6. Kāṇḍa 6 — Short hymns of blessing and cure

Atharvaveda 6.1 · 3 mantras

6.1.1

दोषो गाय बृहद् गाय द्युमद् धेहि ।
आथर्वण स्तुहि देवं सवितारम् ॥

doṣo gāya bṛhad gāya dyumad dhehi ।
ātharvaṇa stuhi devaṃ savitāram ॥

Atharva, O sage of stable mind, sing and celebrate the glory of Savita, lord of life. Sing of him night and day. Sing of him spontaneously and profusely. Hold the refulgent divine at heart. Worship the lord of light and life and exalt him.

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6.1.2

तम् उ ष्टुहि यो अन्तः सिन्धौ सूनुः ।
सत्यस्य युवानम् अद्रोघवाचं सुशेवम् ॥

tam u ṣṭuhi yo antaḥ sindhau sūnuḥ ।
satyasya yuvānam adroghavācaṃ suśevam ॥

Worship that who rolls in the sea and vibrates in the depth of the heart, inspiring, exalting, life giving, eternal youthful, integrating, disintegrating and reintegrating the world of truth and reality, original source of the word of love free from jealousy and negativity, sole lord worthy of worship and service.

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6.1.3

स घा नो देवः सविता साविषद् अमृतानि भूरि ।
उभे सुष्टुती सुगातवे ॥

sa ghā no devaḥ savitā sāviṣad amṛtāni bhūri ।
ubhe suṣṭutī sugātave ॥

May the self-refulgent Savita bless us with plentiful gifts of immortal value. Let us sing and celebrate him morning and evening and seek the light to lead us forward on the path of rectitude.

Atharvaveda 6.2 · 3 mantras

6.2.1

इन्द्राय सोमम् ऋत्विजः सुनोता च धावत ।
स्तोतुर् यो वचः शृणवद् धवं च मे ॥

indrāya somam ṛtvijaḥ sunotā ca dhāvata ।
stotur yo vacaḥ śṛṇavad dhavaṃ ca me ॥

Holy performers of yajna according to the seasons, press the soma of immortality in honour of Indra, omnipotent lord of life and life’s joy, distil it to purest purity, for he listens to the prayers of the celebrant and responds to my call of invocation.

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6.2.2

आ यं विशन्तीन्दवो वयो न वृक्षम् अन्धसः ।
विरप्शिन् वि मृधो जहि रक्षस्विनीः ॥

ā yaṃ viśantīndavo vayo na vṛkṣam andhasaḥ ।
virapśin vi mṛdho jahi rakṣasvinīḥ ॥

O Lord Almighty, unto whom all streams of immortal glory and pearls of soma celebration converge and return like birds to the tree for the night’s rest, listen to our prayer and cast out and eliminate all self-violating fluctuations of the mind from our soul.

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6.2.3

सुनोता सोमपाव्ने सोमम् इन्द्राय वज्रिणे ।
युवा जेतेशानः स पुरुष्टुतः ॥

sunotā somapāvne somam indrāya vajriṇe ।
yuvā jeteśānaḥ sa puruṣṭutaḥ ॥

Atharvaveda 6.3 · 3 mantras

6.3.1

पातं न इन्द्रापूषणादितिः पान्तु मरुतः ।
अपां नपात् सिन्धवः सप्त पातन पातु नो विष्णुर् उत द्यौः ॥

pātaṃ na indrāpūṣaṇāditiḥ pāntu marutaḥ ।
apāṃ napāt sindhavaḥ sapta pātana pātu no viṣṇur uta dyauḥ ॥

May Indra and Pusha, electric and wind energy of the world, protect us. May Aditi, inviolable Prakrti, protect us. May the Maruts, vibrant scholars and sages protect us. May the never exhausting waters and the seven seas protect us. May all pervasive Vishnu and the light of heaven protect us all.

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6.3.2

पातां नो द्यावापृथिवी अभिष्टये पातु ग्रावा पातु सोमो नो अंहसः ।
पातु नो देवी सुभगा सरस्वती पात्व् अग्निः शिवा ये अस्य पायवः ॥

pātāṃ no dyāvāpṛthivī abhiṣṭaye pātu grāvā pātu somo no aṃhasaḥ ।
pātu no devī subhagā sarasvatī pātv agniḥ śivā ye asya pāyavaḥ ॥

May heaven and earth protect us for our well being. May the cloud and soma, the moon, protect us from sin and violence. May Sarasvati, divine and glorious spirit of knowledge and culture, protect us. May Agni, all virtues of which are blissful, protect us.

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6.3.3

पाताम् नो देवाश्विना शुभस् पती उषासानक्तोत न उरुष्यताम् ।
अपां नपाद् अभिह्रुती गयस्य चिद् देव त्वष्टर् वर्धय सर्वतातये ॥

pātām no devāśvinā śubhas patī uṣāsānaktota na uruṣyatām ।
apāṃ napād abhihrutī gayasya cid deva tvaṣṭar vardhaya sarvatātaye ॥

May divine Ashvins, complementarities of divine nature, both protectors and promoters of life’s good, protect us. May the day and night protect us. O Tvashta, lord maker of the universe and sustainer of the waters of the cloud, save and protect us from adversity of the home and promote us for all round progress and well being.

Atharvaveda 6.4 · 3 mantras

6.4.1

त्वष्टा मे दैव्यं वचः पर्जन्यो ब्रह्मणस् पतिः ।
पुत्रैर् भ्रातृभिर् अदितिर् नु पातु नो दुष्टरं त्रायमाणं सहः ॥

tvaṣṭā me daivyaṃ vacaḥ parjanyo brahmaṇas patiḥ ।
putrair bhrātṛbhir aditir nu pātu no duṣṭaraṃ trāyamāṇaṃ sahaḥ ॥

May Tvashta, divine maker, Parjanya, the divine cloud, Brahmanaspati, lord omniscient and giver of universal knowledge, and Aditi, mother nature with her sons and brothers, i.e., her creations and assistant powers, listen to my prayer to divinity, accept them and protect us and our invincible, all saving and protective

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6.4.2

अंशो भगो वरुणो मित्रो अर्यमादितिः पान्तु मरुतः ।
अप तस्य द्वेषो गमेद् अभिह्रुतो यावयच् छत्रुम् अन्तितम् ॥

aṃśo bhago varuṇo mitro aryamāditiḥ pāntu marutaḥ ।
apa tasya dveṣo gamed abhihruto yāvayac chatrum antitam ॥

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6.4.3

धिये सम् अश्विना प्रावतं न उरुष्या ण उरुज्मन्न् अप्रयुछन् ।
द्यौष् पितर् यावय दुछुना या ॥

dhiye sam aśvinā prāvataṃ na uruṣyā ṇa urujmann aprayuchan ।
dyauṣ pitar yāvaya duchunā yā ॥

Atharvaveda 6.5 · 3 mantras

6.5.1

उद् एनम् उत्तरं नयाग्ने घृतेनाहुत ।
सम् एनं वर्चसा सृज प्रजया च बहुं कृधि ॥

ud enam uttaraṃ nayāgne ghṛtenāhuta ।
sam enaṃ varcasā sṛja prajayā ca bahuṃ kṛdhi ॥

O refulgent Agni raised and fed on ghrta, lead this humanity higher and higher. Bless it with light and lustre and and let it rise and prosper with progeny.

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6.5.2

इन्द्रेमं प्रतरं कृधि सजातानाम् असद् वशी ।
रायस् पोषेण सं सृज जीवातवे जरसे नय ॥

indremaṃ prataraṃ kṛdhi sajātānām asad vaśī ।
rāyas poṣeṇa saṃ sṛja jīvātave jarase naya ॥

Indra, let this man rise higher so that he can be the leader and controller of his equals around. Bless him with abundant growth, and for a full healthy life take him to fullness of age with gratitude to divinity.

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6.5.3

यस्य कृण्मो हविर् गृहे तम् अग्ने वर्धया त्वम् ।
तस्मै सोमो अधि ब्रवद् अयं च ब्रह्मणस् पतिः ॥

yasya kṛṇmo havir gṛhe tam agne vardhayā tvam ।
tasmai somo adhi bravad ayaṃ ca brahmaṇas patiḥ ॥

Agni, presiding power of yajna, raise and advance the man in whose house we light the fire and offer havi into the vedi, and Soma and Brahmanaspati, spirit of peace and prosperity and the lord divine of Veda too would appreciate and speak for him.

Atharvaveda 6.6 · 3 mantras

6.6.1

यो ऽस्मान् ब्रह्मणस् पते ऽदेवो अभिमन्यते ।
सर्वं तम् रन्धयासि मे यजमानाय सुन्वते ॥

yo 'smān brahmaṇas pate 'devo abhimanyate ।
sarvaṃ tam randhayāsi me yajamānāya sunvate ॥

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6.6.2

यो नः सोम सुशंसिनो दुःशंस आदिदेशति ।
वज्रेणास्य मुखे जहि स संपिष्टो अपायति ॥

yo naḥ soma suśaṃsino duḥśaṃsa ādideśati ।
vajreṇāsya mukhe jahi sa saṃpiṣṭo apāyati ॥

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6.6.3

यो नः सोमाभिदासति सनाभिर् यश् च निष्ट्यः ।
अप तस्य बलं तिर महीव द्यौर् वधत्मना ॥

yo naḥ somābhidāsati sanābhir yaś ca niṣṭyaḥ ।
apa tasya balaṃ tira mahīva dyaur vadhatmanā ॥

Atharvaveda 6.7 · 3 mantras

6.7.1

येन सोमादितिः पथा मित्रा वा यन्त्य् अद्रुहः ।
तेना नो ऽवसा गहि ॥

yena somāditiḥ pathā mitrā vā yanty adruhaḥ ।
tenā no 'vasā gahi ॥

O Soma, come and be with us for our protection and advancement, by the path whereby Aditi, inviolable earth, and Mitra, sun and other stars, move in orbit without hate or jealousy.

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6.7.2

येन सोम साहन्त्यासुरान् रन्धयासि नः ।
तेना नो अधि वोचत ॥

yena soma sāhantyāsurān randhayāsi naḥ ।
tenā no adhi vocata ॥

O Soma, lord of peace, patience and the pleasures of life, come by the path by which you move and punish the demons, and speak to us of peace and freedom.

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6.7.3

येन देवा असुराणाम् ओजांस्य् अवृणीध्वम् ।
तेना नः शर्म यछत ॥

yena devā asurāṇām ojāṃsy avṛṇīdhvam ।
tenā naḥ śarma yachata ॥

O Devas, divinities of nature and humanity, come by the paths you take to cover and stall the force of demons, and give us peace and a happy home.

Atharvaveda 6.8 · 3 mantras

6.8.1

यथा वृक्षं लिबुजा समन्तं परिषस्वजे ।
एवा परि ष्वजस्व मां यथा मां कामिन्य् असो यथा मन् नापगा असः ॥

yathā vṛkṣaṃ libujā samantaṃ pariṣasvaje ।
evā pari ṣvajasva māṃ yathā māṃ kāminy aso yathā man nāpagā asaḥ ॥

Just as the creeper wholly clasps the tree, so you

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6.8.2

यथा सुपर्णः प्रपतन् पक्षौ निहन्ति भूम्याम् ।
एवा नि हन्मि ते मनो यथा मां कामिन्य् असो यथा मन् नापगा असः ॥

yathā suparṇaḥ prapatan pakṣau nihanti bhūmyām ।
evā ni hanmi te mano yathā māṃ kāminy aso yathā man nāpagā asaḥ ॥

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6.8.3

यथेमे द्यावापृथिवी सद्यः पर्येति सूर्यः ।
एवा पर्य् एमि ते मनो यथा मां कामिन्य् असो यथा मन् नापगा असः ॥

yatheme dyāvāpṛthivī sadyaḥ paryeti sūryaḥ ।
evā pary emi te mano yathā māṃ kāminy aso yathā man nāpagā asaḥ ॥

Atharvaveda 6.9 · 3 mantras

6.9.1

वाञ्छ मे तन्वं पादौ वाञ्छाक्ष्यौ वाञ्छ सक्थ्यौ ।
अक्ष्यौ वृषण्यन्त्याः केशा मां ते कामेन शुष्यन्तु ॥

vāñcha me tanvaṃ pādau vāñchākṣyau vāñcha sakthyau ।
akṣyau vṛṣaṇyantyāḥ keśā māṃ te kāmena śuṣyantu ॥

Love my body, love my feet, love my eyes, love my thighs. Overwhelmed with my exuberant love, let your eyes and hair afflict me with your love.

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6.9.2

मम त्वा दोषणिश्रिषं कृणोमि हृदयश्रिषम् ।
यथा मम क्रताव् असो मम चित्तम् उपायसि ॥

mama tvā doṣaṇiśriṣaṃ kṛṇomi hṛdayaśriṣam ।
yathā mama kratāv aso mama cittam upāyasi ॥

I make you rest on my shoulder, I make you rest in my heart so that you may be one with my intent and action, so that you may reside in my heart.

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6.9.3

यासां नाभिर् आरेहणं हृदि संवननं कृतम् गावो घृतस्य मातरो ऽमूं सं वानयन्तु मे ॥

yāsāṃ nābhir ārehaṇaṃ hṛdi saṃvananaṃ kṛtam gāvo ghṛtasya mātaro 'mūṃ saṃ vānayantu me ॥

Whose bond is kissing and caress, and love charm is fascination in the heart, may those vibrations of sense and love, creators of the honey sweets of life, bind her in love with me.

Atharvaveda 6.10 · 3 mantras

6.10.1

पृथिव्यै श्रोत्राय वनस्पतिभ्यो ऽग्नये ऽधिपतये स्वाहा ॥

pṛthivyai śrotrāya vanaspatibhyo 'gnaye 'dhipataye svāhā ॥

Homage to earth, ear, herbs and trees and Agni, presiding power of the earth.

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6.10.2

प्राणायान्तरिक्षाय वयोभ्यो वायवे ऽधिपतये स्वाहा ॥

prāṇāyāntarikṣāya vayobhyo vāyave 'dhipataye svāhā ॥

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6.10.3

दिवे चक्षुषे नक्षत्रेभ्यः सूर्यायाधिपतये स्वाहा ॥

dive cakṣuṣe nakṣatrebhyaḥ sūryāyādhipataye svāhā ॥

Atharvaveda 6.11 · 3 mantras

6.11.1

शमीम् अश्वत्थ आरूढस् तत्र पुंसुवनं कृतम् ।
तद् वै पुत्रस्य वेदनं तत् स्त्रीष्व् आ भरामसि ॥

śamīm aśvattha ārūḍhas tatra puṃsuvanaṃ kṛtam ।
tad vai putrasya vedanaṃ tat strīṣv ā bharāmasi ॥

An ashvattha plant rooted and grown on a shami tree is the medication and tonic for punsavana, i.e., the tonic for the birth of a male child. We prescribe for the women.

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6.11.2

पुंसि वै रेतो भवति तत् स्त्रियाम् अनु षिच्यते ।
तद् वै पुत्रस्य वेदनं तत् प्रजापतिर् अब्रवीत् ॥

puṃsi vai reto bhavati tat striyām anu ṣicyate ।
tad vai putrasya vedanaṃ tat prajāpatir abravīt ॥

The seed is in the male. That is sown in the female. This, with the use of the ashvattha, is the sure centainty for a male child. This is what Prajapati, father and sustainer of humanity has said.

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6.11.3

प्रजापतिर् अनुमतिः सिनीवाल्य् अचीकॢपत् ।
स्त्रैषूयम् अन्यत्र दधत् पुमांसम् उ दधत् इह ॥

prajāpatir anumatiḥ sinīvāly acīkḷpat ।
straiṣūyam anyatra dadhat pumāṃsam u dadhat iha ॥

Let Prajapati, the father, be sober and agreeable at heart. Let the mother too be strong and graceful. Thus the conception would be male. Otherwise the conception would be female. (This sukta says two things for the birth of a male child: the powder of five parts of a peepal tree rooted and grown on a shami tree taken by the woman produces certain chemical and genetic conditions in the woman for the birth of a male child. Secondly, the man should be virile, and the wife should be sober at heart and graceful in culture and conduct. In addition, there should be perfect harmony, anumati, between the man and wife.)

Atharvaveda 6.12 · 3 mantras

6.12.1

परि द्याम् इव सूर्यो ऽहीनां जनिमागमम् ।
रात्री जगद् इवान्यद् धंसात् तेना ते वारये विषम् ॥

pari dyām iva sūryo 'hīnāṃ janimāgamam ।
rātrī jagad ivānyad dhaṃsāt tenā te vāraye viṣam ॥

Just as the sun pervades the heavenly region with light, so do I know the snakes from their very origin till the end. And just as darkness of the night covers the world other than where the sun shines, so by that knowledge I dispel the cover of your poison.

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6.12.2

यद् ब्रह्मभिर् यद् ऋषिभिर् यद् देवैर् विदितं पुरा ।
यद् भूतं भव्यम् आसन्वत् तेना ते वारये विषम् ॥

yad brahmabhir yad ṛṣibhir yad devair viditaṃ purā ।
yad bhūtaṃ bhavyam āsanvat tenā te vāraye viṣam ॥

What was known by the visionaries of divinity, by the seers who realised the divine knowledge, and by brilliant men of generous mind since ancient times, that knowledge which was true and is ever true, past, present and future, by that I remove the cover of your poison, illusion and darkness.

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6.12.3

मध्वा पृञ्चे नद्यः पर्वता गिरयो मधु ।
मधु परुष्णी शीपाला शम् आस्ने अस्तु शं हृदे ॥

madhvā pṛñce nadyaḥ parvatā girayo madhu ।
madhu paruṣṇī śīpālā śam āsne astu śaṃ hṛde ॥

I join you with madhu, nectar of the herbs. The rivers, mountains, clouds, all yield the nectar of life. The sparkling stream, the sheepala herbs, all is madhu, nectar sweet of life. May there be peace and comfort in your mouth. Let there be peace in the heart. (There is no word in this sukta which specifically and exclusively means ‘the snake’. The word ‘ahi’ means snake as well as darkness which implies ignorance also. ‘Visha’ means anything perniciously active which can be poison as well as ignorance. The sukta therefore has been interpreted in the physical sense of ‘recovery from poison’, as well as in the psychic and spiritual sense of ‘recovery from ignorance and illusion’. The suggestion of darkness is clear in the first verse itself with the reference to night covering the world with darkness in the absence of the sun. The remedy suggested in the third verse is ‘madhu’, which Swami Dayananda explains as knowledge, karma and meditation in his commentary on Yajurveda 37, 13 and 19,91 where knowledge is explained as the essence of existence like honey being the essence of herbs collected by the bee.)

Atharvaveda 6.13 · 3 mantras

6.13.1

नमो देववधेभ्यो नमो राजवधेभ्यः ।
अथो ये विश्यानां वधास् तेभ्यो मृत्यो नमो ऽस्तु ते ॥

namo devavadhebhyo namo rājavadhebhyaḥ ।
atho ye viśyānāṃ vadhās tebhyo mṛtyo namo 'stu te ॥

Homage to the weapons of the devas, homage to the weapons of the rulers and warriors, and homage to the weapons of the citizens. O Death, homage to you. (Death is mighty.)

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6.13.2

नमस् ते अधिवाकाय परावाकाय ते नमः ।
सुमत्यै मृत्यो ते नमो दुर्मत्यै ते इदं नमः ॥

namas te adhivākāya parāvākāya te namaḥ ।
sumatyai mṛtyo te namo durmatyai te idaṃ namaḥ ॥

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6.13.3

नमस् ते यातुधानेभ्यो नमस् ते भेषजेभ्यः ।
नमस् ते मृत्यो मूलेभ्यो ब्राह्मणेभ्य इदं नमः ॥

namas te yātudhānebhyo namas te bheṣajebhyaḥ ।
namas te mṛtyo mūlebhyo brāhmaṇebhya idaṃ namaḥ ॥

Atharvaveda 6.14 · 3 mantras

6.14.1

अस्थिस्रंसं परुस्रंसम् आस्थितम् हृदयामयम् ।
बलासं सर्वं नाशयाङ्गेष्ठा यश् च पर्वसु ॥

asthisraṃsaṃ parusraṃsam āsthitam hṛdayāmayam ।
balāsaṃ sarvaṃ nāśayāṅgeṣṭhā yaś ca parvasu ॥

O life energy of nature, O physician, cure and eliminate the weakness of the bones and joints, cleanse out the dirt and disease that has settled in the heart. Remove all the cancerous consumptions which affect the limbs and which accumulate in the joints.

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6.14.2

निर् बलासं बलासिनः क्षिणोमि मुष्करं यथा ।
छिनद्म्य् अस्य बन्धनं मूलम् उर्वार्वा इव ॥

nir balāsaṃ balāsinaḥ kṣiṇomi muṣkaraṃ yathā ।
chinadmy asya bandhanaṃ mūlam urvārvā iva ॥

I reduce and root out the cancerous consumption from the patient that suffers from cough imbalance and drive it out like a thief of life. I break the bond of it over the body and uproot it like the root of melon.

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6.14.3

निर् बलासेतः प्र पताशुङ्गः शिशुको यथा ।
अथो इत इव हायनो ऽप द्राह्य् अवीरहा ॥

nir balāsetaḥ pra patāśuṅgaḥ śiśuko yathā ।
atho ita iva hāyano 'pa drāhy avīrahā ॥

Let the consumption go out from here as a bolting foal, and go away without doing any damage to the patient, like withered sedge of yester year.

Atharvaveda 6.15 · 3 mantras

6.15.1

उत्तमो अस्य् ओषधीनां तव वृक्षा उपस्तयः ।
उपस्तिर् अस्तु सो ऽस्माकं यो अस्मां अभिदासति ॥

uttamo asy oṣadhīnāṃ tava vṛkṣā upastayaḥ ।
upastir astu so 'smākaṃ yo asmāṃ abhidāsati ॥

O herbal sanative, O soma, you are the best of herbs, trees are lower than you, subordinate. O lord, Prajapati, whoever wants to enslave us, let him be down under us, subordinate, not even equal.

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6.15.2

सबन्धुश् चासबन्धुश् च यो अस्मां अभिदासति ।
तेषां सा वृक्षाणाम् इवाहं भूयासम् उत्तमः ॥

sabandhuś cāsabandhuś ca yo asmāṃ abhidāsati ।
teṣāṃ sā vṛkṣāṇām ivāhaṃ bhūyāsam uttamaḥ ॥

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6.15.3

यथा सोम ओषधीनाम् उत्तमो हविषां कृतः ।
तलाशा वृक्षाणाम् इवाहं भूयासम् उत्तमः ॥

yathā soma oṣadhīnām uttamo haviṣāṃ kṛtaḥ ।
talāśā vṛkṣāṇām ivāhaṃ bhūyāsam uttamaḥ ॥

Atharvaveda 6.16 · 4 mantras

6.16.1

आबयो अनाबयो रसस् त उग्र आबयो ।
आ ते करम्भम् अद्मसि ॥

ābayo anābayo rasas ta ugra ābayo ।
ā te karambham admasi ॥

Abaya, spreading all round, Anabaya, not moving, and yet refulgent all round, the power of the pleasure of your nectar is ecstatic, and that elixir we love to drink.

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6.16.2

विहह्लो नाम ते पिता मदावती नाम ते माता ।
स हिन त्वम् असि यस् त्वम् आत्मानम् आवयः ॥

vihahlo nāma te pitā madāvatī nāma te mātā ।
sa hina tvam asi yas tvam ātmānam āvayaḥ ॥

Vihalha, the shaker, is your father, the father spirit which sustains and promotes all. Madavati, the pleasure power is your mother, the mother spirit which nourishes all. For sure they all know it. And that sustaining nourishment you are, you who preserve, protect and promote the body and soul.

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6.16.3

तौविलिके ऽवेलयावायम् ऐलब ऐलयीत् ।
बभ्रुश् च बभ्रुकर्णश् चापेहि निर् आल ॥

tauvilike 'velayāvāyam ailaba ailayīt ।
babhruś ca babhrukarṇaś cāpehi nir āla ॥

Inspire and promote us onward in the struggle of life for progress. This Ailaba, all over the earth, has advanced us. Babhru, the giver of vitality, and Babhrukama, saviour of the people, pray come for our growth and bliss, Ala, powerful as you are. Nirala, disenergising, be off.

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6.16.4

अलसालासि पूर्व सिलाञ्जालास्य् उत्तरा ।
नीलागलसाल ॥

alasālāsi pūrva silāñjālāsy uttarā ।
nīlāgalasāla ॥

You are Alasala, energiser of the weak, first and

Atharvaveda 6.17 · 4 mantras

6.17.1

यथेयम् पृथिवी मही भूतानां गर्भम् आदधे ।
एवा ते ध्रियतां गर्भो अनु सूतुं सवितवे ॥

yatheyam pṛthivī mahī bhūtānāṃ garbham ādadhe ।
evā te dhriyatāṃ garbho anu sūtuṃ savitave ॥

Just as this great mother earth bears the seed of life forms, so may your womb bear the seed of life to mature and deliver the child.

