कुम्भीम् अध्य् अग्नौ श्रयाम्य् आ सिञ्चोदकम् अव धेह्य् एनम् । पर्याधत्ताग्निना शमितारः शृतो गछतु सुकृतां यत्र लोकः

ṛcā kumbhīm adhy agnau śrayāmy ā siñcodakam ava dhehy enam | paryādhattāgninā śamitāraḥ śṛto gachatu sukṛtāṃ yatra lokaḥ

With a verse I set the pot upon the fire; pour in water, lay him down (in it). Cooks, set it about with fire; when cooked let him go where the world of the well-doers is.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 9 5.6

उत् क्रामातः परि चेद् अतप्तस् तप्ताच् चरोर् अधि नाकं तृतीयम् । अग्नेर् अग्निर् अधि सं बभूविथ ज्योतिष्मन्तम् अभि लोकं जयैतम्

ut krāmātaḥ pari ced ataptas taptāc caror adhi nākaṃ tṛtīyam | agner agnir adhi saṃ babhūvitha jyotiṣmantam abhi lokaṃ jayaitam

Step up from here — if unheated, (then) from the heated pot — to the third firmament. Out of Agni thou hast come to be Agni; win yonder world full of light.

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

AV 9 5.7

अजो अग्निर् अजम् उ ज्योतिर् आहुर् अजं जीवता ब्रह्मणे देयम् आहुः । अजस् तमांस्य् अप हन्ति दूरम् अस्मिंल् लोके श्रद्दधानेन दत्तः

ajo agnir ajam u jyotir āhur ajaṃ jīvatā brahmaṇe deyam āhuḥ | ajas tamāṃsy apa hanti dūram asmiṃl loke śraddadhānena dattaḥ

The goat is Agni; the goat, they say, is the light; the goat, they say, is to be given to a living brahman. The goat smites the darknesses far away when given in this world by one who has faith.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 9 5.8

पञ्चौदनः पञ्चधा वि क्रमताम् आक्रंस्यमानस् त्रीणि ज्योतींषि । ईजानानां सुकृतां प्रेहि मध्यं तृतीये नाके अधि वि श्रयस्व

pañcaudanaḥ pañcadhā vi kramatām ākraṃsyamānas trīṇi jyotīṃṣi | ījānānāṃ sukṛtāṃ prehi madhyaṃ tṛtīye nāke adhi vi śrayasva

Let the one with five rice-dishes stride out fivefold, about to stride to the three lights. Go forth into the midst of the well-doers who have sacrificed; spread thyself out upon the third firmament.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 9 5.9

अजा रोह सुकृतां यत्र लोकः शरभो न चत्तो ऽति दुर्गान्य् एषः । पञ्चौदनो ब्रह्मणे दीयमानः स दातारं तृप्त्या तर्पयाति

ajā roha sukṛtāṃ yatra lokaḥ śarabho na catto 'ti durgāny eṣaḥ | pañcaudano brahmaṇe dīyamānaḥ sa dātāraṃ tṛptyā tarpayāti

Ascend, O goat, where the world of the well-doers is; like a śarabha undriven, he (passes) over the hard places. The goat with five rice-dishes, being given to the brahman — he will satisfy the giver with satisfaction.

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

AV 9 5.10

अजस् त्रिनाके त्रिदिवे त्रिपृष्ठे नाकस्य पृष्ठे ददिवांसं दधाति । पञ्चौदनो ब्रह्मणे दीयमानो विश्वरूपा धेनुः कामदुघास्य् एका

ajas trināke tridive tripṛṣṭhe nākasya pṛṣṭhe dadivāṃsaṃ dadhāti | pañcaudano brahmaṇe dīyamāno viśvarūpā dhenuḥ kāmadughāsy ekā

The goat sets the giver in the triple firmament, in the triple heaven, on the triple ridge, on the back of the firmament. Being given with five rice-dishes to the brahman, thou art the one cow of all forms, milking out desires.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 9 5.11

