3. Kāṇḍa 3 — Kingship, harmony and the household

Atharvaveda 3.1 · 6 mantras

3.1.1

अग्निर् नः शत्रून् प्रत्य् एतु विद्वान् प्रतिदहन्न् अभिशस्तिम् अरातिम् ।
स सेनां मोहयतु परेषां निर्हस्तांश् च कृणवज् जातवेदाः ॥

agnir naḥ śatrūn praty etu vidvān pratidahann abhiśastim arātim ।
sa senāṃ mohayatu pareṣāṃ nirhastāṃś ca kṛṇavaj jātavedāḥ ॥

Let Agni, the commander blazing in arms, march upon our enemies, well knowing, burning off the evil curse. Let him, knowing all his forces and all those he faces, stun the forces of the hostiles, disarming them to nullity.

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3.1.2

यूयम् उग्रा मरुत ईदृशे स्थाभि प्रेत मृणत सहध्वम् ।
अमीमृणन् वसवो नाथिता इमे अग्निर् ह्य् एषां दूतः प्रत्येतु विद्वान् ॥

yūyam ugrā maruta īdṛśe sthābhi preta mṛṇata sahadhvam ।
amīmṛṇan vasavo nāthitā ime agnir hy eṣāṃ dūtaḥ pratyetu vidvān ॥

O Maruts, stormy troops of commandos in thunderous array, keep steadfast thus in top form. Advance, strike and overthrow. Indefatigable warriors, victorious, they are bright and blazing, and Agni is their leader and commander, ever vigilant about the latest that happens and ever ready to march upon the assailant.

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3.1.3

अमित्रसेनां मघवन्न् अस्मान् छत्रूयतीम् अभि ।
युवं ताम् इन्द्र वृत्रहन्न् अग्निश् च दहतं प्रति ॥

amitrasenāṃ maghavann asmān chatrūyatīm abhi ।
yuvaṃ tām indra vṛtrahann agniś ca dahataṃ prati ॥

Indra, leader and commander of power and glory, destroyer of evil and darkness, and Agni, refulgent leading scholar and teacher, whatever the force poised against us as enemy, both of you, pray, destroy that enmity, distress and darkness.

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3.1.4

प्रसूत इन्द्र प्रवता हरिभ्यां प्र ते वज्रः प्रमृणन्न् एतु शत्रून् ।
जहि प्रतीचो अनूचः पराचो विष्वक् सत्यं कृणुहि चित्तम् एषाम् ॥

prasūta indra pravatā haribhyāṃ pra te vajraḥ pramṛṇann etu śatrūn ।
jahi pratīco anūcaḥ parāco viṣvak satyaṃ kṛṇuhi cittam eṣām ॥

Indra, ruler and commander of power and glory, let your thunderbolt of justice and punishment powered by judgment and passion for rectitude fall upon the enemies of humanity, breaking down all elements of negativity and destruction. Let it eliminate these elements up front, behind and far away, and turn the distracted minds of adversaries to follow truth and the rule of law.

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3.1.5

इन्द्र सेनां मोहयामित्राणाम् ।
अग्नेर् वातस्य ध्राज्या तान् विषूचो वि नाशय ॥

indra senāṃ mohayāmitrāṇām ।
agner vātasya dhrājyā tān viṣūco vi nāśaya ॥

Indra, O commander of the power and force of the nation, bewilder, hypnotise or fascinate the forces of the enemies. Scattered and distracted as they are.

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3.1.6

इन्द्रः सेनां मोहयतु मरुतो घ्नन्त्व् ओजसा ।
चक्षूंस्य् अग्निर् आ दत्तां पुनर् एतु पराजिता ॥

indraḥ senāṃ mohayatu maruto ghnantv ojasā ।
cakṣūṃsy agnir ā dattāṃ punar etu parājitā ॥

Atharvaveda 3.2 · 6 mantras

3.2.1

अग्निर् नो दूतः प्रत्येतु विद्वान् प्रतिदहन्न् अभिशस्तिम् अरातिम् ।
स चित्तानि मोहयतु परेषां निर्हस्तांश् च कृणवज् जातवेदाः ॥

agnir no dūtaḥ pratyetu vidvān pratidahann abhiśastim arātim ।
sa cittāni mohayatu pareṣāṃ nirhastāṃś ca kṛṇavaj jātavedāḥ ॥

Let Agni, our brilliant leader and commander, versatile strategist and tactician, march against the enemy destroying the evil curse and misfortune of malignity and adversity. Let him, knowing all his own powers and potential and also the enemy’s, bewilder the mind and morale of the hostile forces and force them to lay down their arms.

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3.2.2

अयम् अग्निर् अमूमुहद् यानि चित्तानि वो हृदि ।
वि वो धमत्व् ओकसः प्र वो धमतु सर्वतः ॥

ayam agnir amūmuhad yāni cittāni vo hṛdi ।
vi vo dhamatv okasaḥ pra vo dhamatu sarvataḥ ॥

O commander, leaders and fighters of the hostile forces, this Agni, our commander would bewilder and frustrate whatever thoughts, plans and strategies you have at heart. He would strike you at the heart of your strongholds of your position and throw you out of the entire area.

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3.2.3

इन्द्र चित्तानि मोहयन्न् अर्वाङ् आकूत्या चर ।
अग्नेर् वातस्य ध्राज्या तान् विषूचो वि नाशय ॥

indra cittāni mohayann arvāṅ ākūtyā cara ।
agner vātasya dhrājyā tān viṣūco vi nāśaya ॥

Indra, ruler and commander, bewildering the enemy’s plans, mind and morale, move forward in advance of their strategy. Scatter them with the force of fire and wind, force them to flee, and root them out totally.

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3.2.4

व्य् आकूतय एषाम् इताथो चित्तानि मुह्यत ।
अथो यद् अद्यैषां हृदि तद् एषां परि निर् जहि ॥

vy ākūtaya eṣām itātho cittāni muhyata ।
atho yad adyaiṣāṃ hṛdi tad eṣāṃ pari nir jahi ॥

Let their plans and strategies be uprooted from here. Let their mind and morale be stupefied and gone astray, and then whatever else now is at their heart, frustrate all that too.

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3.2.5

अमीषां चित्तानि प्रतिमोहयन्ती गृहाणाङ्गान्य् अप्वे परेहि ।
अभि प्रेहि निर् दह हृत्सु शोकैर् ग्राह्यामित्रांस् तमसा विध्य शत्रून् ॥

amīṣāṃ cittāni pratimohayantī gṛhāṇāṅgāny apve parehi ।
abhi prehi nir daha hṛtsu śokair grāhyāmitrāṃs tamasā vidhya śatrūn ॥

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3.2.6

असौ या सेना मरुतः परेषाम् अस्मान् ऐत्य् अभ्य् ओजसा स्पर्धमाना ।
ताम् विध्यत तमसापव्रतेन यथैषाम् अन्यो अन्यं न जानात् ॥

asau yā senā marutaḥ pareṣām asmān aity abhy ojasā spardhamānā ।
tām vidhyata tamasāpavratena yathaiṣām anyo anyaṃ na jānāt ॥

Atharvaveda 3.3 · 6 mantras

3.3.1

अचिक्रदत् स्वपा इह भुवद् अग्ने व्य् अचस्व रोदसी उरूची ।
युञ्जन्तु त्वा मरुतो विश्ववेदस आमुं नय नमसा रातहव्यम् ॥

acikradat svapā iha bhuvad agne vy acasva rodasī urūcī ।
yuñjantu tvā maruto viśvavedasa āmuṃ naya namasā rātahavyam ॥

O high priest of the nation, Agni, let the noble man of holy and independent action be here in the ruling seat, let his voice of rule and order be ringing over earth and reverberate over the vast skies. O ruler, let the Maruts, vibrant citizens and leading lights of nation join you, and with them, with power and self sacrifice, carry on the national yajna which is worthy of total dedication.

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3.3.2

दूरे चित् सन्तम् अरुषास इन्द्रम् आ च्यावयन्तु सख्याय विप्रम् ।
यद् गायत्रीं बृहतीम् अर्कम् अस्मै सौत्रामण्या दधृषन्त देवाः ॥

dūre cit santam aruṣāsa indram ā cyāvayantu sakhyāya vipram ।
yad gāyatrīṃ bṛhatīm arkam asmai sautrāmaṇyā dadhṛṣanta devāḥ ॥

Even if he is far away, brilliant people and rising youth should support, move and inspire Indra, the ruler, wise, far sighted and dynamic, for the sake of friendship and cooperation specially when noble sages and corporate power offer Gayatri and Brhati verses of the Veda as homage to exalt his holiness and power through Sautramani yajna in his honour.

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3.3.3

अद्भ्यस् त्वा राज वरुणो ह्वयतु सोमस् त्वा ह्वयतु पर्वतेभ्यः ।
इन्द्रस् त्वा ह्वयतु विड्भ्य आभ्यः श्येनो भूत्वा विश आ पतेमाः ॥

adbhyas tvā rāja varuṇo hvayatu somas tvā hvayatu parvatebhyaḥ ।
indras tvā hvayatu viḍbhya ābhyaḥ śyeno bhūtvā viśa ā patemāḥ ॥

Let Varuna, chief of waters, call on you for the development of water programmes. Let Soma, chief of herbs, vegetation and forests call on you for the development of mountains and rain and river projects. Let Indra, chief of social planning and welfare, call on you for the welfare of the people. And for all these, you be the supreme among them like the eagle in birds, come to them and attend to the people.

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3.3.4

श्येनो हव्यं नयत्व् आ परस्माद् अन्यक्षेत्रे अपरुद्धं चरन्तम् ।
अश्विना पन्थां कृणुतां सुगं त इमं सजाता अभिसंविशध्वम् ॥

śyeno havyaṃ nayatv ā parasmād anyakṣetre aparuddhaṃ carantam ।
aśvinā panthāṃ kṛṇutāṃ sugaṃ ta imaṃ sajātā abhisaṃviśadhvam ॥

Let Shyena, information and communication department, bring you information important for political and administrative purposes about what is happening in other and far off regions, information that has been suppressed and blocked by nefarious forces. Let Ashvins, special network of complementary powers of information render the channels of information simple and clear. O citizens of settled and undisturbed cooperation, be together in loyalty with the ruler and the ruling order and live in peace all round.

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3.3.5

ह्वयन्तु त्वा प्रतिजनाः प्रति मित्रा अवृषत ।
इन्द्राग्नी विश्वे देवास् ते विशि क्षेमम् अदीधरन् ॥

hvayantu tvā pratijanāḥ prati mitrā avṛṣata ।
indrāgnī viśve devās te viśi kṣemam adīdharan ॥

Let the people opposed to you and their friends and corporates, who might have otherwise lost their chance, call on you, meet you and show generosity of mind to cooperate with you. Let Indra, defence and administration, Agni, teachers and researchers, and all the nobilities of humanity and powers of nature in the environment, bear and bring about peace and progress

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3.3.6

यस् ते हवं विवदत् सजातो यश् च निष्ट्यः ।
अपाञ्चम् इन्द्र तं कृत्वाथेमम् इहाव गमय ॥

yas te havaṃ vivadat sajāto yaś ca niṣṭyaḥ ।
apāñcam indra taṃ kṛtvāthemam ihāva gamaya ॥

Whoever be your equal and close and whoever lower and alienated that opposes your call or the nation’s call on you to the ruling seat of authority, keep him out and notify, and later if he recants and cooperates, call him in here and let him understand for his own good.

Atharvaveda 3.4 · 7 mantras

3.4.1

आ त्वा गन् राष्त्रं सह वर्चसोद् इहि प्राङ् विशां पतिर् एकराट् त्वं वि राज ।
सर्वास् त्वा राजन् प्रदिशो ह्वयन्तूपसद्यो नमस्यो भवेह ॥

ā tvā gan rāṣtraṃ saha varcasod ihi prāṅ viśāṃ patir ekarāṭ tvaṃ vi rāja ।
sarvās tvā rājan pradiśo hvayantūpasadyo namasyo bhaveha ॥

O refulgent ruler, this Rashtra, this social order has come under your rule and care. Ascend your seat of power with your regal lustre. Shine and rule as the sole ruler and protector of the people, first and foremost citizen of the land. Let the people in all quarters of the republic invoke and honour you as the ruler. Be the highest venerable and approachable man worthy of homage and salutation here.

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3.4.2

त्वां विशो वृणतां राज्याय त्वाम् इमाः प्रदिशः पञ्च देवीः ।
वर्ष्मन् राष्ट्रस्य ककुदि श्रयस्व ततो न उग्रो वि भजा वसूनि ॥

tvāṃ viśo vṛṇatāṃ rājyāya tvām imāḥ pradiśaḥ pañca devīḥ ।
varṣman rāṣṭrasya kakudi śrayasva tato na ugro vi bhajā vasūni ॥

Let the people select, accept and consecrate you to rule over the land, people in all five divine directions. Grace the highest seat and office of the republic and from there, shining in glory, share the wealth, power and honour of the land with us.

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3.4.3

अछ त्वा यन्तु हविनः सजाता अग्निर् दूतो अजिरः सं चरातै ।
जायाः पुत्राः सुमनसो भवन्तु बहुं बलिं प्रति पश्यासा उग्रः ॥

acha tvā yantu havinaḥ sajātā agnir dūto ajiraḥ saṃ carātai ।
jāyāḥ putrāḥ sumanaso bhavantu bahuṃ baliṃ prati paśyāsā ugraḥ ॥

Let people of equal merit and status in attendance and assistance call upon you and meet you well and openly with reverence and homage in a state of transparency. Let Agni, the head of information and communication go round and be with you without delay and without any gap. Let women and children in the dominion be happy at heart. And, brilliant, unrelenting and unsparing, be careful that there is excess of income over expenditure in the budget by taxes, surplus, no deficit.

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3.4.4

अश्विना त्वाग्रे मित्रावरुणोभा विश्वे देवा मरुतस् त्वा ह्वयन्तु ।
अधा मनो वसुदेयाय कृणुष्व ततो न उग्रो वि भजा वसूनि ॥

aśvinā tvāgre mitrāvaruṇobhā viśve devā marutas tvā hvayantu ।
adhā mano vasudeyāya kṛṇuṣva tato na ugro vi bhajā vasūni ॥

Let the Ashvins, complementary forces of nature and humanity such as sun and moon, positive and negative currents of electric energy, teacher and preacher, scientist and technologist, Mitra and Varuna, prana and apana, love and judgment, Vishvedevas, divinities of nature and humanity, Maruts, currents of winds and leading lights of humanity, all these invoke, inspire and guide you in advance of decision and execution of action. In the light of their messages, make up your mind in matters of the distribution of wealth, and then, brilliant, relentless and self-confident without compromise, allocate the funds for us among various departments for development and settlement of problems.

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3.4.5

आ प्र द्रव परमस्याः परावतः शिवे ते द्यावापृथिवी उभे स्ताम् ।
तद् अयं राजा वरुणस् तथाह स त्वायम् अह्वत् स उपेदम् एहि ॥

ā pra drava paramasyāḥ parāvataḥ śive te dyāvāpṛthivī ubhe stām ।
tad ayaṃ rājā varuṇas tathāha sa tvāyam ahvat sa upedam ehi ॥

Come fast from the farthest comer where there be a crisis. Reach the farthest where there is need. May heaven and earth both be good, the environment good and benevolent for the dominion. This is what self-refulgent Varuna, lord of the universe, says to you of you. He has called upon you. The same you come. Take over this dominion, be that same and rule.

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3.4.6

इन्द्रेन्द्र मनुष्याः परेहि सं ह्य् अज्ञास्था वरुणैः संविदानः ।
स त्वायम् अह्वत् स्वे सधस्थे स देवान् यक्षत् स उ कल्पयद् विशः ॥

indrendra manuṣyāḥ parehi saṃ hy ajñāsthā varuṇaiḥ saṃvidānaḥ ।
sa tvāyam ahvat sve sadhasthe sa devān yakṣat sa u kalpayad viśaḥ ॥

Indra, ruler of rulers, go far among the people. Meeting with the best, you would know them and their problems. It is the people who call upon you to visit their homes. So you honour the noble and brilliant and develop the community to a higher level.

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3.4.7

पथ्या रेवतीर् बहुधा विरूपाः सर्वाः संगत्य वरीयस् ते अक्रन् ।
तास् त्वा सर्वाः संविदाना ह्वयन्तु दशमीम् उग्रः सुमना वशेह ॥

pathyā revatīr bahudhā virūpāḥ sarvāḥ saṃgatya varīyas te akran ।
tās tvā sarvāḥ saṃvidānā hvayantu daśamīm ugraḥ sumanā vaśeha ॥

The people of the land, all prosperous, all different in many ways, going by the paths of justice and rectitude have unanimously elected you to this first and highest seat of the nation. They all in unison call upon you to take over the rule and command. O ruler, brilliant, glorious and self-confident, good at heart, take over this dominion, rule, control the Decemvirate and complete a full hundred years of your life.

Atharvaveda 3.5 · 8 mantras

3.5.1

आयम् अगन् पर्णमणिर् बली बलेन प्रमृणन्त् सपत्नान् ।
ओजो देवानां पय ओषधीनां वर्चसा मा जिन्वन्त्व् अप्रयावन् ॥

āyam agan parṇamaṇir balī balena pramṛṇant sapatnān ।
ojo devānāṃ paya oṣadhīnāṃ varcasā mā jinvantv aprayāvan ॥

It is come, the Parnamani, strong and virile, which, destroys the adversaries with its strength. It is the vitality of divinities, essence of herbs, which would, without fail, inspire me with vigour and splendour. (Parnamani, literally a jewel-crystal of leaves, has been explained as a preparation of palasha and other leaves, as the highest giver of vigour and life which is Parameshvara, and as a man of the top quality of strength, intelligence and brilliance such as the makers of a nation are.)

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3.5.2

मयि क्षत्रं पर्णमणे मयि धारयताद् रयिम् ।
अहं राष्ट्रस्याभीवर्गे निजो भूयासम् उत्तमः ॥

mayi kṣatraṃ parṇamaṇe mayi dhārayatād rayim ।
ahaṃ rāṣṭrasyābhīvarge nijo bhūyāsam uttamaḥ ॥

O Parnamani, giver of vigour and illumination, vest me with strength and honour worthy of the nation, wealth and excellence worthy of the motherland so that I may rise to the distinguished position of highest eminence among the most meritorious persons of my native Rashtra (order of governance).

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3.5.3

यं निदधुर् वनस्पतौ गुह्यं देवाः प्रियं मणिम् ।
तम् अस्मभ्यं सहायुषा देवा ददतु भर्तवे ॥

yaṃ nidadhur vanaspatau guhyaṃ devāḥ priyaṃ maṇim ।
tam asmabhyaṃ sahāyuṣā devā dadatu bhartave ॥

That precious jewel, the secret vitality which the devas, divinities, vested in the herb, may they vest in us with long age of good health and vigour so that we may carry on the business of the social order with distincition.