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6.17.2

यथेयं पृथिवी मही दाधारेमान् वनस्पतीन् ।
एवा ते ध्रियतां गर्भो अनु सूतुं सवितवे ॥

yatheyaṃ pṛthivī mahī dādhāremān vanaspatīn ।
evā te dhriyatāṃ garbho anu sūtuṃ savitave ॥

Just as this great mother earth bears these herbs and trees, so may your womb bear the seed of life to mature and deliver the child.

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6.17.3

यथेयं पृथिवी मही दाधार पर्वतान् गिरीन् ।
एवा ते ध्रियतां गर्भो अनु सूतुं सवितवे ॥

yatheyaṃ pṛthivī mahī dādhāra parvatān girīn ।
evā te dhriyatāṃ garbho anu sūtuṃ savitave ॥

Just as this great mother earth bears hills and mountains firmly, so may your womb firmly bear the seed of life to mature and deliver the child.

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6.17.4

यथेयं पृथिवी मही दाधार विष्ठितं जगत् ।
एवा ते ध्रियतां गर्भो अनु सूतुं सवितवे ॥

yatheyaṃ pṛthivī mahī dādhāra viṣṭhitaṃ jagat ।
evā te dhriyatāṃ garbho anu sūtuṃ savitave ॥

Just as this great mother earth bears this vast and various world of existence on the move, so may your womb firmly and dynamically bear the seed of life to mature and deliver the child.

Atharvaveda 6.18 · 3 mantras

6.18.1

ईर्ष्याया ध्राजिं प्रथमां प्रथमस्या उतापराम् ।
अग्निं हृदय्यं शोकं तं ते निर् वापयामसि ॥

īrṣyāyā dhrājiṃ prathamāṃ prathamasyā utāparām ।
agniṃ hṛdayyaṃ śokaṃ taṃ te nir vāpayāmasi ॥

O man, the first violence of your jealousy and that which repeats after the first, the torture of heart bum and the smouldering sorrow, all that we root out from the heart and soul.

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6.18.2

यथा भूमिर् मृतमना मृतान् मृतमनस्तरा ।
यथोत मम्रुषो मन एवेर्ष्योर् मृतं मनः ॥

yathā bhūmir mṛtamanā mṛtān mṛtamanastarā ।
yathota mamruṣo mana everṣyor mṛtaṃ manaḥ ॥

Just as the desert land void of fertility is lifeless at heart, nay even less than lifeless, and as the spirit of the man on death bed is worse than dead, so is the mind of the jealous man dead.

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6.18.3

अदो यत् ते हृदि श्रितं मनस्कं पतयिष्णुकम् ।
ततस् त ईर्ष्यां मुञ्चामि निर् ऊष्माणं दृतेर् इव ॥

ado yat te hṛdi śritaṃ manaskaṃ patayiṣṇukam ।
tatas ta īrṣyāṃ muñcāmi nir ūṣmāṇaṃ dṛter iva ॥

Atharvaveda 6.19 · 3 mantras

6.19.1

पुनन्तु मा देवजनाः पुनन्तु मनवो धिया ।
पुनन्तु विश्वा भूतानि पवमानः पुनातु मा ॥

punantu mā devajanāḥ punantu manavo dhiyā ।
punantu viśvā bhūtāni pavamānaḥ punātu mā ॥

May enlightened sages of divine vision lead me to purity of the spirit. May wise men of discrimination purify me in thought and action. May all living beings of the world inspire me to be pure at heart. May the Lord Supreme, all pure, immaculate and purifying, sanctify me in a state of purity.

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6.19.2

पवमानः पुनातु मा क्रत्वे दक्षाय जीवसे ।
अथो अरिष्टतातये ॥

pavamānaḥ punātu mā kratve dakṣāya jīvase ।
atho ariṣṭatātaye ॥

May the Supreme Lord of Purity, immacultate and purifying, purify and sanctify me for holiness of yajnic action, perfection of performance, noble living and a long life for the achievement, protection and expansion of all round well being for all.

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6.19.3

उभाभ्यां देव सवितः पवित्रेण सवेन च ।
अस्मान् पुनीहि चक्षसे ॥

ubhābhyāṃ deva savitaḥ pavitreṇa savena ca ।
asmān punīhi cakṣase ॥

O divine Savita, lord of life and light, pray purify us all with both purity at heart within and creative yajnic action in the open world for the sake of a vision of divinity.

Atharvaveda 6.20 · 3 mantras

6.20.1

अग्नेर् इवास्य दहत एति शुष्मिण उतेव मत्तो विलपन्न् अपायति ।
अन्यम् अस्मद् इछतु कं चिद् अव्रतस् तपुर्वधाय नमो अस्तु तक्मने ॥

agner ivāsya dahata eti śuṣmiṇa uteva matto vilapann apāyati ।
anyam asmad ichatu kaṃ cid avratas tapurvadhāya namo astu takmane ॥

Like the heat of burning fire comes the attack of this intense fever, and while the patient is delirious and talks incoherently like one mad, it goes and returns. Let there be ‘namas’ proper treatment for fever, and let the nasly fever go off, elsewhere, to some one not observing proper health care. Thus ‘homage’ appropriate to the killer fever.

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6.20.2

नमो रुद्राय नमो अस्तु तक्मने नमो राज्ञे वरुणाय त्विषीमते ।
नमो दिवे नमः पृथिव्यै नम ओषधीभ्यः ॥

namo rudrāya namo astu takmane namo rājñe varuṇāya tviṣīmate ।
namo dive namaḥ pṛthivyai nama oṣadhībhyaḥ ॥

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6.20.3

अयं यो अभिशोचयिष्णुर् विश्वा रूपाणि हरिता कृणोषि ।
तस्मै ते ऽरुणाय बभ्रवे नमः कृणोमि वन्याय तक्मने ॥

ayaṃ yo abhiśocayiṣṇur viśvā rūpāṇi haritā kṛṇoṣi ।
tasmai te 'ruṇāya babhrave namaḥ kṛṇomi vanyāya takmane ॥

Atharvaveda 6.21 · 3 mantras

6.21.1

इमा यास् तिस्रः पृथिवीस् तासां ह भूमिर् उत्तमा ।
तासाम् अधि त्वचो अहं भेषजं सम् उ जग्रभम् ॥

imā yās tisraḥ pṛthivīs tāsāṃ ha bhūmir uttamā ।
tāsām adhi tvaco ahaṃ bheṣajaṃ sam u jagrabham ॥

These three regions of space, earth, sky and the solar region: of these, earth is the best. From the surface of these three I collect medicinal essences for the light and lustre of life on earth.

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6.21.2

श्रेष्ठम् असि भेषजानां वसिष्ठं वीरुधानाम् ।
सोमो भग इव यामेषु देवेषु वरुणो यथा ॥

śreṣṭham asi bheṣajānāṃ vasiṣṭhaṃ vīrudhānām ।
somo bhaga iva yāmeṣu deveṣu varuṇo yathā ॥

Of these herbs and essences, O Brahma, you are the best and highest, most brilliant for rehabilitation of patients. Just as the moon is most glorious among stars and the sun is among the refulgents, so are you among herbs and trees for rehabilitation.

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6.21.3

रेवतीर् अनाधृषः सिषासवः सिषासथ ।
उत स्थ केशदृम्हणीर् अथो ह केशवर्धनीः ॥

revatīr anādhṛṣaḥ siṣāsavaḥ siṣāsatha ।
uta stha keśadṛmhaṇīr atho ha keśavardhanīḥ ॥

O Revatis, stay inviolable and restore good health. Be strong and inviolable, stay healing. Give lustre of skin and beauty of hair, luxurious growth. Be that, strong and unassailable. (Revati is a herb which is a rejuvenating tonic for hair.)

Atharvaveda 6.22 · 3 mantras

6.22.1

कृष्णं नियानं हरयः सुपर्णा अपो वसाना दिवम् उत् पतन्ति ।
त आववृत्रन्त् सदनाद् ऋतस्याद् इद् घृतेन पृथिवीं व्य् ऊदुः ॥

kṛṣṇaṃ niyānaṃ harayaḥ suparṇā apo vasānā divam ut patanti ।
ta āvavṛtrant sadanād ṛtasyād id ghṛtena pṛthivīṃ vy ūduḥ ॥

The supernal rays of the sun wearing vestments of vapour rise to the all attractive sun in heaven. Then they turn round and down from the regions of water and the earth is flooded with showers of rain.

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6.22.2

पयस्वतीः कृणुथाप ओषधीः शिवा यद् एजथा मरुतो रुक्मवक्षसः ।
ऊर्जं च तत्र सुमतिं च पिन्वत यत्रा नरो मरुतः सिञ्चथा मधु ॥

payasvatīḥ kṛṇuthāpa oṣadhīḥ śivā yad ejathā maruto rukmavakṣasaḥ ।
ūrjaṃ ca tatra sumatiṃ ca pinvata yatrā naro marutaḥ siñcathā madhu ॥

O Maruts, winds of the middle region, wearing golden garlands of power and splendour, when you blow you fill the vapours of water and herbs with blissful nectar sweets of sap and life energy, and, O manly Maruts, where you rain down the showers of honey sweets, there you flood the earth with energy and bless humanity with liberal understanding and wisdom.

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6.22.3

उदप्रुतो मरुतस् तां इयर्त वृष्टिर् या विश्वा निवतस् पृणाति ।
एजाति ग्लहा कन्येव तुन्नैरुं तुन्दाना पत्येव जाया ॥

udapruto marutas tāṃ iyarta vṛṣṭir yā viśvā nivatas pṛṇāti ।
ejāti glahā kanyeva tunnairuṃ tundānā patyeva jāyā ॥

O Maruts, move the vapour laden clouds, the rain that fills all lakes and earthly depressions with water. The thunder of clouds shakes the atmosphere and streams flow to the sea as a lonely daughter goes to the parents’ home and a worried wife repairs to the husband and inspires him. (The symbolism suggests that the streams are, after all, children of the sea, and the showers are patronised by the sun and the sea.)

Atharvaveda 6.23 · 3 mantras

6.23.1

सस्रुषीस् तद् अपसो दिवा नक्तं च सस्रुषीः ।
वरेण्यक्रतुर् अहम् अपो देवीर् उप ह्वये ॥

sasruṣīs tad apaso divā naktaṃ ca sasruṣīḥ ।
vareṇyakratur aham apo devīr upa hvaye ॥

I, seeker and performer of choice actions, invoke and pray for the divine gift of Karmic potential, that stream and shower of fluent karma which ceaselessly flows day and night in karmic streams of the flux of existence.

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6.23.2

ओता आपः कर्मण्या मुञ्चन्त्व् इतः प्रणीतये ।
सद्यः कृण्वन्त्व् एतवे ॥

otā āpaḥ karmaṇyā muñcantv itaḥ praṇītaye ।
sadyaḥ kṛṇvantv etave ॥

May the divine streams of karma interwoven with the karmic flux of existence release me from personal involvement in this situation and help me to move on on the path of rectitude, and always enlighten and enable me to act and reach my divine destination.

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6.23.3

देवस्य सवितुः सवे कर्म कृण्वन्तु मानुषाः ।
शं नो भवन्त्व् अप ओषधीः शिवाः ॥

devasya savituḥ save karma kṛṇvantu mānuṣāḥ ।
śaṃ no bhavantv apa oṣadhīḥ śivāḥ ॥

In this world of the creation of divine Savita, let people do their karma in the cosmic perspective, (without being prisoners of the ego in the personal

Atharvaveda 6.24 · 3 mantras

6.24.1

हिमवतः प्र स्रवन्ति सिन्धौ समह सङ्गमः ।
आपो ह मह्यं तद् देवीर् ददन् हृद्द्योतभेषजम् ॥

himavataḥ pra sravanti sindhau samaha saṅgamaḥ ।
āpo ha mahyaṃ tad devīr dadan hṛddyotabheṣajam ॥

The streams flow from the highest celestial home of snow. O glorious spirit, their end of the flow is in the bottomless sea. May those streams of the divine flow give me the balm for peace of the heart’s agitation.

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6.24.2

यन् मे अक्ष्योर् आदिद्योत पार्ष्ण्योः प्रपदोश् च यत् ।
आपस् तत् सर्वं निष् करन् भिषजां सुभिषक्तमाः ॥

yan me akṣyor ādidyota pārṣṇyoḥ prapadoś ca yat ।
āpas tat sarvaṃ niṣ karan bhiṣajāṃ subhiṣaktamāḥ ॥

Whatever pain in my eyes, heels and feet ails and agitates me, may the streams of water, most efficacious of sanatives eliminate, and pacify me.

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6.24.3

सिन्धुपत्नीः सिन्धुराज्ञीः सर्वा या नद्य स्थन ।
दत्त नस् तस्य भेषजं तेना वो भुनजामहै ॥

sindhupatnīḥ sindhurājñīḥ sarvā yā nadya sthana ।
datta nas tasya bheṣajaṃ tenā vo bhunajāmahai ॥

O streams of Apah, water and karma, that flow in the flux of existence, that sustain us by the glory of the cosmic ocean and shine and rule by the splendour of the infinite sea, pray give us that sanative peace of good health against that pain of agitation by which we may enjoy the beauty and pleasure of the flow without pain and suffering.

Atharvaveda 6.25 · 3 mantras

6.25.1

पञ्च च याः पञ्चाशच् च संयन्ति मन्या अभि ।
इतस् ताः सर्वा नश्यन्तु वाका अपचिताम् इव ॥

pañca ca yāḥ pañcāśac ca saṃyanti manyā abhi ।
itas tāḥ sarvā naśyantu vākā apacitām iva ॥

Let all the five and fifty outgrowths and ailments of the neck which together afflict the patient be cured and disappear from here as words and wishes of ignorant fools disappear in the air.

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6.25.2

सप्त च याः सप्ततिश् च संयन्ति ग्रैव्या अभि ।
इतस् ताः सर्वा नश्यन्तु वाका अपचिताम् इव ॥

sapta ca yāḥ saptatiś ca saṃyanti graivyā abhi ।
itas tāḥ sarvā naśyantu vākā apacitām iva ॥

Let all the seven and seventy outgrowths and ailments of the throat which together afflict the patient be cured and disappear from here as words and wishes of ignorant fools disappear in the air.

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6.25.3

नव च या नवतिश् च संयन्ति स्कन्ध्या अभि ।
इतस् ताः सर्वा नश्यन्तु वाका अपचिताम् इव ॥

nava ca yā navatiś ca saṃyanti skandhyā abhi ।
itas tāḥ sarvā naśyantu vākā apacitām iva ॥

Atharvaveda 6.26 · 3 mantras

6.26.1

अव मा पाप्मन्त् सृज वशी सन् मृदयासि नः ।
आ मा भद्रस्य लोके पाप्मन् धेह्य् अविह्रुतम् ॥

ava mā pāpmant sṛja vaśī san mṛdayāsi naḥ ।
ā mā bhadrasya loke pāpman dhehy avihrutam ॥

O evil, sin and wickedness of thought, will and emotion, be off, leave me to myself. O strength of mind, will and emotion, under control of the spirit, be good, give us peace and well being of life. O sinful disturbance, let me be in the state of natural goodness free from crookedness and suffering.

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6.26.2

यो नः पाप्मन् न जहासि तम् उ त्वा जहिमो वयम् ।
पथाम् अनु व्यावर्तने ऽन्यं पाप्मानु पद्यताम् ॥

yo naḥ pāpman na jahāsi tam u tvā jahimo vayam ।
pathām anu vyāvartane 'nyaṃ pāpmānu padyatām ॥

O sinfulness, if you do not leave us, we destroy and eliminate you. When we are on the cross roads on the way onwards, then, O man, let the sin take another way and go off, elsewhere.

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6.26.3

अन्यत्रास्मन् न्य् उच्यतु सहस्राक्षो अमर्त्यः ।
यं द्वेषाम तम् ऋछतु यम् उ द्विष्मस् तम् इज् जहि ॥

anyatrāsman ny ucyatu sahasrākṣo amartyaḥ ।
yaṃ dveṣāma tam ṛchatu yam u dviṣmas tam ij jahi ॥

Undying is evil as much as life itself. It has a thousand eyes to watch its victims. Let it be away from us and there proclaim itself. Whatever we hate, there let it be. O energy of sin, negative as you are, destroy the negativities that we hate.

Atharvaveda 6.27 · 3 mantras

6.27.1

देवाः कपोत इषितो यद् इछन् दूतो निरृत्या इदम् आजगाम ।
तस्मा अर्चाम कृणवाम निष्कृतिं शं नो अस्तु द्विपदे शं चतुष्पदे ॥

devāḥ kapota iṣito yad ichan dūto nirṛtyā idam ājagāma ।
tasmā arcāma kṛṇavāma niṣkṛtiṃ śaṃ no astu dvipade śaṃ catuṣpade ॥

O devas, enlightened men of generosity, here is the messenger of Nir-rti come sent by destiny, seeking for us to deliver the message. Let us welcome and honour him and the message and prepare for our response to acquit ourselves of our responsibility. May all be good for the well being of our people and for our animals.

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6.27.2

शिवः कपोत इषितो नो अस्त्व् अनागा देवाः शकुनो गृहं नः ।
अग्निर् हि विप्रो जुषताम् हविर् नः परि हेतिः पक्षिणी नो वृणक्तु ॥

śivaḥ kapota iṣito no astv anāgā devāḥ śakuno gṛhaṃ naḥ ।
agnir hi vipro juṣatām havir naḥ pari hetiḥ pakṣiṇī no vṛṇaktu ॥

O devas, men of wisdom and imagination, may the messenger sent to us be harbinger of good for us. May the prognosis be a good omen, free from sin and evil for our home and family. May the Brahmana, like an enlightened leader, accept and be happy with our presentation of hospitality, as the yajna fire receives our oblation and joyously rises bright, and may he ward off the strike of all flying missiles.

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6.27.3

हेतिः पक्षिणी न दभात्य् अस्मान् आष्ट्री पदं कृणुते अग्निधाने ।
शिवो गोभ्य उत पुरुषेभ्यो नो अस्तु मा नो देवा इह हिंसीत् कपोत ॥

hetiḥ pakṣiṇī na dabhāty asmān āṣṭrī padaṃ kṛṇute agnidhāne ।
śivo gobhya uta puruṣebhyo no astu mā no devā iha hiṃsīt kapota ॥

Let not the flying missile, daunt or deceive us. Let the messenger have a place in the assembly hall. Let every thing be good for our people and for our lands, cows and culture of freedom. O devas, leaders of light and wisdom, let not the messenger and the message any way injure our pride of honour and freedom.

Atharvaveda 6.28 · 3 mantras

6.28.1

ऋचा कपोतं नुदत प्रणोदम् इषं मदन्तः परि गां नयामः ।
संलोभयन्तो दुरिता पदानि हित्वा न ऊर्जं प्र पदात् पथिष्ठः ॥

ṛcā kapotaṃ nudata praṇodam iṣaṃ madantaḥ pari gāṃ nayāmaḥ ।
saṃlobhayanto duritā padāni hitvā na ūrjaṃ pra padāt pathiṣṭhaḥ ॥

With proper words of praise and appreciation, urge upon the ambassador that, happy and rejoicing in our power and supplies of food and energy, with confidence and full power, we guide and rule our land and people. Thus avoiding references to undesirables but without omitting the assertion of our power and potential, let the messenger be sent back with a fitting reply.

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6.28.2

परीमे ऽग्निम् अर्षत परीमे गाम् अनेषत ।
देवेष्व् अक्रत श्रवः क इमां आ दधर्षति ॥

parīme 'gnim arṣata parīme gām aneṣata ।
deveṣv akrata śravaḥ ka imāṃ ā dadharṣati ॥

These people of our land have raised a force of brilliant people in their fields. They have raised the land, its standard of knowledge, culture and wealth high. They

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6.28.3

यः प्रथमः प्रवतम् आससाद बहुभ्यः पन्थाम् अनुपस्पशानः ।
यो ऽस्येशे द्विपदो यश् चतुष्पदस् तस्मै यमाय नमो अस्तु मृत्यवे ॥

yaḥ prathamaḥ pravatam āsasāda bahubhyaḥ panthām anupaspaśānaḥ ।
yo 'syeśe dvipado yaś catuṣpadas tasmai yamāya namo astu mṛtyave ॥

Atharvaveda 6.29 · 3 mantras

6.29.1

अमून् हेतिः पतत्रिणी न्य् एतु यद् उलूको वदति मोघम् एतत् ।
यद् वा कपोत पदम् अग्नौ कृणोति ॥

amūn hetiḥ patatriṇī ny etu yad ulūko vadati mogham etat ।
yad vā kapota padam agnau kṛṇoti ॥

Let the flying missile fall upon those adversaries whose Uluka, bird-like messenger, vascillates and speaks all this that he speaks in vain, or when the Kapota, pigeonary clever messenger, puts his foot in the fire in the hall.

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6.29.2

यौ ते दूतौ निरृत इदम् एतो ऽप्रहितौ प्रहितौ वा गृहं नः ।
कपोतोलूकाभ्याम् अपदं तद् अस्तु ॥

yau te dūtau nirṛta idam eto 'prahitau prahitau vā gṛhaṃ naḥ ।
kapotolūkābhyām apadaṃ tad astu ॥

O Nir-rti, adversity of will and intelligence, when those two messengers of yours, the one authorized and directed and the other unauthorized and undirected, one the Kapota, clever master of ambiguity, the other Uluka, master of darkness and camouflage, come to our land, our home would not be for them, beyond their reach.

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6.29.3

अवैरहत्यायेदम् आ पपत्यात् सुवीरताया इदम् आ ससद्यात् ।
पराङ् एव परा वद पराचीम् अनु संवतम् ।
यथा यमस्य त्वा गृहे ऽरसं प्रतिचाकशान् आभूकं प्रतिचाकशान् ॥

avairahatyāyedam ā papatyāt suvīratāyā idam ā sasadyāt ।
parāṅ eva parā vada parācīm anu saṃvatam ।
yathā yamasya tvā gṛhe 'rasaṃ praticākaśān ābhūkaṃ praticākaśān ॥

Let the messenger come but not for fall of the brave. Let the messenger come here but for the advancement of noble bravery. Otherwise go back to the distant land, cut a sorry figure and speak with a long face. In the house of the wise and men of judgement and leadership you would be judged as dull and irrelevant, a mere piece of clay in existence.

Atharvaveda 6.30 · 3 mantras

6.30.1

देवा इमं मधुना संयुतं यवं सरस्वत्याम् अधि मणाव् अचर्कृषुः ।
इन्द्र आसीत् सीरपतिः शतक्रतुः कीनाशा आसन् मरुतः सुदानवः ॥

devā imaṃ madhunā saṃyutaṃ yavaṃ sarasvatyām adhi maṇāv acarkṛṣuḥ ।
indra āsīt sīrapatiḥ śatakratuḥ kīnāśā āsan marutaḥ sudānavaḥ ॥

The Devas, divinities of nature, created this yava, barley grain replete with honey as jewel on the stream of nature’s flow, Sarasvati. Indra, the sun, creator of a hundred great things, was the ploughman, and the Maruts, generous winds, were the assistant farmers. (Shatapatha Brahmana describes yava as a drop of the

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6.30.2

यस् ते मदो ऽवकेशो विकेशो येनाभिहस्यं पुरुषं कृणोषि ।
आरात् त्वद् अन्या वनानि वृक्षि त्वं शमि शतवल्शा वि रोह ॥

yas te mado 'vakeśo vikeśo yenābhihasyaṃ puruṣaṃ kṛṇoṣi ।
ārāt tvad anyā vanāni vṛkṣi tvaṃ śami śatavalśā vi roha ॥

O Shami, exhilarating is your juice which gives a man long loose hanging and dishevelled hair by which you make the man smile with pleasure. I remove the plants growing close around so that you grow luxuriant with a hundred branches.

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6.30.3

बृहत्पलाशे सुभगे वर्षवृद्ध ऋतावरि ।
मातेव पुत्रेभ्यो मृड केशेभ्यः शमि ॥

bṛhatpalāśe subhage varṣavṛddha ṛtāvari ।
māteva putrebhyo mṛḍa keśebhyaḥ śami ॥

O Shatavari Shami with large leaves, holy and generously rich, growing luxuriant by rains, pray be kind and efficacious for the growth of luxurious hair, gracious as a mother to the child.

Atharvaveda 6.31 · 3 mantras

6.31.1

आयं गौः पृश्निर् अक्रमीद् असदन् मातरम् पुरः ।
पितरम् च प्रयन्त् स्वः ॥

āyaṃ gauḥ pṛśnir akramīd asadan mātaram puraḥ ।
pitaram ca prayant svaḥ ॥

This moving earth, abiding by its mother, the atmospheric globe, and circumambulating its father, the bright sun, goes on and on in its orbit in space. (This mantra is a beautiful metaphor of the moving solar family. The sun is the father, the earth is child, and the globe of air and waters including the field of gravity is the mother. And this family of father, mother and child moves on and on in space in orbit. Another version, in Atharva-veda (20,48,4) translated by Pandit Satavalekara, interprets the metaphor as moon, the child, earth the mother, and sun the father.)

