19. Kāṇḍa 19 — Kāla Sūkta and miscellaneous hymns

Atharvaveda 19.1 · 3 mantras

19.1.1

संसं स्रवन्तु नद्यः सं वाताः सं पतत्रिणः ।
यज्ञम् इमं वर्धयता गिरः संस्राव्येण हविषा जुहोमि ॥

saṃsaṃ sravantu nadyaḥ saṃ vātāḥ saṃ patatriṇaḥ ।
yajñam imaṃ vardhayatā giraḥ saṃsrāvyeṇa haviṣā juhomi ॥

May the rivers flow together in unison, may the winds blow together in unison, may the birds fly together in unison. O songs of divinity, extend and elevate this yajna of togetherness and unity. I offer oblations with the fragrant havi of the unity of diversity-in-unison.

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19.1.2

इमं होमा यज्ञम् अवतेमं संस्रावणा उत यज्ञम् इमं वर्धयता गिरः संस्राव्येण हविषा जुहोमि ॥

imaṃ homā yajñam avatemaṃ saṃsrāvaṇā uta yajñam imaṃ vardhayatā giraḥ saṃsrāvyeṇa haviṣā juhomi ॥

O oblations of yajnic havi, preserve, protect and promote this yajna of unity, and, O united dynamics of nature and society, protect and promote this yajna of togetherness. O songs of divinity, extend and elevate this yajna of togetherness and unity. I offer oblations with the fragrant havi of the unity of diversity-in-unison.

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19.1.3

रूपंरूपं वयोवयः संरभ्यैनं परि ष्वजे ।
यज्ञम् इमं चतस्रः प्रदिशो वर्धयन्तु संस्राव्येण हविषा जुहोमि ॥

rūpaṃrūpaṃ vayovayaḥ saṃrabhyainaṃ pari ṣvaje ।
yajñam imaṃ catasraḥ pradiśo vardhayantu saṃsrāvyeṇa haviṣā juhomi ॥

Atharvaveda 19.2 · 5 mantras

19.2.1

शं त आपो हैमवतीः शम् उ ते सन्तूत्स्याः ।
शं ते सनिष्यदा आपः शम् उ ते सन्तु वर्ष्याः ॥

śaṃ ta āpo haimavatīḥ śam u te santūtsyāḥ ।
śaṃ te saniṣyadā āpaḥ śam u te santu varṣyāḥ ॥

O man, may the streams flowing from snowy mountains be for your peace and pleasure. May the wells and lakes and tanks bring you peace and joy. May the rivers flowing fast be full of peace for you. And may the showers of rain bring you peace and joy.

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19.2.2

शं त आपो धन्वन्याः शं ते सन्त्व् अनूप्याः ।
शं ते खनित्रिमा आपः शं याः कुम्भेभिर् आभृताः ॥

śaṃ ta āpo dhanvanyāḥ śaṃ te santv anūpyāḥ ।
śaṃ te khanitrimā āpaḥ śaṃ yāḥ kumbhebhir ābhṛtāḥ ॥

May the desert waters be peaceful to you. May the waters of abundant regions bring you peace. May the waters of wells and tanks dug out bring you peace. And may the waters brought in jars bring you peace and well being.

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19.2.3

अनभ्रयः खनमाना विप्रा गम्भीरे अपसः ।
भिषग्भ्यो भिषक्तरा आपो अछा वदामसि ॥

anabhrayaḥ khanamānā viprā gambhīre apasaḥ ।
bhiṣagbhyo bhiṣaktarā āpo achā vadāmasi ॥

Waters naturally running deep, but not in channels dug up artificially with tools, are waters medically more efficacious than even the doctor’s sanatives, thus do we experienced physicians say.

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19.2.4

अपाम् अह दिव्यानाम् अपां स्रोतस्यानाम् ।
अपाम् अह प्रणेजने ऽश्वा भवथ वाजिनः ॥

apām aha divyānām apāṃ srotasyānām ।
apām aha praṇejane 'śvā bhavatha vājinaḥ ॥

On being washed and cleaned by divine waters of rain, waters of running streams, you would become as strong and swift as war horses.

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19.2.5

ता अपः शिवा अपो ऽयक्ष्मंकरणीर् अपः ।
यथैव तृप्यते मयस् तास् त आ दत्त भेसजीः ॥

tā apaḥ śivā apo 'yakṣmaṃkaraṇīr apaḥ ।
yathaiva tṛpyate mayas tās ta ā datta bhesajīḥ ॥

Waters are givers of peace and well being. Waters are the cure against disease. Just as waters are satisfying to the needy, so are they to you. Take on to waters efficacious as medicine.

Atharvaveda 19.3 · 4 mantras

19.3.1

दिवस् पृथिव्याः पर्य् अन्तरिक्षाद् वनस्पतिभ्यो अध्य् ओषधीभ्यः ।
यत्रयत्र विभृतो जातवेदास् तत स्तुतो जुषमाणो न एहि ॥

divas pṛthivyāḥ pary antarikṣād vanaspatibhyo adhy oṣadhībhyaḥ ।
yatrayatra vibhṛto jātavedās tata stuto juṣamāṇo na ehi ॥

From the solar regions (as light), from the earth (as magnetic energy), from the sky (as wind and electric energy), from the herbs and trees (as food and vital energy), and from medicinal herbs, wherever Agni energy is present, is studied, valued and developed, let fire energy, our friend and companion of love and value, come to us.

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19.3.2

यस् ते अप्सु महिमा यो वनेषु य ओषधीषु पशुष्व् अप्स्व् अन्तः ।
अग्ने सर्वास् तन्वः सं रभस्व ताभिर् न एहि द्रविणोदा अजस्रः ॥

yas te apsu mahimā yo vaneṣu ya oṣadhīṣu paśuṣv apsv antaḥ ।
agne sarvās tanvaḥ saṃ rabhasva tābhir na ehi draviṇodā ajasraḥ ॥

O Agni, vital heat energy all pervasive, whatever your power, grandeur and efficacy in waters, in forests, in herbs, in animals, and in the living energy of pranas, come and bless us with those powers and efficacies, giver of wealth, unaging divinity.

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19.3.3

यस् ते देवेषु महिमा स्वर्गो या ते तनुः पितृष्व् आविवेश ।
पुष्टिर् या ते मनुष्येषु पप्रथे ऽग्ने तया रयिम् अस्मासु धेहि ॥

yas te deveṣu mahimā svargo yā te tanuḥ pitṛṣv āviveśa ।
puṣṭir yā te manuṣyeṣu paprathe 'gne tayā rayim asmāsu dhehi ॥

O Agni, fire divine, whatever your power, grandeur and efficacy present in divinities, leading to peace and joy, whatever your energy and power present in parental powers and pranas, whatever your vitality and power that vibrates and grows in humans, with all that, pray bless us with health, wealth, honour and excellence.

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19.3.4

श्रुत्कर्णाय कवये वेद्याय वचोभिर् वाकैर् उप यामि रातिम् ।
यतो भयम् अभयं तन् नो अस्त्व् अव देवानां यज हेडो अग्ने ॥

śrutkarṇāya kavaye vedyāya vacobhir vākair upa yāmi rātim ।
yato bhayam abhayaṃ tan no astv ava devānāṃ yaja heḍo agne ॥

O Agni, leading light of life, with words of prayer and adoration I come to you and ask for the gift of your generosity so that I may reach the lord divine, the poetic visionary worth knowing who listens to the seeker. Pray cast off the displeasure of divinities from us so that we may be free from the causes of fear and live fearless at peace.

Atharvaveda 19.4 · 4 mantras

19.4.1

याम् आहुतिं प्रथमाम् अथर्वा या जाता या हव्यम् अकृणोज् जातवेदाः ।
तां त एतां प्रथमो जोहवीमि ताभिष् टुप्तो वहतु हव्यम् अग्निर् अग्नये स्वाह ॥

yām āhutiṃ prathamām atharvā yā jātā yā havyam akṛṇoj jātavedāḥ ।
tāṃ ta etāṃ prathamo johavīmi tābhiṣ ṭupto vahatu havyam agnir agnaye svāha ॥

The first oblation into the creative yajna, i.e., thought and intention, which Atharva, the unmoved mover, Jataveda, self-manifested into self-awareness, made, and the first fragrance that arose and produced further creative materials of creation, that very first oblation of thought and intention, I too make, O leading light of creation, Agni, and I pray that, thereby adored and moved, lead my self-creative yajna and carry my offerings to the first and ultimate yajamana. With this homage, honour and salutations to

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19.4.2

आकूतिं देवीं सुभगां पुरो दधे चित्तस्य माता सुहवा नो अस्तु ।
याम् आशाम् एमि केवली सा मे अस्तु विदेयम् एनां मनसि प्रविष्टाम् ॥

ākūtiṃ devīṃ subhagāṃ puro dadhe cittasya mātā suhavā no astu ।
yām āśām emi kevalī sā me astu videyam enāṃ manasi praviṣṭām ॥

I place and honour Akuti, Sankalpa Shakti, or thought and intention, first and foremost of all creative process. Glorious companion of the dawn of creation, it is the mother of mind and memory, and, I pray, it may readily inspire me at will. In whatever direction I move with full concentration, let it be mine exclusively, without distraction, and I may too value and honour it as it arises in the mind.

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19.4.3

आकूत्या नो बृहस्पत आकूत्या न उपा गहि ।
अथो भगस्य नो धेह्य् अथो नः सुहवो भव ॥

ākūtyā no bṛhaspata ākūtyā na upā gahi ।
atho bhagasya no dhehy atho naḥ suhavo bhava ॥

O Brhaspati, lord of the expansive universe and infinite intelligence, come and bless us with intelligence and will, close at hand with thought and determination. And give us plenty of honour and prosperity, and pray be responsive at the call of our invocation and adoration.

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19.4.4

बृहस्पतिर् म आकूतिम् आङ्गिरसः प्रति जानातु वाचम् एताम् ।
यस्य देवा देवताः संबभूवुः स सुप्रणीताः कामो अन्व् एत्व् अस्मान् ॥

bṛhaspatir ma ākūtim āṅgirasaḥ prati jānātu vācam etām ।
yasya devā devatāḥ saṃbabhūvuḥ sa supraṇītāḥ kāmo anv etv asmān ॥

May Brhaspati, lord of Infinity immanent in the mind and senses, know and recognise my thought and intention, acknowledge my words of thought and intention and respond favourably. May the lord, to whom the mind and senses are obedient in unison and well guided, and they grow divine thereby, approve our desires and ambitions and grant us fulfilment.

Atharvaveda 19.5 · 1 mantras

19.5.1

इन्द्रो राजा जगतश् चर्षणीनाम् अधि क्षमि विषुरूपं यद् अस्ति ।
ततो ददाति दाशुषे वसूनि चोदद् राध उपस्तुतश् चिद् अर्वाक् ॥

indro rājā jagataś carṣaṇīnām adhi kṣami viṣurūpaṃ yad asti ।
tato dadāti dāśuṣe vasūni codad rādha upastutaś cid arvāk ॥

Atharvaveda 19.6 · 16 mantras

19.6.1

सहस्रबाहुः पुरुषः सहस्राक्षः सहस्रपात् ।
स भूमिं विश्वतो वृत्वात्य् अतिष्ठद् दशाङ्गुलम् ॥

sahasrabāhuḥ puruṣaḥ sahasrākṣaḥ sahasrapāt ।
sa bhūmiṃ viśvato vṛtvāty atiṣṭhad daśāṅgulam ॥

Purusha, the cosmic soul of existence, is Divinity Personified, of infinite hands, infinite eyes and infinite feet. It pervades the universe wholly and entirely, and having pervaded and comprehended the universe of ten natural constituents, it transcends the universe.

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19.6.2

त्रिभिः पद्भिर् द्याम् अरोहत् पाद् अस्येहाभवत् पुनः ।
तथा व्य् अक्रामद् विष्वङ् अशनानशने अनु ॥

tribhiḥ padbhir dyām arohat pād asyehābhavat punaḥ ।
tathā vy akrāmad viṣvaṅ aśanānaśane anu ॥

By three steps of evolutionary existence the Purusha ascends to the heavens (over earth and the firmament), while its presence manifests again and again in the world of existence (with each creation), pervading all the material and biological world.

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19.6.3

तावन्तो अस्य महिमानस् ततो ज्यायांश् च पूरुषः ।
पादो ऽस्य विश्वा भूतानि त्रिपाद् अस्यामृतं दिवि ॥

tāvanto asya mahimānas tato jyāyāṃś ca pūruṣaḥ ।
pādo 'sya viśvā bhūtāni tripād asyāmṛtaṃ divi ॥

So great are the grandeur and glories of It, and yet the Pumsha is greater than all that. The entire worlds of existence are but one fourth of It. Three parts of Its mystery are in the transcendental heaven of immortality beyond the universe.

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19.6.4

पुरुष एवेदं सर्वं यद् भूतं यच् च भाव्यम् ।
उतामृतत्वस्येश्वरो यद् अन्येनाभवत् सह ॥

puruṣa evedaṃ sarvaṃ yad bhūtaṃ yac ca bhāvyam ।
utāmṛtatvasyeśvaro yad anyenābhavat saha ॥

All this that is and was and shall be is Pumsha, ultimately, sovereign over immortality and bliss, who also abides by the other that is mortal and other than bliss, i.e., the suffering and sorrow of evil and ignorance.

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19.6.5

यत् पुरुषं व्य् अदधुः कतिधा व्य् अकल्पयन् ।
मुखं किम् अस्य किम् बाहू किम् ऊरू पादा उच्यते ॥

yat puruṣaṃ vy adadhuḥ katidhā vy akalpayan ।
mukhaṃ kim asya kim bāhū kim ūrū pādā ucyate ॥

How do the visionary sages visualise the self-manifestive modes of Purusha in the world of existence? What is Its mouth? What the arms? What the thighs? What the feet as they may be said to be?

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19.6.6

ब्राह्मणो ऽस्य मुखम् आसीद् बाहू राजन्यो ऽभवत् ।
मध्यं तद् अस्य यद् वैश्यः पद्भ्यां शूद्रो अजायत ॥

brāhmaṇo 'sya mukham āsīd bāhū rājanyo 'bhavat ।
madhyaṃ tad asya yad vaiśyaḥ padbhyāṃ śūdro ajāyata ॥

Brahmana, (man of knowledge, divine vision and the Vedic Word in the human community) is the mouth of the Samrat Purusha. Kshatriya, man of justice and polity, is the arms of defence and organisation. The middle part is the Vaishya who produces and provides food and energy. And the ancillary services that provide sustenance and support with auxiliary labour are the feet, the Shudra that bears the burden of society.

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19.6.7

चन्द्रमा मनसो जातश् चक्षोः सूर्यो अजायत ।
मुखाद् इन्द्रश् चाग्निश् च प्राणाद् वायुर् अजायत ॥

candramā manaso jātaś cakṣoḥ sūryo ajāyata ।
mukhād indraś cāgniś ca prāṇād vāyur ajāyata ॥

The moon is bom of the cosmic mind, the sun is born of the eye, fire and energy are bom of the mouth, and the wind is bom of the breath.

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19.6.8

नाभ्या आसीद् अन्तरिक्षं शीर्ष्णो द्यौः सम् अवर्तत ।
पद्भ्यां भूमिर् दिशः श्रोत्रात् तथा लोकां अकल्पयन् ॥

nābhyā āsīd antarikṣaṃ śīrṣṇo dyauḥ sam avartata ।
padbhyāṃ bhūmir diśaḥ śrotrāt tathā lokāṃ akalpayan ॥

From the navel region is bom the sky, the high heaven is from the head, the earth comes from the feet, and directions of space from the ear. Thus did the sages visualise the worlds of existence as Purusha, and the Purusha as the universe, a living, breathing, organismic, self-sustaining, self-organising sovereign system.

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19.6.9

विराड् अग्रे सम् अभवद् विराजो अधि पूरुषः ।
स जातो अत्य् अरिच्यत पश्चाद् भूमिम् अथो पुरः ॥

virāḍ agre sam abhavad virājo adhi pūruṣaḥ ।
sa jāto aty aricyata paścād bhūmim atho puraḥ ॥

First arose Virat, the cosmic Idea, the blue-print in terms of Prakrti, the one, and diverse of forms, the existential Purusha. The Purusha, cosmic soul, manifests in the Virat and abides sovereign in and over it. Though manifested. It exceeds, transcends, and then creates the universe and the world regions for forms of existence.

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19.6.10

यत् पुरुषेण हविषा देवा यज्ञम् अतन्वत ।
वसन्तो अस्यासीद् आज्यं ग्रीष्म इध्मः शरद् धविः ॥

yat puruṣeṇa haviṣā devā yajñam atanvata ।
vasanto asyāsīd ājyaṃ grīṣma idhmaḥ śarad dhaviḥ ॥

When the Devas, natural forms enacted and brilliant sages visualised the cosmic yajna of creation, then the spring season was the ghrta, summer, the fuel, and winter was the havi. (This natural and meditative enactment is in terms of nature’s evolution. Prakrti, with the divine presence and immanent will, evolves into material, biological and psychic forms.)

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19.6.11

तं यज्ञं प्रावृषा प्रौक्षन् पुरुषं जातम् अग्रशः ।
तेन देवा अयजन्त साध्या वसवश् च ये ॥

taṃ yajñaṃ prāvṛṣā praukṣan puruṣaṃ jātam agraśaḥ ।
tena devā ayajanta sādhyā vasavaś ca ye ॥

The Rshis of universal vision invoke and worship the Purusha, self-manifested in advance of everything else, with profuse showers of love and devotion. And by virtue of the presence, immanent in Prakrti, of the Purusha, the natural forces of Sadhya pranas and Vasu abodes of life carry on the yajna of evolution, and the divine sages too continue to visualise the yajna and the worship.

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19.6.12

तस्माद् अश्वा अजायन्त ये च के चोभयादतः ।
गावो ह जज्ञिरे तस्मात् तस्माज् जाता अजावयः ॥

tasmād aśvā ajāyanta ye ca ke cobhayādataḥ ।
gāvo ha jajñire tasmāt tasmāj jātā ajāvayaḥ ॥

From that yajna enacted by Nature with the immanent will were born the horses and those which have two rows of teeth up and down. From that were bom the cows, and from that were born the goat and the sheep.

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19.6.13

तस्माद् यज्ञात् सर्वहुत ऋचः सामानि जज्ञिरे ।
छन्दो ह जज्ञिरे तस्माद् यजुस् तस्माद् अजायत ॥

tasmād yajñāt sarvahuta ṛcaḥ sāmāni jajñire ।
chando ha jajñire tasmād yajus tasmād ajāyata ॥

From that yajna of cosmic dimensions initiated by Purusha and from His will and voice were bom the Rks and the Samans. From that were bom the Chhandas, i.e., the Atharva-veda and the Yajus.

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19.6.14

तस्माद् यज्ञात् सर्वहुतः संभृतं पृषदाज्यम् ।
पशूंस् तांश् चक्रे वायव्यान् आरण्या ग्राम्याश् च ये ॥

tasmād yajñāt sarvahutaḥ saṃbhṛtaṃ pṛṣadājyam ।
paśūṃs tāṃś cakre vāyavyān āraṇyā grāmyāś ca ye ॥

From that cosmic yajna with total input of Prakrti and the immanent will of Purusha was prepared and received the sacred ghrta, living liquids of life forms. That yajna and yajamana created all the animals, birds of the air, animals of the forest and those of the village for domestic use.

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19.6.15

सप्तास्यासन् परिधयस् त्रिः सप्त समिधः कृताः ।
देवा यद् यज्ञं तन्वाना अबध्नन् पुरुषं पशुम् ॥

saptāsyāsan paridhayas triḥ sapta samidhaḥ kṛtāḥ ।
devā yad yajñaṃ tanvānā abadhnan puruṣaṃ paśum ॥

Seven are the bounds of the vedi of cosmic yajna, thrice seven, twenty-one, are the samidhas, fuel sticks, ordained and offered into the yajna fire. This is what they see when the sages enact the yajna within and concentrate on the Purusha, the universal observer whose presence they crystallise and fix upon in the soul for direct realisation.

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19.6.16

मूर्ध्नो देवस्य बृहतो अंशवः सप्त सप्ततीः ।
राज्ञः सोमस्याजायन्त जातस्य पुरुषाद् अधि ॥

mūrdhno devasya bṛhato aṃśavaḥ sapta saptatīḥ ।
rājñaḥ somasyājāyanta jātasya puruṣād adhi ॥

Atharvaveda 19.7 · 5 mantras

19.7.1

चित्राणि साकं दिवि रोचनानि सरीसृपाणि भुवने जवानि ।
तुर्मिशं सुमतिम् इछमानो अहानि गीर्भिः सपर्यामि नाकम् ॥

citrāṇi sākaṃ divi rocanāni sarīsṛpāṇi bhuvane javāni ।
turmiśaṃ sumatim ichamāno ahāni gīrbhiḥ saparyāmi nākam ॥

Wondrous, various and glorious are the stars shining and moving together in orbit in the heavenly region of the universe. Loving the auspicious revealing music of motion and seeking noble understanding of the mystery, I dedicate myself day and night with words of faith and commitment to the vault of heaven.

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19.7.2

सुहवम् अग्ने कृत्तिका रोहिणी चास्तु भद्रं मृगशिरः शम् आर्द्रा ।
पुनर्वसू सूनृता चारु पुष्यो भानुर् आश्लेषा अयनं मघा मे ॥

suhavam agne kṛttikā rohiṇī cāstu bhadraṃ mṛgaśiraḥ śam ārdrā ।
punarvasū sūnṛtā cāru puṣyo bhānur āśleṣā ayanaṃ maghā me ॥

O leading light of life and the universe, Agni, let Krttika and Rohini stars be responsive to my study and invocation. Let Mrgashira be auspicious. Let Ardra bring me peace and well being. Let Punarvasu bring me words of truth. Let Pushya be good and auspicious. Let Ashlesha give me light. Let Magha give me movement and a new opening.

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19.7.3

पुण्यं पूर्वा फल्गुन्यौ चात्र हस्तश् चित्रा शिवा स्वाति सुखो मे अस्तु ।
राधे विशाखे सुहवानुराधा ज्येष्ठा सुनक्षत्रम् अरिष्ट मूलम् ॥

puṇyaṃ pūrvā phalgunyau cātra hastaś citrā śivā svāti sukho me astu ।
rādhe viśākhe suhavānurādhā jyeṣṭhā sunakṣatram ariṣṭa mūlam ॥

Let Purvaphalguni and Uttaraphalguni be auspicious. Let Hasta, Chitra and Svati be full of peace and joy for me. Let Vishakha be responsive to my attention and bring me success. Let Jyeshtha be auspicious, and Mula be free from trouble.

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19.7.4

अन्नं पूर्वा रासतां मे अषाधा ऊर्जं देव्य् उत्तरा आ वहन्तु ।
अभिजिन् मे रासतां पुण्यम् एव श्रवणः श्रविष्ठाः कुर्वतां सुपुष्टिम् ॥

annaṃ pūrvā rāsatāṃ me aṣādhā ūrjaṃ devy uttarā ā vahantu ।
abhijin me rāsatāṃ puṇyam eva śravaṇaḥ śraviṣṭhāḥ kurvatāṃ supuṣṭim ॥

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19.7.5

आ मे महच् छतभिषग् वरीय आ मे द्वया प्रोष्ठपदा सुशर्म ।
आ रेवती चाश्वयुजौ भगं म आ मे रयिं भरण्य आ वहन्तु ॥

ā me mahac chatabhiṣag varīya ā me dvayā proṣṭhapadā suśarma ।
ā revatī cāśvayujau bhagaṃ ma ā me rayiṃ bharaṇya ā vahantu ॥

Atharvaveda 19.8 · 7 mantras

19.8.1

यानि नक्षत्राणि दिव्य् अन्तरिक्षे अप्सु भूमौ यानि नगेषु दिक्षु ।
प्रकल्पयंश् चन्द्रमा यान्य् एति सर्वाणि ममैतानि शिवानि सन्तु ॥

yāni nakṣatrāṇi divy antarikṣe apsu bhūmau yāni nageṣu dikṣu ।
prakalpayaṃś candramā yāny eti sarvāṇi mamaitāni śivāni santu ॥

May all the stars, the constellations, which are in heaven, in the middle regions, visible over the seas, on earth, on mountains, in directions of space, whose position in relation to the earth, the moon determines as it revolves in its earthly orbit, may all these in their position be auspicious harbingers of peace and good fortune to me.

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19.8.2

अष्टाविंशानि शिवानि शग्मानि सह योगं भजन्तु मे ।
योगं प्र पद्ये क्षेमं च क्षेमं प्र पद्ये योगं च नमो ऽहोरात्राभ्याम् अस्तु ॥

aṣṭāviṃśāni śivāni śagmāni saha yogaṃ bhajantu me ।
yogaṃ pra padye kṣemaṃ ca kṣemaṃ pra padye yogaṃ ca namo 'horātrābhyām astu ॥

May the twenty-eight nakshatras be auspicious harbingers of peace and help me advance with higher achievement more and more. Let me achieve more and more, let me protect and preserve what I achieve, and as I preserve and build, let me achieve much more and still more. And thus I offer homage and salutations to the Lord Supreme by day and by night.

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19.8.3

स्वस्तितं मे सुप्रातः सुसायं सुदिवं सुमृगं सुशकुनं मे अस्तु ।
सुहवम् अग्ने स्वस्त्य् अमर्त्यं गत्वा पुनर् आयाभिनन्दन् ॥

svastitaṃ me suprātaḥ susāyaṃ sudivaṃ sumṛgaṃ suśakunaṃ me astu ।
suhavam agne svasty amartyaṃ gatvā punar āyābhinandan ॥

Peaceable sunset, inspiring morning, soothing evening, bright day, beautiful animal world, elevating flights of birds, everything, I pray, be good and expansive for me. O leading light of life, Agni, having given me ready response to my invocation and adoration with well-being and immortality, pray come again as harbinger of joy and celebration.

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19.8.4

अनुहवं परिहवं परिवादं परिक्षवम् ।
सर्वैर् मे रिक्तकुम्भान् परा तान्त् सवितः सुव ॥

anuhavaṃ parihavaṃ parivādaṃ parikṣavam ।
sarvair me riktakumbhān parā tānt savitaḥ suva ॥

O Savita, lord of life and giver of light, ward off detraction, scandal mongering, reproach, hate, ah these negativities toward others, like empty pitchers (full of garbage).

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19.8.5

अपपापं परिक्षवं पुण्यं भक्षीमहि क्षवम् ।
शिवा ते पाप नासिकां पुण्यगश् चाभि मेहताम् ॥

apapāpaṃ parikṣavaṃ puṇyaṃ bhakṣīmahi kṣavam ।
śivā te pāpa nāsikāṃ puṇyagaś cābhi mehatām ॥

Let us avoid sin and evil and reject polluted food, let us eat only holy food. O sinner, let the moon of the path of virtue wash away your evil smelling nose and turn it to good.

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19.8.6

इमा या ब्रह्मणस् पते विषुचीर् वात ईरते ।
सध्रीचीर् इन्द्र ताः कृत्वा मह्यं शिवतमास् कृधि ॥

imā yā brahmaṇas pate viṣucīr vāta īrate ।
sadhrīcīr indra tāḥ kṛtvā mahyaṃ śivatamās kṛdhi ॥

O Brahmanaspati, all these winds that blow around counter to each other and to me, O Lord Omnipotent, pray turn them ah harmonious and make them auspicious to me.

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19.8.7

स्वस्ति नो अस्त्व् अभयं नो अस्तु नमो ऽहोरत्राभ्याम् अस्तु ॥

svasti no astv abhayaṃ no astu namo 'horatrābhyām astu ॥

Let there be happiness and well-being for us all round. Let there be no fear around us. O Brahmanaspati, homage and salutations to you by day and by night!

Atharvaveda 19.9 · 14 mantras

19.9.1

शान्ता द्यौः शान्ता पृथिवी शान्तम् इदम् उर्व् अन्तरिक्षम् ।
शान्ता उदन्वतीर् आपः शान्ता नः सन्त्व् ओषधीः ॥

śāntā dyauḥ śāntā pṛthivī śāntam idam urv antarikṣam ।
śāntā udanvatīr āpaḥ śāntā naḥ santv oṣadhīḥ ॥

May heaven be full of peace for us. May peace prevail upon the earth for us. May this vast sky be full of peace for us. May the abundant streams of water be for our peace and plenty, and may the herbs and trees bring us peace and good health.

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19.9.2

शान्तानि पूर्वरूपाणि शान्तं नो अस्तु कृताकृतम् ।
शान्तं भूतं च भव्यं च सर्वम् एव शम् अस्तु नः ॥

śāntāni pūrvarūpāṇi śāntaṃ no astu kṛtākṛtam ।
śāntaṃ bhūtaṃ ca bhavyaṃ ca sarvam eva śam astu naḥ ॥

May our former ways of life and forms of action bring us peace. May what we have done and what we have not done be for our peace. May our past and our future be for our peace. And may all be peace, full of peace, for our peace and our well-being.

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19.9.3

इयं या परमेष्ठिनी वाग् देवी ब्रह्मसंशिता ।
ययैव ससृजे घोरं तयैव शान्तिर् अस्तु नः ॥

iyaṃ yā parameṣṭhinī vāg devī brahmasaṃśitā ।
yayaiva sasṛje ghoraṃ tayaiva śāntir astu naḥ ॥

May this Divine Word of the Veda which is revealed and exalted by Brahma, which is immanent and transcendent with Supreme immanent and transcendent Lord Brahma, by which alone most awful and sublime things can be known and done, bring us peace. By that same Divine Word may all be full of peace for us.

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19.9.4

इदं यत् परमेष्ठिनं मनो वां ब्रह्मसंशितम् ।
येनैव ससृजे घोरं तेनैव शान्तिर् अस्तु नः ॥

idaṃ yat parameṣṭhinaṃ mano vāṃ brahmasaṃśitam ।
yenaiva sasṛje ghoraṃ tenaiva śāntir astu naḥ ॥

May this supreme mind of yours, O men and women both, which is energised and exalted by Brahma, Lord Supreme, by which most awful things can be done and achieved, bring us peace. By that same mind may all be full of peace for us.

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19.9.5

इमानि यानि पञ्चेन्द्रियानि मनःषष्ठानि मे हृदि ब्रह्मणा संशितानि ।
यैर् एव ससृजे घोरं तैर् एव शान्तिर् अस्तु नः ॥

imāni yāni pañcendriyāni manaḥṣaṣṭhāni me hṛdi brahmaṇā saṃśitāni ।
yair eva sasṛje ghoraṃ tair eva śāntir astu naḥ ॥

These five senses which, with the mind, are six, which in my heart are energised and exalted by Brahma, Lord Supreme, with which most awful things can be done and achieved, may bring us peace. With those senses and mind, may all be full of peace for us.

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19.9.6

शं नो मित्रः शं वरुणः शं विष्णुः शं प्रजापतिः ।
शं न इन्द्रो बृहस्पतिः शं नो भवत्व् अर्यमा ॥

śaṃ no mitraḥ śaṃ varuṇaḥ śaṃ viṣṇuḥ śaṃ prajāpatiḥ ।
śaṃ na indro bṛhaspatiḥ śaṃ no bhavatv aryamā ॥

May Mitra, lord of divine love and friendship, be all peace for us. May Varuna, lord of divine judgement and protection, be all peace for us. May Vishnu, lord omnipresent, be all peace for us. May Prajapati, lord sustainer of his children of creation, be all peace for us. May Indra, lord omnipotent, and Brhaspati, lord of Infinity, be all peace for us. And may Aryama, lord of cosmic law, justice and guidance, be all peace for us.

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19.9.7

शं नो मित्रः शं वरुणः शं विवस्वां छम् अन्तकः ।
उत्पाताः पार्थिवान्तरिक्षाः शं नो दिविचरा ग्रहाः ॥

śaṃ no mitraḥ śaṃ varuṇaḥ śaṃ vivasvāṃ cham antakaḥ ।
utpātāḥ pārthivāntarikṣāḥ śaṃ no divicarā grahāḥ ॥

Let the day be all peace for us, the night all peace, the sun, destroyer of darkness, all peace, the death, harbinger of the end, all peace. Let all incidents and accidents on the earth and in the sky, all planets and satellites moving in space be all peace us.

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19.9.8

शं नो भूमिर् वेप्यमाना शम् उल्का निर्हतं च यत् ।
शं गावो लोहितक्षीराः शं भूमिर् अव तीर्यतीः ॥

śaṃ no bhūmir vepyamānā śam ulkā nirhataṃ ca yat ।
śaṃ gāvo lohitakṣīrāḥ śaṃ bhūmir ava tīryatīḥ ॥

Let the earthquakes be peaceable, not destructive, for us. Let the falling meteor and whatever is hit be peaceable, not destructive. Let the moving objects with a trail of red and white be peaceable, and let the land-slides be peaceable, not destructive.

