Samaveda — Aranyaka Samhita — Chapter 4

SV Ar 4.615

भ्राजन्त्यग्ने समिधान दीदिवो जिह्वा चरत्यन्तरासनि । स त्वं नो अग्ने पयसा वसुविद्रयिं वर्चो दृशेऽदाः

bhrājantyagne samidhāna dīdivo jihvā caratyantarāsani | sa tvaṃ no agne payasā vasuvidrayiṃ varco dṛśe'dāḥ

O Agni, kindled and shining, your blazing tongue moves about within the mouth. So you, O Agni, finder of goods, give us wealth together with milk, and splendour to behold.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SV Ar 4.616

वसन्त इन्नु रन्त्यो ग्रीष्म इन्नु रन्त्यः । वर्षाण्यनु शरदो हेमन्तः शिशिर इन्नु रन्त्यः

vasanta innu rantyo grīṣma innu rantyaḥ | varṣāṇyanu śarado hemantaḥ śiśira innu rantyaḥ

Spring indeed is delightful, summer indeed is delightful; the rains, then the autumns, winter, the cool season indeed is delightful.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SV Ar 4.617

सहस्रशीर्षा पुरुषः सहस्राक्षः सहस्रपात् । स भूमिं सर्वतो वृत्वात्यतिष्ठद्दशाङ्गुलं

sahasraśīrṣā puruṣaḥ sahasrākṣaḥ sahasrapāt | sa bhūmiṃ sarvato vṛtvātyatiṣṭhaddaśāṅgulaṃ

Thousand-headed is the Puruṣa, thousand-eyed, thousand-footed; having covered the earth on every side, he stood out beyond it by ten fingers' breadth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SV Ar 4.618

त्रिपादूर्ध्व उदैत्पुरुषः पदोऽस्येहाभवत्पुनः । तथा विष्वङ्व्यक्रामदशनानशने अभि

tripādūrdhva udaitpuruṣaḥ pado'syehābhavatpunaḥ | tathā viṣvaṅvyakrāmadaśanānaśane abhi

With three quarters the Puruṣa rose upward; one quarter of him came to be here again. From there he spread out in all directions, over what eats and what does not eat.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SV Ar 4.619

पुरुष एवेदं सर्वं यद्भूतं यच्च भाव्यं । पादोऽस्य सर्वा भूतानि त्रिपादस्यामृतं दिवि

puruṣa evedaṃ sarvaṃ yadbhūtaṃ yacca bhāvyaṃ | pādo'sya sarvā bhūtāni tripādasyāmṛtaṃ divi

The Puruṣa alone is all this, what has been and what is to be; one quarter of him is all beings, three quarters of him is the immortal in heaven.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SV Ar 4.620

तावानस्य महिमा ततो ज्यायांश्च पूरुषः । उतामृतत्वस्येशानो यदन्नेनातिरोहति

tāvānasya mahimā tato jyāyāṃśca pūruṣaḥ | utāmṛtatvasyeśāno yadannenātirohati

So great is his greatness, and Puruṣa is greater than that; and he is lord of immortality, in that he grows up beyond by means of food.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SV Ar 4.621

ततो विराडजायत विराजो अधि पूरुषः । स जातो अत्यरिच्यत पश्चाद्भूमिमथो पुरः

tato virāḍajāyata virājo adhi pūruṣaḥ | sa jāto atyaricyata paścādbhūmimatho puraḥ

From him Virāj was born, and from Virāj the Puruṣa; once born, he reached beyond the earth, behind and also in front.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SV Ar 4.622

मन्ये वां द्यावापृथिवी सुभोजसौ ये अप्रथेथाममितमभि योजनं । द्यावापृथिवी भवतं स्योने ते नो मुञ्चतमंहसः

manye vāṃ dyāvāpṛthivī subhojasau ye aprathethāmamitamabhi yojanaṃ | dyāvāpṛthivī bhavataṃ syone te no muñcatamaṃhasaḥ

I think of you two, Heaven and Earth, as rich in nourishment, you who spread yourselves out over an unmeasured stretch. Heaven and Earth, be kindly to us; release us from distress.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SV Ar 4.623

हरी त इन्द्र श्मश्रूण्युतो ते हरितौ हरी । तं त्वा स्तुवन्ति कवयः परुषासो वनर्गवः

harī ta indra śmaśrūṇyuto te haritau harī | taṃ tvā stuvanti kavayaḥ paruṣāso vanargavaḥ

Tawny, Indra, are your beard-hairs, and tawny too are your two tawny horses; you, such as you are, the poets praise—(they) rough-spoken(?) and forest-roaming.

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

SV Ar 4.624

यद्वर्चो हिरण्यस्य यद्वा वर्चो गवामुत । सत्यस्य ब्रह्मणो वर्चस्तेन मा सं सृजामसि

yadvarco hiraṇyasya yadvā varco gavāmuta | satyasya brahmaṇo varcastena mā saṃ sṛjāmasi

Whatever splendour there is of gold, or whatever splendour of cattle, the splendour of true sacred formulation—with that we unite me.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SV Ar 4.625

सहस्तन्न इन्द्र दद्ध्योज ईशे ह्यस्य महतो विरप्शिन् । क्रतुं न नृम्णं स्थविरं च वाजं वृत्रेषु शत्रून्त्सुहना कृधी नः

sahastanna indra daddhyoja īśe hyasya mahato virapśin | kratuṃ na nṛmṇaṃ sthaviraṃ ca vājaṃ vṛtreṣu śatrūntsuhanā kṛdhī naḥ

Grant us, Indra, force together with might, for you have power over this great (force), O abundant one; (grant) us resolve and manly vigour and enduring prize; among the Vṛtras make our enemies easy to slay.

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

SV Ar 4.626

सहर्षभाः सहवत्सा उदेत विश्वा रूपाणी बिभ्रतीर्द्व्यूद्नीः । उरुः पृथुरयं वो अस्तु लोक इमा आपः सुप्रपाणा इह स्त

saharṣabhāḥ sahavatsā udeta viśvā rūpāṇī bibhratīrdvyūdnīḥ | uruḥ pṛthurayaṃ vo astu loka imā āpaḥ suprapāṇā iha sta

With your bulls, with your calves, rise up, bearing all forms, you of two streams(?); let this world be wide and broad for you; may these waters here be good to drink from.

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