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3.5.4

सोमस्य पर्णः सह उग्रम् आगन्न् इन्द्रेण दत्तो वरुणेन शिष्टः ।
तं प्रियासं बहु रोचमानो दीर्घायुत्वाय शतशारदाय ॥

somasya parṇaḥ saha ugram āgann indreṇa datto varuṇena śiṣṭaḥ ।
taṃ priyāsaṃ bahu rocamāno dīrghāyutvāya śataśāradāya ॥

The jewel leaf of soma, life giver, blest by Indra, divine omnipotence, seasoned and enlightened by Varuna, divine wisdom and judgment, has come to me with lustrous vigour which, highly loving and brilliant with enthusiasm, I cherish for a long life of hundred years.

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3.5.5

आ मारुक्षत् पर्णमणिर् मह्या अरिष्टतातये ।
यथाहम् उत्तरो ऽसान्य् अर्यम्ण उत संविदः ॥

ā mārukṣat parṇamaṇir mahyā ariṣṭatātaye ।
yathāham uttaro 'sāny aryamṇa uta saṃvidaḥ ॥

Let this pama jewel, leaf of soma, divine life and enlightenment, be the supreme guide in my mind and spirit for protection against all untoward misfortune SO that I may be superior among equals, wise colleagues and leading pioneers around me.

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3.5.6

ये धीवानो रथकाराः कर्मारा ये मनीषिणः ।
उपस्तीन् पर्ण मह्यं त्वं सर्वान् कृण्व् अभितो जनान् ॥

ye dhīvāno rathakārāḥ karmārā ye manīṣiṇaḥ ।
upastīn parṇa mahyaṃ tvaṃ sarvān kṛṇv abhito janān ॥

O Soma jewel of life divine, inspire me that all those people who are expert chariot makers, metallurgists, eminent intellectuals and distinguished sages of vision and wisdom be around close to me for state business of governance and administration.

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3.5.7

ये राजानो राजकृतः सूता ग्रामण्यश् च ये ।
उपस्तीन् पर्ण मह्यं त्वं सर्वान् कृण्व् अभितो जनान् ॥

ye rājāno rājakṛtaḥ sūtā grāmaṇyaś ca ye ।
upastīn parṇa mahyaṃ tvaṃ sarvān kṛṇv abhito janān ॥

O Soma jewel of life divine, let all those who are rulers in their department, electors and makers of rulers, media men, and village and community leaders be around close to me for state business.

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3.5.8

पर्णो ऽसि तनूपानः सयोनिर् वीरो वीरेण मया ।
संवत्सरस्य तेजसा तेन बध्नामि त्वा मणे ॥

parṇo 'si tanūpānaḥ sayonir vīro vīreṇa mayā ।
saṃvatsarasya tejasā tena badhnāmi tvā maṇe ॥

O divine jewel of life, you are pama, giver of fullness and perfection, protector of the body form in good health, potent brave, original brother with me, your

Atharvaveda 3.6 · 8 mantras

3.6.1

पुमान् पुंसः परिजातो ऽश्वत्थः खदिराद् अधि ।
स हन्तु शत्रून् मामकान् यान् अहं द्वेष्मि ये च माम् ॥

pumān puṃsaḥ parijāto 'śvatthaḥ khadirād adhi ।
sa hantu śatrūn māmakān yān ahaṃ dveṣmi ye ca mām ॥

Just as an ashvattha plant sprouted and grown on a khadira tree is doubly efficacious, so is a man bom of strong parents after Punsavana ceremony doubly strong. May the efficacious ashvattha and the brave hero destroy my enemies, physical as well as human, which I hate to suffer and those that injure me. (Ashvattha in this sukta may be interpreted as the herb or as the brave hero. The speaker may be interpreted as an average person, or as the ruler in continuation of the previous sukta. In support of the interpretation of Ashvattha as a settled person, reference may be made to Rgveda 6, 47, 24 and Taittiriya Taittiriya 1, 7, 8, 7.) Reference: Vaidic Kosha (Arsha Sahitya Prachara Trust: Delhi, 1975, p. 138.) by Rajvir Shastri.

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3.6.2

तान् अश्वत्थ निः शृणीहि शत्रून् वैबाधदोधतः ।
इन्द्रेण वृत्रघ्ना मेदी मित्रेण वरुणेन च ॥

tān aśvattha niḥ śṛṇīhi śatrūn vaibādhadodhataḥ ।
indreṇa vṛtraghnā medī mitreṇa varuṇena ca ॥

Ashvattha, brave hero, efficacious remedy of evil, jointly with Indra, the sun, dispeller of darkness, and in friendly combination with Mitra, the wind, and Varuna, water, uproot and destroy the disturbing, fierce and convulsive enemies. (In the human context, Indra, Mitra and Varuna may mean power, love and judgment.)

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3.6.3

यथाश्वत्थ निरभनो ऽन्तर् महत्य् अर्णवे ।
एवा तान्त् सर्वान् निर् भङ्ग्धि यान् अहं द्वेष्मि ये च माम् ॥

yathāśvattha nirabhano 'ntar mahaty arṇave ।
evā tānt sarvān nir bhaṅgdhi yān ahaṃ dveṣmi ye ca mām ॥

Ashvattha, just as you penetrate into the mighty battle and cleave the enemy forces, so pray scatter all those whom I hate to suffer and those that hate me.

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3.6.4

यः सहमानश् चरसि सासहान इव ऋषभः ।
तेनाश्वत्थ त्वया वयं सपत्नान्त् सहिषीमहि ॥

yaḥ sahamānaś carasi sāsahāna iva ṛṣabhaḥ ।
tenāśvattha tvayā vayaṃ sapatnānt sahiṣīmahi ॥

With you, who move freely challenging your opponents like a ferocious bull, may we, O ashvattha, challenge and defeat all our adversaries.

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3.6.5

सिनात्व् एनान् निरृतिर् मृत्योः पाशैर् अमोक्यैः ।
अश्वत्थ शत्रून् मामकान् यान् अहं द्वेष्मि ये च माम् ॥

sinātv enān nirṛtir mṛtyoḥ pāśair amokyaiḥ ।
aśvattha śatrūn māmakān yān ahaṃ dveṣmi ye ca mām ॥

Ashvattha, let destruction bind these enemies of mine with unbreakable chains of death whom I hate to suffer and who hate me.

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3.6.6

यथाश्वत्थ वानस्पत्यान् आरोहन् कृणुषे ऽधरान् ।
एवा मे शत्रोर् मूर्धानं विष्वग् भिन्द्धि सहस्व च ॥

yathāśvattha vānaspatyān ārohan kṛṇuṣe 'dharān ।
evā me śatror mūrdhānaṃ viṣvag bhinddhi sahasva ca ॥

Ashvattha, just as growing and rising over other herbs and trees, you keep them down, similarly break the heads of my enemies and totally destroy them.

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3.6.7

ते ऽधराञ्चः प्र प्लवन्तां छिन्ना नौर् इव बन्धनात् ।
न वैबाधप्रणुत्तानां पुनर् अस्ति निवर्तनम् ॥

te 'dharāñcaḥ pra plavantāṃ chinnā naur iva bandhanāt ।
na vaibādhapraṇuttānāṃ punar asti nivartanam ॥

Let them, fallen and down, drift and drown like a boat cut off from the moorings. For those who are caught up in deadly snares, there is no return.

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3.6.8

प्रैणान् नुदे मनसा प्र चित्तेनोत ब्रह्मणा ।
प्रैणान् वृक्षस्य शाखयाश्वत्थस्य नुदामहे ॥

praiṇān nude manasā pra cittenota brahmaṇā ।
praiṇān vṛkṣasya śākhayāśvatthasya nudāmahe ॥

I drive out these enemies and diseases with the Strength of mind, determination of will and the mantric power of the Veda and divine grace. Let us drive away all these ailments by the branch of the Ashvattha tree, the tree that is life whose seed is Brahma Itself.

Atharvaveda 3.7 · 7 mantras

3.7.1

हरिणस्य रघुष्यदो ऽधि शीर्षणि भेषजम् ।
स क्षेत्रियं विषाणया विषूचीनम् अनीनशत् ॥

hariṇasya raghuṣyado 'dhi śīrṣaṇi bheṣajam ।
sa kṣetriyaṃ viṣāṇayā viṣūcīnam anīnaśat ॥

On the head of the fast running stag, there is medicine. With that, that is, the horn, the physician can cure and destroy hereditary diseases of all kinds in general.

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3.7.2

अनु त्वा हरिणो वृषा पद्भिश् चतुर्भिर् अक्रमीत् ।
विषाणे वि ष्य गुष्पितं यद् अस्य क्षेत्रियं हृदि ॥

anu tvā hariṇo vṛṣā padbhiś caturbhir akramīt ।
viṣāṇe vi ṣya guṣpitaṃ yad asya kṣetriyaṃ hṛdi ॥

O man, the virile and generous deer is in harmony with your life and health specially when it strides on its four legs. O physician, value the horn and say: O horn, destroy that hereditary disease which is concentrated in the heart of this patient.

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3.7.3

अदो यद् अवरोचते चतुष्पक्षम् इव छदिः ।
तेना ते सर्वं क्षेत्रियम् अङ्गेभ्यो नाशयामसि ॥

ado yad avarocate catuṣpakṣam iva chadiḥ ।
tenā te sarvaṃ kṣetriyam aṅgebhyo nāśayāmasi ॥

That deer skin which shines glossy and smooth like the four sided cover of a chariot, with that, O patient, we drive out the chronic disease from all parts of your body.

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3.7.4

अमू ये दिवि सुभगे विचृतौ नाम तारके ।
वि क्षेत्रियस्य मुञ्चताम् अधमं पाशम् उत्तमम् ॥

amū ye divi subhage vicṛtau nāma tārake ।
vi kṣetriyasya muñcatām adhamaṃ pāśam uttamam ॥

Those two well known glorious stars shining in the sky, the sun and moon, which dispel darkness, may similarly release the patient from the snares of the chronic disease whether it is of the highest or of the lowest worst malignancy.

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3.7.5

आप इद् वा उ भेषजीर् आपो अमीवचातनीः ।
आपो विश्वस्य भेषजीस् तास् त्वा मुञ्चन्तु क्षेत्रियात् ॥

āpa id vā u bheṣajīr āpo amīvacātanīḥ ।
āpo viśvasya bheṣajīs tās tvā muñcantu kṣetriyāt ॥

And waters are the basic sanatives. Waters are destroyers of ailment and malignity. Waters are the universal cure. May the waters relieve the patient of the chronic hereditary disease.

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3.7.6

यद् आसुतेः क्रियमानायाः क्षेत्रियं त्वा व्यानशे ।
वेदाहं तस्य भेषजं क्षेत्रियं नाशयामि त्वत् ॥

yad āsuteḥ kriyamānāyāḥ kṣetriyaṃ tvā vyānaśe ।
vedāhaṃ tasya bheṣajaṃ kṣetriyaṃ nāśayāmi tvat ॥

If a chronic disease has been afflicting you actively since your very birth, I know the remedy for that as well, and I would remove that from you.

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3.7.7

अपवासे नक्षत्राणाम् अपवास उषसाम् उत ।
अपास्मत् सर्वं दुर्भूतम् अप क्षेत्रियम् उछतु ॥

apavāse nakṣatrāṇām apavāsa uṣasām uta ।
apāsmat sarvaṃ durbhūtam apa kṣetriyam uchatu ॥

When the stars fade out and the dawns wane away, let all chronic ailment be off and out, let all hereditary disease fade away.

Atharvaveda 3.8 · 6 mantras

3.8.1

आ यातु मित्र ऋतुभिः कल्पमानः संवेशयन् पृथिवीम् उस्रियाभिः ।
अथास्मभ्यम् वरुणो वायुर् अग्निर् बृहद् राष्ट्रं संवेश्यम् दधातु ॥

ā yātu mitra ṛtubhiḥ kalpamānaḥ saṃveśayan pṛthivīm usriyābhiḥ ।
athāsmabhyam varuṇo vāyur agnir bṛhad rāṣṭraṃ saṃveśyam dadhātu ॥

May Mitra, the sun, rise and shine, joining and energising the earth with its rays and proper order of the seasons, and may a harmonious equation of Varuna, water, Vayu, air and wind, and Agni, temperature, create and maintain climatic and environmental conditions for a vast and great world order worth living in with peace and comfort. (This divine voice enjoins the world powers to work for and maintain the proper environmental order which is urgently required at the present time of global warming and green house gases. If they don’t, the warning is: peace and comfort would not be possible.)

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3.8.2

धाता रातिः सवितेदं जुशन्ताम् इन्द्रस् त्वष्टा प्रति हर्यन्तु मे वचः ।
हुवे देवीम् अदितिं शूरपुत्रां सजातानां मध्यमेष्ठा यथासानि ॥

dhātā rātiḥ savitedaṃ juśantām indras tvaṣṭā prati haryantu me vacaḥ ।
huve devīm aditiṃ śūraputrāṃ sajātānāṃ madhyameṣṭhā yathāsāni ॥

May Dhata, supreme controller and sustainer of the world order, Rati, powers that produce and give, Savita, creative energisers and inspirers, Tvashta, makers of new things and forms of life, listen favourably to my words and wishes. I pray to divine Mother Nature, earth mother of the brave, so that I may abide at the centre of equals over the earth, indivisibe, inviolable as she is.

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3.8.3

हुवे सोमं सवितारं नमोभिर् विश्वान् आदित्यां अहम् उत्तरत्वे ।
अयम् अग्निर् दीदायद् दीर्घम् एव सजातैर् इद्धो ऽप्रतिब्रुवद्भिः ॥

huve somaṃ savitāraṃ namobhir viśvān ādityāṃ aham uttaratve ।
ayam agnir dīdāyad dīrgham eva sajātair iddho 'pratibruvadbhiḥ ॥

I invoke Soma, spirit of peace and happiness and the beauteous gifts of nature’s greenery, and I invoke Savita, spirit of energy and creativity with humble reverence and offers of replenishment, and I pray for favourable phases of the sun over the year and call upon all brilliant children of light to shine higher and higher so that we may all be happy and happier. And may this Agni, light and fire of national yajna of humanity, our leader, keep on burning and enlightening without end, fed on by universal fraternity without a word of negation and mutual conflict.

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3.8.4

इहेद् असाथ न परो गमाथेर्यो गोपाः पुष्टपतिर् व आजत् ।
अस्मै कामायोप कामिनीर् विश्वे वो देवा उपसंयन्तु ॥

ihed asātha na paro gamātheryo gopāḥ puṣṭapatir va ājat ।
asmai kāmāyopa kāminīr viśve vo devā upasaṃyantu ॥

O people of the world, bound in mutual love and common ambition, stay here only close by the centre of this universal yajna, go not far away, and may the lord protector, energiser and promoter sustainer lead you on the common drive. And may all Vishvedevas, divinities of nature and brilliancies of humanity, be one and favourable with you for the fulfillment of this common aim of progress and enlightenment.

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3.8.5

सं वो मनांसि सं व्रता सम् आकूतीर् नमामसि ।
अमी ये विव्रता स्थन तान् वः सं नमयामसि ॥

saṃ vo manāṃsi saṃ vratā sam ākūtīr namāmasi ।
amī ye vivratā sthana tān vaḥ saṃ namayāmasi ॥

O people of the world, we honour your minds in unison, we salute your discipline and commitments in unison, and we value and adore your thoughts and resolves bound in unity. And as regards those that still stay out and stand apart from your ideals, we persuade and bring them too to be with you together.

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3.8.6

अहं गृभ्णामि मनसा मनांसि मम चित्तम् अनु चित्तेभिर् एत ।
मम वशेषु हृदयानि वः कृणोमि मम यातम् अनुवर्त्मान एत ॥

ahaṃ gṛbhṇāmi manasā manāṃsi mama cittam anu cittebhir eta ।
mama vaśeṣu hṛdayāni vaḥ kṛṇomi mama yātam anuvartmāna eta ॥

Atharvaveda 3.9 · 6 mantras

3.9.1

कर्शफस्य विशफस्य द्यौः पिता पृथिवी माता ।
यथाभिचक्र देवास् तथाप कृणुता पुनः ॥

karśaphasya viśaphasya dyauḥ pitā pṛthivī mātā ।
yathābhicakra devās tathāpa kṛṇutā punaḥ ॥

Of the strong as well as of the weak, the heavenly lord is father, the earth is mother. (All are children of divinity.) Deal with them as they deserve. As the holy one’s did and do, so do you too after them. Ward off the evil ones.

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3.9.2

अश्रेष्माणो अधारयन् तथा तन् मनुना कृतम् ।
कृणोमि वध्रि विष्कन्धं मुष्काबर्हो गवाम् इव ॥

aśreṣmāṇo adhārayan tathā tan manunā kṛtam ।
kṛṇomi vadhri viṣkandhaṃ muṣkābarho gavām iva ॥

Men free from violence, jealousy and indifference hold the world together against the bullies. The same is done by thinking men. I break down the trouble maker as the castrator emasculates the bull.

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3.9.3

पिशङ्गे सूत्रे खृगलं तद् आ बध्नन्ति वेधसः ।
श्रवस्युं शुष्मं काबवं वध्रिं कृण्वन्तु बन्धुरः ॥

piśaṅge sūtre khṛgalaṃ tad ā badhnanti vedhasaḥ ।
śravasyuṃ śuṣmaṃ kābavaṃ vadhriṃ kṛṇvantu bandhuraḥ ॥

Let intelligent people joined together for positive purposes, bind vociferous force into strong bonds to restrict their movement, then castrate their pride and procreativity, and then channelise their energy for positive purposes.

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3.9.4

येना श्रवस्यवश् चरथ देवा इवासुरमायया ।
शुनां कपिर् इव दूषणो बन्धुरा काबवस्य च ॥

yenā śravasyavaś caratha devā ivāsuramāyayā ।
śunāṃ kapir iva dūṣaṇo bandhurā kābavasya ca ॥

O leaders of fame and intelligence joined together for positive purposes against vociferous strength of the brutes, by that very strength of the divine giver of energy with which you act positively as light givers, be controllers of the trouble makers, keeping them down as the wise keep down the mischief of the doggish and bind the evil of the fiendish.

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3.9.5

दुष्ट्यै हि त्वा भत्स्यामि दूषयिष्यामि काबवम् ।
उद् आशवो रथा इव शपथेभिः सरिष्यथ ॥

duṣṭyai hi tvā bhatsyāmi dūṣayiṣyāmi kābavam ।
ud āśavo rathā iva śapathebhiḥ sariṣyatha ॥

For reasons of your negativity, I shall bind you to wean you away. For that very reason I shall break down your vociferous force. And then, like fast chariot horses, you will move ahead on the right path by words of admonishment and reach your goal.