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19.9.9

नक्षत्रम् उल्काभिहतं शम् अस्तु नः शं नो ऽभिचाराः शम् उ सन्तु कृत्याः ।
शं नो निखाता वल्गाः शम् उल्का देशोपसर्गाः शम् उ नो भवन्तु ॥

nakṣatram ulkābhihataṃ śam astu naḥ śaṃ no 'bhicārāḥ śam u santu kṛtyāḥ ।
śaṃ no nikhātā valgāḥ śam ulkā deśopasargāḥ śam u no bhavantu ॥

Let the planet hit by meteor be at peace for us. Let mutual conflict be resolved to peace for us. Let acts of violence and destruction be at peace. Let land mines, sieges, missiles and national disturbances be silenced into peace for us.

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19.9.10

शं नो ग्रहाश् चान्द्रमसाः शम् आदित्यश् च राहुणा ।
शं नो मृत्युर् धूमकेतुः शं रुद्रास् तिग्मतेजसः ॥

śaṃ no grahāś cāndramasāḥ śam ādityaś ca rāhuṇā ।
śaṃ no mṛtyur dhūmaketuḥ śaṃ rudrās tigmatejasaḥ ॥

Let lunar eclipses and solar eclipses in all phases be at peace, free from evil shadow. Let the deadly meteor and the falling star be peaceable for us, and let the wind storms with terrible shears be at peace for us.

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19.9.11

शं रुद्राः शं वसवः शम् आदित्याः शम् अग्नयः ।
शं नो महर्षयो देवाः शं देवाः शं बृहस्पतिः ॥

śaṃ rudrāḥ śaṃ vasavaḥ śam ādityāḥ śam agnayaḥ ।
śaṃ no maharṣayo devāḥ śaṃ devāḥ śaṃ bṛhaspatiḥ ॥

May Rudras, scholars of the middle order, Vasus, scholars of the basic order, and Adityas, scholars of the highest brilliant order, leading lights of the nation, and flames of yajna fire bring peace for us. May the great seers and sages, generous people, brilliant eminences, and Brhaspati, sagely scholar of the Veda, all bring us peace.

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19.9.12

ब्रह्म प्रजापतिर् धाता लोका वेदाः सप्तऋषयो ऽग्नयः ।
तैर् मे कृतं स्वस्त्ययनम् इन्द्रो मे शर्म यछतु ब्रह्मा मे शर्म यछतु ।
विश्वे मे देवाः शर्म यछन्तु सर्वे मे देवाः शर्म यछन्तु ॥

brahma prajāpatir dhātā lokā vedāḥ saptaṛṣayo 'gnayaḥ ।
tair me kṛtaṃ svastyayanam indro me śarma yachatu brahmā me śarma yachatu ।
viśve me devāḥ śarma yachantu sarve me devāḥ śarma yachantu ॥

Brahma, Lord Supreme and his Word of the Veda, Prajapati, father sustainer of the children of his creation, Dhata, lord ordainer, regions of the world, the Vedas and specialised branches of the general Vedic lore, seven sages who know the seven chhandas and all sciences of yajnic fires, by all these has been created and determined my path of life and action. May Indra give me peace. May Brahma give me peace. May all divinities of nature and divinities of humanity bring me peace. May all the divinities, brilliancies and eminences of the world give me peace and peaceful settlement.

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19.9.13

यानि कानि चिच् छान्तानि लोके सप्तऋषयो विदुः ।
सर्वाणि शं भवन्तु मे शं मे अस्त्व् अभयं मे अस्तु ॥

yāni kāni cic chāntāni loke saptaṛṣayo viduḥ ।
sarvāṇi śaṃ bhavantu me śaṃ me astv abhayaṃ me astu ॥

Whatever the methods and sources of peace and peaceful settlement that possibly exist in the world and which the seven sages of the Veda know, may they all be the very haven and home of peace for me may all be peace for me, may all be freedom from fear for me.

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19.9.14

पृथिवी शान्तिर् अन्तरिक्षं शान्तिर् द्यौः शान्तिर् आपः शान्तिर् ओषधयः शान्तिर् वनस्पतयः शान्तिर् विश्वे मे देवाः शान्तिः सर्वे मे देवाः शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिभिः ।
यद् इह घोरं यद् इह क्रूरं यद् इह पापं तच् छान्तं तच् छिवं सर्वम् एव शम् अस्तु नः ॥

pṛthivī śāntir antarikṣaṃ śāntir dyauḥ śāntir āpaḥ śāntir oṣadhayaḥ śāntir vanaspatayaḥ śāntir viśve me devāḥ śāntiḥ sarve me devāḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntibhiḥ ।
yad iha ghoraṃ yad iha krūraṃ yad iha pāpaṃ tac chāntaṃ tac chivaṃ sarvam eva śam astu naḥ ॥

May earth be at peace, firmament be at peace, heaven be at peace, waters, oceans and spatial vapours be at peace, herbs be at peace, trees be at peace, all divinities of the world be at peace, for me. May all divinities of nature and humanity bring me peace, peace and peace, with all forms and shades of peace in every phase of life, society and the environment. With all those forms of peace, all those modes and methods and sources of peace, let us all attain peace, let me be at peace. Whatever is awful here, whatever is cruel here, whatever is sin and sinful here, let all that be at peace, be good and beneficial, let all and everything be at peace, peaceful, and peaceable for us here in the world for all.

Atharvaveda 19.10 · 10 mantras

19.10.1

शं न इन्द्राग्नी भवताम् अवोभिः शं न इन्द्रावरुणा रातहव्या ।
शम् इन्द्रासोमा सुविताय शं योः शं न इन्द्रापूषणा वाजसातौ ॥

śaṃ na indrāgnī bhavatām avobhiḥ śaṃ na indrāvaruṇā rātahavyā ।
śam indrāsomā suvitāya śaṃ yoḥ śaṃ na indrāpūṣaṇā vājasātau ॥

May Indra, ruler omnipotent, and Agni, leading light of omniscience and wisdom, bring us peace with all modes and methods of protection. May Indra and Varuna, givers of food and energy with plenty of yajnic materials, bring us peace and settlement. May Indra and Soma, lord of peace, health and vitality, bring us peace for happiness and well being with freedom from suffering and fear. May Indra and Pusha, cosmic spirit of nourishment and growth, bring us peace for food, energy and victory in life.

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19.10.2

शं नो भगः शम् उ नः शंसो अस्तु शं नः पुरंधिः शम् उ सन्तु रायः ।
शं नः सत्यस्य सुयमस्य शंसः शं नो अर्यमा पुरुजातो अस्तु ॥

śaṃ no bhagaḥ śam u naḥ śaṃso astu śaṃ naḥ puraṃdhiḥ śam u santu rāyaḥ ।
śaṃ naḥ satyasya suyamasya śaṃsaḥ śaṃ no aryamā purujāto astu ॥

May Bhaga, power and prosperity, bring us peace. May our praises and appreciations prevailing around be for peace. May our organisational wisdom and performance bring us peace. May our wealth and honour and excellence be for our peace. Let our praises and appreciations of truth and noble conduct be for our peace. And may Aryama, law, justice and the rule of law, ever alert and awake, bring us peace and well-being.

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19.10.3

शं नो धाता शम् उ धर्ता नो अस्तु शं न उरूची भवतु स्वधाभिः ।
शं रोदसी बृहती शं नो अद्रिः शं नो देवानां सुहवानि सन्तु ॥

śaṃ no dhātā śam u dhartā no astu śaṃ na urūcī bhavatu svadhābhiḥ ।
śaṃ rodasī bṛhatī śaṃ no adriḥ śaṃ no devānāṃ suhavāni santu ॥

May Dhata, cosmic sustainer, bring us peace. May Dharta, sustainer of stars and planets, bring us peace. May the vast mother earth and nature with all her powers and forces bring us peace. May the cloud and the mountain bring us peace. And may our invocations, oblations in yajna and the divine responses bring us peace and well-being.

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19.10.4

शं नो अग्निर् ज्योतिरनीको अस्तु शं नो मित्रावरुणाव् अश्विना शम् ।
शं नः सुकृतां सुकृतानि सन्तु शं न इषिरो अभि वातु वातः ॥

śaṃ no agnir jyotiranīko astu śaṃ no mitrāvaruṇāv aśvinā śam ।
śaṃ naḥ sukṛtāṃ sukṛtāni santu śaṃ na iṣiro abhi vātu vātaḥ ॥

May Agni with noble fires and flames be harbinger of peace and well-being for us. May Mitra, Varuna, and the Ashvins, day and night, and the sun and moon, bring us peace. May the noble actions of the noble doers bring us peace and well being. And may the blowing winds bring us peace and well being.

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19.10.5

शं नो द्यावापृथिवी पूर्वहूतौ शम् अन्तरिक्षं दृशये नो अस्तु ।
शं न ओषधीर् वनिनो भवन्तु शं नो रजसस् पतिर् अस्तु जिष्णुः ॥

śaṃ no dyāvāpṛthivī pūrvahūtau śam antarikṣaṃ dṛśaye no astu ।
śaṃ na oṣadhīr vanino bhavantu śaṃ no rajasas patir astu jiṣṇuḥ ॥

May the heaven and earth ever invoked and adored bring us peace. May the firmament be full of peace for our appreciation of the beauty of the lights of stars. May the herbs and trees and the grandeur of forest abodes be for our peace. And may the victor sustainer of space and spatial particles be for our peace and well-being.

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19.10.6

शं न इन्द्रो वसुभिर् देवो अस्तु शम् आदित्येभिर् वरुणः सुशंसः ।
शं नो रुद्रो रुद्रेभिर् जलाषः शं नस् त्वष्टा ग्नाभिर् इह शृणोतु ॥

śaṃ na indro vasubhir devo astu śam ādityebhir varuṇaḥ suśaṃsaḥ ।
śaṃ no rudro rudrebhir jalāṣaḥ śaṃ nas tvaṣṭā gnābhir iha śṛṇotu ॥

May Indra, self-refulgent generous sun, with the Vasus, abodes of life sustenance, be for our peace. May Varuna, adorable cosmic waters, with rays of the sun in the zodiacs, be full of peace for us. May Rudra, cosmic life force, saviour from suffering, with its pranic energies, be for our peace and well being. May Tvashta, formative power of the cosmic soul, with its fiery vitalities be for our peace and well being and be responsive to our invocation and adoration here.

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19.10.7

शं नः सोमो भवतु ब्रह्म शं नः शं नो ग्रावाणः शम् उ सन्तु यज्ञाः ।
शं नः स्वरूनां मितयो भवन्तु शं नः प्रस्वः शम् व् अस्तु वेदिः ॥

śaṃ naḥ somo bhavatu brahma śaṃ naḥ śaṃ no grāvāṇaḥ śam u santu yajñāḥ ।
śaṃ naḥ svarūnāṃ mitayo bhavantu śaṃ naḥ prasvaḥ śam v astu vediḥ ॥

May Soma, cosmic spirit of peace and joy be for our peace and well being. May Brahma, lord supreme and the Vedic lore be for our peace and spiritual sustenance. May the yajnic scholar scientist be for our peace and well being. May our yajnas, developmental programmes, be for our peace and well-being. May the heights and expansions of our yajnic columns and flag posts be for our peaceful progress. And may our organic and organismic productive programmes and our yajna vedi be for our peace and prosperity.

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19.10.8

शं नः सूर्य उरुचक्षा उद् एतु शं नो भवन्तु प्रदिशश् चतस्रः ।
शं नः पर्वता ध्रुवयो भवन्तु शं नः सिन्धवः शम् उ सन्त्व् आपः ॥

śaṃ naḥ sūrya urucakṣā ud etu śaṃ no bhavantu pradiśaś catasraḥ ।
śaṃ naḥ parvatā dhruvayo bhavantu śaṃ naḥ sindhavaḥ śam u santv āpaḥ ॥

May the sun of expansive radiance rise for our peace and joy. May all the four quarters of space be full of peace for us. May the firm and fixed mountains be full of peace for us. And may the waters of running streams and rivers and the rolling seas be full of peace.

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19.10.9

शं नो अदितिर् भवतु व्रतेभिः शं नो भवन्तु मरुतः स्वर्काः ।
शं नो विष्णुः शम् उ पूषा नो अस्तु शं नो भवित्रं शम् व् अस्तु वायुः ॥

śaṃ no aditir bhavatu vratebhiḥ śaṃ no bhavantu marutaḥ svarkāḥ ।
śaṃ no viṣṇuḥ śam u pūṣā no astu śaṃ no bhavitraṃ śam v astu vāyuḥ ॥

May mother Infinity, nature of life giving Vedic lore bring us peace and well being with the vows of sacred discipline. May the winds nobly vibrant and adorable blow for our peace and progress. May Vishnu, lord of green herbs, and Pusha, natures nourishment and growth be for our peace and total good.

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19.10.10

शं नो देवः सविता त्रायमाणः शं नो भवन्तूषसो विभातीः ।
शं नः पर्जन्यो भवतु प्रजाभ्यः शं नः क्षेत्रस्य पतिर् अस्तु शंभुः ॥

śaṃ no devaḥ savitā trāyamāṇaḥ śaṃ no bhavantūṣaso vibhātīḥ ।
śaṃ naḥ parjanyo bhavatu prajābhyaḥ śaṃ naḥ kṣetrasya patir astu śaṃbhuḥ ॥

May the saviour of life giver Savita, self-refulgent sivine Sun, bless us with peace. May the radiant dawns bring us peace. May the cloud of showers be peaceful and inspiring to the people. And the master farmer of the field, harbinger of security and peace, bring us peace and prosparity.

Atharvaveda 19.11 · 6 mantras

19.11.1

शं नः सत्यस्य पतयो भवन्तु शं नो अर्वन्तः शम् उ सन्तु गावः ।
शं न ऋभवः सुकृतः सुहस्ताः शं नो भवतु पितरो हवेषु ॥

śaṃ naḥ satyasya patayo bhavantu śaṃ no arvantaḥ śam u santu gāvaḥ ।
śaṃ na ṛbhavaḥ sukṛtaḥ suhastāḥ śaṃ no bhavatu pitaro haveṣu ॥

May the noble people dedicated to truth and the defence of truth be for our peace and righteousness. May the horses be for peace. May the cows be for peace. May the expert artists, skilful artisans, expert technologists, be for our peace. May our parents and parental seniors be kind and blissful in yajnas for our peace in our struggles for progress.

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19.11.2

शं नो देवा विश्वदेवा भवन्तु शं सरस्वती सह धीभिर् अस्तु ।
शम् अभिषाचः शम् उ रातिषाचः शं नो दिव्याः पार्थिवाः शं नो अप्याः ॥

śaṃ no devā viśvadevā bhavantu śaṃ sarasvatī saha dhībhir astu ।
śam abhiṣācaḥ śam u rātiṣācaḥ śaṃ no divyāḥ pārthivāḥ śaṃ no apyāḥ ॥

May the generous and brilliant divines of the world be for our peace. May Sarasvati, divine Mother Knowledge, with her message of enlightenment for our intelligence and will be for peace. May all generous, cooperative and abundant powers of nature and humanity be for peace. May the waters of the earth and heavenly firmament be full of peace and good health for us.

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19.11.3

शं नो अज एकपाद् देवो अस्तु शम् अहिर् बुध्न्यः शं समुद्रः ।
शं नो अपां नपात् पेरुर् अस्तु शं नः पृष्णिर् भवतु देवगोपा ॥

śaṃ no aja ekapād devo astu śam ahir budhnyaḥ śaṃ samudraḥ ।
śaṃ no apāṃ napāt perur astu śaṃ naḥ pṛṣṇir bhavatu devagopā ॥

May the eternal and unborn lord refulgent of his own absolute power be for our peace and well being. May the cloud of the sky be for our peace and well being. May the sea be for our peace and good. May the light and lightning bom of and sustainer of the showers of water be for our peace. And may the earth, darling of divine forces, be for our peace and well being.

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19.11.4

आदित्या रुद्रा वसवो जुषन्ताम् इदं ब्रह्म क्रियमाणं नवीयः ।
सृण्वन्तु नो दिव्याः पार्थिवासो गोजाता उत ये यज्ञियासः ॥

ādityā rudrā vasavo juṣantām idaṃ brahma kriyamāṇaṃ navīyaḥ ।
sṛṇvantu no divyāḥ pārthivāso gojātā uta ye yajñiyāsaḥ ॥

May the Aditya scholars of the highest order, Rudra scholars of the middle order, and Vasus of the basic order appreciate this latest song of homage being composed and offered to Divinity. May all revered and adorable sages and scholars of heavenly and earthly sciences arisen from the sacred Vedic voice, pray, listen to us and appreciate.

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19.11.5

ये देवानाम् ऋत्विजो यज्ञियासो मनोर् यजत्रा अमृता ऋतज्ञाः ।
ते नो रासन्ताम् उरुगायम् अद्य यूयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः ॥

ye devānām ṛtvijo yajñiyāso manor yajatrā amṛtā ṛtajñāḥ ।
te no rāsantām urugāyam adya yūyaṃ pāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ ॥

Those of the brilliant scholars and sages who are specialised in the science of yajna according to the seasons, adorable, meditative at the mental level, dedicated to immortality beyond mortal involvements, knowers of the laws of divine truth and law, may, we pray, lead us to the divine path and help us realise the Supreme Reality worthy of worship. O saints and scholars, pray protect, promote and refine us with the modes and methods of self-fulfilling sciences of peace and common well-being.

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19.11.6

तद् अस्तु मित्रावरुणा तद् अग्ने शं योर् अस्मभ्यम् इदम् अस्तु शस्तम् ।
अशीमहि गाधम् उत प्रतिष्ठां नमो दिवे बृहते सादनाय ॥

tad astu mitrāvaruṇā tad agne śaṃ yor asmabhyam idam astu śastam ।
aśīmahi gādham uta pratiṣṭhāṃ namo dive bṛhate sādanāya ॥

O Mitra, divine spirit of love and friendship, O Varuna, divine spirit of justice and wisdom, saviour from suffering, O Agni, leading light of life, may that auspicious peace be with us, for us. May this auspicious freedom from fear and suffering be with us, for us. May we achieve that depth and seriousness, that unshakable stability of life. Salutations to you. Lord of Heaven and Infinity, for peace and security in a happy home.

Atharvaveda 19.12 · 1 mantras

19.12.1

उषा अप स्वसुस् तमः सं वर्तयति वर्तनिं सुजातता ।
अया वाजं देवहितं सनेम मदेम शतहिमाः सुवीराः ॥

uṣā apa svasus tamaḥ saṃ vartayati vartaniṃ sujātatā ।
ayā vājaṃ devahitaṃ sanema madema śatahimāḥ suvīrāḥ ॥

Usha, the dawn of light, removes the darkness of her sister night and opens up the path of day light by its noble rise every morning through the day-night succession. By this continuous rise of the dawn every morning, let us achieve food, energy and victory brought in by Divinity and enjoy life for a full hundred years with our youthful generations worthy of the brave.

Atharvaveda 19.13 · 11 mantras

19.13.1

इन्द्रस्य बाहू स्थविरौ वृषाणौ चित्रा इमा वृषभौ पारयिष्णू ।
तौ योक्षे प्रथमो योग आगते याभ्यां जितम् असुराणां स्वर् यत् ॥

indrasya bāhū sthavirau vṛṣāṇau citrā imā vṛṣabhau pārayiṣṇū ।
tau yokṣe prathamo yoga āgate yābhyāṃ jitam asurāṇāṃ svar yat ॥

These two arms of the forces of Indra, mighty ruler and supreme commander, both strong and stable, varied and wonderful, virile and creative, saviour and victorious, I, the first in rank, command and deploy whenever the occasion arises. By these two arms of the forces, the power, pleasure and privilege of the uncreative and destructive forces is defeated and won over.

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19.13.2

आशुः शिशानो वृषभो न भीमो घनाघनः क्षोभणश् चर्षणीनाम् ।
संक्रन्दनो ऽनिमिष एकवीरः शतं सेना अजयत् साकम् इन्द्रः ॥

āśuḥ śiśāno vṛṣabho na bhīmo ghanāghanaḥ kṣobhaṇaś carṣaṇīnām ।
saṃkrandano 'nimiṣa ekavīraḥ śataṃ senā ajayat sākam indraḥ ॥

Instant attacker, penetrating advancer, terrible as a bull, relentless striker, creator of panic among enemies, paralysing challenger, winkless vigilant, sole hero without a match, Indra conquers a hunred hosts together.

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19.13.3

संक्रन्दनेनानिमिषेण जिष्णुनायोध्येन दुश्च्यवनेन धृष्णुना ।
तद् इन्द्रेण जयत तत् सहध्वं युधो नर इषुहस्तेन वृष्णा ॥

saṃkrandanenānimiṣeṇa jiṣṇunāyodhyena duścyavanena dhṛṣṇunā ।
tad indreṇa jayata tat sahadhvaṃ yudho nara iṣuhastena vṛṣṇā ॥

O men at arms in battle, challenge, fight and win over the enemy by the force of Indra, the challenger, relentless conqueror, undauntable, unshakable, terrible warrior who bears the arrow in hand and shoots.

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19.13.4

स इषुहस्तैः स निषङ्गिभिर् वशी संस्रष्टा स युध इन्द्रो गणेन ।
संसृष्टजित् सोमपा बाहुशर्ध्य् उग्रधन्वा प्रतिहिताभिर् अस्ता ॥

sa iṣuhastaiḥ sa niṣaṅgibhir vaśī saṃsraṣṭā sa yudha indro gaṇena ।
saṃsṛṣṭajit somapā bāhuśardhy ugradhanvā pratihitābhir astā ॥

Indra is the warrior with bows and arrows in hand, and, with joint armed forces, conquers multiple enemy hosts and wins over concentrated forces. Protector and promoter of soma peace and joy of life, strong of arms wielding a terrible bow, he throws out the enemies with the shots of his unfailing arrows.

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19.13.5

बलविज्ञायः स्थविरः प्रवीरः सहस्वान् वाजी सहमान उग्रः ।
अभिवीरो अभिषत्वा सहोजिज् जैत्रम् इन्द्र रथम् आ तिष्ठ गोविदम् ॥

balavijñāyaḥ sthaviraḥ pravīraḥ sahasvān vājī sahamāna ugraḥ ।
abhivīro abhiṣatvā sahojij jaitram indra ratham ā tiṣṭha govidam ॥

Indra, tactical organizer of deployable forces, venerable, strong, undisturbed and invulnerable, stout and brave, challenging, impetuous, blazing steadfast, commander of the brave, highly intelligent, valiant, illustrious, pray ascend the chariot of victory over the rebellious lands.

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19.13.6

इमं वीरम् अनु हर्षध्वम् उग्रम् इन्द्रं सखायो अनु सं रभध्वम् ।
ग्रामजितं गोजितं वज्रबाहुं जयन्तम् अज्म प्रमृणन्तम् ओजसा ॥

imaṃ vīram anu harṣadhvam ugram indraṃ sakhāyo anu saṃ rabhadhvam ।
grāmajitaṃ gojitaṃ vajrabāhuṃ jayantam ajma pramṛṇantam ojasā ॥

O friends, rejoice and rise and, with love, loyalty and judgement, cooperate with this Indra, mighty leader, winner and promoter of human habitations, lands, cows and culture, strong of thunder arms, victor of battles and destroyer of adversity and adversaries by the light and force of his lustre and splendour.

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19.13.7

अभि गोत्राणि सहसा गाहमानो ऽदाय उग्रः शतमन्युर् इन्द्रः ।
दुश्च्यवनः पृतनाषाड् अयोध्यो ऽस्माकं सेना अवतु प्र युत्सु ॥

abhi gotrāṇi sahasā gāhamāno 'dāya ugraḥ śatamanyur indraḥ ।
duścyavanaḥ pṛtanāṣāḍ ayodhyo 'smākaṃ senā avatu pra yutsu ॥

Indra, breaker of clouds and enemy strongholds with his courage and valour, unbreakable hero of hundredfold passion, unshakable destroyer of enemy forces, irresistible warrior may, we pray, protect our army in our assaults and advances.

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19.13.8

बृहस्पते परि दीया रथेन रक्षोहामित्रां अपबाधमानः ।
प्रभञ्जं छत्रून् प्रमृणन्न् अमित्रान् अस्माकम् एध्य् अविता तनूनाम् ॥

bṛhaspate pari dīyā rathena rakṣohāmitrāṃ apabādhamānaḥ ।
prabhañjaṃ chatrūn pramṛṇann amitrān asmākam edhy avitā tanūnām ॥

O Brhaspati, commander of boundless forces, destroyer of destroyers, repelling the unfriendly forces, breaking down enemies, crushing the opponents, come by the chariot, destroy the negative forces and be the protector of our life, homes and cities.

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19.13.9

इन्द्र एषां नेता बृहस्पतिर् दक्षिणा यज्ञः पुर एतु सोमः ।
देवसेनानाम् अभिभञ्जतीनां जयन्तीनां मरुतो यन्तु मध्ये ॥

indra eṣāṃ netā bṛhaspatir dakṣiṇā yajñaḥ pura etu somaḥ ।
devasenānām abhibhañjatīnāṃ jayantīnāṃ maruto yantu madhye ॥

Of these armies of the Devas, divine powers of nature and humanity, men of noble intention and far sight, breaking through and conquering evil and negative elements of life, Indra of lightning force is the leader, Brhaspati, commanding knowledge, tactics and long range vision, is the guide with yajna, values of cooperation, self-sacrifice and creativity, on his right, and Soma, lover of peace and felicity, is the inspiration, while Maruts, warriors of passion and enthusiasm, are the central force, they should move all round.

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19.13.10

इन्द्रस्य वृष्णो वरुणस्य राज्ञ आदित्यानां मरुतां शर्ध उग्रम् ।
महामनसां भुवनच्यवानां घोषो देवानां जयताम् उद् अस्थात् ॥

indrasya vṛṣṇo varuṇasya rājña ādityānāṃ marutāṃ śardha ugram ।
mahāmanasāṃ bhuvanacyavānāṃ ghoṣo devānāṃ jayatām ud asthāt ॥

Great is the valour and passion of virile and victorious Indra, of the ruler Varuna, of the visionary Adityas, and of impetuous Maruts, all great and magnanimous at heart, who shake the world with their vision and performance, and so, let the tumultuous uproar of the victory of these divinities rise and reverberate in the skies.

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19.13.11

अस्माकम् इन्द्रः समृतेषु ध्वजेष्व् अस्माकं या इषवस् ता जयन्तु ।
अस्माकं वीरा उत्तरे भवन्त्व् अस्मान् देवासो ऽवता हवेषु ॥

asmākam indraḥ samṛteṣu dhvajeṣv asmākaṃ yā iṣavas tā jayantu ।
asmākaṃ vīrā uttare bhavantv asmān devāso 'vatā haveṣu ॥

In great world gatherings, let Indra, our leader. raise our flag high in the flag lines. May our shots of arrows hit the targets and win the battles. Let our brave progeny and our brave warriors be higher than others in excellence. And may the divinities protect us in the call to action in the battle field.

Atharvaveda 19.14 · 1 mantras

19.14.1

इदम् उच्छ्रेयो ऽवसानम् आगां शिवे मे द्यावापृथिवी अभूताम् ।
असपत्नाः प्रदिशो मे भवन्तु न वै त्वा द्विष्मो अभयं नो अस्तु ॥

idam ucchreyo 'vasānam āgāṃ śive me dyāvāpṛthivī abhūtām ।
asapatnāḥ pradiśo me bhavantu na vai tvā dviṣmo abhayaṃ no astu ॥

Here I come to peace and rest of high order (after the end of the turmoil). Let the heaven and earth be kind and gracious to me. May the quarters of space and the sub-quarters be free from enmity and opposition. O man, O nature, O adversary, we hate you not, we pollute you not. Let there be freedom from fear for all of us all round.

Atharvaveda 19.15 · 6 mantras

19.15.1

यत इन्द्र भयामहे ततो नो अभयं कृधि ।
मघवं छग्धि तव त्वं न ऊतिभिर् वि द्विषो वि मृधो जहि ॥

yata indra bhayāmahe tato no abhayaṃ kṛdhi ।
maghavaṃ chagdhi tava tvaṃ na ūtibhir vi dviṣo vi mṛdho jahi ॥

Indra, ruler of the world, whatever we fear from, wherever we fear, give us freedom from fear everywhere. O lord of power and glory, strengthen us with all your modes and means of protection. Eliminate all haters, destroy all conflict and eliminate mutual warfare.

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19.15.2

इन्द्रं वयम् अनूराधं हवामहे ऽनु राध्यास्म द्विपदा चतुष्पदा ।
मा नः सेना अररुषीर् उप गुर् विषूचिर् इन्द्र द्रुहो वि नाशय ॥

indraṃ vayam anūrādhaṃ havāmahe 'nu rādhyāsma dvipadā catuṣpadā ।
mā naḥ senā araruṣīr upa gur viṣūcir indra druho vi nāśaya ॥

We invoke, honour and adore Indra, ruling lord of the world, who makes everything possible for us to achieve. May we, in conformity and cooperation with humans and animals both, accomplish our work and achieve our goals. Let not the forces of hate and violence approach us ever. O lord of power, Indra, pray eliminate all forces of hate and enmity, varied, expansive or scattered, whatever and wherever they be.

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19.15.3

इन्द्रस् त्रातोत वृत्रहा परस्फानो वरेण्यः ।
स रक्षिता चरमतः स मध्यतः स पश्चात् स पुरस्तान् नो अस्तु ॥

indras trātota vṛtrahā parasphāno vareṇyaḥ ।
sa rakṣitā caramataḥ sa madhyataḥ sa paścāt sa purastān no astu ॥

Indra is the saviour, protector and promoter, breaker of the cloud, dispeller of darkness and mover of stagnation. Indra is upraiser of the farthest and the highest, the lord worthy of choice and adoration. May he be our protector from the top on high, from the middle, from behind and from the front.

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19.15.4

उरुं नो लोकम् अनु नेषि विद्वान्त् स्वर् यज् ज्योतिर् अभयं स्वस्ति ।
उग्रा त इन्द्र स्थविरस्य बाहू उप क्षयेम शरणा बृहन्ता ॥

uruṃ no lokam anu neṣi vidvānt svar yaj jyotir abhayaṃ svasti ।
ugrā ta indra sthavirasya bāhū upa kṣayema śaraṇā bṛhantā ॥

Indra, lord of knowledge and wisdom, you lead us to that vast world of life where there is bliss, peace and heavenly light, fearlessness and all round well being. Lord inviolable and adorable, mighty are your arms of protection, a boundless haven of safety, where, we pray, we may abide secure at peace.

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19.15.5

अभयं नः करत्य् अन्तरिक्षम् अभयं द्यावापृथिवी उभे इमे ।
अभयं पश्चाद् अभयं पुरस्ताद् उत्तराद् अधराद् अभयं नो अस्तु ॥

abhayaṃ naḥ karaty antarikṣam abhayaṃ dyāvāpṛthivī ubhe ime ।
abhayaṃ paścād abhayaṃ purastād uttarād adharād abhayaṃ no astu ॥

May the middle regions of the sky be free from fear for us, both these heaven and earth be free from fear, let there be fearlessness from behind, fearlessness from the front, and may there be fearlessness from above and from below for all of us.

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19.15.6

अभयं मित्राद् अभयम् अमित्राद् अभयं ज्ञाताद् अभयं पुरो यः ।
अभयं नक्तम् अभयं दिवा नः सर्वा आशा मम मित्रं भवन्तु ॥

abhayaṃ mitrād abhayam amitrād abhayaṃ jñātād abhayaṃ puro yaḥ ।
abhayaṃ naktam abhayaṃ divā naḥ sarvā āśā mama mitraṃ bhavantu ॥

May there be fearlessness from friends, no fear from non-friends, no fear from those we know, no fear from whatever is upfront, no fear by night, no fear by day for us. May all quarters of space be friends to us, free from hate and fear.

Atharvaveda 19.16 · 2 mantras

19.16.1

असपत्नं पुरस्तात् पश्चान् नो अभयं कृतम् ।
सविता मा दक्षिणत उत्तरान् मा शचीपतिः ॥

asapatnaṃ purastāt paścān no abhayaṃ kṛtam ।
savitā mā dakṣiṇata uttarān mā śacīpatiḥ ॥

May Savita, inspirer of life, and Shachipati, master of power and noble action, make us free from fear and from enemies from the east and from the west. May they render us free from fear and enemies from the south and from the north.

