यदि स्थ तमसावृता जालेनभिहिता इव । सर्वाः संलुप्येतः कृत्याः पुनः कर्त्रे प्र हिण्मसि
If you are covered in darkness, as if wrapped in a net, let all such spells be destroyed; we send you back again to the maker.
कृत्याकृतो वलगिनोऽभिनिष्कारिणः प्रजाम् । मृणीहि कृत्ये मोच्छिषोऽमून् कृत्याकृतो जहि
Destroy the spell, the snare, the one who sets it against our people. O spell, perish; do not remain here. Strike down those who make spells.
यथा सूर्यो मुच्यते तमसस्परि रात्रिं जहात्युषसश्च केतून् । एवाहं सर्वं दुर्भूतं कर्त्रं कृत्याकृता कृतं हस्तीव रजो दुरितं जहामि
Just as the sun is freed from darkness, as night abandons the signs of dawn, so do I cast off all evil and the spell that has been made, as an elephant shakes off dust.
केन पार्ष्णी आभृते पूरुषस्य केन मांसं संभृतं केन गुल्फौ । केनाङ्गुलीः पेशनीः केन खानि केनोच्छ्लङ्खौ मध्यतः कः प्रतिष्ठाम्
By what was the heel of the man brought forth? By what was the flesh gathered? By what were the ankles made? By what the fingers, the joints, by what the hollows? By what were the insteps, and what is the support in the middle?
कस्मान् नु गुल्फावधरावकृण्वन्न् अष्ठीवन्तावुत्तरौ पूरुषस्य । जङ्घे निर्ऋत्य न्यदधुः क्व स्विज्जानुनोः संधी क उ तच्चिकेत
From what did they make the lower and upper ankles of the man, both having bones? The shanks they placed with Nirṛti; where, indeed, are the joints of the knees, and who knows that?
चतुष्टयं युजते संहितान्तं जानुभ्यामूर्ध्वं शिथिरं कबन्धम् । श्रोणी यदूरू क उ तज्जजान याभ्यां कुसिन्धं सुदृढं बभूव
The fourfold is joined, ending in union; above the knees is the loose trunk. Who created the hips and thighs, by which the strong foundation was made?
कति देवाः कतमे त आसन् य उरो ग्रीवाश्चिक्युः पुरुषस्य । कति स्तनौ व्यदधुः कः कफोदौ कति स्कन्धान् कति पृष्टीरचिन्वन्
How many gods, and which among them, fashioned the chest and neck of the person? How many breasts did they assign, who made the shoulders, and how many backs did they construct?
को अस्य बाहू समभरद्वीर्यां करवादिति । अंसौ को अस्य तद्देवः कुसिन्धे अध्या दधौ
Which god gathered his arms, saying, 'Let us make them strong and capable'? Who placed his shoulders, and which god set them firmly in place?
कः सप्त खानि वि ततर्द शीर्षणि कर्णाविमौ नासिके चक्षणी मुखम् । येषां पुरुत्रा विजयस्य मह्ननि चतुष्पादो द्विपदो यन्ति यामम्
Who pierced the seven openings—head, two ears, two nostrils, two eyes, and mouth? By whose greatness do four-footed and two-footed beings move in their courses everywhere?
हन्वोर्हि जिह्वामदधात्पुरूचीमधा महीमधि शिश्राय वाचम् । स आ वरीवर्ति भुवनेष्वन्तरपो वसानः क उ तच्चिकेत
Indeed, the tongue was placed between the jaws, speech was set upon the earth. Dwelling within the worlds, who, wearing forms, truly knows this?
मस्तिष्कमस्य यतमो ललाटं ककाटिकां प्रथमो यः कपालम् । चित्वा चित्यं हन्वोः पूरुषस्य दिवं रुरोह कतमः स देवः
Who made his brain, his forehead, the crown, and the first skull-bone? Having constructed the jaw of the person, which god ascended to the sky?
प्रियाप्रियाणि बहुला स्वप्नं संबाधतन्द्र्यः । आनन्दान् उग्रो नन्दांश्च कस्माद्वहति पूरुषः
Pleasures and pains, abundant dreams, crowded sleep and weariness—why does the person bear fierce joys and delights?
आर्तिरवर्तिर्निर्ऋतिः कुतो नु पुरुषेऽमतिः । राद्धिः समृद्धिरव्यृद्धिर्मतिरुदितयः कुतः
From where do pain and relief, destruction and folly arise in a person? From where do success, prosperity, decline, intelligence, and cries come?
{४} को अस्मिन्न् आपो व्यदधात्विषूवृतः पुरूवृतः सिन्धुसृत्याय जाताः । तीव्रा अरुणा लोहिनीस्ताम्रधूम्रा ऊर्ध्वा अवाचीः पुरुषे तिरश्चीः
Who placed the waters in him, enveloped in brightness, flowing in many streams, born to run like rivers? Fierce, reddish, blood-red, coppery, smoky, rising upward, downward, and across the person—who made them?
