आ रभस्व जातवेदस्तेजस्वद्धरो अस्तु ते । शरीरमस्य सं दहाथैनं देहि सुकृतामु लोके
Seize, O Jātavedas, let your brilliance be strong; burn up his body completely, and grant him a world among the righteous.
ये ते पूर्वे परागता अपरे पितरश्च ये । तेभ्यो घृतस्य कुल्यैतु शतधारा व्युन्दती
Those of your ancestors who have gone before, and those who are yet to come—may a stream of ghee flow to them, pouring out with a hundred streams.
एतदा रोह वय उन्मृजानः स्वा इह बृहदु दीदयन्ते । अभि प्रेहि मध्यतो माप हास्थाः पितॄनां लोकं प्रथमो यो अत्र
Ascend this wind, purified, shining brightly here in your own home; go forth through the midst, do not turn back, to the world of the Fathers, who was the first here.
आ रोहत जनित्रीं जातवेदसः पितृयानैः सं व आ रोहयामि । अवाड्ढव्येषितो हव्यवाह ईजानं युक्ताः सुकृतां धत्त लोके
Ascend to the mother, O Jātavedas, with the paths of the Fathers; I cause you to ascend together; O carrier of offerings, sent forth by the oblation, bear the sacrificer, yoked, to the world of the righteous.
देवा यज्ञमृतवः कल्पयन्ति हविः पुरोडाशं स्रुचो यज्ञायुधानि । तेभिर्याहि पथिभिर्देवयानैर्यैरीजानाः स्वर्गं यन्ति लोकम्
The gods, immortal through sacrifice, prepare the offering, the sacrificial cake, the ladles, and the implements of the ritual. With these, proceed along the divine paths, by which those who perform sacrifices reach the heavenly world.
ऋतस्य पन्थामनु पश्य साध्वङ्गिरसः सुकृतो येन यन्ति । तेभिर्याहि पथिभिः स्वर्गं यत्रादित्या मधु भक्षयन्ति तृतीये नाके अधि वि श्रयस्व
Look upon the path of truth, O Angiras, the righteous way by which the virtuous go. With these paths, proceed to heaven, where the Adityas enjoy sweetness; ascend to the third heaven and take your place there.
त्रयः सुपर्णा उपरस्य मायू नाकस्य पृष्ठे अधि विष्टपि श्रिताः । स्वर्गा लोका अमृतेन विष्ठा इषमूर्जं यजमानाय दुह्राम्
Three splendid birds, the guardians of the upper realm, are stationed on the ridge of heaven, in the highest expanse. The heavenly worlds are filled with immortality; they yield nourishment and strength to the sacrificer.
संसं स्रवन्तु नद्यः सं वाताः सं पतत्रिणः । यज्ञमिमं वर्धयता गिरः संस्राव्येण हविषा जुहोमि
Let the rivers flow together, let the winds unite, let the birds gather. May you increase this sacrifice; with a flowing offering, I make the oblation with words.
इमं होमा यज्ञमवतेमं संस्रावणा उत यज्ञमिमं वर्धयता गिरः संस्राव्येण हविषा जुहोमि
May we protect this sacrifice, may we pour it forth; may you increase this sacrifice; with a flowing offering, I make the oblation with words.
रूपंरूपं वयोवयः संरभ्यैनं परि ष्वजे । यज्ञमिमं चतस्रः प्रदिशो वर्धयन्तु संस्राव्येण हविषा जुहोमि
Form by form, age by age, let them join together and embrace it. May the four directions increase this sacrifice; with a flowing offering, I make the oblation with words.
19.2 शं त आपो हैमवतीः शमु ते सन्तूत्स्याः । शं ते सनिष्यदा आपः शमु ते सन्तु वर्ष्याः
May the waters from the Himalayas bring you well-being, may those from the lakes bring you well-being. May the settling waters bring you well-being, may the rainy waters bring you well-being.
शं त आपो धन्वन्याः शं ते सन्त्वनूप्याः । शं ते खनित्रिमा आपः शं याः कुम्भेभिराभृताः
May the waters from the deserts bring you well-being, may those from the marshes bring you well-being. May the waters drawn by digging bring you well-being, and those carried in jars.
अनभ्रयः खनमाना विप्रा गम्भीरे अपसः । भिषग्भ्यो भिषक्तरा आपो अछा वदामसि
The cloudless, deep waters, being drawn, are profound. Among healers, these waters are the most healing; let us invoke them.
अपामह दिव्यानामपां स्रोतस्यानाम् । अपामह प्रणेजनेऽश्वा भवथ वाजिनः
We have drunk of the celestial waters, of the streams of waters. We have drunk at the gathering; may you become swift horses.
ता अपः शिवा अपोऽयक्ष्मंकरणीरपः । यथैव तृप्यते मयस्तास्त आ दत्त भेषजीः
These waters are auspicious, they are disease-removing waters. As satisfaction comes, so may you grant us healing remedies.