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19.16.2

दिवो मादित्या रक्षतु भूम्या रक्षन्त्व् अग्नयः ।
इन्द्राग्नी रक्षतां मा पुरस्ताद् अश्विनाव् अभितः शर्म यछताम् ।
तिरश्चीन् अघ्न्या रक्षतु जातवेदा भूतकृतो मे सर्वतः सन्तु वर्म ॥

divo mādityā rakṣatu bhūmyā rakṣantv agnayaḥ ।
indrāgnī rakṣatāṃ mā purastād aśvināv abhitaḥ śarma yachatām ।
tiraścīn aghnyā rakṣatu jātavedā bhūtakṛto me sarvataḥ santu varma ॥

Let the Adityas, sun in zodiacs, protect me from the regions of light, let the earthly fires and yajnic flames protect me from earthly dangers, let Indra-and-Agni, electric and heat energy, protect me from the front, let

Atharvaveda 19.17 · 10 mantras

19.17.1

अग्निर् मा पातु वसुभिः पुरस्तात् तस्मिन् क्रमे तस्मिं छ्रये तां पुरं प्रैमि ।
स मा रक्षतु स मा गोपायतु तस्मा आत्मानं परि ददे स्वाहा ॥

agnir mā pātu vasubhiḥ purastāt tasmin krame tasmiṃ chraye tāṃ puraṃ praimi ।
sa mā rakṣatu sa mā gopāyatu tasmā ātmānaṃ pari dade svāhā ॥

May Agni, leading light of life on earth, with Vasus, life sustaining powers and energies, protect and promote me forward from the front direction. Therein I advance. Therein I rest and sustain myself. That life and light I attain to. May that guard me. May that preserve me. To that I offer myself life and soul. Thus do I surrender in truth of word and deed.

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19.17.2

वायुर् मान्तरिक्षेणैतस्या दिशः पातु तस्मिन् क्रमे तस्मिं छ्रये तां पुरं प्रैमि ।
स मा रक्षतु स मा गोपायतु तस्मा आत्मानं परि ददे स्वाहा ॥

vāyur māntarikṣeṇaitasyā diśaḥ pātu tasmin krame tasmiṃ chraye tāṃ puraṃ praimi ।
sa mā rakṣatu sa mā gopāyatu tasmā ātmānaṃ pari dade svāhā ॥

May Vayu, leading divine energy of life in the firmament, with the middle regions, from the same direction protect and promote me. Therein I advance. Therein I rest and sustain myself. That same supreme life and energy I attain to. May that guard me. May that preserve me. To that I surrender myself life and soul in truth of word and deed.

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19.17.3

सोमो मा रुद्रैर् दक्षिणाया दिशः पातु तस्मिन् क्रमे तस्मिं छ्रये तां पुरं प्रैमि ।
स मा रक्षतु स मा गोपायतु तस्मा आत्मानं परि ददे स्वाहा ॥

somo mā rudrair dakṣiṇāyā diśaḥ pātu tasmin krame tasmiṃ chraye tāṃ puraṃ praimi ।
sa mā rakṣatu sa mā gopāyatu tasmā ātmānaṃ pari dade svāhā ॥

May Soma, inspiring spirit of divine life, with Rudras, breath of life energies, from the right direction protect and promote me. Therein I advance. Therein I rest for my mainstay. That same supreme life and breath I attain to. May that guard me. May that save me. To that I surrender myself life and soul in truth of word and deed.

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19.17.4

वरुणो मादित्यैर् एतस्या दिशः पातु तस्मिन् क्रमे तस्मिं छ्रये तां पुरं प्रैमि ।
स मा रक्षतु स मा गोपायतु तस्मा आत्मानम् परि ददे स्वाहा ॥

varuṇo mādityair etasyā diśaḥ pātu tasmin krame tasmiṃ chraye tāṃ puraṃ praimi ।
sa mā rakṣatu sa mā gopāyatu tasmā ātmānam pari dade svāhā ॥

May Varuna, cosmic umbrella of life, with Adityas, life rays of the sun, from the same direction protect and promote me. Therein I advance. Therein I rest for my mainstay. That same light of life I attain to. May that guard me. May that save me. To that I surrender myself life and soul in truth of word and deed.

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19.17.5

सूर्यो मा द्यावापृथिवीभ्यां प्रतीच्या दिशः पातु तस्मिन् क्रमे तस्मिं छ्रये तां पुरं प्रैमि ।
स मा रक्षतु स मा गोपायतु तस्मा आत्मानं परि ददे स्वाहा ॥

sūryo mā dyāvāpṛthivībhyāṃ pratīcyā diśaḥ pātu tasmin krame tasmiṃ chraye tāṃ puraṃ praimi ।
sa mā rakṣatu sa mā gopāyatu tasmā ātmānaṃ pari dade svāhā ॥

May the Surya, light of life, with heaven and earth, protect and promote me from the western direction. Therein I advance. Therein I rest for my mainstay. That same light and illumination I attain to. May that guard me. May that save me. To that I surrender myself life and soul in truth of word and deed.

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19.17.6

आपो मौषधीमतीर् एतस्या दिशः पान्तु तासु क्रमे तासु श्रये तां पुरं प्रैमि ।
ता मा रक्षन्तु ता मा गोपायन्तु ताभ्य आत्मानं परि ददे स्वाहा ॥

āpo mauṣadhīmatīr etasyā diśaḥ pāntu tāsu krame tāsu śraye tāṃ puraṃ praimi ।
tā mā rakṣantu tā mā gopāyantu tābhya ātmānaṃ pari dade svāhā ॥

May the divine waters of nature rich in herbs of medicinal efficacy protect and promote me from the same direction. Therein I advance. Therein I rest and find my haven. That health and efficacy I attain to. May that guard me. May that sustain me. To that I surrender myself life and soul in truth of word and deed.

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19.17.7

विश्वकर्मा मा सप्तऋषिभिर् उदीच्या दिशः पातु तस्मिन् क्रमे तस्मिं छ्रये तां पुरं प्रैमि ।
स मा रक्षतु स मा गोपायतु तस्मा आत्मानं परि ददे स्वाहा ॥

viśvakarmā mā saptaṛṣibhir udīcyā diśaḥ pātu tasmin krame tasmiṃ chraye tāṃ puraṃ praimi ।
sa mā rakṣatu sa mā gopāyatu tasmā ātmānaṃ pari dade svāhā ॥

May Vishvakarma, divine maker of the universe, with seven sages, protect and promote me from the north direction. Therein I advance. Therein I rest and find my haven. There itself I attain to as my goal. May that guard me. May that preserve me. To him I surrender myself life and soul in truth of word and deed.

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19.17.8

इन्द्रो मा मरुत्वान् एतस्या दिशः पातु तस्मिन् क्रमे तस्मिं छ्रये तां पुरं प्रैमि ।
स मा रक्षतु स मा गोपायतु तस्मा आत्मानं परि ददे स्वाहा ॥

indro mā marutvān etasyā diśaḥ pātu tasmin krame tasmiṃ chraye tāṃ puraṃ praimi ।
sa mā rakṣatu sa mā gopāyatu tasmā ātmānaṃ pari dade svāhā ॥

May Indra, lord omnipotent, with his force of Maruts, mighty winds and rays of energy, protect and promote me from that very direction. Therein I advance. Therein I rest and find sustenance. There itself I attain to as my goal. May that guard me. May that save me. To him I surrender life and soul in truth of word and deed.

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19.17.9

प्रजापतिर् मा प्रजननवान्त् सह प्रतिष्ठया ध्रुवाया दिशः पातु तस्मिन् क्रमे तस्मिं छ्रये तां पुरं प्रैमि ।
स मा रक्षतु स मा गोपायतु तस्मा आत्मानं परि ददे स्वाहा ॥

prajāpatir mā prajananavānt saha pratiṣṭhayā dhruvāyā diśaḥ pātu tasmin krame tasmiṃ chraye tāṃ puraṃ praimi ।
sa mā rakṣatu sa mā gopāyatu tasmā ātmānaṃ pari dade svāhā ॥

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19.17.10

बृहस्पतिर् मा विश्वैर् देवैर् ऊर्ध्वाया दिशः पातु तस्मिन् क्रमे तस्मिं छ्रये तां पुरं प्रैमि ।
स मा रक्षतु स मा गोपायतु तस्मा आत्मानं परि ददे स्वाहा ॥

bṛhaspatir mā viśvair devair ūrdhvāyā diśaḥ pātu tasmin krame tasmiṃ chraye tāṃ puraṃ praimi ।
sa mā rakṣatu sa mā gopāyatu tasmā ātmānaṃ pari dade svāhā ॥

Atharvaveda 19.18 · 10 mantras

19.18.1

अग्निं ते वसुवन्तम् ऋछन्तु ।
ये माघायवः प्राच्या दिशो ऽभिदासान् ॥

agniṃ te vasuvantam ṛchantu ।
ye māghāyavaḥ prācyā diśo 'bhidāsān ॥

To the dispensation of Agni, light of life, with the Vasus, life sustainers, may they proceed in the course of justice who are of evil and negative nature and treat and hurt me as an enemy, from the eastern direction.

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19.18.2

वायुं ते ऽन्तरिक्षवन्तम् ऋछन्तु ।
ये माघायव एतस्या दिशो ऽभिदासान् ॥

vāyuṃ te 'ntarikṣavantam ṛchantu ।
ye māghāyava etasyā diśo 'bhidāsān ॥

To the dispensation of Vayu, life giving breath of divinity, lord of the skies, may they proceed in the course of justice who are of evil and negative nature and treat and hurt me as an enemy, from the eastern direction.

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19.18.3

सोमं ते रुद्रवन्तम् ऋछन्तु ।
ये माघायवो दक्षिणाया दिशो ऽभिदासान् ॥

somaṃ te rudravantam ṛchantu ।
ye māghāyavo dakṣiṇāyā diśo 'bhidāsān ॥

To the dispensation of Soma, lord of life and purity, commanding the Rudras, dispensers of justice and punishment, may they proceed in the course of justice who are of negative and evil nature and treat and hurt me as an enemy, from the southern direction.

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19.18.4

वरुणं त आदित्यवन्तम् ऋछन्तु ।
ये माघायव एतस्या दिशो ऽभिदासान् ॥

varuṇaṃ ta ādityavantam ṛchantu ।
ye māghāyava etasyā diśo 'bhidāsān ॥

To the dispensation of Varuna, lord of justice and wisdom, commanding the lazer beams of sun-rays, may they proceed in the course of justice who are of negative and destructive nature and treat and hurt me as an enemy, from this same southern direction.

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19.18.5

सूर्यं ते द्यावापृथिवीवन्तम् ऋछन्तु ।
ये माघायव प्रतीच्या दिशो ऽभिदासान् ॥

sūryaṃ te dyāvāpṛthivīvantam ṛchantu ।
ye māghāyava pratīcyā diśo 'bhidāsān ॥

To the dispensation of Surya, self-refugent sun, who wields the heaven and earth, may they proceed in the course of justice who are of negative and destructive nature and treat and hurt me as an enemy, from the western direction.

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19.18.6

अपस् त ओषधीमतीर् ऋछन्तु ।
ये माघायव एतस्या दिशो ऽभिदासान् ॥

apas ta oṣadhīmatīr ṛchantu ।
ye māghāyava etasyā diśo 'bhidāsān ॥

To the dispensation of divine waters blest with life-giving herbs may they proceed in the course of justice who are of negative and destructive nature and treat and hurt me, from the same western direction as an enemy.

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19.18.7

विश्वकर्माणं ते सप्तऋषिवन्तम् ऋछन्तु ।
ये माघायव उदीच्या दिशो ऽभिदासान् ॥

viśvakarmāṇaṃ te saptaṛṣivantam ṛchantu ।
ye māghāyava udīcyā diśo 'bhidāsān ॥

To the dispensation of Vishvakarma, lord maker of the universe, who creates with the seven sages, may they proceed in the course of justice who are of negative and destructive nature and treat and hurt me as an alien, from the northern direction.

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19.18.8

इन्द्रं ते मरुत्वन्तम् ऋछन्तु ।
ये माघायव एतस्या दिशो ऽभिदासान् ॥

indraṃ te marutvantam ṛchantu ।
ye māghāyava etasyā diśo 'bhidāsān ॥

To the dispensation of Indra, lord omnipotent, who commands the tempestuous windy Maruts of the skies, may they proceed in the course of justice who are of negative and destructive nature and treat and hurt me as an alien, from the same northern direction.

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19.18.9

प्रजापतिं ते प्रजननवन्तम् ऋछन्तु ।
ये माघायवो ध्रुवाया दिशो ऽभिदासान् ॥

prajāpatiṃ te prajananavantam ṛchantu ।
ye māghāyavo dhruvāyā diśo 'bhidāsān ॥

To the dispensation of Prajapati, father of his creation, with procreative powers, may they proceed in the course of justice who are of negative and sinful nature and treat and hurt me as an alien, from the firm unshakable direction of the earth below.

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19.18.10

बृहस्पतिं ते विश्वदेववन्तम् ऋछन्तु ।
ये माघायव ऊर्ध्वाया दिशो ऽभिदासान् ॥

bṛhaspatiṃ te viśvadevavantam ṛchantu ।
ye māghāyava ūrdhvāyā diśo 'bhidāsān ॥

Atharvaveda 19.19 · 11 mantras

19.19.1

मित्रः पृथिव्योद् अक्रामत् तां पुरं प्र णयामि वः ।
ताम् आ विशत तां प्र विशत सा वः शर्म च वर्म च यछतु ॥

mitraḥ pṛthivyod akrāmat tāṃ puraṃ pra ṇayāmi vaḥ ।
tām ā viśata tāṃ pra viśata sā vaḥ śarma ca varma ca yachatu ॥

Mitra, friendly Agni, fire and magnetic energy, arose with the earth. O seekers, to that city of energy, I lead you on. Come and enter there, enter and move forward there, and may the earth bless you with peace and protection.

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19.19.2

वायुर् अन्तरिक्षेणोद् अक्रामत् तां पुरं प्र णयामि वः ।
ताम् आ विशत तां प्र विशत सा वः शर्म च वर्म च यछतु ॥

vāyur antarikṣeṇod akrāmat tāṃ puraṃ pra ṇayāmi vaḥ ।
tām ā viśata tāṃ pra viśata sā vaḥ śarma ca varma ca yachatu ॥

Vayu, wind and electric energy, arose with the middle regions. O seekers, to that city of Vayu energy, I lead you on. Come and enter there, enter there and move forward, and may the middle regions and the wind and electric energy bless you with peace and protection.

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19.19.3

सूर्यो दिवोद् अक्रामत् तां पुरं प्र णयामि वः ।
ताम् आ विशत तां प्र विशत सा वः शर्म च वर्म च यछतु ॥

sūryo divod akrāmat tāṃ puraṃ pra ṇayāmi vaḥ ।
tām ā viśata tāṃ pra viśata sā vaḥ śarma ca varma ca yachatu ॥

Surya, the sun, arose with the regions of heaven. O seekers, to that city of the sun and solar energy, I lead you on. Come and enter there, enter there and move forward, and may the heaven and the sun bless you with peace and protection.

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19.19.4

चन्द्रमा नक्षत्रैर् उद् अक्रामत् तां पुरं प्र णयामि वः ।
ताम् आ विशत तां प्र विशत सा वः शर्म च वर्म च यछतु ॥

candramā nakṣatrair ud akrāmat tāṃ puraṃ pra ṇayāmi vaḥ ।
tām ā viśata tāṃ pra viśata sā vaḥ śarma ca varma ca yachatu ॥

Chandrama, the moon, arose with Nakshatras, star constellations. O seekers, to that city of the moon and star constellations, I lead you on. Come and enter there, enter there and move forward, and may the moon and the constellations bless you with peace and protection.

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19.19.5

सोम ओषधीभिर् उद् अक्रामत् तां पुरं प्र णयामि वः ।
ताम् आ विशत तां प्र विशत सा वः शर्म च वर्म च यछतु ॥

soma oṣadhībhir ud akrāmat tāṃ puraṃ pra ṇayāmi vaḥ ।
tām ā viśata tāṃ pra viśata sā vaḥ śarma ca varma ca yachatu ॥

Soma, peace of life and pleasure of good health and cheer, arose with herbs and sanatives. O seekers, to that city of Soma, I lead you on. Come and enter there. enter there and move forward, and may the Soma bless you with peace and protection.

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19.19.6

यज्ञो दक्षिणाभिर् उद् अक्रामत् तां पुरं प्र णयामि वः ।
ताम् आ विशत तां प्र विशत सा वः शर्म च वर्म च यछतु ॥

yajño dakṣiṇābhir ud akrāmat tāṃ puraṃ pra ṇayāmi vaḥ ।
tām ā viśata tāṃ pra viśata sā vaḥ śarma ca varma ca yachatu ॥

Yajna, creative cooperation for production and advancement, arose with Dakshinas, profuse gifts for society and posterity. O seekers, to that city of yajna and prosperity, I lead you on. Come and enter there, enter there and move forward, and may yajna and Dakshina bless you with peace and protection.

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19.19.7

समुद्रो नदीभिर् उद् अक्रामत् तां पुरं प्र णयामि वः ।
ताम् आ विशत तां प्र विशत सा वः शर्म च वर्म च यछतु ॥

samudro nadībhir ud akrāmat tāṃ puraṃ pra ṇayāmi vaḥ ।
tām ā viśata tāṃ pra viśata sā vaḥ śarma ca varma ca yachatu ॥

The sea arose with streams and rivers. O seekers, to that city of the seas and streams and rivers, I lead you on. Come and enter there, enter there and move forward, and may the seas and rivers provide you with peace, prosperity and protection.

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19.19.8

ब्रह्म ब्रह्मचारिभिर् उद् अक्रामत् तां पुरं प्र णयामि वः ।
ताम् आ विशत तां प्र विशत सा वः शर्म च वर्म च यछतु ॥

brahma brahmacāribhir ud akrāmat tāṃ puraṃ pra ṇayāmi vaḥ ।
tām ā viśata tāṃ pra viśata sā vaḥ śarma ca varma ca yachatu ॥

Brahma, Veda and Brahma awareness, arose with Brahmachari. O seekers, to that city of Brahma and Brahmacharis, I lead you on. Come and enter there, enter there and move forward, and may the Veda and Brahmacharis bring you peace, prosperity and protection.

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19.19.9

इन्द्रो वीर्येणोद् अक्रामत् तां पुरं प्र णयामि वः ।
ताम् आ विशत तां प्र विशत सा वः शर्म च वर्म च यछतु ॥

indro vīryeṇod akrāmat tāṃ puraṃ pra ṇayāmi vaḥ ।
tām ā viśata tāṃ pra viśata sā vaḥ śarma ca varma ca yachatu ॥

Indra, Ruling power, arose with generous virility. O seekers, to that city of Indra, I lead you on. Come and enter there, enter there and move forward, and may Indra and ruling generosity provide you with peace, prosperity and protection.

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19.19.10

देवा अमृतेनोद् अक्रामंस् तां पुरं प्र णयामि वः ।
ताम् आ विशत तां प्र विशत सा वः शर्म च वर्म च यछतु ॥

devā amṛtenod akrāmaṃs tāṃ puraṃ pra ṇayāmi vaḥ ।
tām ā viśata tāṃ pra viśata sā vaḥ śarma ca varma ca yachatu ॥

The Devas, divinities of nature and humanity, arose with nectar. O seekers, to that city of Devas and nectar, we lead you on. Come and enter there, enter there and move forward, and may the Devas bless you with peace, protection and prosperity.

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19.19.11

प्रजापतिः प्रजाभिर् उद् अक्रामत् तां पुरं प्र णयामि वः ।
ताम् आ विशत तां प्र विशत सा वः शर्म च वर्म च यछतु ॥

prajāpatiḥ prajābhir ud akrāmat tāṃ puraṃ pra ṇayāmi vaḥ ।
tām ā viśata tāṃ pra viśata sā vaḥ śarma ca varma ca yachatu ॥

Atharvaveda 19.20 · 4 mantras

19.20.1

अप न्यधुः पौरुषेयं वधं यम् इन्द्राग्नी धाता सविता बृहस्पतिः ।
सोमो राजा वरुणो अश्विना यमः पूषास्मान् परि पातु मृत्योः ॥

apa nyadhuḥ pauruṣeyaṃ vadhaṃ yam indrāgnī dhātā savitā bṛhaspatiḥ ।
somo rājā varuṇo aśvinā yamaḥ pūṣāsmān pari pātu mṛtyoḥ ॥

Whatever the cause of human death (such as deprivation, war and murder), the same, Indra, world ruler, Agni, leading light and value-advisor, Dhata, controller of law and order, Savita, keeper of wealth and production, Brhaspati, commander of the expansive forces. Soma, keeper of the peace and matters of culture. Raja Varuna, regional rulers, Ashvins, complementary powers such as physician and surgeon, scientist and technologist, teacher and preacher, and Yama, supreme controller, have ruled out and set aside. May Pusha, natural health, nourishment and internal resistance of immunity protect us against untimely death.

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19.20.2

यानि चकार भुवनस्य यस् पतिः प्रजापतिर् मातरिश्वा प्रजाभ्यः ।
प्रदिशो यानि वसते दिशश् च तानि मे वर्माणि बहुलानि सन्तु ॥

yāni cakāra bhuvanasya yas patiḥ prajāpatir mātariśvā prajābhyaḥ ।
pradiśo yāni vasate diśaś ca tāni me varmāṇi bahulāni santu ॥

Those many modes and means of protection, which Prajapati, lord of the world and father sustainer of his children, Matarishva, cosmic breath energy of life, have created for the people, and which pervade in all directions and sub-directions of space, may, I pray, be all round armours of defence and protection for me against violence and death.

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19.20.3

यत् ते तनूष्व् अनह्यन्त देवा द्युराजयो देहिनः ।
इन्द्रो यच् चक्रे वर्म तद् अस्मान् पातु विश्वतः ॥

yat te tanūṣv anahyanta devā dyurājayo dehinaḥ ।
indro yac cakre varma tad asmān pātu viśvataḥ ॥

O man, may that armour of physical, moral and spiritual discipline which Indra, lord omnipotent, created for you and which divine personalities in human form, brilliant with divine knowledge and wisdom, bestowed on your different body forms (gross, subtle and causal), protect and promote us all round.

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19.20.4

वर्म मे द्यावापृथिवी वर्माहर् वर्म सूर्यः ।
वर्म मे विश्वे देवाः क्रन् मा मा प्रापत् प्रतीचिका ॥

varma me dyāvāpṛthivī varmāhar varma sūryaḥ ।
varma me viśve devāḥ kran mā mā prāpat pratīcikā ॥

May heaven and earth provide me the armour of defence and protection. May the day provide me the armour. May the sun provide me the armour. May all divinities of the world, of nature and humanity, provide me the armour of defence and protection. Let no opposition, no negativity, no calamity touch and hurt me.

Atharvaveda 19.21 · 1 mantras

19.21.1

गायत्र्य् उष्णिग् अनुष्टुब् बृहती पङ्क्तिस् त्रिष्टुब् जगत्यै ॥

gāyatry uṣṇig anuṣṭub bṛhatī paṅktis triṣṭub jagatyai ॥

Gayatri, Ushnik, Anushtup, Brhati, Pankti, Trishtup, and Jagati, these are the Vedic metres. (To these, homage.) (Gayatri consists of twenty four syllables, Ushnik of twenty eight, Anushtup of thirty two, Brhati of thirty six, Pankti of forty, Trishtup of forty four, and Jagati of forty eight syllables.)

Atharvaveda 19.22 · 21 mantras

19.22.1

आङ्गिरसानाम् आद्यैः पञ्चानुवाकैः स्वाहा ॥

āṅgirasānām ādyaiḥ pañcānuvākaiḥ svāhā ॥

Homage to Divinity in truth of word and deed with the first five Anuvakas of the Angirasas, science of pranic energy of life (for the five elements of the body and the universe).

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19.22.2

षष्ठाय स्वाहा ॥

ṣaṣṭhāya svāhā ॥

Homage of Svaha for the sixth (mind).

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19.22.3

सप्तमाष्टमाभ्यां स्वाहा ॥

saptamāṣṭamābhyāṃ svāhā ॥

Svaha for the seventh and eighth (Ahankara and Buddhi, i.e., I-sense of identity and Intelligence).

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19.22.4

नीलनखेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥

nīlanakhebhyaḥ svāhā ॥

Svaha for the cure of bluish nails.

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19.22.5

हरितेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥

haritebhyaḥ svāhā ॥

Svaha for the green ones for the cure of jaundice.

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19.22.6

क्षुद्रेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥

kṣudrebhyaḥ svāhā ॥

Svaha for the subtleties and microscopicals.

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19.22.7

पर्यायिकेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥

paryāyikebhyaḥ svāhā ॥

Svaha for the revolving, recurring and repeating at regular intervals with appropriate treatment.

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19.22.8

प्रथमेभ्यः शङ्खेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥

prathamebhyaḥ śaṅkhebhyaḥ svāhā ॥

Svaha for shells of the first order (born of lightning, gold or golden itself).

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19.22.9

द्वितीयेभ्यः शङ्खेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥

dvitīyebhyaḥ śaṅkhebhyaḥ svāhā ॥

Svaha for shells of the second order (bom of the sea).

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19.22.10

तृतीयेभ्यः शङ्खेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥

tṛtīyebhyaḥ śaṅkhebhyaḥ svāhā ॥

Svaha for shells of the third order (born of

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19.22.11

उपोत्तमेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥

upottamebhyaḥ svāhā ॥

Svaha for cure of the penultimates and release from penultimate bonds.

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19.22.12

उत्तमेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥

uttamebhyaḥ svāhā ॥

Svaha for the highest, ultimates (of the bonds).

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19.22.13

उत्तरेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥

uttarebhyaḥ svāhā ॥

Svaha for the middling ones (of the bonds).

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19.22.14

ऋषिभ्यः स्वाहा ॥

ṛṣibhyaḥ svāhā ॥

Svaha for the Rshis, divine visionaries (and five senses, mind and intellect).

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19.22.15

शिखिभ्यः स्वाहा ॥

śikhibhyaḥ svāhā ॥

Svaha for the flaming ones.

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19.22.16

गणेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥

gaṇebhyaḥ svāhā ॥

Svaha for assemblies and organisations.

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19.22.17

महागणेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥

mahāgaṇebhyaḥ svāhā ॥

Svaha for great assemblies and organisations.

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19.22.18

सर्वेभ्यो ऽङ्गिरोभ्यो विदगणेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥

sarvebhyo 'ṅgirobhyo vidagaṇebhyaḥ svāhā ॥

Svaha for assemblies of organised scholars and scientists.

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19.22.19

पृथक्सहस्राभ्यां स्वाहा ॥

pṛthaksahasrābhyāṃ svāhā ॥

Svaha for individual organisations of a thousand.

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19.22.20

ब्रह्मणे स्वाहा ॥

brahmaṇe svāhā ॥

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19.22.21

ब्रह्मज्येष्ठा सम्भृता विर्याणि ब्रह्माग्रे ज्येष्ठं दिवम् आ ततान ।
भूतानां ब्रह्मा प्रथमोत जज्ञे तेनार्हति ब्रह्मणा स्पर्धितुं कः ॥

brahmajyeṣṭhā sambhṛtā viryāṇi brahmāgre jyeṣṭhaṃ divam ā tatāna ।
bhūtānāṃ brahmā prathamota jajñe tenārhati brahmaṇā spardhituṃ kaḥ ॥

Atharvaveda 19.23 · 30 mantras

19.23.1

आथर्वणानां चतुरृचेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥

ātharvaṇānāṃ caturṛcebhyaḥ svāhā ॥

For four-verse hymns on four adorables (Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha) of the sages of unshakable mind and spirit, Svaha, homage in truth of word and deed.

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19.23.2

पञ्चर्चेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥

pañcarcebhyaḥ svāhā ॥

For five-verse hymns (on five adorable elements), Svaha.

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19.23.3

षळृचेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥

ṣaḷṛcebhyaḥ svāhā ॥

For six-verse hymns (on six adorable seasons of the year), Svaha.

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19.23.4

सप्तर्चेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥

saptarcebhyaḥ svāhā ॥

For seven-verse hymns (on seven adorable sages), Svaha.

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19.23.5

अष्टर्चेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥

aṣṭarcebhyaḥ svāhā ॥

For eight-verse hymns (on the adorable eight Vasus and eight-fold Prakrti), Svaha.

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19.23.6

नवर्चेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥

navarcebhyaḥ svāhā ॥

For nine-verse hymns (on the nine-door sacred Ayodha, the human body), Svaha.

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19.23.7

दशर्चेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥

daśarcebhyaḥ svāhā ॥

For ten-verse hymns (on the ten adorable senses, ten adorable pranas), Svaha.

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19.23.8

एकादशर्चेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥

ekādaśarcebhyaḥ svāhā ॥

For eleven-verse hymns (on eleven adorable Rudras), Svaha.

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19.23.9

द्वादशर्चेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥

dvādaśarcebhyaḥ svāhā ॥

For twelve-verse hymns (on twelve adorable Adityas), Svaha.

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19.23.10

त्रयोदशर्चेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥

trayodaśarcebhyaḥ svāhā ॥

For thirteen-verse hymns (on thirteen adorables: eight siddhis and five natural variations of rising, falling, contraction, expansion and displacement), Svaha.

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19.23.11

चतुर्दशर्चेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥

caturdaśarcebhyaḥ svāhā ॥

For fourteen-verse hymns (on fourteen adorables: five perceptive senses, five volitional senses and four-fold antahkarana of mana, buddhi, chitta and ahankara), Svaha.

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19.23.12

पञ्चदशर्चेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥

pañcadaśarcebhyaḥ svāhā ॥

For fifteen-verse hymns (on fifteen adorables: seven forms of colour, six tastes and twofold smell, agreeable and disagreeable), Svaha.

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19.23.13

षोडशर्चेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥

ṣoḍaśarcebhyaḥ svāhā ॥

For sixteen-verse hymns (on the adorable sixteen-kala Purusha), Svaha.

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19.23.14

सप्तदशर्चेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥

saptadaśarcebhyaḥ svāhā ॥

For seventeen verse hymns (on seventeen adorables: ten directions, three Prakrti gunas, and Ishvara, Jiva, Prakrti and the world), Svaha.

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19.23.15

अष्टादशर्चेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥

aṣṭādaśarcebhyaḥ svāhā ॥

For eighteen-verse hymns (on eighteen adorables: ten principles of Dharma and eight auspicious values, i.e., Brahmana, cow, fire, water, gold, ghrta, sun and the social order), Svaha.

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19.23.16

एकोनविंशतिः स्वाहा ॥

ekonaviṃśatiḥ svāhā ॥

For nineteen-fold version of Vaishvanara Purusha, Svaha.

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19.23.17

विंशतिः स्वाहा ॥

viṃśatiḥ svāhā ॥

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19.23.18

महत्काण्डाय स्वाहा ॥

mahatkāṇḍāya svāhā ॥

For the great twentieth Kanda of Atharva-veda,

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19.23.19

तृचेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥

tṛcebhyaḥ svāhā ॥

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19.23.20

एकर्चेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥

ekarcebhyaḥ svāhā ॥

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19.23.21

क्षुद्रेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥

kṣudrebhyaḥ svāhā ॥

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19.23.22

एकानृचेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥

ekānṛcebhyaḥ svāhā ॥

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19.23.23

रोहितेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥

rohitebhyaḥ svāhā ॥

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19.23.24

सूर्याभ्यां स्वाहा ॥

sūryābhyāṃ svāhā ॥

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19.23.25

व्रात्याभ्यां स्वाहा ॥

vrātyābhyāṃ svāhā ॥

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19.23.26

प्राजापत्याभ्यां स्वाहा ॥

prājāpatyābhyāṃ svāhā ॥

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19.23.27

विषासह्यै स्वाहा ॥

viṣāsahyai svāhā ॥

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19.23.28

मङ्गलिकेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥

maṅgalikebhyaḥ svāhā ॥

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19.23.29

ब्रह्मणे स्वाहा ॥

brahmaṇe svāhā ॥

For Brahma-Veda, Atharva-veda, especially for Brahma hymns, Svaha.

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19.23.30

ब्रह्मज्येष्ठा संभृता वीर्याणि ब्रह्माग्रे ज्येष्ठं दिवम् आ ततान ।
भूतानां ब्रह्मा प्रथमोत जज्ञे तेनार्हति ब्रह्मणा स्पर्धितुं कः ॥

brahmajyeṣṭhā saṃbhṛtā vīryāṇi brahmāgre jyeṣṭhaṃ divam ā tatāna ।
bhūtānāṃ brahmā prathamota jajñe tenārhati brahmaṇā spardhituṃ kaḥ ॥

Atharvaveda 19.24 · 8 mantras

19.24.1

येन देवं सवितारं परि देवा अधारयन् ।
तेनेमं ब्रह्मणस् पते परि राष्ट्राय धत्तन ॥

yena devaṃ savitāraṃ pari devā adhārayan ।
tenemaṃ brahmaṇas pate pari rāṣṭrāya dhattana ॥

By the law and commitment by which the Devas, divine powers and brilliancies of Nature, fully hold and wholly support Savita, the divine, self-refulgent, all-inspiring Sun, O Brahmanaspati, high priest of this great Dominion, you and other enlightened personalities, invest and consecrate this ruler in his office for the sake of the Rashtra, enlightened self-governing social order.

