1. Kāṇḍa 1 — Healing, knowledge and protection

Atharvaveda 1.1 · 4 mantras

1.1.1

ये त्रिषप्ताः परियन्ति विश्वा रूपाणि बिभ्रतः ।
वाचस् पतिर् बला तेषां तन्वो अद्य दधातु मे ॥

ye triṣaptāḥ pariyanti viśvā rūpāṇi bibhrataḥ ।
vācas patir balā teṣāṃ tanvo adya dadhātu me ॥

Thrice seven are the entities which bear, wear and comprise the entire world of forms in existence. May Vachaspati, omniscient lord of speech, awareness and the phenomenal world bless me with the body of knowledge pertaining to their essences, names, forms, powers, functions and relationships here and now. Supreme Spirit, immanent, transcendent, omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent. The evolution is initiated and sustained by the will and presence of the spirit immenant implosive in Nature, therefore it is creative and intelligent evolution, not blind and wild growth. The initiation is like the spark, the Big Bang. With the big bang the one basic material cause, Prakrti, takes on the evolutionary process of diversification. The phenomenal world, whatever it may be at any time, is the consequence of that one cause according to the laws of evolution. Prakrti originally is non-descript. When the divine will initiates the process of evolutionary change and development, it takes on the name and character of Mahat. Mahat then changes into Ahankara, a generic identity, which then evolves into two directions: physical and psychic. The psychic direction develops into the mind, intellect and the senses and the physical develops into the five elements, akasha, vayu, agni, apah and Prthivi. The physical development passes through two stages, subtle and gross from Ahankara. The subtle elements are called Tanmatras, and Tanmatras then develop into the gross elements, akash or space, vayu or energy, agni or heat and light, apah or liquids, and Prthivi or solids. The five gross elements, their subtle precedents, and Ahankara are the ‘seven’ of the mantra. These seven entities, further, have their qualitative character. All phenomenal forms have their qualitative characteristics. Even human beings have qualitative, characteristic differences. A person may be intellectually very high, a research oriented introvert, another an energetic playful extrovert, still another may be dull. Why this? Nature, the basic material cause of our physical existence, itself has its qualitative modes and variants. These are Satva (mind, intellect, transparency). Rajas (energy, activeness), and Tamas (matter, inertia). We may call them thought, energy and matter, or, matter, motion and mind. That matter and energy, and even mind, are interconvertible is a very late scientific rediscovery of a Vedic truth, or it may just be a reminder of something we had forgot, though actually it was lying deposited in a dormant account. The seven variants of Prakrti into one direction of evolution, further qualified and characterised by these three qualitative modes, makes the phenomenal forms into thrice seven. A great intellectual with an agitated mind may be a great destroyer, another great intellectual with a balanced mind may be a great creative innovator. The two are human physically, yet different in character and achievement. Prayer: May Vachaspati enlighten us about these thrice seven. This is the Atharva-vediya projection of knowledge and education. This is the prayer for our intelligential development in terms of facts, processes and values.

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1.1.2

पुनर् एहि वचस् पते देवेन मनसा सह ।
वसोष् पते नि रमय मय्य् एवास्तु मयि श्रुतम् ॥

punar ehi vacas pate devena manasā saha ।
vasoṣ pate ni ramaya mayy evāstu mayi śrutam ॥

O Vachaspati, lord of phenomenal world, giver of knowledge and power, wealth and value, come and bring me a brilliant holy mind, stop not the process, and whatever I hear, let it stay with me.

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1.1.3

इहैवाभि वि तनूभे आर्त्नी इव ज्यया ।
वाचस् पतिर् नि यछतु मय्य् एवास्तु मयि श्रुतम् ॥

ihaivābhi vi tanūbhe ārtnī iva jyayā ।
vācas patir ni yachatu mayy evāstu mayi śrutam ॥

Here itself, in the process of learning and teaching, let both teacher and disciple be at the optimum tension of joyous instruction like the string at both ends of the bow. May Vachaspati lead on in the discipline. What I hear and learn, let it stay with me. (The word ‘ubhe’, both, has also been interpreted as ‘knowledge and knowledge-based action in top condition’.)

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1.1.4

उपहूतो वाचस् पतिर् उपास्मान् वाचस्पतिर् ह्वयताम् ।
सं श्रुतेन गमेमहि मा श्रुतेन वि राधिषि ॥

upahūto vācas patir upāsmān vācaspatir hvayatām ।
saṃ śrutena gamemahi mā śrutena vi rādhiṣi ॥

Invoked is Vachaspati, may Vachaspati give us the call and inspiration. Let us follow and practice what we have heard and confirmed. Do not lose, do not disvalue, never revile what you have learnt.

Atharvaveda 1.2 · 4 mantras

1.2.1

विद्मा शरस्य पितरं पर्जन्यं भूरिधायसम् ।
विद्मो ष्व् अस्य मातरं पृथिवीं भूरिवर्पसम् ॥

vidmā śarasya pitaraṃ parjanyaṃ bhūridhāyasam ।
vidmo ṣv asya mātaraṃ pṛthivīṃ bhūrivarpasam ॥

We know the shara’s father, abundant all sustaining Parjanya, water bearing cloud in the firmament, and its mother, fertile all bearing Prthivi, earth, too we know well. (Shara is a reed which has great medicinal qualities. It is also an arrow, a weapon of defence, victory and freedom. It is also interpreted as a son, a brave youthful hero. And the hymn celebrates victory over illness, enemies, and the difficulties of life.)

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1.2.2

ज्याके परि णो नमाश्मानं तन्वं कृधि ।
वीडुर् वरीयो ऽरातीर् अप द्वेषांस्य् आ कृधि ॥

jyāke pari ṇo namāśmānaṃ tanvaṃ kṛdhi ।
vīḍur varīyo 'rātīr apa dveṣāṃsy ā kṛdhi ॥

O Jyaka, earth, mother, bow string, develop us and build our body, the social system, the nation, to the strength of adamant and steel. Strong as you are, eliminate the jealous and the enemies, the niggards and the frustraters.

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1.2.3

वृक्षं यद् गावः परिषस्वजाना अनुस्फुरं शरं अर्चन्त्य् ऋभुम् ।
शरुम् अस्मद् यावय दिद्युम् इन्द्र ॥

vṛkṣaṃ yad gāvaḥ pariṣasvajānā anusphuraṃ śaraṃ arcanty ṛbhum ।
śarum asmad yāvaya didyum indra ॥

When the bow strings of the warriors, strung by the ends of the bow at optimum tension, shoot the sharp and deadly whizzing arrows, then, O mighty warrior, O commander, O Indra, intercept and throw off the enemy’s missiles far from us.

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1.2.4

यथा द्यां च पृथिवीं चान्तस् तिष्ठति तेजनम् ।
एवा रोगं चास्रावं चान्तस् तिष्ठतु मुञ्ज इत् ॥

yathā dyāṃ ca pṛthivīṃ cāntas tiṣṭhati tejanam ।
evā rogaṃ cāsrāvaṃ cāntas tiṣṭhatu muñja it ॥

O ruler, O physician, O teacher, just as sharp catalytic light energy abides in heaven, on earth and in the firmament and destroys antilife elements, similarly let the power of the arrow, the medicinal munja grass, the twisted munja girdle of the disciple, strengthen and protect humanity’s security and peace, health of the individual and society, and the intellectual and moral health of the disciple against evil, weakness, disease and wasteful flow out.

Atharvaveda 1.3 · 9 mantras

1.3.1

विद्मा शरस्य पितरं पर्जन्यं शतवृष्ण्यं ।
तेना ते तन्वे शं करं पृथिव्यां ते निषेचनं बहिष् टे अस्तु बाल् इति ॥

vidmā śarasya pitaraṃ parjanyaṃ śatavṛṣṇyaṃ ।
tenā te tanve śaṃ karaṃ pṛthivyāṃ te niṣecanaṃ bahiṣ ṭe astu bāl iti ॥

We know the progenitor of Shara, nature’s energy of health and vigour, Parjanya, the abundant cloud of a hundredfold vigour and vitality. Thereby I bring health of body and equanimity of mind to you. Let there be the infusion of energy, protection of health and cleansing of the body system without delay here on earth.

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1.3.2

विद्मा शरस्य पितरं मित्रं शतवृष्ण्यं ।
तेना ते तन्वे शं करं पृथिव्यां ते निषेचनं बहिष् टे अस्तु बाल् इति ॥

vidmā śarasya pitaraṃ mitraṃ śatavṛṣṇyaṃ ।
tenā te tanve śaṃ karaṃ pṛthivyāṃ te niṣecanaṃ bahiṣ ṭe astu bāl iti ॥

We know the progenitor of Shara, Mitra, profuse pranic energy of nature of a hundredfold vigour and vitality. Thereby I bring you health of body and peace of mind. Let there be the infusion of vigour, protection of health and cleansing of the body system on earth without delay.

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1.3.3

विद्मा शरस्य पितरं वरुणं शतवृष्ण्यं ।
तेना ते तन्वे शं करं पृथिव्यां ते निषेचनं बहिष् टे अस्तु बाल् इति ॥

vidmā śarasya pitaraṃ varuṇaṃ śatavṛṣṇyaṃ ।
tenā te tanve śaṃ karaṃ pṛthivyāṃ te niṣecanaṃ bahiṣ ṭe astu bāl iti ॥

We know the father of Shara, Varuna, nature’s water energy of a hundredfold vigour and vitality. Thereby I bring you health of body and peace of mind. Let the infusion of vigour, protection of health and cleansing of the body system be here itself on earth without delay.

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1.3.4

विद्मा शरस्य पितरं चन्द्रं शतवृष्ण्यं ।
तेना ते तन्वे शं करं पृथिव्यां ते निषेचनं बहिष् टे अस्तु बाल् इति ॥

vidmā śarasya pitaraṃ candraṃ śatavṛṣṇyaṃ ।
tenā te tanve śaṃ karaṃ pṛthivyāṃ te niṣecanaṃ bahiṣ ṭe astu bāl iti ॥

We know Shara’s father, the Moon, its profuse herbal energy of a hundredfold vigour and vitality. Thereby I bring you health of body and tranquillity of mind. Let there be infusion of health and vigour, protection of vitality and cleansing of the system here on earth without delay.

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1.3.5

विद्मा शरस्य पितरं सूर्यं शतवृष्ण्यं ।
तेना ते तन्वे शं करं पृथिव्यां ते निषेचनं बहिष् टे अस्तु बाल् इति ॥

vidmā śarasya pitaraṃ sūryaṃ śatavṛṣṇyaṃ ।
tenā te tanve śaṃ karaṃ pṛthivyāṃ te niṣecanaṃ bahiṣ ṭe astu bāl iti ॥

We know Shara’s father, the sun, of a hundredfold virility. Thereby I bring you health of mind and body with peace and tranquillity. Let there be infusion of vigour, protection of health and cleansing of the system here itself on earth without delay.

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1.3.6

यद् आन्त्रेषु गवीन्योर् यद् वस्ताव् अधि संश्रितम् ।
एवा ते मूत्रं मुच्यतां बहिर् बाल् इति सर्वकम् ॥

yad āntreṣu gavīnyor yad vastāv adhi saṃśritam ।
evā te mūtraṃ mucyatāṃ bahir bāl iti sarvakam ॥

Whatever stays collected in your intestines, in urinary ducts and in the bladder, let it be thus released all at once.