एतद् वो ज्योतिः पितरस् तृतीयं पञ्चौदनं ब्रह्मणे ऽजं ददाति । अजस् तमांस्य् अप हन्ति दूरम् अस्मिंल् लोके श्रद्दधानेन दत्तः

etad vo jyotiḥ pitaras tṛtīyaṃ pañcaudanaṃ brahmaṇe 'jaṃ dadāti | ajas tamāṃsy apa hanti dūram asmiṃl loke śraddadhānena dattaḥ

This is your third light, O Fathers: he gives the goat with five rice-dishes to the brahman. The goat smites the darknesses far away when given in this world by one who has faith.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 9 5.12

ईजानानां सुकृतां लोकम् ईप्सन् पञ्चौदनं ब्रह्मणे ऽजं ददाति । स व्याप्तिम् अभि लोकं जयैतं शिवो ऽस्मभ्यं प्रतिगृहीतो अस्तु

ījānānāṃ sukṛtāṃ lokam īpsan pañcaudanaṃ brahmaṇe 'jaṃ dadāti | sa vyāptim abhi lokaṃ jayaitaṃ śivo 'smabhyaṃ pratigṛhīto astu

Seeking to win the world of the well-doers who have sacrificed, he gives the goat with five rice-dishes to the brahman. Let him win this world for (his) full possession; let (the goat), when accepted, be kindly to us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 9 5.13

अजो ह्य् अग्नेर् अजनिष्ट शोकाद् विप्रो विप्रस्य सहसो विपश्चित् । इष्टं पूर्तम् अभिपूर्तं वषट्कृतं तद् देवा ऋतुशः कल्पयन्तु

ajo hy agner ajaniṣṭa śokād vipro viprasya sahaso vipaścit | iṣṭaṃ pūrtam abhipūrtaṃ vaṣaṭkṛtaṃ tad devā ṛtuśaḥ kalpayantu

For the goat was born from the flame of Agni, an inspired one from the inspired, the wise one (born) of might. What is offered, what is bestowed, what is fully bestowed, what is made with vaṣaṭ — let the gods arrange that season by season.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 9 5.14

अमोतं वासो दद्याद् धिरण्यम् अपि दक्षिणाम् । तथा लोकान्त् सम् आप्नोति ये दिव्या ये च पार्थिवाः

amotaṃ vāso dadyād dhiraṇyam api dakṣiṇām | tathā lokānt sam āpnoti ye divyā ye ca pārthivāḥ

He should give a garment woven at home, and gold too as the sacrificial fee; thus he fully attains the worlds, those that are heavenly and those that are earthly.

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

AV 9 5.15

एतास् त्वाजोप यन्तु धाराः सोम्या देवीर् घृतपृष्ठा मधुश्चुतः । स्तभान् पृथिवीम् उत द्यां नाकस्य पृष्ठे ऽधि सप्तरश्मौ

etās tvājopa yantu dhārāḥ somyā devīr ghṛtapṛṣṭhā madhuścutaḥ | stabhān pṛthivīm uta dyāṃ nākasya pṛṣṭhe 'dhi saptaraśmau

Let these streams come to thee, O goat — somely, divine, ghee-backed, dripping honey. Prop up the earth and the sky, upon the back of the firmament that has seven rays.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 9 5.16

अजो ऽस्य् अज स्वर्गो ऽसि त्वया लोकम् अङ्गिरसः प्राजानन् । तं लोकं पुण्यं प्र ज्ञेषम्

ajo 'sy aja svargo 'si tvayā lokam aṅgirasaḥ prājānan | taṃ lokaṃ puṇyaṃ pra jñeṣam

Thou art a goat; O goat, thou art heaven-going; by thee the Aṅgirases found the way to the world. May I find the way to that world of merit.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 9 5.17

येना सहस्रं वहसि येनाग्ने सर्ववेदसम् । तेनेमं यज्ञं नो वह स्वर् देवेषु गन्तवे

yenā sahasraṃ vahasi yenāgne sarvavedasam | tenemaṃ yajñaṃ no vaha svar deveṣu gantave

With which you carry a thousand, with which, Agni, (you carry) all wealth — with that carry this sacrifice of ours, to go to heaven among the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 9 5.18