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19.24.2

परीमम् इन्द्रम् आयुषे महे क्षत्राय धत्तन ।
यथैनं जरसे नयाज् ज्योक् क्षत्रे ऽधि जागरत् ॥

parīmam indram āyuṣe mahe kṣatrāya dhattana ।
yathainaṃ jarase nayāj jyok kṣatre 'dhi jāgarat ॥

O people of the land, for the sake of the great social order, hold and support this Indra, mighty ruler, for good health and full age, so that I may lead him unto his full age of fulfilment and he may always abide, awake and alert, by the great dominion.

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19.24.3

परीमम् इन्द्रम् आयुषे महे श्रोत्राय धत्तन ।
यथैनं जरसे नयाज् ज्योक् श्रोत्रे ऽधि जागरत् ॥

parīmam indram āyuṣe mahe śrotrāya dhattana ।
yathainaṃ jarase nayāj jyok śrotre 'dhi jāgarat ॥

O high priest and people of the great social order, hold and support this Soma, inspiring ruler and lover of peace and happiness, for good health, full age and a great sensitive ear for knowledge, information and alleviation of want and suffering, so that I may lead him unto his full age of fulfilment and he may always abide awake and alert for information and rectification of the state problems.

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19.24.4

परि धत्त धत्त नो वर्चसेमं जरामृत्युं कृणुत दीर्घम् आयुः ।
बृहस्पतिः प्रायछद् वास एतत् सोमाय राज्ञे परिधातवा उ ॥

pari dhatta dhatta no varcasemaṃ jarāmṛtyuṃ kṛṇuta dīrgham āyuḥ ।
bṛhaspatiḥ prāyachad vāsa etat somāya rājñe paridhātavā u ॥

Invest him with the robes of office. Hold and support him for ourselves with vigour and honour in lustre and splendour to live a long, healthy, full age till the end and total fulfilment, so that this Soma Ruler may wear these robes which Brhaspati, sage of great Vedic wisdom, has given him to wear for his office.

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19.24.5

जरां सु गछ परि धत्स्व वासो भवा गृष्टीनाम् अभिशस्तिपा उ ।
शतं च जीव शरदः पुरूची रायश् च पोषम् उपसंव्ययस्व ॥

jarāṃ su gacha pari dhatsva vāso bhavā gṛṣṭīnām abhiśastipā u ।
śataṃ ca jīva śaradaḥ purūcī rāyaś ca poṣam upasaṃvyayasva ॥

O Ruler, put on the robes of office, be the defender and promoter of your people against evil and misfortune, reach the fulfilment of your life, live a full hundred years of abundant joy, wrapped in wealth, plenty and prosperity.

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19.24.6

परीदं वासो अधिथाः स्वस्तये ऽभूर् वापीनाम् अभिशस्तिपा उ ।
शतं च जीव शरदः पुरूचीर् वसूनि चारुर् वि भजासि जीवन् ॥

parīdaṃ vāso adhithāḥ svastaye 'bhūr vāpīnām abhiśastipā u ।
śataṃ ca jīva śaradaḥ purūcīr vasūni cārur vi bhajāsi jīvan ॥

O Ruler, put on this robe of office for the honour and well being of your dominion and her people. Be protector and promoter of the water reservoirs and fields against pollution and depletion. Live a full hundred years of life full of abundant wealth and joy and be the people’s favourite sharer and dispenser of the wealth, dignity and excellences of life.

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19.24.7

योगेयोगे तवस्तरं वाजेवाजे हवामहे ।
सखाय इन्द्रम् ऊतये ॥

yogeyoge tavastaraṃ vājevāje havāmahe ।
sakhāya indram ūtaye ॥

O friends, in every joint programme of the nation in planning and development, in every battle of life, at every juncture, let us call upon the mighty and mightier Indra, the Ruler, swift and instant in action, for our defence, protection and progress.

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19.24.8

हिरण्यवर्णो अजरः सुवीरो जरामृत्युः प्रजया सं विशस्व ।
तद् अग्निर् आह तद् उ सोम आह बृहस्पतिः सविता तद् इन्द्रः ॥

hiraṇyavarṇo ajaraḥ suvīro jarāmṛtyuḥ prajayā saṃ viśasva ।
tad agnir āha tad u soma āha bṛhaspatiḥ savitā tad indraḥ ॥

O man, O Ruler, golden in graces, ever youthful, nobly brave, scorning infirmity and challenging death, mix, merge and live one with the people. So says Agni, the leading light of life. So says Soma, spirit of peace and felicity. So says Brhaspati, the sage of divine knowledge unbound. So says Indra, lord omnipotent. And so says Savita, the spirit of universal refulgence and inspiration for life and living.

Atharvaveda 19.25 · 1 mantras

19.25.1

अश्रान्तस्य त्वा मनसा युनज्मि प्रथमस्य च ।
उत्कूलम् उद्वहो भवोदुह्य प्रति धावतात् ॥

aśrāntasya tvā manasā yunajmi prathamasya ca ।
utkūlam udvaho bhavoduhya prati dhāvatāt ॥

O man, O Ruler, I call upon you and join you with the mind and will of the first and indefatigable order of the Dominion. Be the pioneer to rise and lead the nation to the top, and having led us there, move on farther and higher.

Atharvaveda 19.26 · 4 mantras

19.26.1

अग्नेः प्रजातं परि यद् धिरण्यम् अमृतं दध्रे अधि मर्त्येषु ।
य एनद् वेद स इद् एनम् अर्हति जरामृत्युर् भवति यो बिभर्ति ॥

agneḥ prajātaṃ pari yad dhiraṇyam amṛtaṃ dadhre adhi martyeṣu ।
ya enad veda sa id enam arhati jarāmṛtyur bhavati yo bibharti ॥

One who wears gold, (and the golden glow of lustrous vitality of health), bom of the crucibles of fire, bears the immortal nectar spirit of life among mortals. Whoever knows this, deserves this, and one who wears this becomes immune to old age and infirmity till death.

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19.26.2

यद् धिरण्यं सूर्येण सुवर्णम् प्रजावन्तो मनवः पूर्व ईषिरे ।
तत् त्वा चन्द्रं वर्चसा सं सृजत्य् आयुष्मान् भवति यो बिभर्ति ॥

yad dhiraṇyaṃ sūryeṇa suvarṇam prajāvanto manavaḥ pūrva īṣire ।
tat tvā candraṃ varcasā saṃ sṛjaty āyuṣmān bhavati yo bibharti ॥

That glowing gold which ancient men blest with children received by the sun, that vests you with the lustrous glow of health and grace, and whoever bears that glow is blest with good health and long age.

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19.26.3

आयुषे त्वा वर्चसे त्वौजसे च बलाय च ।
यथा हिरण्यतेजसा विभासासि जनां अनु ॥

āyuṣe tvā varcase tvaujase ca balāya ca ।
yathā hiraṇyatejasā vibhāsāsi janāṃ anu ॥

I vest you with the glowing grace of gold and lustrous vitality for the sake of good health and long age, Strength, lustre and the splendour of life, so that with the glow of that gold you shine among the people around.

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19.26.4

यद् वेद राजा वरुणो वेद देवो बृहस्पतिः ।
इन्द्रो यद् वृत्रहा वेद तत् त आयुष्यं भुवत् तत् ते वर्चस्यं भुवत् ॥

yad veda rājā varuṇo veda devo bṛhaspatiḥ ।
indro yad vṛtrahā veda tat ta āyuṣyaṃ bhuvat tat te varcasyaṃ bhuvat ॥

That gracious gold and golden glow of health which the refulgent Varuna, man of judgement and right choice, knows and possesses, which the divine Brhaspati, sage of unbounded wisdom, knows and possesses, which Indra, potent destroyer of the clouds of darkness, knows and possesses, that very gold and lustrous glow, I wish and pray, may be the vigorous health and longevity for you, that may be the life’s glory for you.

Atharvaveda 19.27 · 15 mantras

19.27.1

गोभिष् ट्वा पात्व् ऋषभो वृषा त्वा पातु वाजिभिः ।
वायुष् ट्वा ब्रह्मणा पात्व् इन्द्रस् त्वा पात्व् इन्द्रियैः ॥

gobhiṣ ṭvā pātv ṛṣabho vṛṣā tvā pātu vājibhiḥ ।
vāyuṣ ṭvā brahmaṇā pātv indras tvā pātv indriyaiḥ ॥

Let ‘Vrshabha’, generous Divinity, protect you with Vedic verses, let ‘Vrsha’, the abundant mind, protect and advance you with dynamic thoughts and emotions, let ‘Vayu’, pranic energy, protect you with divine vision in meditation through pranayama, and let ‘Indra’, the soul, protect you with its own potential of the mind and senses.

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19.27.2

सोमस् त्वा पात्व् ओषधीभिर् नक्षत्रैः पातु सूर्यः ।
माद्भ्यस् त्वा चन्द्रो वृत्रहा वातः प्राणेन रक्षतु ॥

somas tvā pātv oṣadhībhir nakṣatraiḥ pātu sūryaḥ ।
mādbhyas tvā candro vṛtrahā vātaḥ prāṇena rakṣatu ॥

Let Soma, the divine herb, protect you with oshadhis, medical applications, let the sun protect you with constellations of stars, let Chandrama, the moon, destroyer and dispeller of night’s darkness, protect you month by month, and let the air protect you with pranic energy.

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19.27.3

तिस्रो दिवस् तिस्रः पृथिवीस् त्रीण्य् अन्तरिक्षाणि चतुरः समुद्रान् ।
त्रिवृतं स्तोमं त्रिवृत आप आहुस् तास् त्वा रक्षन्तु त्रिवृता त्रिवृद्भिः ॥

tisro divas tisraḥ pṛthivīs trīṇy antarikṣāṇi caturaḥ samudrān ।
trivṛtaṃ stomaṃ trivṛta āpa āhus tās tvā rakṣantu trivṛtā trivṛdbhiḥ ॥

Three are the heavens, say the wise, i.e., three are the orders of the regions of light, three are the regions of the earth, three are the regions of the firmament, and four are the oceans, threefold is the Stoma, structure of the musical composition of the verses of adoration, and three are the orders of water. May all these of three orders protect us with their threefold potentials.

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19.27.4

त्रीन् नाकांस् त्रीन् समुद्रांस् त्रीन् ब्रध्नांस् त्रीन् वैष्टपान् ।
त्रीन् मातरिश्वनस् त्रीन्त् सूर्यान् गोप्तॄन् कल्पयामि ते ॥

trīn nākāṃs trīn samudrāṃs trīn bradhnāṃs trīn vaiṣṭapān ।
trīn mātariśvanas trīnt sūryān goptṝn kalpayāmi te ॥

Three are the ‘Nakas’, states of divine bliss, three are the stages of human living, Brahmacharya, Grhastha and Vanaprastha, three are the ‘Bradhnas’, greats, i.e., Ishvara, Jiva and Prakrti, and three are the Vaishtapas, orders of freedom from sufferings of the body, mind and soul. Three are the orders of wind and air, i.e., in summer, winter and rains. And three are the states of the sun as in winter, summer and rains. These three orders of all, I ordain as your protectors.

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19.27.5

घृतेन त्वा सम् उक्षाम्य् अग्ने आज्येन वर्धयन् ।
अग्नेश् चन्द्रस्य सूर्यस्य मा प्राणं मायिनो दभन् ॥

ghṛtena tvā sam ukṣāmy agne ājyena vardhayan ।
agneś candrasya sūryasya mā prāṇaṃ māyino dabhan ॥

O leading light, Agni, I sprinkle you with ghrta, thereby raising you with Ajya, special preparation of ghrta, further, so that no clever negative forces may suppress the pranic energies gifted by the sacred fire, sun and moon through yajna.

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19.27.6

मा वः प्राणं मा वो ऽपानं मा हरो मायिनो दभन् ।
भ्राजन्तो विश्ववेदसो देवा दैव्येन धावत ॥

mā vaḥ prāṇaṃ mā vo 'pānaṃ mā haro māyino dabhan ।
bhrājanto viśvavedaso devā daivyena dhāvata ॥

prana, your apana and your lustre and grandeur. O brilliant divinities, blazing lustrous, knowers of all overt and covert facts of the world of existence, wash yourselves clean with divine purities and run on.

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19.27.7

प्राणेनाग्निं सं सृजति वातः प्राणेन संहितः ।
प्राणेन विश्वतोमुखं सूर्यं देवा अजनयन् ॥

prāṇenāgniṃ saṃ sṛjati vātaḥ prāṇena saṃhitaḥ ।
prāṇena viśvatomukhaṃ sūryaṃ devā ajanayan ॥

Lord Almighty invests Agni with pranic energy. The wind and air is invested with prana. The divine powers of Nature, Devas, create the versatile, all radiant, all illuminative sun and vest it with prana.

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19.27.8

आयुषायुःकृतां जीवायुष्मान् जीव मा मृथाः ।
प्राणेनात्मन्वताम् जीव मा मृत्योर् उद् अगा वशम् ॥

āyuṣāyuḥkṛtāṃ jīvāyuṣmān jīva mā mṛthāḥ ।
prāṇenātmanvatām jīva mā mṛtyor ud agā vaśam ॥

O man, live with full life energy, gift of those divine powers which create the life energy for you. Live with good health for a full age. Never die an untimely death. Live with the life inspiration of those who live and command life energy of the spirit. Never fall a prey to the snares of untimely death.

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19.27.9

देवानां निहितं निधिं यम् इन्द्रो ऽन्वविन्दत् पथिभिर् देवयानैः ।
आपो हिरण्यं जुगुपुस् त्रिवृद्भिस् तास् त्वा रक्षन्तु त्रिवृता त्रिवृद्भिः ॥

devānāṃ nihitaṃ nidhiṃ yam indro 'nvavindat pathibhir devayānaiḥ ।
āpo hiraṇyaṃ jugupus trivṛdbhis tās tvā rakṣantu trivṛtā trivṛdbhiḥ ॥

That mysterious but collected treasure of the gifts of divinities which Indra, the soul, received and secured through its karmic performance on the noble paths of action worthy of divinities, and which same golden treasure, the triple dynamics of nature, society and divinity at work in the mind and spirit protected and promoted, that very treasure of your potential, O man, may the three orders of nature, society and divinity protect and promote with threefold blessings. (Refer back to mantra 3 and 4.)

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19.27.10

त्रयस्त्रिंशद् देवतास् त्रीणि च वीर्याणि प्रियायमाणा जुगुपुर् अप्स्व् अन्तः ।
अस्मिंश् चन्द्रे अधि यद् धिरण्यं तेनायं कृणवद् वीर्याणि ॥

trayastriṃśad devatās trīṇi ca vīryāṇi priyāyamāṇā jugupur apsv antaḥ ।
asmiṃś candre adhi yad dhiraṇyaṃ tenāyaṃ kṛṇavad vīryāṇi ॥

Thirty three are the Divinities, i.e., eight Vasus, eleven Rudras, twelve Adityas, Indra and Prajapati, three are the potentials, i.e., physical, mental and spiritual, all dear, loving and cooperative, which protect and sustain the treasure of human identity within its karmic personality. With this golden treasure of its identity and potential in the golden cave of the heart, let man perform his actions at his best. Eleven Rudras are: ten pranas or vital energies, and the soul. These are called Rudras because they cause sorrow when they forsake man’s life. Twelve Adityas are the Zodiacs of the sun in the yearly round Indra is cosmic energy and Prajapati, the cosmic yajna. Both these may also be described as the individual soul and the Super-soul. Reference may also be made to Atharva, 10,7,17.

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19.27.11

ये देवा दिव्य् एकादश स्थ ते देवासो हविर् इदं जुषध्वम् ॥

ye devā divy ekādaśa stha te devāso havir idaṃ juṣadhvam ॥

Those Divinities which are eleven and abide in the heaven of light may accept and cherish this homage of havi.

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19.27.12

ये देवा अन्तरिक्ष एकादश स्थ ते देवासो हविर् इदं जुषध्वम् ॥

ye devā antarikṣa ekādaśa stha te devāso havir idaṃ juṣadhvam ॥

Those eleven Divinities which abide in the middle region may accept and cherish this homage of havi.

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19.27.13

ये देवा पृथिव्याम् एकादश स्थ ते देवासो हविर् इदं जुषध्वम् ॥

ye devā pṛthivyām ekādaśa stha te devāso havir idaṃ juṣadhvam ॥

Those eleven Divinities which abide in the earthly sphere may accept and cherish this homage of havi.

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19.27.14

असपत्नं पुरस्तात् पश्चान् नो अभयं कृतम् ।
सविता मा दक्षिणत उत्तरान् मा शचीपतिः ॥

asapatnaṃ purastāt paścān no abhayaṃ kṛtam ।
savitā mā dakṣiṇata uttarān mā śacīpatiḥ ॥

May Savita, inspirer of life, and Shachipati, master of power and noble action, make us free from fear and enemies from the east and from the west. May they render us free from fear and enemies from the south and from the north.

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19.27.15

दिवो मादित्या रक्षन्तु भूम्या रक्षन्त्व् अग्नयः ।
इन्द्राग्नी रक्षतां मा पुरस्ताद् अश्विनाव् अभितः शर्म यछताम् ।
तिरश्चीन् अघ्न्या रक्षतु जातवेदा भूतकृतो मे सर्वतः सन्तु वर्म ॥

divo mādityā rakṣantu bhūmyā rakṣantv agnayaḥ ।
indrāgnī rakṣatāṃ mā purastād aśvināv abhitaḥ śarma yachatām ।
tiraścīn aghnyā rakṣatu jātavedā bhūtakṛto me sarvataḥ santu varma ॥

May the Aditya, sun in zodiacs, protect me from the regions of light, may the earthly fires and yajnic flames protect me from earthly dangers, may Indra and Agni, electric and heat energy, protect me from the front, may Ashvins, complementarities of nature, protect me all round, may the man of knowledge of life forms protect cows and other animals as well as reptiles. May nature’s divine powers that evolve forms of existence be my protective shield all round.

Atharvaveda 19.28 · 10 mantras

19.28.1

इमं बध्नामि ते मणिं दीर्घायुत्वाय तेजसे ।
दर्भं सपत्नदम्भनं द्विषतस् तपनं हृदः ॥

imaṃ badhnāmi te maṇiṃ dīrghāyutvāya tejase ।
darbhaṃ sapatnadambhanaṃ dviṣatas tapanaṃ hṛdaḥ ॥

O man, for a long healthy life, I bind on you this jewel Darbha, a catalytic agent, which puts down rival elements and burns out the very heart centre of negative forces. (‘Darbha’, the word is derived from the root ‘dr’ which means ‘to break’. It is something that is valuable, powerful and adorable. In this sukta, it has been interpreted as the Darbha grass which is purest white, most adorable and effective against ailments. The other interpretation is ‘the commander of the forces of defence’. Reference: “Dayananada Vaidic Kosha”, by Rajavir Shastri, Delhi: Arsha Sahitya Trust, and “Atharva-veda Bhashyam” by Vishvanath Vidyalankar, published by Ram Lai Kapur Trust, and Atharva-veda commentaries by Kshemakarana Das, and by W.D. Whitney)

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19.28.2

द्विषतस् तापयन् हृदः शत्रूणां तापयन् मनः ।
दुर्हार्दः सर्वांस् त्वं दर्भ घर्म इवाभीन्त् संतापयन् ॥

dviṣatas tāpayan hṛdaḥ śatrūṇāṃ tāpayan manaḥ ।
durhārdaḥ sarvāṃs tvaṃ darbha gharma ivābhīnt saṃtāpayan ॥

Scorching the heart of the jealous, heating up the mind of the enemies, you, O Darbha, destroyer, be active like the very fire and the sun, distressing and burning up all the undaunted elements, negative and evil at heart.

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19.28.3

घर्म इवाभितपन् दर्भ द्विषतो नितपन् मणे ।
हृदः सपत्नानां भिन्द्धीन्द्र इव विरुजं बलम् ॥

gharma ivābhitapan darbha dviṣato nitapan maṇe ।
hṛdaḥ sapatnānāṃ bhinddhīndra iva virujaṃ balam ॥

O Darbha, O Jewel, blazing like fire and the sun, scorching the jealous, break the rivals to the very core of the heart, like Indra, lightning, striking and breaking the cloud asunder.

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19.28.4

भिन्द्धि दर्भ सपत्नानां हृदयं द्विषतां मणे ।
उद्यन् त्वचम् इव भूम्याः शिर एषां वि पातय ॥

bhinddhi darbha sapatnānāṃ hṛdayaṃ dviṣatāṃ maṇe ।
udyan tvacam iva bhūmyāḥ śira eṣāṃ vi pātaya ॥

O Darbha, O Jewel, break asunder the heart core of the rival and jealous negative forces and, rising like the sun removing the dark veil of the earth, throw off the umbrella cover of these enemy forces.

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19.28.5

भिन्द्धि दर्भ सपत्नान् मे भिन्द्धि मे पृतनायतः ।
भिन्द्धि मे सर्वान् दुर्हार्दो भिन्द्धि मे द्विषतो मणे ॥

bhinddhi darbha sapatnān me bhinddhi me pṛtanāyataḥ ।
bhinddhi me sarvān durhārdo bhinddhi me dviṣato maṇe ॥

O Darbha, break down my rival forces, disintegrate the forces that fight against me. Break off all those that act against my heart and soul. O Jewel, break down all the forces that jealously deplete me.

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19.28.6

छिन्द्धि दर्भ सपत्नान् मे छिन्द्धि मे पृतनायतः ।
छिन्द्धि मे सर्वान् दुर्हार्दो छिन्द्धि मे द्विषतो मणे ॥

chinddhi darbha sapatnān me chinddhi me pṛtanāyataḥ ।
chinddhi me sarvān durhārdo chinddhi me dviṣato maṇe ॥

O Darbha, split up and destroy my rival forces, split up and destroy the forces that fight against me, O Jewel, destroy all the evil at heart that work against me, destroy all the jealous forces acting against me.

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19.28.7

वृश्च दर्भ सपत्नान् मे वृश्च मे पृतनायतः ।
वृश्च मे सर्वान् दुर्हार्दो वृश्च मे द्विषतो मणे ॥

vṛśca darbha sapatnān me vṛśca me pṛtanāyataḥ ।
vṛśca me sarvān durhārdo vṛśca me dviṣato maṇe ॥

O Darbha, uproot all my rivals, uproot all the enemy forces fighting against me. O Jewel, root out all the evil at heart that work against me, root out all the jealous forces acting against me.

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19.28.8

कृन्त दर्भ सपत्नान् मे कृन्त मे पृतनायतः ।
कृन्त मे सर्वान् दुर्हार्दो कृन्त मे द्विषतो मणे ॥

kṛnta darbha sapatnān me kṛnta me pṛtanāyataḥ ।
kṛnta me sarvān durhārdo kṛnta me dviṣato maṇe ॥

O Darbha, cut down to nothing all my rivals, cut down to nothing all my adversaries. O Mani, cut down to naught all the evil that work against my heart, cut down to naught all jealousies against my system.

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19.28.9

पिंश दर्भ सपत्नान् मे पिंश मे पृतनायतः ।
पिंश मे सर्वान् दुर्हार्दो पिंश मे द्विषतो मणे ॥

piṃśa darbha sapatnān me piṃśa me pṛtanāyataḥ ।
piṃśa me sarvān durhārdo piṃśa me dviṣato maṇe ॥

O Darbha, crush all the rivals, crush all the adversaries acting against me. O Mani, crush all the evil at heart that work against me, crush all the jealousies against my system.

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19.28.10

विध्य दर्भ सपत्नान् मे विध्य मे पृतनायतः ।
विध्य मे सर्वान् दुर्हार्दो विध्य मे द्विषतो मणे ॥

vidhya darbha sapatnān me vidhya me pṛtanāyataḥ ।
vidhya me sarvān durhārdo vidhya me dviṣato maṇe ॥

O Darbha, pierce to naught all my rivals, pierce to zero germination all my adversaries. O Mani, pierce to death all the evil at heart that work against me, pierce down to nothing all the jealous forces against my system.

Atharvaveda 19.29 · 9 mantras

19.29.1

निक्ष दर्भ सपत्नान् मे निक्ष मे पृतनायतः ।
निक्ष मे सर्वान् दुर्हार्दो निक्ष मे द्विषतो मणे ॥

nikṣa darbha sapatnān me nikṣa me pṛtanāyataḥ ।
nikṣa me sarvān durhārdo nikṣa me dviṣato maṇe ॥

O Darbha, destroyer of negativities, split up my rivals, split up my fighting adversaries. Split up all the evil at heart against me. O Mani, split up all the jealous forces that act against me.

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19.29.2

तृन्द्धि दर्भ सपत्नान् मे तृन्द्धि मे पृतनायतः ।
तृन्द्धि मे सर्वान् दुर्हार्दो तृन्द्धि मे द्विषतो मणे ॥

tṛnddhi darbha sapatnān me tṛnddhi me pṛtanāyataḥ ।
tṛnddhi me sarvān durhārdo tṛnddhi me dviṣato maṇe ॥

O Darbha, destroyer of negativities, cleave my rivals, cleave my fighting adversaries. Cleave all the evil at heart opposed to me. O Mani, cleave all the jealous forces standing against me.

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19.29.3

रुन्द्धि दर्भ सपत्नान् मे रुन्द्धि मे पृतनायतः ।
रुन्द्धि मे सर्वान् दुर्हार्दो रुन्द्धि मे द्विषतो मणे ॥

runddhi darbha sapatnān me runddhi me pṛtanāyataḥ ।
runddhi me sarvān durhārdo runddhi me dviṣato maṇe ॥

O Darbha, destroyer of negativities, shut off all my rivals, shut off all my adversaries. O Mani, shut off all negative forces which are evil at heart, shut out all jealous forces active against me.

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19.29.4

मृण दर्भ सपत्नान् मे मृण मे पृतनायतः ।
मृण मे सर्वान् दुर्हार्दो मृण मे द्विषतो मणे ॥

mṛṇa darbha sapatnān me mṛṇa me pṛtanāyataḥ ।
mṛṇa me sarvān durhārdo mṛṇa me dviṣato maṇe ॥

O Darbha, destroyer of negativities, reduce to dust my rivals, crush to dust my fighting rivals. Crush to dust all forces evil at heart against me, crush to dust, O Mani, all the jealous forces that stand against me.

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19.29.5

मन्थ दर्भ सपत्नान् मे मन्थ मे पृतनायतः ।
मन्थ मे सर्वान् दुर्हार्दो मन्थ मे द्विषतो मणे ॥

mantha darbha sapatnān me mantha me pṛtanāyataḥ ।
mantha me sarvān durhārdo mantha me dviṣato maṇe ॥

O Darbha, destroyer of negativities, shake up and chum my rivals, shake up and chum my adversaries, shake up and chum all the evil hearted opponents, shake up and chum all the jealous forces, O Mani.

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19.29.6

पिण्ड्ढि दर्भ सपत्नान् मे पिण्ड्ढि मे पृतनायतः ।
पिण्ड्ढि मे सर्वान् दुर्हार्दो पिण्ड्ढि मे द्विषतो मणे ॥

piṇḍḍhi darbha sapatnān me piṇḍḍhi me pṛtanāyataḥ ।
piṇḍḍhi me sarvān durhārdo piṇḍḍhi me dviṣato maṇe ॥

O Darbha, destroyer of destroyers, batter all my rivals, batter all my adversaries, O Mani, batter all the evil hearted ranged against me, batter all the jealous forces active against me.

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19.29.7

ओष दर्भ सपत्नान् मे ओष मे पृतनायतः ।
ओष मे सर्वान् दुर्हार्दो ओष मे द्विषतो मणे ॥

oṣa darbha sapatnān me oṣa me pṛtanāyataḥ ।
oṣa me sarvān durhārdo oṣa me dviṣato maṇe ॥

O Darbha, destroyer of negative forces, heat and eliminate all my rivals, heat and destroy all my adversaries. O Mani, heat and eliminate all evil at heart against me, heat and destroy all jealous forces active against me.

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19.29.8

दह दर्भ सपत्नान् मे दह मे पृतनायतः ।
दह मे सर्वान् दुर्हार्दो दह मे द्विषतो मणे ॥

daha darbha sapatnān me daha me pṛtanāyataḥ ।
daha me sarvān durhārdo daha me dviṣato maṇe ॥

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19.29.9

जहि दर्भ सपत्नान् मे जहि मे पृतनायतः ।
जहि मे सर्वान् दुर्हार्दो जहि मे द्विषतो मणे ॥

jahi darbha sapatnān me jahi me pṛtanāyataḥ ।
jahi me sarvān durhārdo jahi me dviṣato maṇe ॥

Atharvaveda 19.30 · 5 mantras

19.30.1

यत् ते दर्भ जरामृत्यु शतं वर्मसु वर्म ते ।
तेनेमं वर्मिणं कृत्वा सपत्नां जहि वीर्यैः ॥

yat te darbha jarāmṛtyu śataṃ varmasu varma te ।
tenemaṃ varmiṇaṃ kṛtvā sapatnāṃ jahi vīryaiḥ ॥

O Darbha, destroyer of enemies, hundred-fold is your armour of defence among armours against age and untimely death. With that same armour, strengthen this man-warrior well-guarded and, with your vigour and virilities, destroy all adversaries ranged against him.

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19.30.2

शतं ते दर्भ वर्माणि सहस्रं वीर्याणि ते ।
तम् अस्मै विश्वे त्वां देवा जरसे भर्तवा अदुः ॥

śataṃ te darbha varmāṇi sahasraṃ vīryāṇi te ।
tam asmai viśve tvāṃ devā jarase bhartavā aduḥ ॥

O Darbha, destroyer of destroyers, hundredfold are your armours of defence, thousandfold your vigour and virility, strength, courage and heroism. Such as you are, all world divinities of nature and humanity have given you unto this man to bear and wear against infirmity till full age and death.

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19.30.3

त्वाम् आहुर् देववर्म त्वां दर्भ ब्रह्मणस् पतिम् ।
त्वाम् इन्द्रस्याहुर् वर्म त्वं राष्ट्राणि रक्षसि ॥

tvām āhur devavarma tvāṃ darbha brahmaṇas patim ।
tvām indrasyāhur varma tvaṃ rāṣṭrāṇi rakṣasi ॥

O Darbha, they say you are Deva-varma, armour of divinities, Brahmanaspati, protector and sustainer of the expansive world and of the universal knowledge of existence. They say you are the armour of Indra, the omnipotent, and you defend and protect the social order of world dominions.

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19.30.4

सपत्नक्षयणं दर्भ द्विषतस् तपनं हृदः ।
मणिं क्षत्रस्य वर्धनं तनूपानं कृणोमि ते ॥

sapatnakṣayaṇaṃ darbha dviṣatas tapanaṃ hṛdaḥ ।
maṇiṃ kṣatrasya vardhanaṃ tanūpānaṃ kṛṇomi te ॥

Darbha, the jewel destroyer of adversaries, heart burner of jealous enemies, O man, O Ruler, I make the

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19.30.5

यत् समुद्रो अभ्यक्रन्दत् पर्जन्यो विद्युता सह ।
ततो हिरन्ययो बिन्दुस् ततो दर्भो अजायत ॥

yat samudro abhyakrandat parjanyo vidyutā saha ।
tato hiranyayo bindus tato darbho ajāyata ॥

Atharvaveda 19.31 · 14 mantras

19.31.1

औदुम्बरेण मणिना पुष्टिकामाय वेधसा ।
पशूणां सर्वेषां स्फातिं गोष्ठे मे सविता करत् ॥

audumbareṇa maṇinā puṣṭikāmāya vedhasā ।
paśūṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ sphātiṃ goṣṭhe me savitā karat ॥

May Savita, creative genius, with Vedha, the expert of specialised knowledge, with Audumbara mani, a prize preparation of Ficus Glomerata, develop in my cow stall plenty of all breeds of healthy animals for me as I am keen for the health, growth and development of animals.

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19.31.2

यो नो अग्निर् गार्हपत्यः पशूनाम् अधिपा असत् ।
औदुम्बरो वृषा मणिः सं मा सृजतु पुष्ट्या ॥

yo no agnir gārhapatyaḥ paśūnām adhipā asat ।
audumbaro vṛṣā maṇiḥ saṃ mā sṛjatu puṣṭyā ॥

May this Agni, which is our sacred home fire of yajna, be the preserver and promoter of the animals, and may the efficacious and abundant Audumbara mani augment me with growth and prosperity.