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3.9.6

एकशतं विष्कन्धानि विष्ठिता पृथिवीम् अनु ।
तेषां त्वाम् अग्रे उज् जहरुर् मणिं विष्कन्धदूषणम् ॥

ekaśataṃ viṣkandhāni viṣṭhitā pṛthivīm anu ।
teṣāṃ tvām agre uj jaharur maṇiṃ viṣkandhadūṣaṇam ॥

Atharvaveda 3.10 · 13 mantras

3.10.1

प्रथमा ह व्य् उवास सा धेनुर् अभवद् यमे ।
सा नः पयस्वती दुहाम् उत्तरामुत्तराम् समाम् ॥

prathamā ha vy uvāsa sā dhenur abhavad yame ।
sā naḥ payasvatī duhām uttarāmuttarām samām ॥

There arises the new dawn, light of primal Shakti of the Divine, like the mother cow abundant in the milk of life for us in the Law Divine. May she, with milk overflowing bless us with higher and higher prosperity and joy year after year.

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3.10.2

यां देवाः प्रतिनन्दन्ति रात्रिम् धेनुम् उपायतीम् ।
संवत्सरस्य या पत्नी सा नो अस्तु सुमङ्गली ॥

yāṃ devāḥ pratinandanti rātrim dhenum upāyatīm ।
saṃvatsarasya yā patnī sā no astu sumaṅgalī ॥

May the Ratri, abundant and generous Prakrti, and Dhenu, mother cow creative of existence, which is come up at the new dawn, whom the Devas celebrate with enthusiastic response, and which is the creative and sustaining partner Shakti of the Lord of Time through cosmic dynamics of the Law, be good and auspicious to us in the new age.

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3.10.3

संवत्सरस्य प्रतिमां यां त्वा रात्र्य् उपास्महे ।
सा न आयुष्मतीं प्रजां रायस् पोषेण सं सृज ॥

saṃvatsarasya pratimāṃ yāṃ tvā rātry upāsmahe ।
sā na āyuṣmatīṃ prajāṃ rāyas poṣeṇa saṃ sṛja ॥

Ratri, generous motherly giver, is the creative symbol of the Lord of existence, and tangible metaphor of Time through mutability whom we worship, honour and celebrate. We pray, may the mother create and bless us with progeny with full age, good health, wealth. honour and excellence and ever increasing prosperity.

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3.10.4

इयम् एव सा या प्रथमा व्यौछद् आस्व् इतरासु चरति प्रविष्टा ।
महान्तो अस्यां महिमानो अन्तर् वधूर् जिगाय नवगज् जनित्री ॥

iyam eva sā yā prathamā vyauchad āsv itarāsu carati praviṣṭā ।
mahānto asyāṃ mahimāno antar vadhūr jigāya navagaj janitrī ॥

This is that primal Shakti which has arisen and shines, and which pervades and reflects in all these other forms and phases of existence. There are the greatest greats within the Space-time dimensions of it which she, the newly risen creative consort of the Lord of Time and existence has evolved and won in form.

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3.10.5

वानस्पत्या ग्रावाणो घोषम् अक्रत हविष् कृण्वन्तः परिवत्सरीणम् ।
एकाष्टके सुप्रजसः सुवीरा वयं स्याम पतयो रयीणाम् ॥

vānaspatyā grāvāṇo ghoṣam akrata haviṣ kṛṇvantaḥ parivatsarīṇam ।
ekāṣṭake suprajasaḥ suvīrā vayaṃ syāma patayo rayīṇām ॥

Gravanas, dedicated soma makers who grind and distil the herbal essences, meditative missionaries of the vision of existence who penetrate into the depths of nature have raised their voice of joyous success, having created the holy yajnic materials for the new year’s homage to the Divine from the beauties and riches of the world of existence. O Ekashtake, sole mistress of divinity, pray bless us with noble progeny and brave heroes. May we be masters of versatile wealth, honour and excellence in the new age.

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3.10.6

इडायास् पदं घृतवत् सरीसृपं जातवेदः प्रति हव्या गृभाय ।
ये ग्राम्याः पशवो विश्वरूपास् तेषां सप्तानां मयि रन्तिर् अस्तु ॥

iḍāyās padaṃ ghṛtavat sarīsṛpaṃ jātavedaḥ prati havyā gṛbhāya ।
ye grāmyāḥ paśavo viśvarūpās teṣāṃ saptānāṃ mayi rantir astu ॥

O sagely scholar of things in existence, watch, discover and then seize the successive stages of the constant evolution of divine nature in progress which is replete with the joyous beauty and grace of divinity. Study those who are organised in village and city, who are visionaries of natural knowledge and beyond, and what are the various phenomenal forms of existence. Watch the mutual relationship of these at peace in harmony, so that the peace and harmony may also exist between these of the environment and ourselves, within ourselves too.

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3.10.7

आ मा पुष्टे च पोषे च रात्रि देवानां सुमतौ स्याम ।
पूर्णा दर्वे परा पत सुपूर्णा पुनर् आ पत ।
सर्वान् यज्ञान्त् संभुञ्जतीषम् ऊर्जं न आ भर ॥

ā mā puṣṭe ca poṣe ca rātri devānāṃ sumatau syāma ।
pūrṇā darve parā pata supūrṇā punar ā pata ।
sarvān yajñānt saṃbhuñjatīṣam ūrjaṃ na ā bhara ॥

Bless us, O Mother Nature, divine giver, with health, nourishment and increasing prosperity. May we ever abide and enjoy the favour and good will of the devas, generous powers of divinity and nobilities of humanity. O dispeller of darkness and misfortune, mother perfect and abundant, come from far and near. come ever more abundant with perfection again and again. Joining and enjoying all our yajnas of creative action with surrender in homage, bring us abundance of food, energy, knowledge and enlightenment.

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3.10.8

आयम् अगन्त् संवत्सरः पतिर् एकाष्टके तव ।
सा न आयुष्मतीं प्रजां रायस् पोषेण सं सृज ॥

āyam agant saṃvatsaraḥ patir ekāṣṭake tava ।
sā na āyuṣmatīṃ prajāṃ rāyas poṣeṇa saṃ sṛja ॥

O Ekashtake, sole mother of existence, pray create and bring us, for all, noble progeny with good health and full age, bless us with wealth, honour and excellence in harmony with the environment. And then, through you, may come into our vision and experience your lord and master, the Only God of Time-Space continuum who pervades and superintends your constancy through mutability: Satyam and Rtam both.

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3.10.9

ऋतून् यज ऋतुपतीन् आर्तवान् उत हायनान् ।
समाः संवत्सरान् मासान् भूतस्य पतये यजे ॥

ṛtūn yaja ṛtupatīn ārtavān uta hāyanān ।
samāḥ saṃvatsarān māsān bhūtasya pataye yaje ॥

I serve and replenish the seasons with yajna, I serve the powers that control the seasons such as sun and moon, earth and air, I serve the cycle of the seasons and the course of the years. I serve the years in full, years in cycle, months, and I serve the controlling factors of things in existence.

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3.10.10

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

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

O Nature, I live in harmony with you and offer yajna for the seasons, cycle of the seasons, months, and years. I offer yajna in the service of the lord controller of the world, the supreme lord creator, for the lord giver of promotion and progress and the lord controller of all things in existence.

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3.10.11

इडया जुह्वतो वयं देवान् घृतवता यजे ।
गृहान् अलुभ्यतो वयं सं विशेमोप गोमतः ॥

iḍayā juhvato vayaṃ devān ghṛtavatā yaje ।
gṛhān alubhyato vayaṃ saṃ viśemopa gomataḥ ॥

With Nature, earth and the cow in sonance with us, with ghrta held in hand in plenty, with yajna of homage and reverence, we serve the divinities in love and faith. Let us, thus, free from greed and selfishness, with plenty of lands, cows and light of culture, come home and there abide in peace and joy.

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3.10.12

एकाष्टका तपसा तप्यमाना जजान गर्भं महिमानम् इन्द्रम् ।
तेन देवा व्य् असहन्त शत्रून् हन्ता दस्यूनाम् अभवच् छचीपतिः ॥

ekāṣṭakā tapasā tapyamānā jajāna garbhaṃ mahimānam indram ।
tena devā vy asahanta śatrūn hantā dasyūnām abhavac chacīpatiḥ ॥

Ekashtaka, sole Prakrti, undergoing the hard discipline of the divine law of Rtam, bears the great spirit, cosmic and individual, in her womb and gives

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3.10.13

इन्द्रपुत्रे सोमपुत्रे दुहितासि प्रजापतेः ।
कामान् अस्माकं पूरय प्रति गृह्णाहि नो हविः ॥

indraputre somaputre duhitāsi prajāpateḥ ।
kāmān asmākaṃ pūraya prati gṛhṇāhi no haviḥ ॥

Atharvaveda 3.11 · 8 mantras

3.11.1

मुञ्चामि त्वा हविषा जीवनाय कम् अज्ञातयक्ष्माद् उत राजयक्ष्मात् ।
ग्राहिर् जग्राह यद्य् एतद् एनं तस्या इन्द्राग्नी प्र मुमुक्तम् एनम् ॥

muñcāmi tvā haviṣā jīvanāya kam ajñātayakṣmād uta rājayakṣmāt ।
grāhir jagrāha yady etad enaṃ tasyā indrāgnī pra mumuktam enam ॥

O man, for a full and comfortable life, I immunize and save you from disease in general, yet unsuffered, and from tubercular and cancerous disease in particular with the fumes and fragrances of the holy oblations into the yajna fire, and if seizure, swoon or fainting fits take one on, then Indra and Agni, electric and warming treatment or sunlight and air may release him from that ailment. (The treatment is for prevention and cure both). Cf. Rg 10, 161,1

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3.11.2

यदि क्षितायुर् यदि वा परेतो यदि मृत्योर् अन्तिकं एव ।
तम् आ हरामि निरृतेर् उपस्थाद् अस्पार्शम् एनं शतशारदाय ॥

yadi kṣitāyur yadi vā pareto yadi mṛtyor antikaṃ eva ।
tam ā harāmi nirṛter upasthād aspārśam enaṃ śataśāradāya ॥

If the patient is extremely debilitated, sunk beyond hope, almost gone to the brink of death, I touch and retrieve him from the depth of despair to live his full hundred years of life. (The word ‘asparsham’ suggests the efficacy of touch therapy.)

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3.11.3

सहस्राक्षेण शतवीर्येण शतायुषा हविषाहार्षम् एनम् ।
इन्द्रो यथैनं शरदो नयात्य् अति विश्वस्य दुरितस्य पारम् ॥

sahasrākṣeṇa śatavīryeṇa śatāyuṣā haviṣāhārṣam enam ।
indro yathainaṃ śarado nayāty ati viśvasya duritasya pāram ॥

With medicines, tonics and herbs of a thousandfold efficacy of light power, a hundred-fold vitality of havi capable of sustaining a hundred year span of life, I have brought this patient back to life as Indra, lord giver of life, takes him across all maladies and evils of the world to a full life of hundred years. TO TO cl-H-dH^I

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3.11.4

शतं जीव शरदो वर्धमानः शतं हेमन्तान् छतम् उ वसन्तान् ।
शतं ते इन्द्रो अग्निः सविता बृहस्पतिः शतायुषा हविषाहार्षम् एनम् ॥

śataṃ jīva śarado vardhamānaḥ śataṃ hemantān chatam u vasantān ।
śataṃ te indro agniḥ savitā bṛhaspatiḥ śatāyuṣā haviṣāhārṣam enam ॥

Live a hundred years, O patient, rising, growing, and advancing through autumn, winter and spring seasons. May Indra, divine spirit of power and glory of energy, Agni leading light and fire of life, Savita, divine spirit of regeneration, sustenance and inspiration, and Brhaspati, lord of Infinity and spirit of expansion, bless you to live a full hundred years span of life with hundredfold joy of fulfilment. Thanks, O Lord of life, I have brought him back to good health with the light, fire and fragrances of havi capable of giving a hundredfold vitality of life.

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3.11.5

प्र विशतं प्राणापानाव् अनड्वाहाव् इव व्रजम् ।
व्य् अन्ये यन्तु मृत्यवो यान् आहुर् इतरान् छतम् ॥

pra viśataṃ prāṇāpānāv anaḍvāhāv iva vrajam ।
vy anye yantu mṛtyavo yān āhur itarān chatam ॥

Let prana and apana vital energies enter forward like two virile bulls entering their stall. Let others, causes of ill health, disease and death, get away, which aliens, they say, are hundreds.

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3.11.6

इहैव स्तं प्राणापानौ माप गातम् इतो युवम् ।
शरीरम् अस्याङ्गानि जरसे वहतं पुनः ॥

ihaiva staṃ prāṇāpānau māpa gātam ito yuvam ।
śarīram asyāṅgāni jarase vahataṃ punaḥ ॥

Let prana and apana stay strong here. They must not go away from this youth. Let them sustain and Strengthen his parts of the body system and, further, conduct him to live his full age of good health till fulfilment.

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3.11.7

जरायै त्वा परि ददामि जरायै नि धुवामि त्वा ।
जरा त्वा भद्रा नेष्ट व्य् अन्ये यन्तु मृत्यवो यान् आहुर् इतरान् छतम् ॥

jarāyai tvā pari dadāmi jarāyai ni dhuvāmi tvā ।
jarā tvā bhadrā neṣṭa vy anye yantu mṛtyavo yān āhur itarān chatam ॥

I assign you to full age till completion. I energise you to live unto full old age. Let time and age bring you all that is good for well being. Let others, causes of ill health, disease and death, aliens all, get away. They are hundreds, they say.

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3.11.8

अभि त्वा जरिमाहित गाम् उक्षणम् इव रज्ज्वा ।
यस् त्वा मृत्युर् अभ्यधत्त जायमानं सुपाशया ।
तं ते सत्यस्य हस्ताभ्याम् उद् अमुञ्चद् बृहस्पतिः ॥

abhi tvā jarimāhita gām ukṣaṇam iva rajjvā ।
yas tvā mṛtyur abhyadhatta jāyamānaṃ supāśayā ।
taṃ te satyasya hastābhyām ud amuñcad bṛhaspatiḥ ॥

O man bound by age like a virile bull tied by rope, whom death seizes as soon as bom, with beautiful snares of the world and holy bonds of nature’s laws of Dharma, may Brhaspati, lord of Infinity beyond death, release and liberate you from these bonds of life and death with the hands of Truth and Dharma.

Atharvaveda 3.12 · 9 mantras

3.12.1

इहैव ध्रुवां नि मिनोमि शालां क्षेमे तिष्ठाति घृतम् उक्षमाणा ।
तां त्वा शाले सर्ववीराः सुवीरा अरिष्टवीरा उप सं चरेम ॥

ihaiva dhruvāṃ ni minomi śālāṃ kṣeme tiṣṭhāti ghṛtam ukṣamāṇā ।
tāṃ tvā śāle sarvavīrāḥ suvīrā ariṣṭavīrā upa saṃ carema ॥

Here itself I build the house, here it may stand firm, safe in peace, abundant in the beauty and bliss of light and air. Here, O blessed home, we may live together with noble children, all good and brave, unhurt and unassailed by any misfortune.

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3.12.2

इहैव ध्रुवा प्रति तिष्ठ शाले ऽश्वावती गोमती सूनृतावती ।
ऊर्जस्वती घृतवती पयस्वत्य् उच् छ्रयस्व महते सौभगाय ॥

ihaiva dhruvā prati tiṣṭha śāle 'śvāvatī gomatī sūnṛtāvatī ।
ūrjasvatī ghṛtavatī payasvaty uc chrayasva mahate saubhagāya ॥

Here itself, O noble house, stand firm, unshaken, full of horses, cows, and the truth and honesty of the inmates. Stay abundant in food and energy, milk and ghrta, and the supply of water. Rise and shine, giving us great joy and good fortune.

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3.12.3

धरुण्य् असि शाले बृहछन्दाः पूतिधान्या ।
आ त्वा वत्सो गमेद् आ कुमार आ धेनवः सायम् आस्पन्दमानाः ॥

dharuṇy asi śāle bṛhachandāḥ pūtidhānyā ।
ā tvā vatso gamed ā kumāra ā dhenavaḥ sāyam āspandamānāḥ ॥

with large roof and terrace, full of boundless joy, unsullied store of food and calves frolicking around, and let vibrant cows rush back home in the evening.

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3.12.4

इमां शालां सविता वायुर् इन्द्रो बृहस्पतिर् नि मिनोतु प्रजानन् ।
उक्षन्तूद्ना मरुतो घृतेन भगो नो राजा नि कृषिं तनोतु ॥

imāṃ śālāṃ savitā vāyur indro bṛhaspatir ni minotu prajānan ।
ukṣantūdnā maruto ghṛtena bhago no rājā ni kṛṣiṃ tanotu ॥

Let Savita, specialist of sun light, Vayu, specialist of air and circulation, winds and wind directions, Indra, specialist of energy and electricity, and Brhaspati, specialist of light and space, each one knowing his subject and specialisation, design and build this house. Let the maruts, vibrant engineers, sprinkle it with ghrta and water. And let the ruler and the lord of prosperity, Bhaga, expand our farming, storage and distribution.

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3.12.5

मानस्य पत्नि शरणा स्योना देवी देवेभिर् निमितास्य् अग्रे ।
तृणं वसाना सुमना असस् त्वम् अथास्मभ्यं सहवीरं रयिं दाः ॥

mānasya patni śaraṇā syonā devī devebhir nimitāsy agre ।
tṛṇaṃ vasānā sumanā asas tvam athāsmabhyaṃ sahavīraṃ rayiṃ dāḥ ॥

Protector of honour and social culture, comfortable shelter, clothed in beauty, shining with soothing light, you stand prominent, designed, built and decorated by brilliant builder artists with gifts of divine nature. Nestled in lawns and greenery, looking cheerful and inspiring, be good and give us plenty of health, wealth and honour with noble and brave progeny.

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3.12.6

ऋतेन स्थूणाम् अधि रोह वंशोग्रो विराजन्न् अप वृङ्क्ष्व शत्रून् ।
मा ते रिषन्न् उपसत्तारो गृहाणां शाले शतं जीवेम शरदः सर्ववीराः ॥

ṛtena sthūṇām adhi roha vaṃśogro virājann apa vṛṅkṣva śatrūn ।
mā te riṣann upasattāro gṛhāṇāṃ śāle śataṃ jīvema śaradaḥ sarvavīrāḥ ॥

O Vansha, centre pillar of the house, flag pole of the family, family of the ancestral line, by virtue of the truth and law of Divinity, rise on the firm foundation, shining bright and blazing with honour and lustre, ward off and uproot all enemies and negativities. Let the inmates of the quarters of the house never suffer any hurt or injury. O sweet home, we pray we may live a full hundred years, all blest with noble progeny.