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6.31.2

अन्तश् चरति रोचना अस्य प्राणाद् अपानतः ।
व्य् अख्यन् महिषः स्वः ॥

antaś carati rocanā asya prāṇād apānataḥ ।
vy akhyan mahiṣaḥ svaḥ ॥

The light and power of this sun actively pervades in the systemic world of life breathing in and out with prana and apana energy, thereby reflecting and proclaiming the power and presence of this potent lord of life and light.

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6.31.3

त्रिंशद् धामा वि राजति वाक् पतङ्गो अशिश्रियत् ।
प्रति वस्तोर् अहर् द्युभिः ॥

triṃśad dhāmā vi rājati vāk pataṅgo aśiśriyat ।
prati vastor ahar dyubhiḥ ॥

Thirty solar hours (muhuratas) of day and of night does the sun constantly shine and illuminate the planets and satellites, and the holy tongue of the sages consonant with it celebrates this cosmic bird of life. (This sukta gives a vision of this world of stars, planets and satellites. There is nothing static, everything is on the move. Reference may also be made to Rgveda 5, 51, 15 where the sun and moon move in harmony, earth implied, for the good of humanity. They all move in order, each according to its own power. The sun being the highest in power is the centre. But what is the centre of all the solar systems and galaxies? Can it be physical? No, because if that physical object were the centre, what is it that sustains that? Hence the centre has to be non-physical and yet most powerful, more powerful than any and all things physical. The Veda and Upanishad say that that centre is the cosmic spirit, smaller than the smallest and greater than the greatest: Anoraniyan mahato mahiyan (Kathopanishad 1, 2, 20), just a dimensionless point and yet the infinite transcendant. Reference may also be made to Yajurveda 23, 60, and Rgveda 1, 104, 4 and 9, 114, 3. It is that at the centre which spins this wheel of existence around and yet within itself (Shvetashvatara Upanishad 6, 1.)

Atharvaveda 6.32 · 3 mantras

6.32.1

अन्तर्दावे जुहुत स्व् एतद् यातुधानक्षयणं घृतेन ।
आराद् रक्षांसि प्रति दह त्वम् अग्ने न नो गृहाणाम् उप तीतपासि ॥

antardāve juhuta sv etad yātudhānakṣayaṇaṃ ghṛtena ।
ārād rakṣāṃsi prati daha tvam agne na no gṛhāṇām upa tītapāsi ॥

O house holders, offer this germ destroying havi with ghrta into the burning fire. O fire, burn and destroy the evil, polluting and life threatening germs from far and near, and do not cause any fire hazard to our homes.

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6.32.2

रुद्रो वो ग्रीवा अशरैत् पिशाचाः पृष्टीर् वो ऽपि शृणातु यातुधानाः ।
वीरुद् वो विश्वतोवीर्या यमेन सम् अजीगमत् ॥

rudro vo grīvā aśarait piśācāḥ pṛṣṭīr vo 'pi śṛṇātu yātudhānāḥ ।
vīrud vo viśvatovīryā yamena sam ajīgamat ॥

O blood sucking germs and insects, let Rudra, blazing fire of mid-day yajna, break your neck. O contagious evil doers, let the fire break the back of your resistance too. Let all round powerful herb of versatile efficacy join you with death.

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6.32.3

अभयं मित्रावरुणाव् इहास्तु नो ऽर्चिषात्त्रिणो नुदतं प्रतीचः ।
मा ज्ञातारं मा प्रतिष्ठां विदन्त मिथो विघ्नाना उप यन्तु मृत्युम् ॥

abhayaṃ mitrāvaruṇāv ihāstu no 'rciṣāttriṇo nudataṃ pratīcaḥ ।
mā jñātāraṃ mā pratiṣṭhāṃ vidanta mitho vighnānā upa yantu mṛtyum ॥

Atharvaveda 6.33 · 3 mantras

6.33.1

यस्येदम् आ रजो युजस् तुजे जना नवं स्वः ।
इन्द्रस्य रन्त्यं बृहत् ॥

yasyedam ā rajo yujas tuje janā navaṃ svaḥ ।
indrasya rantyaṃ bṛhat ॥

O men and women of the world, boundless, beautiful and ecstatic is the glory of Indra, friend and commander of all in union, in whose power and dominion abides this world of existence, the earth, the greenery, the waters and the heaven of freedom and joy.

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6.33.2

नाधृष आ दधृषते धृषाणो धृषितः शवः ।
पुरा यथा व्यथिः श्रव इन्द्रस्य नाधृषे शवः ॥

nādhṛṣa ā dadhṛṣate dhṛṣāṇo dhṛṣitaḥ śavaḥ ।
purā yathā vyathiḥ śrava indrasya nādhṛṣe śavaḥ ॥

The defeated dare not challenge, much less subdue, the might of potent and all victorious Indra. Indeed, as ever before, no tyrant can ever challenge the fame and power of Indra.

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6.33.3

स नो ददातु तां रयिम् उरुं पिशङ्गसंदृशम् ।
इन्द्रः पतिस् तुविष्टमो जनेष्व् आ ॥

sa no dadātu tāṃ rayim uruṃ piśaṅgasaṃdṛśam ।
indraḥ patis tuviṣṭamo janeṣv ā ॥

May Indra, most powerful ruler and sustainer of the people, give, give us all that wealth, honour and excellence which is beautiful as gold and inspiring and elevating as glory of the dawn.

Atharvaveda 6.34 · 5 mantras

6.34.1

प्राग्नये वाचम् ईरय वृषभाय क्षितीनाम् ।
स नः पर्षद् अति द्विषः ॥

prāgnaye vācam īraya vṛṣabhāya kṣitīnām ।
sa naḥ parṣad ati dviṣaḥ ॥

Raise your voice of prayer and adoration in honour of Agni, potent and generous lord ruler and sustainer of the people and worlds of existence, who may, we pray, shower us with wealth, honour and excellence beyond the reach of hate, jealousy and enmity.

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6.34.2

यो रक्षांसि निजूर्वत्य् अग्निस् तिग्मेन शोचिषा ।
स नः पर्षद् अति द्विषः ॥

yo rakṣāṃsi nijūrvaty agnis tigmena śociṣā ।
sa naḥ parṣad ati dviṣaḥ ॥

May Agni, who with his intense light, fire and splendour destroys evil and evil doers in nature and humanity, bring us showers of wealth, power and excellence beyond the reach of hate, jealousy and enmity.

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6.34.3

यः परस्याः परावतस् तिरो धन्वातिरोचते ।
स नः पर्षद् अति द्विषः ॥

yaḥ parasyāḥ parāvatas tiro dhanvātirocate ।
sa naḥ parṣad ati dviṣaḥ ॥

He who shines in splendour beyond the farthest of the far regions and spaces of existence, may, we pray, bless us with wealth, honour and excellence beyond the reach of all hate, jealousy and enmity.

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6.34.4

यो विश्वाभि विपश्यति भुवना सं च पश्यति ।
स नः पर्षद् अति द्विषः ॥

yo viśvābhi vipaśyati bhuvanā saṃ ca paśyati ।
sa naḥ parṣad ati dviṣaḥ ॥

He that watches and overwatches all regions of the universe in and out, over and above, completely, may, we pray, bless us with wealth, virtue and excellence beyond the reach of all jealousy, hate and enmity.

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6.34.5

यो अस्य पारे रजसः शुक्रो अग्निर् अजायत ।
स नः पर्षद् अति द्विषः ॥

yo asya pāre rajasaḥ śukro agnir ajāyata ।
sa naḥ parṣad ati dviṣaḥ ॥

That Agni, self refulgent, pure and immaculate, who manifests beyond the spaces of the universe may, we pray, bless us with the wealth of purity and excellence beyond the reach of all hate, jealousy and

Atharvaveda 6.35 · 3 mantras

6.35.1

वैश्वानरो न ऊतय आ प्र यातु परावतः ।
अग्निर् नः सुष्टुतीर् उप ॥

vaiśvānaro na ūtaya ā pra yātu parāvataḥ ।
agnir naḥ suṣṭutīr upa ॥

May Agni, life of the life of humanity, come from the highest heavens of light and listen and inspire our songs of adoration and prayer.

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6.35.2

वैश्वानरो न आगमद् इमं यज्ञं सजूर् उप ।
अग्निर् उक्थेष्व् अंहसु ॥

vaiśvānaro na āgamad imaṃ yajñaṃ sajūr upa ।
agnir uktheṣv aṃhasu ॥

May Vaishvanara Agni, leading light of the the life of the world of humanity, constant and closest friend, come and join our yajna, accept our songs of prayer and guide us at the most critical times of our need.

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6.35.3

वैश्वानरो ऽङ्गिरसां स्तोमम् उक्थं च चाकॢपत् ।
ऐषु द्युम्नं स्वर् यमत् ॥

vaiśvānaro 'ṅgirasāṃ stomam ukthaṃ ca cākḷpat ।
aiṣu dyumnaṃ svar yamat ॥

May Vaishvanara Agni, leading light and life energy of all creative activities of the world of humanity, energise, raise and fructify the adorable plans and holy actions of Angirasas pioneering thinkers, scientists and

Atharvaveda 6.36 · 3 mantras

6.36.1

ऋतावानं वैश्वानरम् ऋतस्य ज्योतिषस् पतिम् ।
अजस्रं घर्मम् ईमहे ॥

ṛtāvānaṃ vaiśvānaram ṛtasya jyotiṣas patim ।
ajasraṃ gharmam īmahe ॥

The Lord Supreme, ordainer and sustainer of the truth and reality of existence, leading light of humanity, protector and promoter of the light of law and yajnic evolution of natural and human karma, eternal and unaging spirit and passion of life for creative action, we invoke, adore and exalt in yajna.

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6.36.2

स विश्वा प्रति चाकॢप ऋतूंर् उत् सृजते वशी ।
यज्ञस्य वय उत्तिरन् ॥

sa viśvā prati cākḷpa ṛtūṃr ut sṛjate vaśī ।
yajñasya vaya uttiran ॥

That VaishvanaraAgni, universal controller and energiser, pervades, inspires and fructifies every thing, every person and every effort in the world, and blesses all seasons with higher vitality and power, all the time raising the creative success of natural and human action for evolution and development.

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6.36.3

अग्निः परेषु धामसु कामो भूतस्य भव्यस्य ।
सम्राद् एको वि राजति ॥

agniḥ pareṣu dhāmasu kāmo bhūtasya bhavyasya ।
samrād eko vi rājati ॥

Agni, the love, the lover and giver of fulfilment for and of all that is past and present and that which is yet to be, self-refulgent presence, rules over all and pervades even the farthest borders of the expansive universe, the sole lord, one, unique, matchless, without a second presence such as Agni Itself.

Atharvaveda 6.37 · 3 mantras

6.37.1

उप प्रागात् सहस्राक्षो युक्त्वा शपथो रथम् ।
शप्तारम् अन्विछन् मम वृक इवाविमतो गृहम् ॥

upa prāgāt sahasrākṣo yuktvā śapatho ratham ।
śaptāram anvichan mama vṛka ivāvimato gṛham ॥

Let the divine force of love and truth, thousand-eyed, all vigilant, come as protection against cursed ill-will, having yoked its chariot against ill will, execration and hate. Let it search out and destroy the imprecation and the imprecator like a wolf pouncing upon a sheepfold.

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6.37.2

परि णो वृङ्ग्धि शपथ ह्रदम् अग्निर् इवा दहन् ।
शप्तारम् अत्र नो जहि दिवो वृक्षम् इवाशनिः ॥

pari ṇo vṛṅgdhi śapatha hradam agnir ivā dahan ।
śaptāram atra no jahi divo vṛkṣam ivāśaniḥ ॥

O curse, burning like fire drying a pool of water, leave us. O protective chariot of divinity, destroy the curse and the cursor as the strike of thunder from above destroys the tree from its very root.

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6.37.3

यो नः शपाद् अशपतः शपतो यश् च नः शपात् ।
शुने पेष्ट्रम् इवावक्षामं तं प्रत्य् अस्यामि मृत्यवे ॥

yo naḥ śapād aśapataḥ śapato yaś ca naḥ śapāt ।
śune peṣṭram ivāvakṣāmaṃ taṃ praty asyāmi mṛtyave ॥

Atharvaveda 6.38 · 4 mantras

6.38.1

सिंहे व्याघ्र उत या पृदाकौ त्विषिर् अग्नौ ब्राह्मणे सूर्ये या ।
इन्द्रं या देवी सुभगा जजान सा न ऐतु वर्चसा संविदाना ॥

siṃhe vyāghra uta yā pṛdākau tviṣir agnau brāhmaṇe sūrye yā ।
indraṃ yā devī subhagā jajāna sā na aitu varcasā saṃvidānā ॥

That energy, brilliancy and splendour which is in the lion, tiger, cobra, fire, the Brahmana, and in the sun, which, divine spirit of majesty and good fortune, creates and consecrates the ruling power, Indra, may, we pray, come bearing the lustre and splendour of life and bless us.

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6.38.2

या हस्तिनि द्वीपिनि या हिरण्ये त्विषिर् अप्सु गोषु या पुरुषेषु ।
इन्द्रं या देवी सुभगा जजान सा न ऐतु वर्चसा संविदाना ॥

yā hastini dvīpini yā hiraṇye tviṣir apsu goṣu yā puruṣeṣu ।
indraṃ yā devī subhagā jajāna sā na aitu varcasā saṃvidānā ॥

That grace and majesty which is in the elephant, that strength and agility in the tiger, the grace and beauty in gold, the generosity in the cows and virility in men, that light and splendour of life, the divine spirit of majesty and good fortune which creates and consecrates the ruling power, Indra, may that divine brilliance come bearing the lustre of life and bless us.

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6.38.3

रथे अक्षेष्व् ऋषभस्य वाजे वाते पर्जन्ये वरुणस्य शुष्मे ।
इन्द्रम् या देवी सुभगा जजान सा न ऐतु वर्चसा संविदाना ॥

rathe akṣeṣv ṛṣabhasya vāje vāte parjanye varuṇasya śuṣme ।
indram yā devī subhagā jajāna sā na aitu varcasā saṃvidānā ॥

The strength, brilliance and efficiency in the chariot, chariot wheel and endurance of the bull, the force in the wind, the shower in the cloud and blaze in the light of the sun, the divine light and splendour which creates and consecrates the ruler Indra, may all that brilliance bearing the grandeur of life come and bless us.

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6.38.4

राजन्ये दुन्दुभाव् आयतायाम् अश्वस्य वाजे पुरुषस्य मायौ ।
इन्द्रम् या देवी सुभगा जजान सा न ऐतु वर्चसा सम्विदाना ॥

rājanye dundubhāv āyatāyām aśvasya vāje puruṣasya māyau ।
indram yā devī subhagā jajāna sā na aitu varcasā samvidānā ॥

The light and lustre in the ruling power, the inspiring boom in the tensioned war drum, the agility in the strength and endurance of the war horse, the heroic self-confidence in man’s wondrous manliness, that divine light, splendour and majesty of life which creates.

Atharvaveda 6.39 · 3 mantras

6.39.1

यशो हविर् वर्धताम् इन्द्रजूतं सहस्रवीर्यं सुभृतं सहस्कृतम् ।
प्रसर्स्राणम् अनु दीर्घाय चक्षसे हविष्मन्तं मा वर्धय ज्येष्ठतातये ॥

yaśo havir vardhatām indrajūtaṃ sahasravīryaṃ subhṛtaṃ sahaskṛtam ।
prasarsrāṇam anu dīrghāya cakṣase haviṣmantaṃ mā vardhaya jyeṣṭhatātaye ॥

Let our yajna and our honour and fame increase Indra-inspired, thousandfold strong, well controlled, created and achieved through courage, confidence and patience. O Lord omnipotent, pray promote me, bearing havi in homage, prayerful and ambitious for advancement, raise me for a long life of vision and wisdom and bless me to rise to the highest position.

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6.39.2

अछा न इन्द्रं यशसं यशोभिर् यशस्विनं नमसाना विधेम ।
स नो रास्व राष्ट्रम् इन्द्रजूतं तस्य ते रातौ यशसः स्याम ॥

achā na indraṃ yaśasaṃ yaśobhir yaśasvinaṃ namasānā vidhema ।
sa no rāsva rāṣṭram indrajūtaṃ tasya te rātau yaśasaḥ syāma ॥

Well and holily, bearing havi in homage for our good, we worship Indra, lord of glory, sublime by his divine grandeur and majesty. May he give us a great Indra-inspired Rashtra, a dominion of freedom and prosperity. O Lord, may we too rise to fame and excellence by your grace and generosity.

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6.39.3

यशा इन्द्रो यशा अग्निर् यशाः सोमो अजायत ।
यशा विश्वस्य भूतस्य अहम् अस्मि यशस्तमः ॥

yaśā indro yaśā agnir yaśāḥ somo ajāyata ।
yaśā viśvasya bhūtasya aham asmi yaśastamaḥ ॥

Glorious is Indra, lord of power. Glorious is Agni, light and fire of life. Glorious is Soma, the moon, spirit of peace and beauty. Of all the glorious things of the world, let me rise to the most excellent position by the grace of Indra, Agni and Soma, light, peace and power.

Atharvaveda 6.40 · 3 mantras

6.40.1

अभयं द्यावापृथिवी इहास्तु नो ऽभयं सोमः सविता नः कृणोतु ।
अभयं नो ऽस्तूर्व् अन्तरिक्षं सप्तऋषीणां च हविषाभयं नो अस्तु ॥

abhayaṃ dyāvāpṛthivī ihāstu no 'bhayaṃ somaḥ savitā naḥ kṛṇotu ।
abhayaṃ no 'stūrv antarikṣaṃ saptaṛṣīṇāṃ ca haviṣābhayaṃ no astu ॥

O heaven and earth, let there be freedom from fear for us here. May Soma, divine spirit of peace, and Savita, lord creator and inspirer give us the gift of fearlessness. Let the wide sky and space be free from fear for us, and may there be total freedom from fear for us by yajnic dedication of the seven sages. (The seven sages are five organs of perception, mind and intelligence, because they help us to ‘see’ and know. Further all the divinities mentioned and invoked in this sukta are objective ‘organs’ of divinity as well as inside our persoality : The sun is in the eye, moon in the mind, space quarters in the ear, vayu or wind in the skin, agni in the speech, apah in the taste, earth in the solidity of the body, and light region in the brain. So right action by the person with the body system and the external divinities of nature are related. Our action through our organs creates vibrations of cause and effect in nature which affects us too. Hence prayer to the divinities for freedom from fear implies that we too have to act without violating the laws of nature and of humanity. Life within and life outside both are organismically related. Prayer implies action too.)

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6.40.2

अस्मै ग्रामाय प्रदिशश् चतस्र ऊर्जं सुभूतं स्वस्ति सविता नः कृणोतु ।
अशत्र्व् इन्द्रो अभयं नः कृणोत्व् अन्यत्र राज्ञाम् अभि यातु मन्युः ॥

asmai grāmāya pradiśaś catasra ūrjaṃ subhūtaṃ svasti savitā naḥ kṛṇotu ।
aśatrv indro abhayaṃ naḥ kṛṇotv anyatra rājñām abhi yātu manyuḥ ॥

For this community of ours, in all the four quarters of space, may Savita create energy, ample wealth and well being and may Indra, the ruler, create fearlessness and freedom from enemies. The fear and anger of the rulers, then, may go elsewhere (where lawlessness might be prevailing).

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6.40.3

अनमित्रं नो अधराद् अनमित्रं न उत्तरात् ।
इन्द्रानमित्रं नः पश्चाद् अनमित्रं पुरस् कृधि ॥

anamitraṃ no adharād anamitraṃ na uttarāt ।
indrānamitraṃ naḥ paścād anamitraṃ puras kṛdhi ॥

May Indra create for us love and freedom from enemies from down below on earth, love and freedom from enmity from above, love and freedom from enemies from behind, and love with freedom from fear, opposition, conflict and enmity upfront.

Atharvaveda 6.41 · 3 mantras

6.41.1

मनसे चेतसे धिय आकूतय उत चित्तये ।
मत्यै श्रुताय चक्षसे विधेम हविषा वयम् ॥

manase cetase dhiya ākūtaya uta cittaye ।
matyai śrutāya cakṣase vidhema haviṣā vayam ॥

For the development of mind, intelligence, thought, intention and purpose, understanding, wisdom, hearing and vision, we worship Indra, Lord Almighty, with offers of havi in yajna.

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6.41.2

अपानाय व्यानाय प्राणाय भूरिधायसे ।
सरस्वत्या उरुव्यचे विधेम हविषा वयम् ॥

apānāya vyānāya prāṇāya bhūridhāyase ।
sarasvatyā uruvyace vidhema haviṣā vayam ॥

For the vitality of apana, vyana, all sustaining prana, and for wide ranging knowledge, we worship Agni, light of life with offers of havi in yajna.

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6.41.3

मा नो हासिषुर् ऋषयो दैव्या ये तनूपा ये नस् तन्वस् तनूजाः ।
अमर्त्या मर्त्यां अभि नः सचध्वम् आयुर् धत्त प्रतरं जीवसे नः ॥

mā no hāsiṣur ṛṣayo daivyā ye tanūpā ye nas tanvas tanūjāḥ ।
amartyā martyāṃ abhi naḥ sacadhvam āyur dhatta prataraṃ jīvase naḥ ॥

Atharvaveda 6.42 · 3 mantras

6.42.1

अव ज्याम् इव धन्वनो मन्युं तनोमि ते हृदः ।
यथा संमनसौ भूत्वा सखायाव् इव सचावहै ॥

ava jyām iva dhanvano manyuṃ tanomi te hṛdaḥ ।
yathā saṃmanasau bhūtvā sakhāyāv iva sacāvahai ॥

I relax the tension of anger from your mind like releasing the string from the bow so that you and I, being good and happy at heart, may live together like friends.

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6.42.2

सखायाव् इव सचावहा अव मन्युं तनोमि ते ।
अधस् ते अश्मनो मन्युम् उपास्यामसि यो गुरुः ॥

sakhāyāv iva sacāvahā ava manyuṃ tanomi te ।
adhas te aśmano manyum upāsyāmasi yo guruḥ ॥

I relax the tension of anger and passion from your mind so that we may live together as happy friends. Your anger is intense and oppressive, we cast and bury it down under a heavy stone.

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6.42.3

अभि तिष्ठामि ते मन्युं पार्ष्ण्या प्रपदेन च ।
यथावशो न वादिषो मम चित्तम् उपायसि ॥

abhi tiṣṭhāmi te manyuṃ pārṣṇyā prapadena ca ।
yathāvaśo na vādiṣo mama cittam upāyasi ॥

With a kick and under the heel, I cast down and bury your anger so that you are one and calm at heart with me and do not talk like one possessed.

Atharvaveda 6.43 · 3 mantras

6.43.1

अयं दर्भो विमन्युकः स्वाय चारणाय च ।
मन्योर् विमन्युकस्यायं मन्युशमन उच्यते ॥

ayaṃ darbho vimanyukaḥ svāya cāraṇāya ca ।
manyor vimanyukasyāyaṃ manyuśamana ucyate ॥

This ‘darbha’ grass is the tranquilizer of anger for our own people and for others high or low. This is called pacifier of the angry man’s passion and fury.

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6.43.2

अयं यो भूरिमूलः समुद्रम् अवतिष्ठति ।
दर्भः पृथिव्या उत्थितो मन्युशमन उच्यते ॥

ayaṃ yo bhūrimūlaḥ samudram avatiṣṭhati ।
darbhaḥ pṛthivyā utthito manyuśamana ucyate ॥

This darbha grass which is deep rooted grows close to the sea. Growing and rising from the earth and rising high, it is called pacifier of the passion and fury of anger.

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6.43.3

वि ते हनव्यां शरणिं वि ते मुख्यां नयामसि ।
यथावशो न वादिषो मम चित्तम् उपायसि ॥

vi te hanavyāṃ śaraṇiṃ vi te mukhyāṃ nayāmasi ।
yathāvaśo na vādiṣo mama cittam upāyasi ॥

Atharvaveda 6.44 · 3 mantras

6.44.1

अस्थाद् द्यौर् अस्थात् पृथिव्य् अस्थाद् विश्वम् इदं जगत् ।
अस्थुर् वृक्षा ऊर्ध्वस्वप्नास् तिष्ठाद् रोगो अयं तव ॥

asthād dyaur asthāt pṛthivy asthād viśvam idaṃ jagat ।
asthur vṛkṣā ūrdhvasvapnās tiṣṭhād rogo ayaṃ tava ॥

The solar region is firm and undisturbed it stands. The earth stands firm and still, undisturbed. This entire cosmos is firm and undisturbed. The high standing trees, dreaming and sleeping, stand still. Let this malady too stand still, it must not aggravate.

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6.44.2

शतं या भेषजानि ते सहस्रं संगतानि च ।
श्रेष्ठम् आस्रावभेषजं वसिष्ठं रोगनाशनम् ॥

śataṃ yā bheṣajāni te sahasraṃ saṃgatāni ca ।
śreṣṭham āsrāvabheṣajaṃ vasiṣṭhaṃ roganāśanam ॥

Hundred are your medicines, a thousand their supplements and substitutes. The best of them is Brahma which stops bleeding, and that is the cure of the malady.