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1.3.7

प्र ते भिनद्मि मेहनं वर्त्रं वेशन्त्या इव ।
एवा ते मूत्रं मुच्यतां बहिर् बाल् इति सर्वकम् ॥

pra te bhinadmi mehanaṃ vartraṃ veśantyā iva ।
evā te mūtraṃ mucyatāṃ bahir bāl iti sarvakam ॥

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1.3.8

विषितं ते वस्तिबिलं समुद्रस्योदधेर् इव ।
एवा ते मूत्रं मुच्यतां बहिर् बाल् इति सर्वकम् ॥

viṣitaṃ te vastibilaṃ samudrasyodadher iva ।
evā te mūtraṃ mucyatāṃ bahir bāl iti sarvakam ॥

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1.3.9

यथेषुका परापतद् अवसृष्टाधि धन्वनः ।
एवा ते मूत्रं मुच्यतां बहिर् बाल् इति सर्वकम् ॥

yatheṣukā parāpatad avasṛṣṭādhi dhanvanaḥ ।
evā te mūtraṃ mucyatāṃ bahir bāl iti sarvakam ॥

Atharvaveda 1.4 · 4 mantras

1.4.1

अम्बयो यन्त्य् अध्वभिर् जामयो अध्वरीयताम् ।
पृञ्चतीर् मधुना पयः ॥

ambayo yanty adhvabhir jāmayo adhvarīyatām ।
pṛñcatīr madhunā payaḥ ॥

mothers and loving sisters of humanity, performing the soma yajna of their life of love and non-violence, flow on by their divine paths on the vedi of life mixing the waters of living vitality with the sweets of honey and soma of joyous living for us.

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1.4.2

अमूर् या उप सूर्ये याभिर् वा सूर्यः सह ।
ता नो हिन्वन्त्व् अध्वरम् ॥

amūr yā upa sūrye yābhir vā sūryaḥ saha ।
tā no hinvantv adhvaram ॥

And may those waters which are close to the sun, and in the sun itself, with which the sun nourishes life, flow and advance our yajna of life with energy and enthusiasm without violence.

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1.4.3

अपो देवीर् उप ह्वये यत्र गावः पिबन्ति नः ।
सिन्धुभ्यः कर्त्वं हविः ॥

apo devīr upa hvaye yatra gāvaḥ pibanti naḥ ।
sindhubhyaḥ kartvaṃ haviḥ ॥

I invoke those divine waters sucked up by the sun’s rays which shower for our rivers, where our lands and cows find nourishment and whereby we create holy materials for our yajna.

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1.4.4

अप्स्व् अन्तर् अमृतम् अप्सु भेषजम् ।
अपाम् उत प्रशस्तिभिर् अश्वा भवथ वाजिनो गावो भवथ वाजिनीः ॥

apsv antar amṛtam apsu bheṣajam ।
apām uta praśastibhir aśvā bhavatha vājino gāvo bhavatha vājinīḥ ॥

There is the nectar of life in the waters. There is

Atharvaveda 1.5 · 4 mantras

1.5.1

आपो हि ष्ठा मयोभुवस् ता न ऊर्जे दधातन ।
महे रणाय चक्षसे ॥

āpo hi ṣṭhā mayobhuvas tā na ūrje dadhātana ।
mahe raṇāya cakṣase ॥

Apah, liquid energies of nature, you are creators and givers of peace and joy. Pray inspire us for the achievement of food and energy for body, mind and soul so that we may realise and enjoy the mighty splendour of divinity within and without.

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1.5.2

यो वः शिवतमो रसस् तस्य भाजयतेह नः ।
उशतीर् इव मातरः ॥

yo vaḥ śivatamo rasas tasya bhājayateha naḥ ।
uśatīr iva mātaraḥ ॥

Let us share here itself in body that nectar sweet of yours which is most blissful, pray nourish us as loving mothers feed their children.

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1.5.3

तस्मा अरं गमाम वो यस्य क्षयाय जिन्वथ ।
आपो जनयथा च नः ॥

tasmā araṃ gamāma vo yasya kṣayāya jinvatha ।
āpo janayathā ca naḥ ॥

O holy waters, for that peace, pleasure and enlightenment, we come to you without delay for the promotion and stability of which you move and impel people and powers and for which you invigorate us too. Pray bless us with vigour and vitality.

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1.5.4

ईशाना वार्याणां क्षयन्तीश् चर्षणीनाम् ।
अपो याचामि भेषजम् ॥

īśānā vāryāṇāṃ kṣayantīś carṣaṇīnām ।
apo yācāmi bheṣajam ॥

Sovereign givers of the cherished gifts of health against avoidable ailments, harbingers of peace and settlement with elimination of wasting diseases, O waters of life, I pray for your gifts of sanatives, health and bliss of well being.

Atharvaveda 1.6 · 4 mantras

1.6.1

शं नो देवीर् अभिष्टय आपो भवन्तु पीतये ।
शं योर् अभि स्रवन्तु नः ॥

śaṃ no devīr abhiṣṭaya āpo bhavantu pītaye ।
śaṃ yor abhi sravantu naḥ ॥

May the divine waters be for our peace and bliss of our cherished desire and bring us showers of peace, protection and blessedness with freedom from ill health and disease.

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1.6.2

अप्सु मे सोमो अब्रवीद् अन्तर् विश्वानि भेषजा ।
अग्निं च विश्वशंभुवम् ॥

apsu me somo abravīd antar viśvāni bheṣajā ।
agniṃ ca viśvaśaṃbhuvam ॥

Soma, the moon and the herbs, creates and shows, and the physician too tells me, that there is universal medicine in the waters for us. And the waters, universal medicine, also create the vital heat of life which is the universal sustainer of us all.

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1.6.3

आपः पृणीत भेषजं वरूथं तन्वे मम ।
ज्योक् च सूर्यं दृशे ॥

āpaḥ pṛṇīta bheṣajaṃ varūthaṃ tanve mama ।
jyok ca sūryaṃ dṛśe ॥

O waters, give me the best sanative for my body’s health for a long life, so that I may see the sun, universal light, every day for a long long time.

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1.6.4

शं न आपो धन्वन्याः शम् उ सन्त्व् अनूप्याः ।
शं नः खनित्रिमा आपः शम् उ याः कुम्भ आभृताः ।
शिवा नः सन्तु वार्षिकीः ॥

śaṃ na āpo dhanvanyāḥ śam u santv anūpyāḥ ।
śaṃ naḥ khanitrimā āpaḥ śam u yāḥ kumbha ābhṛtāḥ ।
śivā naḥ santu vārṣikīḥ ॥

May waters of the desert regions be good and auspicious. May waters of the lakes and marshy lands be good and auspicious for us. May waters of wells and tanks be good and auspicious for us. May waters stored in pots and jars and coolers be good and auspicious for us. And may waters collected from rain be good and auspicious for us. May waters destroy germs, viruses and ailments and promote good health.

Atharvaveda 1.7 · 7 mantras

1.7.1

स्तुवानम् अग्न आ वह यातुधानं किमीदिनम् ।
त्वं हि देव वन्दितो हन्ता दस्योर् बभूविथ ॥

stuvānam agna ā vaha yātudhānaṃ kimīdinam ।
tvaṃ hi deva vandito hantā dasyor babhūvitha ॥

Refulgent Agni, ruler and commander, round up the malignant, crafty, flatterer, go getter who does not value life. You alone, honoured and celebrated, are the destroyer of negative, antisocial evil forces of cruelty and destruction.

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1.7.2

आज्यस्य परमेष्ठिन् जातवेदस् तनूवशिन् ।
अग्ने तौलस्य प्राशान यातुधानान् वि लापय ॥

ājyasya parameṣṭhin jātavedas tanūvaśin ।
agne taulasya prāśāna yātudhānān vi lāpaya ॥

Seated in the highest position, all knowing, self controlled, Agni, taking measured and balanced part of ghrta from us, objective and balanced in judgement of what you receive, punish the negatives and make them repent.

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1.7.3

वि लपन्तु यातुधाना अत्त्रिणो ये किमीदिनः ।
अथेदम् अग्ने नो हविर् इन्द्रश् च प्रति हर्यतम् ॥

vi lapantu yātudhānā attriṇo ye kimīdinaḥ ।
athedam agne no havir indraś ca prati haryatam ॥

Let the antisocial forces that sneer, chatter, disvalue and eat up the resources of society lament, and then you and Indra, wielders of the bolt of justice and punishment, pray accept our homage for the nation’s social yajna.

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1.7.4

अग्निः पूर्व आ रभतां प्रेन्द्रो नुदतु बाहुमान् ।
ब्रवीतु सर्वो यातुमान् अयम् अस्मीत्य् एत्य ॥

agniḥ pūrva ā rabhatāṃ prendro nudatu bāhumān ।
bravītu sarvo yātumān ayam asmīty etya ॥

Let Agni take the lead in cleansing, and then let Indra take over with his force of arms, impel, compel and correct them so that all the negative mischief mongers come up and confess: Here I am, and I am sorry:

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1.7.5

पश्याम ते वीर्यं जातवेदः प्र णो ब्रूहि यातुधानान् नृचक्षः ।
त्वया सर्वे परितप्ताः पुरस्तात् त आ यन्तु प्रब्रुवाणा उपेदम् ॥

paśyāma te vīryaṃ jātavedaḥ pra ṇo brūhi yātudhānān nṛcakṣaḥ ।
tvayā sarve paritaptāḥ purastāt ta ā yantu prabruvāṇā upedam ॥

O Jataveda, all knowing Agni, watcher and guide of all people, none can escape your eye. Pray chastise the negative social elements among us so that all of them, tormented by the chastisement already, come before you and openly say this: We are sorry. We stand corrected.

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1.7.6

आ रभस्व जातवेदो ऽस्माकार्थाय जज्ञिषे ।
दूतो नो अग्ने भूत्वा यातुधानान् वि लापय ॥

ā rabhasva jātavedo 'smākārthāya jajñiṣe ।
dūto no agne bhūtvā yātudhānān vi lāpaya ॥

Jataveda, refulgent Agni, brilliant ruler, start off the process of cleansing. You are bom and risen to your eminence for our collective good and joint progress. Having been our representative and the messenger of our will, punish, correct and eliminate the evil. Let them wail and repent.

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1.7.7

त्वम् अग्ने यातुधानान् उपबद्धां इहा वह ।
अथैषाम् इन्द्रो वज्रेणापि शीर्षाणि वृश्चतु ॥

tvam agne yātudhānān upabaddhāṃ ihā vaha ।
athaiṣām indro vajreṇāpi śīrṣāṇi vṛścatu ॥

Agni, round up and bring here the evil doers caught and bound. And if it is otherwise inevitable, let Indra, even with his thnderbolt of justice and power, eliminate their incorrigible heads.

Atharvaveda 1.8 · 4 mantras

1.8.1

इदं हविर् यातुधानान् नादी फेनम् इवा वहत् ।
य इदं स्त्री पुमान् अकर् इह स स्तुवतां जनः ॥

idaṃ havir yātudhānān nādī phenam ivā vahat ।
ya idaṃ strī pumān akar iha sa stuvatāṃ janaḥ ॥

Let this havi, holy submission (of relevant material, investigation report, etc., in the yajnic social management and administration), bring up the saboteurs to book like a rushing stream that brings up the foam, and whoever the man or woman that has committed the foul act must come up here and respestfully present his or her explanation of the case to the ruling authority.

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1.8.2

अयं स्तुवान आगमद् इमं स्म प्रति हर्यत ।
बृहस्पते वशे लब्ध्वाग्नीषोमा वि विध्यतम् ॥

ayaṃ stuvāna āgamad imaṃ sma prati haryata ।
bṛhaspate vaśe labdhvāgnīṣomā vi vidhyatam ॥

This man is come submitting to authority. Take him, O Brhaspati, high priest of law, and having taken him under control of law, send him to Agni and Soma, commit him to prosecution and defence for justice and proper dispensation.