अजः पक्वः स्वर्गे लोके दधाति पञ्चौदनो निरृतिं बाधमानः । तेन लोकान्त् सूर्यवतो जयेम

ajaḥ pakvaḥ svarge loke dadhāti pañcaudano nirṛtiṃ bādhamānaḥ | tena lokānt sūryavato jayema

The cooked goat, with five rice-messes, sets (one) in the heavenly world, driving off Nirṛti; with it may we win the worlds that have the sun.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 9 5.19

यं ब्राह्मणे निदधे यं च विक्षु या विप्रुष ओदनानाम् अजस्य । सर्वं तद् अग्ने सुकृतस्य लोके जानीतान् नः संगमने पथीनाम्

yaṃ brāhmaṇe nidadhe yaṃ ca vikṣu yā vipruṣa odanānām ajasya | sarvaṃ tad agne sukṛtasya loke jānītān naḥ saṃgamane pathīnām

What (part of it) I have deposited in the brahman and what among the clans, and what drops there are of the rice-messes of the goat — let all that, Agni, know us in the world of the well-doing, at the meeting-place of the paths.

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

AV 9 5.20

अजो वा इदम् अग्ने व्य् अक्रमत तस्योर इयम् अभवद् द्यौः पृष्टिहम् । अन्तरिक्षं मध्यम् दिशः पार्श्वे समुद्रौ कुक्षी

ajo vā idam agne vy akramata tasyora iyam abhavad dyauḥ pṛṣṭiham | antarikṣaṃ madhyam diśaḥ pārśve samudrau kukṣī

Indeed the goat strode forth here, Agni: this earth became its breast, the sky its back, the mid-space its middle, the directions its two sides, the two oceans its two flanks.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 9 5.21

सत्यं च र्तं च चक्षुषी विश्वं सत्यं श्रद्धा प्राणो विराट् शिरः । एष वा अपरिमितो यज्ञो यद् अजः पञ्चौदनः

satyaṃ ca rtaṃ ca cakṣuṣī viśvaṃ satyaṃ śraddhā prāṇo virāṭ śiraḥ | eṣa vā aparimito yajño yad ajaḥ pañcaudanaḥ

Truth and ṛta are its two eyes, the all is truth; faith is its breath, virāṭ its head. This indeed is the unmeasured sacrifice, namely the goat with five rice-messes.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 9 5.22

अपरिमितम् एव यज्ञम् आप्नोत्य् अपरिमितं लोकम् अव रुन्द्धे । यो ऽजं पञ्चौदनं दक्षिणाज्योतिषं ददाति

aparimitam eva yajñam āpnoty aparimitaṃ lokam ava runddhe | yo 'jaṃ pañcaudanaṃ dakṣiṇājyotiṣaṃ dadāti

He attains just the unmeasured sacrifice, he secures the unmeasured world, who gives the goat with five rice-messes, having light as its sacrificial gift.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 9 5.23

नास्यास्थीनि भिन्द्यान् न मज्ज्ञो निर् धयेत् । सर्वम् एनं समादायेदमिदं प्र वेशयेत्

nāsyāsthīni bhindyān na majjño nir dhayet | sarvam enaṃ samādāyedamidaṃ pra veśayet

He should not break its bones, he should not suck out the marrow; taking all of it together, he should cause it to enter this and this (part).

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

AV 9 5.24

इदमिदम् एवास्य रूपं भवति तेनैनं सं गमयति । इषं मह ऊर्जम् अस्मै दुहे यो ऽजं पञ्चौदनम् दक्षिणाज्योतिषं ददाति

idamidam evāsya rūpaṃ bhavati tenainaṃ saṃ gamayati | iṣaṃ maha ūrjam asmai duhe yo 'jaṃ pañcaudanam dakṣiṇājyotiṣaṃ dadāti

Just this and this becomes its form; with that he makes it join together. For him is milked out food, greatness, strength, who gives the goat with five rice-messes, having light as its sacrificial gift.