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19.31.3

करीषिणीं फलवतीं स्वधाम् इरां च नो गृहे ।
औदुम्बरस्य तेजसा धाता पुष्टिं दधातु मे ॥

karīṣiṇīṃ phalavatīṃ svadhām irāṃ ca no gṛhe ।
audumbarasya tejasā dhātā puṣṭiṃ dadhātu me ॥

Abundance of fertility and fruitfulness, profusion of self-sufficiency in food and drink, and growth of prosperity, may Dhata, lord of the world order, bear and bring into our home by the power and lustre of the efficacy of Audumbara.

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19.31.4

यद् द्विपाच् च चतुष्पाच् च यान्य् अन्नानि ये रसाः ।
गृह्णे ऽहं त्व् एषां भूमानं बिभ्रद् औदुम्बरं मणिम् ॥

yad dvipāc ca catuṣpāc ca yāny annāni ye rasāḥ ।
gṛhṇe 'haṃ tv eṣāṃ bhūmānaṃ bibhrad audumbaraṃ maṇim ॥

Whatever bipeds and quadrupeds there be around, whatever foods and delicious drinks there be in the world, I pray, bearing the divine Audumbara mani and performing the sacred home fire yajna, I may have the best in abundance of them.

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19.31.5

पुष्टिं पशूनाम् परि जग्रभाहं चतुष्पदां द्विपदां यच् च धान्यम् ।
पयः पशूनां रसम् ओषधीनां बृहस्पतिः सविता मे नि यछात् ॥

puṣṭiṃ paśūnām pari jagrabhāhaṃ catuṣpadāṃ dvipadāṃ yac ca dhānyam ।
payaḥ paśūnāṃ rasam oṣadhīnāṃ bṛhaspatiḥ savitā me ni yachāt ॥

I have taken up the care, welfare and growth of the biped and quadruped living beings. I have also received their gift of food grains, milk of cows and other milch animals, and the juice of herbs. May Brhaspati Savita, lord omniscient and omnificent, inspire and bless me with abundance of all that wealth.

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19.31.6

अहं पशूनाम् अधिपा असानि मयि पुष्टं पुष्टपतिर् दधातु ।
मह्यम् औदुम्बरो मणिर् द्रविणानि नि यछतु ॥

ahaṃ paśūnām adhipā asāni mayi puṣṭaṃ puṣṭapatir dadhātu ।
mahyam audumbaro maṇir draviṇāni ni yachatu ॥

Let me be the master protector and promoter of animals. May the lord of health and growth bless me with health, growth and all round development. May the divine Audumbara mani bring me wealth, honour and excellence.

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19.31.7

उप मौदुम्बरो मणिः प्रजया च धनेन च ।
इन्द्रेण जिन्वितो मणिर् आ मागन्त् सह वर्चसा ॥

upa maudumbaro maṇiḥ prajayā ca dhanena ca ।
indreṇa jinvito maṇir ā māgant saha varcasā ॥

Audumbara mani, with people and with wealth, indeed the jewel gift inspired and energised by Indra, mighty world ruler, has come to me with honour and grandeur.

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19.31.8

देवो मणिः सपत्नहा धनसा धनसातये ।
पशोर् अन्नस्य भूमानं गवां स्फातिं नि यछतु ॥

devo maṇiḥ sapatnahā dhanasā dhanasātaye ।
paśor annasya bhūmānaṃ gavāṃ sphātiṃ ni yachatu ॥

May the divine, generous jewel, destroyer of adversaries, giver of wealth and honour, we pray, steadily give us abundant growth of animals, food grains, and the growth and development of cows for the progress of the common wealth of humanity.

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19.31.9

यथाग्रे त्वं वनस्पते पुष्ठ्या सह जज्ञिषे ।
एवा धनस्य मे स्फातिम् आ दधातु सरस्वती ॥

yathāgre tvaṃ vanaspate puṣṭhyā saha jajñiṣe ।
evā dhanasya me sphātim ā dadhātu sarasvatī ॥

O Vanaspati, master protector and developer of forests and the green revolution from early times, just as you have come up with health, growth and development of humanity and the environment, so may Sarasvati, mother knowledge, bear and bring us abundant growth of wealth for us.

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19.31.10

आ मे धनं सरस्वती पयस्फातिं च धान्यम् ।
सिनीवाल्य् उपा वहाद् अयं चौदुम्बरो मणिः ॥

ā me dhanaṃ sarasvatī payasphātiṃ ca dhānyam ।
sinīvāly upā vahād ayaṃ caudumbaro maṇiḥ ॥

To us all, may Sarasvati, generous mother giver of food for all, bring plenty of food and wealth, and so may this Audumbara mani bring us food, wealth, honour and excellence.

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19.31.11

त्वं मणीणाम् अधिपा वृषासि त्वयि पुष्टं पुष्टपतिर् जजान ।
त्वयीमे वाजा द्रविणानि सर्वौदुम्बरः स त्वम् अस्मत् सहस्वाराद् आराद् अरातिम् अमतिं क्षुधं च ॥

tvaṃ maṇīṇām adhipā vṛṣāsi tvayi puṣṭaṃ puṣṭapatir jajāna ।
tvayīme vājā draviṇāni sarvaudumbaraḥ sa tvam asmat sahasvārād ārād arātim amatiṃ kṣudhaṃ ca ॥

Audumbara mani, you are supreme over all other jewels. You are generous. In you the lord of creative evolution placed strength and energy for growth. In you abide all these nourishments, energies and wealths of life. O all-supreme master of strength, growth and prosperity, drive off from us indigence, lack of understanding and hunger.

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19.31.12

ग्रामणीर् असि ग्रामणीर् उत्थाय अभिषिक्तो ऽभि मा सिञ्च वर्चसा ।
तेजो ऽसि तेजो मयि धारयाधि रयिर् असि रयिं मे धेहि ॥

grāmaṇīr asi grāmaṇīr utthāya abhiṣikto 'bhi mā siñca varcasā ।
tejo 'si tejo mayi dhārayādhi rayir asi rayiṃ me dhehi ॥

You are the leader of villages, leader anointed and consecrated, rise and bless me with lustre. You are all splendour, bless me with splendour. You are supreme ruler of wealth, honour and excellence. Pray invest me too with honour, wealth and excellence.

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19.31.13

पुष्टिर् असि पुष्ट्या मा सम् अङ्ग्धि गृहमेधी गृहपतिं मा कृणु ।
औदुम्बरः स त्वम् अस्मासु धेहि रयिं च नः सर्ववीरं नि यछ रायस् पोषाय प्रति मुञ्चे अहं त्वाम् ॥

puṣṭir asi puṣṭyā mā sam aṅgdhi gṛhamedhī gṛhapatiṃ mā kṛṇu ।
audumbaraḥ sa tvam asmāsu dhehi rayiṃ ca naḥ sarvavīraṃ ni yacha rāyas poṣāya prati muñce ahaṃ tvām ॥

You are nourishment and growth itself. Invest me with nourishment and growth. You are ideal master of the home dedicated to yajna and the family. Make me a good householder. You are Audumbara, treasure of wide virtues, wealth and power of life. Give us wealth all worthy of the brave. I hold on to you for peace, prosperity and progress.

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19.31.14

अयम् औदुम्बरो मणिर् वीरो वीराय बध्यते ।
स नः सनिं मधुमतीं कृणोतु रयिं च नः सर्ववीरम् नि यछात् ॥

ayam audumbaro maṇir vīro vīrāya badhyate ।
sa naḥ saniṃ madhumatīṃ kṛṇotu rayiṃ ca naḥ sarvavīram ni yachāt ॥

Mighty brave is this Audumbara mani, worthy of the brave to wear and bear. Let it make our share of wealth for body, mind and soul full of honey sweets. May it give us wealth, honour and excellence wholly worthy of all the brave.

Atharvaveda 19.32 · 10 mantras

19.32.1

शतकाण्डो दुश्च्यवनः सहस्रपर्ण उत्तिरः ।
दर्भो य उग्र ओषधिस् तं ते बध्नाम्य् आयुषे ॥

śatakāṇḍo duścyavanaḥ sahasraparṇa uttiraḥ ।
darbho ya ugra oṣadhis taṃ te badhnāmy āyuṣe ॥

Hundred stemmed, inviolable, thousand leaved, the efficacious saviour Darbha, powerful healer, I bind on you for good health and long life.

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19.32.2

नास्य केशान् प्र वपन्ति नोरसि ताडम् आ घ्नते ।
यस्मा अछिन्नपर्णेन दर्भेन शर्म यछति ॥

nāsya keśān pra vapanti norasi tāḍam ā ghnate ।
yasmā achinnaparṇena darbhena śarma yachati ॥

No way can diseases remove his hair nor strike at his chest to whom the physician provides health and security with Darbha of whole and unbroken leaves.

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19.32.3

दिवि ते तूलम् ओषधे पृथिव्याम् असि निष्ठितः ।
त्वया सहस्रकाण्डेनायुः प्र वर्धयामहे ॥

divi te tūlam oṣadhe pṛthivyām asi niṣṭhitaḥ ।
tvayā sahasrakāṇḍenāyuḥ pra vardhayāmahe ॥

O Saviour from suffering, Oshadhi, your top is in the sun while you are rooted on the earth. By you, who expand over a hundred stems and branches, we increase and immunise the life and health of people.

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19.32.4

तिस्रो दिवो अत्य् अतृणत् तिस्र इमाः पृथिवीर् उत ।
त्वयाहं दुर्हार्दो जिह्वां नि तृणद्मि वचांसि ॥

tisro divo aty atṛṇat tisra imāḥ pṛthivīr uta ।
tvayāhaṃ durhārdo jihvāṃ ni tṛṇadmi vacāṃsi ॥

O Darbha, destroyer and preserver, you pervade the three heavens and these three regions of the earth, you penetrate and break the negativities to join the positivities. With you as sanative saviour, I pierce through the tongue of the evil hearted and disintegrate their words.

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19.32.5

त्वम् असि सहमानो ऽहम् अस्मि सहस्वान् ।
उभौ सहस्वन्तौ भूत्वा सपत्नान् सहिषीवहि ॥

tvam asi sahamāno 'ham asmi sahasvān ।
ubhau sahasvantau bhūtvā sapatnān sahiṣīvahi ॥

O Darbha, you are master of patience and courage, victor of war, in the process of fighting, I am courageous and challenging too on way to battle, unflinching. Both of us together, possessed of strength, courage and will, ready to fight, shall conquer the adversaries.

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19.32.6

सहस्व नो अभिमातिं सहस्व पृतनायतः ।
सहस्व सर्वान् दुर्हार्दः सुहार्दो मे बहून् कृधि ॥

sahasva no abhimātiṃ sahasva pṛtanāyataḥ ।
sahasva sarvān durhārdaḥ suhārdo me bahūn kṛdhi ॥

Fight and rout the proud adversary. Fight and defeat the enemies upfront on the field. Challenge and overthrow all those evil hearted. Let the good hearted be many around me.

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19.32.7

दर्भेण देवजातेन दिवि ष्टम्भेन शश्वद् इत् ।
तेनाहं शश्वतो जनां असनं सनवानि च ॥

darbheṇa devajātena divi ṣṭambhena śaśvad it ।
tenāhaṃ śaśvato janāṃ asanaṃ sanavāni ca ॥

By Darbha, eternal destroyer and preserver, realised by brilliant divines, all sustaining master in heaven, I, eternal too, always win people over, and I pray I may continue to win.

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19.32.8

प्रियं मा दर्भ कृणु ब्रह्मराजन्याभ्याम् शूद्राय चार्याय च ।
यस्मै च कामयामहे सर्वस्मै च विपश्यते ॥

priyaṃ mā darbha kṛṇu brahmarājanyābhyām śūdrāya cāryāya ca ।
yasmai ca kāmayāmahe sarvasmai ca vipaśyate ॥

O Darbha, destroyer and preserver, eternal sanative, render me dear and loving to and loved by all Brahmanas, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, Shudras, whoever we love and desire, and all those who have the eye to see (and discriminate right and wrong).

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19.32.9

यो जायमानः पृथिवीम् अदृंहद् यो अस्तभ्नाद् अन्तरिक्षं दिवं च ।
यं बिभ्रतं ननु पाप्मा विवेद स नो ऽयं दर्भो वरुणो दिवा कः ॥

yo jāyamānaḥ pṛthivīm adṛṃhad yo astabhnād antarikṣaṃ divaṃ ca ।
yaṃ bibhrataṃ nanu pāpmā viveda sa no 'yaṃ darbho varuṇo divā kaḥ ॥

He that, self-manifesting, created and stabilised the earth, who sustained and stabilised the firmament and the heaven, whom the evil at heart never know and realise, that Darbha, destroyer and preserver, Varuna, divine umbrella, lord of judgement and eternal goodness, may, we pray, bless us with heavenly light.

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19.32.10

सपत्नहा शतकाण्डः सहस्वान् ओषधीनां प्रथमः सं बभूव ।
स नो ऽयं दर्भः परि पातु विश्वतस् तेन साक्षीय पृतनाः पृतन्यतः ॥

sapatnahā śatakāṇḍaḥ sahasvān oṣadhīnāṃ prathamaḥ saṃ babhūva ।
sa no 'yaṃ darbhaḥ pari pātu viśvatas tena sākṣīya pṛtanāḥ pṛtanyataḥ ॥

He, destroyer of adversaries, of infinite manifestations, infinitely loving and loved, lord of courage and patience, all victorious, is the first and highest of all saviour sanatives. May he, Darbha, destroyer and preserver, protect and promote us all round. By him, may I win over those who stand against me and battle with negative forces.

Atharvaveda 19.33 · 5 mantras

19.33.1

सहस्रार्घः शतकाण्डः पयस्वान् अपाम् अग्निर् वीरुधां राजसूयम् ।
स नो ऽयं दर्भः परि पातु विश्वतो देवो मणिर् आयुषा सं सृजाति नः ॥

sahasrārghaḥ śatakāṇḍaḥ payasvān apām agnir vīrudhāṃ rājasūyam ।
sa no 'yaṃ darbhaḥ pari pātu viśvato devo maṇir āyuṣā saṃ sṛjāti naḥ ॥

Adorable and adored a thousand ways, infinitely manifested in stems and branches, universally loved, treasurehold of delicious food and drink, flashing like lightning fire of the clouds, royal majestic among sanative herbs, may Darbha, divine destroyer and preserver, refulgent jewel of the universe, join us with health and age through the human body on earth. May the Lord protect and promote us all round.

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19.33.2

घृताद् उल्लुप्तो मधुमान् पयस्वान् भूमिदृंहो ऽच्युतश् च्यावयिष्णुः ।
नुदन्त् सपत्नान् अधरांश् च कृण्वन् दर्भा रोह महताम् इन्द्रियेण ॥

ghṛtād ullupto madhumān payasvān bhūmidṛṃho 'cyutaś cyāvayiṣṇuḥ ।
nudant sapatnān adharāṃś ca kṛṇvan darbhā roha mahatām indriyeṇa ॥

Like fire and light raised from ghrta, bearing sweets of joy as honey, abundant with delicious food and drink, firm as earth, unshakable shaker, throwing off adversaries and razing them down, may Darbha, destroyer of negativities for rehabilitation of positivities, arise in our consciousness along with the sense, mind and power of the Great.

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19.33.3

त्वं भूमिम् अत्य् एष्य् ओजसा त्वं वेद्यां सीदसि चारुर् अध्वरे ।
त्वां पवित्रम् ऋषयो ऽभरन्त त्वं पुनीहि दुरितान्य् अस्मत् ॥

tvaṃ bhūmim aty eṣy ojasā tvaṃ vedyāṃ sīdasi cārur adhvare ।
tvāṃ pavitram ṛṣayo 'bharanta tvaṃ punīhi duritāny asmat ॥

O Darbha, with the blaze of your splendour, you pervade and transcend the earth. You sit with the holy fire in the vedi, beatific presence in the yajna of love free from violence. Pure, immaculate and holy, the seers realise you in the heart. Pray, purify and sanctify us, lord, free us from all sin and evil.

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19.33.4

तीक्ष्णो राजा विषासही रक्षोहा विश्वचर्षणिः ।
ओजो देवानां बलम् उग्रम् एतत् तं ते बध्नामि जरसे स्वस्तये ॥

tīkṣṇo rājā viṣāsahī rakṣohā viśvacarṣaṇiḥ ।
ojo devānāṃ balam ugram etat taṃ te badhnāmi jarase svastaye ॥

Brilliant, patient and penetrative, ruling light of life, victorious, destroyer of evil, all-watching lover of humanity, this Darbha is the strength and splendour of divinities. With this, O man, I join you for a long full age and all round well being.

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19.33.5

दर्भेण त्वं कृणवद् वीर्याणि दर्भं बिभ्रद् आत्मना मा व्यथिष्ठाः ।
अतिष्ठाय वर्चसाधान्यान्त् सूर्य इवा भाहि प्रदिशश् चतस्रः ॥

darbheṇa tvaṃ kṛṇavad vīryāṇi darbhaṃ bibhrad ātmanā mā vyathiṣṭhāḥ ।
atiṣṭhāya varcasādhānyānt sūrya ivā bhāhi pradiśaś catasraḥ ॥

Atharvaveda 19.34 · 10 mantras

19.34.1

जाङ्गिडो ऽसि जङ्गिडो रक्षितासि जङ्गिदः ।
द्विपाच् चतुष्पाद् अस्माकं सर्वं रक्षतु जङ्गिदः ॥

jāṅgiḍo 'si jaṅgiḍo rakṣitāsi jaṅgidaḥ ।
dvipāc catuṣpād asmākaṃ sarvaṃ rakṣatu jaṅgidaḥ ॥

O Jangida, you are Jangida, devourer of disease. You are Jangida, the protector. May Jangida protect our bipeds and our quadrupeds.

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19.34.2

या गृत्स्यस् त्रिपञ्चाशीः शतं कृत्याकृतश् च ये ।
सर्वान् विनक्तु तेजसो ऽरसां जङ्गिदस् करत् ॥

yā gṛtsyas tripañcāśīḥ śataṃ kṛtyākṛtaś ca ye ।
sarvān vinaktu tejaso 'rasāṃ jaṅgidas karat ॥

Hundred and fifty’s are the deadly diseases, and hundreds are the mysterious evil ones. All these, may Jangida turn to saplessness, deprive them of their virulence, and stop their growth immediately.

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19.34.3

अरसं कृत्रिमं नादम् अरसाः सप्त विस्रसः ।
अपेतो जङ्गिडामतिम् इषुम् अस्तेव शातय ॥

arasaṃ kṛtrimaṃ nādam arasāḥ sapta visrasaḥ ।
apeto jaṅgiḍāmatim iṣum asteva śātaya ॥

O Jangida, just as an archer shoots off the arrow SO, pray, shoot off the hoarse voice and dry the cough, cure the seven kinds of debility, decay, paralysis and disjointures, and so pray cure loss of understanding and loss of memory.

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19.34.4

कृत्यादूषण एवायम् अथो अरातिदूषणः ।
अथो सहस्वाञ् जङ्गिडः प्र न आयुम्षि तारिषत् ॥

kṛtyādūṣaṇa evāyam atho arātidūṣaṇaḥ ।
atho sahasvāñ jaṅgiḍaḥ pra na āyumṣi tāriṣat ॥

Jangida is the cure of indigence and evil tendencies of the mind. May Jangida, patient, resistant and powerful, save our health and vigour and help us to live a long, full life of good cheer.

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19.34.5

स जङ्गिडस्य महिमा परि णः पातु विश्वतः ।
विष्कन्धं येन सासह संस्कन्धम् ओज ओजसा ॥

sa jaṅgiḍasya mahimā pari ṇaḥ pātu viśvataḥ ।
viṣkandhaṃ yena sāsaha saṃskandham oja ojasā ॥

That is the greatness of vigorous and lustrous Jangida by which it may, we wish and pray, protect us all round all ways, the same lustre and grandeur by which it fights and roots out Vishkandha and Samskandha, partial as well as the total debility of the body system.

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19.34.6

त्रिष् ट्वा देवा अजनयन् निष्ठितं भूम्याम् अधि ।
तम् उ त्वाङ्गिरा इति ब्राह्मणाः पूर्व्या विदुः ॥

triṣ ṭvā devā ajanayan niṣṭhitaṃ bhūmyām adhi ।
tam u tvāṅgirā iti brāhmaṇāḥ pūrvyā viduḥ ॥

Thrice in the year do the learned specialists grow and develop you, Jangida, and versatile as you are, the ancient Brahmanas knew you and called you ‘Angira’, the comprehensive, the universal, the panacea.

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19.34.7

न त्वा पूर्वा ओषधयो न त्वा तरन्ति या नवाः ।
विबाध उग्रो जङ्गिडः परिपाणः सुमङ्गलः ॥

na tvā pūrvā oṣadhayo na tvā taranti yā navāḥ ।
vibādha ugro jaṅgiḍaḥ paripāṇaḥ sumaṅgalaḥ ॥

Neither the old medications nor the latest excel and out-date you, Jangida, being the preventive, the strong, the protector, the auspicious immunizer.

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19.34.8

अथोपदान भगवो जाङ्गिडामितवीर्य ।
पुरा त उग्रा ग्रसत उपेन्द्रो वीर्यं ददौ ॥

athopadāna bhagavo jāṅgiḍāmitavīrya ।
purā ta ugrā grasata upendro vīryaṃ dadau ॥

O Jangida, generous giver of health and longevity, great with grandeur, boundless strong and powerful, earlier the lustrous men fed on you and, long before any virulent disease could devour them, Indra, lord omnipotent, vested you with unassailable strength and efficacy.

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19.34.9

उग्र इत् ते वनस्पत इन्द्र ओज्मानम् आ दधौ ।
अमीवाः सर्वाश् चातयं जहि रक्षांस्य् ओषधे ॥

ugra it te vanaspata indra ojmānam ā dadhau ।
amīvāḥ sarvāś cātayaṃ jahi rakṣāṃsy oṣadhe ॥

O Jangida, Vanaspati, Oshadhi, giver of heat and light of life, as the omnipotent Indra rendered you vigorous and lustrous, therefore destroy and eliminate all suffering and diseases, kill all germs and viruses. perpetrators of evil and destruction.

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19.34.10

आशरीकं विशरीकं बलासं पृष्ट्यामयम् ।
तक्मानं विश्वशारदम् अरसां जङ्गिडस् करत् ॥

āśarīkaṃ viśarīkaṃ balāsaṃ pṛṣṭyāmayam ।
takmānaṃ viśvaśāradam arasāṃ jaṅgiḍas karat ॥

O Jangida, render ineffectual all diseases which break down the body system, rheumatic pains, consumption and cancer, back pains and autumnal fevers repeating every year.

Atharvaveda 19.35 · 5 mantras

19.35.1

इन्द्रस्य नाम गृह्णन्त ऋसयो जङ्गिदं ददुः ।
देवा यं चक्रुर् भेषजम् अग्रे विष्कन्धदूषणम् ॥

indrasya nāma gṛhṇanta ṛsayo jaṅgidaṃ daduḥ ।
devā yaṃ cakrur bheṣajam agre viṣkandhadūṣaṇam ॥

Meditating on Indra, omnipotent lord of universal energy, in earnest, ancient seers discovered and gave Jangida Vanaspati to mankind, Jangida which universal divinities of nature earlier had made the best cure of Vishkandha, general break down of the body system.

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19.35.2

स नो रक्षतु जङ्गिडो धनपालो धनेव ।
देवा यं चक्रुर् ब्राह्मणाः परिपाणम् अरातिहम् ॥

sa no rakṣatu jaṅgiḍo dhanapālo dhaneva ।
devā yaṃ cakrur brāhmaṇāḥ paripāṇam arātiham ॥

May that Jangida protect us against disease and loss of health just as a rich man protects and safeguards his wealth, Jangida which brilliant and divine Brahmanas developed as a general tonic and protective for health against disease and adversity.

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19.35.3

दुर्हार्दः संघोरं चक्षुः पापकृत्वानम् आगमम् ।
तांस् त्वं सहस्रचक्षो प्रतीबोधेन नाशय परिपाणो ऽसि जङ्गिडः ॥

durhārdaḥ saṃghoraṃ cakṣuḥ pāpakṛtvānam āgamam ।
tāṃs tvaṃ sahasracakṣo pratībodhena nāśaya paripāṇo 'si jaṅgiḍaḥ ॥

The evil hearted, cruel, evil eyed, evil doer, whoever such is risen and come, all these, O thousand-eyed Jangida, destroy with knowledge and awakenment. You are the saviour, the protector.

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19.35.4

परि मा दिवः परि मा पृथिव्याः पर्य् अन्तरिक्षात् परि मा वीरुद्भ्यः ।
परि मा भूतात् परि मोत भव्याद् दिशोदिशो जङ्गिडः पात्व् अस्मान् ॥

pari mā divaḥ pari mā pṛthivyāḥ pary antarikṣāt pari mā vīrudbhyaḥ ।
pari mā bhūtāt pari mota bhavyād diśodiśo jaṅgiḍaḥ pātv asmān ॥

May Jangida protect me, protect us all, from the solar regions, from the earth, from the middle regions, from herbs and trees, from the past, from the future, and from all directions of space and from sub-directions, and from everywhere.

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19.35.5

य ऋष्णवो देवकृता य उतो ववृते ऽन्यः ।
सर्वां स्तान् विश्वभेषजो ऽरसां जङ्गिडस् करत् ॥

ya ṛṣṇavo devakṛtā ya uto vavṛte 'nyaḥ ।
sarvāṃ stān viśvabheṣajo 'rasāṃ jaṅgiḍas karat ॥

Whatever the violent killer diseases, whether caused by natural forces or by infective body organs, or by any other, which come up and recur, may Jangida, general universal cure render them ineffectual.

Atharvaveda 19.36 · 6 mantras

19.36.1

शतवारो अनीनशद् यक्ष्मान् रक्षांसि तेजसा ।
आरोहन् वर्चसा सह मणिर् दुर्णामचातनः ॥

śatavāro anīnaśad yakṣmān rakṣāṃsi tejasā ।
ārohan varcasā saha maṇir durṇāmacātanaḥ ॥

Let Shatavara, herb of a hundred efficacies, with its vigour and keenness, cure and destroy cancers and counsumptions. Let this destroyer of notorious diseases pass into the body system with its power and lustre and work up the cure.

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19.36.2

शृङ्गाभ्यां रक्षो नुदते मूलेन यातुधान्यः ।
मध्येन यक्ष्मं बाधते नैनं पाप्माति तत्रति ॥

śṛṅgābhyāṃ rakṣo nudate mūlena yātudhānyaḥ ।
madhyena yakṣmaṃ bādhate nainaṃ pāpmāti tatrati ॥

With its thorns it eliminates the destructive bacteria, with its root it cures the painful winds, with its middle part it cures and prevents cancerous consumption. No malignant force can obstruct or suppress the curative effect of it.

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19.36.3

ये यक्ष्मासो अर्भका महान्तो ये च शब्दिनः ।
सर्वां दुर्णामहा मणिः शतवारो अनीनशत् ॥

ye yakṣmāso arbhakā mahānto ye ca śabdinaḥ ।
sarvāṃ durṇāmahā maṇiḥ śatavāro anīnaśat ॥

Whatever the cancerous consumption, whether minor or major or virulent, all these notorious ones, Shatavara mani destroys.

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19.36.4

शतं वीरान् अजनयच् छतं यक्ष्मान् अपावपत् ।
दुर्णाम्नः सर्वान् हत्वाव रक्षांसि धूनुते ॥

śataṃ vīrān ajanayac chataṃ yakṣmān apāvapat ।
durṇāmnaḥ sarvān hatvāva rakṣāṃsi dhūnute ॥

Shatavara has given new life to a hundred brave. It has eliminated a hundred cancers and consumptions. It destroys notorious ailments, and shakes and throws out dangerous and destructive causes of these killer diseases.

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19.36.5

हिरण्यशृङ्ग ऋषभः शातवारो अयं मणिः ।
दुर्णाम्नः सर्वांस् तृध्वाव रक्षांस्य् अक्रमीत् ॥

hiraṇyaśṛṅga ṛṣabhaḥ śātavāro ayaṃ maṇiḥ ।
durṇāmnaḥ sarvāṃs tṛdhvāva rakṣāṃsy akramīt ॥

Of golden curative thrust is this jewel herb, Rshabha of the Shatavara family. It destroys all notorious diseases and attacks and destroys all the killer causes of these diseases.

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19.36.6

शतम् अहं दुर्णाम्नीनां गन्धर्वाप्सरसां शतम् ।
शतम् शश्वन्वतीनां शतवारेण वारये ॥

śatam ahaṃ durṇāmnīnāṃ gandharvāpsarasāṃ śatam ।
śatam śaśvanvatīnāṃ śatavāreṇa vāraye ॥

With Shatavara, I ward off, cure and prevent a hundred notorious diseases, a hundred of the diseases of marshy area caused by damp air and rains, and a hundred of the diseases of seasonal and relapsive nature which repeat and grow fast.

Atharvaveda 19.37 · 4 mantras

19.37.1

इदं वर्चो अग्निना दत्तम् आगन् भर्गो यशः सह ओजो वयो बलम् ।
त्रयस्त्रिंशद् यानि च वीर्याणि तान्य् अग्निः प्र ददातु मे ॥

idaṃ varco agninā dattam āgan bhargo yaśaḥ saha ojo vayo balam ।
trayastriṃśad yāni ca vīryāṇi tāny agniḥ pra dadātu me ॥

This lustre, splendour, honour, heroic patience and courage, effulgence, youthful vigour and strength given by Agni, leading light of life, have come. May Agni give me all the manly vigour and splendour of which the variants are thirty-three. (Thirty three powers and splendours may be interpreted as powers gifted by thirty-three divinities. Reference may be made to Atharva-veda 19, 27, 10-13. Another interpretation could be: the powers of five senses of perception, five senses of volition, five main pranas, five sub-pranas, five gross elements, five subtle elements, and mind, intellect and the sense of Identity.)

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19.37.2

वर्च आ धेहि मे तन्वां सह ओजो वयो बलम् ।
इन्द्रियाय त्वा कर्मणे वीर्याय प्रति गृह्णामि शतशारदाय ॥

varca ā dhehi me tanvāṃ saha ojo vayo balam ।
indriyāya tvā karmaṇe vīryāya prati gṛhṇāmi śataśāradāya ॥

Agni, bless me with brilliance in my person, courage, power, vigour and strength. O leading light of life, I invoke and adore you for the sake of manliness, noble action, and heroic dignity with which I love to live for a full hundred years.

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19.37.3

ऊर्जे त्वा बलाय त्वौजसे सहसे त्वा ।
अभिभूयाय त्वा राष्ट्रभृत्याय पर्य् ऊहामि शतशारदाय ॥

ūrje tvā balāya tvaujase sahase tvā ।
abhibhūyāya tvā rāṣṭrabhṛtyāya pary ūhāmi śataśāradāya ॥

I invoke, adore and meditate on you, O leading light of life, for the sake of energy, strength, brilliance, victorious patience and courage, overpowering victory and moral supremacy and dignity and glory of the social order to live honourably for a full hundred years as a noble citizen.

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19.37.4

ऋतुभ्यष् ट्वार्तवेभ्यो माद्भ्यः संवत्सरेभ्यः ।
धात्रे विधात्रे समृधे भूतस्य पतये यजे ॥

ṛtubhyaṣ ṭvārtavebhyo mādbhyaḥ saṃvatsarebhyaḥ ।
dhātre vidhātre samṛdhe bhūtasya pataye yaje ॥

I light the holy fire, offer fragrant havi and meditate on you, Agni, together with friends and fellow citizens for favour of the seasons, for gifts of the seasons, for months and years, in honour of Dhata, the sustainer, Vidhata, ordainer and law-giver, giver of prosperity, and protector of all living forms.

Atharvaveda 19.38 · 3 mantras

19.38.1

न तं यक्ष्मा अरुन्धते नैनं शपथो अश्नुते ।
यं भेषजस्य गुल्गुलोः सुरभिर् गन्धो अश्नुते ॥

na taṃ yakṣmā arundhate nainaṃ śapatho aśnute ।
yaṃ bheṣajasya gulguloḥ surabhir gandho aśnute ॥

Diseases stop him not, curses and imprecations touch him not, whom the aromatic fragrance of medicinal gulgulu, bdellium, reaches and fortifies.