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3.12.7

एमां कुमारस् तरुण आ वत्सो जगता सह ।
एमाम् परिस्रुतः कुम्भ आ दध्नः कलशैर् अगुः ॥

emāṃ kumāras taruṇa ā vatso jagatā saha ।
emām parisrutaḥ kumbha ā dadhnaḥ kalaśair aguḥ ॥

May children, teenagers and youth come to this house with others in friendly company of the world. May potfuls of milk, honey and ghrta flow in and over in this house. May jars of curds and potfuls of butter come to this house in abundance.

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3.12.8

पूर्णं नारि प्र भर कुम्भम् एतं घृतस्य धाराम् अमृतेन संभृताम् ।
इमां पातॄन् अमृतेन सम् अङ्ग्धीष्टापूर्तम् अभि रक्षात्य् एनाम् ॥

pūrṇaṃ nāri pra bhara kumbham etaṃ ghṛtasya dhārām amṛtena saṃbhṛtām ।
imāṃ pātṝn amṛtena sam aṅgdhīṣṭāpūrtam abhi rakṣāty enām ॥

O lady of the house, fill this pot, keep it full and flowing, let the stream of ghrta full of the nectar sweets of hospitality be ever flowing. Keep this house full and treat all inmates and guests of the house with nectar sweet hospitality. It is the noble acts of piety, service and hospitality which protect and promote this house.

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3.12.9

इमा आपः प्र भराम्य् अयक्ष्मा यक्ष्मनाशनीः ।
गृहान् उप प्र सीदाम्य् अमृतेन सहाग्निना ॥

imā āpaḥ pra bharāmy ayakṣmā yakṣmanāśanīḥ ।
gṛhān upa pra sīdāmy amṛtena sahāgninā ॥

I bring these potfuls of water free from pollution and contagion, they cure and destroy consumptive and cancerous diseases, and I come home to my quarters and sit happy at peace with the immortal fire of yajna in company with the divines.

Atharvaveda 3.13 · 7 mantras

3.13.1

यद् अदः संप्रयतीर् अहाव् अनदता हते ।
तस्माद् आ नद्यो नाम स्थ ता वो नामानि सिन्धवः ॥

yad adaḥ saṃprayatīr ahāv anadatā hate ।
tasmād ā nadyo nāma stha tā vo nāmāni sindhavaḥ ॥

O waters which, on the break of the cloud, flow on together, roaring, roaring, for which reason you have the names ‘nadyah’, i.e., those that flow, roaring. For that very reason, your names are ‘Sindhavah’, i.e., those that flow as floods. (‘Nadyah’ and Sindhavah are plural forms of ‘nadi’ and ‘sindhu’. Every stream is nadi and every river is sindhu. Hence the river Indus also is called Sindha or Sindhu which now is a particular name through the historical process of particularisation. But in the Veda, Sindhu is a general name for any river, the reason being that it is the name of water flowing in flood anywhere.)

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3.13.2

यत् प्रेषिता वरुणेनाच् छीभम् समवल्गत ।
तद् आप्नोद् इन्द्रो वो यतीस् तस्माद् आपो अनु ष्ठन ॥

yat preṣitā varuṇenāc chībham samavalgata ।
tad āpnod indro vo yatīs tasmād āpo anu ṣṭhana ॥

Activated by Varuna, the sun, in the region of light, you move fast together, then Indra, electric energy in the middle regions, receives and joins you for catalysis, and thereby catalysed, you become ‘apah’, i.e., waters received and pervaded by electricity. Therefore you are ‘apah’, received, pervaded and worth receiving.

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3.13.3

अपकामं स्यन्दमाना अवीवरत वो हि कम् ।
इन्द्रो वः शक्तिभिर् देवीस् तस्माद् वार् नाम वो हितम् ॥

apakāmaṃ syandamānā avīvarata vo hi kam ।
indro vaḥ śaktibhir devīs tasmād vār nāma vo hitam ॥

Flowing downwards according to your nature, character and innate desire, Indra, electric energy in the firmament and the human soul on earth, received you for the welfare of life. Thus received as opted for by choice, your name is Vari, i.e., selected, elected and accepted with preference of one’s own choice.

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3.13.4

एकः वो देवो ऽप्य् अतिष्ठत् स्यन्दमाना यथावशम् ।
उद् आनिषुर् महीर् इति तस्माद् उदकम् उच्यते ॥

ekaḥ vo devo 'py atiṣṭhat syandamānā yathāvaśam ।
ud āniṣur mahīr iti tasmād udakam ucyate ॥

O waters, rushing according to your own will downwards, only one divine power stands high over you, and that is the sun. Hence you evaporate and rise. Hence your name is ‘udaka’, that which goes upward as vapours.

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3.13.5

आपो भद्रा घृतम् इद् आप आसन्न् अग्नीषोमौ बिभ्रत्य् आप इत् ताः ।
तीव्रो रसो मधुपृचाम् अरंगम आ मा प्राणेन सह वर्चसा गमेत् ॥

āpo bhadrā ghṛtam id āpa āsann agnīṣomau bibhraty āpa it tāḥ ।
tīvro raso madhupṛcām araṃgama ā mā prāṇena saha varcasā gamet ॥

Waters are good and auspicious, they are ghrta, givers of splendour. They bear Agni and Soma, heat and cold, oxygen and hydrogen, positive and negative electric currents. May the inspiring spirit of these honeyed waters come to me auspiciously and bless me with pranic energy and splendid aura of personality.

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3.13.6

आद् इत् पश्याम्य् उत वा शृणोम्य् आ मा घोषो गछति वाङ् मासाम् ।
मन्ये भेजानो अमृतस्य तर्हि हिरण्यवर्णा अतृपं यदा वः ॥

ād it paśyāmy uta vā śṛṇomy ā mā ghoṣo gachati vāṅ māsām ।
manye bhejāno amṛtasya tarhi hiraṇyavarṇā atṛpaṃ yadā vaḥ ॥

I see through the waters. I hear through them. Their sound comes to me. Voice goes through them. O waters of golden beauty, bom of fire, air and akasha.

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3.13.7

इदं व आपो हृदयम् अयं वत्स ऋतावरीः ।
इहेत्थम् एत शक्वरीर् यत्रेदं वेशयामि वः ॥

idaṃ va āpo hṛdayam ayaṃ vatsa ṛtāvarīḥ ।
ihettham eta śakvarīr yatredaṃ veśayāmi vaḥ ॥

Atharvaveda 3.14 · 6 mantras

3.14.1

सं वो गोष्ठेन सुषदा सं रय्या सं सुभूत्या ।
अहर्जातस्य यन् नाम तेना वः सं सृजामसि ॥

saṃ vo goṣṭhena suṣadā saṃ rayyā saṃ subhūtyā ।
aharjātasya yan nāma tenā vaḥ saṃ sṛjāmasi ॥

O cows, we keep you well with a comfortable stall, in good environment with good food and with good methods of development. Whatever best we can provide in the day, with that we look after you.

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3.14.2

सं वः सृजत्व् अर्यमा सं पूषा सं बृहस्पतिः ।
सम् इन्द्रो यो धनंजयो मयि पुष्यत यद् वसु ॥

saṃ vaḥ sṛjatv aryamā saṃ pūṣā saṃ bṛhaspatiḥ ।
sam indro yo dhanaṃjayo mayi puṣyata yad vasu ॥

Let Aryama, the sun, help you grow. Let natural nourishment help you grow. Let Brhaspati, the vast space, help you grow. Let Indra and Dhananjaya, natural energy and prana energy help you grow. Bring to me and let me grow with the wealth of nature and gifts of the cow.

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3.14.3

संजग्माना अबिभ्युषीर् अस्मिन् गोष्ठे करीषिणीः ।
बिभ्रतीः सोम्यं मध्व् अनमीवा उपेतन ॥

saṃjagmānā abibhyuṣīr asmin goṣṭhe karīṣiṇīḥ ।
bibhratīḥ somyaṃ madhv anamīvā upetana ॥

Let the cows come and move around in this stall and on the meadows, free from disease, free from fear, bearing honey sweet of milk, most delicious, eating well and giving plenty of natural manure for crops.

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3.14.4

इहैव गाव एतनेहो शकेव पुष्यत ।
इहैवोत प्र जायध्वं मयि संज्ञानम् अस्तु वः ॥

ihaiva gāva etaneho śakeva puṣyata ।
ihaivota pra jāyadhvaṃ mayi saṃjñānam astu vaḥ ॥

Let the cows here in the stall grow and develop like lotus stalks, let them breed here itself, and let me too have full knowledge about them, their growth and development.

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3.14.5

शिवो वो गोष्ठो भवतु शारिशाकेव पुष्यत ।
इहैवोत प्र जायध्वं मया वः सं सृजामसि ॥

śivo vo goṣṭho bhavatu śāriśākeva puṣyata ।
ihaivota pra jāyadhvaṃ mayā vaḥ saṃ sṛjāmasi ॥

Let this stall be good for you. Grow here like honey bees. And breed here itself. With me myself like

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3.14.6

मया गावो गोपतिना सचध्वम् अयं वो गोष्ठ इह पोषयिष्णुः ।
रायस् पोषेण बहुला भवन्तीर् जीवा जीवन्तीर् उप वः सदेम ॥

mayā gāvo gopatinā sacadhvam ayaṃ vo goṣṭha iha poṣayiṣṇuḥ ।
rāyas poṣeṇa bahulā bhavantīr jīvā jīvantīr upa vaḥ sadema ॥

Atharvaveda 3.15 · 8 mantras

3.15.1

इन्द्रम् अहं वणिजं चोदयामि स न ऐतु पुरएता नो अस्तु ।
नुदन्न् अरातिं परिपन्थिनं मृगं स ईशानो धनदा अस्तु मह्यम् ॥

indram ahaṃ vaṇijaṃ codayāmi sa na aitu puraetā no astu ।
nudann arātiṃ paripanthinaṃ mṛgaṃ sa īśāno dhanadā astu mahyam ॥

I stir up and exhort Indra, master spirit and centre pin of the business world, that he may come forward to us and be our leader and pioneer, giving incentive to the dullard, shaking up the niggardly non-giver, correcting the misappropriator and punishing the cruel grabber of other’s share of wealth in the process of business. Ruling, controlling and organising, he should indeed be the giver and provider, not the grabber of wealth, for us.

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3.15.2

ये पन्थानो बहवो देवयाना अन्तरा द्यावापृथिवी संचरन्ति ।
ते मा जुषन्तां पयसा घृतेन यथा क्रीत्वा धनम् आहराणि ॥

ye panthāno bahavo devayānā antarā dyāvāpṛthivī saṃcaranti ।
te mā juṣantāṃ payasā ghṛtena yathā krītvā dhanam āharāṇi ॥

Many are the paths worthy of noble businessmen, Devayana they are, open and actively busy between the earth and sky over land and sea and air. Let these be available for me to follow, which would bring for me enough milk and ghrta for a comfortable living so that with trade and commerce, buying and selling, I can get the wealth I need and wish to have.

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3.15.3

इध्मेनाग्न इछमानो घृतेन जुहोमि हव्यं तरसे बलाय ।
यावद् ईशे ब्रह्मणा वन्दमान इमां धियं शतसेयाय देवीम् ॥

idhmenāgna ichamāno ghṛtena juhomi havyaṃ tarase balāya ।
yāvad īśe brahmaṇā vandamāna imāṃ dhiyaṃ śataseyāya devīm ॥

O leading light of life, divine Agni, with the desire for correct and creative business to my utmost power and passion for success with a hundred possibilities, I offer holy materials with ghrta into the lighted fire, controlling this divine intelligence of mine and worshipping Divinity with hymns of the Veda.

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3.15.4

इमाम् अग्ने शरणिं मीमृषो नो यम् अध्वानम् अगाम दूरम् ।
शुनं नो अस्तु प्रपणो विक्रयश् च प्रतिपणः फलिनं मा कृणोतु ।
इदं हव्यं संविदानौ जुषेथां शुनं नो अस्तु चरितम् उत्थितं च ॥

imām agne śaraṇiṃ mīmṛṣo no yam adhvānam agāma dūram ।
śunaṃ no astu prapaṇo vikrayaś ca pratipaṇaḥ phalinaṃ mā kṛṇotu ।
idaṃ havyaṃ saṃvidānau juṣethāṃ śunaṃ no astu caritam utthitaṃ ca ॥

Pray bear with us, Agni, leading light of the business world, forgive us this our leap forward whereby we have come so far on the way. May our sale, purchase, resale and repurchase and our exchange of goods and money be auspicious and mutually very profitable. May both the partners accept and welcome this business proposition, and let our business grow higher and ever more propitious.

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3.15.5

येन धनेन प्रपणं चरामि धनेन देवा धनम् इछमानः ।
तन् मे भूयो भवतु मा कनीयो ऽग्ने सातघ्नो देवान् हविषा नि षेध ॥

yena dhanena prapaṇaṃ carāmi dhanena devā dhanam ichamānaḥ ।
tan me bhūyo bhavatu mā kanīyo 'gne sātaghno devān haviṣā ni ṣedha ॥

Agni, leading light of the world of business, may the capital money I invest with which I carry on the business, and the money in circulation by which I wish and plan to earn more, O Devas, enlightened people, may that grow and increase. Let it not decrease. Agni, by virtue of our investment and the yajnic service we offer, pray ward off the deceitful players and destroyers of mutual gain.

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3.15.6

येन धनेन प्रपणं चरामि धनेन देवा धनम् इछमानः ।
तस्मिन् म इन्द्रो रुचिम् आ दधातु प्रजापतिः सविता सोमो अग्निः ॥

yena dhanena prapaṇaṃ carāmi dhanena devā dhanam ichamānaḥ ।
tasmin ma indro rucim ā dadhātu prajāpatiḥ savitā somo agniḥ ॥

O Devas, enlightened enterprising spirits of society, the money that I invest to carry on my business, wishing and planning to earn more by investment, may, I pray, increase, and may the business grow. And in that business, investment and money circulation, may Indra, the ruling power and self-confidence, Prajapati, presiding powers of nation’s growth, Savita, men of creative spirit with inspiring enthusiasm. Soma, men of peace who care for national happiness, and Agni, leading lights of the world of business, science of growth and lovers of culture and enlightenment, may all provide me with enlightened interest in business and the creative growth of economy for ah round development of human society.

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3.15.7

उप त्वा नमसा वयं होतर् वैश्वानर स्तुमः ।
स नः प्रजास्व् आत्मसु गोषु प्राणेषु जागृहि ॥

upa tvā namasā vayaṃ hotar vaiśvānara stumaḥ ।
sa naḥ prajāsv ātmasu goṣu prāṇeṣu jāgṛhi ॥

O hota, performer and organiser of the human nation’s economic yajna, O Vaishvanara, universal spirit of life and light vibrating and shining at the heart of every human being, we admire, adore and exalt you with salutations and offer of the best we have for the common good. O Lord, spirit of yajnic economy and spirit of universal growth, pray keep awake and be inspiring among our people, in our soul at heart, in the mind and senses, in our cows, keep vibrating in our pranic

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3.15.8

विश्वाहा ते सदम् इद् भरेमाश्वायेव तिष्ठते जातवेदः ।
रायस् पोषेण सम् इषा मदन्तो मा ते अग्ने प्रतिवेशा रिषाम ॥

viśvāhā te sadam id bharemāśvāyeva tiṣṭhate jātavedaḥ ।
rāyas poṣeṇa sam iṣā madanto mā te agne prativeśā riṣāma ॥

Atharvaveda 3.16 · 7 mantras

3.16.1

प्रातर् अग्निं प्रातर् इन्द्रम् हवामहे प्रातर् मित्रावरुणा प्रातर् अश्विना ।
प्रातर् भगं पूषणं ब्रह्मणस् पतिं प्रातः सोमम् उत रुद्रं हवामहे ॥

prātar agniṃ prātar indram havāmahe prātar mitrāvaruṇā prātar aśvinā ।
prātar bhagaṃ pūṣaṇaṃ brahmaṇas patiṃ prātaḥ somam uta rudraṃ havāmahe ॥

Early morning we invoke Agni, lord of light, light the holy fire, and pray for the light of life. Early morning we invoke Indra and pray for honour and power. Early morning we invoke Mitra and Vamna and pray for the energy of prana and udana. Early morning we invoke Bhaga and pray for strength, prosperity and life’s glory. We invoke Pusha and pray for health and nourishment. We invoke Brahmanaspati, lord omniscient and infinite, and pray for knowledge and vision of divine grandeur. Early morning we invoke Soma and pray for peace and joy. Early morning we invoke Rudra and pray for love, justice and spiritual courage.

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3.16.2

प्रातर्जितं भगम् उग्रम् हवामहे वयं पुत्रम् अदितेर् यो विधर्ता ।
आध्रश् चिद् यं मन्यमानस् तुरश् चिद् राजा चिद् यं भगं भक्षीत्य् आह ॥

prātarjitaṃ bhagam ugram havāmahe vayaṃ putram aditer yo vidhartā ।
ādhraś cid yaṃ manyamānas turaś cid rājā cid yaṃ bhagaṃ bhakṣīty āha ॥

Early morning we invoke Bhaga, the glory of life, and pray for honour and prosperity, Bhaga, all victorious, lustrous child of Infinity, sustainer of the cosmic system which everybody whether poor and helpless, or fast and impetuous, or a ruling king, loves and honours and of which the Lord of Life says: Honour Bhaga, acquire power and glory won by effort and action and enjoy life.

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3.16.3

भग प्रणेतर् भग सत्यराधो भगेमां धियम् उद् अवा ददन् नः ।
भग प्र णो जनय गोभिर् अश्वैर् भग प्र नृभिर् नृवन्तः स्याम ॥

bhaga praṇetar bhaga satyarādho bhagemāṃ dhiyam ud avā dadan naḥ ।
bhaga pra ṇo janaya gobhir aśvair bhaga pra nṛbhir nṛvantaḥ syāma ॥

Lord of glory, lord of inspiration for advancement, lord of truth and beneficence, lord of light and knowledge, blest us as you have with intelligence, we pray, save this intelligence of ours from sin and lead us to the vision of divinity. Lord of power and prosperity, help us grow with cows and horses, let us advance with manpower, bless us with men of vision and leaders of quality.

