प्र यो जज्ञे विद्वान् अस्य बन्धुर्विश्वा देवानां जनिमा विवक्ति । ब्रह्म ब्रह्मण उज्जभार मध्यान् नीचैरुच्चैः स्वधा अभि प्र तस्थौ
He who was born, the wise one, the kinsman of this, distinguishes all the births of the gods; Brahman raised up Brahman from the midst, from below and above, standing firm by his own law.
स हि विदः स पृथिव्या ऋतस्था मही क्षेमं रोदसी अस्कभायत्। महान् मही अस्कभायद्वि जातो द्यां सद्म पार्थिवं च रजः
He knows, he stands by the truth of earth; the great one made firm the vast earth and sky; the great one, being born, made firm the sky, the earthly realm, and the space between.
स बुध्न्यादाष्ट्र जनुषोऽभ्यग्रं बृहस्पतिर्देवता तस्य सम्राट्। अहर्यच्छुक्रं ज्योतिषो जनिष्टाथ द्युमन्तो वि वसन्तु विप्राः
From the deep foundation of birth, Bṛhaspati, the lord of the gods, is the sovereign; he produced the shining light of day, and let the inspired ones dwell in radiance.
नूनं तदस्य काव्यो हिनोति महो देवस्य पूर्व्यस्य धाम । एष जज्ञे बहुभिः साकमित्था पूर्वे अर्धे विषिते ससन् नु
Indeed, his poetic power strikes this, the great abode of the ancient god; he was born together with many, thus the former halves were divided.
योऽथर्वाणं पितरं देवबन्धुं बृहस्पतिं नमसाव च गछात्। त्वं विश्वेषां जनिता यथासः कविर्देवो न दभायत्स्वधावान्
He who approaches Atharvan, the father, the divine kinsman, and Brihaspati with reverence; you are the creator of all as you are, the wise god, never to be harmed, self-sustaining.
य आत्मदा बलदा यस्य विश्व उपासते प्रशिषं यस्य देवाः । योऽस्येशे द्विपदो यश्चतुष्पदः कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम
He who gives self and strength, whose command all worship, whose guidance the gods follow; who rules over both two-footed and four-footed beings—to which god shall we offer our oblation?
यः प्राणतो निमिषतो महित्वैको राजा जगतो बभूव । यस्य छायामृतं यस्य मृत्युः कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम
He who alone, living and blinking, became the great king of the world; whose shadow is immortality, whose shadow is death—to which god shall we offer our oblation?
यं क्रन्दसी अवतश्चस्कभाने भियसाने रोदसी अह्वयेथाम् । यस्यासौ पन्था रजसो विमानः कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम
He whom the two crying ones, trembling, called from below, whom heaven and earth invoked in fear; whose path is the shining way of space—to which god shall we offer our oblation?
यस्य द्यौरुर्वी पृथिवी च मही यस्याद उर्वन्तरिक्षम् । यस्यासौ सूरो विततो महित्वा कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम
He whose vast heaven and earth, whose broad atmosphere, whose greatness the sun spreads out—to which god shall we offer our oblation?
यस्य विश्वे हिमवन्तो महित्वा समुद्रे यस्य रसामिदाहुः । इमाश्च प्रदिशो यस्य बाहू कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम
He whose greatness the Himalayas, whose greatness the oceans declare; whose arms are these directions—to which god shall we offer our oblation?
आपो अग्रे विश्वमावन् गर्भं दधाना अमृता ऋतज्ञाः । यासु देवीष्वधि देव आसीत्कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम
The waters, primeval, bearing all as a womb, immortal, knowing the truth; in whom the divine one was established among the goddesses—to which god shall we offer our oblation?
हिरण्यगर्भः समवर्तताग्रे भूतस्य जातः पतिरेक आसीत्। स दाधार पृथिवीमुत द्यां कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम
The golden embryo arose at the beginning, the sole lord born of beings; he upheld the earth and the heavens—to which god shall we offer our oblation?
आपो वत्सं जनयन्तीर्गर्भमग्रे समैरयन् । तस्योत जायमानस्योल्ब आसीद्धिरण्ययः कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम
The waters, at first, bore the calf, the embryo, and united together; for him, as he was being born, there was a golden covering—to which god shall we offer our oblation?
4.3 उदितस्त्रयो अक्रमन् व्याघ्रः पुरुषो वृकः । हिरुग्घि यन्ति सिन्धवो हिरुग्देवो वनस्पतिर्हिरुङ्नमन्तु शत्रवः
Three rose up, the tiger, the man, the wolf; swiftly the rivers flow, swiftly the god of the forest, swiftly let the enemies depart.