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19.38.2

विष्वञ्चस् तस्माद् यक्ष्मा मृगा अश्वा इवेरते ।
यद् गुल्गुलु सैन्धवं यद् वाप्य् असि समुद्रियम् ॥

viṣvañcas tasmād yakṣmā mṛgā aśvā iverate ।
yad gulgulu saindhavaṃ yad vāpy asi samudriyam ॥

All cancerous diseases run away from him, fast as deer and horses, whether the gulgulu is from the river or from the sea.

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19.38.3

उभयोर् अग्रभं नामास्मा अरिष्टतातये ॥

ubhayor agrabhaṃ nāmāsmā ariṣṭatātaye ॥

I have included both, gulgulu from the river and gulgulu from the sea for this patient’s cure and freedom from disease.

Atharvaveda 19.39 · 10 mantras

19.39.1

ऐतु देवस् त्रायमाणः कुष्ठो हिमवतस् परि ।
तक्मानं सर्वं नाशय सर्वाश् च यातुधान्यः ॥

aitu devas trāyamāṇaḥ kuṣṭho himavatas pari ।
takmānaṃ sarvaṃ nāśaya sarvāś ca yātudhānyaḥ ॥

Let Kushtha, medicinal herb of wonderful life-giving and life saving quality, come from the snowy mountain area. O Kushtha, destroy all kinds of consumptive, cancerous and life-threatening diseases and all dangerous germs, bacteria and viruses.

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19.39.2

त्रीणि ते कुष्ठ नामानि नद्यमारो नद्यारिषः ।
नद्यायं पुरुषो रिषत् ।
यस्मै परिब्रवीमि त्वा सायंप्रातर् अथो दिवा ॥

trīṇi te kuṣṭha nāmāni nadyamāro nadyāriṣaḥ ।
nadyāyaṃ puruṣo riṣat ।
yasmai paribravīmi tvā sāyaṃprātar atho divā ॥

O Kushtha, three are your descriptive names: Nadyamara, destroyer of waterborne diseases, nadyarisha, cleanser of water from pollution, and Nadya, friend of running water. Therefore, O Kushtha, the person whom I advise that he should take you thrice, morning, evening and in the day, would destroy all water borne ailments.

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19.39.3

जीवला नाम ते माता जीवन्तो नाम ते पिता ।
नद्यायं पुरुषो रिषत् ।
यस्मै परिब्रवीमि त्वा सायंप्रातर् अथो दिवा ॥

jīvalā nāma te mātā jīvanto nāma te pitā ।
nadyāyaṃ puruṣo riṣat ।
yasmai paribravīmi tvā sāyaṃprātar atho divā ॥

‘Jivala’ by name is your mother, ‘Jivanta’ by name is your father. Therefore, O Kushtha, the person whom I advise that he should take you thrice, morning, evening and in the day, would destroy all water borne

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19.39.4

उत्तमो अस्य् ओषधीनाम् अनड्वान् जगताम् इव व्याघ्रः श्वपदाम् इव ।
नद्यायं पुरुषो रिषत् ।
यस्मै परिब्रवीमि त्वा सायंप्रातर् अथो दिवा ॥

uttamo asy oṣadhīnām anaḍvān jagatām iva vyāghraḥ śvapadām iva ।
nadyāyaṃ puruṣo riṣat ।
yasmai paribravīmi tvā sāyaṃprātar atho divā ॥

You are the best and highest of medicinal herbs as the bull among domestic animals and the tiger among wild beasts. Therefore, O Kushtha, the person for whom I prescribe you thrice, morning, evening and in the day, would destroy all water borne diseases.

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19.39.5

त्रिः शाम्बुभ्यो अङ्गिरेभ्यस् त्रिर् आदित्येभ्यस् परि ।
त्रिर् जातो विश्वदेवेभ्यः ।
स कुष्ठो विश्वभेषजः साकं सोमेन तिष्ठति ।

triḥ śāmbubhyo aṅgirebhyas trir ādityebhyas pari ।
trir jāto viśvadevebhyaḥ ।
sa kuṣṭho viśvabheṣajaḥ sākaṃ somena tiṣṭhati ।

Three-phase Kushtha is born of the clouds, another three-phase Kushtha is born of the pranic energies of the wind and rays of the sun and moon, and yet another three-phase Kushtha is born of the Aditya Zodiacs of the sun. Still another three-phase Kushtha, a universal remedy, is bom of all the divinities of nature and grows with Soma. O Kushtha, destroy all kinds of consumption, cancerous diseases, and all kinds of dangerous germs, bacteria and viruses.

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19.39.6

अश्वत्थो देवसदनस् तृतीयस्याम् इतो दिवि ।
तत्रामृतस्य चक्षणं ततः कुष्ठो अजायत ।
स कुष्ठो विश्वभेषजः साकं सोमेन तिष्ठति ।

aśvattho devasadanas tṛtīyasyām ito divi ।
tatrāmṛtasya cakṣaṇaṃ tataḥ kuṣṭho ajāyata ।
sa kuṣṭho viśvabheṣajaḥ sākaṃ somena tiṣṭhati ।

Ashvattha is a constellation of stars, a haven of divinities, in the third region from this earth, in heaven. Therein is the tangible birth of nectar, and it showers from the sun when the sun is there. From that nectar is bom the Kushtha, a panacea, which grows with Soma. O Kushtha, destroy all kinds of consumptive cancerous diseases and eliminate all kinds of dangerous germs, bacteria and viruses.

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19.39.7

हिरण्ययी नौर् अचरद् धिरण्यबन्धना दिवि ।
तत्रामृतस्य चक्षणं ततः कुष्ठो अजायत ।
स कुष्ठो विश्वभेषजः साकं सोमेन तिष्ठति ।

hiraṇyayī naur acarad dhiraṇyabandhanā divi ।
tatrāmṛtasya cakṣaṇaṃ tataḥ kuṣṭho ajāyata ।
sa kuṣṭho viśvabheṣajaḥ sākaṃ somena tiṣṭhati ।

There is in heaven the golden boat with golden tackle, the celestial constellation Nau. Therein is the tangible birth of nectar which showers from the sun when the sun is there. From that nectar is born the Kushtha, the panacea which grows with Soma. O Kushtha, destroy all kinds of cancerous consumptive diseases and eliminate all kinds of dangerous germs, bacteria and viruses.

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19.39.8

यत्र नावप्रभ्रंशनं यत्र हिमवतः शिरः ।
तत्रामृतस्य चक्षणं ततः कुष्ठो अजायत ।
स कुष्ठो विश्वभेषजः साकं सोमेन तिष्ठति ।

yatra nāvaprabhraṃśanaṃ yatra himavataḥ śiraḥ ।
tatrāmṛtasya cakṣaṇaṃ tataḥ kuṣṭho ajāyata ।
sa kuṣṭho viśvabheṣajaḥ sākaṃ somena tiṣṭhati ।

Where the top of snowy mountain is, whence there is no fall, there is the tangible source of nectar. Therefrom is the Kushtha bom, Kushtha, the panacea which grows with Soma. O Kushtha, destroy all kinds of cancerous consumptive diseases and eliminate all kinds of dangerous germs, bacteria and viruses.

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19.39.9

यं त्वा वेद पूर्व इक्ष्वाको यं वा त्वा कुष्ठ काम्यः ।
यं वा वसो यम् आत्स्यस् तेनासि विश्वभेषजः ॥

yaṃ tvā veda pūrva ikṣvāko yaṃ vā tvā kuṣṭha kāmyaḥ ।
yaṃ vā vaso yam ātsyas tenāsi viśvabheṣajaḥ ॥

O Kushtha, whom the first lover of Divinity in the medium of language knew and realised, or whom the lover and seeker of divine panacea sought and found, and whom Vasa, brilliant scientist sought and practically realised, or whom the versatile wandering pioneer discovered, for all these reasons you are the universal cure of sickness, disease and depressive alienation.

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19.39.10

शीर्षशोकं तृतीयकं सदंदिर् यश् च हायनः ।
तक्मानं विश्वधावीर्याधराञ्चं परा सुव ॥

śīrṣaśokaṃ tṛtīyakaṃ sadaṃdir yaś ca hāyanaḥ ।
takmānaṃ viśvadhāvīryādharāñcaṃ parā suva ॥

Atharvaveda 19.40 · 4 mantras

19.40.1

यन् मे छिद्रं मनसो यच् च वाचः सरस्वती मन्युमन्तं जगाम ।
विश्वैस् तद् देवैः सह संविदानः सं दधातु बृहस्पतिः ॥

yan me chidraṃ manaso yac ca vācaḥ sarasvatī manyumantaṃ jagāma ।
viśvais tad devaiḥ saha saṃvidānaḥ saṃ dadhātu bṛhaspatiḥ ॥

Whatever the weakness of mind in me, whatever the indiscretion of language and communication, whatever the fault that vitiates my understanding and wisdom because of my ego and passion, all that may Brhaspati, Vedic scholar and teacher knowing all and ever with me, with all other enlightened persons, repair and bring back to wholeness and balance with stability.

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19.40.2

मा न आपो मेधां मा ब्रह्म प्र मथिष्टन ।
सुष्यदा यूयं स्यन्दध्वम् उपहूतो ऽहं सुमेधा वर्चस्वी ॥

mā na āpo medhāṃ mā brahma pra mathiṣṭana ।
suṣyadā yūyaṃ syandadhvam upahūto 'haṃ sumedhā varcasvī ॥

O Apah, enlightened people of noble thought and action, O natural vibrations of mother knowledge, pray do not disturb our understanding, vision and imagination, do not shake up our right knowledge and faith. Moving on naturally at peace as before, keep moving on steadily with your plans and work, and whenever you call upon me, I too would act as a man of noble vision and intelligence worthy of my dignity and brilliance.

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19.40.3

मा नो मेधां मा नो दीक्षां मा नो हिंसिष्टं यत् तपः ।
शिवा नः शं सन्त्व् आयुषे शिवा भवन्तु मातरः ॥

mā no medhāṃ mā no dīkṣāṃ mā no hiṃsiṣṭaṃ yat tapaḥ ।
śivā naḥ śaṃ santv āyuṣe śivā bhavantu mātaraḥ ॥

O teachers and preachers, O parental guides, pray do not hurt our intelligence and understanding, do not disturb and hurt our commitment, do not disturb our discipline and dedication. May all of you and all people be kind and gracious to us for our life and health, let all our mother powers be kind and gracious to us.

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19.40.4

या नः पीपरद् अश्विना ज्योतिष्मती तमस् तिरः ।
ताम् अस्मे रासताम् इषम् ॥

yā naḥ pīparad aśvinā jyotiṣmatī tamas tiraḥ ।
tām asme rāsatām iṣam ॥

May the Ashvins, complementary powers of natural and social rejuvenation, teachers and preachers, parents, rulers and administrators, give us that light of intelligence and understanding which leads up across darkness and ignorance and regenerates us towards

Atharvaveda 19.41 · 1 mantras

19.41.1

भद्रम् इछन्त ऋषयः स्वर्विदस् तपो दीक्षाम् उपनिषेदुर् अग्रे ।
ततो राष्ट्रं बलम् ओजश् च जातं तद् अस्मै देवा उपसंनमन्तु ॥

bhadram ichanta ṛṣayaḥ svarvidas tapo dīkṣām upaniṣedur agre ।
tato rāṣṭraṃ balam ojaś ca jātaṃ tad asmai devā upasaṃnamantu ॥

Wishing for peace, collective progress and all round well being of humanity, the seers who realised divine bliss first dedicated themselves to austere discipline and commitment to basic and universal personal, social and divine values. Thence arose Rashtra, the social order, strength, lustre and splendour. To that same discipline and commitment should all noble people submit and commit themselves, to the basic laws and values of the social order, the Rashtra.

Atharvaveda 19.42 · 4 mantras

19.42.1

ब्रह्म होता ब्रह्म यज्ञा ब्रह्मणा स्वरवो मिताः ।
अध्वर्युर् ब्रह्मणो जातो ब्रह्मणो ऽन्तर्हितं हविः ॥

brahma hotā brahma yajñā brahmaṇā svaravo mitāḥ ।
adhvaryur brahmaṇo jāto brahmaṇo 'ntarhitaṃ haviḥ ॥

In yajna, Brahma is the hota, the initiator. Brahma is the yajna. By Brahma are the yajna posts set up. The adhvaryu arises by inspiration of Brahma, and havi is offered into the inner most concentrated presence of Brahma.

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19.42.2

ब्रह्म स्रुचो घृतवतीर् ब्रह्मणा वेदिर् उद्धिता ।
ब्रह्म यज्ञस्य तत्त्वं च ऋत्विजो ये हविष्कृतः ।
शमिताय स्वाहा ॥

brahma sruco ghṛtavatīr brahmaṇā vedir uddhitā ।
brahma yajñasya tattvaṃ ca ṛtvijo ye haviṣkṛtaḥ ।
śamitāya svāhā ॥

In yajna, Brahma is the ladle full of ghrta. By Brahma is the vedi raised. Brahma is the essence and the inner meaning and the very being of yajna. And the participants who offer oblations of havi are all for Brahma. Everything for the lord of peace in truth of word and deed!

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19.42.3

अंहोमुचे प्र भरे मनीषाम् आ सुत्राव्णे सुमतिम् आवृणानः ।
इमम् इन्द्र प्रति हव्यं गृभाय सत्याः सन्तु यजमानस्य कामाः ॥

aṃhomuce pra bhare manīṣām ā sutrāvṇe sumatim āvṛṇānaḥ ।
imam indra prati havyaṃ gṛbhāya satyāḥ santu yajamānasya kāmāḥ ॥

Opting for noble thoughts and understanding by conscious choice, bearing and offering all holy thoughts and desires in adoration and service of the lord saviour from sin and evil, I pray: O lord, accept this offer of havi and bless that all desires and prayers of the yajamana be true, holy and fulfilled.

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19.42.4

अंहोमुचं व्र्षभं यज्ञियानां विराजन्तं प्रथमम् अध्वराणम् ।
अपां नपातम् अश्विना हुवे धिय इन्द्रियेण त इन्द्रियं दत्तम् ओजः ॥

aṃhomucaṃ vrṣabhaṃ yajñiyānāṃ virājantaṃ prathamam adhvarāṇam ।
apāṃ napātam aśvinā huve dhiya indriyeṇa ta indriyaṃ dattam ojaḥ ॥

Atharvaveda 19.43 · 8 mantras

19.43.1

यत्र ब्रह्मविदो यान्ति दीक्षया तपसा सह ।
अग्निर् मा तत्र नयत्व् अग्निर् मेधा दधातु मे ।
अग्नये स्वाहा ॥

yatra brahmavido yānti dīkṣayā tapasā saha ।
agnir mā tatra nayatv agnir medhā dadhātu me ।
agnaye svāhā ॥

Where men dedicated to Brahma go, with Diksha, total commitment, and Tapas, relentless discipline, there may Agni, leading light of life, lead me and establish me with Medha, clear intelligence and vision. Homage to Agni in truth of word and deed.

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19.43.2

यत्र ब्रह्मविदो यान्ति दीक्षया तपसा सह ।
वायुर् मा तत्र नयतु वायुः प्रणान् दधातु मे वायवे स्वाहा ॥

yatra brahmavido yānti dīkṣayā tapasā saha ।
vāyur mā tatra nayatu vāyuḥ praṇān dadhātu me vāyave svāhā ॥

Where men dedicated to Brahma go, with Diksha, total commitment, and Tapas, relentless discipline, there may Vayu, life’s life breath divine, lead me and bless me with pranic energy. Homage to Vayu in truth of word and deed.

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19.43.3

यत्र ब्रह्मविदो यान्ति दीक्षया तपसा सह ।
सूर्यो मा तत्र नयतु चक्षुः सूर्यो दधातु मे ।
सूर्याय स्वाहा ॥

yatra brahmavido yānti dīkṣayā tapasā saha ।
sūryo mā tatra nayatu cakṣuḥ sūryo dadhātu me ।
sūryāya svāhā ॥

Where men dedicated to Brahma go, with Diksha and Tapas, initiation, commitment and austere discipline, there may the Sun, self-refulgent light-giver, lead me. May the Sun bless me with light of the eye to see. Homage to the Sun in truth of word and deed.

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19.43.4

यत्र ब्रह्मविदो यान्ति दीक्षया तपसा सह ।
चन्द्रो मा तत्र नयतु मनश् चन्द्रो दधातु मे ।
चन्द्राय स्वाहा ॥

yatra brahmavido yānti dīkṣayā tapasā saha ।
candro mā tatra nayatu manaś candro dadhātu me ।
candrāya svāhā ॥

Where men dedicated to Brahma go, with Diksha and Tapas, initiation, commitment and austere discipline, there may Chandra, lord of moon bliss, lead me. May Chandra bless me with a noble mind. Homage to Chandra, lord of bliss, in truth of word and deed.

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19.43.5

यत्र ब्रह्मविदो यान्ति दीक्षया तपसा सह ।
सोमो मा तत्र नयतु पयः सोमो दधातु मे ।
सोमाय स्वाहा ॥

yatra brahmavido yānti dīkṣayā tapasā saha ।
somo mā tatra nayatu payaḥ somo dadhātu me ।
somāya svāhā ॥

Where men dedicated to Brahma go, with Diksha and Tapas, initiation, commitment and austere discipline, there may Soma, lord of peace, beauty and inspiration, lead me. May Soma bless me with Payah, holy food and drink for the pleasure and divine peace of life. Homage to Soma with truth of word and deed.

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19.43.6

यत्र ब्रह्मविदो यान्ति दीक्षया तपसा सह ।
इन्द्रो मा तत्र नयतु बलम् इन्द्रो दधातु मे ।
इन्द्राय स्वाहा ॥

yatra brahmavido yānti dīkṣayā tapasā saha ।
indro mā tatra nayatu balam indro dadhātu me ।
indrāya svāhā ॥

Where men dedicated to Brahma go, with Diksha and Tapas, initiation, commitment and austere discipline, there may Indra, lord omnipotent, lead me. May Indra bless me with unshakable strength for life. Homage to Indra, lord of bliss, in truth of word and deed.

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19.43.7

यत्र ब्रह्मविदो यान्ति दीक्षया तपसा सह ।
आपो मा तत्र नयत्व् अमृतम् मोप तिष्ठतु ।
अद्भ्यः स्वाहा ॥

yatra brahmavido yānti dīkṣayā tapasā saha ।
āpo mā tatra nayatv amṛtam mopa tiṣṭhatu ।
adbhyaḥ svāhā ॥

Where men dedicated to Brahma go, with Diksha and Tapas, there may Apah, dynamics of human and natural action, lead me. May Apah, enlightened people, bless me with the immortal nectar of life. Homage to the dynamics of life and living and to the fluent forces of life in truth of word and deed.

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19.43.8

यत्र ब्रह्मविदो यान्ति दीक्षया तपसा सह ।
ब्रह्मा मा तत्र नयतु ब्रह्मा ब्रह्म दधातु मे ।
ब्रह्मणे स्वाहा ॥

yatra brahmavido yānti dīkṣayā tapasā saha ।
brahmā mā tatra nayatu brahmā brahma dadhātu me ।
brahmaṇe svāhā ॥

Where men dedicated to Brahma go, with Diksha and tapas, there may Brahma, the divine sage, lead me. May Brahma bless me with the knowledge and vision of Brahma. Homage to sagely Brahma in truth of word and

Atharvaveda 19.44 · 10 mantras

19.44.1

आयुषो ऽसि प्रतरणं विप्रं भेषजम् उच्यसे ।
तद् आञ्जन त्वं शंताते शम् आपो अभयं कृतम् ॥

āyuṣo 'si prataraṇaṃ vipraṃ bheṣajam ucyase ।
tad āñjana tvaṃ śaṃtāte śam āpo abhayaṃ kṛtam ॥

Anjana, beauteous sanctifier, you are the promoter of life with health and longevity. You are called the sure and vibrant universal cure (of ailment and ignorance). Therefore, O Anjana, harbinger of peace and fulfilment, alleviate my worry and suffering, bring us peace and comfort. O Apah, pranic energies and potential for action, give us freedom from fear. (‘Anjana’ is derived from the root ‘Anj’ which means ‘to anoint, to beautify, to beatify, to express and reveal. ’ In this context, it can be interpreted as collyrium which beautifies the eyes, and also as the Supreme Spirit of the universe which beatifies life’s beauty and reveals the same in human form and consciousness.)

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19.44.2

यो हरिमा जायान्यो ऽङ्गभेदो विषल्पकः ।
सर्वं ते यक्ष्मम् अङ्गेभ्यो बहिर् निर् हन्त्व् आञ्जनम् ॥

yo harimā jāyānyo 'ṅgabhedo viṣalpakaḥ ।
sarvaṃ te yakṣmam aṅgebhyo bahir nir hantv āñjanam ॥

whatever ailment of body, mind and sense as Harima, jaundice of body or mind. Jay any a, problems of sex relations, disorientation of the parts of body and the mind system, shooting pains, all these ailments, O man, let Anjana eliminate from all parts of your personality system.

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19.44.3

आञ्जनं पृथिव्यां जातं भद्रं पुरुषजीवनम् ।
कृणोत्व् अप्रमायुकं रथजूतिम् अनागसम् ॥

āñjanaṃ pṛthivyāṃ jātaṃ bhadraṃ puruṣajīvanam ।
kṛṇotv apramāyukaṃ rathajūtim anāgasam ॥

Anjana, born on earth, auspicious, the very life of human beings, may protect us from sudden and untimely death, give us the speed and smartness of body and mind as that of the chariot, physical and mental, and render us free from sin and evil.

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19.44.4

प्राण प्राणं त्रायस्वासो असवे मृड ।
निरृते निरृत्या नः पाशेभ्यो मुञ्च ॥

prāṇa prāṇaṃ trāyasvāso asave mṛḍa ।
nirṛte nirṛtyā naḥ pāśebhyo muñca ॥

O pranic spirit of life, protect and promote our pranic energy. O Asu, breath of life, be gracious to protect and promote our life energy. O Nir-rti, controller of adversity, release us from the snares of adversity and misfortune.

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19.44.5

सिन्धोर् गर्भो ऽसि विद्युतां पुष्पम् ।
वातः प्राणः सूर्यश् चक्षुर् दिवस् पयः ॥

sindhor garbho 'si vidyutāṃ puṣpam ।
vātaḥ prāṇaḥ sūryaś cakṣur divas payaḥ ॥

You are the progenitor of rivers and seas, you are the flower of thunder and lightning, life giver of the wind, light giver of the sun, and living bliss of the light of heaven.

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19.44.6

देवाञ्जन त्रैककुद परि मा पाहि विश्वतः ।
न त्वा तरन्त्य् ओषधयो बाह्याः पर्वतीया उत ॥

devāñjana traikakuda pari mā pāhi viśvataḥ ।
na tvā taranty oṣadhayo bāhyāḥ parvatīyā uta ॥

O Devanjana, lord of light, beauty and beatitude, protect and promote the three summit seats of life and bliss for humanity, i.e., the earth, the firmament, and the heavens. Protect and promote me too from all sides against all misfortunes. No herbs and sanatives whether from mountains or from elsewhere outside can ever excel and surpass you.

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19.44.7

वीदं मध्यम् अवासृपद् रक्षोहामीवचातनः ।
अमीवाः सर्वाश् चातयन् नाशयद् अभिभा इतः ॥

vīdaṃ madhyam avāsṛpad rakṣohāmīvacātanaḥ ।
amīvāḥ sarvāś cātayan nāśayad abhibhā itaḥ ॥

Devanjana, the divine light, is come, pervades and vibrates here in this heart core of the soul. Destroyer of destroyers, eliminator of diseases, removing all ailments, may, we pray, uproot all ominous negativities from here.

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19.44.8

बह्व् इदं राजन् वरुणानृतम् आह पूरुषः ।
तस्मात् सहस्रवीर्य मुञ्च नः पर्य् अंहसः ॥

bahv idaṃ rājan varuṇānṛtam āha pūruṣaḥ ।
tasmāt sahasravīrya muñca naḥ pary aṃhasaḥ ॥

Self-refulgent ruler of the universe, Varuna, lord of judgement, all protective umbrella of life, while in the house of clay, therein man speaks a lot of this untruth. O lord of infinite power and potential, save us from that sin and evil.

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19.44.9

यद् आपो अघ्न्या इति वरुणेति यद् ऊचिम ।
तस्मात् सहस्रवीर्य मुञ्च नः पर्य् अंहसः ॥

yad āpo aghnyā iti varuṇeti yad ūcima ।
tasmāt sahasravīrya muñca naḥ pary aṃhasaḥ ॥

Whatever thus we have spoken of our actions to men of enlightenment, whatever thus we have spoken of the inviolable Mother Nature or the mother cow, from all that sin and evil, O Varuna, lord of infinite power and mercy, pray save us.

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19.44.10

मित्रश् च त्वा वरुणश् चानुप्रेयतुर् आञ्जन ।
तौ त्वानुगत्य दूरं भोगाय पुनर् ओहतुः ॥

mitraś ca tvā varuṇaś cānupreyatur āñjana ।
tau tvānugatya dūraṃ bhogāya punar ohatuḥ ॥

O Anjana, Mitra, the man of love and friendship, and Vamna, man of judgement and wisdom, both follow you and your message. Let both of them go far in accordance with your will and law, and when they have gone far enough, let them come back again to enjoy the beauty and pleasure of this life in body.

Atharvaveda 19.45 · 10 mantras

19.45.1

ऋणाद् ऋणम् इव सं नय कृत्यां कृत्याकृतो गृहम् ।
चक्षुर्मन्त्रस्य दुर्हार्दः पृष्टीर् अपि शृणाञ्जन ॥

ṛṇād ṛṇam iva saṃ naya kṛtyāṃ kṛtyākṛto gṛham ।
cakṣurmantrasya durhārdaḥ pṛṣṭīr api śṛṇāñjana ॥

As one strives to make a fugitive debtor pay back the debt or makes an evil deed visit back upon the evil doer in his very home, so O Anjana, lord of the beauty, goodness and beatitude of life, make the evil eye and evil wish to visit back upon the evil eyed and the evil hearted and break his back with the weight of his own doing.

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19.45.2

यद् अस्मासु दुष्वप्न्यं यद् गोषु यच् च नो गृहे ।
अनामगस् तं च दुर्हार्दः प्रियः प्रति मुञ्चताम् ॥

yad asmāsu duṣvapnyaṃ yad goṣu yac ca no gṛhe ।
anāmagas taṃ ca durhārdaḥ priyaḥ prati muñcatām ॥

Whatever the evil dream of the evil hearted on us, our cows, whatever on our home, let the evil hearted. unknown, un-named, have it, his own dear favourite, visit on him and wear it for himself.

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19.45.3

अपाम् ऊर्ज ओजसो वावृधानम् अग्नेर् जातम् अधि जातवेदसः ।
चतुर्वीरं पर्वतीयं यद् आञ्जनं दिशः प्रदिशः करद् इच् छिवास् ते ॥

apām ūrja ojaso vāvṛdhānam agner jātam adhi jātavedasaḥ ।
caturvīraṃ parvatīyaṃ yad āñjanaṃ diśaḥ pradiśaḥ karad ic chivās te ॥

Anjanam, augmenting and exalting the food, energy and splendour of the people and their actions, the power bom of the very cosmic fire of existence, potent presence all over the four quarters, vibrating in clouds and over mountains, the Anjana that rolls around may, we pray, make all the four directions and subdirections auspicious for you.

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19.45.4

चतुर्वीरं बध्यत आञ्जनं ते सर्वा दिशो अभयास् ते भवन्तु ।
ध्रुवस् तिष्ठासि सवितेव चार्य इमा विशो अभि हरन्तु ते बलिम् ॥

caturvīraṃ badhyata āñjanaṃ te sarvā diśo abhayās te bhavantu ।
dhruvas tiṣṭhāsi saviteva cārya imā viśo abhi harantu te balim ॥

O man, the heroic presence of Anjana, divine splendour over the four directions, is love self-bound for your good. So let all the quarters of space be free from hate and fear for you. O noble man, stay strong and stable like the sun and let these people bear and bring homage of loyalty to you.

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19.45.5

आक्ष्वैकं मणिम् एकं क्र्णुष्व स्नाह्य् एकेना पिबैकम् एषाम् ।
चतुर्वीरं नैरृतेभ्यश् चतुर्भ्यो ग्राह्या बन्धेभ्यः परि पात्व् अस्मान् ॥

ākṣvaikaṃ maṇim ekaṃ krṇuṣva snāhy ekenā pibaikam eṣām ।
caturvīraṃ nairṛtebhyaś caturbhyo grāhyā bandhebhyaḥ pari pātv asmān ॥

O man, dedicate yourself to the One only, take that One as the jewel of your faith, anoint your-self with the One only. And may the One heroic presence in all the four quarters save and protect us from all calamities of adversity and the paralysing snares of all the four directions.

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19.45.6

अग्निर् माग्निनावतु प्राणायापानायायुषे वर्चस ओजसे ।
तेजसे स्वस्तये सुभूतये स्वाहा ॥

agnir māgnināvatu prāṇāyāpānāyāyuṣe varcasa ojase ।
tejase svastaye subhūtaye svāhā ॥

May Agni, leading light of life, save and strengthen me with the light of knowledge for prana, apana, health, energy and full age, for honour and lustre, brilliance, splendour, well being, and prosperity of noble order. This is the prayer and homage in truth of thought, word and deed.

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19.45.7

इन्द्रो मेन्द्रियेणावतु प्राणायापानायायुषे वर्चस ओजसे ।
तेजसे स्वस्तये सुभूतये स्वाहा ॥

indro mendriyeṇāvatu prāṇāyāpānāyāyuṣe varcasa ojase ।
tejase svastaye subhūtaye svāhā ॥

May Indra, lord omnipotent, protect and promote me with the vigour and power of sense and mind for prana and apana, health, energy and full age, honour and glory, the glow of inner splendour and brilliance of performance, all round well being, and abundance of prosperity. Homage to Indra in truth of thought, word and deed.

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19.45.8

सोमो मा सौम्येनावतु प्राणायापानायायुषे वर्चस ओजसे ।
तेजसे स्वस्तये सुभूतये स्वाहा ॥

somo mā saumyenāvatu prāṇāyāpānāyāyuṣe varcasa ojase ।
tejase svastaye subhūtaye svāhā ॥

May Soma, lord of peace and life’s inspiration, protect and promote me with peace and joyous inspiration for prana and apana, good health and full age, honour and glory, glow of spiritual splendour and brilliance of performance, all round well being and creative prosperity. Homage to Soma in truth of thought, word and deed.

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19.45.9

भगो म भगेनावतु प्राणायापानायायुषे वर्चस ओजसे ।
तेजसे स्वस्तये सुभूतये स्वाहा ॥

bhago ma bhagenāvatu prāṇāyāpānāyāyuṣe varcasa ojase ।
tejase svastaye subhūtaye svāhā ॥

May Bhaga, lord of abundant power and prosperity, protect and promote me with power and prosperity for prana and apana, good health and full age, honour, splendour and social brilliance, all round well being and noble fame. Homage to Bhaga in truth of thought, word and deed.

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19.45.10

मरुतो मा गणैर् अवन्तु प्राणायापानायुषे वर्चस ओजसे तेजसे ।
स्वस्तये सुभूतये स्वाहा ॥

maruto mā gaṇair avantu prāṇāyāpānāyuṣe varcasa ojase tejase ।
svastaye subhūtaye svāhā ॥

May the Mamts, vibrant forces of nature and humanity protect and promote me with their bands of forces for prana and apana, good health and full age, honour, splendour and glory, all round well being and noble prosperity. Homage to Mamts in tmth of thought, word and deed.

Atharvaveda 19.46 · 7 mantras

19.46.1

प्रजापतिष् ट्वा बध्नात् प्रथमम् अस्तृतं वीर्याय कम् ।
तत् ते बध्नाम्य् आयुषे वर्चस ओजसे च बलाय चास्तृतस् त्वाभि रक्षतु ॥

prajāpatiṣ ṭvā badhnāt prathamam astṛtaṃ vīryāya kam ।
tat te badhnāmy āyuṣe varcasa ojase ca balāya cāstṛtas tvābhi rakṣatu ॥

Prajapati, father sustainer of the people, first bound the auspicious Astrta on you for the sake of manly vigour, heroic valour and unfailing strength and power. That I bind on you for the sake of good health and full age, honour and lustre, and unconquerable strength and heroism. And may this unsubdued Astrta mani protect you all round. (Astrta means something unsubdued and unconquerable. Whitney interprets it as an amulet; Vishvanatha Vidyalankara interprets as a bond of agreement between a regional ruler and a super world ruler, Prajapati, the bond being inviolable and all protective; Kshemakaranadasa Trivedi interprets it as the divine law and moral discipline of Prajapati, of which the Yajnopavita, the sacred thread, may be regarded as one symbolic example. The meaning seems open ended and general, depending on the context: in the context of governance, it could be a bond of agreement, in the psychic context, it could be a symbolic amulet, in the religious context it could be the sacred thread, and so on. In Swami Dayananda’s view, ‘Astrta’ means non-violent, friendly inviolable (Rgveda, 1. 41, The parties in the mantras are three: Prajapati, the Supreme Lord in whose dispensation Astrta wields inviolable force and power, the man who is the beneficiary, and the guru who vests the man with Astrta.)