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1.8.3

यातुधानस्य सोमप जहि प्रजां नयस्व च ।
नि स्तुवानस्य पातय परम् अक्ष्य् उतावरम् ॥

yātudhānasya somapa jahi prajāṃ nayasva ca ।
ni stuvānasya pātaya param akṣy utāvaram ॥

O Somapa, presiding power of peace and law and order, eliminate the saboteurs and the antisocial damagers, and counsel, guide and lead their followers on to the path of positive and creative living. Bring down their pride and insubordination to submission to law and acceptance of authority and remove their lowest spirit of frustration, despair and oppression, now that the defaulter respects and honours you.

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1.8.4

यत्रैषाम् अग्ने जनिमानि वेत्थ गुहा सताम् अत्त्रिणां जातवेदः ।
तांस् त्वं ब्रह्मणा वावृधानो जह्य् एषां शततर्हम् अग्ने ॥

yatraiṣām agne janimāni vettha guhā satām attriṇāṃ jātavedaḥ ।
tāṃs tvaṃ brahmaṇā vāvṛdhāno jahy eṣāṃ śatatarham agne ॥

Agni, enlightened and fiery leader and ruler, strong with power and force, knowing all the facts and problems of the nation, as you know the generation, rise and growth of these saboteurs and damagers open or underground, ward off and eliminate their mischief of a hundredfold variety, also saving and raising their humanity as far as possible with sacred counsel and knowledge of positive value.

Atharvaveda 1.9 · 4 mantras

1.9.1

अस्मिन् वसु वसवो धारयन्त्व् इन्द्रः पूषा वरुणो मित्रो अग्निः ।
इमम् आदित्या उत विश्वे च देवा उत्तरस्मिन् ज्योतिषि धारयन्तु ॥

asmin vasu vasavo dhārayantv indraḥ pūṣā varuṇo mitro agniḥ ।
imam ādityā uta viśve ca devā uttarasmin jyotiṣi dhārayantu ॥

May the Vasus, divine powers of nature and humanity, givers of peace, settlement and brilliance, Indra, lord Supreme, Pusha, giver of nourishment and growth, Varuna, the ocean, Mitra, the sun, Agni, vital heat and fire, Adityas, all phases of the sun, and Vishvedevas, over-all generosity of life, vest this man, this ruler, seeker and aspirant, with wealth, honour and excellence and establish him in the high realms of divine light.

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1.9.2

अस्य देवाः प्रदिशि ज्योतिर् अस्तु सूर्यो अग्निर् उत वा हिरण्यम् ।
सपत्ना अस्मद् अधरे भवन्तूत्तमं नाकम् अधि रोहयेमम् ॥

asya devāḥ pradiśi jyotir astu sūryo agnir uta vā hiraṇyam ।
sapatnā asmad adhare bhavantūttamaṃ nākam adhi rohayemam ॥

O Devas, enlightened leaders of humanity, let the energy of light and education for enlightenment, solar energy, fire energy, and all the golden assets of the nation be under the direction and control of this our ruler. Let all our adversaries be under our control. Raise this ruler and his rule to the heights of the highest heavenly light on earth.

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1.9.3

येनेन्द्राय समभरः पयांस्य् उत्तमेन ब्रह्मणा जातवेदः ।
तेन त्वम् अग्न इह वर्धयेमं सजातानां श्रैष्ठ्य आ धेह्य् एनम् ॥

yenendrāya samabharaḥ payāṃsy uttamena brahmaṇā jātavedaḥ ।
tena tvam agna iha vardhayemaṃ sajātānāṃ śraiṣṭhya ā dhehy enam ॥

O Jataveda, lord omniscient over all wealth, power and excellence of existence, by the universal light and knowledge with which you bear and bring all the power and nourishments of body, mind and soul for Indra, spirit of humanity, by the same light and knowledge, O Agni, lord self-refulgent, exalt this man, this aspirant, this ruler, and instal him at the highest merit and virtue among his fellow beings.

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1.9.4

ऐषां यज्ञम् उत वर्चो ददे ऽहं रायस् पोषम् उत चित्तान्य् अग्ने ।
सपत्ना अस्मद् अधरे भवन्तूत्तमं नाकम् अधि रोहयेमम् ॥

aiṣāṃ yajñam uta varco dade 'haṃ rāyas poṣam uta cittāny agne ।
sapatnā asmad adhare bhavantūttamaṃ nākam adhi rohayemam ॥

O lord omniscient and self-refulgent, Agni, I take on the rule and governance of the yajna of these people’s social order, their lustre and grandeur, their wealth, growing assets and their common will. Pray, let our adversaries be under the rule of our order, and raise this commonwealth to the heights of enlightenment and heavenly glory on earth.

Atharvaveda 1.10 · 4 mantras

1.10.1

अयं देवानाम् असुरो वि राजति वशा हि सत्या वरुणस्य राज्ञः ।
ततस् परि ब्रह्मणा शाशदान उग्रस्य मन्योर् उद् इमं नयामि ॥

ayaṃ devānām asuro vi rājati vaśā hi satyā varuṇasya rājñaḥ ।
tatas pari brahmaṇā śāśadāna ugrasya manyor ud imaṃ nayāmi ॥

This Varuna, immanent and transcendent cosmic spirit of justice, love and law, life giver of all devas, vibrant powers of nature and humanity, shines and rules over all. The bonds and bounds of this self-refulgent ruler are ever true and inviolable. Therefore, enlightened, energised and refined by the infinite knowledge and vision of the power and passion of this refulgent omnipotent saviour and protector, I raise this man, this ruler, this self, above the carnal mind to freedom of spirit within the bounds of divine law above the bonds and snares of the arrestive punitive law.

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1.10.2

नमस् ते रजन् वरुणास्तु मन्यवे विश्वं ह्य् उग्र निचिकेषि द्रुग्धम् ।
सहस्रम् अन्यान् प्र सुवामि साकं शतं जीवाति शरदस् तवायम् ॥

namas te rajan varuṇāstu manyave viśvaṃ hy ugra nicikeṣi drugdham ।
sahasram anyān pra suvāmi sākaṃ śataṃ jīvāti śaradas tavāyam ॥

Homage to you, Varuna, refulgent lord and ruler of the world, and salutations to your power and passion for love, justice and rectitude. O formidable lord of law and retribution, you know all the jealous and malignant forces of the world. I drive and inspire a thousand others together to follow the path of rectitude, and so I pray

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1.10.3

यद् उवक्थानृतम् जिह्वया वृजिनं बहु ।
राज्ञस् त्वा सत्यधर्मणो मुञ्चामि वरुणाद् अहम् ॥

yad uvakthānṛtam jihvayā vṛjinaṃ bahu ।
rājñas tvā satyadharmaṇo muñcāmi varuṇād aham ॥

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1.10.4

मुञ्चामि त्वा वैश्वानराद् अर्णवान् महतस् परि ।
सजातान् उग्रेहा वद ब्रह्म चाप चिकीहि नः ॥

muñcāmi tvā vaiśvānarād arṇavān mahatas pari ।
sajātān ugrehā vada brahma cāpa cikīhi naḥ ॥

Atharvaveda 1.11 · 6 mantras

1.11.1

वषट् ते पूषन्न् अस्मिन्त् सूताव् अर्यमा होता कृणोतु वेधाः ।
सिस्रतां नार्य् ऋतप्रजाता वि पर्वाणि जिहतां सूतवा उ ॥

vaṣaṭ te pūṣann asmint sūtāv aryamā hotā kṛṇotu vedhāḥ ।
sisratāṃ nāry ṛtaprajātā vi parvāṇi jihatāṃ sūtavā u ॥

O Pusha, Spirit of life’s procreation, for the expectant mother, may every thing be good and auspicious in this child birth. May Aryama, creative law of nature, hota, the father, Vedha, the specialist physician, all be good and helpful and auspicious. May the mother give birth to the baby comfortably. May she relax all over her body system.

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1.11.2

चतस्रो दिवः प्रदिशश् चतस्रो भूम्या उत ।
देवा गर्भं सम् ऐरयन् तं व्य् ऊर्णुवन्तु सूतवे ॥

catasro divaḥ pradiśaś catasro bhūmyā uta ।
devā garbhaṃ sam airayan taṃ vy ūrṇuvantu sūtave ॥

Four are the directions and subdirections of heaven, four are the directions of the earth. All the divinities feed, develop and move the foetus, and they open up the body system and the foetus on maturity for the birth.

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1.11.3

सूषा व्य् ऊर्णोतु वि योनिं हापयामसि ।
श्रथया सूषणे त्वम् अव त्वं बिष्कले सृज ॥

sūṣā vy ūrṇotu vi yoniṃ hāpayāmasi ।
śrathayā sūṣaṇe tvam ava tvaṃ biṣkale sṛja ॥

Let the parturient woman open up, let the maternity staff relax the system for the birth. O mother, relax, let the procreative system open up and deliver the baby.

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1.11.4

नेव मांसे न पीवसि नेव मज्जस्व् आहतम् ।
अवैतु पृश्नि शेवलं शुने जराय्व् अत्तवे ऽव जरायु पद्यताम् ॥

neva māṃse na pīvasi neva majjasv āhatam ।
avaitu pṛśni śevalaṃ śune jarāyv attave 'va jarāyu padyatām ॥

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1.11.5

वि ते भिनद्मि मेहनं वि योनिं वि गवीनिके ।
वि मातरं च पुत्रं च वि कुमारं जरायुणाव जरायु पद्यताम् ॥

vi te bhinadmi mehanaṃ vi yoniṃ vi gavīnike ।
vi mātaraṃ ca putraṃ ca vi kumāraṃ jarāyuṇāva jarāyu padyatām ॥

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1.11.6

यथा वातो यथा मनो यथा पतन्ति पक्षिणः ।
एवा त्वं दशमास्य साकं जरायुणा पताव जरायु पद्यताम् ॥

yathā vāto yathā mano yathā patanti pakṣiṇaḥ ।
evā tvaṃ daśamāsya sākaṃ jarāyuṇā patāva jarāyu padyatām ॥

Atharvaveda 1.12 · 4 mantras

1.12.1

जरायुजः प्रथम उस्रियो वृषा वाताभ्रजा स्तनयन्न् एति वृष्ट्या ।
स नो मृडाति तन्व ऋजुगो रुजन् य एकम् ओजस् त्रेधा विचक्रमे ॥

jarāyujaḥ prathama usriyo vṛṣā vātābhrajā stanayann eti vṛṣṭyā ।
sa no mṛḍāti tanva ṛjugo rujan ya ekam ojas tredhā vicakrame ॥

The first, bom of the sheath of life in the dark womb, it goes forward into life, clad in the rays of light, overflowing, wind impelled, thundering with rain, shattering, straight on, the one living force moving three ways. Benevolent power? May it bless our physical existence. Malevolent? May it spare us in body and mind.

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1.12.2

अङ्गेअङ्गे शोचिषा शिश्रियाणं नमस्यन्तस् त्वा हविषा विधेम ।
अङ्कान्त् समङ्कान् हविषा विधेम यो अग्रभीत् पर्वास्या ग्रभीता ॥

aṅgeaṅge śociṣā śiśriyāṇaṃ namasyantas tvā haviṣā vidhema ।
aṅkānt samaṅkān haviṣā vidhema yo agrabhīt parvāsyā grabhītā ॥

As you pervade every limb with powerful presence, we acknowledge you and offer proper homage. The power which holds every part of the body and all the systems of the body of this child together, we honour, and we present the homage of right order.