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6.44.3

रुद्रस्य मूत्रम् अस्य् अमृतस्य नाभिः ।
विषाणका नाम वा असि पितॄणां मूलाद् उत्थिता वातीकृतनाशनी ॥

rudrasya mūtram asy amṛtasya nābhiḥ ।
viṣāṇakā nāma vā asi pitṝṇāṃ mūlād utthitā vātīkṛtanāśanī ॥

You are the shower of the cloud, you are the centre and concentration of the sanative nectar. You are Vishanaka by name, a sure cure of genetic ailments and those caused by wind disorder.

Atharvaveda 6.45 · 3 mantras

6.45.1

परो ऽपेहि मनस्पाप किम् अशस्तानि शंससि ।
परेहि न त्वा कामये वृक्षां वनानि सं चर गृहेषु गोषु मे मनः ॥

paro 'pehi manaspāpa kim aśastāni śaṃsasi ।
parehi na tvā kāmaye vṛkṣāṃ vanāni saṃ cara gṛheṣu goṣu me manaḥ ॥

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6.45.2

अवशसा निःशसा यत् पराशसोपारिम जाग्रतो यत् स्वपन्तः ।
अग्निर् विश्वान्य् अप दुष्कृतान्य् अजुष्टान्य् आरे अस्मद् दधातु ॥

avaśasā niḥśasā yat parāśasopārima jāgrato yat svapantaḥ ।
agnir viśvāny apa duṣkṛtāny ajuṣṭāny āre asmad dadhātu ॥

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6.45.3

यद् इन्द्र ब्रह्मणस् पते ऽपि मृषा चरामसि ।
प्रचेता न आङ्गिरसो दुरितात् पात्व् अंहसः ॥

yad indra brahmaṇas pate 'pi mṛṣā carāmasi ।
pracetā na āṅgiraso duritāt pātv aṃhasaḥ ॥

Atharvaveda 6.46 · 3 mantras

6.46.1

यो न जीवो ऽसि न मृतो देवानाम् अमृतगर्भो ऽसि स्वप्न ।
वरुणानी ते माता यमः पिताररुर् नामासि ॥

yo na jīvo 'si na mṛto devānām amṛtagarbho 'si svapna ।
varuṇānī te mātā yamaḥ pitārarur nāmāsi ॥

O dream you are neither alive, i.e., in the living state of wakefulness, nor dead, i.e., in the state of deep sleep. You are the immortal child of the senses and mind in the dream state.

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6.46.2

विद्म ते स्वप्न जनित्रं देवजामीनां पुत्रो ऽसि यमस्य करणः ।
अन्तको ऽसि मृत्युर् असि तं त्वा स्वप्न तथा सं विद्म स नः स्वप्न दुष्वप्न्यात् पाहि ॥

vidma te svapna janitraṃ devajāmīnāṃ putro 'si yamasya karaṇaḥ ।
antako 'si mṛtyur asi taṃ tvā svapna tathā saṃ vidma sa naḥ svapna duṣvapnyāt pāhi ॥

O dream, we know your origin. You are the product of mind and senses and things related to them in psychic association. You are the instrument of the psychic laws of life. As dream, you can be the end, harbinger of the end, a premonition, death itself. So O dream, we know as and what you are. O dream, save us from evil dreams. (Come at your best if at all.)

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6.46.3

यथा कलां यथा शफं यथर्णं संनयन्ति ।
एवा दुष्वप्न्यं सर्वं द्विषते सं नयामसि ॥

yathā kalāṃ yathā śaphaṃ yatharṇaṃ saṃnayanti ।
evā duṣvapnyaṃ sarvaṃ dviṣate saṃ nayāmasi ॥

Just as people pay one sixteenth or one eighth of the principal and get free of the loan, so do we pay back for the dream: take back the evil ones and let these be share of the evil (we wish to get rid off).

Atharvaveda 6.47 · 3 mantras

6.47.1

अग्निः प्रातःसवने पात्व् अस्मान् वैश्वानरो विश्वकृद् विश्वशंभूः ।
स नः पावको द्रविणे दधात्व् आयुष्मन्तः सहभक्षाः स्याम ॥

agniḥ prātaḥsavane pātv asmān vaiśvānaro viśvakṛd viśvaśaṃbhūḥ ।
sa naḥ pāvako draviṇe dadhātv āyuṣmantaḥ sahabhakṣāḥ syāma ॥

May Agni, self-refulgent, universal guide, all creative, all-blissful divine Spirit of the universe, purify us at the morning session of yajna. May the fiery sanctifier establish us in wealth, honour and excellence of the world, and may we all together, living happy and healthy, enjoy the beauty of life.

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6.47.2

विश्वे देवा मरुत इन्द्रो अस्मान् अस्मिन् द्वितीये सवने न जह्युः ।
आयुष्मन्तः प्रियम् एषां वदन्तो वयं देवानां सुमतौ स्याम ॥

viśve devā maruta indro asmān asmin dvitīye savane na jahyuḥ ।
āyuṣmantaḥ priyam eṣāṃ vadanto vayaṃ devānāṃ sumatau syāma ॥

May the Vishvedevas, cosmic divinities, Maruts, cosmic energies and vibrant sages, and Indra, lord omnipotent of glory, join us without fail and bless us at this second session of the day’s yajna. And may we all, living together happy and healthy, speaking together, enjoy the love and good will of these divinities together.

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6.47.3

इदं तृतीयं सवनं कवीनाम् ऋतेन ये चमसम् ऐरयन्त ।
ते सौधन्वनाः स्वर् आनशानाः स्विष्टिं नो अभि वस्यो नयन्तु ॥

idaṃ tṛtīyaṃ savanaṃ kavīnām ṛtena ye camasam airayanta ।
te saudhanvanāḥ svar ānaśānāḥ sviṣṭiṃ no abhi vasyo nayantu ॥

At this third session of the day’s yajna of the poetic sages who raise and elevate the ladle of havi with truth for light and life’s joy, may those heroic masters of the bow who enjoy the bliss of heavenly light lead our holy performance of yajna to noble success.

Atharvaveda 6.48 · 3 mantras

6.48.1

श्येनो ऽसि गायत्रछन्दा अनु त्वा रभे ।
स्वस्ति मा सं वहास्य यज्ञस्योदृचि स्वाहा ॥

śyeno 'si gāyatrachandā anu tvā rabhe ।
svasti mā saṃ vahāsya yajñasyodṛci svāhā ॥

Lord of holy fire, you are the Eagle, highest all-impelling power and force of existence, ecstatic protective spirit of life’s beauty and joy. In consonance with your love and worship I begin this sacred yajna of life in which, I pray, graciously lead me to the blessed completion of this yajna. This is the voice of prayer in truth of faith.

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6.48.2

ऋभुर् असि जगछन्दा अनु त्वा रभे ।
स्वस्ति मा सं वहास्य यज्ञस्योदृचि स्वाहा ॥

ṛbhur asi jagachandā anu tvā rabhe ।
svasti mā saṃ vahāsya yajñasyodṛci svāhā ॥

You are the master spirit of cosmic action, committed to joyous protection of the moving threefold world. In pursuit of your grace and glory, I begin this yajna in which, I pray, lead me to the completion of this yajna to noble success. This is the voice of truth in faith.

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6.48.3

वृषासि त्रिष्टुप्छन्दा अनु त्वा रभे ।
स्वस्ति मा सं वहास्य यज्ञस्योदृचि स्वाहा ॥

vṛṣāsi triṣṭupchandā anu tvā rabhe ।
svasti mā saṃ vahāsya yajñasyodṛci svāhā ॥

Generous and potent, you are committed to the

Atharvaveda 6.49 · 3 mantras

6.49.1

नहि ते अग्ने तन्वः क्रूरम् आनंश मर्त्यः ।
कपिर् बभस्ति तेजनं स्वं जरायु गौर् इव ॥

nahi te agne tanvaḥ krūram ānaṃśa martyaḥ ।
kapir babhasti tejanaṃ svaṃ jarāyu gaur iva ॥

O lord self-refulgent, Agni, no mortal man can comprehend the inexorable dynamics of your creative manifestation in the universe—your spirit in form through the medium of Prakrti. The Sun devours its own blaze of light. Nature consumes its own creation, like the cow eating up its own embryo’s outer skin.

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6.49.2

मेष इव वै सं च वि चोर्व् अच्यसे यद् उत्तरद्राव् उपरश् च खादतः ।
शीर्ष्णा शिरो ऽप्ससाप्सो अर्दयन्न् अंशून् बभस्ति हरितेभिर् आसभिः ॥

meṣa iva vai saṃ ca vi corv acyase yad uttaradrāv uparaś ca khādataḥ ।
śīrṣṇā śiro 'psasāpso ardayann aṃśūn babhasti haritebhir āsabhiḥ ॥

Like the cloud’s mist of vapours, Agni’s nature with its inexorable dynamics contracts and expands without bounds, withdrawing and manifesting on top of its organismic body and yet even beyond the top above. It expands at the top such as Sattva by sattva and the fluent Rajas by rajas, shooting forth as well as destroying or sucking in the ensuing filaments, and thus it consumes its own created forms with its involutionary media.

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6.49.3

सुपर्णा वाचम् अक्रतोप द्यव्य् आखरे कृष्णा इषिरा अनर्तिषुः ।
नि यन् नियन्ति उपरस्य निष्कृतिं पुरू रेतो दधिरे सूर्यश्रितः ॥

suparṇā vācam akratopa dyavy ākhare kṛṣṇā iṣirā anartiṣuḥ ।
ni yan niyanti uparasya niṣkṛtiṃ purū reto dadhire sūryaśritaḥ ॥

The centrifugal radiations of dynamic nature create articulate vibrations in the ethereal regions of the heaven’s space. Vigorous centripetal forces enact their dance of joyous creation of forms. These forces carry on the formal evolution and devolution of the Supercreator’s purposeful dynamics of nature, all the time dependent on the creative Sun at the centre.

Atharvaveda 6.50 · 3 mantras

6.50.1

हतं तर्दं समङ्कम् आखुम् अश्विना छिन्तं शिरो अपि पृष्टीः शृणीतम् ।
यवान् नेद् अदान् अपि नह्यतं मुखम् अथाभयं कृणुतं धान्याय ॥

hataṃ tardaṃ samaṅkam ākhum aśvinā chintaṃ śiro api pṛṣṭīḥ śṛṇītam ।
yavān ned adān api nahyataṃ mukham athābhayaṃ kṛṇutaṃ dhānyāya ॥

O farming men and women, Ashvins, drive off the crop destroyer, the burrowing mouse and other crop

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6.50.2

तर्द है पतङ्ग है जभ्य हा उपक्वस ।
ब्रह्मेवासंस्थितं हविर् अनदन्त इमान् यवान् अहिंसन्तो अपोदित ॥

tarda hai pataṅga hai jabhya hā upakvasa ।
brahmevāsaṃsthitaṃ havir anadanta imān yavān ahiṃsanto apodita ॥

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6.50.3

तर्दापते वघापते तृष्टजम्भा आ शृणोत मे ।
य आरण्या व्यद्वरा ये के च स्थ व्यद्वरास् तान्त् सर्वान् जम्भयामसि ॥

tardāpate vaghāpate tṛṣṭajambhā ā śṛṇota me ।
ya āraṇyā vyadvarā ye ke ca stha vyadvarās tānt sarvān jambhayāmasi ॥

Atharvaveda 6.51 · 3 mantras

6.51.1

वायोः पूतः पवित्रेण प्रत्यङ् सोमो अति द्रुतः ।
इन्द्रस्य युजः सखा ॥

vāyoḥ pūtaḥ pavitreṇa pratyaṅ somo ati drutaḥ ।
indrasya yujaḥ sakhā ॥

Soma, purified and reinforced by the pure energy of Vayu, becomes doubly refined and purified, immediate favourite of Indra. (Similarly a man of peace and pure at heart, refined by the divine presence and purity of all vibrant God, becomes doubly pure and fortified against negativity and evil, and he becomes a favourite friend of Divinity.)

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6.51.2

आपो अस्मान् मातरः सूदयन्तु घृतेन नो घृतप्वः पुनन्तु ।
विश्वं हि रिप्रं प्रवहन्ति देवीर् उद् इद् आभ्यः शुचिर् आ पूत एमि ॥

āpo asmān mātaraḥ sūdayantu ghṛtena no ghṛtapvaḥ punantu ।
viśvaṃ hi ripraṃ pravahanti devīr ud id ābhyaḥ śucir ā pūta emi ॥

Let the holy waters, sacred as mother powers, cleanse, chasten and fortify us. They are pure, they may sanctify us with the purity of piety and refinement. They wash away the dirt and evil of the world, they being divine. Purified, sanctified and consecrated by these, I go on forward, higher and higher.

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6.51.3

यत् किं चेदं वरुण दैव्ये जने ऽभिद्रोहं मनुष्याश् चरन्ति ।
अचित्त्या चेत् तव धर्म युयोपिम मा नस् तस्माद् एनसो देव रीरिषः ॥

yat kiṃ cedaṃ varuṇa daivye jane 'bhidrohaṃ manuṣyāś caranti ।
acittyā cet tava dharma yuyopima mā nas tasmād enaso deva rīriṣaḥ ॥

O Varuna, lord of infinite cover of protection, whatever wrong or evil or sin people commit out of jealousy, hate or enmity toward noble and divine personalities, or whatever violation of your law and

Atharvaveda 6.52 · 3 mantras

6.52.1

उत् सूर्यो दिव एति पुरो रक्षांसि निजूर्वन् ।
आदित्यः पर्वतेभ्यो विश्वदृष्टो अदृष्टहा ॥

ut sūryo diva eti puro rakṣāṃsi nijūrvan ।
ādityaḥ parvatebhyo viśvadṛṣṭo adṛṣṭahā ॥

Up arises the sun from the regions of light in the east from over the mountains and clouds, destroying the negativities of physical and mental world seen and unseen. It is Aditya, self-refulgent, inviolable, activating and receiving vapours of water and vitalities of the earth, visible to all the world without discrimination. (This is the morning scene.)

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6.52.2

नि गावो गोष्ठे असदन् नि मृगासो अविक्षत ।
न्य् ऊर्मयो नदीनं न्य् अदृष्टा अलिप्सत ॥

ni gāvo goṣṭhe asadan ni mṛgāso avikṣata ।
ny ūrmayo nadīnaṃ ny adṛṣṭā alipsata ॥

The cows are settled in the stall, wild beasts are back to their place, the waves and ripples of the streams are invisible, covered in darkness. (This is the evening scene after sunset.)

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6.52.3

आयुर्ददं विपश्चितं श्रुतां कण्वस्य वीरुधम् ।
आभारिषं विश्वभेषजीम् अस्यादृष्टान् नि शमयत् ॥

āyurdadaṃ vipaścitaṃ śrutāṃ kaṇvasya vīrudham ।
ābhāriṣaṃ viśvabheṣajīm asyādṛṣṭān ni śamayat ॥

I bear, bring and cherish the universal medication, giver of life energy, inspirer of intellect and understanding, reputed, favourite sanative of the versatile sage, which may, I pray, cure all visible and invisible ailments of this patient. (This sukta, thus, is a celebration of the efficacy of sunlight from morning till evening, including, we can say, the soothing night and light of the moon.)

Atharvaveda 6.53 · 3 mantras

6.53.1

द्यौश् च म इदं पृथिवी च प्रचेतसौ शुक्रो बृहन् दक्षिणया पिपर्तु ।
अनु स्वधा चिकितां सोमो अग्निर् वायुर् नः पातु सविता भगश् च ॥

dyauś ca ma idaṃ pṛthivī ca pracetasau śukro bṛhan dakṣiṇayā pipartu ।
anu svadhā cikitāṃ somo agnir vāyur naḥ pātu savitā bhagaś ca ॥

May heaven and earth, both inspiring stimulants of knowledge and awareness, both father and mother, source givers of knowledge, the sun and vital living energy, and the expansive space, all bless me with their gifts of life. May Soma, the moon and the blessed peace of nature, Agni, life energy, omniscient God and the brilliant teacher, Vayu, cosmic wind and pranic energy, Savita, lord creator, and Bhaga, lord giver of the glory of life, protect and promote me and lead me to knowledge and all round awareness in accordance with their nature and potential in response to my receptivity. (This mantra obviously is a prayer for natural and divine protection during this life, but there are certain words which suggest that it is a prayer, for life and efficiency during the next life too. The words are ‘dyau, prthivi’: Prthivi is mother and dyau is father according to Taittiriya Brahmana 2, 7, 16, 3. Another word is ‘Shukra’ which means the seed of life as in

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6.53.2

पुनः प्राणः पुनर् आत्मा न ऐतु पुनश् चक्षुः पुनर् असुर् न ऐतु ।
वैश्वानरो नो अदब्धस् तनूपा अन्तस् तिष्ठाति दुरितानि विश्वा ॥

punaḥ prāṇaḥ punar ātmā na aitu punaś cakṣuḥ punar asur na aitu ।
vaiśvānaro no adabdhas tanūpā antas tiṣṭhāti duritāni viśvā ॥

Again let pranic energy come to us, again let the soul along with the psychic complex come to us, again the eye, and again the life energy come to us. Vaishvanara, cosmic spirit of watchful life over humanity, undaunted protector of our life and body against all evils and negativities of the world abides at the very centre of our being. (The word ‘again’ is explained by Swami Dayananda as ‘again in this life or in the next birth’ in his commentary on Yajurveda 4,

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6.53.3

सं वर्चसा पयसा सं तनूभिर् अगन्महि मनसा सं शिवेन ।
त्वष्टा नो अत्र वरीयः कृणोत्व् अनु नो मार्ष्टु तन्वो यद् विरिष्टम् ॥

saṃ varcasā payasā saṃ tanūbhir aganmahi manasā saṃ śivena ।
tvaṣṭā no atra varīyaḥ kṛṇotv anu no mārṣṭu tanvo yad viriṣṭam ॥

Let us go on united with honour and lustre, with nourishment for body, mind and soul, with body and limbs in perfect form, and with a mind at peace. May Tvashta, divine architect of body forms, make us better and higher, and cleanse and purify whatever part of our being is wanting.

Atharvaveda 6.54 · 3 mantras

6.54.1

इदं तद् युज उत्तरम् इन्द्रं शुम्भाम्य् अष्टये ।
अस्य क्षत्रं श्रियं महीं वृष्टिर् इव वर्धया तृणम् ॥

idaṃ tad yuja uttaram indraṃ śumbhāmy aṣṭaye ।
asya kṣatraṃ śriyaṃ mahīṃ vṛṣṭir iva vardhayā tṛṇam ॥

I join this and that, the ruler and the higher Rashtra, the socio-governing order, and I refine and anoint the ruler for higher attainments for the Order. O Lord Omnipotent of this cosmic order, I pray, raise his ruling order, his glory, and the splendour of the Order, as rain augments the growth of grass.

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6.54.2

अस्मै क्षत्रम् अग्नीषोमाव् अस्मै धारयतं रयिम् ।
इमं राष्ट्रस्याभीवर्गे कृणुतम् युज उत्तरम् ॥

asmai kṣatram agnīṣomāv asmai dhārayataṃ rayim ।
imaṃ rāṣṭrasyābhīvarge kṛṇutam yuja uttaram ॥

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6.54.3

सबन्धुश् चासबन्धुश् च यो अस्मां अभिदासति ।
सर्वं तं रन्धयासि मे यजमानाय सुन्वते ॥

sabandhuś cāsabandhuś ca yo asmāṃ abhidāsati ।
sarvaṃ taṃ randhayāsi me yajamānāya sunvate ॥

Atharvaveda 6.55 · 3 mantras

6.55.1

ये पन्थानो बहवो देवयाना अन्तरा द्यावापृथिवी संचरन्ति ।
तेषाम् अज्यानिं यतमो वहाति तस्मै मा देवाः परि दत्तेह सर्वे ॥

ye panthāno bahavo devayānā antarā dyāvāpṛthivī saṃcaranti ।
teṣām ajyāniṃ yatamo vahāti tasmai mā devāḥ pari datteha sarve ॥

O divinities of the world, of ah those many paths worthy of devas, divine souls, which are nobly and actively followed over earth and heaven, take me and commit me to that sole one, the best, which leads us to a world of peace and progress without violence to any one.

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6.55.2

ग्रीष्मो हेमन्तः शिशिरो वसन्तः शरद् वर्षाः स्विते नो दधात ।
आ नो गोषु भजता प्रजायां निवात इद् वः शरणे स्याम ॥

grīṣmo hemantaḥ śiśiro vasantaḥ śarad varṣāḥ svite no dadhāta ।
ā no goṣu bhajatā prajāyāṃ nivāta id vaḥ śaraṇe syāma ॥

O Vishvedevas, divinities of the world, lead us and establish us in a state of peace and progress with total well being and prosperity throughout the year over the seasons of summer, cold winter, cool winter, spring, autum and rains. Share with us the gifts of lands and cows among a peaceful progressive community and, under your leadership and protection, let us enjoy a life of peace and happiness without any winds of violence and disturbance.

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6.55.3

इदावत्सराय परिवत्सराय संवत्सराय कृणुता बृहन् नमः ।
तेषां वयं सुमतौ यज्ञियानाम् अपि भद्रे सौ मनसे स्याम ॥

idāvatsarāya parivatsarāya saṃvatsarāya kṛṇutā bṛhan namaḥ ।
teṣāṃ vayaṃ sumatau yajñiyānām api bhadre sau manase syāma ॥

For the first, second, and indeed for every year throughout the twelve months and three hundred and sixty days of every year in a planned cycle of five years, produce ample food and wealth and do honour to the parent, the teacher, and the ruling order of law and peace, and let us live in their love and goodwill and enjoy the

Atharvaveda 6.56 · 3 mantras

6.56.1

मा नो देवा अहिर् वधीत् सतोकान्त् सहपुरुषान् ।
सम्यतं न वि ष्परद् व्यात्तं न सं यमन् नमो देवजनेभ्यः ।

mā no devā ahir vadhīt satokānt sahapuruṣān ।
samyataṃ na vi ṣparad vyāttaṃ na saṃ yaman namo devajanebhyaḥ ।

O Vishvedevas, learned people and specialists, let no snake bite us and kill us, living with our children and our people in general. Let it not open its mouth if it is closed, let it not close its mouth if it is open. Honour and salutations to the noble learned people for the safety of life.

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6.56.2

नमो ऽस्त्व् असिताय नमस् तिरश्चिराजये ।
स्वजाय बभ्रवे नमो नमो देवजनेभ्यः ॥

namo 'stv asitāya namas tiraścirājaye ।
svajāya babhrave namo namo devajanebhyaḥ ॥

Let there be unfailing measures and antidotes to the cobra, unfailing antidote to the snake striped across, unfailing antidote to the viper, constrictor and the deep brown, honour and salutations to the noble, learned masters of knowledge and antidotes to snakes, snake bite and snake poison.

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6.56.3

सं ते हन्मि दता दतः सम् उ ते हन्वा हनू ।
सं ते जिह्वया जिह्वां सम् व् आस्नाह आस्यम् ॥

saṃ te hanmi datā dataḥ sam u te hanvā hanū ।
saṃ te jihvayā jihvāṃ sam v āsnāha āsyam ॥

I break your teeth with the tooth, O snake, your jaws with the jaw, your tongue with the tongue and your mouth with the mouth.

Atharvaveda 6.57 · 3 mantras

6.57.1

इदम् इद् वा उ भेषजम् इदं रुद्रस्य भेषजम् ।
येनेषुम् एकतेजनां शतशल्याम् अपब्रवत् ॥

idam id vā u bheṣajam idaṃ rudrasya bheṣajam ।
yeneṣum ekatejanāṃ śataśalyām apabravat ॥

This is the sure cure, this is the medicine prescribed by Rudra, the physician, by which the arrow with a single shaft and the arrow with a hundred shafts is drawn out and the wound is cured.

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6.57.2

जालाषेणाभि षिञ्चत जालाषेणोप सिञ्चत ।
जालाषम् उग्रं भेषजं तेन नो मृड जीवसे ॥

jālāṣeṇābhi ṣiñcata jālāṣeṇopa siñcata ।
jālāṣam ugraṃ bheṣajaṃ tena no mṛḍa jīvase ॥

Wash the wound all round with water medication, wash it on and in with water medication. Jalasha, the medicinal water, is very intense in action. O physician, be kind and gracious with intense Jalasha for a long healthy life.

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6.57.3

शं च नो मयश् च नो मा च नः किं चनाममत् ।
क्षमा रपो विश्वं नो अस्तु भेषजं सर्वं नो अस्तु भेषजम् ॥

śaṃ ca no mayaś ca no mā ca naḥ kiṃ canāmamat ।
kṣamā rapo viśvaṃ no astu bheṣajaṃ sarvaṃ no astu bheṣajam ॥

Atharvaveda 6.58 · 3 mantras

6.58.1

यशसं मेन्द्रो मघवान् कृणोतु यशसं द्यावापृथिवी उभे इमे ।
यशसं मा देवः सविता कृणोतु प्रियो दातुर् दक्षिणाया इह स्याम् ॥

yaśasaṃ mendro maghavān kṛṇotu yaśasaṃ dyāvāpṛthivī ubhe ime ।
yaśasaṃ mā devaḥ savitā kṛṇotu priyo dātur dakṣiṇāyā iha syām ॥

May Indra, lord of glory, bless me with honour and glory, and so may both these earth and heaven, make me glorious. May Savita, lord of light and life, bless with honour and glory. May I be the dear favourite of the giver of glory here on earth itself.