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19.46.2

ऊर्ध्वस् तिष्ठतु रक्षन्न् अप्रमादम् अस्तृतेमम् मा त्वा दभन् पणयो यातुधानाः ।
इन्द्र इव दस्यून् अव धूनुष्व पृतन्यतः सर्वां छत्रून् वि षहस्वास्तृतस् त्वाभि रक्षतु ॥

ūrdhvas tiṣṭhatu rakṣann apramādam astṛtemam mā tvā dabhan paṇayo yātudhānāḥ ।
indra iva dasyūn ava dhūnuṣva pṛtanyataḥ sarvāṃ chatrūn vi ṣahasvāstṛtas tvābhi rakṣatu ॥

May Astrta stand high in power, relentlessly protecting the beneficiary. O Astrta, O wearer of Astrta, let no thieves, no selfish bargainers, no demonic forces deceive, subdue and destroy you. Like Indra, shake down all the negative forces, enemies and the challengers, fight out and destroy them all. O beneficiary, may Astrta protect and defend you all round.

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19.46.3

शतं च न प्रहरन्तो निघ्नन्तो न तस्तिरे ।
तस्मिन्न् इन्द्रः पर्य् अदत्त चक्षुः प्राणम् अथो बलम् अस्तृतस् त्वाभि रक्षतु ॥

śataṃ ca na praharanto nighnanto na tastire ।
tasminn indraḥ pary adatta cakṣuḥ prāṇam atho balam astṛtas tvābhi rakṣatu ॥

Not a hundred attackers, not a hundred fatalities can dominate and subdue the man whom Astrta would protect. Into that, Indra, lord omnipotent, has vested far sighted vision, pranic energy, and immense strength. O man, may Astrta protect you all round.

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19.46.4

इन्द्रस्य त्वा वर्मणा परि धापयामो यो देवानाम् अधिराजो बभूव ।
पुनस् त्वा देवाः प्र णयन्तु सर्वे ऽस्तृतस् त्वाभि रक्षतु ॥

indrasya tvā varmaṇā pari dhāpayāmo yo devānām adhirājo babhūva ।
punas tvā devāḥ pra ṇayantu sarve 'stṛtas tvābhi rakṣatu ॥

O man, we vest and cover you with the power and protection of Indra who is the supreme ruler of the world powers of strength and enlightenment, and then may all brilliant powers of the world protect and lead you forward. O man, may Astrta protect you all round.

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19.46.5

अस्मिन् मणाव् एकशतं वीर्याणि सहस्रं प्राणा अस्मिन्न् अस्तृते ।
व्याघ्रः शत्रून् अभि तिष्ठ सर्वान् यस् त्वा पृतन्याद् अधरः सो अस्त्व् अस्तृतस् त्वाभि रक्षतु ॥

asmin maṇāv ekaśataṃ vīryāṇi sahasraṃ prāṇā asminn astṛte ।
vyāghraḥ śatrūn abhi tiṣṭha sarvān yas tvā pṛtanyād adharaḥ so astv astṛtas tvābhi rakṣatu ॥

In this jewel gift of immense power and value, in the Astrta are vested a hundred forms of strength and valour, a thousand pranic energies. O man-tiger, wearer of Astrta, challenge and fight all the enemies. Whoever fights against you must fall down. May Astrta protect you all round.

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19.46.6

घृताद् उल्लुप्तो मधुमान् पयस्वान्त् सहस्रप्राणः शतयोनिर् वयोधाः ।
शम्भूश् च मयोभूश् चोर्जस्वांश् च पयस्वांश् चास्तृतस् त्वाभि रक्षतु ॥

ghṛtād ullupto madhumān payasvānt sahasraprāṇaḥ śatayonir vayodhāḥ ।
śambhūś ca mayobhūś corjasvāṃś ca payasvāṃś cāstṛtas tvābhi rakṣatu ॥

Risen from the fiery flames of ghrta, honey sweet, abundant in food and energy, bearing pranic energies of a thousand forms, giver of peace, harbinger of good fortune and well being, commanding force and power, rich in milk and soma, harbinger of health, energy and life of a hundred orders, may Astrta protect you all round.

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19.46.7

यथा त्वम् उत्तरो ऽसो असपत्नः सपत्नहा ।
सजातानाम् असद् वशी तथा त्वा सविता करद् अस्तृतस् त्वाभि रक्षतु ॥

yathā tvam uttaro 'so asapatnaḥ sapatnahā ।
sajātānām asad vaśī tathā tvā savitā karad astṛtas tvābhi rakṣatu ॥

O man, may Savita, lord of life and living inspiration, inspire and exalt you so that you rise higher and higher free from jealous adversaries, fighting out obstructions of enemies from your path, and be the organiser and controller of your equals with love and respect, and may Astrta protect you all round in your mission of life.

Atharvaveda 19.47 · 9 mantras

19.47.1

आ रात्रि पार्थिवं रजः पितुर् अप्रायि धामभिः ।
दिवः सदांसि बृहती वि तिष्ठस आ त्वेषं वर्तते तमः ॥

ā rātri pārthivaṃ rajaḥ pitur aprāyi dhāmabhiḥ ।
divaḥ sadāṃsi bṛhatī vi tiṣṭhasa ā tveṣaṃ vartate tamaḥ ॥

The great night comes and covers the regions of the earth and the firmament. Away from the regions of the sun, her progenitor, it stays and eclipses the areas of light, and the darkness remains until the light comes again with the morning.

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19.47.2

न यस्याः पारं ददृशे न योयुवद् विश्वम् अस्यां नि विशते यद् एजति ।
अरिष्टासस् त उर्वि तमस्वति रात्रि पारम् अशीमहि भद्रे पारम् अशीमहि ॥

na yasyāḥ pāraṃ dadṛśe na yoyuvad viśvam asyāṃ ni viśate yad ejati ।
ariṣṭāsas ta urvi tamasvati rātri pāram aśīmahi bhadre pāram aśīmahi ॥

The night is a vast veil of darkness, no end of which is visible, nor anything distinct and separate that recedes from the dark. The whole world that moves in the day enters and lies concealed in it. O Night, vast and deep and dark, surely we would reach beyond the dark, O noble restful harbinger of peace and well being, we would reach, unhurt, unscathed, beyond the dark and attain to the morning light.

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19.47.3

ये ते रात्रि नृचक्षसो द्रष्टारो नवतिर् नव ।
अशीतिः सन्त्य् अष्टा उतो ते सप्त सप्ततिः ॥

ye te rātri nṛcakṣaso draṣṭāro navatir nava ।
aśītiḥ santy aṣṭā uto te sapta saptatiḥ ॥

All these watchful stars of yours who also watch and bless humanity, ninety-nine, eighty-eight, or seventy-seven, all yours...

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19.47.4

षष्टिश् च षट् च रेवति पञ्चाशत् पञ्च सुम्नयि ।
चत्वारश् चत्वारिंशच् च त्रयस् त्रिंशच् च वाजिनि ॥

ṣaṣṭiś ca ṣaṭ ca revati pañcāśat pañca sumnayi ।
catvāraś catvāriṃśac ca trayas triṃśac ca vājini ॥

O Night of abundant riches of rest and refreshment, harbinger of peace and well being, overflowing with restorative speed and energy for new victories, all these watchful vigils of yours which are sixty-six, fiftyfive, forty four, or thirty-three, all yours,...

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19.47.5

द्वौ च ते विंशतिश् च ते रात्र्य् एकादशावमाः ।
तेभिर् नो अद्य पायुभिर् नु पाहि दुहितर् दिवः ॥

dvau ca te viṃśatiś ca te rātry ekādaśāvamāḥ ।
tebhir no adya pāyubhir nu pāhi duhitar divaḥ ॥

O Night, all these watchful vigils of yours which are twentytwo, or eleven, or even less but all youthful and intimate, with all these watchful guarding sentinels, O child of heaven, pray protect and promote us here and now.

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19.47.6

रक्षा माकिर् नो अघशंस ईशत मा नो दुःशंस ईशत ।
मा नो अद्य गवां स्तेनो मावीनां वृक ईशत ॥

rakṣā mākir no aghaśaṃsa īśata mā no duḥśaṃsa īśata ।
mā no adya gavāṃ steno māvīnāṃ vṛka īśata ॥

O Night, pray protect us. Let no sinner rule over us. Let no notorious scandalous power rule over us. Let there be no thief who may rule to steal our cows, let no wolf master and devour our sheep.

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19.47.7

माश्वानां भद्रे तस्करो मा नृणां यातुधान्यः ।
परमेभिः पथिभि स्तेनो धावतु तस्करः ।
परेण दत्वती रज्जुः परेणाघायुर् अर्षतु ॥

māśvānāṃ bhadre taskaro mā nṛṇāṃ yātudhānyaḥ ।
paramebhiḥ pathibhi steno dhāvatu taskaraḥ ।
pareṇa datvatī rajjuḥ pareṇāghāyur arṣatu ॥

O noble night of peace and restfulness, let there be no thief to steal our horses, no devilish damagers of our people. Let the thief and robber go farthest far by farthest paths in the distance away.

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19.47.8

अध रात्रि तृष्टधूमम् अशीर्षाणम् अहिं कृणु ।
हनू वृकस्य जम्भया स्तेनं द्रुपदे जहि ॥

adha rātri tṛṣṭadhūmam aśīrṣāṇam ahiṃ kṛṇu ।
hanū vṛkasya jambhayā stenaṃ drupade jahi ॥

O Night, crush the head of the snake which breathes out dark smoke and doom. Break the jaw of the wolf and kill him in the flight.

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19.47.9

त्वयि रात्रि वसामसि स्वपिष्यामसि जागृहि ।
गोभ्यो नः शर्म यछाश्वेभ्यः पुरुषेभ्यः ॥

tvayi rātri vasāmasi svapiṣyāmasi jāgṛhi ।
gobhyo naḥ śarma yachāśvebhyaḥ puruṣebhyaḥ ॥

O Night of restful sleep, we sleep in you, we

Atharvaveda 19.48 · 6 mantras

19.48.1

अथो यानि च यस्मा ह यानि चान्तः परीणहि ।
तानि ते परि दद्मसि ॥

atho yāni ca yasmā ha yāni cāntaḥ parīṇahi ।
tāni te pari dadmasi ॥

Those things which we get with effort and we know, and those which we have secured in safety, all those, O Night, we entrust to you.

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19.48.2

रात्रि मातर् उषसे नः परि देहि ।
उषा नो अह्ने परि ददात्व् अहस् तुभ्यं विभावरि ॥

rātri mātar uṣase naḥ pari dehi ।
uṣā no ahne pari dadātv ahas tubhyaṃ vibhāvari ॥

Mother night, deliver us back to the dawn in good health and safety. Let the dawn deliver us to the day and, O splendid Night, may the day deliver us to you. (Let the holy circle of life thus continue.)

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19.48.3

यत् किं चेदं पतयति यत् किं चेदं सरीसृपम् ।
यत् किं च पर्वतायासत्वं तस्मात् त्वं रात्रि पाहि नः ॥

yat kiṃ cedaṃ patayati yat kiṃ cedaṃ sarīsṛpam ।
yat kiṃ ca parvatāyāsatvaṃ tasmāt tvaṃ rātri pāhi naḥ ॥

Whatever it is that flies, all this that creeps, whatever wild ones roam around on the mountain, from all that, O Night, pray protect us.

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19.48.4

सा पश्चात् पाहि सा पुरः सोत्तराद् अधराद् उत ।
गोपाय नो विभावरि स्तोतारस् त इह स्मसि ॥

sā paścāt pāhi sā puraḥ sottarād adharād uta ।
gopāya no vibhāvari stotāras ta iha smasi ॥

May the night protect us from behind, may she protect us from the front, from above and from below. O splendid Night, protect us all round. We here are your admirers, we adore and celebrate you.

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19.48.5

ये रात्रिम् अनुतिष्ठन्ति ये च भूतेषु जाग्रति ।
पशून् ये सर्वान् रक्षन्ति ते न आत्मसु जाग्रति ते नः पशुषु जाग्रति ॥

ye rātrim anutiṣṭhanti ye ca bhūteṣu jāgrati ।
paśūn ye sarvān rakṣanti te na ātmasu jāgrati te naḥ paśuṣu jāgrati ॥

Those who keep awake by night and practice holy vigil, those who keep awake among living beings while others sleep, and those who guard all the animals, they keep awake in our very souls, they keep awake among our animals.

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19.48.6

वेद वै रात्रि ते नाम घृताची नाम वा असि ।
तां त्वां भरद्वाजो वेद सा नो वित्ते ऽधि जाग्रति ॥

veda vai rātri te nāma ghṛtācī nāma vā asi ।
tāṃ tvāṃ bharadvājo veda sā no vitte 'dhi jāgrati ॥

O Night, I know well your name. You are of the name of Ghrtachi, the service ladle for ghrta and generosity for yajna. Bharadvaja, the sagely scholar of food and energy, knows you who watch over and guard our wealth.

Atharvaveda 19.49 · 10 mantras

19.49.1

इषिरा योषा युवतिर् दमूना रात्री देवस्य सवितुर् भगस्य ।
अश्वक्षभा सुहवा संभृतश्रीर् आ पप्रौ द्यावापृथिवी महित्वा ॥

iṣirā yoṣā yuvatir damūnā rātrī devasya savitur bhagasya ।
aśvakṣabhā suhavā saṃbhṛtaśrīr ā paprau dyāvāpṛthivī mahitvā ॥

Inspiring, youthful, Night, friend by shadow of the house of the mighty refulgent sun, instantly coming on sunset bearing her own restful beauty and grace has arrived and pervades and fills the heaven and earth with her greatness and glory.

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19.49.2

अति विश्वान्य् अरुहद् गम्भिरो वर्षिष्ठम् अरुहन्त श्रविष्ठाः ।
उशती रात्र्य् अनु सा भद्राभि तिष्ठते मित्र इव स्वधाभिः ॥

ati viśvāny aruhad gambhiro varṣiṣṭham aruhanta śraviṣṭhāḥ ।
uśatī rātry anu sā bhadrābhi tiṣṭhate mitra iva svadhābhiḥ ॥

Profound darkness covers all things of the day’s world. Greatest stars ascend on top of the deep and generous vault of heaven. Noble night of exciting splendour abides by its own time like a friend with her own blessed powers of peace and restfulness.

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19.49.3

वर्ये वन्दे सुभगे सुजात आजगन् रात्रि सुमना इह स्याम् ।
अस्मांस् त्रायस्व नर्याणि जाता अथो यानि गव्यानि पुष्ट्या ॥

varye vande subhage sujāta ājagan rātri sumanā iha syām ।
asmāṃs trāyasva naryāṇi jātā atho yāni gavyāni puṣṭyā ॥

Lovable, adorable, generous, nobly born, the night is come. Let us be peaceful at heart at this hour. O night, pray save and protect and promote with strength and growth all that exists for human good and for the good of the animal world.

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19.49.4

सिंहस्य रात्र्य् उशती पींषस्य व्याघ्रस्य द्वीपिनो वर्च आ ददे ।
अश्वस्य ब्रध्नं पुरुषस्य मायुं पुरु रूपाणि कृणुषे विभाती ॥

siṃhasya rātry uśatī pīṃṣasya vyāghrasya dvīpino varca ā dade ।
aśvasya bradhnaṃ puruṣasya māyuṃ puru rūpāṇi kṛṇuṣe vibhātī ॥

The exciting night has taken over the rumble of the lion’s roar, the stag’s fleetness, the tiger’s growl, the elephant’s peal, the horse’s great perseverance, and man’s challenge. Thus do you, O splendid Night, assume and hold in your unfathomable womb many forms of being and its variety.

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19.49.5

शिवां रात्रिम् अनुसूर्यं च हिमस्य माता सुहवा नो अस्तु ।
अस्य स्तोमस्य सुभगे नि बोध येन त्वा वन्दे विश्वासु दिक्षु ॥

śivāṃ rātrim anusūryaṃ ca himasya mātā suhavā no astu ।
asya stomasya subhage ni bodha yena tvā vande viśvāsu dikṣu ॥

O mother of peace and cool, be kind and gracious to us. O Spirit of abundance and splendour, know and acknowledge this song of adoration with which, like the sun, I celebrate you, blissful night, pervading in all quarters of space.

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19.49.6

स्तोमस्य नो विभावरि रात्रि राजेव जोषसे ।
असाम सर्ववीरा भवाम सर्ववेदसो व्युछन्तीर् अनूषसः ॥

stomasya no vibhāvari rātri rājeva joṣase ।
asāma sarvavīrā bhavāma sarvavedaso vyuchantīr anūṣasaḥ ॥

O night of splendour, you enjoy our song of adoration like a queen. Pray let us all be blest with noble progeny worthy of the brave, let us be masters of all wealth as in unison with the rising dawns of radiance.

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19.49.7

शम्या ह नाम दधिषे मम दिप्सन्ति ये धना ।
रात्रीहि तान् असुतपा य स्तेनो न विद्यते यत् पुनर् न विद्यते ॥

śamyā ha nāma dadhiṣe mama dipsanti ye dhanā ।
rātrīhi tān asutapā ya steno na vidyate yat punar na vidyate ॥

O Night, you bear the name ‘Shamya’, harbinger of peace and rest after exertion and success. Pray go to those who covet my wealth and wish to deceive and deprive me of my wealth, honour and excellence, visit them as tormentor of their mind and life energy so that whoever is a thief may survive but never revive as thief again.

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19.49.8

भद्रासि रात्रि चमसो न विष्टो विष्वङ् गोरूपं युवतिर् बिभर्षि ।
चक्षुष्मती मे उशती वपूम्षि प्रति त्वं दिव्या न क्षाम् अमुक्थाः ॥

bhadrāsi rātri camaso na viṣṭo viṣvaṅ gorūpaṃ yuvatir bibharṣi ।
cakṣuṣmatī me uśatī vapūmṣi prati tvaṃ divyā na kṣām amukthāḥ ॥

O Night, harbinger of peace, satisfaction and joy, you are like a plate full of delicious food, or like a ladle full of ghrta for the holy fire. You thus bear the youthful form of the universal mother cow. Excited with love for US, bearing wondrous body forms and starry eyes, you do not forsake the earth, for our sake.

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19.49.9

यो अद्य स्तेन आयत्य् अघायुर् मर्त्यो रिपुः ।
रात्री तस्य प्रतीत्य प्र ग्रीवाः प्र शिरो हनत् ॥

yo adya stena āyaty aghāyur martyo ripuḥ ।
rātrī tasya pratītya pra grīvāḥ pra śiro hanat ॥

Whoever the thief, the enemy, the man of evil intention and action, that comes now and prowls, may the Night, having known and identified him, catch him by the neck and break his head.

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19.49.10

प्र पादौ न यथायति प्र हस्तौ न यथाशिषत् ।
यो मलिम्लुर् उपायति स संपिष्टो अपायति ।
अपायति स्वपायति शुष्के स्थाणाव् अपायति ॥

pra pādau na yathāyati pra hastau na yathāśiṣat ।
yo malimlur upāyati sa saṃpiṣṭo apāyati ।
apāyati svapāyati śuṣke sthāṇāv apāyati ॥

Arrest him by the feet so that he may not prowl any more, arrest him by the hands so that he may not grab the article he wants to steal. Whoever the robber that comes must go away, defeated in purpose, crushed, go away for sure, go far away to a dry, uninhabited land.

Atharvaveda 19.50 · 7 mantras

19.50.1

अध रात्रि तृष्टधूमम् अशीर्षाणम् अहिं कृणु ।
अक्षौ वृकस्य निर् जह्यास् तेन तं द्रुपदे जहि ॥

adha rātri tṛṣṭadhūmam aśīrṣāṇam ahiṃ kṛṇu ।
akṣau vṛkasya nir jahyās tena taṃ drupade jahi ॥

O Night, crush the head of the snake which breathes out dark smoke of doom. Strike out the eyes of the wolf, and hold him in the snare.

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19.50.2

ये ते रात्र्य् अनड्वाहस् तीक्ष्णशृङ्गाः स्वाशवः ।
तेभिर् नो अद्य पारयाति दुर्गाणि विश्वहा ॥

ye te rātry anaḍvāhas tīkṣṇaśṛṅgāḥ svāśavaḥ ।
tebhir no adya pārayāti durgāṇi viśvahā ॥

O Night, fast and sharp-homed are the bulls of your chariot. By them take us across the dark difficulties of life to the dawn of a new day now and always.

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19.50.3

रात्रिंरात्रिम् अरिष्यन्तस् तरेम तन्वा वयम् ।
गम्भीरम् अप्लवा इव न तरेयुर् अरातयः ॥

rātriṃrātrim ariṣyantas tarema tanvā vayam ।
gambhīram aplavā iva na tareyur arātayaḥ ॥

Night by night, unhurt, unscathed, let us cross the dark, hale and hearty in body, unlike the indigent and the uncharitable who would not cross the dark and deep without the ark.

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19.50.4

यथा शाम्याकः प्रपतन्न् अपवान् नानुविद्यते ।
एवा रात्रि प्र पातय यो अस्मां अभ्यघायति ॥

yathā śāmyākaḥ prapatann apavān nānuvidyate ।
evā rātri pra pātaya yo asmāṃ abhyaghāyati ॥

Just as a tiny grain of Shyamaka, fallen and flown away by wind cannot be retrieved, so O Night, drive away the sinner who wants to hurt and destroy us.

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19.50.5

अप स्तेनं वासयो गोअजम् उत तस्करम् ।
अथो यो अर्वतः शिरो ऽभिधाय निनीषति ॥

apa stenaṃ vāsayo goajam uta taskaram ।
atho yo arvataḥ śiro 'bhidhāya ninīṣati ॥

Drive off the thief who wants to steal our cow, and the robber who halters the courser’s head and tries to steal it away.

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19.50.6

यद् अद्य रात्रि सुभगे विभजन्त्य् अयो वसु ।
यद् एतद् अस्मान् भोजय यथेद् अन्यान् उपायसि ॥

yad adya rātri subhage vibhajanty ayo vasu ।
yad etad asmān bhojaya yathed anyān upāyasi ॥

O noble and beneficent Night, as you come now giving out wealth and peace to all, pray give us our share to enjoy as you give out theirs to others.

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19.50.7

उषसे नः परि देहि सर्वान् रात्र्य् अनागसः ।
उषा नो अह्ने आ भजाद् अहस् तुभ्यं विभावरि ॥

uṣase naḥ pari dehi sarvān rātry anāgasaḥ ।
uṣā no ahne ā bhajād ahas tubhyaṃ vibhāvari ॥

O Night, deliver us all, free from sin and evil, back to the dawn. Let the dawn deliver us to the day and the day, O splendid Night, may deliver us back to you.

Atharvaveda 19.51 · 2 mantras

19.51.1

अयुतो ऽहम् अयुतो म आत्मायुतं मे चक्षुर् अयुतं मे श्रोत्रम् ।
अयुतो मे प्राणो ऽयुतो मे ऽपानो ऽयुतो मे व्यानो ऽयुतो ऽहं सर्वः ॥

ayuto 'ham ayuto ma ātmāyutaṃ me cakṣur ayutaṃ me śrotram ।
ayuto me prāṇo 'yuto me 'pāno 'yuto me vyāno 'yuto 'haṃ sarvaḥ ॥

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19.51.2

देवस्य त्वा सवितुः प्रसवे ऽश्विनोर् बाहुभ्यां पूष्णो हस्ताभ्यां प्रसूत आ रभे ॥

devasya tvā savituḥ prasave 'śvinor bāhubhyāṃ pūṣṇo hastābhyāṃ prasūta ā rabhe ॥

Atharvaveda 19.52 · 5 mantras

19.52.1

कामस् तद् अग्रे सम् अवर्तत मनसो रेतः प्रथमं यद् आसीत् ।
स काम कामेन बृहता सयोनी रायस् पोषं यजमानाय धेहि ॥

kāmas tad agre sam avartata manaso retaḥ prathamaṃ yad āsīt ।
sa kāma kāmena bṛhatā sayonī rāyas poṣaṃ yajamānāya dhehi ॥

In the beginning, there was Kama, thought-anddesire, born of the divine mind, and that was the first seed of the world of existence. O Kama, coexistent and one with the infinite mind and potential, pray bring in and bless the yajamana with wealth and nourishment of life.

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19.52.2

त्वं काम सहसासि प्रतिष्ठितो विभुर् विभावा सख आ सखीयते ।
त्वम् उग्रः पृतनासु ससहिः सह ओजो यजमानाय धेहि ॥

tvaṃ kāma sahasāsi pratiṣṭhito vibhur vibhāvā sakha ā sakhīyate ।
tvam ugraḥ pṛtanāsu sasahiḥ saha ojo yajamānāya dhehi ॥

You, Kama, abide with strength and courage, boundless and splendid, a friend of friends, terrible in battle, victorious. Pray bring in and bless the yajamana with strength and courage, lustre and splendour.

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19.52.3

दूराच् चकमानाय प्रतिपाणायाक्षये ।
आस्मा अशृण्वन्न् आशाः कामेनाजनयन्त् स्वः ॥

dūrāc cakamānāya pratipāṇāyākṣaye ।
āsmā aśṛṇvann āśāḥ kāmenājanayant svaḥ ॥

For man, inspired with desire since farthest time, i.e., eternity, in the imperishable world of Infinity, for his fulfilment in response to his desire, hope and effort, the quarters of space listen and, by the universal desire of Divinity co-existent with the human in the universal mind, they create the joy and bliss of life for him.

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19.52.4

कामेन मा काम आगन् हृदयाद् धृदयं परि ।
यद् अमीषाम् अदो मनस् तद् ऐतूप माम् इह ॥

kāmena mā kāma āgan hṛdayād dhṛdayaṃ pari ।
yad amīṣām ado manas tad aitūpa mām iha ॥

By Kama, desire and effort, is Kama, hope and ambition, fulfilled, through Kama and dispensation of Divinity. It comes from the heart in response to the heart. May that mind, thought and meditative effort, which

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19.52.5

यत् काम कामयमाना इदं कृण्मसि ते हविः ।
तन् नः सर्वं सम् ऋध्यताम् अथैतस्य हविषो वीहि स्वाहा ॥

yat kāma kāmayamānā idaṃ kṛṇmasi te haviḥ ।
tan naḥ sarvaṃ sam ṛdhyatām athaitasya haviṣo vīhi svāhā ॥

Atharvaveda 19.53 · 10 mantras

19.53.1

कालो अश्वो वहति सप्तरश्मिः सहस्राक्षो अजरो भूरिरेताः ।
तम् आ रोहन्ति कवयो विपश्चितस् तस्य चक्रा भुवनानि विश्वा ॥

kālo aśvo vahati saptaraśmiḥ sahasrākṣo ajaro bhūriretāḥ ।
tam ā rohanti kavayo vipaścitas tasya cakrā bhuvanāni viśvā ॥

The ‘Time-courser’ of seven ‘reins’ and thousand eyes, unbound, unaging and omnipotent, carries the cosmic chariot of a thousand wheels at tremendous velocity. Only poetic visionaries and wise sages ride the courser and the chariot. All stars and planets and the worlds of life are the wheels of his chariot on the move.

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19.53.2

सप्त चक्रान् वहति काल एष सप्तास्य नाभीर् अमृतं न्व् अक्षः ।
स इमा विश्वा भुवनान्य् अञ्जत् कालः स ईयते प्रथमो नु देवः ॥

sapta cakrān vahati kāla eṣa saptāsya nābhīr amṛtaṃ nv akṣaḥ ।
sa imā viśvā bhuvanāny añjat kālaḥ sa īyate prathamo nu devaḥ ॥

Seven wheels (globes) of whirling worlds does this Time-courser carry. Seven are the naves and axles of this chariot moving on the one axis of Immortal Eternity. He creates and manifests all these worlds of existence. That Time, first, eternal, self-refulgent Divinity, is intensely active, on the move, (and That can be approached but with motionless meditative effort).

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19.53.3

पूर्णः कुम्भो ऽधि काल आहितस् तं वै पश्यामो बहुधा नु सन्तम् ।
स इमा विश्वा भुवनानि प्रत्यङ् कालं तम् आहुः परमे व्योमन् ॥

pūrṇaḥ kumbho 'dhi kāla āhitas taṃ vai paśyāmo bahudhā nu santam ।
sa imā viśvā bhuvanāni pratyaṅ kālaṃ tam āhuḥ parame vyoman ॥

The universe is a full, complete and perfect vessel settled on Time. That we see becoming and evolving manifold. That which is present upfront before all these worlds of the universe, the sages call ‘Kala’, Time, which extends upto the ultimate, supreme transcendent heaven.

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19.53.4

स एव सं भुवनान्य् आभरत् स एव सं भुवनानि पर्य् ऐत् ।
पिता सन्न् अभवत् पुत्र एषां तस्माद् वै नान्यत् परम् अस्ति तेजः ॥

sa eva saṃ bhuvanāny ābharat sa eva saṃ bhuvanāni pary ait ।
pitā sann abhavat putra eṣāṃ tasmād vai nānyat param asti tejaḥ ॥

He alone bears and sustains all the worlds of existence. He alone transcends all the worlds of existence. He alone, though being the father of all these worlds, becomes his own manifestive begotten child, chronological time form, in the life of these creatures. There is no other, higher refulgence and power beyond him.

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19.53.5

कालो ऽमूं दिवम् अजनयत् काल इमाः पृथिवीर् उत ।
काले ह भूतं भव्यं चेषितं ह वि तिष्ठते ॥

kālo 'mūṃ divam ajanayat kāla imāḥ pṛthivīr uta ।
kāle ha bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ ceṣitaṃ ha vi tiṣṭhate ॥

Kala brought into existence those heavens, and Kala brought these earths into existence. In kala only subsist the past and the future and all that is moved and desired at the present time.

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19.53.6

कालो भूतिम् असृजत काले तपति सूर्यः ।
काले ह विश्वा भूतानि काले चक्षुर् वि पश्यति ॥

kālo bhūtim asṛjata kāle tapati sūryaḥ ।
kāle ha viśvā bhūtāni kāle cakṣur vi paśyati ॥

Kala created the plenty and prosperity of existence. In Kala does the sun shine and blaze. In Kala do all existing forms subsist, and the eye sees only in Kala.

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19.53.7

काले मनः काले प्राणः काले नाम समाहितम् ।
कालेन सर्वा नन्दन्त्य् आगतेन प्रजा इमाः ॥

kāle manaḥ kāle prāṇaḥ kāle nāma samāhitam ।
kālena sarvā nandanty āgatena prajā imāḥ ॥

The mind is concentred in Time. Prana is controlled in Time. The name with substance is contained in Time. And all these living beings rejoice with the passage of time.

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19.53.8

काले तपः काले ज्येष्ठम् काले ब्रह्म समाहितम् ।
कालो ह सर्वस्येश्वरो यः पितासीत् प्रजापतेः ॥

kāle tapaḥ kāle jyeṣṭham kāle brahma samāhitam ।
kālo ha sarvasyeśvaro yaḥ pitāsīt prajāpateḥ ॥

Tapa, austerity of discipline, is concentred in Kala, the highest, first, supreme subsists in Time, in Kala is Brahma concentred and realised. Kala is the supreme ruler and controller of all, the one that is the progenitor of Prajapati, father and sustainer of living beings.

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19.53.9

तेनेषितं तेन जातं तद् उ तस्मिन् प्रतिष्ठितम् ।
कालो ह ब्रह्म भूत्वा बिभर्ति परमेष्ठिनम् ॥

teneṣitaṃ tena jātaṃ tad u tasmin pratiṣṭhitam ।
kālo ha brahma bhūtvā bibharti parameṣṭhinam ॥

Inspired and moved by that Time, the moving world in chrological time is created, manifested and stabilised in Time, Kala alone, having become manifest in the created world, bears the highest existent reality.

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19.53.10

कालः प्रजा असृजत कालो अग्रे प्रजापतिम् ।
स्वयंभूः कश्यपः कालात् तपः कालाद् अजायत ॥

kālaḥ prajā asṛjata kālo agre prajāpatim ।
svayaṃbhūḥ kaśyapaḥ kālāt tapaḥ kālād ajāyata ॥

Atharvaveda 19.54 · 5 mantras

19.54.1

कालाद् आपः सम् अभवन् कालाद् ब्रह्म तपो दिशः ।
कालेनोद् एति सूर्यः काले नि विशते पुनः ॥

kālād āpaḥ sam abhavan kālād brahma tapo diśaḥ ।
kālenod eti sūryaḥ kāle ni viśate punaḥ ॥

From Kala, in course of time, arose the ‘waters’, the oceans of particles. From Kala arose Brahma, divine Resolution to create, and the quarters of space. By Kala and with time rises the sun and again sets back into Kala.