दिवस्पृथिव्याः पर्यन्तरिक्षाद्वनस्पतिभ्यो अध्योषधीभ्यः । यत्रयत्र विभृतो जातवेदास्तत स्तुतो जुषमाणो न एहि
From heaven and earth, from the intermediate space, from the trees and the herbs, wherever the bearer of the sacred fire is distributed, praised, and welcomed, come to us.
यस्ते अप्सु महिमा यो वनेषु य ओषधीषु पशुष्वप्स्वन्तः । अग्ने सर्वास्तन्वः सं रभस्व ताभिर्न एहि द्रविणोदा अजस्रः
Your greatness in the waters, in the forests, in the herbs, in the animals, in the waters within—Agni, gather all those forms together; with them, come to us, O giver of wealth, ever generous.
यस्ते देवेषु महिमा स्वर्गो या ते तनुः पितृष्वाविवेश । पुष्टिर्या ते मनुष्येषु पप्रथेऽग्ने तया रयिमस्मासु धेहि
Your greatness among the gods is heavenly, your form entered among the ancestors. The prosperity you spread among humans, Agni, with that grant us wealth.
श्रुत्कर्णाय कवये वेद्याय वचोभिर्वाकैरुप यामि रातिम् । यतो भयमभयं तन् नो अस्त्वव देवानां यज हेडो अग्ने
To the wise, to the learned, to the one with attentive ears, I approach with words and speech for favor. Where there is fear, let there be safety for us; worship the gods, O Agni, and avert harm.
यामाहुतिं प्रथमामथर्वा या जाता या हव्यमकृणोज्जातवेदाः । तां त एतां प्रथमो जोहवीमि ताभिष्टुप्तो वहतु हव्यमग्निरग्नये स्वाहा
The first offering that Atharvan made, that which was born, that which the bearer of the sacred fire prepared as an offering—this, the first, I invoke; may Agni, urged by these, carry the offering to Agni. Svaha.
आकूतिं देवीं सुभगां पुरो दधे चित्तस्य माता सुहवा नो अस्तु । यामाशामेमि केवली सा मे अस्तु विदेयमेनां मनसि प्रविष्टाम्
I place before me the divine impulse, auspicious and gracious, mother of thought; may she be favorable to us. The impulse I desire, let it be mine; let it enter my mind as I wish.
आकूत्या नो बृहस्पत आकूत्या न उपा गहि । अथो भगस्य नो धेह्यथो नः सुहवो भव
By impulse, O Brihaspati, by impulse, come near to us. And grant us the share of fortune; and be gracious to us.
बृहस्पतिर्म आकूतिमाङ्गिरसः प्रति जानातु वाचमेताम् । यस्य देवा देवताः संबभूवुः स सुप्रणीताः कामो अन्वेत्वस्मान्
May Bṛhaspati, the descendant of Angiras, acknowledge this speech of mine; he whose divinities became the gods—may well-guided desires follow us.
इन्द्रो राजा जगतश्चर्षणीनामधि क्षमि विषुरूपं यदस्ति । ततो ददाति दाशुषे वसूनि चोदद्राध उपस्तुतश्चिदर्वाक्
Indra is king over the moving peoples, over the earth, whatever has manifold forms; from that he gives wealth to the worshipper, and, being praised, he brings it near even from afar.
सहस्रबाहुः पुरुषः सहस्राक्षः सहस्रपात्। स भूमिं विश्वतो वृत्वात्यतिष्ठद्दशाङ्गुलम्
The Person has a thousand arms, a thousand eyes, a thousand feet; having encompassed the earth on every side, he extended beyond it by ten fingers' breadth.
त्रिभिः पद्भिर्द्यामरोहत्पादस्येहाभवत्पुनः । तथा व्यक्रामद्विष्वङशनानशने अनु
With three steps he ascended to the sky, and with the fourth he remained here again; thus he spread out everywhere, both in what eats and what does not eat.
तावन्तो अस्य महिमानस्ततो ज्यायांश्च पूरुषः । पादोऽस्य विश्वा भूतानि त्रिपादस्यामृतं दिवि
Such are his greatnesses, yet the Person is greater than these; one fourth of him is all beings, three fourths of him are immortal in heaven.
पुरुष एवेदं सर्वं यद्भूतं यच्च भाव्यम् । उतामृतत्वस्येश्वरो यदन्येनाभवत्सह
The Person alone is all this—what has been and what will be; and he is also the lord of immortality, whatever grows together with him.
यत्पुरुषं व्यदधुः कतिधा व्यकल्पयन् । मुखं किमस्य किं बाहू किमूरू पादा उच्यते
When they divided the Person, into how many did they apportion him? What was his mouth, what his arms, what are called his thighs and feet?
ब्राह्मणोऽस्य मुखमासीद्बाहू राजन्योऽभवत्। मध्यं तदस्य यद्वैश्यः पद्भ्यां शूद्रो अजायत
His mouth became the Brāhmaṇa, his arms became the Rājanya; his middle was the Vaiśya, from his feet the Śūdra was born.