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6.58.2

यथेन्द्रो द्यावापृथिव्योर् यशस्वान् यथाप ओषधीषु यशस्वतीः ।
एवा विश्वेषु देवेषु वयं सर्वेषु यशसः स्याम ॥

yathendro dyāvāpṛthivyor yaśasvān yathāpa oṣadhīṣu yaśasvatīḥ ।
evā viśveṣu deveṣu vayaṃ sarveṣu yaśasaḥ syāma ॥

Just as Indra, lord omnipotent, is glorious in the regions of heaven and earth, just as waters and all other liquid divinities are glorious for their gift of sap amog herbs and trees, similarly may we also be honoured and glorious among all the sources of generosity and brilliance in the noble humanity.

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6.58.3

यशा इन्द्रो यशा अग्निर् यशाः सोमो अजायत ।
यशा विश्वस्य भूतस्याहम् अस्मि यशस्तमः ॥

yaśā indro yaśā agnir yaśāḥ somo ajāyata ।
yaśā viśvasya bhūtasyāham asmi yaśastamaḥ ॥

Indra is glorious. Agni is glorious. Soma is glorious. O lord of glory, bless me that I may be blest with highest honour and glory among all living beings of the world.

Atharvaveda 6.59 · 3 mantras

6.59.1

अनडुद्भ्यस् त्वं प्रथमं धेनुभ्यस् त्वम् अरुन्धति ।
अधेनवे वयसे शर्म यछ चतुष्पदे ॥

anaḍudbhyas tvaṃ prathamaṃ dhenubhyas tvam arundhati ।
adhenave vayase śarma yacha catuṣpade ॥

O Arundhati, give peace and comfort of good health first to the cow and the bullock, and give health and peace for life to all the quadrupeds other than the cow.

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6.59.2

शर्म यछत्व् ओषधिः सह देवीर् अरुन्धती ।
करत् पयस्वन्तं गोष्ठम् अयक्ष्मां उत पूरुषान् ॥

śarma yachatv oṣadhiḥ saha devīr arundhatī ।
karat payasvantaṃ goṣṭham ayakṣmāṃ uta pūruṣān ॥

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6.59.3

विश्वरूपां सुभगाम् अछावदामि जीवलाम् ।
सा नो रुद्रस्यास्तां हेतिं दूरं नयतु गोभ्यः ॥

viśvarūpāṃ subhagām achāvadāmi jīvalām ।
sā no rudrasyāstāṃ hetiṃ dūraṃ nayatu gobhyaḥ ॥

Atharvaveda 6.60 · 3 mantras

6.60.1

अयम् आ यात्य् अर्यमा पुरस्ताद् विषितस्तुपः ।
अस्या इछन्न् अग्रुवै पतिम् उत जायाम् अजानये ॥

ayam ā yāty aryamā purastād viṣitastupaḥ ।
asyā ichann agruvai patim uta jāyām ajānaye ॥

Here upfront comes Aryama, this adorable sun, person, the friend, desirous of getting a husband for this virgin, and a wife for this bachelor. (‘Aryama’ in this mantra is an interesting word, interpreted as sun, a friend or any person such as the bridegroom’s or the bride’s friend, conducting the bridegroom to the bride or the bride to the bridegroom. If we insist that Aryama is the sun, then sun is the vital giver of life energy which has led the bridegroom to maturity of virility, and the girl to maturity of puberty. If we interpret ‘Aryama’ as the ‘seeker and conductor’ of the bride or the bride groom, we would of appreciate the tradition, celebrated in secular literature, of the ‘messenger-conductor’ between the lover and the beloved. In choice-cum-arranged marriages, Aryama could be a parent, a teacher, a friend or any other person, a friend-cum-advisor, a confidant too.)

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6.60.2

अश्रमद् इयम् अर्यमन्न् अन्यासां समनं यती ।
अङ्गो न्व् अर्यमन्न् अस्या अन्याः समनम् आयति ॥

aśramad iyam aryamann anyāsāṃ samanaṃ yatī ।
aṅgo nv aryamann asyā anyāḥ samanam āyati ॥

O Aryaman, going to the wedding of other girls, this virgin has waited and consciously prepared herself for marriage. Therefore, O Aryaman, dear, let others too come and join the wedding of this virgin.

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6.60.3

धाता दाधार पृथिवीम् धाता द्याम् उत सूर्यम् ।
धातास्या अग्रुवै पतिम् दधातु प्रतिकाम्यम् ॥

dhātā dādhāra pṛthivīm dhātā dyām uta sūryam ।
dhātāsyā agruvai patim dadhātu pratikāmyam ॥

The creator holds and sustains the earth mother, the creator holds and sustains the heavens and the father sun. So, may the lord creator and sustainer bless this

Atharvaveda 6.61 · 3 mantras

6.61.1

मह्यम् आपो मधुमद् एरयन्तां मह्यं सूरो अभरज् ज्योतिषे कम् ।
मह्यं देवा उत विश्वे तपोजा मह्यं देवः सविता व्यचो धात् ॥

mahyam āpo madhumad erayantāṃ mahyaṃ sūro abharaj jyotiṣe kam ।
mahyaṃ devā uta viśve tapojā mahyaṃ devaḥ savitā vyaco dhāt ॥

For me, to my purpose and self-fulfilment, for my self-manifestation, let the dynamics of Nature flow, bearing the honey sweets of existence. For me does the sun bear and bring the joy of life and light for the world to see. For me do all divinities of the world born of cosmic will through tapas, the crucibles of evolution, act in unison, and for me does Savita, cosmic creativity, create, hold and sustain the expansive universe. (For Tapas, divine heat and desire of Lord Supreme, Parameshvara, see Rgveda 10, 190, and Shatapatha 6, 1, 3, 1: The flow of existence starts with tapas, will of the Surpeme Purusha.)

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6.61.2

अहं विवेच पृथिवीम् उत द्याम् अहम् ऋतूंर् अजनयं सप्त साकम् ।
अहं सत्यम् अनृतं यद् वदाम्य् अहं दैवीं परि वाचम् विशश् च ॥

ahaṃ viveca pṛthivīm uta dyām aham ṛtūṃr ajanayaṃ sapta sākam ।
ahaṃ satyam anṛtaṃ yad vadāmy ahaṃ daivīṃ pari vācam viśaś ca ॥

I separate the earth and the solar region; I create the seven united flows of Nature: five elements and the two orders of sense, i. e., senses of perception and action; seven orders of the worlds of the universe from Bhu to Satyam; seven seasons; seven lights of the sun, seven orders of wind and rain, and the seven seas. I speak of what is true and of what is not true and the eternal Word of the Veda for all people of the world.

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6.61.3

अहं जजान पृथिवीम् उत द्याम् अहम् ऋतूंर् अजनयं सप्त सिन्धून् ।
अहं सत्वम् अनृतं यद् वदामि यो अग्नीषोमाव् अजुषे सखाया ॥

ahaṃ jajāna pṛthivīm uta dyām aham ṛtūṃr ajanayaṃ sapta sindhūn ।
ahaṃ satvam anṛtaṃ yad vadāmi yo agnīṣomāv ajuṣe sakhāyā ॥

I create the heaven and earth. I create the seven seasons and the seven orders of the flow and the flux of existence, and the seven rivers and the seven seas. I speak of what is true and what is not true, and I join Agni and Soma, hot and cold, positive and negative complementarities in the cosmic circuit of existence.

Atharvaveda 6.62 · 3 mantras

6.62.1

वैश्वानरो रश्मिभिर् नः पुनातु वातः प्राणेनेषिरो नभोभिः ।
द्यावापृथिवी पयसा पयस्वती ऋतावरी यज्ञिये न पुनीताम् ॥

vaiśvānaro raśmibhir naḥ punātu vātaḥ prāṇeneṣiro nabhobhiḥ ।
dyāvāpṛthivī payasā payasvatī ṛtāvarī yajñiye na punītām ॥

May Vaishvanara, universal lord of humanity, the sun and the cosmic heat of vitality, benefactor of humanity, purify us with the rays of light and divine knowledge. May the winds inspiring with pranic energy and the cool of clouds purify and rejuvenate us. May adorable heaven and earth dedicated to the truth of cosmic law and overflowing with nutriments of living energy rejuvenate and purify us.

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6.62.2

वैश्वानरीं सूनृताम् आ रभध्वं यस्या आशास् तन्वो वीतपृष्ठाः ।
तया गृणन्तः सधमादेषु वयं स्याम पतयो रयीनाम् ॥

vaiśvānarīṃ sūnṛtām ā rabhadhvaṃ yasyā āśās tanvo vītapṛṣṭhāḥ ।
tayā gṛṇantaḥ sadhamādeṣu vayaṃ syāma patayo rayīnām ॥

Love, join and live by the universal human voice of Divinity and cosmic truth, the bounds of whose body are boundless. With that, celebrating and exalting ourselves and Divinity in festive congregations of yajnic programmes, may we be masters of wealth, honour and excellence.

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6.62.3

वैश्वानरीं वर्चस आ रभध्वं शुद्धा भवन्तः शुचयः पावकाः ।
इहेडया सधमादं मदन्तो ज्योक् पश्येम सूर्यम् उच्चरन्तम् ॥

vaiśvānarīṃ varcasa ā rabhadhvaṃ śuddhā bhavantaḥ śucayaḥ pāvakāḥ ।
iheḍayā sadhamādaṃ madanto jyok paśyema sūryam uccarantam ॥

Love, join and live by the cosmic voice of universal truth for humanity for the achievement of the lustre, splendour and glory of life, being thereby pure, sanctified and consecrated sanctifiers. Then, thereby, enjoying, celebrating and exalting ourselves and Divinity in yajnic congregations with songs of Vedic voice, may we rise for all time and see the sun, light of Divinity, rising higher and higher without end.

Atharvaveda 6.63 · 4 mantras

6.63.1

यत् ते देवी निरृतिर् आबबन्ध दाम ग्रीवास्व् अविमोक्यं यत् ।
तत् ते वि ष्याम्य् आयुषे वर्चसे बलायादोमदम् अन्नम् अद्धि प्रसूतः ॥

yat te devī nirṛtir ābabandha dāma grīvāsv avimokyaṃ yat ।
tat te vi ṣyāmy āyuṣe varcase balāyādomadam annam addhi prasūtaḥ ॥

O man, the bond of nescience and death which natural Destiny ordained by Divinity has tied round your neck, unrelinquishable otherwise, I, Agni, teacher, loosen and help you to drop off. Now, born again, go ahead, take and enjoy the food of knowledge and divine vision far beyond the pleasures of the material world for life, lustre and your divine potential of the spirit, which you essentially are.

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6.63.2

नमो ऽस्तु ते निरृते तिग्मतेजो ऽयस्मयान् वि चृता बन्धपाशान् ।
यमो मह्यम् पुनर् इत् त्वाम् ददाति तस्मै यमाय नमो अस्तु मृत्यवे ॥

namo 'stu te nirṛte tigmatejo 'yasmayān vi cṛtā bandhapāśān ।
yamo mahyam punar it tvām dadāti tasmai yamāya namo astu mṛtyave ॥

O Nir-rti, nescience and natural destiny, last homage to you! O lord of light, Agni, pray loosen and untie the iron shackles of bondage which Yama, lord of natural law, imposes on me again and again, for which reason, O Yama, homage to you also for release from the bonds of death.

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6.63.3

अयस्मये द्रुपदे बेधिष इहाभिहितो मृत्युभिर् ये सहस्रम् ।
यमेन त्वं पितृभिः संविदान उत्तमं नाकम् अधि रोहयेमम् ॥

ayasmaye drupade bedhiṣa ihābhihito mṛtyubhir ye sahasram ।
yamena tvaṃ pitṛbhiḥ saṃvidāna uttamaṃ nākam adhi rohayemam ॥

O man, bound in iron shackles, tied to the wooden post of natural life, you are imprisoned here by death in a thousand ways. O Agni, lord of light, you know, being one with the realities of parental procreation and Yama, natural law, as well as Yama, ultimate divine Ordainer. Pray help this man to break the shackles and rise to the highest heaven of freedom.

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6.63.4

संसम् इद् युवसे वृषन्न् अग्ने विश्वान्य् अर्य आ ।
इडस् पदे सम् इध्यसे स नो वसून्य् आ भर ॥

saṃsam id yuvase vṛṣann agne viśvāny arya ā ।
iḍas pade sam idhyase sa no vasūny ā bhara ॥

O Ruler of the earthly world and the light of heaven, Agni, giver of infinite showers of bliss, you join all the elements of nature and life together, lead humanity to break the shackles of bondage and help them join the ultimate freedom of Moksha. You are lighted and worshipped on the earthly vedi of yajna by the seekers of Divinity. Pray bring us showers of wealth, honour and excellence of earthly life and lead us to the highest heaven of freedom and bliss.

Atharvaveda 6.64 · 3 mantras

6.64.1

सं जानीध्वं सं पृच्यध्वं सं वो मनांसि जानताम् ।
देवा भागं यथा पूर्वे सम्जानाना उपासते ॥

saṃ jānīdhvaṃ saṃ pṛcyadhvaṃ saṃ vo manāṃsi jānatām ।
devā bhāgaṃ yathā pūrve samjānānā upāsate ॥

Know well and together, join together and well, completely, without reservation, join at heart, know all your minds well and increase your knowledge together, the way the divines of old joined, knew and performed well, observing their Dharma of rights and duties integrated.

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6.64.2

समानो मन्त्रः समितिः समानी समानं व्रतं सह चित्तम् एषाम् ।
समानेन वो हविषा जुहोमि समानं चेतो अभिसंविशध्वम् ॥

samāno mantraḥ samitiḥ samānī samānaṃ vrataṃ saha cittam eṣām ।
samānena vo haviṣā juhomi samānaṃ ceto abhisaṃviśadhvam ॥

Let your mantra, thinking, discussion and decision in the light of your joint principles together be one and equal for all. Let your assembly be one and equal for all. Let your discipline and commitment be one and equal for all with perfect union at heart in depth. I love and vest you with equal vestments of life and knowledge, so that with one mind on equal terms you enter the field of life.

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6.64.3

समानी व आकूतिः समाना हृदयानि वः ।
समानम् अस्तु वो मनः यथा वः सुसहासति ॥

samānī va ākūtiḥ samānā hṛdayāni vaḥ ।
samānam astu vo manaḥ yathā vaḥ susahāsati ॥

Atharvaveda 6.65 · 3 mantras

6.65.1

अव मन्युर् अवायताव बाहू मनोयुजा ।
पराशर त्वं तेषाम् पराञ्चं शुष्मम् अर्दयाधा नो रयिम् आ कृधि ॥

ava manyur avāyatāva bāhū manoyujā ।
parāśara tvaṃ teṣām parāñcaṃ śuṣmam ardayādhā no rayim ā kṛdhi ॥

Let anger be off. Let the bow drawn be down. Let the two arms raised with passionate mind be down. O mighty archer, down and destroy the strength of the enemies and do honour and win the wealth of credit for us. (This mantra suggests ‘war’ upon the enemies outside and the enemies within, both to be fought out when anger is calmed, the drawn bow is eased of tension, the passions are cooled, but the archer, soulful commander, is strong in the essential self. Such a victory without anger and passion brings the wealth of credit for man, victorious over the unhuman.)

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6.65.2

निर्हस्तेभ्यो नैर्हस्तम् यं देवाः शरुम् अस्यथ ।
वृश्चामि शत्रूणां बाहून् अनेन हविषा ऽहम् ॥

nirhastebhyo nairhastam yaṃ devāḥ śarum asyatha ।
vṛścāmi śatrūṇāṃ bāhūn anena haviṣā 'ham ॥

O Devas, noble warriors, the disarming arrow which you shoot upon the disarmed, that is the yajnic havi material by which I disarm the might of the enemies.

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6.65.3

इन्द्रश् चकार प्रथमं नैर्हस्तम् असुरेभ्यः ।
जयन्तु सत्वानो मम स्थिरेणेन्द्रेण मेदिना ॥

indraś cakāra prathamaṃ nairhastam asurebhyaḥ ।
jayantu satvāno mama sthireṇendreṇa medinā ॥

Indra, supreme ruler of life, created and designed the first and highest armless disarming weapon against the negative and demonic forces of the world. May my enlightened warriors win their battles of life under the leadership of Indra, the Spirit inviolable, immovable, steadfast. (The battle that rages is between the positive and the negative forces without the search for balance and evolution. So it rages on, doesn’t end. The ultimate weapon of ultimate victory is the constructive, reconstructive and rejuvenating yajnic fragrance of love and indefatigable spirit of union and brotherhood.)

Atharvaveda 6.66 · 3 mantras

6.66.1

निर्हस्तः शत्रुर् अभिदासन्न् अस्तु ये सेनाभिर् युधम् आयन्त्य् अस्मान् ।
सम् अर्पयेन्द्र महता वधेन द्रात्व् एषाम् अघहारो विविद्धः ॥

nirhastaḥ śatrur abhidāsann astu ye senābhir yudham āyanty asmān ।
sam arpayendra mahatā vadhena drātv eṣām aghahāro vividdhaḥ ॥

Let the enemy advancing and seeking to enslave us be disarmed. O Indra, deal with those with great unfailing thunderbolt who strike their weapons against us with mighty forces. Let their sinful leader, transfixed and defeated, withdraw and run away.

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6.66.2

आतन्वाना आयछन्तो ऽस्यन्तो ये च धावथ ।
निर्हस्ताः शत्रवः स्थनेन्द्रो वो ऽद्य पराशरीत् ॥

ātanvānā āyachanto 'syanto ye ca dhāvatha ।
nirhastāḥ śatravaḥ sthanendro vo 'dya parāśarīt ॥

O enemies who came advancing against us, your bows raised, strings drawn, shooting arrows upon us, lay down your arms and stay. Indra today has shattered your might.

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6.66.3

निर्हस्ताः सन्तु शत्रवो ऽङ्गैषां म्लापयामसि ।
अथैषाम् इन्द्र वेदांसि शतशो वि भजामहै ॥

nirhastāḥ santu śatravo 'ṅgaiṣāṃ mlāpayāmasi ।
athaiṣām indra vedāṃsi śataśo vi bhajāmahai ॥

Let the enemies stand disarmed. We break their force and render their weapons ineffective. And then, O lord victorious, Indra, let us value, honour and share their knowledge and positive achievements a hundred ways.

Atharvaveda 6.67 · 3 mantras

6.67.1

परि वर्त्मानि सर्वत इन्द्रः पूषा च सस्रतुः ।
मुह्यन्त्व् अद्यामूः सेना अमित्राणां परस्तराम् ॥

pari vartmāni sarvata indraḥ pūṣā ca sasratuḥ ।
muhyantv adyāmūḥ senā amitrāṇāṃ parastarām ॥

Let Indra, the ruling power, and Pusha, power of maintenance and supply, keep vigilance and all-ways fortify the paths and points of entry into the dominion so that all the infiltrative forces of the enemies feel confused and terrified, retreat and keep off.

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6.67.2

मूढा अमित्राश् चरताशीर्षाण इवाहयः ।
तेषां वो अग्निमूढानाम् इन्द्रो हन्तु वरंवरम् ॥

mūḍhā amitrāś caratāśīrṣāṇa ivāhayaḥ ।
teṣāṃ vo agnimūḍhānām indro hantu varaṃvaram ॥

Let the enemies be away and move around, stupefied like snakes whose head is crushed, and let Indra pick out the chief ones of them confused by fiery missiles and eliminate them.

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6.67.3

ऐषु नह्य वृषाजिनं हरिणस्य भियं कृधि ।
पराङ् अमित्र एषत्व् अर्वाची गौर् उपेषतु ॥

aiṣu nahya vṛṣājinaṃ hariṇasya bhiyaṃ kṛdhi ।
parāṅ amitra eṣatv arvācī gaur upeṣatu ॥

Give these border forces tiger corslet of the

Atharvaveda 6.68 · 3 mantras

6.68.1

आयम् अगन्त् सविता क्षुरेणोष्णेन वाय उदकेनेहि ।
आदित्या रुद्रा वसव उन्दन्तु सचेतसः सोमस्य राज्ञो वपत प्रचेतसः ॥

āyam agant savitā kṣureṇoṣṇena vāya udakenehi ।
ādityā rudrā vasava undantu sacetasaḥ somasya rājño vapata pracetasaḥ ॥

This diligent barber, savita, has come with the razor. O man, come fast with water. Let brilliant, wise and noble people with love at heart bless the child with holy water. O men of love and peace with the generosity of soma, join at the shining child’s tonsure ceremony.

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6.68.2

अदितिः श्मश्रु वपत्व् आप उन्दन्तु वर्चसा ।
चिकित्सतु प्रजापतिर् दीर्घायुत्वाय चक्षसे ॥

aditiḥ śmaśru vapatv āpa undantu varcasā ।
cikitsatu prajāpatir dīrghāyutvāya cakṣase ॥

Let the razor cut the hair. Let water consecrate the child with brilliance. Let Prajapati enlighten the child and bless him to have a long age of good health, knowledge and holy vision.

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6.68.3

येनावपत् सविता क्षुरेण सोमस्य राज्ञो वरुणस्य विद्वान् ।
तेन ब्रह्माणो वपतेदम् अस्य गोमान् अश्ववान् अयम् अस्तु प्रजावान् ॥

yenāvapat savitā kṣureṇa somasya rājño varuṇasya vidvān ।
tena brahmāṇo vapatedam asya gomān aśvavān ayam astu prajāvān ॥

By the process the expert barber has shaved the head of the shining, loving and intelligent child with the razor, by the same ceremonial process, O Brahmanas, pray complete the tonsure ceremony of the child. May this child be rich in lands, cows and horses and may he have a noble family.

Atharvaveda 6.69 · 3 mantras

6.69.1

गिराव् अरगराटेषु हिरन्ये गोषु यद् यशः ।
सुरायां सिच्यमानायां कीलाले मधु तन् मयि ॥

girāv aragarāṭeṣu hiranye goṣu yad yaśaḥ ।
surāyāṃ sicyamānāyāṃ kīlāle madhu tan mayi ॥

The beauty, grace and splendour that is in the mountain and the valley, in gold, in cows and the flowing streams, and the honey sweetness that is in food, may that be in me too.

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6.69.2

अश्विना सारघेण मा मधुनाङ्क्तं शुभस् पती ।
यथा भर्गस्वतीं वाचम् आवदानि जनां अनु ॥

aśvinā sāragheṇa mā madhunāṅktaṃ śubhas patī ।
yathā bhargasvatīṃ vācam āvadāni janāṃ anu ॥

O Ashvins, complementary harbingers of the beauty, sweetness and graces of life, beatify me with the honey sweet of the music of the bees so that I may speak the brilliant resonant voice of divine Vedic revelation to the people.

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6.69.3

मयि वर्चो अथो यशो ऽथो यज्ञस्य यत् पयः ।
तन् मयि प्रजापतिर् दिवि द्याम् इव दृंहतु ॥

mayi varco atho yaśo 'tho yajñasya yat payaḥ ।
tan mayi prajāpatir divi dyām iva dṛṃhatu ॥

Atharvaveda 6.70 · 3 mantras

6.70.1

यथा मांसम् यथा सुरा यथाक्षा अधिदेवने ।
यथा पुंसो वृषण्यत स्त्रियां निहन्यते मनः ।
एवा ते अघ्न्ये मनो ऽधि वत्से नि हन्यताम् ॥

yathā māṃsam yathā surā yathākṣā adhidevane ।
yathā puṃso vṛṣaṇyata striyāṃ nihanyate manaḥ ।
evā te aghnye mano 'dhi vatse ni hanyatām ॥

As food and drink are concentrated in the pleasure garden, as dice on the gambling table, or as the mind of the exuberant lover is concentrated on his wife, so may your love, O inviolable cow, be concentrated on your calf.

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6.70.2

यथा हस्ती हस्तिन्याः पदेन पदम् उद्युजे ।
यथा पुंसो वृषण्यत स्त्रियां निहन्यते मनः ।
एवा ते अघ्न्ये मनो ऽधि वत्से नि हन्यताम् ॥

yathā hastī hastinyāḥ padena padam udyuje ।
yathā puṃso vṛṣaṇyata striyāṃ nihanyate manaḥ ।
evā te aghnye mano 'dhi vatse ni hanyatām ॥

Just as an elephant goes forward by the footsteps of the she-elephant, as the mind of the exuberant lover is centred on his wife, so may your loyalty, O inviolable people, be dedicated to the universal personality of the land and its culture and tradition.