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1.12.3

मुञ्च शीर्षक्त्या उत कास एनं परुष्परुर् आविवेशा यो अस्य ।
यो अभ्रजा वातजा यश् च शुष्मो वनस्पतीन्त् सचतां पर्वतांश् च ॥

muñca śīrṣaktyā uta kāsa enaṃ paruṣparur āviveśā yo asya ।
yo abhrajā vātajā yaś ca śuṣmo vanaspatīnt sacatāṃ parvatāṃś ca ॥

O physician, cure this child of headache and any other ailment of the brain. Free him from cough and congestion that has affected every limb and every joint of its body. Whatever ailment is caused by the rainy season, or by wind, or by heat and dryness may be cured by resort to nature’s greenery, forests and mountains.

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1.12.4

शं मे परस्मै गात्राय शम् अस्त्व् अवराय मे ।
शं मे चतुर्भ्यो अङ्गेभ्यः शम् अस्तु तन्वे मम ॥

śaṃ me parasmai gātrāya śam astv avarāya me ।
śaṃ me caturbhyo aṅgebhyaḥ śam astu tanve mama ॥

May there be health and well being for the upper parts of my body system. May there be peace and well being for the lower parts of my body system. May there be good health for all the four parts of my body. May there be peace, good health and total well being for the whole body, mind and soul of my life system.

Atharvaveda 1.13 · 4 mantras

1.13.1

नमस् ते अस्तु विद्युते नमस् ते स्तनयित्नवे ।
नमस् ते अस्त्व् अश्मने येना दूडाशे अस्यसि ॥

namas te astu vidyute namas te stanayitnave ।
namas te astv aśmane yenā dūḍāśe asyasi ॥

O lord omnipotent, homage to you for electric energy, homage to you for thunder energy, homage to you for the energy that strikes like a deadly bolt, and for that which attracts and repels and conducts itself to the targets and into the absorbent materials, and by which you strike at the enemy.

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1.13.2

नमस् ते प्रवतो नपाद् यतस् तपः समूहसि ।
मृडया नस् तनूभ्यो मयस् तोकेभ्यस् कृधि ॥

namas te pravato napād yatas tapaḥ samūhasi ।
mṛḍayā nas tanūbhyo mayas tokebhyas kṛdhi ॥

Homage to you, electric energy of the fall and flood and to the source whence you collect your power and heat. O centre of the energy and power of existence, be kind to our body’s health and bring us peace and well being for our future generations.

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1.13.3

प्रवतो नपान् नम एवास्तु तुभ्यं नमस् ते हेतये तपुषे च कृण्मः ।
विद्म ते धाम परमं गुहा यत् समुद्रे अन्तर् निहितासि नाभिः ॥

pravato napān nama evāstu tubhyaṃ namas te hetaye tapuṣe ca kṛṇmaḥ ।
vidma te dhāma paramaṃ guhā yat samudre antar nihitāsi nābhiḥ ॥

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1.13.4

यां त्वा देवा असृजन्त विश्व इषुं कृण्वाना असनाय धृष्णुम् ।
सा नो मृड विदथे गृणाना तस्यै ते नमो अस्तु देवि ॥

yāṃ tvā devā asṛjanta viśva iṣuṃ kṛṇvānā asanāya dhṛṣṇum ।
sā no mṛḍa vidathe gṛṇānā tasyai te namo astu devi ॥

Atharvaveda 1.14 · 4 mantras

1.14.1

भगम् अस्या वर्च आदिष्य् अधि वृक्षाद् इव स्रजम् ।
महाबुध्न इव पर्वतो ज्योक् पितृष्व् आस्ताम् ॥

bhagam asyā varca ādiṣy adhi vṛkṣād iva srajam ।
mahābudhna iva parvato jyok pitṛṣv āstām ॥

I love and honour the beauty, dignity and brilliance of this bride and I declare I accept her for wife as a garland of flowers culled from a spring garden in bloom, and may she, like a mighty mountain broad and deep at the base, stay firm and live a long long time among my father, mother and seniors of the family.

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1.14.2

एषा ते राजन् कन्या वधूर् नि धूयताम् यम ।
सा मातुर् बध्यतां गृहे ऽथो भ्रातुर् अथो पितुः ॥

eṣā te rājan kanyā vadhūr ni dhūyatām yama ।
sā mātur badhyatāṃ gṛhe 'tho bhrātur atho pituḥ ॥

O brilliant bridegroom dedicated to disciplined family life, this bride is now the wife for you as yama, her husband to lead her home, and may she live bound to her new home of your father, mother and brother, now hers too in the family.

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1.14.3

एषा ते कुलपा राजन् ताम् उ ते परि दद्मसि ।
ज्योक् पितृष्व् आसाता आ शीर्ष्णः शमोप्यात् ॥

eṣā te kulapā rājan tām u te pari dadmasi ।
jyok pitṛṣv āsātā ā śīrṣṇaḥ śamopyāt ॥

O brilliant bridegroom, this bride—we now give her hand unto you as wife—is now a member support of your family. May she live a long life among her new parents and seniors, and may she by her thoughts, words and mind contribute to the peace and well being of your family.

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1.14.4

असितस्य ते ब्रह्मणा कश्यपस्य गयस्य च ।
अन्तःकोशम् इव जामयो ऽपि नह्यामि ते भगम् ॥

asitasya te brahmaṇā kaśyapasya gayasya ca ।
antaḥkośam iva jāmayo 'pi nahyāmi te bhagam ॥

By the word and law of the free, all wise, all watching adorable lord of the universe, I bind together

Atharvaveda 1.15 · 4 mantras

1.15.1

सं सं स्रवन्तु सिन्धवः सं वाताः सं पतत्रिणः ।
इमं यज्ञं प्रदिवो मे जुषन्तां संस्राव्येण हविषा जुहोमि ॥

saṃ saṃ sravantu sindhavaḥ saṃ vātāḥ saṃ patatriṇaḥ ।
imaṃ yajñaṃ pradivo me juṣantāṃ saṃsrāvyeṇa haviṣā juhomi ॥

Let the streams of water join together, they would flow together as rivers, let currents of wind blow together, and together they blow as storms, let birds fly together, and they fly as bird power in unity. Let brilliant men join this yajna of mine and conduct it together as a joint power, a nation. I perform this yajna with the oblations of liquid ghrta from different streams in unison. (Diversity and unity are two sides of the same one reality, root and branches of the same one tree. It is the unity of the seed and the root of the tree which bears and holds and sustains the diversity of branches and leaves together, it is not the other way round. In our world, world economy is one yajna, national economies are oblations into the same one world vedi. One world, one economy, no enemy in the same one community of humanity. Dream? Distant? Hence the leading performer calls upon the Pradivah, leading lights of world vision. to join and conduct the yajna.)

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1.15.2

इहैव हवम् आ यात म इह संस्रावणा उतेमं वर्धयता गिरः ।
इहैतु सर्वो यः पशुर् अस्मिन् तिष्ठतु या रयिः ॥

ihaiva havam ā yāta ma iha saṃsrāvaṇā utemaṃ vardhayatā giraḥ ।
ihaitu sarvo yaḥ paśur asmin tiṣṭhatu yā rayiḥ ॥

O people of the world, confluent and cooperative powers all, leading lights of voice and vision, come at my call, join this yajnic world order and develop and raise it to the heights. Let all living beings, all living resources, join it together here itself, let all wealth of the world abide herein itself.

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1.15.3

ये नदीनां संस्रवन्त्य् उत्सासः सदम् अक्षिताः ।
तेभिर् मे सर्वैः संस्रावैर् धनं सं स्रावयामसि ॥

ye nadīnāṃ saṃsravanty utsāsaḥ sadam akṣitāḥ ।
tebhir me sarvaiḥ saṃsrāvair dhanaṃ saṃ srāvayāmasi ॥

Whichever abundant and inexhaustible streams of world economy flow together in this world order, by all those confluent streams we jointly augment the growth and dynamic stability of the world community for me, i.e., the one spirit of world order, for ourselves.

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1.15.4

ये सर्पिषः संस्रवन्ति क्षीरस्य चोदकस्य च
तेभिर् मे सर्वैः संस्रावैर् धनं सं स्रावयामसि ॥

ye sarpiṣaḥ saṃsravanti kṣīrasya codakasya ca
tebhir me sarvaiḥ saṃsrāvair dhanaṃ saṃ srāvayāmasi ॥

Whatever confluent streams of ghrta, milk and

Atharvaveda 1.16 · 4 mantras

1.16.1

ये ऽमावास्यां रात्रिम् उदस्थुर् व्राजम् अत्त्रिणः ।
अग्निस् तुरीयो यातुहा सो अस्मभ्यम् अधि ब्रवत् ॥

ye 'māvāsyāṃ rātrim udasthur vrājam attriṇaḥ ।
agnis turīyo yātuhā so asmabhyam adhi bravat ॥

Those thieves and robbers who join in gangs and proceed in dark moonless night and attack others to rob them of their wealth are suckers. Let Agni, government power of peace and security, destroyer of evil at the fastest, warn us against these.

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1.16.2

सीसायाध्य् आह वरुणः सीसायाग्निर् उपावति ।
सीसं म इन्द्रः प्रायछत् तद् अङ्ग यातुचातनम् ॥

sīsāyādhy āha varuṇaḥ sīsāyāgnir upāvati ।
sīsaṃ ma indraḥ prāyachat tad aṅga yātucātanam ॥

Varuna, powers of law and order, speak of the efficiency of lead. By lead, Agni, fire power, protects the people. May Indra, the ruling power, give me the lead for protection. O dear friend, lead is the destroyer of antisocials, thieves and robbers.

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1.16.3

इदं विष्कन्धं सहत इदं बाधते अत्त्रिणः ।
अनेन विश्वा ससहे या जातानि पिशाच्याः ॥

idaṃ viṣkandhaṃ sahata idaṃ bādhate attriṇaḥ ।
anena viśvā sasahe yā jātāni piśācyāḥ ॥

Lead (bullet) challenges and destroys hosts of enemies, it stems, throws off and destroys ogres, by this, man can control and subdue all the demonic forces that arise in society.

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1.16.4

यदि नो गां हंसि यद्य् अश्वं यदि पूरुषम् ।
तं त्वा सीसेन विध्यामो यथा नो ऽसो अवीरहा ॥

yadi no gāṃ haṃsi yady aśvaṃ yadi pūruṣam ।
taṃ tvā sīsena vidhyāmo yathā no 'so avīrahā ॥

If you hurt or kill our cow or horse, and if you kill our fellow human or destroy our man power, we fix you by a lead bullet so that you would cease to be a destroyer of our brave.

Atharvaveda 1.17 · 4 mantras

1.17.1

अमूर् या यन्ति योषितो हिरा लोहितवाससः ।
अभ्रातर इव जामयस् तिष्ठन्तु हतवर्चसः ॥

amūr yā yanti yoṣito hirā lohitavāsasaḥ ।
abhrātara iva jāmayas tiṣṭhantu hatavarcasaḥ ॥

Let those blood vessels which circulate blood in the body stop, having lost their vigour like sisters who have lost their glow for want of their brothers.