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3.16.4

उतेदानीं भगवन्तः स्यामोत प्रपित्व उत मध्ये अह्नाम् ।
उतोदितौ मघवन्त् सूर्यस्य वयं देवानां सुमतौ स्याम ॥

utedānīṃ bhagavantaḥ syāmota prapitva uta madhye ahnām ।
utoditau maghavant sūryasya vayaṃ devānāṃ sumatau syāma ॥

Maghavan, magnanimous lord of honour and prosperity, we pray, we may be prosperous at the present time, and we may be prosperous at the rise of the sun. Let us prosper at the middle of the day, and let us be prosperous in the evening. Let us always abide in the good will and guidance of the noble saints and sages and brilliant leaders of light and wisdom.

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3.16.5

भग एव भगवां अस्तु देवस् तेना वयं भगवन्तः स्याम ।
तं त्वा भग सर्व इज् जोहवीमि स नो भग पुरएता भवेह ॥

bhaga eva bhagavāṃ astu devas tenā vayaṃ bhagavantaḥ syāma ।
taṃ tvā bhaga sarva ij johavīmi sa no bhaga puraetā bhaveha ॥

The Lord of Glory alone is the lord of glory and munificence. May he alone be our Deva, lord of light and generous giver. By his grace alone can we be great and prosperous. O Lord so glorious, I invoke and worship you with prayer as do all all-ways worship and pray. O Lord of glory, be our guide, leader and promoter

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3.16.6

सम् अध्वरायोषसो नमन्त दधिक्रावेव शुचये पदाय ।
अर्वाचीनं वसुविदं भगं मे रथम् इवाश्वा वाजिन आ वहन्तु ॥

sam adhvarāyoṣaso namanta dadhikrāveva śucaye padāya ।
arvācīnaṃ vasuvidaṃ bhagaṃ me ratham ivāśvā vājina ā vahantu ॥

The lights of the dawn, inspired and inspiring to silence and prayer, advancing like the sun’s golden chariot for the performance of yajnic acts of love and creation, may, we pray, bring us the most modern treasures of honour and prosperity just like fastest horses flying chariot-loads of a hero’s trophies of victory.

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3.16.7

अश्वावतीर् गोमतीर् न उषासो वीरवतीः सदम् उछन्तु भद्राः ।
घृतं दुहाना विश्वतः प्रपीता यूयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः ॥

aśvāvatīr gomatīr na uṣāso vīravatīḥ sadam uchantu bhadrāḥ ।
ghṛtaṃ duhānā viśvataḥ prapītā yūyaṃ pāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ ॥

The holy dawns replete with vapours, blest with sun beams, pregnant with energy and abundant and generous with bliss may, we pray, sanctify our home and, bringing showers of ghrta and water, may fill our life with all round prosperity. And may you all, brilliant powers of nature and humanity rising like the dawn, protect and promote us with good fortune for all time.

Atharvaveda 3.17 · 9 mantras

3.17.1

सीरा युञ्जन्ति कवयो युगा वि तन्वते पृथक् ।
धीरा देवेषु सुम्नयौ ॥

sīrā yuñjanti kavayo yugā vi tanvate pṛthak ।
dhīrā deveṣu sumnayau ॥

Men of vision and creativity use the plough and the yoke. Men of constancy among the brilliant and generous separately as well as together expand the beauty and graces of life devoutly thus for peace and well being.

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3.17.2

युनक्त सीरा वि युगा तनोत कृते योनौ वपतेह बीजम् ।
विराजः श्नुष्टिः सभरा असन् नो नेदीय इत् सृण्यः पक्वम् आ यवन् ॥

yunakta sīrā vi yugā tanota kṛte yonau vapateha bījam ।
virājaḥ śnuṣṭiḥ sabharā asan no nedīya it sṛṇyaḥ pakvam ā yavan ॥

Work with the plough and yoke the bullocks. Expand and develop agriculture and its methods, tools and knowledge. Prepare the soil and sow the seed. O brilliant and prosperous farmers, when the grain is ripe for harvesting, reap and bring the harvest home.

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3.17.3

लाङ्गलं पवीरवत् सुशीमं सोमसत्सरु ।
उद् इद् वपतु गाम् अविं प्रस्थावद् रथवाहनं पीबरीं च प्रफर्व्यम् ॥

lāṅgalaṃ pavīravat suśīmaṃ somasatsaru ।
ud id vapatu gām aviṃ prasthāvad rathavāhanaṃ pībarīṃ ca prapharvyam ॥

The plough, fitted with share, symbol of peace and joy, a tool of soma, plenty, prosperity and happiness, drawn by bullocks strong enough to draw a chariot and held firmly by the hilt, turns up the crust of the productive earth to make it ready for sowing.

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3.17.4

इन्द्रः सीतां नि गृह्णातु तां पूषाभि रक्षतु ।
सा नः पयस्वती दुहाम् उत्तरामुत्तरां समाम् ॥

indraḥ sītāṃ ni gṛhṇātu tāṃ pūṣābhi rakṣatu ।
sā naḥ payasvatī duhām uttarāmuttarāṃ samām ॥

Let Indra, the farmer, take over and look after the furrow with seed. Let the sun shine over the seed and protect and promote the growth. Let Pusha, fertility of nature, feed, energise and promote the crop. And let the earth mother, full of the milk of life, produce more and more of pure foods year by year for us.

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3.17.5

शुनं सुफाला वि तुदन्तु भूमिं शुनं कीनाशा अनु यन्तु वाहान् ।
शुनासीरा हविषा तोशमाना सुपिप्पला ओषधीः कर्तम् अस्मै ॥

śunaṃ suphālā vi tudantu bhūmiṃ śunaṃ kīnāśā anu yantu vāhān ।
śunāsīrā haviṣā tośamānā supippalā oṣadhīḥ kartam asmai ॥

Let the ploughmen plough the land happily for our peace and nourishment. Let the farmers work with oxen and horses happily for peace. May the sun and air with the oblations of rich materials offered by us in yajna bless the herbs and plants with delicious fruit and nourishing grain.

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3.17.6

शुनं वाहाः शुनं नरः शुनं कृषतु लाङ्गलम् ।
शुनं वरत्रा बध्यन्तां शुनम् अष्ट्राम् उद् इङ्गय ॥

śunaṃ vāhāḥ śunaṃ naraḥ śunaṃ kṛṣatu lāṅgalam ।
śunaṃ varatrā badhyantāṃ śunam aṣṭrām ud iṅgaya ॥

Let the oxen and horses draw the plough and carry the burdens happily for growth and prosperity. Let the men work happily. Let the plough furrow the field neatly, let the bonds be tied neatly, and let the goad be raised well and kindly for growth and prosperity.

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3.17.7

शुनासीरेह स्म मे जुषेथाम् ।
यद् दिवि चक्रथुः पयस् तेनेमाम् उप सिञ्चतम् ॥

śunāsīreha sma me juṣethām ।
yad divi cakrathuḥ payas tenemām upa siñcatam ॥

O sun and wind, farmers and helpers, listen to me: the water which you create in the regions of light and the firmament and move in the light of knowledge, bring that down to irrigate this holy land of the fields.

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3.17.8

सीते वन्दामहे त्वार्वाची सुभगे भव ।
यथा नः सुमना असो यथा नः सुफला भुवः ॥

sīte vandāmahe tvārvācī subhage bhava ।
yathā naḥ sumanā aso yathā naḥ suphalā bhuvaḥ ॥

O charming furrow, be straight and deeply well drawn, promising and productive. We love and celebrate you so that you may be good to us, bring us good fortune and bring us the best fruit of our labour and endevour.

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3.17.9

घृतेन सीता मधुना समक्ता विश्वैर् देवैर् अनुमता मरुद्भिः ।
सा नः सीते पयसाभ्याववृत्स्वोर्जस्वती घृतवत् पिन्वमाना ॥

ghṛtena sītā madhunā samaktā viśvair devair anumatā marudbhiḥ ।
sā naḥ sīte payasābhyāvavṛtsvorjasvatī ghṛtavat pinvamānā ॥

Let the furrow in the field made by the plough share and levelled and refined by the leveller, accepted and approved by all noble and generous people, and vitalised by wind and rain, be enriched with the wealth of food, energy, milk and ghrta and bring us plenty of delicious nourishment.

Atharvaveda 3.18 · 6 mantras

3.18.1

इमां खनाम्य् ओषधिं वीरुधां बलवत्तमाम् ।
यया सपत्नीं बाधते यया संविन्दते पतिम् ॥

imāṃ khanāmy oṣadhiṃ vīrudhāṃ balavattamām ।
yayā sapatnīṃ bādhate yayā saṃvindate patim ॥

I dig out this luxuriant and most powerful herb by which one can annul a rival fascination and recover a single, united mind and personality with one all-absorbing love and interest.

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3.18.2

उत्तानपर्णे सुभगे देवजूते सहस्वति ।
सपत्नीं मे परा णुद पतिं मे केवलं कृधि ॥

uttānaparṇe subhage devajūte sahasvati ।
sapatnīṃ me parā ṇuda patiṃ me kevalaṃ kṛdhi ॥

O sanative herb, growing with luxuriant leaves and branches, nobly effective, divinely energised, giver of peace, patience and courageous inner vitality, transform me to concentrate on my single and only love and interest. Throw out my rival fascination. Let me be with my own essential master spirit.

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3.18.3

नहि ते नाम जग्राह नो अस्मिन् रमसे पतौ ।
पराम् एव परावतं सपत्नीं गमयामसि ॥

nahi te nāma jagrāha no asmin ramase patau ।
parām eva parāvataṃ sapatnīṃ gamayāmasi ॥

I do not even entertain your name, O vile fascination. Nor do you feel interested in this master spirit of mine. We throw this remote and far off fascination at the farthest.

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3.18.4

उत्तराहम् उत्तर उत्तरेद् उत्तराभ्यः ।
अधः सपत्नी या ममाधरा साधराभ्यः ॥

uttarāham uttara uttared uttarābhyaḥ ।
adhaḥ sapatnī yā mamādharā sādharābhyaḥ ॥

O sanative herb of soma nature, you are higher than the rival, more efficacious than the distraction. I also am higher than the fasciantion, greater than all others who are superior, generally speaking. May that which is my rival be lower than the lowest infatuations.

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3.18.5

अहम् अस्मि सहमानाथो त्वम् असि सासहिः ।
उभे सहस्वती भूत्वा सपत्नीं मे सहावहै ॥

aham asmi sahamānātho tvam asi sāsahiḥ ।
ubhe sahasvatī bhūtvā sapatnīṃ me sahāvahai ॥

I am patient, challenging and victorious. You too are unassailable Soma. You and I, both challenging and victorious, shall subdue the rival.

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3.18.6

अभि ते ऽधां सहमानाम् उप ते ऽधां सहीयसीम् ।
माम् अनु प्र ते मनो वत्सं गौर् इव धावतु पथा वार् इव धावतु ॥

abhi te 'dhāṃ sahamānām upa te 'dhāṃ sahīyasīm ।
mām anu pra te mano vatsaṃ gaur iva dhāvatu pathā vār iva dhāvatu ॥

O Soma spirit of the herb, I love you at heart and hold on to you in faith, patient and victorious as you are. I hold on to you with a determined mind. May your spirit radiate and come to me like the mother cow hastening to her calf, and water rushing straight to the lake.

Atharvaveda 3.19 · 8 mantras

3.19.1

संशितं म इदं ब्रह्म संशितं वीर्यं बलम् ।
संशितं क्षत्रम् अजरम् अस्तु जिष्णुर् येषाम् अस्मि पुरोहितः ॥

saṃśitaṃ ma idaṃ brahma saṃśitaṃ vīryaṃ balam ।
saṃśitaṃ kṣatram ajaram astu jiṣṇur yeṣām asmi purohitaḥ ॥

Crystal sharp and powerful is this, my song of Divinity, immaculate potent my strength and valour, inviolable and imperishable be the Kshatra, refined and glorified, of which I am the celebrant high priest whose ambition is victory of the Rashtra, the social order.

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3.19.2

सम् अहम् एषां राष्ट्रं स्यामि सम् ओजो वीर्यं बलम् ।
वृश्चामि शत्रूणां बाहून् अनेन हविषा अहम् ॥

sam aham eṣāṃ rāṣṭraṃ syāmi sam ojo vīryaṃ balam ।
vṛścāmi śatrūṇāṃ bāhūn anena haviṣā aham ॥

I strengthen, refine, energise and integrate the Rashtra and the lustre, valour and power of these brave heroes, and with this kind of inputs I break the arms and forces of the enemies.

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3.19.3

नीचैः पद्यन्ताम् अधरे भवन्तु ये नः सूरिं मघवानं पृतन्यान् ।
क्षिणामि ब्रह्मणामित्रान् उन् नयामि स्वान् अहम् ॥

nīcaiḥ padyantām adhare bhavantu ye naḥ sūriṃ maghavānaṃ pṛtanyān ।
kṣiṇāmi brahmaṇāmitrān un nayāmi svān aham ॥

Down may those fall and stay below who challenge our brave and majestic ruler. With universal knowledge of the Veda and advice of the wise I deplete the unfriendly of their strength and power, and I raise those who are ours and support our universal vision.

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3.19.4

तीक्ष्णीयांसः परशोर् अग्नेस् तीक्ष्णतरा उत ।
इन्द्रस्य वज्रात् तीक्ष्णीयांसो येषाम् अस्मि पुरोहितः ॥

tīkṣṇīyāṃsaḥ paraśor agnes tīkṣṇatarā uta ।
indrasya vajrāt tīkṣṇīyāṃso yeṣām asmi purohitaḥ ॥

Sharper are they than the axe’s edge, hotter than blazing fire, and deadlier than thunder of the cloud, whose high priest I am.

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3.19.5

एषाम् अहम् आयुधा सं स्याम्य् एषां राष्ट्रं सुवीरं वर्धयामि ।
एषाम् क्षत्रम् अजरम् अस्तु जिष्ण्व् एषां चित्तं विश्वे ऽवन्तु देवाः ॥

eṣām aham āyudhā saṃ syāmy eṣāṃ rāṣṭraṃ suvīraṃ vardhayāmi ।
eṣām kṣatram ajaram astu jiṣṇv eṣāṃ cittaṃ viśve 'vantu devāḥ ॥

I sharpen and sophisticate their arms and armaments, I raise and advance the Rashtra of the brave. May the Rashtra of these heroes be undecaying and imperishable, and victorious, and may the divinities of the world protect and promote the unity of their mind and resolve.

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3.19.6

उद् धर्षन्तां मघवन् वाजिनान्य् उद् वीराणां जयताम् एतु घोषः ।
पृथग् घोषा उलुलयः केतुमन्त उद् ईरताम् ।
देवा इन्द्रज्येष्ठा मरुतो यन्तु सेनया ॥

ud dharṣantāṃ maghavan vājināny ud vīrāṇāṃ jayatām etu ghoṣaḥ ।
pṛthag ghoṣā ululayaḥ ketumanta ud īratām ।
devā indrajyeṣṭhā maruto yantu senayā ॥

O lord of glory, let the warlike mind and morale of the fighting forces be high, let the victory roar of the conquering heroes rise and rumble in space, let the flag bearers’ shouts of joy rise high in every part of the land, and let the brilliant blazing leaders march forward with their stormy forces under command of Indra, the supreme commander.

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3.19.7

प्रेता जयता नर उग्रा वः सन्तु बाहवः ।
तीक्ष्णेषवो ऽबलधन्वनो हतोग्रायुधा अबलान् उग्रबाहवः ॥

pretā jayatā nara ugrā vaḥ santu bāhavaḥ ।
tīkṣṇeṣavo 'baladhanvano hatogrāyudhā abalān ugrabāhavaḥ ॥

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3.19.8

अवसृष्टा परा पत शरव्ये ब्रह्मसंशिते ।
जय अमित्रान् प्र पद्यस्व जह्य् एषां वरंवरं मामीषां मोचि कश् चन ॥

avasṛṣṭā parā pata śaravye brahmasaṃśite ।
jaya amitrān pra padyasva jahy eṣāṃ varaṃvaraṃ māmīṣāṃ moci kaś cana ॥

Atharvaveda 3.20 · 10 mantras

3.20.1

अयं ते योनिर् ऋत्वियो यतो जातो अरोचथाः ।
तं जानन्न् अग्न आ रोहाधा नो वर्धय रयिम् ॥

ayaṃ te yonir ṛtviyo yato jāto arocathāḥ ।
taṃ jānann agna ā rohādhā no vardhaya rayim ॥

Hey Agni, O man, this home, this world of Prakrti, this teacher’s home, this vedi, is your origin, your place of birth according to the time and season of growth and development. Bom of here and as you grow. you shine. Knowing the place of origin and the stage of growth, you rise and advance and thus create and increase the wealth of life for us.

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3.20.2

अग्ने अछा वदेह नः प्रत्यङ् नः सुमना भव ।
प्र णो यछ विशां पते धनदा असि नस् त्वम् ॥

agne achā vadeha naḥ pratyaṅ naḥ sumanā bhava ।
pra ṇo yacha viśāṃ pate dhanadā asi nas tvam ॥

Agni, lord omniscient, O brilliant teacher, O enlightened man, speak to us well and straight, be kind at heart with us. O lord and leader of the people, give us the wealth of life, light of the spirit, you are the giver of wealth, light and life.

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3.20.3

प्र णो यछत्व् अर्यमा प्र भगः प्र बृहस्पतिः ।
प्र देवीः प्रोत सूनृता रयिं देवी दधातु मे ॥

pra ṇo yachatv aryamā pra bhagaḥ pra bṛhaspatiḥ ।
pra devīḥ prota sūnṛtā rayiṃ devī dadhātu me ॥

May Aryama, lord controller of the stars and planets, man of justice and rectitude, leader of men, Bhaga, lord of glory and prosperity, Brhaspati, lord of infinite space and man of divine knowledge, Devi, divine lights of nature, mother teacher and speaker of the natural language of pure truth and laws of life, bless me with the real wealth of life.

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3.20.4

सोमं राजानम् अवसे ऽग्निं गीर्भिर् हवामहे ।
आदित्यम् विष्णुम् सूर्यं ब्रह्माणं च बृहस्पतिम् ॥

somaṃ rājānam avase 'gniṃ gīrbhir havāmahe ।
ādityam viṣṇum sūryaṃ brahmāṇaṃ ca bṛhaspatim ॥

With honest and earnest voice of the heart, we invoke, adore and pray to Soma, lord of peace and joy. Raja, refulgent ruler of the world, Agni, light and fire of life, Aditya, self-refulgent sun, Vishnu, all pervasive spirit of cosmic sustenance, Surya, refulgent sustainer of earth and life on earth, Brahmana, speaker of the Vedic lore, and Brhaspati, lord of the expansive universe and Infinity. We invoke them for protection and advancement.