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6.70.3

यथा प्रधिर् यथोपधिर् यथा नभ्यं प्रधाव् अधि ।
यथा पुंसो वृषण्यत स्त्रियां निहन्यते मनः ।
एवा ते अघ्न्ये मनो ऽधि वत्से नि हन्यताम् ॥

yathā pradhir yathopadhir yathā nabhyaṃ pradhāv adhi ।
yathā puṃso vṛṣaṇyata striyāṃ nihanyate manaḥ ।
evā te aghnye mano 'dhi vatse ni hanyatām ॥

Just as the felly, the spokes, the axle and the hub, all are joined and concentrated within the circumference of the felly, as the mind of the exuberant lover is centred on his wife, so may your mind and purpose, O inviolable speech, be dedicated to the all immanent, all-comprehensive and transcendent presence of Supreme Brahma.

Atharvaveda 6.71 · 3 mantras

6.71.1

यद् अन्नम् अद्मि बहुधा विरूपं हिरण्यम् अश्वम् उत गाम् अजाम् अविम् ।
यद् एव किं च प्रतिजग्रहाहम् अग्निष् टद् धोता सुहुतं कृनोतु ॥

yad annam admi bahudhā virūpaṃ hiraṇyam aśvam uta gām ajām avim ।
yad eva kiṃ ca pratijagrahāham agniṣ ṭad dhotā suhutaṃ kṛnotu ॥

Whatever food I eat, of many forms in many ways, whatever I have received in the form of gold, horses, cows, goats and sheep, whatever I have received and given in exchange, may Agni, Almighty performer of cosmic yajna, turn all that into the yajnic mode of consumption and fragrant production in the service of Divinity and accept it as homage.

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6.71.2

यन् मा हुतम् अहुतम् आजगाम दत्तं पितृभिर् अनुमतं मनुष्यैः ।
यस्मान् मे मन उद् इव रारजीत्य् अग्निष् टद् धोता सुहुतं कृणोतु ॥

yan mā hutam ahutam ājagāma dattaṃ pitṛbhir anumataṃ manuṣyaiḥ ।
yasmān me mana ud iva rārajīty agniṣ ṭad dhotā suhutaṃ kṛṇotu ॥

Whatever I have come by, whether offered by others or not, i.e., produced by me, whether given to me by parents and earlier generations and approved by wise people, by which my mind waxes and shines with pleasure and excitement, may Agni, Almighty performer of cosmic yajna, turn all that into the yajnic mode of consumption and fragrant production in the service of Divinity and accept it as homage.

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6.71.3

यद् अन्नम् अद्म्य् अनृतेन देवा दास्यन्न् अदास्यन्न् उत संगृणामि ।
वैश्वानरस्य महतो महिम्ना शिवं मह्यं मधुमद् अस्त्व् अन्नम् ॥

yad annam admy anṛtena devā dāsyann adāsyann uta saṃgṛṇāmi ।
vaiśvānarasya mahato mahimnā śivaṃ mahyaṃ madhumad astv annam ॥

O Devas, divinities of nature and nobilities of humanity, whatever food I eat un-naturally, even by false understanding of the truth of life and consume with or even without the desire and purpose of giving, may all that food and consumption be good and honey sweet for me ultimately, by the grandeur and grace of Almighty Vaishvanara, gracious lord of humanity and its participation in cosmic yajna. (This sukta recognises and celebrates human potential and its limitations in performance which is done in a mood of grateful surrender. It also enjoins that with all our potential and limitations we must perform yajna as a symbol of our creative purpose and also as an exercise in prayer for grace and acceptance.)

Atharvaveda 6.72 · 3 mantras

6.72.1

यथासितः प्रथयते वशाम् अनु वपूंषि कृण्वन्न् असुरस्य मायया ।
एवा ते शेपः सहसायम् अर्को ऽङ्गेनाङ्गं संसमकं कृणोतु ॥

yathāsitaḥ prathayate vaśām anu vapūṃṣi kṛṇvann asurasya māyayā ।
evā te śepaḥ sahasāyam arko 'ṅgenāṅgaṃ saṃsamakaṃ kṛṇotu ॥

Just as the Lord Creator of boundless will and freedom creates, designs, builds and expands the bodies of creatures by the immanent will and intelligence of nature, so may the divine natural process shape and build your organs strong and virile in proportion to the strength of all other parts of the body.

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6.72.2

यथा पसस् तायादरं वातेन स्थूलभं कृतम् ।
यावत् परस्वतः पसस् तावत् ते वर्धतां पसः ॥

yathā pasas tāyādaraṃ vātena sthūlabhaṃ kṛtam ।
yāvat parasvataḥ pasas tāvat te vardhatāṃ pasaḥ ॥

O ruler, just as parts of the body are built and grow strong by the energy of nature, and the dominion of a ruler is expanded and strengthened by the strength and endeavour of the people, so let your body politic grow as far as that of any other strong and perfect ruler.

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6.72.3

यावदङ्गीनं पारस्वतं हास्तिनं गार्दभम् च यत् ।
यावद् अश्वस्य वाजिनस् तावत् ते वर्धतां पसः ॥

yāvadaṅgīnaṃ pārasvataṃ hāstinaṃ gārdabham ca yat ।
yāvad aśvasya vājinas tāvat te vardhatāṃ pasaḥ ॥

Atharvaveda 6.73 · 3 mantras

6.73.1

एह यातु वरुणः सोमो अग्निर् बृहस्पतिर् वसुभिर् एह यातु ।
अस्य श्रियम् उपसंयात सर्व उग्रस्य चेत्तुः संमनसः सजाताः ॥

eha yātu varuṇaḥ somo agnir bṛhaspatir vasubhir eha yātu ।
asya śriyam upasaṃyāta sarva ugrasya cettuḥ saṃmanasaḥ sajātāḥ ॥

Let Varuna, spirit of justice, wisdom and enlightenment, Soma, spirit of peace, inspiration, beauty and grace, Agni, spirit of fiery leadership, Brhaspati, spirit of the knowledge and boundless vision, all these come and join here with the settled people of the world. Let all people of the world, equally and nobly born, one and equal in mind and united in will and purpose, come and join the beauty, grace and glory of this vibrant, brilliant and enlightened social order of the world of humanity.

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6.73.2

यो वः शुष्मो हृदयेष्व् अन्तर् आकूतिर् या वो मनसि प्रविष्टा ।
तान्त् सीवयामि हविषा घृतेन मयि सजाता रमतिर् वो अस्तु ॥

yo vaḥ śuṣmo hṛdayeṣv antar ākūtir yā vo manasi praviṣṭā ।
tānt sīvayāmi haviṣā ghṛtena mayi sajātā ramatir vo astu ॥

All the strength and power which is in your hearts, and all thoughts, intentions and purposes enshrined in your mind, with all these I lead you to sew yourselves together into a common united fabric, and I sprinkle this united vedi with the ghrta and fragrant havi of yajna, the one divine purpose of creative humanity. O people of the world, all equal in brotherhood, let all your love, interests and ambitions be united and centred into me.

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6.73.3

इहैव स्त माप याताध्य् अस्मत् पूषा परस्ताद् अपथम् वः कृणोतु ।
वास्तोष् पतिर् अनु वो जोहवीतु मयि सजाता रमतिः वो अस्तु ॥

ihaiva sta māpa yātādhy asmat pūṣā parastād apatham vaḥ kṛṇotu ।
vāstoṣ patir anu vo johavītu mayi sajātā ramatiḥ vo astu ॥

Atharvaveda 6.74 · 3 mantras

6.74.1

सं वः पृच्यन्तां तन्वः सं मनांसि सम् उ व्रता ।
सम् वो ऽयम् ब्रह्मणस् पतिर् भगः सं वो अजीगमत् ॥

saṃ vaḥ pṛcyantāṃ tanvaḥ saṃ manāṃsi sam u vratā ।
sam vo 'yam brahmaṇas patir bhagaḥ saṃ vo ajīgamat ॥

O people of the world, be united together in body, mind and soul, and in all your commitments of values and disciplines of universal Dharma. May the omnipresent Brahmanaspati, lord of infinite knowledge, and Bhaga, lord giver of honour, excellence and glory lead you and keep you committed to unity and united action.

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6.74.2

सम्ज्ञपनं वो मनसो ऽथो सम्ज्ञपनम् हृदः ।
अथो भगस्य यच् छ्रान्तं तेन संज्ञपयामि वः ॥

samjñapanaṃ vo manaso 'tho samjñapanam hṛdaḥ ।
atho bhagasya yac chrāntaṃ tena saṃjñapayāmi vaḥ ॥

The harmony and unity of your mind, the harmony and unity of your hearts, and the ultimate command of Bhaga, spirit of glory and prosperity that there is, with all these I enlighten and harmonize you.

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6.74.3

यथादित्या वसुभिः सम्बभूवुर् मरुद्भिर् उग्रा अहृणीयमानाः ।
एवा त्रिणामन्न् अहृणीयमान इमान् जनान्त् संमनसस् कृधीह ॥

yathādityā vasubhiḥ sambabhūvur marudbhir ugrā ahṛṇīyamānāḥ ।
evā triṇāmann ahṛṇīyamāna imān janānt saṃmanasas kṛdhīha ॥

Just as self-refulgent blazing stars join and go with the planets and currents of energy without reservation, similarly Trinaman, lord of three worlds and three phases of time, without anger, disapproval and reservation, make these people of the earth, equal and united at heart and in the mind and soul.

Atharvaveda 6.75 · 3 mantras

6.75.1

निर् अमुं नुद ओकसः सपत्नो यः पृतन्यति ।
नैर्बाध्येन हविषेन्द्र एनं पराशरीत् ॥

nir amuṃ nuda okasaḥ sapatno yaḥ pṛtanyati ।
nairbādhyena haviṣendra enaṃ parāśarīt ॥

Indra, ruler of the dominion, drive off from the homeland the enemy that marches upon us with his forces. The ruler should drive off and destroy such enemy with the inviolable treatment that he deserves.

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6.75.2

परमां तं परावतम् इन्द्रो नुदतु वृत्रहा ।
यतो न पुनर् आयति शश्वतीभ्यः समाभ्यः ॥

paramāṃ taṃ parāvatam indro nudatu vṛtrahā ।
yato na punar āyati śaśvatībhyaḥ samābhyaḥ ॥

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6.75.3

एतु तिस्रः परावत एतु पञ्च जनां अति ।
एतु तिस्रो ऽति रोचना यतो न पुनर् आयति ।
शश्वतीभ्यः समाभ्यो यावत् सूर्यो असद् दिवि ॥

etu tisraḥ parāvata etu pañca janāṃ ati ।
etu tisro 'ti rocanā yato na punar āyati ।
śaśvatībhyaḥ samābhyo yāvat sūryo asad divi ॥

Atharvaveda 6.76 · 4 mantras

6.76.1

य एनं परिषीदन्ति समादधति चक्षसे ।
संप्रेद्धो अग्निर् जिह्वाभिर् उद् एतु हृदयाद् अधि ॥

ya enaṃ pariṣīdanti samādadhati cakṣase ।
saṃpreddho agnir jihvābhir ud etu hṛdayād adhi ॥

Agni, well lighted within, rises in flames and shines in and over their hearts who light the sacred fire of divinity with love and faith, sit round it and meditate for the light divine.

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6.76.2

अग्नेः साम्तपनस्याहम् आयुषे पदम् आ रभे ।
अद्धातिर् यस्य पश्यति धूमम् उद्यन्तम् आस्यतः ॥

agneḥ sāmtapanasyāham āyuṣe padam ā rabhe ।
addhātir yasya paśyati dhūmam udyantam āsyataḥ ॥

For the sake of good life, health and joy, I know, love and meditate on the light of the fire of physical, mental and spiritual discipline whose fragrant fumes rising from the vedi, the sage sees in deep meditation.

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6.76.3

यो अस्य समिधं वेद क्षत्रियेण समाहिताम् ।
नाभिह्वारे पदं नि दधाति स मृत्यवे ॥

yo asya samidhaṃ veda kṣatriyeṇa samāhitām ।
nābhihvāre padaṃ ni dadhāti sa mṛtyave ॥

Whoever knows the light and fire of this Agni, collected and realised by heroic souls of meditative discipline in life, never puts his foot into the slough of death and despondency.

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6.76.4

नैनं घ्नन्ति पर्यायिणो न सन्नां अव गछति ।
अग्नेर् यः क्षत्रियो विद्वान् नाम गृह्नाति आयुषे ॥

nainaṃ ghnanti paryāyiṇo na sannāṃ ava gachati ।
agner yaḥ kṣatriyo vidvān nāma gṛhnāti āyuṣe ॥

The enemies, which surround the heroic soul that knows and internalises the power of Agni for health and life, cannot hurt and destroy him. Nor does he, strong as he is, recognise their presence or dangerous value against him. The Kshatriya who wears the armour

Atharvaveda 6.77 · 3 mantras

6.77.1

अस्थाद् द्यौर् अस्थात् पृथिव्य् अस्थाद् विश्वम् इदं जगत् ।
आस्थाने पर्वता अस्थु स्थाम्न्य् अश्वां अतिष्ठिपम् ॥

asthād dyaur asthāt pṛthivy asthād viśvam idaṃ jagat ।
āsthāne parvatā asthu sthāmny aśvāṃ atiṣṭhipam ॥

The sun is stable in its own place. The earth is stable in its own place. This entire dynamic universe is stable in its own state. The mountains abide in their own places. I have stabilised my ‘horses’, i.e., senses and mind and pranic energies, in their own places and functions.

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6.77.2

य उदानत् परायणं य उदानण् न्यायनम् ।
आवर्तनम् निवर्तनं यो गोपा अपि तं हुवे ॥

ya udānat parāyaṇaṃ ya udānaṇ nyāyanam ।
āvartanam nivartanaṃ yo gopā api taṃ huve ॥

He that masters, controls and protects the centrifugals, he that masters, controls and protects the centripetals, who sustains the going-away’s and the coming-in’s, who masters, controls and protects birth and rebirth, life and death, all that is and moves and yet in place in a steady state, that master protector manager of all, I invoke and adore.

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6.77.3

जातवेदो नि वर्तय शतं ते सन्त्व् आवृतः ।
सहस्रं त उपावृतस् ताभिर् नः पुनर् आ कृधि ॥

jātavedo ni vartaya śataṃ te santv āvṛtaḥ ।
sahasraṃ ta upāvṛtas tābhir naḥ punar ā kṛdhi ॥

O Jataveda, lord omnipresent and omniscient, arise and manifest into my consciousness, hundreds be your reflections and revisits. Thousands be your manifestations in the soul. With these returns and reflections, pray bless us again and again. Let the divine circuit go on.

Atharvaveda 6.78 · 3 mantras

6.78.1

तेन भूतेन हविषायम् आ प्यायतां पुनः ।
जायाम् याम् अस्मा आवाक्षुस् ताम् रसेनाभि वर्धताम् ॥

tena bhūtena haviṣāyam ā pyāyatāṃ punaḥ ।
jāyām yām asmā āvākṣus tām rasenābhi vardhatām ॥

Let this couple grow to prosperity by the liberal havi they offer into the home yajna, let it grow continuously. Let the wife that the community has given to the husband, let her too grow by love in the family.

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6.78.2

अभि वर्धतां पयसाभि राष्ट्रेण वर्धताम् ।
रय्या सहस्रवर्चसेमौ स्ताम् अनुपक्षितौ ॥

abhi vardhatāṃ payasābhi rāṣṭreṇa vardhatām ।
rayyā sahasravarcasemau stām anupakṣitau ॥

Let the husband and wife grow with delicious food and drink and conjugal felicity by the inspiring state of the social order. Let the couple grow by a thousand fold wealth and lustre of honour without any set back ever.

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6.78.3

त्वष्टा जायाम् अजनयत् त्वष्टास्यै त्वां पतिम् ।
त्वष्टा सहस्रम् आयुंषि दीर्घम् आयुः कृणोतु वाम् ॥

tvaṣṭā jāyām ajanayat tvaṣṭāsyai tvāṃ patim ।
tvaṣṭā sahasram āyuṃṣi dīrgham āyuḥ kṛṇotu vām ॥

Atharvaveda 6.79 · 3 mantras

6.79.1

अयं नो नभसस् पतिः संस्फानो अभि रक्षतु ।
असमातिम् गृहेषु नः ॥

ayaṃ no nabhasas patiḥ saṃsphāno abhi rakṣatu ।
asamātim gṛheṣu naḥ ॥

May the lord of expansive space waxing with the expansive universe protect us and promote wealth and wisdom of exceptional order in our homes.

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6.79.2

त्वं नो नभसस् पते ऊर्जं गृहेसु धारय ।
आ पुष्टम् एत्व् आ वसु ॥

tvaṃ no nabhasas pate ūrjaṃ gṛhesu dhāraya ।
ā puṣṭam etv ā vasu ॥

O Lord of the realms of light and glory, bring energy of life into our homes, let growth come, let wealth, home, excellence and peace and stability come to us.

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6.79.3

देव संस्फान सहस्रापोषस्येशिषे ।
तस्य नो रास्व तस्य नो धेहि तस्य ते भक्तिवाम्सः स्याम ॥

deva saṃsphāna sahasrāpoṣasyeśiṣe ।
tasya no rāsva tasya no dhehi tasya te bhaktivāmsaḥ syāma ॥

O lord self-refulgent of inexhaustible existence, you are the ruler and ordainer of a thousandfold abounding prosperity and growth. Give us plenty of that. Bear that and bring us in plenty. Pray give us the gift of devotion and dedication to you.

Atharvaveda 6.80 · 3 mantras

6.80.1

अन्तरिक्षेण पतति विश्वा भूतावचाकशत् ।
शुनो दिव्यस्य यन् महस् तेना ते हविषा विधेम ॥

antarikṣeṇa patati viśvā bhūtāvacākaśat ।
śuno divyasya yan mahas tenā te haviṣā vidhema ॥

The power, the glory and the bliss of heaven showers from high above, watching all things in existence. O Lord of light and bliss, the glory that is yours, with the homage of songs to that glory, we worship you.

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6.80.2

ये त्रयः कालकाञ्जा दिवि देवा इव श्रिताः ।
तान्त् सर्वान् अह्व ऊतये ऽस्मा अरिष्टतातये ॥

ye trayaḥ kālakāñjā divi devā iva śritāḥ ।
tānt sarvān ahva ūtaye 'smā ariṣṭatātaye ॥

Those three orders of the lord of time, heat, light and wind, agni, sun and vayu, that abide in the heavenly regions like divinities, I invoke them for the protection and well being of this humanity.

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6.80.3

अप्सु ते जन्म दिवि ते सधस्थं समुद्रे अन्तर् महिमा ते पृथिव्याम् ।
शुनो दिव्यस्य यन् महस् तेना ते हविषा विधेम ॥

apsu te janma divi te sadhasthaṃ samudre antar mahimā te pṛthivyām ।
śuno divyasya yan mahas tenā te haviṣā vidhema ॥

Atharvaveda 6.81 · 3 mantras

6.81.1

यन्तासि यछसे हस्ताव् अप रक्षांसि सेधसि ।
प्रजां धनं च गृह्णानः परिहस्तो अभूद् अयम् ॥

yantāsi yachase hastāv apa rakṣāṃsi sedhasi ।
prajāṃ dhanaṃ ca gṛhṇānaḥ parihasto abhūd ayam ॥

You are a man of principle and conjugal discipline. You give the support of both your hands to your wife. You ward off all evils and disturbing intrusions. You are the winner of wealth and giver of support to the family. May this supportive hand be always extended to the family.

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6.81.2

परिहस्त वि धारय योनिं गर्भाय धातवे ।
मर्यादे पुत्रम् आ धेहि तं त्वम् आ गमयागमे ॥

parihasta vi dhāraya yoniṃ garbhāya dhātave ।
maryāde putram ā dhehi taṃ tvam ā gamayāgame ॥

O expectant mother, hold the hand of support. Strengthen the womb to sustain the foetus and, O observer of the discipline of motherhood, hold the baby till it is mature for natural birth.

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6.81.3

यं परिहस्तम् अबिभर् अदितिः पुत्रकाम्या ।
त्वष्टा तम् अस्या आ बध्नाद् यथा पुत्रं जनाद् ॥

yaṃ parihastam abibhar aditiḥ putrakāmyā ।
tvaṣṭā tam asyā ā badhnād yathā putraṃ janād ॥

Aditi, the inviolable woman, who loves to have the baby, has accepted the helping hand of the husband and has observed her conjugal discipline. So may Tvashta, divine architect of life, bind the husband too in conjugal discipline so that the couple may have noble progeny.

Atharvaveda 6.82 · 3 mantras

6.82.1

आगछत आगतस्य नाम गृह्णाम्य् आयतः ।
इन्द्रस्य वृत्रघ्नो वन्वे वासवस्य शतक्रतोः ॥

āgachata āgatasya nāma gṛhṇāmy āyataḥ ।
indrasya vṛtraghno vanve vāsavasya śatakratoḥ ॥

The bridegroom that was to come is come, and has now here arrived. In observance of law and custom, I acknowledge and welcome him in truth. And I thank and adore Indra, lord omnipotent, destroyer of darkness and evil, giver of settlement in peace and prosperity, divine harbinger of the fruits of a hundred noble acts of

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6.82.2

येन सूर्यां सावित्रीम् अश्विनोहतुः पथा ।
तेन माम् अब्रवीद् भगो जयाम् आ वहताद् इति ॥

yena sūryāṃ sāvitrīm aśvinohatuḥ pathā ।
tena mām abravīd bhago jayām ā vahatād iti ॥

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6.82.3

यस् ते ऽङ्कुशो वसुदानो बृहन्न् इन्द्र हिरण्ययः ।
तेना जनियते जायां मह्यं धेहि शचीपते ॥

yas te 'ṅkuśo vasudāno bṛhann indra hiraṇyayaḥ ।
tenā janiyate jāyāṃ mahyaṃ dhehi śacīpate ॥

Atharvaveda 6.83 · 4 mantras

6.83.1

अपचितः प्र पतत सुपर्णो वसतेर् इव ।
सूर्यः कृणोतु भेषजं चन्द्रमा वो ऽपोछतु ॥

apacitaḥ pra patata suparṇo vasater iva ।
sūryaḥ kṛṇotu bheṣajaṃ candramā vo 'pochatu ॥

Get off Apachits like an eagle bird from the habitat. Let the sun be the medicament, or let the moon light root you out.

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6.83.2

एन्य् एका श्येन्य् एका कृष्णैका रोहिणी द्वे ।
सर्वासाम् अग्रभं नामावीरघ्नीर् अपेतन ॥

eny ekā śyeny ekā kṛṣṇaikā rohiṇī dve ।
sarvāsām agrabhaṃ nāmāvīraghnīr apetana ॥

One is spotted, another is white, another is black, two are red. I have diagnosed and determined all the types for sure. Be out without damaging the patient’s health.

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6.83.3

असूतिका रामायण्य् अपचित् प्र पतिष्यति ।
ग्लौर् इतः प्र पतिष्यति स गलुन्तो नशिष्यति ॥

asūtikā rāmāyaṇy apacit pra patiṣyati ।
glaur itaḥ pra patiṣyati sa galunto naśiṣyati ॥

Ramayani, apachit with its roots in the blood vessels, will go without leaving a trace of recurrence. The boil will go. The sore will go, disappear.

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6.83.4

वीहि स्वाम् आहुतिं जुषानो मनसा स्वाहा मनसा यद् इदं जुहोमि ॥

vīhi svām āhutiṃ juṣāno manasā svāhā manasā yad idaṃ juhomi ॥

Atharvaveda 6.84 · 4 mantras

6.84.1

यस्यास् त आसनि घोरे जुहोम्य् एषां बद्धानाम् अवसर्जनाय कम् ।
भूमिर् इति त्वाभिप्रमन्वते जना निरृतिर् इति त्वाहं परि वेद सर्वतः ॥

yasyās ta āsani ghore juhomy eṣāṃ baddhānām avasarjanāya kam ।
bhūmir iti tvābhipramanvate janā nirṛtir iti tvāhaṃ pari veda sarvataḥ ॥

O cruel Adversity, Nir-rti, into your fiery mouth I offer the sacrifice of my endeavour and comfort for for the freedom of these unfortunates who are bound down to slavery into your snares. Although these unfortunates believe that adversity is their destiny by birth, please know full well that I know full well that you are Nir-rti, adversity, slavery and the call of death because of sheer want of will, intelligence and action, you are not the destiny.

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6.84.2

भूते हविष्मती भवैष ते भागो यो अस्मासु ।
मुञ्चेमान् अमून् एनसः स्वाहा ॥

bhūte haviṣmatī bhavaiṣa te bhāgo yo asmāsu ।
muñcemān amūn enasaḥ svāhā ॥

O Nir-rti, reality of adversity, take our yajnic offer of will, intelligence and action, that’s your rightful share among us in life, and go, release these and those ensnared who suffer from the sin of belief and inaction. This is the voice of truth in thought, will and action.