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

AV 9 5.25

पञ्च रुक्मा पञ्च नवानि वस्त्रा पञ्चास्मै धेनवः कामदुघा भवन्ति । यो ऽजं पञ्चौदनं दक्षिणाज्योतिषं ददाति

pañca rukmā pañca navāni vastrā pañcāsmai dhenavaḥ kāmadughā bhavanti | yo 'jaṃ pañcaudanaṃ dakṣiṇājyotiṣaṃ dadāti

Five gold ornaments, five new garments, five milk-cows yielding his desire become his, who gives the goat with five rice-messes, having light as its sacrificial gift.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 9 5.26

पञ्च रुक्मा ज्योतिर् अस्मै भवन्ति वर्म वासांसि तन्वे भवन्ति । स्वर्गं लोकम् अश्नुते यो ऽजं पञ्चौदनं दक्षिणाज्योतिषम् ददाति

pañca rukmā jyotir asmai bhavanti varma vāsāṃsi tanve bhavanti | svargaṃ lokam aśnute yo 'jaṃ pañcaudanaṃ dakṣiṇājyotiṣam dadāti

The five gold ornaments become light for him, the garments become armour for his body; he wins the heavenly world, who gives the goat with five rice-messes, having light as its sacrificial gift.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 9 5.27

या पूर्वं पतिं वित्त्वा ऽथान्यं विन्दते ऽपरम् । पञ्चौदनं च ताव् अजं ददातो न वि योषतः

yā pūrvaṃ patiṃ vittvā 'thānyaṃ vindate 'param | pañcaudanaṃ ca tāv ajaṃ dadāto na vi yoṣataḥ

She who, having gotten a former husband, then gets another, a later one — if the two of them give a goat with five rice-messes, they are not separated.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 9 5.28

समानलोको भवति पुनर्भुवापरः पतिः । यो ऽजं पञ्चौदनम् दक्षिणाज्योतिषं ददाति

samānaloko bhavati punarbhuvāparaḥ patiḥ | yo 'jaṃ pañcaudanam dakṣiṇājyotiṣaṃ dadāti

The later husband comes to share the same world with the remarried woman, (he) who gives the goat with five rice-messes, having light as its sacrificial gift.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 9 5.29

अनुपूर्ववत्सां धेनुम् अनड्वाहम् उपबर्हणम् । वासो हिरण्यं दत्त्वा ते यन्ति दिवम् उत्तमाम्

anupūrvavatsāṃ dhenum anaḍvāham upabarhaṇam | vāso hiraṇyaṃ dattvā te yanti divam uttamām

Having given a milk-cow with a calf following, a draught-ox, a cushion, a garment, gold — they go to the highest heaven.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 9 5.30

आत्मानं पितरं पुत्रं पौत्रं पितामहम् । जायां जनित्रीं मातरं ये प्रियास् तान् उप ह्वये

ātmānaṃ pitaraṃ putraṃ pautraṃ pitāmaham | jāyāṃ janitrīṃ mātaraṃ ye priyās tān upa hvaye

Myself, father, son, grandson, grandfather, wife, bearer, mother — those who are dear, them I call here.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 9 5.31

यो वै नैदाघं नाम र्तुं वेद । एष वै नैदाघो नाम र्तुर् यद् अजः पञ्चौदनः । निर् एवाप्रियस्य भ्रातृव्यस्य श्रियं दहति भवत्य् आत्मना

yo vai naidāghaṃ nāma rtuṃ veda | eṣa vai naidāgho nāma rtur yad ajaḥ pañcaudanaḥ | nir evāpriyasya bhrātṛvyasya śriyaṃ dahati bhavaty ātmanā

He who indeed knows the season named 'the hot one' — this indeed is the season named 'the hot one', namely the goat with five rice-messes. He burns away the fortune of his unfriendly rival; he prospers by himself.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 9 5.32

यो वै कुर्वन्तं नाम र्तुं वेद । कुर्वतींकुर्वतीम् एवाप्रियस्य भ्रातृव्यस्य श्रियं आ दत्ते । एष वै कुर्वन् नाम र्तुर् यद् अजः पञ्चौदनः

yo vai kurvantaṃ nāma rtuṃ veda | kurvatīṃkurvatīm evāpriyasya bhrātṛvyasya śriyaṃ ā datte | eṣa vai kurvan nāma rtur yad ajaḥ pañcaudanaḥ