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19.54.2

कालेन वातः पवते कालेन पृथिवी मही ।
द्यौर् मही काल आहिता ॥

kālena vātaḥ pavate kālena pṛthivī mahī ।
dyaur mahī kāla āhitā ॥

By Kala does the wind blow, by Kala does the great earth move in balance. Both the great heaven and earth exist and subsist in Kala.

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19.54.3

कालो ह भूतं भव्यं च पुत्रो अजनयत् पुरा ।
कालाद् ऋचः सम् अभवन् यजुः कालाद् अजायत ॥

kālo ha bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ ca putro ajanayat purā ।
kālād ṛcaḥ sam abhavan yajuḥ kālād ajāyata ॥

Kala, transcendent Time, transcendent Brahma, self-created Its own creative version of the creator and chronological time with the divisions of past, present and future. From Kala arose the Rks and Yajus together from Time and in time.

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19.54.4

कालो यज्ञं सम् ऐरयद् देवेभ्यो भागम् अक्षितम् ।
काले गन्धर्वाप्सरसः काले लोकाः प्रतिष्ठिताः ॥

kālo yajñaṃ sam airayad devebhyo bhāgam akṣitam ।
kāle gandharvāpsarasaḥ kāle lokāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ ॥

Kala sets in motion the cosmic yajna, dynamics of creative evolution, and the creative parts of cosmic dynamics for the divine forces of nature and humanity in the process of evolution and development. In Kala abide the Gandharvas, sustainers of stars and planets, and the Apsaras, fluent forces of the universe. And in Kala abide all regions of the worlds in the universe for created beings.

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19.54.5

काले ऽयम् अङ्गिरा देवो ऽथर्वा चाधि तिष्ठतः ।
इमं च लोकं परमं च लोकं पुण्यांश् च लोकान् विधृतीश् च पुण्याः ।
सर्वांल् लोकान् अभिजित्य ब्रह्मणा कालः स ईयते परमो नु देवः ॥

kāle 'yam aṅgirā devo 'tharvā cādhi tiṣṭhataḥ ।
imaṃ ca lokaṃ paramaṃ ca lokaṃ puṇyāṃś ca lokān vidhṛtīś ca puṇyāḥ ।
sarvāṃl lokān abhijitya brahmaṇā kālaḥ sa īyate paramo nu devaḥ ॥

Atharvaveda 19.55 · 6 mantras

19.55.1

रात्रिंरात्रिम् अप्रयातं भरन्तो ऽश्वायेव तिष्ठते घासम् अस्मै ।
रायस् पोषेण सम् इषा मदन्तो मा ते अग्ने प्रतिवेशा रिषाम ॥

rātriṃrātrim aprayātaṃ bharanto 'śvāyeva tiṣṭhate ghāsam asmai ।
rāyas poṣeṇa sam iṣā madanto mā te agne prativeśā riṣāma ॥

Just as night after night they bring grass for the horse standing in the stall after the day’s journey, similarly we bring havi to Agni, leading light of life. O Agni, pioneer and leader, may we, your friends and inmates, enjoying ourselves with health, wealth, food and energy, never suffer hurt and loss in life.

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19.55.2

या ते वसोर् वात इषुः सा त एषा तया नो मृड ।
रायस् पोषेण सम् इषा मदन्तो मा ते अग्ने प्रतिवेशा रिषाम ॥

yā te vasor vāta iṣuḥ sā ta eṣā tayā no mṛḍa ।
rāyas poṣeṇa sam iṣā madanto mā te agne prativeśā riṣāma ॥

O Agni, leading light of humanity, giver of peace and settlement, the windy missile that is yours is under your control here. With that, pray give us peace, prosperity and security. O Agni, pioneer and leader, may we, your friends and inmates, enjoying ourselves with health, wealth, food and energy, never suffer hurt and loss in life.

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19.55.3

सायंसायं गृहपतिर् नो अग्निः प्रातःप्रातः सौमनसस्य दाता ।
वसोर्वसोर् वसुदान एधि वयं त्वेन्धानास् तन्वं पुषेम ॥

sāyaṃsāyaṃ gṛhapatir no agniḥ prātaḥprātaḥ saumanasasya dātā ।
vasorvasor vasudāna edhi vayaṃ tvendhānās tanvaṃ puṣema ॥

Every evening day bt day, may Agni, leader, pioneer and ruler of humanity, be the protector of our home and country. Every morning day by day, may Agni give us peace, happiness and good cheer at heart. O generous Agni, come and be the generous giver of the best of wealth, honour and excellence, and may we, lighting and serving you with homage, grow in body and mind with food, energy and yajnic generosity.

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19.55.4

प्रातःप्रातर् गृहपतिर् नो अग्निः सायंसायं सौमनसस्य दाता ।
वसोर्वसोर् वसुदान एधीन्धानास् त्वा शतंहिमा ऋधेम ॥

prātaḥprātar gṛhapatir no agniḥ sāyaṃsāyaṃ saumanasasya dātā ।
vasorvasor vasudāna edhīndhānās tvā śataṃhimā ṛdhema ॥

Every morning day by day, may Agni, leader. pioneer and ruler, be the protector of our home and country. Every evening day by day, may Agni give us peace, happiness and good cheer at heart. O Agni, come and be the generous giver of the best of wealth, honour and excellence, and may we, lighting and serving you with homage, grow and advance for a full hundred years of happy seasons.

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19.55.5

अपश्चा दग्धान्नस्य भूयासम् ।
अन्नादायान्नपतये रुद्राय नमो अग्नये ।
सभ्यः सभां मे पाहि ये च सभ्याः सभासदः ॥

apaścā dagdhānnasya bhūyāsam ।
annādāyānnapataye rudrāya namo agnaye ।
sabhyaḥ sabhāṃ me pāhi ye ca sabhyāḥ sabhāsadaḥ ॥

Let me be rich in the front ranks, not lagging behind, in the possession of ripe food grains. Homage to Rudra Agni, leader, pioneer and ruler, giver and protector of food who shakes down and destroys negative forces. Let the decent and cultured protect and promote the prestige of Sabha, the parliament, for me. Let the members of the Sabha be decent and honourable.

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19.55.6

त्वाम् इन्द्रा पुरुहूत विश्वम् आयुर् व्य् अश्नवन् ।
अहरहर् बलिम् इत् ते हरन्तो ऽश्वायेव तिष्ठते घासम् अग्ने ॥

tvām indrā puruhūta viśvam āyur vy aśnavan ।
aharahar balim it te haranto 'śvāyeva tiṣṭhate ghāsam agne ॥

May you, Indra, lord ruler and potent protector, universally loved, live full and healthy life. Day by day we bear and bring homage of loyalty to you in office as the groom looks after the war horse of the king.

Atharvaveda 19.56 · 6 mantras

19.56.1

यमस्य लोकाद् अध्य् आ बभूविथ प्रमदा मर्त्यान् प्र युनक्षि धीरः ।
एकाकिना सरथं यासि विद्वान्त् स्वप्नं मिमानो असुरस्य योनौ ॥

yamasya lokād adhy ā babhūvitha pramadā martyān pra yunakṣi dhīraḥ ।
ekākinā sarathaṃ yāsi vidvānt svapnaṃ mimāno asurasya yonau ॥

O Dream, you arise from the subconscious state of the mind (below the state of wakefulness and above the state of deep sleep) and, yourself unmoved and unchanging, you join people with the sports of their own mind. Joining them as one with their state, you move with their lone spirit playing in the same sphere of the mind with the same sports as they, structuring further dreams in the life of the dreamer’s mind at work.

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19.56.2

बन्धस् त्वाग्रे विश्वचया अपश्यत् पुरा रात्र्या जनितोर् एके अह्नि ।
ततः स्वप्नेदम् अध्य् आ बभूविथ भिषग्भ्यो रूपम् अपगूहमानः ॥

bandhas tvāgre viśvacayā apaśyat purā rātryā janitor eke ahni ।
tataḥ svapnedam adhy ā babhūvitha bhiṣagbhyo rūpam apagūhamānaḥ ॥

Some day long before the birth of the dream night, the man bound in fancies conceived you, and collecting his materials from the wide world structured you. Thence, O dream, you thus arise in this form and come, having stolen yourself from the healers.

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19.56.3

बृहद्गावासुरेभ्यो ऽधि देवान् उपावर्तत महिमानम् इछन् ।
तस्मै स्वप्नाय दधुर् आधिपत्यं त्रयस्त्रिंशासः स्वर् आनशानाः ॥

bṛhadgāvāsurebhyo 'dhi devān upāvartata mahimānam ichan ।
tasmai svapnāya dadhur ādhipatyaṃ trayastriṃśāsaḥ svar ānaśānāḥ ॥

The man of unbounded sense and imagination came from the demonic tendencies close to the divinities in search of greatness and glory. The thirty-three divinities enjoying heavenly bliss and potential blessed him with full mastery over the realisation of his dream.

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19.56.4

नैतां विदुः पितरो नोत देवा येषां जल्पिश् चरत्य् अन्तरेदम् ।
त्रिते स्वप्नम् अदधुर् आप्त्ये नर आदित्यासो वरुणेनानुशिष्टाः ॥

naitāṃ viduḥ pitaro nota devā yeṣāṃ jalpiś caraty antaredam ।
trite svapnam adadhur āptye nara ādityāso varuṇenānuśiṣṭāḥ ॥

Neither pranas nor the senses and mind of people in whose personality confusion and verbosity prevails reach this mystery of dreams. Only brave men and brilliant scholars of Aditya order taught and trained by Varuna, master of right choice and judgement, concentrate and direct their dream onto the lord of three worlds, lover and saviour of the men of divine attainments.

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19.56.5

यस्य क्रूरम् अभजन्त दुष्कृतो ऽस्वप्नेन सुकृतः पुण्यम् आयुः ।
स्वर् मदसि परमेण बन्धुना तप्यमानस्य मनसो ऽधि जज्ञिषे ॥

yasya krūram abhajanta duṣkṛto 'svapnena sukṛtaḥ puṇyam āyuḥ ।
svar madasi parameṇa bandhunā tapyamānasya manaso 'dhi jajñiṣe ॥

O Dream, born of the mind of shining and

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19.56.6

विद्म ते सर्वाः परिजाः पुरस्ताद् विद्म स्वप्न यो अधिपा इहा ते ।
यशश्विनो नो यशसेह पाह्य् आराद् द्विषेभिर् अप याहि दूरम् ॥

vidma te sarvāḥ parijāḥ purastād vidma svapna yo adhipā ihā te ।
yaśaśvino no yaśaseha pāhy ārād dviṣebhir apa yāhi dūram ॥

We know in advance all your sources and all your attendants and off-shoots, and we know who is your protector and who is your controller here in this human state. Protect and promote those of us with honour and fame who are honourable and famous, and if there be any jealous adversaries and enemies with you, go far away along with them.

Atharvaveda 19.57 · 5 mantras

19.57.1

यथा कलां यथा शफं यथा र्णं सम्नयन्ति ।
एवा दुष्वप्न्यं सर्वम् अप्रिये सं नयामसि ॥

yathā kalāṃ yathā śaphaṃ yathā rṇaṃ samnayanti ।
evā duṣvapnyaṃ sarvam apriye saṃ nayāmasi ॥

As people repay one sixteenth and one eighth part and finally discharge the whole debt, so do we discharge all evil dreams and assign them to our disvalues and disagreeables in our value system.

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19.57.2

सं राजानो अगुः सम् ऋणाम्य् अगुः सं कुष्ठा अगुः सं कला अगुः ।
सम् अस्मासु यद् दुष्वप्न्यं निर् द्विषते दुष्वप्न्यं सुवाम ॥

saṃ rājāno aguḥ sam ṛṇāmy aguḥ saṃ kuṣṭhā aguḥ saṃ kalā aguḥ ।
sam asmāsu yad duṣvapnyaṃ nir dviṣate duṣvapnyaṃ suvāma ॥

All rulers (and all ruling values) have come together (as objects of honour). All debts and obligations have come together (for clearance). All Kushtha herbs have come together (for our health and happiness). All digits of the moon have come together (for light against the dark). Let all evil dreams in us come together and let us put all those evil dreams aside and assign them to that part of our value system which we dislike and reject as totally negative.

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19.57.3

देवानां पत्नीनां गर्भ यमस्य कर यो भद्रः स्वप्न ।
स मम यः पापस् तद् द्विषते प्र हिण्मः ।
मा तृष्टानाम् असि कृष्णशकुनेर् मुखम् ॥

devānāṃ patnīnāṃ garbha yamasya kara yo bhadraḥ svapna ।
sa mama yaḥ pāpas tad dviṣate pra hiṇmaḥ ।
mā tṛṣṭānām asi kṛṣṇaśakuner mukham ॥

O Dream, you are a product of the supportive powers of senses and mind. You are a gift of the hand of the subconscious reflection of the discipline of yama and niyama which is auspicious. But that dream of ours which is evil, we cast away as an object of hate and rejection. As a black omen of misfortune, you are no favourite of those who thirst for divinity. Be not that.

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19.57.4

तं त्वा स्वप्न तथा सं विद्म स त्वं स्वप्नाश्व इव कायम् अश्व इव नीनाहम् ।
अनास्माकं देवपीयुं पियारुं वप यद् अस्मासु दुष्वप्न्यं यद् गोषु यच् च नो गृहे ॥

taṃ tvā svapna tathā saṃ vidma sa tvaṃ svapnāśva iva kāyam aśva iva nīnāham ।
anāsmākaṃ devapīyuṃ piyāruṃ vapa yad asmāsu duṣvapnyaṃ yad goṣu yac ca no gṛhe ॥

O Dream, we know you as you are. Therefore, as a horse shakes its body to get rid of dust or a burden on the back, you throw off the dream which is not our love, which is hurtful to our mind and senses, and which vitiates our soul. Throw off all evil dreams of ours about our cows, our home and our family. Uproot that.

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19.57.5

अनास्माकस् तद् देवपीयुः पियारुर् निष्कम् इव प्रति मुञ्चताम् ।
नवारत्नीन् अपमया अस्माकं ततः परि ।
दुष्वप्न्यं सर्वं द्विषते निर् दयामसि ॥

anāsmākas tad devapīyuḥ piyārur niṣkam iva prati muñcatām ।
navāratnīn apamayā asmākaṃ tataḥ pari ।
duṣvapnyaṃ sarvaṃ dviṣate nir dayāmasi ॥

Let him who is not ours, who hurts the divines, who is mischievous, own and wear the evil dream as gold. Throw away the evil dream nine cubits far from where we are. We throw out all evil dreams for that part of our value system which we hate and reject.

Atharvaveda 19.58 · 6 mantras

19.58.1

घृतस्य जूतिः समना सदेवा संवत्सरं हविषा वर्धयन्ती ।
श्रोत्रं चक्षुः प्राणो ऽछिन्नो नो अस्त्व् अछिन्ना वयम् आयुषो वर्चसः ॥

ghṛtasya jūtiḥ samanā sadevā saṃvatsaraṃ haviṣā vardhayantī ।
śrotraṃ cakṣuḥ prāṇo 'chinno no astv achinnā vayam āyuṣo varcasaḥ ॥

Let the flow and flame of ghrta with heartfelt love, divine inspiration and havi augment and beautify the yearly session of yajna. May our ear, eyes, prana be whole and unhurt. Let us be whole and unhurt by health and full age with honour and excellence.

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19.58.2

उपास्मान् प्राणो ह्वयताम् उप प्राणं हवामहे ।
वर्चो जग्राह पृथिव्य् अन्तरिक्षं वर्चः सोमो बृहस्पतिर् विधत्ता ॥

upāsmān prāṇo hvayatām upa prāṇaṃ havāmahe ।
varco jagrāha pṛthivy antarikṣaṃ varcaḥ somo bṛhaspatir vidhattā ॥

Let prana call us up and energise us. Let us invoke and awake the pranic energy by yajna. The earth has worn the lustre of energy and divinity. The firmament wears lustre. Soma, the moon, wears lustre. Brhaspati, the sun, wielder and sustainer, wears the lustre and light of cosmic yajna.

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19.58.3

वर्चसो द्यावापृथिवी संग्रहणी बभूवथुर् वर्चो गृहीत्वा पृथिवीम् अनु सं चरेम ।
यशसम् गावो गोपतिम् उप तिष्ठन्त्य् आयतीर् यशो गृहीत्वा पृथिवीम् अनु सं चरेम ॥

varcaso dyāvāpṛthivī saṃgrahaṇī babhūvathur varco gṛhītvā pṛthivīm anu saṃ carema ।
yaśasam gāvo gopatim upa tiṣṭhanty āyatīr yaśo gṛhītvā pṛthivīm anu saṃ carema ॥

May the earth and heaven be gatherers of lustre and grandeur (from Brhaspati). May we, having received lustre and grandeur (from the earth and the heavens) range around on earth, happy and great. May the cows coming in sit by the master and share his lustre and grandeur with food. And may we too receive good food and lustre and live happy on earth.

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19.58.4

व्रजं कृणुध्वं स हि वो नृपाणो वर्मा सीव्यध्वं बहुला पृथूनि ।
पुरः कृणुध्वम् आयसीर् अधृष्टा मा वः सुस्रोच् चमसो दृंहत तम् ॥

vrajaṃ kṛṇudhvaṃ sa hi vo nṛpāṇo varmā sīvyadhvaṃ bahulā pṛthūni ।
puraḥ kṛṇudhvam āyasīr adhṛṣṭā mā vaḥ susroc camaso dṛṃhata tam ॥

Establish and develop dairy farms, that is the way for your growth and national health. Design and manufacture many broad and thick armours of defence. Build strong unbreakable forts of steel. And see that your ladle of the yajna of social order, i.e. economy of the nation, does not leak anywhere. Keep it strong and increase its capacity.

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19.58.5

यज्ञस्य चक्षुः प्रभृतिर् मुखं च वाचा श्रोत्रेण मनसा जुहोमि ।
इमं यज्ञं विततं विश्वकर्मणा देवा यन्तु सुमनस्यमानाः ॥

yajñasya cakṣuḥ prabhṛtir mukhaṃ ca vācā śrotreṇa manasā juhomi ।
imaṃ yajñaṃ vitataṃ viśvakarmaṇā devā yantu sumanasyamānāḥ ॥

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19.58.6

ये देवानाम् ऋत्विजो ये च यज्ञिया येभ्यो हव्यं क्रियते भागधेयम् ।
इमं यज्ञं सह पत्नीभिर् एत्य यावन्तो देवास् तविषा मादयन्ताम् ॥

ye devānām ṛtvijo ye ca yajñiyā yebhyo havyaṃ kriyate bhāgadheyam ।
imaṃ yajñaṃ saha patnībhir etya yāvanto devās taviṣā mādayantām ॥

Atharvaveda 19.59 · 3 mantras

19.59.1

त्वम् अग्ने व्रतपा असि देव आ मर्त्येष्व् आ ।
त्वं यज्ञेष्व् ईड्यः ॥

tvam agne vratapā asi deva ā martyeṣv ā ।
tvaṃ yajñeṣv īḍyaḥ ॥

Hey Agni, supreme leading light of life, lord self-refulgent, you are the observer and protector of the VOWS of discipline among mortal humanity, and you are the lord adorable in yajna on earth and in the universe.

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19.59.2

यद् वो वयं प्रमिनाम व्रतानि विदुषां देवा अविदुष्टरासः ।
अग्निष् टद् विश्वाद् आ पृणातु विद्वान्त् सोमस्य यो ब्राह्मणां आविवेश ॥

yad vo vayaṃ pramināma vratāni viduṣāṃ devā aviduṣṭarāsaḥ ।
agniṣ ṭad viśvād ā pṛṇātu vidvānt somasya yo brāhmaṇāṃ āviveśa ॥

O Devas, divinities of nature and brilliant sages of humanity, if we, because of our limited knowledge and relative ignorance among the learned, fall short of your discipline or transgress your laws, then, we pray, may Agni, lord self-refulgent, all leading light, sustainer of the world, omniscient lord of Soma, peace of life and pleasure of love and devotion, make up that mortal deficiency, the lord that blesses the heart of the lovers of Brahma within and fulfils their love. (The mantra emphasises the divine acceptance of sincere love and devotion over mortal limitations and human trespasses.)

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19.59.3

आ देवानाम् अपि पन्थाम् अगन्म यच् छक्नवाम तद् अनुप्रवोढुम् ।
अग्निर् विद्वान्त् स यजात् स इद् धोता सो ऽध्वरान्त् स ऋतून् कल्पयाति ॥

ā devānām api panthām aganma yac chaknavāma tad anupravoḍhum ।
agnir vidvānt sa yajāt sa id dhotā so 'dhvarānt sa ṛtūn kalpayāti ॥

Let us take to and follow the path of the Devas, divinities of nature and brilliant sages of humanity as

Atharvaveda 19.60 · 2 mantras

19.60.1

वाङ् म आसन् नसोः प्राणश् चक्षुर् अक्ष्णोः श्रोत्रं कर्णयोः ।
अपलिताः केशा अशोणा दन्ता बहु बाह्वोर् बलम् ॥

vāṅ ma āsan nasoḥ prāṇaś cakṣur akṣṇoḥ śrotraṃ karṇayoḥ ।
apalitāḥ keśā aśoṇā dantā bahu bāhvor balam ॥

Let there be speech in my mouth, prana energy in my nostrils, vision in my eyes and hearing in my ears. Let my hair be not white, let my teeth be firm, let there be great strength in my arms.

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19.60.2

ऊर्वोर् ओजो जङ्घयोर् जवः पादयोः ।
प्रतिष्ठा अरिष्टानि मे सर्वात्मानिभृष्टः ॥

ūrvor ojo jaṅghayor javaḥ pādayoḥ ।
pratiṣṭhā ariṣṭāni me sarvātmānibhṛṣṭaḥ ॥

Let there be virility in my thighs, smartness and speed in the legs, balance and firmness in my personality, let all my body parts and systems be unhurt and healthy, and may my soul be ever pure, unsullied and unfallen.

Atharvaveda 19.61 · 1 mantras

19.61.1

तनूस् तन्वा मे सहे दतः सर्वम् आयुर् अशीय ।
स्योनं मे सीद पुरुः पृणस्व पवमानः स्वर्गे ॥

tanūs tanvā me sahe dataḥ sarvam āyur aśīya ।
syonaṃ me sīda puruḥ pṛṇasva pavamānaḥ svarge ॥

May my body be strong with all my systems and pranic, psychic and intellectual potentials perfect so that I can face, challenge and forbear all forces against me and live a full life to the full capacity. O lord Brahmanaspati, be kind and gracious to my soul within, raise me to the full in abundance, purifying, sanctifying and edifying me for heavenly bliss.

Atharvaveda 19.62 · 1 mantras

19.62.1

प्रियं मा कृणु देवेषु प्रियं राजसु मा कृणु ।
प्रियं सर्वस्य पश्यत उत शूद्र उतार्ये ॥

priyaṃ mā kṛṇu deveṣu priyaṃ rājasu mā kṛṇu ।
priyaṃ sarvasya paśyata uta śūdra utārye ॥

O lord, make me dear to all divines and brilliant people, make me dear to all brilliant ruling leaders, make me dear favourite of all who can see and discriminate, dear to all whether they are nobles or poor dependants or sub servients.

Atharvaveda 19.63 · 1 mantras

19.63.1

उत् तिष्ठ ब्रह्मणस् पते देवान् यज्ञेन बोधय ।
आयुः प्राणं प्रजां पशून् कीर्तिं यजमानं च वर्धय ॥

ut tiṣṭha brahmaṇas pate devān yajñena bodhaya ।
āyuḥ prāṇaṃ prajāṃ paśūn kīrtiṃ yajamānaṃ ca vardhaya ॥

Rise, O Brahmanaspati, lord of divine knowledge, arouse the Devas, nobles and brilliants with yajna, and promote health and age, prana energy, people and progeny, wealth and cattle, honour and fame, and thus promote the yajamana.

Atharvaveda 19.64 · 4 mantras

19.64.1

अग्ने समिधम् आहार्षं बृहते जातवेदसे ।
स मे श्रद्धां च मेधां च जातवेदाः प्र यछतु ॥

agne samidham āhārṣaṃ bṛhate jātavedase ।
sa me śraddhāṃ ca medhāṃ ca jātavedāḥ pra yachatu ॥

O leading light of life, Agni, I have collected and brought the samits for the service of boundless Jataveda, all pervading divine energy and cosmic awareness. May that universal energy and awareness bless me with faith and intelligence.

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19.64.2

इध्मेन त्वा जातवेदः समिधा वर्धयामसि ।
तथा त्वम् अस्मान् वर्धय प्रजया च धनेन च ॥

idhmena tvā jātavedaḥ samidhā vardhayāmasi ।
tathā tvam asmān vardhaya prajayā ca dhanena ca ॥

O Jataveda, omnipresent fire, we raise you and your presence in us, kindling and feeding you with faith and fuel. So, pray you too promote and advance us with wealth and progeny.

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19.64.3

यद् अग्ने यानि कानि चिद् आ ते दारूणि दध्मसि ।
सर्वं तद् अस्तु मे शिवं तज् जुषस्व यविष्ठ्य ॥

yad agne yāni kāni cid ā te dārūṇi dadhmasi ।
sarvaṃ tad astu me śivaṃ taj juṣasva yaviṣṭhya ॥

O Agni, most youthful presence, whatever fuel sticks we can collect and offer in faith and service, pray accept and bless that all that may be good for us.

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19.64.4

एतास् ते अग्ने समिधस् त्वम् इद्धः समिद् भव ।
आयुर् अस्मासु धेह्य् अमृतत्वम् आचार्याय ॥

etās te agne samidhas tvam iddhaḥ samid bhava ।
āyur asmāsu dhehy amṛtatvam ācāryāya ॥

O leading light, Agni, these are the fuel offerings we present to you. Thereby be lighted and enlighten us. Bear and bring life, health and full age for us, bless us with that, and bring us the light of immortality, for us and for the teacher.

Atharvaveda 19.65 · 1 mantras

19.65.1

हरिः सुपर्णो दिवम् आरुहो ऽर्चिषा ये त्वा दिप्सन्ति दिवम् उत्पतन्तम् ।
अव तां जहि हरसा जातवेदो ऽबिभ्यद् उग्रो ऽर्चिषा दिवम् आ रोह सूर्य ॥

hariḥ suparṇo divam āruho 'rciṣā ye tvā dipsanti divam utpatantam ।
ava tāṃ jahi harasā jātavedo 'bibhyad ugro 'rciṣā divam ā roha sūrya ॥

O Reliever of discomfort and pain, ‘Celestial Bird’, O Sun, Jataveda, with your blazing light, you have risen to the heavens. Those who obstruct you while you fly up and rise to the heavens, strike down with your heat and passion. O Jataveda, Universal light, bright and blazing, rise on and on to the heavens, with light, without fear.

Atharvaveda 19.66 · 1 mantras

19.66.1

अयोजाला असुरा मायिनो ऽयस्मयैः पाशैर् अङ्किनो ये चरन्ति ।
तांस् ते रन्धयामि हरसा जातवेदः सहस्रऋष्टिः सपत्नान् प्रमृणन् पाहि वज्रः ॥

ayojālā asurā māyino 'yasmayaiḥ pāśair aṅkino ye caranti ।
tāṃs te randhayāmi harasā jātavedaḥ sahasraṛṣṭiḥ sapatnān pramṛṇan pāhi vajraḥ ॥

Whoever the obstructionists with nets of steel, evil-minded sourcerers who prowl around with arrestive snares, all these I stop, O Jataveda, with your power and passion. O power of a thousand spears, wielder of the thunderbolt, protect and promote us, crushing the adversaries to dust.

Atharvaveda 19.67 · 8 mantras

19.67.1

पश्येम शरदः शतम् ॥

paśyema śaradaḥ śatam ॥

May we see with healthy eyes for a hundred

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19.67.2

जीवेम शरदः शतम् ॥

jīvema śaradaḥ śatam ॥

May we live for a hundred years.

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19.67.3

बुध्येम शरदः शतम् ॥

budhyema śaradaḥ śatam ॥

May we fully think on for a hundred years.

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19.67.4

रोहेम शरदः शतम् ॥

rohema śaradaḥ śatam ॥

May we rise on and on for a hundred years.

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19.67.5

पूषेम शरदः शतम् ॥

pūṣema śaradaḥ śatam ॥

May we grow on for a hundred years.

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19.67.6

भवेम शरदः शतम् ॥

bhavema śaradaḥ śatam ॥

May we live on in full state of being for a hundred years.

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19.67.7

भूषेम शरदः शतम् ॥

bhūṣema śaradaḥ śatam ॥

May we rise on, higher and higher, for a hundred

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19.67.8

भूयसीः शरदः शतम् ॥

bhūyasīḥ śaradaḥ śatam ॥

May we live for a hundred years and beyond.

Atharvaveda 19.68 · 1 mantras

19.68.1

अव्यसश् च व्यचसश् च बिलं वि ष्यामि मायया ।
ताभ्याम् उद्धृत्य वेदम् अथ कर्माणि कृण्महे ॥

avyasaś ca vyacasaś ca bilaṃ vi ṣyāmi māyayā ।
tābhyām uddhṛtya vedam atha karmāṇi kṛṇmahe ॥

With noble intelligence, I penetrate the mystery of the bounded and the boundless reality of matter, soul and Supersoul, and with these two, having opened, seen, and confirmed the Veda, we do our actions.

Atharvaveda 19.69 · 4 mantras

19.69.1

जीवा स्थ जीव्यासं सर्वम् आयुर् जीव्यासम् ॥

jīvā stha jīvyāsaṃ sarvam āyur jīvyāsam ॥

Live, live well, full of life. I must live fully. I will live fully for the whole of my life, (i.e., live life as a boon, and not as a sufferance).

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19.69.2

उपजीवा स्थोप जीव्यासं सर्वम् आयुर् जीव्यासम् ॥

upajīvā sthopa jīvyāsaṃ sarvam āyur jīvyāsam ॥

Live on close to one another. Let me live my life as a boon. Let me live my life close to others for the full life.

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19.69.3

संजीवा स्थ सं जीव्यासं सर्वम् आयुर् जीव्यासम् ॥

saṃjīvā stha saṃ jīvyāsaṃ sarvam āyur jīvyāsam ॥

Live, and live together. Let me live together with all. Let me live with all together for the whole of life.

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19.69.4

जीवला स्थ जीव्यासं सर्वम् आयुर् जीव्यासम् ॥

jīvalā stha jīvyāsaṃ sarvam āyur jīvyāsam ॥

Live, be living, animated and inspiring. Let me live with enthusiasm. Let me live, inspired, inspiring, throughout life till the last day of a full life.

Atharvaveda 19.70 · 1 mantras

19.70.1

इन्द्र जीव सूर्य जीव देवा जीवा जीव्यासम् अहम् ।
सर्वम् आयुर् जीव्यासम् ॥

indra jīva sūrya jīva devā jīvā jīvyāsam aham ।
sarvam āyur jīvyāsam ॥

Atharvaveda 19.71 · 1 mantras

19.71.1

स्तुता मया वरदा वेदमाता प्र चोदयन्तां पावमानी द्विजानाम् ।
आयुः प्राणं प्रजां पशुं कीर्तिं द्रविणं ब्रह्मवर्चसम् ।
मह्यं दत्त्वा व्रजत ब्रह्मलोकम् ॥

stutā mayā varadā vedamātā pra codayantāṃ pāvamānī dvijānām ।
āyuḥ prāṇaṃ prajāṃ paśuṃ kīrtiṃ draviṇaṃ brahmavarcasam ।
mahyaṃ dattvā vrajata brahmalokam ॥

Atharvaveda 19.72 · 1 mantras

19.72.1

यस्मात् कोशाद् उदभराम वेदं तस्मिन्न् अन्तर् अव दध्म एनम् ।
कृतम् इष्टं ब्रह्मणो वीर्येण तेन मा देवास् तपसावतेह ॥

yasmāt kośād udabharāma vedaṃ tasminn antar ava dadhma enam ।
kṛtam iṣṭaṃ brahmaṇo vīryeṇa tena mā devās tapasāvateha ॥

From the Treasure-hold of Divinity we received with elation the Mother Knowledge of Veda. Having worshipped and celebrated her, we return her unto the same Treasure-hold. Whatever was desired and desirable has been accomplished by the might and grace of Brahma. O Devas, enlightened divines, teachers and seniors, by that very discipline of piety and austerity, pray protect and promote us here in life.