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6.84.3

एवो ष्व् अस्मन् निरृते ऽनेहा त्वम् अयस्मयान् वि चृता बन्धपाशान् ।
यमो मह्यं पुनर् इत् त्वां ददाति तस्मै यमाय नमो अस्तु मृत्यवे ॥

evo ṣv asman nirṛte 'nehā tvam ayasmayān vi cṛtā bandhapāśān ।
yamo mahyaṃ punar it tvāṃ dadāti tasmai yamāya namo astu mṛtyave ॥

O Nir-rti, neither wholly cruel nor revengeful for sure, pray break the iron chains of bondage off from us. Yama, lord of karmic justice, ordains you unto me again and again. Homage to the lord of justice over birth and death with oblations of fresh and free karma in this life.

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6.84.4

अयस्मये द्रुपदे बेधिष इहाभिहितो मृत्युभिर् ये सहस्रम् ।
यमेन त्वं पितृभिः संविदान उत्तमं नाकम् अधि रोहयेमम् ॥

ayasmaye drupade bedhiṣa ihābhihito mṛtyubhir ye sahasram ।
yamena tvaṃ pitṛbhiḥ saṃvidāna uttamaṃ nākam adhi rohayemam ॥

O law of karmic destiny, you bind man in iron chains to the post of sufferance here in life where he pines in pain and fear of death a thousand ways. O Spirit of action in divine freedom, abiding with Yama and parental sages of past and present, pray raise this humanity to the heights of highest freedom and eternal

Atharvaveda 6.85 · 3 mantras

6.85.1

वरणो वारयाता अयं देवो वनस्पतिः ।
यक्ष्मो यो अस्मिन्न् आविष्टस् तम् उ देवा अवीवरन् ॥

varaṇo vārayātā ayaṃ devo vanaspatiḥ ।
yakṣmo yo asminn āviṣṭas tam u devā avīvaran ॥

This Vamna tree of divine efficacious qualities wards off and cures yakshma, the consumptive disease, which affects the body system of this patient. Learned physicians use this and cure the disease.

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6.85.2

इन्द्रस्य वचसा वयं मित्रस्य वरुणस्य च ।
देवानां सर्वेषां वाचा यक्ष्मं ते वारयामहे ॥

indrasya vacasā vayaṃ mitrasya varuṇasya ca ।
devānāṃ sarveṣāṃ vācā yakṣmaṃ te vārayāmahe ॥

By word of Indra, Mitra and Varuna, powers of vital energy, love and justice, and by the prescriptive advice of all divine and expert physicians, we cure and ward off your yakshma, consumptive and cancerous disease.

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6.85.3

यथा वृत्र इमा आपस् तस्तम्भ विश्वधा यतीः ।
एवा ते अग्निना यक्ष्मं वैश्वानरेण वारये ॥

yathā vṛtra imā āpas tastambha viśvadhā yatīḥ ।
evā te agninā yakṣmaṃ vaiśvānareṇa vāraye ॥

Just as the dark cloud holds up these waters flowing round in all directions, so I stop and cure your yakshma by Vaishvanara fire, i.e., heat, fumigative and aromatic treatment by yajna with the fire-sticks of

Atharvaveda 6.86 · 3 mantras

6.86.1

वृषेन्द्रस्य वृषा दिवो वृसा पृथिव्या अयम् ।
वृषा विश्वस्य भूतस्य त्वम् एकवृषो भव ॥

vṛṣendrasya vṛṣā divo vṛsā pṛthivyā ayam ।
vṛṣā viśvasya bhūtasya tvam ekavṛṣo bhava ॥

Supreme Brahma is the sole generous lord of the sun, the one lord of heaven, sole lord of the earth, sole lord of all things of the world of existence. O man, you too be the generous one most excellent over all people dedicated to the One Supreme.

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6.86.2

समुद्र ईशे स्रवताम् अग्निः पृथिव्या वशी ।
चन्द्रमा नक्षत्राणाम् ईशे त्वम् एकवृषो भव ॥

samudra īśe sravatām agniḥ pṛthivyā vaśī ।
candramā nakṣatrāṇām īśe tvam ekavṛṣo bhava ॥

The ocean rules over all the floods, Agni rules over the whole earth, the moon is the most glorious of the nakshatras. O man, you too be the generous one most excellent over all people dedicated to One Suprenme.

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6.86.3

सम्राड् अस्य् असुराणां ककुन् मनुष्यानाम् ।
देवानाम् अर्धभाग् असि त्वम् एकवृषो भव ॥

samrāḍ asy asurāṇāṃ kakun manuṣyānām ।
devānām ardhabhāg asi tvam ekavṛṣo bhava ॥

You are the refulgent ruler of life energies, you are on top of the entire humanity, you are half way up

Atharvaveda 6.87 · 3 mantras

6.87.1

आ त्वाहार्षम् अन्तर् अभूर् ध्रुवस् तिष्ठाविचाचलत् ।
विशस् त्वा सर्वा वाञ्छन्तु मा त्वद् राष्ट्रम् अधि भ्रशत् ॥

ā tvāhārṣam antar abhūr dhruvas tiṣṭhāvicācalat ।
viśas tvā sarvā vāñchantu mā tvad rāṣṭram adhi bhraśat ॥

O Ruler, I conduct you to the seat of governance in the council. Take it at the centre of the Rashtra, be firm, never vascillate. Let all people love and honour you. Let not the Rashtra fall foul of you nor you swerve from the Rashtra and its honour.

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6.87.2

इहैवैधि माप च्योष्ठाः पर्वत इवाविचाचलत् ।
इन्द्र इवेह ध्रुवस् तिष्ठेह राष्ट्रम् उ धारय ॥

ihaivaidhi māpa cyoṣṭhāḥ parvata ivāvicācalat ।
indra iveha dhruvas tiṣṭheha rāṣṭram u dhāraya ॥

Stay here strong and firm, unmoved, unshakable like a mountain. O Ruler, rule at the centre constant as the Pole Star and hold the nation together in top condition.

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6.87.3

इन्द्र एतम् अदीधरत् ध्रुवं ध्रुवेण हविषा ।
तस्मै सोमो अधि ब्रवद् अयं च ब्रह्मणस् पतिः ॥

indra etam adīdharat dhruvaṃ dhruveṇa haviṣā ।
tasmai somo adhi bravad ayaṃ ca brahmaṇas patiḥ ॥

O Ruler, Indra, lord of might, has entrusted this commonwealth to you. Hold and rule it to maintain it strong and unshaken with constant sacred oblations of action and self-sacrifice. To such a firm and steady ruler, let Soma, lord of inspiring creation, and this Brahmanaspati, sagely scholar of divine knowledge and wisdom, speak of Raja Dharma and socio-economic and political policy of a noble social order.

Atharvaveda 6.88 · 3 mantras

6.88.1

ध्रुवा द्यौर् ध्रुवा पृथिवी ध्रुवं विश्वम् इदं जगत् ।
ध्रुवासः पर्वता इमे ध्रुवो राजा विशाम् अयम् ॥

dhruvā dyaur dhruvā pṛthivī dhruvaṃ viśvam idaṃ jagat ।
dhruvāsaḥ parvatā ime dhruvo rājā viśām ayam ॥

The heaven is firm and constant, the earth is firm and constant, the dynamic universe is stable and constant, these mountains are firm and stable. The ruler of the people too is firm and constant.

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6.88.2

ध्रुवं ते राजा वरुणो ध्रुवम् देवो बृहस्पतिः ।
ध्रुवं त इन्द्रश् चाग्निश् च राष्ट्रं धारयतां ध्रुवम् ॥

dhruvaṃ te rājā varuṇo dhruvam devo bṛhaspatiḥ ।
dhruvaṃ ta indraś cāgniś ca rāṣṭraṃ dhārayatāṃ dhruvam ॥

May the cosmic ruler Varuna, lord of justice and discrimination between truth and untruth, help you maintain the social order in a steady state. May self-refulgent Brhaspati, lord of universal knowledge and

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6.88.3

ध्रुवो ऽच्युतः प्र मृणीहि शत्रून् छत्रूयतो ऽधरान् पादयस्व ।
सर्वा दिशः संमनसः सध्रीचीर् ध्रुवाय ते समितिः कल्पताम् इह ॥

dhruvo 'cyutaḥ pra mṛṇīhi śatrūn chatrūyato 'dharān pādayasva ।
sarvā diśaḥ saṃmanasaḥ sadhrīcīr dhruvāya te samitiḥ kalpatām iha ॥

Atharvaveda 6.89 · 3 mantras

6.89.1

इदं यत् प्रेण्यः शिरो दत्तं सोमेन वृष्ण्यम् ।
ततः परि प्रजातेन हार्दिं ते शोचयामसि ॥

idaṃ yat preṇyaḥ śiro dattaṃ somena vṛṣṇyam ।
tataḥ pari prajātena hārdiṃ te śocayāmasi ॥

O Rudra, spirit of health and love of life, with this top energy and excitement given by the generous and exuberant soma, and by the vigour and enthusiasm created thereby, we kindle and brighten up your spirit in the heart for the love of lustrous living. (This is a Priti Samjanana Sukta, i.e., the hymn for the creation of love for life and living. This mantra, therefore, may be interpreted as the key to stir up the heart from a state of depression, and soma may be interpreted either as the soma herb and its juice or as the rejuvenating peace arising from meditation. Swami Dayanand interprets Rudra as ‘that which saves from illness’, which can be the physician, a herb, pranic energy raised, or the ultimate saviour God.)

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6.89.2

शोचयामसि ते हार्दिं शोचयामसि ते मनः ।
वातं धूम इव सध्र्यङ् माम् एवान्व् एतु ये मनः ॥

śocayāmasi te hārdiṃ śocayāmasi te manaḥ ।
vātaṃ dhūma iva sadhryaṅ mām evānv etu ye manaḥ ॥

We excite the passion in your heart, we excite your mind. Let your mind follow me as the smoke follows the wind. (This is the call of life to love for living.)

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6.89.3

मह्यं त्वा मित्रावरुणौ मह्यं देवी सरस्वती ।
मह्यं त्वा मध्यं भूम्या उभाव् अन्तौ सम् अस्यताम् ॥

mahyaṃ tvā mitrāvaruṇau mahyaṃ devī sarasvatī ।
mahyaṃ tvā madhyaṃ bhūmyā ubhāv antau sam asyatām ॥

May Mitra and Varuna, prana and apana energies, love of living and judgement of understanding, may divine Sarasvati, the breeze of Mother Omniscience, the centre of the earth even unto the ends of it, excite me and join me with you and you with me, O spirit of life and love !

Atharvaveda 6.90 · 3 mantras

6.90.1

यां ते रुद्र इषुम् आस्यद् अङ्गेभ्यो हृदयाय च ।
इदं ताम् अद्य त्वद् वयं विषूचीं वि वृहामसि ॥

yāṃ te rudra iṣum āsyad aṅgebhyo hṛdayāya ca ।
idaṃ tām adya tvad vayaṃ viṣūcīṃ vi vṛhāmasi ॥

The arrow which Rudra, lord of justice, punishment and remorse, has shot into your heart and all other body parts, we now extract from you out of the heart and the entire body.

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6.90.2

यास् ते शतं धमनयो ऽङ्गान्य् अनु विष्ठिताः ।
तासां ते सर्वासाम् वयं निर् विषाणि ह्वयामसि ॥

yās te śataṃ dhamanayo 'ṅgāny anu viṣṭhitāḥ ।
tāsāṃ te sarvāsām vayaṃ nir viṣāṇi hvayāmasi ॥

Hundreds are the blood vessels spread out over all your body parts. We take out the poisons from all those blood vessels.

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6.90.3

नमस् ते रुद्रास्यते नमः प्रतिहितायै ।
नमो विसृज्यमानायै नमो निपतितायै ॥

namas te rudrāsyate namaḥ pratihitāyai ।
namo visṛjyamānāyai namo nipatitāyai ॥

Homage to you Rudra, lord both of punishment and peace. Homage to you and your shooting. Homage to the arrow on the bow and on the flight. Homage to the arrow on the target. (This is the respectful diagnosis, to be followed by the extraction and the comfort of relief.)

Atharvaveda 6.91 · 3 mantras

6.91.1

इमं यवम् अष्टायोगैः षद्योगेभिर् अचर्कृषुः ।
तेना ते तन्वो रपो ऽपाचीनम् अप व्यये ॥

imaṃ yavam aṣṭāyogaiḥ ṣadyogebhir acarkṛṣuḥ ।
tenā te tanvo rapo 'pācīnam apa vyaye ॥

The sages have developed and matured this barley plant of life by sixfold practice of eightfold yoga. By that very curative practice and treatment, I reduce and drain out the afflictions of your body, mind and soul. (This mantra, in fact this sukta, is interpreted as the hymn of water cure. But this mantra also suggests, that it deals with cure of the self by karma, because

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6.91.2

न्यग् वातो वाति न्यक् तपति सूर्यः ।
नीचीनम् अघ्न्या दुहे न्यग् भवतु ते रपः ॥

nyag vāto vāti nyak tapati sūryaḥ ।
nīcīnam aghnyā duhe nyag bhavatu te rapaḥ ॥

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6.91.3

आप इद् वा उ भेषजीर् आपो अमीवचातनीः ।
आपो विश्वस्य भेषजीस् तास् ते कृण्वन्तु भेषजम् ॥

āpa id vā u bheṣajīr āpo amīvacātanīḥ ।
āpo viśvasya bheṣajīs tās te kṛṇvantu bheṣajam ॥

Atharvaveda 6.92 · 3 mantras

6.92.1

वातरंहा भव वाजिन् युजमान इन्द्रस्य याहि प्रसवे मनोजवाः ।
युञ्जन्तु त्वा मरुतो विश्ववेदस आ ते त्वस्ता पत्सु जवं दधातु ॥

vātaraṃhā bhava vājin yujamāna indrasya yāhi prasave manojavāḥ ।
yuñjantu tvā maruto viśvavedasa ā te tvastā patsu javaṃ dadhātu ॥

Swift as the wind, as energy itself, be O Vajin on course, go by the speed of mind all over the world of omnipotent Lord Indra’s creation. Let all Maruts, most vibrant powers of the world, knowing and being with the world of life, be and perform with you. May Tvashta, lord creator of world forms, vest the impulse and velocity of light and mind in your movement.

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6.92.2

जवस् ते अर्वन् निहितो गुहा यः श्येने वाते उत यो ऽचरत् परीत्तः ।
तेन त्वं वाजिन् बलवान् बलेनाजिं जय समने परयिष्णुः ॥

javas te arvan nihito guhā yaḥ śyene vāte uta yo 'carat parīttaḥ ।
tena tvaṃ vājin balavān balenājiṃ jaya samane parayiṣṇuḥ ॥

O Arvan, O man, O vibrant spirit of the human nation, the power and energy which is concentrated in your heart, vested in the eagle and in the wind, and that which vibrates elsewhere too is ultimately hidden in mystery. By that very spirit and power, O mighty Vajin,

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6.92.3

तनूष् टे वाजिन् तन्वं नयन्ती वामम् अस्मभ्यं धावतु शर्म तुभ्यम् ।
अह्रुतो महो धरुणाय देवो दिवीव ज्योतिः स्वम् आ मिमीयात् ॥

tanūṣ ṭe vājin tanvaṃ nayantī vāmam asmabhyaṃ dhāvatu śarma tubhyam ।
ahruto maho dharuṇāya devo divīva jyotiḥ svam ā mimīyāt ॥

Atharvaveda 6.93 · 3 mantras

6.93.1

यमो मृत्युर् अघमारो निरृथो बभ्रुः शर्वो ऽस्ता नीलशिखण्डः ।
देवजनाः सेनयोत्तस्थिवांसस् ते अस्माकं परि वृञ्जन्तु वीरान् ॥

yamo mṛtyur aghamāro nirṛtho babhruḥ śarvo 'stā nīlaśikhaṇḍaḥ ।
devajanāḥ senayottasthivāṃsas te asmākaṃ pari vṛñjantu vīrān ॥

Yama, cosmic controller and law giver. Death, the destroyer of sinners, the giver of pain, the giver of nourishment, the violent force, the archer, the giver of shelter and settlement, noble people of brilliance and generosity, all those arising and marching with armies, may all these spare and protect our brave.

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6.93.2

मनसा होमैर् हरसा घृतेन शर्वायास्त्र उत राज्ञे भवाय ।
नमस्येभ्यो नम एभ्यः कृणोम्य् अन्यत्रास्मद् अघविषा नयन्तु ॥

manasā homair harasā ghṛtena śarvāyāstra uta rājñe bhavāya ।
namasyebhyo nama ebhyaḥ kṛṇomy anyatrāsmad aghaviṣā nayantu ॥

With honest mind and offers of oblations of all my might and ghrta, I do homage to the unfailing archer, the protective arrow, lord ruler of the universe and the giver of peace, and to all those who are worthy of homage and pray that they may ward off all our negativities of sin and evil.

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6.93.3

त्रायध्वं नो अघविषाभ्यो वधाद् विश्वे देवा मरुतो विश्ववेदसः ।
अग्नीषोमा वरुणः पूतदक्षा वातापर्जन्ययोः सुमतौ स्याम ॥

trāyadhvaṃ no aghaviṣābhyo vadhād viśve devā maruto viśvavedasaḥ ।
agnīṣomā varuṇaḥ pūtadakṣā vātāparjanyayoḥ sumatau syāma ॥

O Vishvedevas, divinities of nature and nobilities of humanity, Maruts, vibrant powers of winds that abide with the world of existence, Agni, light and fire and peace, and Varuna, sun of purest light and inspiration, protect us from sin and evil and death. And may we ever enjoy the gifts of the good will of the winds and the clouds of rain.

Atharvaveda 6.94 · 3 mantras

6.94.1

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 ॥

We bring your minds together, we bring your vows and values, your thoughts and resolutions together. Those of you that stand apart in ideals and resolutions, all those of you we bring to agreement and unite you together.

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6.94.2

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 ॥

I accept your united minds with my whole heart and will. With your united minds, come and join my mind and will at the centre. I join your thoughts and feelings together into my central laws and discipline. Come, join me and follow me on the path I follow.

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6.94.3

ओते मे द्यावापृथिवी ओता देवी सरस्वती ।
ओतौ म इन्द्रश् चाग्निश् च र्ध्यास्मेदं सरस्वति ॥

ote me dyāvāpṛthivī otā devī sarasvatī ।
otau ma indraś cāgniś ca rdhyāsmedaṃ sarasvati ॥

To me and for me, the heaven and earth are joined together as warp and woof, divine Sarasvati is joined, so are Indra and Agni, power and enlightenment, joined. O mother Sarasvati, enlighten us that we may realise this absolute unity.

Atharvaveda 6.95 · 3 mantras

6.95.1

अश्वत्थो देवसदनस् तृतीयस्याम् इतो दिवि ।
तत्रामृतस्य चक्षणम् देवाः कुष्ठम् अवन्वत ॥

aśvattho devasadanas tṛtīyasyām ito divi ।
tatrāmṛtasya cakṣaṇam devāḥ kuṣṭham avanvata ॥

High up in the third region from here, in heaven, there is the Ashvattha tree, seat of divinities. Thereon shines the light of immortality, and there from the light, the divines obtained the Kushtha herb.

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6.95.2

हिरण्ययी नौर् अचरद् धिरण्यबन्धना दिवि ।
तत्रामृतस्य पुष्पं देवाः कुष्ठम् अवन्वत ॥

hiraṇyayī naur acarad dhiraṇyabandhanā divi ।
tatrāmṛtasya puṣpaṃ devāḥ kuṣṭham avanvata ॥

There in heaven the golden boat of golden tackle floats in the light divine. There by the golden boat the divines obtained the kushtha herb, the very flower of immortality.

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6.95.3

गर्भो अस्य् ओषधीनां गर्भो हिमवताम् उत ।
गर्भो विश्वस्य भूतस्येमं मे अगदं कृधि ॥

garbho asy oṣadhīnāṃ garbho himavatām uta ।
garbho viśvasya bhūtasyemaṃ me agadaṃ kṛdhi ॥

O Kushtha, you are the essence of herbs. You

Atharvaveda 6.96 · 3 mantras

6.96.1

या ओषधयः सोमराज्ञीर् बह्वीः शतविचक्षणाः ।
बृहस्पतिप्रसूतास् ता नो मुञ्चन्त्व् अंहसः ॥

yā oṣadhayaḥ somarājñīr bahvīḥ śatavicakṣaṇāḥ ।
bṛhaspatiprasūtās tā no muñcantv aṃhasaḥ ॥

All the herbs of many forms and profuse growth and hundreds of medicinal efficacies, receiving their power and splendour from the moon, developed and reinforced by sagely scholars of the God-given gift of herbal medicine may, we pray, save us and cure us of all diseases, evil and sin.

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6.96.2

मुञ्चन्तु मा शपथ्याद् अथो वरुण्याद् उत ।
अथो यमस्य पड्वीशाद् विश्वस्माद् देवकिल्बिषात् ॥

muñcantu mā śapathyād atho varuṇyād uta ।
atho yamasya paḍvīśād viśvasmād devakilbiṣāt ॥

May they save us from the hurt and affliction caused by censure and imprecation, from ailments caused by water, from the snares of Varuna, natural justice, from the fear of untimely death and from offence and violence against natural force. (This mantra is more a prayer for immunity and observance of discipline than for cure of the consequences of a breach of the discipline, or, let us say, it is for prevention and cure

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6.96.3

यच् चक्षुषा मनसा यच् च वाचोपारिम जाग्रतो यत् स्वपन्तः ।
सोमस् तानि स्वधया नः पुनातु ॥

yac cakṣuṣā manasā yac ca vācopārima jāgrato yat svapantaḥ ।
somas tāni svadhayā naḥ punātu ॥

Whatever faults of omission or commission we do by eye or mind, whatever with tongue and speech, whether awake or asleep, of all those may soma, the herb, and Soma, lord of peace, cleanse us and save us from them.

Atharvaveda 6.97 · 3 mantras

6.97.1

अभिभूर् यज्ञो अभिभूर् अग्निर् अभिभूः सोमो अभिभूर् इन्द्रः ।
अभ्य् अहं विश्वाः पृतना यथासान्य् एवा विधेमाग्निहोत्रा इदं हविः ॥

abhibhūr yajño abhibhūr agnir abhibhūḥ somo abhibhūr indraḥ ।
abhy ahaṃ viśvāḥ pṛtanā yathāsāny evā vidhemāgnihotrā idaṃ haviḥ ॥

Yajna is victor over the negativities of life; Agni, light, fire, leader, is victor; Soma, moon, soma, peace, is victor; Indra, omnipotence, is victor. Let us offer this havi of our total activity of life into the yajnic fire of life in such a way that we may be victors over negativities, hate, jealousy and enmity in all our battles of life.

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6.97.2

स्वधास्तु मित्रावरुणा विपश्चिता प्रजावत् क्षत्रं मधुनेह पिन्वतम् ।
बाधेथां दूरं निरृतिं पराचैः कृतं चिद् एनः प्र मुमुक्तम् अस्मत् ॥

svadhāstu mitrāvaruṇā vipaścitā prajāvat kṣatraṃ madhuneha pinvatam ।
bādhethāṃ dūraṃ nirṛtiṃ parācaiḥ kṛtaṃ cid enaḥ pra mumuktam asmat ॥

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6.97.3

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

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

Atharvaveda 6.98 · 3 mantras

6.98.1

इन्द्रो जयाति न परा जयाता अधिराजो राजसु राजयातै ।
चर्कृत्य ईड्यो वन्द्यश् चोपसद्यो नमस्य्श् भवेह ॥

indro jayāti na parā jayātā adhirājo rājasu rājayātai ।
carkṛtya īḍyo vandyaś copasadyo namasyś bhaveha ॥

It is Indra, the brave, omnipotent, that wins, never defeated, and makes us win, ever without defeat. And he shines on top, sole ruler over leaders, admirable, adorable, worthy of worship, love and reverence and total submission and surrender. O lord omnipotent, be with us, here itself, never for away.

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6.98.2

त्वम् इन्द्राधिराजः श्रवस्युस् त्वं भूर् अभिभूतिर् जनानाम् ।
त्वं दैवीर् विश इमा वि राजायुष्मत् क्षत्रम् अजरं ते अस्तु ॥

tvam indrādhirājaḥ śravasyus tvaṃ bhūr abhibhūtir janānām ।
tvaṃ daivīr viśa imā vi rājāyuṣmat kṣatram ajaraṃ te astu ॥

O Ruler of rulers, Indra, admirable, adorable, you are the glory of the people and scourge of the evil forces in society. You are the presiding power and protector over the people, and it is by your presence that the social order would be stable and long lasting beyond age and decay.