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3.20.5

त्वं नो अग्ने अग्निभिर् ब्रह्म यज्ञं वर्धय ।
त्वं नो देव दातवे रयिं दानाय चोदय ॥

tvaṃ no agne agnibhir brahma yajñaṃ vardhaya ।
tvaṃ no deva dātave rayiṃ dānāya codaya ॥

Hey Agni, lord self-refulgent, O enlightened and radiant spirit of knowledge, with flames of yajna fire, reflections of light and through kind and brilliant teachers inspire, energise and increase our knowledge of the spirit, our yajnic social order and our spirit of piety, unity and charity. O lord refulgent, kind and generous, bless us with wealth and inspire us with the spirit of charity and magnanimity.

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3.20.6

इन्द्रवायू उभाव् इह सुहवेह हवामहे ।
यथा नः सर्व इज् जनः संगत्यां सुमना असद् दानकामश् च नो भुवत् ॥

indravāyū ubhāv iha suhaveha havāmahe ।
yathā naḥ sarva ij janaḥ saṃgatyāṃ sumanā asad dānakāmaś ca no bhuvat ॥

Here in our life at our time of growth and development, we invoke, adore and worship Indra and Vayu, givers of power and life’s vibrancy. They are both generous, charitable and hospitable. We adore them as our ideal benefactors so that all our people be united in form and mind and feel inspired with the spirit of yajna and charity as a nation.

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3.20.7

अर्यमणं बृहस्पतिम् इन्द्रं दानाय चोदय ।
वातं विष्णुं सरस्वतीं सवितारं च वाजिनम् ॥

aryamaṇaṃ bṛhaspatim indraṃ dānāya codaya ।
vātaṃ viṣṇuṃ sarasvatīṃ savitāraṃ ca vājinam ॥

O Agni, lord self-refulgent, inspire Aryama, powers of justice, rectitude and leadership, Brhaspati, scholars and teachers of divine knowledge about life and the world, Indra, lord ruler and controller of the nation’s powers, inspire and energise them to be moving in the direction of charity and liberality. Also inspire and energise Vata, air and pranic energy, Vishnu, the nation’s spirit of yajna, joint creativity and united action, Sarasvati, spirit of knowledge, education and enlightened motherly women, Savita, spirit of inspired productivity and enlightenment, and Vajin, those who produce and control food and other powers of society so that the nation may be one, united, powerful and generous.

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3.20.8

वाजस्य नु प्रसवे सं बभूविमेमा च विश्वा भुवनानि अन्तः ।
उतादित्सन्तं दापयतु प्रजानन् रयिं च नः सर्ववीरं नि यछ ॥

vājasya nu prasave saṃ babhūvimemā ca viśvā bhuvanāni antaḥ ।
utāditsantaṃ dāpayatu prajānan rayiṃ ca naḥ sarvavīraṃ ni yacha ॥

Let us be united together for the development of knowledge and the production of food, energy and power. Indeed all these worlds of existence are one and united within the same ultimate cosmic order. May the same refulgent and generous power convert even the ungiving selfish to giving generosity. And O Lord, give us the wealth which comprises total heroism and magnanimity of the human nation.

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3.20.9

दुह्राम् मे पञ्च प्रदिषो दुह्राम् उर्वीर् यथाबलम् ।
प्रापेयं सर्वा आकूतीर् मनसा हृदयेन च ॥

duhrām me pañca pradiṣo duhrām urvīr yathābalam ।
prāpeyaṃ sarvā ākūtīr manasā hṛdayena ca ॥

May all the directions of space and all five orders of society bless me with food and strength for body, mind and soul, may all wide earths, stars and planets bless me, so that I may obtain all kinds of thought, ideas and spirit of divinity with my heart and mind in unison with the human community.

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3.20.10

गोसनिं वाचम् उदेयं वर्चसा माभ्युदिहि ।
आ रुन्धां सर्वतो वायुस् त्वष्टा पोषं दधातु मे ॥

gosaniṃ vācam udeyaṃ varcasā mābhyudihi ।
ā rundhāṃ sarvato vāyus tvaṣṭā poṣaṃ dadhātu me ॥

Let me speak the cultured language of knowledge and divine awareness. O Lord of light, raise me with the light and lustre of life. May Vayu, divine vibrancy of life protect me all round and stop me from going astray. May Tvashta, divine spirit of refinement, bear and bring me all round nourishment for body, mind and soul.

Atharvaveda 3.21 · 10 mantras

3.21.1

ये अग्नयो अप्स्व् अन्तर् ये वृत्रे ये पुरुषे ये अश्मसु ।
य आविवेशोषधीर् यो वनस्पतींस् तेभ्यो अग्निभ्यो हुतम् अस्त्व् एतत् ॥

ye agnayo apsv antar ye vṛtre ye puruṣe ye aśmasu ।
ya āviveśoṣadhīr yo vanaspatīṃs tebhyo agnibhyo hutam astv etat ॥

In honour and service to those fires, forms of divine energy, which are in the waters, in the cloud, in the human being, in the rocks, and which have entered into herbs and trees and inspire them to play their role in life, to these fires is this oblation offered in homage for peace.

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3.21.2

यः सोमे अन्तर् यो गोष्व् अन्तर् य आविष्टो वयःसु यो मृगेषु ।
य आविवेश द्विपदो यस् चतुष्पदस् तेभ्यो अग्निभ्यो हुतम् अस्त्व् एतत् ॥

yaḥ some antar yo goṣv antar ya āviṣṭo vayaḥsu yo mṛgeṣu ।
ya āviveśa dvipado yas catuṣpadas tebhyo agnibhyo hutam astv etat ॥

The fire that is in the soma herb, that which has entered into the cows, in the birds and in the animals of the wild forest, that which coexists with the soul of humans and the quadrupeds, to all those fires, let this oblation be offered in homage for peace.

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3.21.3

य इन्द्रेण सरथं याति देवो वैश्वानर उत विश्वदाव्यः ।
यं जोहवीमि पृतनासु सासहिं तेभ्यो अग्निभ्यो हुतम् अस्त्व् एतत् ॥

ya indreṇa sarathaṃ yāti devo vaiśvānara uta viśvadāvyaḥ ।
yaṃ johavīmi pṛtanāsu sāsahiṃ tebhyo agnibhyo hutam astv etat ॥

That fire of life which vibrates with the soul and powers its body chariot, universal with humanity, and inspires as well as burns all with the passion to live, that fire of passion and enthusiasm which I love and live in the battles of life, to all those fires let this oblation be offered in homage for peace.

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3.21.4

यो देवो विश्वाद् यम् उ कामम् आहुर् यं दातारं प्रतिगृह्णन्तम् आहुः ।
यो धीरः शक्रः परिभूर् अदाभ्यस् तेभ्यो अग्निभ्यो हुतम् अस्त्व् एतत् ॥

yo devo viśvād yam u kāmam āhur yaṃ dātāraṃ pratigṛhṇantam āhuḥ ।
yo dhīraḥ śakraḥ paribhūr adābhyas tebhyo agnibhyo hutam astv etat ॥

That fire divine which consumes the world of existence, which they call ‘Kama’, the passion of love for life, which they say is the giver as well as the receiver, constant, invariable, mighty, universal and overpowering, indomitable, to all these fires, this oblation is offered in homage for peace.

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3.21.5

यं त्वा होतारं मनसाभि संविदुस् त्रयोदश भौवनाः पञ्च मानवाः ।
वर्चोधसे यशसे सूनृतावते तेभ्यो अग्निभ्यो हुतम् अस्त्व् एतत् ॥

yaṃ tvā hotāraṃ manasābhi saṃvidus trayodaśa bhauvanāḥ pañca mānavāḥ ।
varcodhase yaśase sūnṛtāvate tebhyo agnibhyo hutam astv etat ॥

You, whom all thirteen regions of the universe and all five communities of the world realise and recognise as main conductor of the yajna of life, to all these fiery forms of yours, lustrous, honourable, truthful and holy, this oblation in homage for peace.

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3.21.6

उक्षान्नाय वशान्नाय सोमपृष्ठाय वेधसे ।
वैश्वानरज्येष्ठेभ्यस् तेभ्यो अग्निभ्यो हुतम् अस्त्व् एतत् ॥

ukṣānnāya vaśānnāya somapṛṣṭhāya vedhase ।
vaiśvānarajyeṣṭhebhyas tebhyo agnibhyo hutam astv etat ॥

To the fire forms of the self-expressive energy of the burden - bearer of the universe as well as passionate forms of the food of life, to the fire forms of the graces of life, to the fires which bear and bring the peace, pleasure and ecstasy of life, to the fire forms of the omniscient lord creator, to the highest fire forms of the self-expression of the universal spirit of humanity, to all these fire forms of divine creative energy, this oblation in homage!

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3.21.7

दिवं पृथिवीम् अन्व् अन्तरिक्षम् ये विद्युतम् अनुसंचरन्ति ।
ये दिक्ष्व् अन्तर् ये वाते अन्तस् तेभ्यो अग्निभ्यो हुतम् अस्त्व् एतत् ॥

divaṃ pṛthivīm anv antarikṣam ye vidyutam anusaṃcaranti ।
ye dikṣv antar ye vāte antas tebhyo agnibhyo hutam astv etat ॥

To those fires which radiate across the regions of light, which magnetise the earth and shake the middle regions, which flash and thunder with the lightning, those which energise the quarters of space and blow into the winds, to all these fire forms of divine energy, this oblation in homage for peace.

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3.21.8

हिरण्यपाणिं सवितारम् इन्द्रं बृहस्पतिं वरुणं मित्रम् अग्निम् ।
विश्वान् देवान् अङ्गिरसो हवामहे इमं क्रव्यादं शमयन्त्व् अग्निम् ॥

hiraṇyapāṇiṃ savitāram indraṃ bṛhaspatiṃ varuṇaṃ mitram agnim ।
viśvān devān aṅgiraso havāmahe imaṃ kravyādaṃ śamayantv agnim ॥

We invoke Savita, creator and inspirer whose golden hands bear infinite mercy and generosity, we invoke Indra, lord omnipotent who destroys the forces of destruction, Brhaspati, lord infinite and omniscient, Varuna, lord of judgement and freedom of choice, Mitra, lord of love as warmth of the sun, Agni, spirit of light and sustenance of life, we invoke all divine powers of nature and noble humanity, and we invoke all the spirits of life and breath of life, we invoke all these and pray: fulfil, pacify and subside this fire and let it be self-extinguished to leave the spirit free.

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3.21.9

शान्तो अग्निः क्रव्याच् छान्तः पुरुषरेषणः ।
अथो यो विश्वदाव्यस् तं क्रव्यादम् अशीशमम् ॥

śānto agniḥ kravyāc chāntaḥ puruṣareṣaṇaḥ ।
atho yo viśvadāvyas taṃ kravyādam aśīśamam ॥

Calm is the fire of carnivorous passion, calm is the fire that eats into the vitals of man. And, indeed, I have extinguished the carnivorous fire that destroys the universal vitality of life. (The reader would realise that the divine energy which manifests as warmth of the sun and as vitality of nourishment and sustenance of life is not the only fire form in life, but all that energy which is disruptive, consumptive and cancerous and works through germs. viruses and negative cells is also energy. It is this energy, this fire which is carnivorous, and this must be extinguished. One is positive, the other is negative. One is to be fulfilled, the other is to be extinguished. The end result of both fulfilment and extinguishment is peace.)

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3.21.10

ये पर्वताः सोमपृष्ठा आप उत्तानशीवरीः ।
वातः पर्जन्य आद् अग्निस् ते क्रव्यादम् अशीशमन् ॥

ye parvatāḥ somapṛṣṭhā āpa uttānaśīvarīḥ ।
vātaḥ parjanya ād agnis te kravyādam aśīśaman ॥

Soma bearing mountains, holy waters, air, wind and cloud, all places exposed to the sun, they counter and extinguish the cancerous, consumptive, carnivorous fire.

Atharvaveda 3.22 · 6 mantras

3.22.1

हस्तिवर्चसं प्रथतां बृहद् यशो अदित्या यत् तन्वः संबभूव ।
तत् सर्वे सम् अदुर् मह्यम् एतद् विश्वे देवा अदितिः सजोषाः ॥

hastivarcasaṃ prathatāṃ bṛhad yaśo adityā yat tanvaḥ saṃbabhūva ।
tat sarve sam adur mahyam etad viśve devā aditiḥ sajoṣāḥ ॥

Let the honour and lustre of life, strong and graceful as the vigour and splendour of the elephant, which is born of Mother Nature, grow and expand without bounds. May all the divinities of nature and brilliancies of humanity in unison. Mother Nature and the divine voice of Veda in love and accord with me vest me with that vigour, honour and splendour.

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3.22.2

मित्रश् च वरुणश् चेन्द्रो रुद्रश् च चेततु ।
देवासो विश्वधायसस् ते माञ्जन्तु वर्चसा ॥

mitraś ca varuṇaś cendro rudraś ca cetatu ।
devāso viśvadhāyasas te māñjantu varcasā ॥

May Mitra, sun and natural warmth, Varuna, waters of oceans and space and divine judgement, prana, apana and udana energies, Rudra, natural immunity and divine mercy, all the divine powers which sustain the world, bless me with strength, lustre and grace.

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3.22.3

येन हस्ती वर्चसा संबभूव येन राजा मनुष्येस्व् अप्स्व् अन्तः ।
येन देवा देवताम् अग्र आयन् तेन माम् अद्य वर्चसाग्ने वर्चस्विनं कृणु ॥

yena hastī varcasā saṃbabhūva yena rājā manuṣyesv apsv antaḥ ।
yena devā devatām agra āyan tena mām adya varcasāgne varcasvinaṃ kṛṇu ॥

The lustrous energy by which the elephant has grown so strong, by which the ruler grows great and majestic among men and in the grand affairs of life, by which eminent Devas, divinities of nature and brilliant men, attain to and maintain their divinity, by that vigour and lustre, O Agni, now make me rise to greatness and glory.

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3.22.4

यत् ते वर्चो जातवेदो बृहद् भवत्य् आहुतेः ।
यावत् सूर्यस्य वर्च आसुरस्य च हस्तिनः ।
तावन् मे अश्विना वर्च आ धत्तां पुष्करस्रजा ॥

yat te varco jātavedo bṛhad bhavaty āhuteḥ ।
yāvat sūryasya varca āsurasya ca hastinaḥ ।
tāvan me aśvinā varca ā dhattāṃ puṣkarasrajā ॥

O Jataveda, omniscient Agni, self-refulgent spirit of existence, as long as the flame of fire rises by yajna, as long as the lustre of the sun, vibrancy of pranic energies and strength of the elephant lasts and rises, that long and that far and high, O Ashvins, complementary harbingers of nature’s divine energy and grace, and the beauty and fragrance of the lotus flower, pray vest me with the lustre and glory of life like the flames of yajna fire fed on and raised by oblations of ghrta.

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3.22.5

यावच् चतस्रः प्रदिशश् चक्षुर् यावत् समश्नुते ।
तावत् समैत्व् इन्द्रियं मयि तद् धस्तिवर्चसम् ॥

yāvac catasraḥ pradiśaś cakṣur yāvat samaśnute ।
tāvat samaitv indriyaṃ mayi tad dhastivarcasam ॥

As far as the four quarters of space extend, as far as the eyes can reach, that far and that high may the vigour and lustre of body, mind and soul, like the vigour of the elephant’s, be vested in me by the grace of Jataveda.

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3.22.6

हस्ती मृगाणां सुषदाम् अतिष्ठावान् बभूव हि ।
तस्य भगेन वर्चसाभि षिञ्चामि माम् अहम् ॥

hastī mṛgāṇāṃ suṣadām atiṣṭhāvān babhūva hi ।
tasya bhagena varcasābhi ṣiñcāmi mām aham ॥

Of the animals, the elephant is steady, sure and comfortable without disturbance. With the strength, vigour, lustre and regality like the elephant’s, I vest and raise myself.

Atharvaveda 3.23 · 6 mantras

3.23.1

येन वेहद् बभूविथ नाशयामसि तत् त्वत् ।
इदं तद् अन्यत्र त्वद् अप दूरे नि दध्मसि ॥

yena vehad babhūvitha nāśayāmasi tat tvat ।
idaṃ tad anyatra tvad apa dūre ni dadhmasi ॥

The cause by which you have become infertile, unable to conceive and carry, we remove from you and take it elsewhere far from you. (The remedy suggested by the mantra seems both medical and surgical.)

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3.23.2

आ ते योनिं गर्भ एतु पुमान् बाण इवेषुधिम् ।
आ वीरो ऽत्र जायतां पुत्रस् ते दशमास्यः ॥

ā te yoniṃ garbha etu pumān bāṇa iveṣudhim ।
ā vīro 'tra jāyatāṃ putras te daśamāsyaḥ ॥

Let the living embryo come into your womb and be like an arrow in the quiver, and let the ten month mature bonny brave baby take birth for you here in the home.

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3.23.3

पुमांसं पुत्रं जनय तं पुमान् अनु जायताम् ।
भवासि पुत्राणां माता जातानां जनयाश् च यान् ॥

pumāṃsaṃ putraṃ janaya taṃ pumān anu jāyatām ।
bhavāsi putrāṇāṃ mātā jātānāṃ janayāś ca yān ॥

Bear a brave virile son, and after that too let brave virile son be bom. Be a proud mother of the brave, of those that are bom and of those you would bear.

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3.23.4

यानि बद्राणि बीजान्य् ऋषभा जनयन्ति च ।
तैस् त्वं पुत्रं विन्दस्व सा प्रसूर् धेनुका भव ॥

yāni badrāṇi bījāny ṛṣabhā janayanti ca ।
tais tvaṃ putraṃ vindasva sā prasūr dhenukā bhava ॥

Auspicious are the seeds and vitalities of life which fertility herbs produce. With the use of them increase your fertility and bear a brave child. Such as you are, be a fertile woman and a brave mother.

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3.23.5

कृणोमि ते प्राजापत्यम् आ योनिं गर्भ एतु ते ।
विन्दस्व त्वं पुत्रं नारि यस् तुभ्यं शम् असच् छम् उ तस्मै त्वम् भव ॥

kṛṇomi te prājāpatyam ā yoniṃ garbha etu te ।
vindasva tvaṃ putraṃ nāri yas tubhyaṃ śam asac cham u tasmai tvam bhava ॥

O woman, I create fertility and motherly potential for you in your system. Let the living embryo be in your womb. Be blest with a son who may be a boon for peace and joy for you, and for him, you too be the mother of peace and joy for his soul.