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1.17.2

तिष्ठावरे तिष्ठ पर उत त्वं तिष्ठ मध्यमे ।
कनिष्ठिका च तिष्ठति तिष्ठाद् इद् धमनिर् मही ॥

tiṣṭhāvare tiṣṭha para uta tvaṃ tiṣṭha madhyame ।
kaniṣṭhikā ca tiṣṭhati tiṣṭhād id dhamanir mahī ॥

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1.17.3

शतस्य धमनीनां सहस्रस्य हिराणाम् ।
अस्थुर् इन् मध्यमा इमाः साकम् अन्ता अरंसत ॥

śatasya dhamanīnāṃ sahasrasya hirāṇām ।
asthur in madhyamā imāḥ sākam antā araṃsata ॥

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1.17.4

परि वः सिकतावती धनूर् बृहत्य् अक्रमीत् ।
तिष्ठतेलयता सु कम् ॥

pari vaḥ sikatāvatī dhanūr bṛhaty akramīt ।
tiṣṭhatelayatā su kam ॥

Atharvaveda 1.18 · 4 mantras

1.18.1

निर् लक्ष्म्यं ललाम्यं निर् अरातिं सुवामसि ।
अथ या भद्रा तानि नः प्रजाया अरातिं नयामसि ॥

nir lakṣmyaṃ lalāmyaṃ nir arātiṃ suvāmasi ।
atha yā bhadrā tāni naḥ prajāyā arātiṃ nayāmasi ॥

We uproot poverty, wantonness, malignity and adversity, and we procure all those things which are good for our children and future generations. Thus do we plan and manage our prosperity against adversity.

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1.18.2

निर् अरणिं सविता साविषक् पदोर् निर् हस्तयोर् वरुणो मित्रो अर्यमा ।
निर् अस्मभ्यम् अनुमती रराणा प्रेमां देवा असाविषुः सौभगाय ॥

nir araṇiṃ savitā sāviṣak pador nir hastayor varuṇo mitro aryamā ।
nir asmabhyam anumatī rarāṇā premāṃ devā asāviṣuḥ saubhagāya ॥

May Savita, cosmic creator’s natural inspiration and the parents in the home, Varuna, Mitra and Aryama, the teacher and our innate human sense of judgement and discrimination between truth and falsehood and between freedom and responsibility (Varuna), our friends and peer group and our sense of love and friendship with our rational sense of justice and reason (Mitra), and our passion for progress with our sense of purpose, direction and destination for life’s values (Aryama), may all these along with Anumati, creative wisdom, and the ‘Devas’, brilliant and generous divinities of nature and the wise and great people of the world, root out our sloth, negativity and adversity and inspire us with enthusiasm for the achievement of a dynamic peace and balanced prosperity. (This is our prayer as a prelude to planning and prosperity against adversity.)

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1.18.3

यत् त आत्मनि तन्वां घोरम् अस्ति यद् वा केशेषु प्रतिचक्षणे वा ।
सर्वं तद् वाचाप हन्मो वयं देवस् त्वा सविता सूदयतु ॥

yat ta ātmani tanvāṃ ghoram asti yad vā keśeṣu praticakṣaṇe vā ।
sarvaṃ tad vācāpa hanmo vayaṃ devas tvā savitā sūdayatu ॥

Whatever is forbidding, fearsome and ferocious in your body, mind and soul, or in your head and hair and in your behaviour, all that we transform positively

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1.18.4

रिश्यपदीं वृषदतीं गोषेधां विधमाम् उत ।
विलीढ्यं ललाम्यं ता अस्मन् नाशयामसि ॥

riśyapadīṃ vṛṣadatīṃ goṣedhāṃ vidhamām uta ।
vilīḍhyaṃ lalāmyaṃ tā asman nāśayāmasi ॥

Atharvaveda 1.19 · 4 mantras

1.19.1

मा नो विदन् विव्याधिनो मो अभिव्याधिनो विदन् ।
आराच् छरव्या अस्मद् विषूचीर् इन्द्र पातय ॥

mā no vidan vivyādhino mo abhivyādhino vidan ।
ārāc charavyā asmad viṣūcīr indra pātaya ॥

Deadly enemies must not reach us. Deadly enemies ranged all round must never reach us. Indra, mighty ruler, control, dispose and destroy all those missiles which are directed at us. Cast them away, far from us.

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1.19.2

विष्वञ्चो अस्मच् छरवः पतन्तु ये अस्ता ये चास्याः ।
दैवीर् मनुष्येसवो ममामित्रान् वि विध्यत ॥

viṣvañco asmac charavaḥ patantu ye astā ye cāsyāḥ ।
daivīr manuṣyesavo mamāmitrān vi vidhyata ॥

Let all the missiles fall far away from us, those that are shot and those which are directed to be shot at us. Let all the missiles whether manual or mechanical and super human fall upon and fix our enemies.

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1.19.3

यो नः स्वो यो अरणः सजात उत निष्ट्यो यो अस्मां अभिदासति ।
रुद्रः शरव्ययैतान् ममामित्रान् वि विध्यतु ॥

yo naḥ svo yo araṇaḥ sajāta uta niṣṭyo yo asmāṃ abhidāsati ।
rudraḥ śaravyayaitān mamāmitrān vi vidhyatu ॥

Whoever that’s our own within, or an enemy outside, our own kin or alien that plans to enslave us, let Rudra, terrible commander of our forces, fix and destroy these enemies of ours by the strike of his missiles.

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1.19.4

यः सपत्नो यो ऽसपत्नो यश् च द्विषन् छपाति नः ।
देवास् तं सर्वे धूर्वन्तु ब्रह्म वर्म ममान्तरम् ॥

yaḥ sapatno yo 'sapatno yaś ca dviṣan chapāti naḥ ।
devās taṃ sarve dhūrvantu brahma varma mamāntaram ॥

Whoever is our rival, adversary and enemy, and any one who is not an enemy but hates and curses us, let all devas, brilliant sages and intellectuals, reprimand and shake him down. My ultimate strength and defence is within, divine knowledge and vision: Brahma jnana.

Atharvaveda 1.20 · 4 mantras

1.20.1

अदारसृद् भवतु देव सोमास्मिन् यज्ञे मरुतो मृडता नः ।
मा नो विदद् अभिभा मो अशस्तिर् मा नो विदद् वृजिना द्वेष्या या ॥

adārasṛd bhavatu deva somāsmin yajñe maruto mṛḍatā naḥ ।
mā no vidad abhibhā mo aśastir mā no vidad vṛjinā dveṣyā yā ॥

None shall violate the dignity and sanctity of our women. O Soma, ruler, lover of peace and commander of power, let Maruts, stormy troops of our defence forces, protect and promote us in this yajnic social order. Let no enemy, no despicable maligner, no wicked man, nor hater approach and touch us in the self-government of the social order.

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1.20.2

यो अद्य सेन्यो वधो ऽघायूनाम् उदीरते ।
युवं तं मित्रावरुणाव् अस्मद् यावयतं परि ॥

yo adya senyo vadho 'ghāyūnām udīrate ।
yuvaṃ taṃ mitrāvaruṇāv asmad yāvayataṃ pari ॥

Today the fatal weapon of malignant sin and evil is raised and roars with all its force. O Mitra and Varuna, ruling powers of love and justice, you both ward it off from us.

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1.20.3

इतश् च यद् अमुतश् च यद् वधं वरुण यावय ।
वि महच् छर्म यछ वरीयो यावया वधम् ॥

itaś ca yad amutaś ca yad vadhaṃ varuṇa yāvaya ।
vi mahac charma yacha varīyo yāvayā vadham ॥

From here and from there, whatever deadly weapon is raised against us, O Varuna, lord supreme of power and justice, that you ward off, and give us peace and happy settlement of great and highest order. Pray ward off the deadly weapon.

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1.20.4

शास इत्था महां अस्य् अमित्रसाहो अस्तृतः ।
न यस्य हन्यते सखा न जीयते कदा चन ॥

śāsa itthā mahāṃ asy amitrasāho astṛtaḥ ।
na yasya hanyate sakhā na jīyate kadā cana ॥

Indra, ruler supreme, you are so great, destroyer of unfriendly powers and assailants, unconquered and inviolable whose friend and ally is never hurt, never defeated, never destroyed.

Atharvaveda 1.21 · 4 mantras

1.21.1

स्वस्तिदा विशां पतिर् वृत्रहा विमृधो वशी ।
वृषेन्द्रः पुर एतु नः सोमपा अभयंकरः ॥

svastidā viśāṃ patir vṛtrahā vimṛdho vaśī ।
vṛṣendraḥ pura etu naḥ somapā abhayaṃkaraḥ ॥

Giver of felicity and well being of life, ruler, protector and promoter of the people, destroyer of evil, darkness and ignorance, shatterer of enemies, controller and manager of all powers and forces of the world, generous and virile Indra, ruler of the world, may, we pray, go forward and, as harbinger of the soma peace and pleasure of life, bless us with freedom from fear in a free and fearless environment.

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1.21.2

वि न इन्द्र मृधो जहि नीचा यछ पृतन्यतः ।
अधमं गमया तमो यो अस्मां अभिदासति ॥

vi na indra mṛdho jahi nīcā yacha pṛtanyataḥ ।
adhamaṃ gamayā tamo yo asmāṃ abhidāsati ॥

O ruler, Indra, destroy our enemies, throw down the warriors of violence and destruction, take down to bottomless darkness all those forces which plan and strike us to enslave us.

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1.21.3

वि रक्षो वि मृधो जहि वि वृत्रस्य हनू रुज ।
वि मन्युम् इन्द्र वृत्रहन्न् अमित्रस्याभिदासतः ॥

vi rakṣo vi mṛdho jahi vi vṛtrasya hanū ruja ।
vi manyum indra vṛtrahann amitrasyābhidāsataḥ ॥

Indra, destroy the forces of negativity and destruction, eliminate violence, hate and enmity, break the jaws of evil and darkness. O destroyer of darkness and evil, break down the pride and passion of enmity and of the enemies of freedom who subject people to slavery.

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1.21.4

अपेन्द्र द्विषतो मनो ऽप जिज्यासतो वधम् ।
वि महच् छर्म यछ वरीयो यावया वधम् ॥

apendra dviṣato mano 'pa jijyāsato vadham ।
vi mahac charma yacha varīyo yāvayā vadham ॥

Indra, overcome the plan and mind of the jealous. Throw out the deadly weapon of the violator of life. Give us peace, freedom and felicity of high order and great possibilities. Eliminate the deadly weapon and strike of even the highest calibre of the enemy.

Atharvaveda 1.22 · 4 mantras

1.22.1

अनु सूर्यम् उद् अयतां हृद्द्योतो हरिमा च ते ।
गो रोहितस्य वर्णेन तेन त्वा परि दध्मसि ॥

anu sūryam ud ayatāṃ hṛddyoto harimā ca te ।
go rohitasya varṇena tena tvā pari dadhmasi ॥

Let your heart trouble and paleness of body (anaemia) go off by the rising sun. We wrap you round with the crimson red of sun rays and feed you on the fruit and flowers of shalmali, the silk-cotton tree (salmalia malabarica).

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1.22.2

परि त्वा रोहितैर् वर्णैर् दीर्घायुत्वाय दध्मसि ।
यथायम् अरपा असद् अथो अहरितो भुवत् ॥

pari tvā rohitair varṇair dīrghāyutvāya dadhmasi ।
yathāyam arapā asad atho aharito bhuvat ॥

We treat you with foods, pastes and radiations of crimson red so that you may be free from pallor and heart affliction to live a long healthy life.

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1.22.3

या रोहिणीर् देवत्या गावो या उत रोहिणीः ।
रूपंरूपं वयोवयस् ताभिष् ट्वा परि दध्मसि ॥

yā rohiṇīr devatyā gāvo yā uta rohiṇīḥ ।
rūpaṃrūpaṃ vayovayas tābhiṣ ṭvā pari dadhmasi ॥

We treat you with the divine rays of the sun which are crimson red, with whatever else also is crimson red, such as milk of crimson red cows, paste of crimson red herbs, of any form and every age.