को अस्मिन् रूपमदधात्को मह्मानं च नाम च । गातुं को अस्मिन् कः केतुं कश्चरित्रानि पूरुषे
Who gave him form, who greatness, and who a name? Who set forth his movement, who his sign, and who his behaviors in the person?
को अस्मिन् प्राणमवयत्को अपानं व्यानमु । समानमस्मिन् को देवोऽधि शिश्राय पूरुषे
Who established breath in him, who the outgoing and diffusive airs? Which god placed the equalizing breath within the person?
को अस्मिन् यज्ञमदधादेको देवोऽधि पूरुषे । को अस्मिन्त्सत्यं कोऽनृतं कुतो मृत्युः कुतोऽमृतम्
Who placed sacrifice within him, which god is established in the person? What is truth in him, what is falsehood, whence comes death, and whence immortality?
को अस्मै वासः पर्यदधात्को अस्यायुरकल्पयत्। बलं को अस्मै प्रायच्छत्को अस्याकल्पयज्जवम्
Who clothed him, who allotted his lifespan? Who gave him strength, and who endowed him with swiftness?
केनापो अन्वतनुत केनाहरकरोद्रुचे । उषसं केनान्वैन्द्ध केन सायंभवं ददे
By whom did the waters spread, by whom was the dawn made to shine? By whom was the morning kindled, and by whom was evening given?
को अस्मिन् रेतो न्यदधात्तन्तुरा तायतामिति । मेधां को अस्मिन्न् अध्यौहत्को बाणं को नृतो दधौ
Who placed the seed in him, saying, 'Let the thread be stretched'? Who poured wisdom into him, who set the arrow and the dancer in him?
केनेमां भूमिमौर्णोत्केन पर्यभवद्दिवम् । केनाभि मह्ना पर्वतान् केन कर्माणि पुरुषः
By whom was this earth supported, by whom was the sky encompassed? By whose greatness are the mountains, and by whom are the deeds of the person?
केन पर्जन्यमन्वेति केन सोमं विचक्षणम् । केन यज्ञं च श्रद्धां च केनास्मिन् निहितं मनः
By whom does the rain-cloud move, by whom is the discerning Soma known? By whom are sacrifice and faith, and by whom is the mind placed in him?
केन श्रोत्रियमाप्नोति केनेमं परमेष्ठिनम् । केनेममग्निं पूरुषः केन संवत्सरं ममे
By what does one attain sacred knowledge, by what the highest state? By what does the person obtain this fire, and by what does he measure the year?
{५} ब्रह्म श्रोत्रियमाप्नोति ब्रह्मेमं परमेष्ठिनम् । ब्रह्मेममग्निं पूरुषो ब्रह्म संवत्सरं ममे
Through Brahman, one attains sacred knowledge; through Brahman, the highest state. Through Brahman, the person obtains this fire; through Brahman, he measures the year.
केन देवामनु क्षियति केन दैवजनीर्विशः । केनेदमन्यन् नक्षत्रं केन सत्क्षत्रमुच्यते
By what does the divine man dwell, by what do the divine peoples exist? By what is this other constellation, by what is the true kṣatra (power) declared?
ब्रह्म देवामनु क्षियति ब्रह्म दैवजनीर्विशः । ब्रह्मेदमन्यन् नक्षत्रं ब्रह्म सत्क्षत्रमुच्यते
By Brahman does the divine man dwell, by Brahman do the divine peoples exist; by Brahman is this other constellation, by Brahman is the true kṣatra declared.
केनेयं भूमिर्विहिता केन द्यौरुत्तरा हिता । केनेदमूर्ध्वं तिर्यक्चान्तरिक्षं व्यचो हितम्
By what was this earth established, by what was the upper sky set? By what was this expanse, both above and across, the atmosphere, arranged?
ब्रह्मणा भूमिर्विहिता ब्रह्म द्यौरुत्तरा हिता । ब्रह्मेदमूर्ध्वं तिर्यक्चान्तरिक्षं व्यचो हितम्
By Brahman was the earth established, by Brahman was the upper sky set; by Brahman was this expanse, both above and across, the atmosphere, arranged.
मूर्धानमस्य संसीव्याथर्वा हृदयं च यत्। मस्तिष्कादूर्ध्वः प्रैरयत्पवमानोऽधि शीर्षतः
Atharvan sewed together his head and heart; from above the brain, the purifying one sent forth, over the head.
तद्वा अथर्वणः शिरो देवकोशः समुब्जितः । तत्प्राणो अभि रक्षति शिरो अन्नमथो मनः
That is the head of Atharvan, the divine vessel, well-formed; breath protects that head, as food and mind.