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3.23.6

यासाम् द्यौः पिता पृथिवी माता समुद्रो मूलं वीरुधां बभूव ।
तास् त्वा पुत्रविद्याय दैवीः प्रावन्त्व् ओषधयः ॥

yāsām dyauḥ pitā pṛthivī mātā samudro mūlaṃ vīrudhāṃ babhūva ।
tās tvā putravidyāya daivīḥ prāvantv oṣadhayaḥ ॥

Atharvaveda 3.24 · 7 mantras

3.24.1

पयस्वतीर् ओषधयः पयस्वन् मामकं वचः ।
अथो पयस्वतीनाम् आ भरे ऽहं सहस्रशः ॥

payasvatīr oṣadhayaḥ payasvan māmakaṃ vacaḥ ।
atho payasvatīnām ā bhare 'haṃ sahasraśaḥ ॥

Exuberant succulant are the herbs with honeyed life energy, so sweet and full of life’s essence be my word. And I pray I may bear the honey sweets of the milk of life a thousand ways.

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3.24.2

वेदाहं पयस्वन्तं चकार धान्यम् बहु ।
संभृत्वा नाम यो देवस् तं वयं हवामहे योयो अयज्वनो गृहे ॥

vedāhaṃ payasvantaṃ cakāra dhānyam bahu ।
saṃbhṛtvā nāma yo devas taṃ vayaṃ havāmahe yoyo ayajvano gṛhe ॥

I know that exuberant divine power which creates abundant food and lush green fields of corn waving and overflowing with the milk of life, and which bears and brings all that which is in the house of the unyajnic person too. That superabundant and generous power we invoke and worship.

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3.24.3

इमा याः पञ्च प्रदिशो मानवीः पञ्च कृष्टयः ।
वृष्टे शापं नदीर् इवेह स्फातिं समावहान् ॥

imā yāḥ pañca pradiśo mānavīḥ pañca kṛṣṭayaḥ ।
vṛṣṭe śāpaṃ nadīr iveha sphātiṃ samāvahān ॥

Let all these five quarters of earth and space, and these five classes of humanity settled and working create and bring about abundance and prosperity as showers of rain bring about floods of rivers and the curse of drought is no more.

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3.24.4

उद् उत्सं शतधारं सहस्रधारम् अक्षितम् ।
एवास्माकेदं धान्यं सहस्रधारम् अक्षितम् ॥

ud utsaṃ śatadhāraṃ sahasradhāram akṣitam ।
evāsmākedaṃ dhānyaṃ sahasradhāram akṣitam ॥

And let this food, wealth and prosperity of ours, dynamic and flowing in a thousand streams, be abundant and inexhaustible as the perennial oceanic cloud of space vapours is, raining in a hundred and thousand showers.

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3.24.5

शतहस्त समाहर सहस्रहस्त सं किर ।
कृतस्य कार्यस्य चेह स्फातिं समावह ॥

śatahasta samāhara sahasrahasta saṃ kira ।
kṛtasya kāryasya ceha sphātiṃ samāvaha ॥

Hundred - handed, bring in, collect. Thousand-handed, pour out, distribute, give. Of the done, and of what is to be done, of actual and potential, current and possible, create overflowing abundance.

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3.24.6

तिस्रो मात्रा गन्धर्वाणां चतस्रो गृहपत्न्याः ।
तासां या स्फातिमत्तमा तया त्वाभि मृशामसि ॥

tisro mātrā gandharvāṇāṃ catasro gṛhapatnyāḥ ।
tāsāṃ yā sphātimattamā tayā tvābhi mṛśāmasi ॥

Three parts of the national production and income belong to the Gandharvas, departments of earth and the environment, defence and administration, and culture and education of the nation, four parts belong to the ladies of the homes for upkeep and maintenance of the house and the family. Of these seven parts of the production, income and distribution, whatever is the best and most profitable way for the nation, we, the Executive-in-Council, provide for you.

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3.24.7

उपोहश् च समूहश् च क्षत्तारौ ते प्रजापते ।
ताव् इहा वहतां स्फातिं बहुं भूमानम् अक्षितम् ॥

upohaś ca samūhaś ca kṣattārau te prajāpate ।
tāv ihā vahatāṃ sphātiṃ bahuṃ bhūmānam akṣitam ॥

O Prajapati, supreme ruler and protector of the earth and her children, Upoha and Samuha, Yoga and Kshema, collection and managemant, income and expenditure including reserve and disbursement, these two are the main departments of governance and administration. May these two bring you great, abundant and undiminishing value and return for the nation’s economy and progress.

Atharvaveda 3.25 · 6 mantras

3.25.1

उत्तुदस् त्वोत् तुदतु मा धृथाः शयने स्वे ।
इषुः कामस्य या भीमा तया विध्यामि त्वा हृदि ॥

uttudas tvot tudatu mā dhṛthāḥ śayane sve ।
iṣuḥ kāmasya yā bhīmā tayā vidhyāmi tvā hṛdi ॥

Violent passion shakes you up. You would not be at peace in your own comfortable bed: no sleep. The arrow of love which is devouring ferociously, with that I pierce and dig into your heart.

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3.25.2

आधीपर्णां कामशल्याम् इषुं संकल्पकुल्मलाम् ।
तां सुसंनतां कृत्वा कामो विध्यतु त्वा हृदि ॥

ādhīparṇāṃ kāmaśalyām iṣuṃ saṃkalpakulmalām ।
tāṃ susaṃnatāṃ kṛtvā kāmo vidhyatu tvā hṛdi ॥

Having put on the bow the arrow sharpened with desire, winged with shooting pain, fatally aimed and pointed, the bow string stretched to the optimum, let love tear through your heart.

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3.25.3

या प्लीहानं शोषयति कामस्येषुः सुसंनता ।
प्राचीनपक्षा व्योषा तया विध्यामि त्वा हृदि ॥

yā plīhānaṃ śoṣayati kāmasyeṣuḥ susaṃnatā ।
prācīnapakṣā vyoṣā tayā vidhyāmi tvā hṛdi ॥

The arrow of passion aimed and pointed with fatal wings for the target is burning and blood sucking, which scorches up the last drop of blood in the liver and spleen. With that I pierce your heart through and through.

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3.25.4

शुचा विद्धा व्योषया शुष्कास्याभि सर्प मा ।
मृदुर् निमन्युः केवली प्रियवादिन्य् अनुव्रता ॥

śucā viddhā vyoṣayā śuṣkāsyābhi sarpa mā ।
mṛdur nimanyuḥ kevalī priyavādiny anuvratā ॥

O love lorn maiden, afflicted with burning fiery passion, your lips parched and mouth dry, soft and sweet of manner and speech, free from anger and pride. attached to my sole love, come vow bound to me and join in the sacramental bond of matrimony.

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3.25.5

आजामि त्वाजन्या परि मातुर् अथो पितुः ।
यथा मम क्रताव् असो मम चित्तम् उपायसि ॥

ājāmi tvājanyā pari mātur atho pituḥ ।
yathā mama kratāv aso mama cittam upāyasi ॥

Bound in wedlock with you, O loving maiden, I take you and lead you away from your mother and father so that you may be one with me in the holy performance of our sacred duties and one in heart and soul with me.

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3.25.6

व्य् अस्यै मित्रावरुणौ हृदश् चित्तान्य् अस्यतम् ।
अथैनाम् अक्रतुं कृत्वा ममैव कृणुतं वशे ॥

vy asyai mitrāvaruṇau hṛdaś cittāny asyatam ।
athainām akratuṃ kṛtvā mamaiva kṛṇutaṃ vaśe ॥

O Mitra and Varuna, lord of love and judgement, divinities of loyalty and sound discretion, for her sake, cast off all other interests from her heart and mind, and having freed her from all other interests, let her accept only my love and home.

Atharvaveda 3.26 · 6 mantras

3.26.1

ये ऽस्यां स्थ प्राच्यां दिशि हेतयो नाम देवास् तेषां वो अग्निर् इषवः ।
ते नो मृडत ते नो ऽधि ब्रूत तेभ्यो वो नमस् तेभ्यो वः स्वाहा ॥

ye 'syāṃ stha prācyāṃ diśi hetayo nāma devās teṣāṃ vo agnir iṣavaḥ ।
te no mṛḍata te no 'dhi brūta tebhyo vo namas tebhyo vaḥ svāhā ॥

O Devas, divine powers natural and human, who abide upfront in the east direction, your name and identity in action being ‘hetis’, thunderbolt and thunderous voice, your arrows being fiery energy, Agni, the light of truth, the voice that enlightens, inspires and overwhelms, pray be kind and gracious to us, speak to us. Honour and salutations to you in homage in truth of thought, word and deed!

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3.26.2

ये ऽस्यां स्थ दक्षिणायां दिश्य् अविष्यवो नाम देवास् तेषां वः काम इषवः ।
ते नो मृडत ते नो ऽधि ब्रूत तेभ्यो वो नमस् तेभ्यो वः स्वाहा ॥

ye 'syāṃ stha dakṣiṇāyāṃ diśy aviṣyavo nāma devās teṣāṃ vaḥ kāma iṣavaḥ ।
te no mṛḍata te no 'dhi brūta tebhyo vo namas tebhyo vaḥ svāhā ॥

O Devas who abide on the right in the southern quarter, your name in action and identity being ‘Avishyus’, eager to defend and protect, your arrows being love and desire to see us grow and advance, pray be kind and gracious to us, speak to us. Honour and salutations to you in homage in truth of thought, word and deed!

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3.26.3

ये ऽस्यां स्थ प्रतीच्यां दिशि वैराजा नाम देवास् तेषां व आप इषवः ।
ते नो मृडत ते नो ऽधि ब्रूत तेभ्यो वो नमस् तेभ्यो वः स्वाहा ॥

ye 'syāṃ stha pratīcyāṃ diśi vairājā nāma devās teṣāṃ va āpa iṣavaḥ ।
te no mṛḍata te no 'dhi brūta tebhyo vo namas tebhyo vaḥ svāhā ॥

O Devas who abide at the back in the western quarter, your name in action and essence being ‘Vairajas’, the radiant, your arrows being Apah, waters, holy actions for peace and enlightenment, pray be kind and gracious to us, speak to us. Honour and salutations to you in homage in truth of thought, word and deed!

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3.26.4

ये ऽस्यां स्थोदीच्यां दिशि प्रविध्यन्तो नाम देवास् तेषां वो वात इषवः ।
ते नो मृडत ते नो ऽधि ब्रूत तेभ्यो वो नमस् तेभ्यो वः स्वाहा ॥

ye 'syāṃ sthodīcyāṃ diśi pravidhyanto nāma devās teṣāṃ vo vāta iṣavaḥ ।
te no mṛḍata te no 'dhi brūta tebhyo vo namas tebhyo vaḥ svāhā ॥

O Devas who abide on the left in the northern quarter, your name in action and essence being ‘Pravidhyantah’, sharp shooters and transfixers, your arrows being ‘vatah’ wind shear missiles, pray be kind and gracious to us, speak to us, never fail to communicate. Honour and salutation to you in homage in truth of thought, word and deed!

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3.26.5

ये ऽस्यां स्थ ध्रुवायां दिशि निलिम्पा नाम देवास् तेषां व ओषधीर् इषवः ।
ते नो मृडत ते नो ऽधि ब्रूत तेभ्यो वो नमस् तेभ्यो वः स्वाहा ॥

ye 'syāṃ stha dhruvāyāṃ diśi nilimpā nāma devās teṣāṃ va oṣadhīr iṣavaḥ ।
te no mṛḍata te no 'dhi brūta tebhyo vo namas tebhyo vaḥ svāhā ॥

O Devas who abide below in the nether quarter, your name, action and identity in the essence being ‘Nilimpas’, stationed and fixed, your equipment being ‘oshadhayah’, herbs, sanatives and food, pray be kind

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3.26.6

ये ऽस्यां स्थोर्ध्वायां दिश्य् अवस्वन्तो नाम देवास् तेषां वो बृहस्पतिर् इषवः ।
ते नो मृडत ते नो ऽधि ब्रूत तेभ्यो वो नमस् तेभ्यो वः स्वाहा ॥

ye 'syāṃ sthordhvāyāṃ diśy avasvanto nāma devās teṣāṃ vo bṛhaspatir iṣavaḥ ।
te no mṛḍata te no 'dhi brūta tebhyo vo namas tebhyo vaḥ svāhā ॥

Atharvaveda 3.27 · 6 mantras

3.27.1

प्राची दिग् अग्निर् अधिपतिर् असितो रक्षितादित्या इषवः ।
तेभ्यो नमो ऽधिपतिभ्यो नमो रक्षितृभ्यो नम इषुभ्यो नम एभ्यो अस्तु ।
यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मस् तं वो जम्भे दध्मः ॥

prācī dig agnir adhipatir asito rakṣitādityā iṣavaḥ ।
tebhyo namo 'dhipatibhyo namo rakṣitṛbhyo nama iṣubhyo nama ebhyo astu ।
yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmas taṃ vo jambhe dadhmaḥ ॥

Agni, lord of light and omniscience, is the ruling lord and guardian spirit upfront of the eastern quarter. protecting us against darkness, evil and ignorance, his arrows, protective powers, being sun-rays and the Aditya pranas. Honour and adoration to all of them! Worship and prayers to the ruling lord, salutations to the protective powers, honour and admiration to the arrows, praise and admiration for all these. O lord, whoever bears hate and jealousy toward us, or whoever we hate and reject, all that we deliver unto your divine justice.

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3.27.2

दक्षिणा दिग् इन्द्रो ऽधिपतिस् तिरश्चिराजी रक्षिता पितर इषवः ।
तेभ्यो नमो ऽधिपतिभ्यो नमो रक्षितृभ्यो नम इषुभ्यो नम एभ्यो अस्तु ।
यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मस् तं वो जम्भे दध्मः ॥

dakṣiṇā dig indro 'dhipatis tiraścirājī rakṣitā pitara iṣavaḥ ।
tebhyo namo 'dhipatibhyo namo rakṣitṛbhyo nama iṣubhyo nama ebhyo astu ।
yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmas taṃ vo jambhe dadhmaḥ ॥

On the right in the southern quarter, Indra, mighty controller of all crooked forces of the world, is the ruling lord and guardian spirit, his arrows being Pitr pranas and the light of knowledge and senior wisdom. Honour and adoration to all of them! Homage and worship to the ruling lord, homage and service to the protectors, honour and reverence to the arrows, homage and reverence to all these. O lord, whoever bears hate and jealousy toward us, and whoever or whatever we hate to suffer, all that we deliver unto your divine justice.

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3.27.3

प्रतीची दिग् वरुणो ऽधिपतिः पृदाकू रक्षितान्नम् इषवः ।
तेभ्यो नमो ऽधिपतिभ्यो नमो रक्षितृभ्यो नम इषुभ्यो नम एभ्यो अस्तु ।
यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मस् तं वो जम्भे दध्मः ॥

pratīcī dig varuṇo 'dhipatiḥ pṛdākū rakṣitānnam iṣavaḥ ।
tebhyo namo 'dhipatibhyo namo rakṣitṛbhyo nama iṣubhyo nama ebhyo astu ।
yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmas taṃ vo jambhe dadhmaḥ ॥

At the back in the western quarter, Varuna, mighty controller of all poisonous forces of the world, is the ruling lord and guardian spirit, his arrows being food and immunity. Honour and adoration to all of them! Homage and worship to the ruling lord, homage and service to the protectors, honour and reverence to the arrows, homage to all these. O lord, whoever bears hate and jealousy toward us, and whoever or whatever we hate to suffer, all that we deliver unto your divine justice.

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3.27.4

उदीची दिक् सोमो ऽधिपतिः स्वजो रक्षिताशनिर् इषवः ।
तेभ्यो नमो ऽधिपतिभ्यो नमो रक्षितृभ्यो नम इषुभ्यो नम एभ्यो अस्तु ।
यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मस् तं वो जम्भे दध्मः ॥

udīcī dik somo 'dhipatiḥ svajo rakṣitāśanir iṣavaḥ ।
tebhyo namo 'dhipatibhyo namo rakṣitṛbhyo nama iṣubhyo nama ebhyo astu ।
yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmas taṃ vo jambhe dadhmaḥ ॥

On the left in the northern quarter. Soma, lord eternal, self-existent controller of self-created negativities is the ruling lord and guardian spirit, his arrows being electric currents of cosmic force. Homage and adoration to all of them. Homage of worship to the ruling lord, homage and service to the protectors, honour and reverence to the arrows, homage and reverence to all these. O lord, whoever hates us or whoever we hate to suffer, all that we deliver unto your divine justice.

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3.27.5

ध्रुवा दिग् विष्णुर् अधिपतिः कल्माषग्रीवो रक्षिता वीरुध इषवः ।
तेभ्यो नमो ऽधिपतिभ्यो नमो रक्षितृभ्यो नम इषुभ्यो नम एभ्यो अस्तु ।
यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयम् द्विष्मस् तं वो जम्भे दध्मः ॥

dhruvā dig viṣṇur adhipatiḥ kalmāṣagrīvo rakṣitā vīrudha iṣavaḥ ।
tebhyo namo 'dhipatibhyo namo rakṣitṛbhyo nama iṣubhyo nama ebhyo astu ।
yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayam dviṣmas taṃ vo jambhe dadhmaḥ ॥

Netherward in the lower quarters, Vishnu, all pervasive lord of yajna, is the ruling guardian spirit, controller of greenery, his arrows being herbs and trees. Homage to all of them. Worship to the ruling lord, homage to the protectors, to the arrows, to all of these. O lord, whoever hates us, whoever we hate to suffer, all that we deliver unto your divine justice.

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3.27.6

ऊर्ध्वा दिग् बृहस्पतिर् अधिपतिः श्वित्रो रक्षिता वर्षम् इषवः ।
तेभ्यो नमो ऽधिपतिभ्यो नमो रक्षितृभ्यो नम इषुभ्यो नम एभ्यो अस्तु ।
यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मस् तं वो जम्भे दध्मः ॥

ūrdhvā dig bṛhaspatir adhipatiḥ śvitro rakṣitā varṣam iṣavaḥ ।
tebhyo namo 'dhipatibhyo namo rakṣitṛbhyo nama iṣubhyo nama ebhyo astu ।
yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmas taṃ vo jambhe dadhmaḥ ॥

Upward in the higher quarters, Brhaspati, lord of infinity, saviour against drought and desert of life, is

Atharvaveda 3.28 · 6 mantras

3.28.1

एकैकयैषा सृष्ट्या सं बभूव यत्र गा असृजन्त भूतकृतो विश्वरूपाः ।
यत्र विजायते यमिन्य् अपर्तुः सा पशून् क्षिणाति रिफती रुशती ॥

ekaikayaiṣā sṛṣṭyā saṃ babhūva yatra gā asṛjanta bhūtakṛto viśvarūpāḥ ।
yatra vijāyate yaminy apartuḥ sā paśūn kṣiṇāti riphatī ruśatī ॥

This universe has come into existence by the creation and evolution of things one by one. In here, the creator of things has created all things and forms through the process of the law of universal evolution. Where the process is disturbed, it goes against the law, violates the time and season, and the violation leads to destruction, hurting and injuring humans and animals alike. (This mantra is a warning against the human violation of the earth and its environment.)