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1.22.4

शुकेषु ते हरिमाणं रोपणाकासु दध्मसि ।
अथो हारिद्रवेषु ते हरिमाणं नि दध्मसि ॥

śukeṣu te harimāṇaṃ ropaṇākāsu dadhmasi ।
atho hāridraveṣu te harimāṇaṃ ni dadhmasi ॥

Atharvaveda 1.23 · 4 mantras

1.23.1

नक्तंजातासि ओषधे रामे कृष्णे असिक्नि च ।
इदं रजनि रजय किलासं पलितं च यत् ॥

naktaṃjātāsi oṣadhe rāme kṛṣṇe asikni ca ।
idaṃ rajani rajaya kilāsaṃ palitaṃ ca yat ॥

O herb, night born you are, energised by the moon. O Rama, Krishna, Asikni, soothing, dark and dusky species of Rajani, Curcuma Longa, cure this white leprosy of the patient and give colour where it has been lost to whiteness.

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1.23.2

किलासं च पलितं च निर् इतो नाशया पृषत् ।
आ त्वा स्वो विशतां वर्णः परा शुक्लानि पातय ॥

kilāsaṃ ca palitaṃ ca nir ito nāśayā pṛṣat ।
ā tvā svo viśatāṃ varṇaḥ parā śuklāni pātaya ॥

The leprotic, the white, the spotted, cure all. Remove the whites so that the original skin colour is restored and the patient is cured.

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1.23.3

असितं ते प्रलयनम् आस्थानम् असितं तव ।
असिक्नी अस्य् ओषधे निर् इतो नाशया पृषत् ॥

asitaṃ te pralayanam āsthānam asitaṃ tava ।
asiknī asy oṣadhe nir ito nāśayā pṛṣat ॥

Your capacity to dissolve and resolve is unlimited. Your capacity to absorb is unlimited. O Asikni, such you are, remove all the white spots from this patient.

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1.23.4

अस्थिजस्य किलासस्य तनूजस्य च यत् त्वचि ।
दूष्या कृतस्य ब्रह्मणा लक्ष्म श्वेतम् अनीनशम् ॥

asthijasya kilāsasya tanūjasya ca yat tvaci ।
dūṣyā kṛtasya brahmaṇā lakṣma śvetam anīnaśam ॥

Whatever of leprosy in the skin is bom of the bone, in whatever is born of other parts of the body caused by physical imbalance of the system, I cure and eliminate by Brahma according to scientific formula.

Atharvaveda 1.24 · 4 mantras

1.24.1

सुपर्णो जातः प्रथमस् तस्य त्वं पित्तम् आसिथ ।
तद् आसुरी युधा जिता रूपं चक्रे वनस्पतीन् ॥

suparṇo jātaḥ prathamas tasya tvaṃ pittam āsitha ।
tad āsurī yudhā jitā rūpaṃ cakre vanaspatīn ॥

First born, first cure, is Suparna, the sun. You, O earth and moon, O Rajani, receive the life energy of the sun. That wonderful life energy, Asuri, received from interaction of the sun, moon and earth through photo synthesis, creates the many forms of herbs and trees.

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1.24.2

आसुरी चक्रे प्रथमेदं किलासभेषजम् इदं किलासनाशनम् ।
अनीनशत् किलासं सरूपाम् अकरत् त्वचम् ॥

āsurī cakre prathamedaṃ kilāsabheṣajam idaṃ kilāsanāśanam ।
anīnaśat kilāsaṃ sarūpām akarat tvacam ॥

That wonderful life energy, Asuri, forms and creates this herbal remedy for skin leprosy, this destroyer of skinny white, this Sarupa. It certainly destroys leprosy and makes the skin uniform in colour.

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1.24.3

सरूपा नाम ते माता सरूपो नाम ते पिता ।
सरूपकृत् त्वम् ओषधे सा सरूपम् इदं कृधि ॥

sarūpā nāma te mātā sarūpo nāma te pitā ।
sarūpakṛt tvam oṣadhe sā sarūpam idaṃ kṛdhi ॥

O herb, Sarupa, the earth, uniform and unifunctional, is your mother. Uniform and unifunctional surely is your father, the sun. You too are uniform and unifunctional in action. As such, make the skin of this patient uniform in colour.

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1.24.4

श्यामा सरूपंकरणी पृथिव्या अध्य् उद्भृता ।
इदम् ऊ षु प्र साधय पुना रूपाणि कल्पय ॥

śyāmā sarūpaṃkaraṇī pṛthivyā adhy udbhṛtā ।
idam ū ṣu pra sādhaya punā rūpāṇi kalpaya ॥

Shyama, maker of uniform colour and function of the patient’s skin, bom and sustained of the earth, cure this patient. Create and re-create the form and colour of the skin, the same uniformly, again and again.

Atharvaveda 1.25 · 4 mantras

1.25.1

यद् अग्निर् आपो अदहत् प्रविश्य यत्राकृण्वन् धर्मधृतो नमांसि ।
तत्र त आहुः परमं जनित्रं स नः संविद्वान् परि वृङ्ग्धि तक्मन् ॥

yad agnir āpo adahat praviśya yatrākṛṇvan dharmadhṛto namāṃsi ।
tatra ta āhuḥ paramaṃ janitraṃ sa naḥ saṃvidvān pari vṛṅgdhi takman ॥

O Takman, painful fever, where the sustainers of the body, three humors of the body: vata, pitta and cough (wind, bile and phlegm), and seven constituents of physique: rasa or chyle, rakta or blood, mansa or flesh, meda or fat, asthi or bone, majja or marrow and virya or semen, hold their centre in the heart and in the navel and perform their function for the system, there they say is the seat of your origin. There you enter and arise and heat up and bum the fluids of the body system. O knowledgeable physician, uproot and throw out the fever.

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1.25.2

यद्य् अर्चिर् यदि वासि शोचिः शकल्येषि यदि वा ते जनित्रम् ।
ह्रूडुर् नामासि हरितस्य देव स नः संविद्वान् परि वृङ्ग्धि तक्मन् ॥

yady arcir yadi vāsi śociḥ śakalyeṣi yadi vā te janitram ।
hrūḍur nāmāsi haritasya deva sa naḥ saṃvidvān pari vṛṅgdhi takman ॥

O fever, whether you are burning as flame of fire, or you are drying and scorching the body, or your presence spreads through every part of the body system with shivers all over, your name is Hrudu, power and fire of fever, malaria, typhoid, cause of pallor and anaemia. Let the knowledgeable physician uproot and throw out the fever from us.

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1.25.3

यदि शोको यदि वाभिशोको यदि वा राज्ञो वरुणस्यासि पुत्रः ।
ह्रूडुर् नामासि हरितस्य देव स नः संविद्वान् परि वृङ्ग्धि तक्मन् ॥

yadi śoko yadi vābhiśoko yadi vā rājño varuṇasyāsi putraḥ ।
hrūḍur nāmāsi haritasya deva sa naḥ saṃvidvān pari vṛṅgdhi takman ॥

O fever, whether you glow as a flame in a part of the body or burn all over intensely with pain, or you are caused by stagnant waters in the realm of Varuna, water element of nature in the body or in the environment, you are Hrudu by name, a version of anaemia, pallor of jaundice. Let the knowledgeable physician uproot and throw you out of the body and the environment.

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1.25.4

नमः शीताय तक्मने नमो रूराय शोचिषे कृणोमि ।
यो अन्येद्युर् उभयद्युर् अभ्येति तृतीयकाय नमो अस्तु तक्मने ॥

namaḥ śītāya takmane namo rūrāya śociṣe kṛṇomi ।
yo anyedyur ubhayadyur abhyeti tṛtīyakāya namo astu takmane ॥

Homage of recognition with food and medication for the patient who suffers from fever with cold and shivers, for hrudu, fever with heat and burning, fever which persists every day, which comes on alternate days, which comes on after every two days, or which comes after every three days. Homage and good bye to all of them.

Atharvaveda 1.26 · 4 mantras

1.26.1

आरे ऽसाव् अस्मद् अस्तु हेतिर् देवासो असत् ।
आरे अश्मा यम् अस्यथ ॥

āre 'sāv asmad astu hetir devāso asat ।
āre aśmā yam asyatha ॥

O Devas, potent forces of offence and defence, may that attack you launch upon the enemy be far from US. May that thunderous missile you shoot fall far off from us.

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1.26.2

सखासाव् अस्मभ्यम् अस्तु रातिः सखेन्द्रो भगः ।
सविता चित्रराधाः ॥

sakhāsāv asmabhyam astu rātiḥ sakhendro bhagaḥ ।
savitā citrarādhāḥ ॥

May that generous man be our friend, may Indra, the ruler, Bhaga, nature’s and human spirit of prosperity be our friend. May Savita, lord of life and wondrous giver of light, be our friend.

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1.26.3

यूयम् नः प्रवतो नपान् मरुतः सूर्यत्वचसः ।
शर्म यछथ सप्रथाः ॥

yūyam naḥ pravato napān marutaḥ sūryatvacasaḥ ।
śarma yachatha saprathāḥ ॥

O Maruts, children of energy, mighty warriors, blazing with lustre as the sun, who never suffer a retreat, give us peace and protection of boundless possibilities of progress.

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1.26.4

सुषूदत मृडत मृडया नस् तनूभ्यो ।
मयस् तोकेभ्यस् कृधि ॥

suṣūdata mṛḍata mṛḍayā nas tanūbhyo ।
mayas tokebhyas kṛdhi ॥

Guide us aright, lead us to advance, be gracious, bring us peace and settlement for our body, mind and soul, bring us felicity of well being for our people and for our future generations.

Atharvaveda 1.27 · 4 mantras

1.27.1

अमूः पारे पृदाक्वस् त्रिषप्ता निर्जरायवः ।
तासाम् जरायुभिर् वयम् अक्ष्याव् अपि व्ययामस्य् अघायोः परिपन्थिनः ॥

amūḥ pāre pṛdākvas triṣaptā nirjarāyavaḥ ।
tāsām jarāyubhir vayam akṣyāv api vyayāmasy aghāyoḥ paripanthinaḥ ॥

Yonder there across on the shore stands the thrice seven army of the deadly enemy in battle array like cobras out of their den. Let us deal with them by the tactics of their own camouflage and shut the eyes and advance of the deadly enemies.

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1.27.2

विषूच्य् एतु कृन्तती पिनाकम् इव बिभ्रती ।
विष्वक् पुनर्भुवा मनो ऽसमृद्धा अघायवः ॥

viṣūcy etu kṛntatī pinākam iva bibhratī ।
viṣvak punarbhuvā mano 'samṛddhā aghāyavaḥ ॥

Let the army bearing multidirectional arms go forward, surround them and advance, tearing them down like death itself, scattering the enemy army rallied as well as re-rallied. Let the mind and morale of the evil doers break down to naught.

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1.27.3

न बहवः सम् अशकन् नार्भका अभि दाधृषुः ।
वेणोर् अद्गा इवाभितो ऽसमृद्धा अघायवः ॥

na bahavaḥ sam aśakan nārbhakā abhi dādhṛṣuḥ ।
veṇor adgā ivābhito 'samṛddhā aghāyavaḥ ॥

Neither the many nor the few of the evil doers like slender sticks of cane are able to challenge us. Their

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1.27.4

प्रेतं पादौ प्र स्फुरतं वहतं पृणतो गृहान् ।
इन्द्रान्य् एतु प्रथमाजीतामुषिता पुरः ॥

pretaṃ pādau pra sphurataṃ vahataṃ pṛṇato gṛhān ।
indrāny etu prathamājītāmuṣitā puraḥ ॥

Atharvaveda 1.28 · 4 mantras

1.28.1

उप प्रागाद् देवो अग्नी रक्षोहामीवचातनः ।
दहन्न् अप द्वयाविनो यातुधानान् किमीदिनः ॥

upa prāgād devo agnī rakṣohāmīvacātanaḥ ।
dahann apa dvayāvino yātudhānān kimīdinaḥ ॥

Divine Agni, light and fire of nature, is come, destroyer of evil, scare of affliction, burning off and eliminating the double faced deceivers, wicked thieves, and life threatening elements of the atmosphere around.