He who indeed knows the season named 'making' — he takes to himself every fortune of his unfriendly rival as it is being made. This indeed is the season named 'making', namely the goat with five rice-messes.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 9 5.33

यो वै संयन्तं नाम र्तुं वेद । संयतींसंयतीम् एवाप्रियस्य भ्रातृव्यस्य श्रियं आ दत्ते । एष वै संयन् नाम र्तुर् यद् अजः पञ्चौदनः

yo vai saṃyantaṃ nāma rtuṃ veda | saṃyatīṃsaṃyatīm evāpriyasya bhrātṛvyasya śriyaṃ ā datte | eṣa vai saṃyan nāma rtur yad ajaḥ pañcaudanaḥ

He who indeed knows the season named 'holding together' — he takes to himself every fortune of his unfriendly rival as it is being held together. This indeed is the season named 'holding together', namely the goat with five rice-messes.

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AV 9 5.34

यो वै पिन्वन्तं नाम र्तुम् वेद । पिन्वतींपिन्वतीम् एवाप्रियस्य भ्रातृव्यस्य श्रियं आ दत्ते । एष वै पिन्वन् नाम र्तुर् यद् अजः पञ्चौदनः

yo vai pinvantaṃ nāma rtum veda | pinvatīṃpinvatīm evāpriyasya bhrātṛvyasya śriyaṃ ā datte | eṣa vai pinvan nāma rtur yad ajaḥ pañcaudanaḥ

He who indeed knows the season named 'swelling' — he takes to himself every fortune of his unfriendly rival as it is swelling. This indeed is the season named 'swelling', namely the goat with five rice-messes.

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AV 9 5.35

यो वा उद्यन्तं नाम र्तुं वेद । उद्यतींउद्यतीम् एवाप्रियस्य भ्रातृव्यस्य श्रियं आ दत्ते । एष वा उद्यन्न् नाम र्तुर् यद् अजः पञ्चौदनः

yo vā udyantaṃ nāma rtuṃ veda | udyatīṃudyatīm evāpriyasya bhrātṛvyasya śriyaṃ ā datte | eṣa vā udyann nāma rtur yad ajaḥ pañcaudanaḥ

He who indeed knows the season named 'rising up' — he takes to himself every fortune of his unfriendly rival as it is rising up. This indeed is the season named 'rising up', namely the goat with five rice-messes.

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AV 9 5.36

यो वा अभिभुवं नाम र्तुं वेद । अभिभवन्तीमभिभवन्तीम् एवाप्रियस्य भ्रातृव्यस्य श्रियं आ दत्ते । एष वा अभिभूर् नाम र्तुर् यद् अजः पञ्चौदनः

yo vā abhibhuvaṃ nāma rtuṃ veda | abhibhavantīmabhibhavantīm evāpriyasya bhrātṛvyasya śriyaṃ ā datte | eṣa vā abhibhūr nāma rtur yad ajaḥ pañcaudanaḥ

He who indeed knows the season named 'overcoming' — he takes to himself every fortune of his unfriendly rival as it is overcoming. This indeed is the season named 'overcoming', namely the goat with five rice-messes.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 9 5.37

अजं च पचत पञ्च चौदनान् । सर्वा दिशः संमनसः सध्रीचीः सान्तर्देशाः प्रति गृह्नन्तु त एतम्

ajaṃ ca pacata pañca caudanān | sarvā diśaḥ saṃmanasaḥ sadhrīcīḥ sāntardeśāḥ prati gṛhnantu ta etam

"Cook the goat and the five rice-messes!" Let all the directions, of one mind, joined together, along with the intermediate directions, accept this (offering) of yours.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 9 5.38

तास् ते रक्षन्तु तव तुभ्यम् एतं ताभ्य आज्यं हविर् इदं जुहोमि

tās te rakṣantu tava tubhyam etaṃ tābhya ājyaṃ havir idaṃ juhomi

Let them protect this (goat) of yours, yours, for you; to them I offer this oblation of melted butter.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition