Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 9 — Chapter 9

AV 9 9.1

अस्य वामस्य पलितस्य होतुस् तस्य भ्राता मध्यमो अस्त्य् अश्नः । तृतीयो भ्राता घृतपृष्ठो अस्यात्रापश्यं विश्पतिं सप्तपुत्रम्

asya vāmasya palitasya hotus tasya bhrātā madhyamo asty aśnaḥ | tṛtīyo bhrātā ghṛtapṛṣṭho asyātrāpaśyaṃ viśpatiṃ saptaputram

Of this dear grey-haired hotṛ, his middle brother is the devourer; the third brother is ghee-backed — there I saw the lord of the clan with seven sons.

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

AV 9 9.2

सप्त युञ्जन्ति रथम् एकचक्रम् एको अश्वो वहति सप्तनामा । त्रिनाभि चक्रम् अजरम् अनर्वं यत्रेमा विश्वा भुवनाधि तस्थुः

sapta yuñjanti ratham ekacakram eko aśvo vahati saptanāmā | trinābhi cakram ajaram anarvaṃ yatremā viśvā bhuvanādhi tasthuḥ

Seven yoke the one-wheeled chariot; one horse with seven names draws it; three-naveled is the wheel, ageless, unassailable, where all these worlds stand upon it.

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AV 9 9.3

इमं रथम् अधि ये सप्त तस्थुः सप्तचक्रं सप्त वहन्त्य् अश्वाः । सप्त स्वसारो अभि सं नवन्त यत्र गवाम् निहिता सप्त नाम

imaṃ ratham adhi ye sapta tasthuḥ saptacakraṃ sapta vahanty aśvāḥ | sapta svasāro abhi saṃ navanta yatra gavām nihitā sapta nāma

Seven who have mounted upon this seven-wheeled chariot, seven horses draw it; seven sisters shout together (toward it), where the seven names of the cows are laid down.

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AV 9 9.4

को ददर्श प्रथमं जायमानम् अस्थन्वन्तं यद् अनस्था बिभर्ति । भूम्या असुर् असृग् आत्मा क्व स्वित् को विद्वांसम् उप गात् प्रष्टुम् एतत्

ko dadarśa prathamaṃ jāyamānam asthanvantaṃ yad anasthā bibharti | bhūmyā asur asṛg ātmā kva svit ko vidvāṃsam upa gāt praṣṭum etat

Who has seen the first-born, when the boneless one bears him that has bones? Where indeed is the life-breath, the blood, the self of the earth? Who would approach one who knows, to ask this?

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AV 9 9.5

इह ब्रवीतु य ईम् अङ्ग वेदास्य वामस्य निहितं पदं वेः । शीर्ष्णः क्षीरं दुह्रते गावो अस्य वव्रिं वसाना उदकं पदा ऽपुः

iha bravītu ya īm aṅga vedāsya vāmasya nihitaṃ padaṃ veḥ | śīrṣṇaḥ kṣīraṃ duhrate gāvo asya vavriṃ vasānā udakaṃ padā 'puḥ

Let him speak here, whoever indeed knows it, the hidden track of this dear bird. From his head the cows milk out milk; clothing themselves in a covering, they have drunk water with the foot.

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

AV 9 9.6

पाकः पृछामि मनसा ऽविजानन् देवानाम् एना निहिता पदानि । वत्से बष्कये ऽधि सप्त तन्तून् वि तत्निरे कवय ओतवा उ

pākaḥ pṛchāmi manasā 'vijānan devānām enā nihitā padāni | vatse baṣkaye 'dhi sapta tantūn vi tatnire kavaya otavā u

Unripe in understanding, not comprehending with my mind, I ask about these hidden tracks of the gods. Upon the yearling calf the seers have stretched out seven threads, to weave.

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

AV 9 9.7

अचिकित्वांस् चिकितुषश् चिद् अत्र कवीन् पृछामि विद्वनो न विद्वान् । वि यस् तस्तम्भ षट् इमा रजांस्य् अजस्य रूपे किं अपि स्विद् एकम्

acikitvāṃs cikituṣaś cid atra kavīn pṛchāmi vidvano na vidvān | vi yas tastambha ṣaṭ imā rajāṃsy ajasya rūpe kiṃ api svid ekam

Not discerning, I ask here the discerning seers — I, not a knower, (ask) the knowers: what is that One in the form of the Unborn, who has propped apart these six regions?

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AV 9 9.8

माता पितरम् ऋत आ बभाज ऽधीत्य् अग्रे मनसा सं हि जग्मे । सा बीभत्सुर् गर्भरसा निविद्धा नमस्वन्त इद् उपवाकम् ईयुः

mātā pitaram ṛta ā babhāja 'dhīty agre manasā saṃ hi jagme | sā bībhatsur garbharasā nividdhā namasvanta id upavākam īyuḥ

The mother gave the father a share in the ṛta; for at the beginning she came together (with him) by thought, by intention. She, shrinking away, pierced, with the sap of the embryo — reverent ones came to (utter) the responsive word.

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AV 9 9.9

युक्ता मातासिद् धुरि दक्षिणाया अतिष्ठद् गर्भो वृजनीष्व् अन्तः । अमीमेद् वत्सो अनु गाम् अपश्यद् विश्वरूप्यं त्रिषु योगनेषु

yuktā mātāsid dhuri dakṣiṇāyā atiṣṭhad garbho vṛjanīṣv antaḥ | amīmed vatso anu gām apaśyad viśvarūpyaṃ triṣu yoganeṣu

The mother was yoked to the pole of the offering-gift; the embryo stood within the enclosures. The calf bellowed, it looked after the cow, the all-formed one, in the three stages of yoking.

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AV 9 9.10

तिस्रो मतॄस् त्रीन् पितॄन् बिभ्रद् एक उर्ध्वस् तस्थौ नेम् अव ग्लापयन्त । मन्त्रयन्ते दिवो अमुष्य पृष्ठे विश्वविदो वाचम् अविश्वविन्नाम्

tisro matṝs trīn pitṝn bibhrad eka urdhvas tasthau nem ava glāpayanta | mantrayante divo amuṣya pṛṣṭhe viśvavido vācam aviśvavinnām

Bearing three mothers and three fathers, one stood upright; they do not make him droop. On the back of that yonder heaven they take counsel — the all-knowing ones — in speech that not all know.

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AV 9 9.11

पञ्चारे चक्रे परिवर्तमाने यस्मिन्न् आतस्थुर् भुवनानि विश्वा । तस्य नाक्षस् तप्यते भूरिभारः सनाद् एव न छिद्यते सनाभिः

pañcāre cakre parivartamāne yasminn ātasthur bhuvanāni viśvā | tasya nākṣas tapyate bhūribhāraḥ sanād eva na chidyate sanābhiḥ

On the five-spoked wheel that turns round, in which all the worlds have taken their stand, its axle, though carrying a heavy load, does not grow hot, and from of old it is not broken along with its nave.

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AV 9 9.12

पञ्चपादं पितरं द्वादशाकृतिं दिव आहुः परे अर्धे पुरीषिणम् । अथेमे अन्य उपरे विचक्षणे सप्तचक्रे षडर आहुर् अर्पितम्

pañcapādaṃ pitaraṃ dvādaśākṛtiṃ diva āhuḥ pare ardhe purīṣiṇam | atheme anya upare vicakṣaṇe saptacakre ṣaḍara āhur arpitam

They call the father five-footed and of twelve shapes, dwelling amid the waters in the farther half of heaven; but these others say he is fixed upon the lower, far-seeing, seven-wheeled, six-spoked (car).

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AV 9 9.13

द्वादशारं नहि तज् जराय वर्वर्ति चक्रं परि द्याम् ऋतस्य । आ पुत्रा अग्ने मिथुनासो अत्र सप्त शतानि विंशतिश् च तस्थुः

dvādaśāraṃ nahi taj jarāya varvarti cakraṃ pari dyām ṛtasya | ā putrā agne mithunāso atra sapta śatāni viṃśatiś ca tasthuḥ

Twelve-spoked — for it is not (subject) to old age — that wheel of ṛta rolls round the heaven; on it, Agni, the sons in pairs, seven hundred and twenty, have taken their stand.

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AV 9 9.14

सनेमि चक्रम् अजरं वि ववृत उत्तानायां दश युक्ता वहन्ति । सूर्यस्य चक्षू रजसैत्य् आवृतं यस्मिन्न् आतस्थुर् भुवनानि विश्वा

sanemi cakram ajaraṃ vi vavṛta uttānāyāṃ daśa yuktā vahanti | sūryasya cakṣū rajasaity āvṛtaṃ yasminn ātasthur bhuvanāni viśvā

The wheel with its rim entire, unaging, has rolled forth; ten yoked (draught-animals) draw it on the outstretched (earth?). The eye of the sun goes wrapped in the dust-space, in which all the worlds have taken their stand.

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AV 9 9.15

स्त्रियः सतीस् ताम् उ मे पुंसः आहुः पश्यद् अक्षण्वान्न् वि चेतद् अन्धः । कविर् यः पुत्रः स ईम् आ चिकेत यस् ता विजानात् स पितुष् पितासत्

striyaḥ satīs tām u me puṃsaḥ āhuḥ paśyad akṣaṇvānn vi cetad andhaḥ | kavir yaḥ putraḥ sa īm ā ciketa yas tā vijānāt sa pituṣ pitāsat

Though they were women, they told me they were men. He who has eyes sees; the blind man does not discern. The son who is a seer — he has understood this; whoever knows these things apart shall be his father's father.