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3.28.2

एषा पशून्त् सं क्षिणाति क्रव्याद् भूत्वा व्यद्वरी ।
उतैनां ब्रह्मणे दद्यात् तथा स्योना शिवा स्यात् ॥

eṣā paśūnt saṃ kṣiṇāti kravyād bhūtvā vyadvarī ।
utaināṃ brahmaṇe dadyāt tathā syonā śivā syāt ॥

This process, of negative character, grows cruel and omnivorous, and it destroys humans and animals alike. Hence people should refer this counter-evolution back to the Veda and the divine law of evolution, because this way only would the process be positive, auspicious and blissful once again.

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3.28.3

शिवा भव पुरुषेभ्यो गोभ्यो अश्वेभ्यः शिवा ।
शिवास्मै सर्वस्मै क्षेत्राय शिवा न इहैधि ॥

śivā bhava puruṣebhyo gobhyo aśvebhyaḥ śivā ।
śivāsmai sarvasmai kṣetrāya śivā na ihaidhi ॥

O divine process of evolution, Yamini, be good and auspicious to humanity, good and kind to cows and horses, good and auspicious to this entire area of the earth, be good and gracious to us all here in our earthly home, be here with us all time, all seasons.

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3.28.4

इह पुष्टिर् इह रस इह सहस्रसातमा भव ।
पशून् यमिनि पोषय ॥

iha puṣṭir iha rasa iha sahasrasātamā bhava ।
paśūn yamini poṣaya ॥

O Yamini, when you are here with us all time, all seasons, then growth is here, nectar joy and flavour of life is here, a thousandfold of wealth and victory. Be the giver of thousand gifts. O Yamini, give life and nourishment to all living beings.

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3.28.5

यत्रा सुहार्दः सुकृतो मदन्ति विहाय रोगं तन्वः स्वायाः ।
तं लोकं यमिन्य् अभिसंबभूव सा नो मा हिंसीत् पुरुषान् पशूंश् च ॥

yatrā suhārdaḥ sukṛto madanti vihāya rogaṃ tanvaḥ svāyāḥ ।
taṃ lokaṃ yaminy abhisaṃbabhūva sā no mā hiṃsīt puruṣān paśūṃś ca ॥

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3.28.6

यत्रा सुहार्दां सुकृताम् अग्निहोत्रहुताम् यत्र लोकः ।
तं लोकं यमिन्य् अभिसंबभूव सा नो मा हिंसीत् पुरुषान् पशूंश् च ॥

yatrā suhārdāṃ sukṛtām agnihotrahutām yatra lokaḥ ।
taṃ lokaṃ yaminy abhisaṃbabhūva sā no mā hiṃsīt puruṣān paśūṃś ca ॥

Atharvaveda 3.29 · 8 mantras

3.29.1

यद् राजानो विभजन्त इष्टापूर्तस्य षोडशम् यमस्यामी सभासदः ।
अविस् तस्मात् प्र मुञ्चति दत्तः शितिपात् स्वधा ॥

yad rājāno vibhajanta iṣṭāpūrtasya ṣoḍaśam yamasyāmī sabhāsadaḥ ।
avis tasmāt pra muñcati dattaḥ śitipāt svadhā ॥

When the councillors of the ruling president of the nation, who carry on the administration, receive and allocate one sixteenth of the national income from Purtta, the usual, and Ishta, special, resources such as agriculture and industry, under different heads, then the ruler who rules and protects the nation, having been given that financial power, essential, white and self-supportive, releases those funds for the purposes decided and provides freedom to the people from want and worry.

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3.29.2

सर्वान् कामान् पूरयत्य् आभवन् प्रभवन् भवन् ।
आकूतिप्रो ऽविर् दत्तः शितिपान्न् नोप दस्यति ॥

sarvān kāmān pūrayaty ābhavan prabhavan bhavan ।
ākūtipro 'vir dattaḥ śitipānn nopa dasyati ॥

The tax money, paid and allocated, white, essential and protective-promotive, helps fulfill all plans and projects of the nation, current, completive, and projected including contingent and emergent ones, according to the intentions and resolutions of the people, and neither fails to achieve the goal nor causes disruption of the plans for want of resources.

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3.29.3

यो ददाति शितिपादम् अविं लोकेन संमितम् ।
स नाकम् अभ्यारोहति यत्र शुल्को न क्रियते अबलेन बलीयसे ॥

yo dadāti śitipādam aviṃ lokena saṃmitam ।
sa nākam abhyārohati yatra śulko na kriyate abalena balīyase ॥

Whoever gives his part of the national-saving and protective-promotive contribution jointly agreed and approved by the people rises to that happy position of self-settlement and social cohesion where no forced payment in money or labour is to be made by the poor to the rich and the powerful. (This state of the voluntary performance of one’s duty at the level of the citizens, administrators and even the ruler is that state of being and governance where the weaker sections of the community would have exemptions and freedoms otherwise rare in an establishment of selfish nature. Exemptions, safeguards and freedoms duly structured and provided are an essential part of a happy political economy.)

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3.29.4

पञ्चापूपं शितिपादम् अविं लोकेन संमितम् ।
प्रदातोप जीवति पितॄणां लोके ऽक्षितम् ॥

pañcāpūpaṃ śitipādam aviṃ lokena saṃmitam ।
pradātopa jīvati pitṝṇāṃ loke 'kṣitam ॥

The voluntary giver of his national-saving, protective-promotive contribution, agreed and approved by the people, meant for the sustenance and advancement of a five-community vibrant nation lives happy, free from worry and violence in the land of his forefathers.

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3.29.5

पञ्चापूपं शितिपादम् अविं लोकेन संमितम् ।
प्रदातोप जीवति सूर्यामासयोर् अक्षितम् ॥

pañcāpūpaṃ śitipādam aviṃ lokena saṃmitam ।
pradātopa jīvati sūryāmāsayor akṣitam ॥

The voluntary giver of his national-saving, protective-promotive contribution, agreed and approved by the people, meant for the sustenance and advancement of a five-community vibrant nation lives happy, free from worry and violence in the land illumined by the sun and beatified by the moon where days are bright and nights are soothing and peaceful.

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3.29.6

इरेव नोप दस्यति समुद्र इव पयो महत् ।
देवौ सवासिनाव् इव शितिपान् नोप दस्यति ॥

ireva nopa dasyati samudra iva payo mahat ।
devau savāsināv iva śitipān nopa dasyati ॥

Firm as earth and deep as unfathomable sea of inexhaustible waters, such a man (ruler as well as citizen doing his duty) fears no fall. The nation of ruler and people, both united as twin divine Ashvins or as prana and apana energies of the living system, fears no fall while the two sustain the mother land against all possible negativities.

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3.29.7

क इदं कस्मा अदात् कामः कामायादात् ।
कामो दाता कामः प्रतिग्रहीता कामः समुद्रम् आ विवेश ।
कामेन त्वा प्रति गृह्नामि कामैतत् ते ॥

ka idaṃ kasmā adāt kāmaḥ kāmāyādāt ।
kāmo dātā kāmaḥ pratigrahītā kāmaḥ samudram ā viveśa ।
kāmena tvā prati gṛhnāmi kāmaitat te ॥

Who gives this homage of contribution? To whom? For what? It is love that gives. To love, for love, it gives. Love is the giver. Love is the receiver. It is love that enters and rolls in the ocean of existence. And so says the mother earth: I receive you and welcome you with love. It is all a play of divine love, it is all for you, O man, child of Divinity.

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3.29.8

भूमिष् ट्वा प्रति गृह्णात्व् अन्तरिक्षम् इदं महत् ।
माहं प्राणेन मात्मना मा प्रजया प्रतिगृह्य वि राधिषि ॥

bhūmiṣ ṭvā prati gṛhṇātv antarikṣam idaṃ mahat ।
māhaṃ prāṇena mātmanā mā prajayā pratigṛhya vi rādhiṣi ॥

Atharvaveda 3.30 · 7 mantras

3.30.1

सहृदयं सांमनस्यम् अविद्वेषं कृणोमि वः ।
अन्यो अन्यम् अभि हर्यत वत्सं जातम् इवाघ्न्या ॥

sahṛdayaṃ sāṃmanasyam avidveṣaṃ kṛṇomi vaḥ ।
anyo anyam abhi haryata vatsaṃ jātam ivāghnyā ॥

I create you as a community with love at heart, unity of mind and freedom from hate and jealousy. Let everyone love everyone and all others as the sacred, inviolable mother cow loves and caresses the new bom baby calf.

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3.30.2

अनुव्रतः पितुः पुत्रो मात्रा भवतु संमनाः ।
जाया पत्ये मधुमतीं वाचं वदतु शन्तिवाम् ॥

anuvrataḥ pituḥ putro mātrā bhavatu saṃmanāḥ ।
jāyā patye madhumatīṃ vācaṃ vadatu śantivām ॥

Let son be dedicated to father, one at heart and in mind, and with mother, in love and loyalty to family values and tradition. Let wife speak to husband in words sweet as honey conducive to love and peace in the family.

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3.30.3

मा भ्राता भ्रातरं द्विक्षन् मा स्वसारम् उत स्वसा ।
सम्यञ्चः सव्रता भूत्वा वाचं वदत भद्रया ॥

mā bhrātā bhrātaraṃ dvikṣan mā svasāram uta svasā ।
samyañcaḥ savratā bhūtvā vācaṃ vadata bhadrayā ॥

Let not brother hate brother nor sister hate sister. Let all, united in love and cooperation, dedicated to common values and like ideals, speak with language conducive to the realisation of common and universal good.

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3.30.4

येन देवा न वियन्ति नो च विद्विषते मिथः ।
तत् कृण्मो ब्रह्म वो गृहे संज्ञानं पुरुषेभ्यः ॥

yena devā na viyanti no ca vidviṣate mithaḥ ।
tat kṛṇmo brahma vo gṛhe saṃjñānaṃ puruṣebhyaḥ ॥

That noble knowledge and awareness, and that state of divine peace and piety, do we create in your homes for people by virtue of which noble people do not fall apart, nor do they mutually oppose, nor treat each other with hate and jealousy.

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3.30.5

ज्यायस्वन्तश् चित्तिनो मा वि यौष्ट संराधयन्तः सधुराश् चरन्तः ।
अन्यो अन्यस्मै वल्गु वदन्त एत सध्रीचीनान् वः संमनसस् क्र्णोमि ॥

jyāyasvantaś cittino mā vi yauṣṭa saṃrādhayantaḥ sadhurāś carantaḥ ।
anyo anyasmai valgu vadanta eta sadhrīcīnān vaḥ saṃmanasas krṇomi ॥

Even though excelling and surpassing one another, stay united at heart, all of equal mind. Never disunite, never separate, go on, achieve the goal, bearing social responsibilities together, moving like spokes of the wheel on the centre axle. Go forward calling and exhorting one another with words of love and encouragement. I have created you all and join you all as one community, one at heart, one in mind as one nation, one family.

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3.30.6

समानी प्रपा सह वो ऽन्नभागः समाने योक्त्रे सह वो युनज्मि ।
सम्यञ्चो ऽग्निं सपर्यतारा नाभिम् इवाभितः ॥

samānī prapā saha vo 'nnabhāgaḥ samāne yoktre saha vo yunajmi ।
samyañco 'gniṃ saparyatārā nābhim ivābhitaḥ ॥

Let your water centre be one in common, let your food be one in common and shared. I bind you all together in one common, comprehensive bond of spirit. Serve only one fire, the same one in yajna together like the spokes wheeling round one hub at the centre.

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3.30.7

सध्रीचीनान् वः संमनसस् कृणोम्य् एकश्नुष्टीन्त् संवननेन सर्वान् ।
देवा इवामृतं रक्षमाणाः सायंप्रातः सौमनसो वो अस्तु ॥

sadhrīcīnān vaḥ saṃmanasas kṛṇomy ekaśnuṣṭīnt saṃvananena sarvān ।
devā ivāmṛtaṃ rakṣamāṇāḥ sāyaṃprātaḥ saumanaso vo astu ॥

The Benediction: I join you all in one common love with one common loyalty as one community under one command, working together in unison with one heart and mind. Like brilliant, illuminative, generous and creative divinities protecting and promoting the nectar spirit of life’s joy, be all of you happy at heart day and night, celebrating the joyous unity of life.

Atharvaveda 3.31 · 11 mantras

3.31.1

वि देवा जरसावृतन् वि त्वम् अग्ने अरात्या ।
व्य् अहं सर्वेण पाप्मना वि यक्ष्मेण सम् आयुषा ॥

vi devā jarasāvṛtan vi tvam agne arātyā ।
vy ahaṃ sarveṇa pāpmanā vi yakṣmeṇa sam āyuṣā ॥

Let Devas, brilliant, illuminative, generous creative powers in humanity be free from decrepitude O Agni, man of brilliance and enthusiasm, keep away from meanness and niggardliness. Let me be far away from all sin. Let me be free from cancer and consumption, let me be happy with good health and long age.

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3.31.2

व्य् आर्त्या पवमानो वि शक्रः पापकृत्यया ।
व्य् अहं सर्वेण पाप्मना वि यक्ष्मेण सम् आयुषा ॥

vy ārtyā pavamāno vi śakraḥ pāpakṛtyayā ।
vy ahaṃ sarveṇa pāpmanā vi yakṣmeṇa sam āyuṣā ॥

Let the pious and pure be free from suffering and adversity. Let the powerful keep away from evil doing, let me be free from cancer and consumption, and happy with good health and long age, free from all sin.

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3.31.3

वि ग्राम्याः पशव आरण्यैर् व्य् आपस् तृष्णयासरन् ।
व्य् अहं सर्वेण पाप्मना वि यक्ष्मेण सम् आयुषा ॥

vi grāmyāḥ paśava āraṇyair vy āpas tṛṣṇayāsaran ।
vy ahaṃ sarveṇa pāpmanā vi yakṣmeṇa sam āyuṣā ॥

Domestic animals keep away from forest beasts, waters keep away from thirst and drought. Let me be away from sin and disease, happy with good health and long life.

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3.31.4

वी मे द्यावापृथिवी इतो वि पन्थानो दिशंदिशम् ।
व्य् अहं सर्वेण पाप्मना वि यक्ष्मेण सम् आयुषा ॥

vī me dyāvāpṛthivī ito vi panthāno diśaṃdiśam ।
vy ahaṃ sarveṇa pāpmanā vi yakṣmeṇa sam āyuṣā ॥

This heaven and this earth are separate. Various paths go in different directions. Let me too be free from all sin, free from cancer and consumption, and happy with good health and long age.

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3.31.5

त्वष्टा दुहित्रे वहतुं युनक्तीतीदं विश्वं भुवनं वि याति ।
व्य् अहं सर्वेण पाप्मना वि यक्ष्मेण सम् आयुषा ॥

tvaṣṭā duhitre vahatuṃ yunaktītīdaṃ viśvaṃ bhuvanaṃ vi yāti ।
vy ahaṃ sarveṇa pāpmanā vi yakṣmeṇa sam āyuṣā ॥

The father harnesses the chariot to send away his daughter after marriage and is free from responsibility. This entire universe goes on, each particle being separate. Let me too be away from all sin, free from cancer and consumption, and happy with good health and full long age.

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3.31.6

अग्निः प्राणान्त् सं दधाति चन्द्रः प्राणेन संहितः ।
व्य् अहं सर्वेण पाप्मना वि यक्ष्मेण सम् आयुषा ॥

agniḥ prāṇānt saṃ dadhāti candraḥ prāṇena saṃhitaḥ ।
vy ahaṃ sarveṇa pāpmanā vi yakṣmeṇa sam āyuṣā ॥

Agni, holds and sustains pranic energies for the system, so is the moon joined with the pranic energies. Let me be free from all sin, free from cancer and consumption, joined with good health and long age.

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3.31.7

प्राणेन विश्वतोवीर्यं देवाः सूर्यं सम् ऐरयन् ।
व्य् अहं सर्वेण पाप्मना वि यक्ष्मेण सम् आयुषा ॥

prāṇena viśvatovīryaṃ devāḥ sūryaṃ sam airayan ।
vy ahaṃ sarveṇa pāpmanā vi yakṣmeṇa sam āyuṣā ॥

With the force of pranic energies, divine powers of the universe move the all-round mighty sun. May I too, free from all sin, keep off cancer and consumption and be joined with good health and a long full age.

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3.31.8

आयुष्मताम् आयुष्कृतां प्राणेन जीव मा मृथाः ।
व्य् अहं सर्वेण पाप्मना वि यक्ष्मेण सम् आयुषा ॥

āyuṣmatām āyuṣkṛtāṃ prāṇena jīva mā mṛthāḥ ।
vy ahaṃ sarveṇa pāpmanā vi yakṣmeṇa sam āyuṣā ॥

O Jiva, living soul, by the energy and inspiration of long-living divine personalities and those divine forces which sustain and strengthen good health and cherished age, keep death away, die not prematurely. Let me be free from all sin, keep off cancer and consumption, and enjoy a long full age with good health.

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3.31.9

प्राणेन प्राणतां प्राणेहैव भव मा मृथाः ।
व्य् अहं सर्वेण पाप्मना वि यक्ष्मेण सम् आयुषा ॥

prāṇena prāṇatāṃ prāṇehaiva bhava mā mṛthāḥ ।
vy ahaṃ sarveṇa pāpmanā vi yakṣmeṇa sam āyuṣā ॥

O Jiva, living soul, live and breathe by the pranic energy of the divine sources of prana. Live on here, die not too soon. Let me, too, free from all sin, keeping away cancer and consumption, enjoy full age with good health.

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3.31.10

उद् आयुषा सम् आयुषोद् ओषधीनां रसेन ।
व्य् अहं सर्वेण पाप्मना वि यक्ष्मेण सम् आयुषा ॥

ud āyuṣā sam āyuṣod oṣadhīnāṃ rasena ।
vy ahaṃ sarveṇa pāpmanā vi yakṣmeṇa sam āyuṣā ॥

Rise with life energy. Live on with life energy. Live on and rise by the life-giving juice of vital herbs. Let me, too, free from all sin, free from cancer and consumption, enjoy full age with good health.

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3.31.11

आ पर्जन्यस्य वृष्ट्योद् अस्थामामृता वयम् ।
व्य् अहं सर्वेण पाप्मना वि यक्ष्मेण सम् आयुषा ॥

ā parjanyasya vṛṣṭyod asthāmāmṛtā vayam ।
vy ahaṃ sarveṇa pāpmanā vi yakṣmeṇa sam āyuṣā ॥

Let us live and rise high by the showers of divine rain. Let us rise to immortality beyond death. Let me, too, be free from all sin. Let me be free from cancer and consumption. Let me enjoy a long full age with good health.