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1.28.2

प्रति दह यातुधानान् प्रति देव किमीदिनः ।
प्रतीचीः कृष्णवर्तने सं दह यातुधान्यः ॥

prati daha yātudhānān prati deva kimīdinaḥ ।
pratīcīḥ kṛṣṇavartane saṃ daha yātudhānyaḥ ॥

O yajnic fire, light of divine sun, burn up constantly and instantly the infectious afflictions, cancerous germs and life threatening viruses. O fire of flames reaching into the darkest comers, bum up all the evil destroyers hiding around in the unknown places too.

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1.28.3

या शशाप शपनेन याघं मूरम् आदधे ।
या रसस्य हरणाय जातम् आरेभे तोकम् अत्तु सा ॥

yā śaśāpa śapanena yāghaṃ mūram ādadhe ।
yā rasasya haraṇāya jātam ārebhe tokam attu sā ॥

Whatever force, enemy, negativity and infection within or from outside, with its own destructive action, has become a curse for us, whatever has planted itself as a fast growing killer disease, or whatever natal disease afflicts our new bom baby and consumes its vitality of life, may all that disease, affliction and negativity be self-consuming to cause its own end.

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1.28.4

पुत्रम् अत्तु यातुधानीः स्वसारम् उत नप्त्यम् ।
अधा मिथो विकेश्यो वि घ्नतां यातुधान्यो वि तृह्यन्ताम् अराय्यः ॥

putram attu yātudhānīḥ svasāram uta naptyam ।
adhā mitho vikeśyo vi ghnatāṃ yātudhānyo vi tṛhyantām arāyyaḥ ॥

Let the fire and light of yajnic treatment convert the afflictive germs, viruses, negative cells and psychic evils into positivities so that they themselves consume and destroy their by-products, side effects, consequential developments, mutual conflicts and expansions, and thereby may all these afflictions and evils, now consuming and debilitating, be by themselves crushed, destroyed and uprooted.

Atharvaveda 1.29 · 6 mantras

1.29.1

अभीवर्तेन मणिना येनेन्द्रो अभिववृधे ।
तेनास्मान् ब्रह्मणस् पते ऽभि राष्ट्राय वर्धय ॥

abhīvartena maṇinā yenendro abhivavṛdhe ।
tenāsmān brahmaṇas pate 'bhi rāṣṭrāya vardhaya ॥

O Brahmanaspati, lord of divine vision, master of knowledge and state craft for development, for the rise and progress of the nation and the republic, pray strengthen and raise us with that crystal character, jewel wealth and adamantine strength and will by virtue of which Indra, lord ruler of the world and the spirit of the human nation, rises to glory.

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1.29.2

अभिवृत्य सपत्नान् अभि या नो अरातयः ।
अभि पृतन्यन्तं तिष्ठाभि यो नो दुरस्यति ॥

abhivṛtya sapatnān abhi yā no arātayaḥ ।
abhi pṛtanyantaṃ tiṣṭhābhi yo no durasyati ॥

O Brahmanaspati, ruler and commander of the human nation, having surrounded and cornered the adversaries, selfish exploiters, whoever want to wage war against us, or who hate, envy and want to damage us, break down their force and power, subdue them and rule over them as part of the nation.

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1.29.3

अभि त्वा देवः सविताभि षोमो अवीवृधत् ।
अभि त्वा विश्वा भूतान्य् अभीवर्तो यथाससि ॥

abhi tvā devaḥ savitābhi ṣomo avīvṛdhat ।
abhi tvā viśvā bhūtāny abhīvarto yathāsasi ॥

May the self-refulgent Savita, brilliant sun and the blazing commander of the defence and development forces, Soma, nation’s spirit of peace and joy and the economic spirit of security, and all the people and living resources of nature and the mother land, advance and exalt you so that you may rule in a protective and promotive style for all.

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1.29.4

अभीवर्तो अभिभवः सपत्नक्षयणो मणिः ।
राष्ट्राय मह्यं बध्यतां सपत्नेभ्यः पराभुवे ॥

abhīvarto abhibhavaḥ sapatnakṣayaṇo maṇiḥ ।
rāṣṭrāya mahyaṃ badhyatāṃ sapatnebhyaḥ parābhuve ॥

This spirit of the exalted nation and this crystal character of the people is the jewel wealth of the republic, superior to all individual constituents, subduer of jealousies and saboteurs and destroyer of the negative forces of adversaries. O Brahmanaspati, visionary high priest of the nation’s law, let it be vested in me as the ruling sceptre for the common wealth’s progress and for subduing of the adversaries.

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1.29.5

उद् असौ सूर्यो अगाद् उद् इदं मामकं वचः ।
यथाहं शत्रुहो ऽसान्य् असपत्नः सपत्नहा ॥

ud asau sūryo agād ud idaṃ māmakaṃ vacaḥ ।
yathāhaṃ śatruho 'sāny asapatnaḥ sapatnahā ॥

As the sun there rises in heaven, so does my word of commitment arise here in the republic, so that with my word and the people’s commitment and character I may eliminate enmity, subdue adversarial rivalries and rule with freedom from fear, insecurity and

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1.29.6

सपत्नक्षयणो वृषाभिरष्ट्रो विषासहिः ।
यथाहम् एषां वीराणां विराजानि जनस्य च ॥

sapatnakṣayaṇo vṛṣābhiraṣṭro viṣāsahiḥ ।
yathāham eṣāṃ vīrāṇāṃ virājāni janasya ca ॥

Atharvaveda 1.30 · 4 mantras

1.30.1

विश्वे देवा वसवो रक्षतेमम् उतादित्या जागृत यूयम् अस्मिन् ।
मेमं सनाभिर् उत वान्यनाभिर् मेमं प्रापत् पौरुषेयो वधो यः ॥

viśve devā vasavo rakṣatemam utādityā jāgṛta yūyam asmin ।
memaṃ sanābhir uta vānyanābhir memaṃ prāpat pauruṣeyo vadho yaḥ ॥

O Vishvedevas, divinities of nature, leading powers of humanity, O Vasus, sustainers of life, protect and promote this man, this leader, this ruler. O Adityas, brilliancies of nature and leading lights of humanity, keep awake and alert in this living system both individual and social. Let no danger or fatal weapon, human or natural, shot by our own people from within or by an alien power, reach and touch him. (The system at the individual level is the human being, and at the social level it is the socio-political organisation, and the person to be protected and promoted is the ruler.)

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1.30.2

ये वो देवाः पितरो ये च पुत्राः सचेतसो मे शृणुतेदम् उक्तम् ।
सर्वेभ्यो वः परि ददाम्य् एतं स्वस्त्य् एनं जरसे वहाथ ॥

ye vo devāḥ pitaro ye ca putrāḥ sacetaso me śṛṇutedam uktam ।
sarvebhyo vaḥ pari dadāmy etaṃ svasty enaṃ jarase vahātha ॥

O Devas, divine powers of nature and humanity, noble citizens of the nation, parental seniors and their children of the younger generation, all who are supporters and protectors of the land, be alert and wide awake, and listen carefully to this word of mine: I declare and dedicate this man, this leader, this ruler to you all and commit you all for your common good to support and serve him to the last day of life.

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1.30.3

ये देवा दिवि ष्ठ ये पृथिव्यां ये अन्तरिक्ष ओषधीषु पशुष्व् अप्स्व् अन्तः ।
ते कृणुत जरसम् आयुर् अस्मै शतम् अन्यान् परि वृणक्तु मृत्यून् ॥

ye devā divi ṣṭha ye pṛthivyāṃ ye antarikṣa oṣadhīṣu paśuṣv apsv antaḥ ।
te kṛṇuta jarasam āyur asmai śatam anyān pari vṛṇaktu mṛtyūn ॥

All those, divinities which are in heaven, those on earth and those which are in the middle region, in the herbs, in all living beings, in animals and birds and in the waters, may they all bring him a full and healthy life, and may he dispel and destroy a hundred other deadly wants, problems and deprivations of life for you all.

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1.30.4

येषां प्रयाजा उत वानुयाजा हुतभागा अहुतादश् च देवाः ।
येषां वः पञ्च प्रदिशो विभक्तास् तान् वो अस्मै सत्रसदः कृणोमि ॥

yeṣāṃ prayājā uta vānuyājā hutabhāgā ahutādaś ca devāḥ ।
yeṣāṃ vaḥ pañca pradiśo vibhaktās tān vo asmai satrasadaḥ kṛṇomi ॥

Atharvaveda 1.31 · 4 mantras

1.31.1

आशानाम् आशापालेभ्यश् चतुर्भ्यो अमृतेभ्यः ।
इदं भूतस्याध्यक्षेभ्यो विधेम हविषा वयम् ॥

āśānām āśāpālebhyaś caturbhyo amṛtebhyaḥ ।
idaṃ bhūtasyādhyakṣebhyo vidhema haviṣā vayam ॥

Now with havi we do this homage to the four immortal guardians of the four quarters of space who oversee, control and protect all forms of existence. (The ruler guardians of the quarters of space according to Atharva Veda 3, 27, 1-6 are Agni, Indra, Varuna and Soma of the east, south, west and north, while Vishnu and Brhaspati are guardian rulers of the nether and upper directions. In the case of the human personality as well this same order of divine care is applicable, and these six versions of the power of Brahma Supreme protect us against hate, enmity and jealousy while they augment our physical, mental and spiritual potential as well.)

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1.31.2

य आशानाम् आशापालाश् चत्वार स्थन देवाः ।
ते नो निरृत्याः पाशेभ्यो मुञ्चतांहसोअंहसः ॥

ya āśānām āśāpālāś catvāra sthana devāḥ ।
te no nirṛtyāḥ pāśebhyo muñcatāṃhasoaṃhasaḥ ॥

O Devas, who are ruling guardians of the four quarters of space, you release us from the snares of adversity and save us from every form of sin and evil.

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1.31.3

अस्रामस् त्वा हविषा यजाम्य् अश्लोणस् त्वा घृतेन जुहोमि ।
य आशानाम् आशापालस् तुरीयो देवः स नः सुभूतम् एह वक्षत् ॥

asrāmas tvā haviṣā yajāmy aśloṇas tvā ghṛtena juhomi ।
ya āśānām āśāpālas turīyo devaḥ sa naḥ subhūtam eha vakṣat ॥

O lord transcendent of the fourth estate of the freedom of Moksha, I never tire of serving you with havi. I never give up the divine service with ghrta like a lame man giving up the journey. May the lord transcendent of spiritual freedom, protector and promoter of the regions of space, grant us the honour, excellence and glory of life.