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AV 9 9.16

साकंजानां सप्तथम् आहुर् एकजं षड् इद् यमा ऋषयो देवजा इति । तेषाम् इष्टानि विहितानि धामश स्थात्रे रेजन्ते विकृतानि रूपशः

sākaṃjānāṃ saptatham āhur ekajaṃ ṣaḍ id yamā ṛṣayo devajā iti | teṣām iṣṭāni vihitāni dhāmaśa sthātre rejante vikṛtāni rūpaśaḥ

Of those born together they call the seventh single-born; six indeed are twins, god-born ṛṣis, they say. Their desired (portions), apportioned according to their stations, altered according to their forms, quiver for the one who stands (fixed).

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AV 9 9.17

अवः परेण पर एना अवरेण पदा वत्सं बिभ्रती गौर् उद् अस्थात् । सा कद्रीची कं स्विद् अर्धं परागात् क्व स्वित् सूते नहि यूथे अस्मिन्

avaḥ pareṇa para enā avareṇa padā vatsaṃ bibhratī gaur ud asthāt | sā kadrīcī kaṃ svid ardhaṃ parāgāt kva svit sūte nahi yūthe asmin

Below by way of the upper, above by way of the lower, the cow has risen up, bearing her calf with her foot. Which way is she turned? To which side has she gone away? Where does she calve? Surely not in this herd.

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AV 9 9.18

अवः परेण पितरं यो अस्य वेदावः परेण पर एनावरेण । कवीयमानः क इह प्र वोचद् देवं मनः कुतो अधि प्रजातम्

avaḥ pareṇa pitaraṃ yo asya vedāvaḥ pareṇa para enāvareṇa | kavīyamānaḥ ka iha pra vocad devaṃ manaḥ kuto adhi prajātam

He who knows the father of this one — below by way of the upper, above by way of the lower — who here, playing the sage, could declare it: whence was the divine mind brought forth?

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AV 9 9.19

ये अर्वाञ्चस् ताम् उ पराच आहुर् ये पराञ्चस् ताꣳ उ अर्वाच आहुः । इन्द्रश् च या चक्रथुः सोम तानि धुरा न युक्ता रजसो वहन्ति

ye arvāñcas tām u parāca āhur ye parāñcas tāṁ u arvāca āhuḥ | indraś ca yā cakrathuḥ soma tāni dhurā na yuktā rajaso vahanti

Those that face this way, they call facing away; those that face away, they call facing this way. What things you two, Indra and Soma, have made — these draw the airy spaces like (horses) yoked to a pole.

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AV 9 9.20

द्वा सुपर्णा सयुजा सखाया समानं वृक्षं परि षस्वजाते । तयोर् अन्यः पिप्पलं स्वाद्व् अत्त्य् अनश्नन्न् अन्यो अभि चाकशीति

dvā suparṇā sayujā sakhāyā samānaṃ vṛkṣaṃ pari ṣasvajāte | tayor anyaḥ pippalaṃ svādv atty anaśnann anyo abhi cākaśīti

Two eagles, yoked together, comrades, have embraced the one same tree. One of them eats the sweet fig; the other, not eating, looks on.

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AV 9 9.21

यस्मिन् वृक्षे मध्वदः सुपर्णा निविशन्ते सुवते चाधि विश्वे । तस्य यद् आहुः पिप्पलं स्वाद्व् अग्रे तन् नोन् नशद् यः पितरं न वेद

yasmin vṛkṣe madhvadaḥ suparṇā niviśante suvate cādhi viśve | tasya yad āhuḥ pippalaṃ svādv agre tan non naśad yaḥ pitaraṃ na veda

The tree in which the honey-eating eagles settle down and all beget above — what they call the sweet fig on its top, he who does not know the father shall not reach it.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 9 9.22

यत्रा सुपर्णा अमृतस्य भक्षम् अनिमेषं विदथाभिस्वरन्ति । एना विश्वस्य भुवनस्य गोपाः स मा धीरः पाकम् अत्रा विवेश

yatrā suparṇā amṛtasya bhakṣam animeṣaṃ vidathābhisvaranti | enā viśvasya bhuvanasya gopāḥ sa mā dhīraḥ pākam atrā viveśa

Where the eagles cry out unblinkingly at the assembly for a share of the immortal — from there the herdsman of the whole world, he the wise one, entered into me, the simple one, here.

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