परेणैतु पथा वृकः परमेणोत तस्करः । परेण दत्वती रज्जुः परेणाघायुरर्षतु
Let the wolf go by the distant path, let the thief go by the highest way; let the rope given go far, let the evil-doer depart far away.
अक्ष्यौ च ते मुखं च ते व्याघ्र जम्भयामसि । आत्सर्वान् विंशतिं नखान्
Your eyes and your mouth, O tiger, we subdue; all your twenty claws.
व्याघ्रं दत्वतां वयं प्रथमं जम्भयामसि । आदु ष्टेनमथो अहिं यातुधानमथो वृकम्
The tiger, first, we subdue; then the thief, then the serpent, then the demon, then the wolf.
यो अद्य स्तेन आयति स संपिष्टो अपायति । पथामपध्वंसेनैत्विन्द्रो वज्रेण हन्तु तम्
Whoever comes today as a thief, let him be crushed and depart; let Indra destroy him with the thunderbolt, by the path of the outcast.
मूर्णा मृगस्य दन्ता अपिशीर्णा उ पृष्टयः । निम्रुक्ते गोधा भवतु नीचायच्छशयुर्मृगः
The head of the beast, the teeth are broken, the backs are torn; let the monitor lizard be hidden, let the deer lie low.
यत्संयमो न वि यमो वि यमो यन् न संयमः । इन्द्रजाः सोमजा आथर्वणमसि व्याघ्रजम्भनम्
What is restraint is not restraint, what is not restraint is restraint; born of Indra, born of Soma, I am Atharvan's tiger-subduing spell.
यां त्वा गन्धर्वो अखनद्वरुणाय मृतभ्रजे । तां त्वा वयं खनामस्योषधिं शेपहर्षणीम्
That plant which the Gandharva dug up for Varuna, for the dead; that plant we dig up for you, the herb that brings joy and releases bonds.
उदुषा उदु सूर्य उदिदं मामकं वचः । उदेजतु प्रजापतिर्वृषा शुष्मेण वाजिना
Rise up, rise up, O Sun, rise up, my speech; let Prajapati rise up, the bull, with vigor and strength.
यथा स्म ते विरोहतोऽभितप्तमिवानति । ततस्ते शुष्मवत्तरमियं कृणोत्वोषधिः
Just as, from the root, you are not scorched like something burned, so may this herb make you more vigorous.
उच्छुष्मौषधीनां सारा ऋषभाणाम् । सं पुंसामिन्द्र वृष्ण्यमस्मिन् धेहि तनूवशिन्
The potent essence of herbs, the strength of the bulls—Indra, place that virility of men here in the one who controls his body.
अपां रसः प्रथमजोऽथो वनस्पतीनाम् । उत सोमस्य भ्रातास्युतार्शमसि वृष्ण्यम्
The sap of waters, first-born, and of the trees—also, you are the brother of Soma, and you are the virility of the stallion.
अद्याग्ने अद्य सवितरद्य देवि सरस्वति । अद्यास्य ब्रह्मणस्पते धनुरिवा तानया पसः
Today, O Agni, today, O Savitar, today, O divine Sarasvati, today, O Brahmanaspati—stretch out the fetter like a bowstring.
आहं तनोमि ते पसो अधि ज्यामिव धन्वनि । क्रमस्वर्श इव रोहितमनवग्लायता सदा
I loosen your fetter as one loosens the bowstring on a bow, like a red deer stepping forth, always without exhaustion.
अश्वस्याश्वतरस्याजस्य पेत्वस्य च । अथ ऋषभस्य ये वाजास्तान् अस्मिन् धेहि तनूवशिन्
The strength of the horse, mule, goat, ram, and also of the bull—place all that vigor here in the one who controls his body.
सहस्रशृङ्गो वृषभो यः समुद्रादुदाचरत्। तेना सहस्येना वयं नि जनान्त्स्वापयामसि
The thousand-horned bull who rose up from the ocean—with that mighty one, we lull all people to sleep.
न भूमिं वातो अति वाति नाति पश्यति कश्चन । स्त्रियश्च सर्वाः स्वापय शुनश्चेन्द्रसखा चरन्
The wind does not blow over the earth, nor does anyone see beyond; lull all women to sleep, O Indra's friend, as you move about.