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1.31.4

स्वस्ति मात्र उत पित्रे नो अस्तु स्वस्ति गोभ्यो जगते पुरुषेभ्यः ।
विश्वम् सुभूतम् सुविदत्रं नो अस्तु ज्योग् एव दृशेम सूर्यम् ॥

svasti mātra uta pitre no astu svasti gobhyo jagate puruṣebhyaḥ ।
viśvam subhūtam suvidatraṃ no astu jyog eva dṛśema sūryam ॥

Atharvaveda 1.32 · 4 mantras

1.32.1

इदं जनासो विदथ महद् ब्रह्म वदिष्यति ।
न तत् पृथिव्यां नो दिवि येन प्राणन्ति वीरुधः ॥

idaṃ janāso vidatha mahad brahma vadiṣyati ।
na tat pṛthivyāṃ no divi yena prāṇanti vīrudhaḥ ॥

O seekers, know this. Only the self-realised soul would speak of life’s infinite and ultimate reality, the Spirit that is comprehended neither on the earth nor in heaven—the life spirit by which the forms and structures of life evolve and breathe in the expansive universe.

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1.32.2

अन्तरिक्ष आसां स्थाम श्रान्तसदाम् इव ।
आस्थानम् अस्य भूतस्य विदुष् टद् वेधसो न वा ॥

antarikṣa āsāṃ sthāma śrāntasadām iva ।
āsthānam asya bhūtasya viduṣ ṭad vedhaso na vā ॥

The main stay of these living forms is in infinite Space like the station of satiated self-realised souls. That home of this world of existence, they know who know, and may be they too don’t - which, again, only they know, we don’t. (Compare Rgveda 10, 129, 7.)

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1.32.3

यद् रोदसी रेजमाने भूमिश् च निरतक्षतम् ।
आर्द्रं तद् अद्य सर्वदा समुद्रस्येव श्रोत्याः ॥

yad rodasī rejamāne bhūmiś ca niratakṣatam ।
ārdraṃ tad adya sarvadā samudrasyeva śrotyāḥ ॥

The living fluid vitality which the dynamic heaven and earth and the firmament created and create is the same today which has ever been flowing from the universal Spirit like the streams of water and waves of the sea.

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1.32.4

विश्वम् अन्याम् अभीवार तद् अन्यस्याम् अधि श्रितम् ।
दिवे च विश्ववेदसे पृथिव्यै चाकरं नमः ॥

viśvam anyām abhīvāra tad anyasyām adhi śritam ।
dive ca viśvavedase pṛthivyai cākaraṃ namaḥ ॥

I know the universal presiding presence all pervasive in the other, its power and vitality, immanent in Prakrti and transcending it. I offer homage and obeisance to heaven, to earth and to lord omniscient and presiding power of the universe.

Atharvaveda 1.33 · 4 mantras

1.33.1

हिरण्यवर्णाः शुचयः पावका यासु जातः सविता यास्व् अग्निः ।
या अग्निं गर्भं दधिरे सुवर्णास् ता न आपः शं स्योना भवन्तु ॥

hiraṇyavarṇāḥ śucayaḥ pāvakā yāsu jātaḥ savitā yāsv agniḥ ।
yā agniṃ garbhaṃ dadhire suvarṇās tā na āpaḥ śaṃ syonā bhavantu ॥

The golden hued, pure and purifying primeval waters, original plastic material of existential forms, wherein manifested Savita, divine creative will, and Agni, basic vitality of life, and which, like the womb of nature, held within the vital heat that sustains life, may, we pray, be beatific, peaceful and blissful for us. (In relation to Apah, reference may be made to ‘Samudro’ amavah’ of Rgveda 1, 190, 1, and ‘Salilam’

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1.33.2

यासां राजा वरुणो याति मध्ये सत्यानृते अवपश्यन् जनानाम् ।
या अग्निं गर्भं दधिरे सुवर्णास् ता न आपः शं स्योना भवन्तु ॥

yāsāṃ rājā varuṇo yāti madhye satyānṛte avapaśyan janānām ।
yā agniṃ garbhaṃ dadhire suvarṇās tā na āpaḥ śaṃ syonā bhavantu ॥

In the midst of primeval waters pervades Varuna, supreme lord of judgement who watches the truth and untruth of the life of human souls emerging into their next round of existence. The waters hold within themselves the vital heat that makes life possible and sustains it. May these waters of golden hue be full of peace, grace and bliss for us.

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1.33.3

यासां देवा दिवि कृण्वन्ति भक्षं या अन्तरिक्षे बहुधा भवन्ति ।
या अग्निं गर्भं दधिरे सुवर्णास् ता न आपः शं स्योना भवन्तु ॥

yāsāṃ devā divi kṛṇvanti bhakṣaṃ yā antarikṣe bahudhā bhavanti ।
yā agniṃ garbhaṃ dadhire suvarṇās tā na āpaḥ śaṃ syonā bhavantu ॥

May the primeval waters of golden hue which evolve into many forms in space, in which the potential forms of divine existence find their food for growth, and which, like a womb, hold within them the vital heat of life, be full of peace, grace and bliss for us.

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1.33.4

शिवेन मा चक्षुषा पश्यतापः शिवया तन्वोप स्पृशत त्वचं मे ।
घृतश्चुतः शुचयो याः पावकास् ता न आपः शं स्योना भवन्तु ॥

śivena mā cakṣuṣā paśyatāpaḥ śivayā tanvopa spṛśata tvacaṃ me ।
ghṛtaścutaḥ śucayo yāḥ pāvakās tā na āpaḥ śaṃ syonā bhavantu ॥

May these waters with immanent divinity look at me with a blissful eye. May they touch the form and complexion of my body with the softness of love. Overflowing with the ghrta of kindness and grace, pure and purifying, may they be full of peace, bliss and divine grace for us.

Atharvaveda 1.34 · 5 mantras

1.34.1

इयं वीरुन् मधुजाता मधुना त्वा खनामसि ।
मधोर् अधि प्रजातासि सा नो मधुमतस् कृधि ॥

iyaṃ vīrun madhujātā madhunā tvā khanāmasi ।
madhor adhi prajātāsi sā no madhumatas kṛdhi ॥

This herb is bom of the honey sweets of earth. O sweet herb, we take you up with the honey sweet of love and gratitude. You are grown and matured by the honeyed efficacy of life and nature’s evolution. Such as you are, pray sweeten our life with the honey sweet of joy and graces of culture. (Honey, Madhu, has been interpreted as metaphor of the sweetness of existence in life, knowledge, divine awareness, indeed the soul itself. All verses of this hymn can be interpreted in this perspective. Reference may also be made to Brihadaranyakopanishad 2, 5, in which it is said that this earth and all her creatures, the waters, heat and light, wind and all other kinds of energy, the sun, the quarters of space, the moon, thunder and lightning, clouds and the sky, all space, Dharma, truth, humanity the soul and the cosmic soul, all is the honeyed expression and manifestation of divinity. And this knowledge, madhu vidya, was given by the sage Dadhyang of the Atharva tradition.)

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1.34.2

जिह्वाया अग्रे मधु मे जिह्वामूले मधूलकम् ।
ममेद् अह क्रताव् असो मम चित्तम् उपायसि ॥

jihvāyā agre madhu me jihvāmūle madhūlakam ।
mamed aha kratāv aso mama cittam upāyasi ॥

Let there be honey sweetness at the tip of my tongue. Let there be honey sweetness at the root of my tongue. O honey sweetness of divinity, always stay in my thought and will in action, and ever abide at the depth of my mind and soul.

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1.34.3

मधुमन् मे निक्रमणं मधुमन् मे परायणम् ।
वाचा वदामि मधुमद् भूयासं मधुसंदृशः ॥

madhuman me nikramaṇaṃ madhuman me parāyaṇam ।
vācā vadāmi madhumad bhūyāsaṃ madhusaṃdṛśaḥ ॥

Let my coming, going forth and going out be full of honey sweetness. Let my final exit and ultimate resort be full of honey sweet Ananda. Let me speak and express the honey sweets of love and reverence with my words, and let me share the honey sweets of divinity in my vision and response to life’s experience.

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1.34.4

मधोर् अस्मि मधुतरो मदुघान् मधुमत्तरः ।
माम् इत् किल त्वं वनाः शाखां मधुमतीम् इव ॥

madhor asmi madhutaro madughān madhumattaraḥ ।
mām it kila tvaṃ vanāḥ śākhāṃ madhumatīm iva ॥

I am sweeter than honey itself, sweeter than the treasure holds of honey in plants and man. O man, O sage, O divine, O love, accept me, O life, like a lovely branch bearing the honey suckle.

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1.34.5

परि त्वा परितत्नुनेक्षुणागाम् अविद्विषे ।
यथा मां कमिन्य् असो यथा मन् नापगा असः ॥

pari tvā paritatnunekṣuṇāgām avidviṣe ।
yathā māṃ kaminy aso yathā man nāpagā asaḥ ॥

O love, O honeyed sweetness of life, with open expanding arms of honey sweets of love and faith I come to embrace you never to allow jealousy, bitterness or enmity to come in and vitiate our love so that you too ever abide with me in love and never forsake me.

Atharvaveda 1.35 · 4 mantras

1.35.1

यद् आबध्नन् दाक्षायणा हिरण्यं शतानीकाय सुमनस्यमानाः ।
तत् ते बद्नाम्य् आयुषे वर्चसे बलाय दीर्घायुत्वाय शतशारदाय ॥

yad ābadhnan dākṣāyaṇā hiraṇyaṃ śatānīkāya sumanasyamānāḥ ।
tat te badnāmy āyuṣe varcase balāya dīrghāyutvāya śataśāradāya ॥

That golden glowing discipline of life which the sages of holy life and enlightened mind hold, observe and prescribe for a life of hundredfold efficiency, I confer on you with commitment for a full age of hundred years of good health, strength of body and mind, honour and lustre.

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1.35.2

नैनं रक्षांसि न पिशाचाः सहन्ते देवानाम् ओजः प्रथमजम् ह्य् एतत् ।
यो बिभर्ति दाक्षायणं हिरण्यं स जीवेषु कृणुते दीर्घम् आयुः ॥

nainaṃ rakṣāṃsi na piśācāḥ sahante devānām ojaḥ prathamajam hy etat ।
yo bibharti dākṣāyaṇaṃ hiraṇyaṃ sa jīveṣu kṛṇute dīrgham āyuḥ ॥

That golden glow of discipline, demons and ogres cannot violate, nor can they challenge it. It is the splendour of divines, first born of Mother Nature. One who commands this golden discipline of life and living with efficiency and success lives a long life among humanity.

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1.35.3

अपां तेजो ज्योतिर् ओजो बलं च वनस्पतीनाम् उत वीर्याणि ।
इन्द्र इवेन्द्रियाण्य् अधि धारयामो अस्मिन् तद् दक्षमाणो बिभरद् धिरण्यम् ॥

apāṃ tejo jyotir ojo balaṃ ca vanaspatīnām uta vīryāṇi ।
indra ivendriyāṇy adhi dhārayāmo asmin tad dakṣamāṇo bibharad dhiraṇyam ॥

Just as Indra, the soul, bears and commands the senses and mind with self-control, so do we help this young man to bear and preserve the glow of nature’s fluid energies, light of life and vigour and vitality of all the herbal essences since he conscientiously holds on to the golden discipline of continence in daily living.

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1.35.4

समानां मासाम् ऋतुभिष् ट्वा वयं संवत्सरस्य पयसा पिपर्मि ।
इन्द्राग्नी विश्वे देवास् ते ऽनु मन्यन्ताम् अहृणीयमानाः ॥

samānāṃ māsām ṛtubhiṣ ṭvā vayaṃ saṃvatsarasya payasā piparmi ।
indrāgnī viśve devās te 'nu manyantām ahṛṇīyamānāḥ ॥

We strengthen you toward completion of your personality with the vigour and vitality of life and nature over months and years season by season. May Indra, Agni and all the divinities of nature and humanity be favourable to you without reserve or hesitation.