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6.98.3

प्राच्या दिशस् त्वम् इन्द्रासि राजोतोदीच्या दिशो वृत्रहन् छत्रुहो ऽसि ।
यत्र यन्ति स्रोत्यास् तज् जितं ते दक्षिणतो वृषभ एषि हव्यः ॥

prācyā diśas tvam indrāsi rājotodīcyā diśo vṛtrahan chatruho 'si ।
yatra yanti srotyās taj jitaṃ te dakṣiṇato vṛṣabha eṣi havyaḥ ॥

O dispeller of darkness, destroyer of enemies and adversity, you are the ruler over the spaces wherever

Atharvaveda 6.99 · 3 mantras

6.99.1

अभि त्वेन्द्र वरिमतः पुरा त्वांहूरणाद् धुवे ।
ह्वयाम्य् उग्रं चेत्तारं पुरुणामानम् एकजम् ॥

abhi tvendra varimataḥ purā tvāṃhūraṇād dhuve ।
hvayāmy ugraṃ cettāraṃ puruṇāmānam ekajam ॥

Before the possibility of an onslaught of sin and distress, O lord omnipotent, Indra, I invoke you as the lord of boundless bliss and well being, blazing in glory, giver of enlightenment, commanding universal majesty, the sole manifestation of incomparable divinity. (And I am then unassailable.)

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6.99.2

यो अद्य सेन्यो वधो जिघांसन् न उदीरते ।
इन्द्रस्य तत्र बाहू समन्तं परि दद्मः ॥

yo adya senyo vadho jighāṃsan na udīrate ।
indrasya tatra bāhū samantaṃ pari dadmaḥ ॥

Now then, whenever and whatever weapon of violence is raised and cast upon us with the intent to destroy us, instantly we take on the cover all round of Indra’s arms of defence.

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6.99.3

परि दद्म इन्द्रस्य बाहू समन्तं त्रातुस् त्रायतां नः ।
देव सवितः सोम राजन्त् सुमनसं मा कृणु स्वस्तये ॥

pari dadma indrasya bāhū samantaṃ trātus trāyatāṃ naḥ ।
deva savitaḥ soma rājant sumanasaṃ mā kṛṇu svastaye ॥

We wear all round and wield Indra’s arms of defence and self-protection, which arms of the universal protector, we pray, may defend us socially and spiritually. O Savita, self-refulgent life of life, O Soma, spirit of peace and joy, and Rajan, all compassing Ruler, let us be happily secure at heart for the sake of total well being. (Total faith in Divinity, self-confident spirit with love of peace and exuberant enthusiasm for living, and a refulgent ruling order, these are pillars of security and well being.)

Atharvaveda 6.100 · 3 mantras

6.100.1

देवा अदुः सूर्यो द्यौर् अदात् पृथिव्य् अदात् ।
तिस्रः सरस्वतिर् अदुः सचित्ता विषदूषणम् ॥

devā aduḥ sūryo dyaur adāt pṛthivy adāt ।
tisraḥ sarasvatir aduḥ sacittā viṣadūṣaṇam ॥

Brilliancies of nature and the clouds gave, the sun gave, the heavenly regions gave, the earth gave, and three Sarasvatis, that is, Ila, Sarasvati, Bharati, i.e., the mystical, universal and local herbs and talents, of equal quality, have contributed and given the antidote to poison.

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6.100.2

यद् वो देवा उपजीका आसिञ्चन् धन्वन्य् उदकम् ।
तेन देवप्रसूतेनेदं दूषयता विषम् ॥

yad vo devā upajīkā āsiñcan dhanvany udakam ।
tena devaprasūtenedaṃ dūṣayatā viṣam ॥

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6.100.3

असुराणां दुहितासि सा देवानाम् असि स्वसा ।
दिवस् पृथिव्याः संभूता सा चकर्थारसं विषम् ॥

asurāṇāṃ duhitāsi sā devānām asi svasā ।
divas pṛthivyāḥ saṃbhūtā sā cakarthārasaṃ viṣam ॥

Atharvaveda 6.101 · 3 mantras

6.101.1

आ वृषायस्व श्वसिहि वर्धस्व प्रथयस्व च ।
यथाङ्गं वर्धतां शेपस् तेन योषितम् इज् जहि ॥

ā vṛṣāyasva śvasihi vardhasva prathayasva ca ।
yathāṅgaṃ vardhatāṃ śepas tena yoṣitam ij jahi ॥

O man, be strong and virile, breathe deep, grow, and let your body and limbs grow strong too. And as you and your body limbs grow, so let your sphere of activity too expand so that you master and win whatever

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6.101.2

येन कृषं वाजयन्ति येन हिन्वन्त्य् आतुरम् ।
तेनास्य ब्रह्मणस् पते धनुर् इवा तानया पसः ॥

yena kṛṣaṃ vājayanti yena hinvanty āturam ।
tenāsya brahmaṇas pate dhanur ivā tānayā pasaḥ ॥

By the strength and vitality by which we energise the feeble, by which we excite the depressed, O Brahmanaspati, lord of universal energy, pray energise and extend the life and influence of this man like a bow at the optimum stretch.

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6.101.3

आहं तनोमि ते पसो अधि ज्याम् इव धन्वनि ।
क्रमस्व ऋष इव रोहितम् अनवग्लायता सदा ॥

āhaṃ tanomi te paso adhi jyām iva dhanvani ।
kramasva ṛṣa iva rohitam anavaglāyatā sadā ॥

I raise your spirits and extend your dominion like the string on the bow. Rise and advance in life without hesitation like a tiger upon the deer. Be active without relent, always.

Atharvaveda 6.102 · 3 mantras

6.102.1

यथायं वाहो अश्विना समैति सं च वर्तते ।
एवा माम् अभि ते मनः समैतु सं च वर्तताम् ॥

yathāyaṃ vāho aśvinā samaiti saṃ ca vartate ।
evā mām abhi te manaḥ samaitu saṃ ca vartatām ॥

O Ashvins, harbingers of the dawn, inspirers of new life, just as the dawn comes and joins the day, so may, O life and love, your spirit arise and join me and

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6.102.2

आहं खिदामि ते मनो राजाश्वः पृष्ट्याम् इव ।
रेष्मछिन्नम् यथा तृणं मयि ते वेष्टतां मनः ॥

āhaṃ khidāmi te mano rājāśvaḥ pṛṣṭyām iva ।
reṣmachinnam yathā tṛṇaṃ mayi te veṣṭatāṃ manaḥ ॥

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6.102.3

आञ्जनस्य मदुघस्य कुष्ठस्य नलदस्य च ।
तुरो भगस्य हस्ताभ्याम् अनुरोधनम् उद् भरे ॥

āñjanasya madughasya kuṣṭhasya naladasya ca ।
turo bhagasya hastābhyām anurodhanam ud bhare ॥

Atharvaveda 6.103 · 3 mantras

6.103.1

संदानं वो बृहस्पतिः संदानं सविता करत् ।
संदानं मित्रो अर्यमा संदानं भगो अश्विना ॥

saṃdānaṃ vo bṛhaspatiḥ saṃdānaṃ savitā karat ।
saṃdānaṃ mitro aryamā saṃdānaṃ bhago aśvinā ॥

O enemies of life, spirit and the nation, may Brhaspati, lord of the expansive universe, the sagely scholar of the Vedas and the commander of total forces of the nation control, bind and eliminate you all. Let Savita, lord of life and life energy, bind and deplete you of your power. Let Mitra, spirit of love, and Aryama, lord of judgement, bind you in fetters and deal with you. Let the Ashvins, the people, and Bhaga, lord all potent of prosperity and nation’s power, bind, control and eliminate you.

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6.103.2

सम् परमान्त् सम् अवमान् अथो सं द्यामि मध्यमान् ।
इन्द्रस् तान् पर्य् अहार् दाम्ना तान् अग्ने सं द्या त्वम् ॥

sam paramānt sam avamān atho saṃ dyāmi madhyamān ।
indras tān pary ahār dāmnā tān agne saṃ dyā tvam ॥

I bind and control enemies that are far off, close by and in between at the middle distance. Let Indra ward off all of them, and O Agni, you too bind them all in fetters.

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6.103.3

अमी ये युधम् आयन्ति केतून् कृत्वानीकशः ।
इन्द्रस् तान् पर्य् अहार् दाम्न तान् अग्ने सं द्या त्वम् ॥

amī ye yudham āyanti ketūn kṛtvānīkaśaḥ ।
indras tān pary ahār dāmna tān agne saṃ dyā tvam ॥

Those that come to battle in hoards with flags flying, let Indra keep them off, and O Agni, you too bind them all with fetters.

Atharvaveda 6.104 · 3 mantras

6.104.1

आदानेन संदानेनामित्रान् आ द्यामसि ।
अपाना ये चैषां प्राणा असुनासून्त् सम् अछिदन् ॥

ādānena saṃdānenāmitrān ā dyāmasi ।
apānā ye caiṣāṃ prāṇā asunāsūnt sam achidan ॥

By taking over and with control we hold up the enemies. Their prana and apana energies, we dissever, and we devitalise their life energy with life energy itself. (We pay the enemies in their own coin by depleting their energies, powers and forces.)

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6.104.2

इदम् आदानम् अकरं तपसेन्द्रेण संशितम् ।
अमित्रा ये ऽत्र नः सन्ति तान् अग्न आ द्या त्वम् ॥

idam ādānam akaraṃ tapasendreṇa saṃśitam ।
amitrā ye 'tra naḥ santi tān agna ā dyā tvam ॥

I have created and invented the arms and strategy of taking over, which has been further refined and sophisticated by the relentless work of Indra, the designer strategist. O Agni, commander of the forces, all those enemies of ours that are here around, round up and bind them all.

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6.104.3

ऐनान् द्यताम् इन्द्राग्नी सोमो राजा च मेदिनौ ।
इन्द्रो मरुत्वान् आदानम् अमित्रेभ्यः कृणोतु नः ॥

ainān dyatām indrāgnī somo rājā ca medinau ।
indro marutvān ādānam amitrebhyaḥ kṛṇotu naḥ ॥

Let Indra and Agni, the powerful ruler and blazing commander, and let the ruler and Soma, peaceable keeper, both accordant in law and cooperation, bind them. And let Indra, commander of stormy forces, prepare for us the method and strategy of taking over and binding our enemies.

Atharvaveda 6.105 · 3 mantras

6.105.1

यथा मनो मनस्केतैः परापतत्य् आशुमत् ।
एवा त्वं कासे प्र पत मनसो ऽनु प्रवाय्यम् ॥

yathā mano manasketaiḥ parāpataty āśumat ।
evā tvaṃ kāse pra pata manaso 'nu pravāyyam ॥

Just as the mind flies with the objects of its love at its highest speed, so do you, O man, fly forth at the speed of mind to the reachable goal in search of knowledge.

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6.105.2

यथा बाणः सुसंशितः परापतत्य् आशुमत् ।
एवा त्वं कासे प्र पत पृथिव्या अनु संवतम् ॥

yathā bāṇaḥ susaṃśitaḥ parāpataty āśumat ।
evā tvaṃ kāse pra pata pṛthivyā anu saṃvatam ॥

Just as the arrow flies forth at its sharpest and at the fastest, so do you, O man, fly forth at the speed of mind to the ends of the earth.

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6.105.3

यथा सूर्यस्य रश्मयः परापतन्त्य् आशुमत् ।
एवा त्वं कासे प्र पत समुद्रस्यानु विक्षरम् ॥

yathā sūryasya raśmayaḥ parāpatanty āśumat ।
evā tvaṃ kāse pra pata samudrasyānu vikṣaram ॥

Atharvaveda 6.106 · 3 mantras

6.106.1

आयने ते परायने दूर्वा रोहन्तु पुष्पिणीः ।
उत्सो वा तत्र जायताम् ह्रदो वा पुण्डरीकवान् ॥

āyane te parāyane dūrvā rohantu puṣpiṇīḥ ।
utso vā tatra jāyatām hrado vā puṇḍarīkavān ॥

At the entrance and at the rear, let holy grasses grow and flowers bloom, and let there be a spring or fountain playing to form a little pool, or let there be a pleasure pool with blooming lotus flowers.

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6.106.2

अपाम् इदं न्ययनं समुद्रस्य निवेशनम् ।
मध्ये ह्रदस्य नो गृहाः पराचीना मुखा कृधि ॥

apām idaṃ nyayanaṃ samudrasya niveśanam ।
madhye hradasya no gṛhāḥ parācīnā mukhā kṛdhi ॥

Let there be a confluence of waters and let it be a centre of human activity. Let it be close to the beach, the atmosphere as deep as the depth of spatial oceans. Let our homes be in the midst of a lake, and make the

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6.106.3

हिमस्य त्वा जरायुणा शाले परि व्ययामसि ।
शीतह्रदा हि नो भुवो ऽग्निष् कृणोतु भेषजम् ॥

himasya tvā jarāyuṇā śāle pari vyayāmasi ।
śītahradā hi no bhuvo 'gniṣ kṛṇotu bheṣajam ॥

O house of the nation, we surround you with the cover of the shade of cool. And when there is the cool of water reservoirs, let fire be the antidote.

Atharvaveda 6.107 · 4 mantras

6.107.1

विश्वजित् त्रायमाणायै मा परि देहि ।
त्रायमाणे द्विपाच् च सर्वं नो रक्ष चतुष्पाड् यच् च नः स्वम् ॥

viśvajit trāyamāṇāyai mā pari dehi ।
trāyamāṇe dvipāc ca sarvaṃ no rakṣa catuṣpāḍ yac ca naḥ svam ॥

O Lord of eternal glory over the entire world of existence, all victorious, all subduing, deliver me from my limitations and fears and entrust me to your divine power of universal protection. O divine power of cosmic protection, Trayamana, pray protect all our people, all our animals and all that is our wealth, power and excellence in the world.

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6.107.2

त्रायमाणे विश्वजिते मा परि देहि ।
विश्वजिद् द्विपाच् च सर्वं नो रक्ष चतुष्पाड् यच् च नः स्वम् ॥

trāyamāṇe viśvajite mā pari dehi ।
viśvajid dvipāc ca sarvaṃ no rakṣa catuṣpāḍ yac ca naḥ svam ॥

O Trayamana, divine power of cosmic protection and promotion, deliver me unto Vishvajit, divine spirit of courage and universal victory. O Vishvajit, divine spirit of courage and universal victory at heart, protect all our people, all our animals, and all that is our wealth, power and excellence in the world.

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6.107.3

विश्वजित् कल्याण्यै मा परि देहि ।
कल्याणि द्विपाच् च सर्वं नो रक्ष चतुष्पाड् यच् च नः स्वम् ॥

viśvajit kalyāṇyai mā pari dehi ।
kalyāṇi dvipāc ca sarvaṃ no rakṣa catuṣpāḍ yac ca naḥ svam ॥

O Vishvajit, spirit of divine courage and victory at heart, dedicate me to the divine spirit of good and universal service and welfare. O spirit of good, universal service and welfare, protect and promote all our people, all our animals, and all that is our wealth, power and excellence in the world.

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6.107.4

कल्याणि सर्वविदे मा परि देहि ।
सर्वविद् द्विपाच् च सर्वं नो रक्ष चतुष्पाड् यच् च नः स्वम् ॥

kalyāṇi sarvavide mā pari dehi ।
sarvavid dvipāc ca sarvaṃ no rakṣa catuṣpāḍ yac ca naḥ svam ॥

O Spirit of good, universal service and welfare, Kalyani, dedicate me to Sarvavit, the divine spirit of universality. O Sarvavit, spirit of universal love and service, protect and promote all our people, all our animals, and all that is our wealth and values, power and excellence in the world.

Atharvaveda 6.108 · 5 mantras

6.108.1

त्वं नो मेधे प्रथमा गोभिर् अश्वेभिर् आ गहि ।
त्वं सूर्यस्य रश्मिभिस् त्वम् नो असि यज्ञिया ॥

tvaṃ no medhe prathamā gobhir aśvebhir ā gahi ।
tvaṃ sūryasya raśmibhis tvam no asi yajñiyā ॥

O Medha, noble intelligence, you are the first and adorable faculty of ours for our good. Come to us with lands, cows, wisdom and culture. Come to us with horses and achievements. Come to us with the rays of the sun. (Intelligence is the faculty that helps the spirit to knowledge, action, initiative and achievement. It is a source of inspiration, not a substitute for action.)

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6.108.2

मेधाम् अहं प्रथमां ब्रह्मण्वतीं ब्रह्मजूताम् ऋषिष्टुताम् ।
प्रपीतां ब्रह्मचारिभिर् देवानाम् अवसे हुवे ॥

medhām ahaṃ prathamāṃ brahmaṇvatīṃ brahmajūtām ṛṣiṣṭutām ।
prapītāṃ brahmacāribhir devānām avase huve ॥

For worship of the divinities and for protection and promotion of divine faculties and achievements, I invoke and inculcate Medha, noble intelligence, first and highest God-given human faculty, treasure trove of divine consciousness and knowledge, adored by Brahmanas, loved by Rshis, and served, valued and developed by Brahmacharis, disciplined young seekers of knowledge.

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6.108.3

यां मेधाम् ऋभवो विदुर् यां मेधाम् असुरा विदुः ।
ऋषयो भद्रां मेधां यां विदुस् तां मय्य् आ वेशयामसि ॥

yāṃ medhām ṛbhavo vidur yāṃ medhām asurā viduḥ ।
ṛṣayo bhadrāṃ medhāṃ yāṃ vidus tāṃ mayy ā veśayāmasi ॥

That divine intelligence which the Rbhus, divine artists, knew and had, that which the Asuras, vibrant men of energy and knowledge, knew and had, that excellent and auspicious intelligence which the Rshis knew, valued and enjoyed, that same we all invoke, inculcate and receive into ourselves.

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6.108.4

याम् ऋषयो भूतकृतो मेधां मेधाविनो विदुः ।
तया माम् अद्य मेधयाग्ने मेधाविनं कृणु ॥

yām ṛṣayo bhūtakṛto medhāṃ medhāvino viduḥ ।
tayā mām adya medhayāgne medhāvinaṃ kṛṇu ॥

With that noble intelligence which the wise sages of vision and creative-inventive mind knew, had and developed, O Agni, lord of light, bless me, and make me wise and creative with the vision divine.

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6.108.5

मेधां सायं मेधां प्रातर् मेधां मध्यन्दिनं परि ।
मेधां सूर्यस्य रश्मिभिर् वचसा वेशयामहे ॥

medhāṃ sāyaṃ medhāṃ prātar medhāṃ madhyandinaṃ pari ।
medhāṃ sūryasya raśmibhir vacasā veśayāmahe ॥

With words of vision and holiness of faith, and with radiations of the sun-rays, we adore and inculcate in ourselves divine intelligence day and night: intelligence every morning intelligence every evening. intelligence at the noon tide of the day.

Atharvaveda 6.109 · 3 mantras

6.109.1

पिप्पली क्षिप्तभेषज्य् उतातिविद्धभेषजी ।
तां देवाः सम् अकल्पयन्न् इयं जीवितवा अलम् ॥

pippalī kṣiptabheṣajy utātividdhabheṣajī ।
tāṃ devāḥ sam akalpayann iyaṃ jīvitavā alam ॥

Pippali is the cure for distracted, disrupted and extremely afflicted states of body and mind of patients: this the brilliant scholars and specialists accept, and declare that it is efficacious for the life and health of patients of leprosy and urinary, stomach and glandular disorders. Such they have prepared it.

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6.109.2

पिप्पल्यः सम् अवदन्तायतीर् जननाद् अधि ।
यं जीवम् अश्नवामहै न स रिष्याति पूरुषः ॥

pippalyaḥ sam avadantāyatīr jananād adhi ।
yaṃ jīvam aśnavāmahai na sa riṣyāti pūruṣaḥ ॥

As the pippali herbs grow, develop and are developed from their very beginning, the physicians say that the person who is given pippali from his earliest age never comes to suffer affliction of ill health of body and mind.

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6.109.3

असुरास् त्वा न्य् अखनन् देवास् त्वोद् अवपन् पुनः ।
वातीकृतस्य भेषजीम् अथो क्षिप्तस्य भेषजीम् ॥

asurās tvā ny akhanan devās tvod avapan punaḥ ।
vātīkṛtasya bheṣajīm atho kṣiptasya bheṣajīm ॥

Atharvaveda 6.110 · 3 mantras

6.110.1

प्रत्नो हि कम् ईड्यो अध्वरेषु सनाच् च होता नव्यश् च सत्सि ।
स्वाम् चाग्ने तन्वं पिप्रायस्वास्मभ्यं च सौभगम् आ यजस्व ॥

pratno hi kam īḍyo adhvareṣu sanāc ca hotā navyaś ca satsi ।
svām cāgne tanvaṃ piprāyasvāsmabhyaṃ ca saubhagam ā yajasva ॥

Self-refulgent Agni, ancient and eternal, happily adorable in yajnic programmes of humanity, ever a beneficent giver, your presence pervades and always sits anew on the vedi. Be kind and gracious. Be kind and gracious to this person, this social order, a new manifestation of your own self, bless it with joy and fulfilment, and bring us all good fortune and prosperity.

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6.110.2

ज्येष्ठघ्न्यां जातो विचृतोर् यमस्य मूलबर्हणात् परि पाह्य् एनम् ।
अत्य् एनम् नेषद् दुरितानि विश्वा दीर्घायुत्वाय शतशारदाय ॥

jyeṣṭhaghnyāṃ jāto vicṛtor yamasya mūlabarhaṇāt pari pāhy enam ।
aty enam neṣad duritāni viśvā dīrghāyutvāya śataśāradāya ॥

Born in fulfilment of desire and prayer for achieving the best and highest is this child, this social order. Pray protect it against basic violation of the laws of yama and of the motions of refulgent sun and moon, taking it safely through all evils of the world to live a full life of hundred years.

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6.110.3

व्याघ्रे ऽह्न्य् अजनिष्ट वीरो नक्षत्रजा जायमानः सुवीरः ।
स मा वधीत् पितरं वर्धमानो मा मातरं प्र मिनीज् जनित्रीम् ॥

vyāghre 'hny ajaniṣṭa vīro nakṣatrajā jāyamānaḥ suvīraḥ ।
sa mā vadhīt pitaraṃ vardhamāno mā mātaraṃ pra minīj janitrīm ॥

This heroic brave is born at a time fit for a lion, a noble hero bearing the marks of favourable stars. When it grows up, comes of age and rises, let it not violate its father and founder, nor its mother, she gave it birth.

Atharvaveda 6.111 · 4 mantras

6.111.1

इमम् मे अग्ने पुरुषम् मुमुग्ध्य् अयं यो बद्धः सुयतो लालपीति ।
अतो ऽधि ते कृणवद् भागधेयं यदानुन्मदितो ऽसति ॥

imam me agne puruṣam mumugdhy ayaṃ yo baddhaḥ suyato lālapīti ।
ato 'dhi te kṛṇavad bhāgadheyaṃ yadānunmadito 'sati ॥

O Agni, release this person to freedom from bondage of body, mind and soul. He is bound, wholly possessed, and he mumbles and mutters deliriously. Pray do it for my sake, and when he is out of this delirium, he would render unto you whatever is due.

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6.111.2

अग्निष् टे नि शमयतु यदि ते मन उद्युतम् ।
कृणोमि विद्वान् भेषजं यथानुन्मदितो ऽससि ॥

agniṣ ṭe ni śamayatu yadi te mana udyutam ।
kṛṇomi vidvān bheṣajaṃ yathānunmadito 'sasi ॥

O man, may Agni calm you down if your mind is disturbed. I, the physician, know and apply the healing balm so that you would not be excited and out of mind.

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6.111.3

देवैनसाद् उन्मदितम् उन्मत्तम् रक्षसस् परि ।
कृणोमि विद्वान् भेषजं यदानुन्मदितो ऽसति ॥

devainasād unmaditam unmattam rakṣasas pari ।
kṛṇomi vidvān bheṣajaṃ yadānunmadito 'sati ॥

Whether you are excited by reasons of the mind and senses to a state of infatuation or by conditions of nature, or possessed by violent desires, evil ambitions and frustration, I know and apply the healing balm so that you would be free from excitement and possession and regain your proper self.

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6.111.4

पुनस् त्वा दुर् अप्सरसः पुनर् इन्द्रः पुनर् भगः ।
पुनस् त्वा दुर् विश्वे देवा यथानुन्मदितो ऽससि ॥

punas tvā dur apsarasaḥ punar indraḥ punar bhagaḥ ।
punas tvā dur viśve devā yathānunmadito 'sasi ॥

Again and again let the freshness of breezes, rippling of waters and flashes of lightning give this healing balm to you. Let Indra, lord omnipotent and nature’s electric energy do its part for you. Let Bhaga, cosmic spirit of abundance, do its part for you. Let all divinities of nature and nobilities of humanity do their part for you so that you may never suffer delirium, dementia, schizophrenia or infatuation and self-delusion again. (This sukta implies that life and nature was never intended to be negative and hostile to humans. All negativities of body, mind and spirit are creations of our own karmic performance over time, and all ailments are curable by the replenishment of our original and real nature through medication, meditation and divine grace. Only the right healer and the right balm is needed with persistent and faithful practice. Reference may be made to Maharshi Patanjali’s Yoga-Sutras 4,1, specially, and to 1, 12.)

Atharvaveda 6.112 · 3 mantras

6.112.1

मा ज्येष्ठं वधीद् अयम् अग्न एषाम् मूलबर्हणात् परि पाह्य् एनम् ।
स ग्राह्याः पाशान् वि चृत प्रजानन् तुभ्यं देवा अनु जानन्तु विश्वे ॥

mā jyeṣṭhaṃ vadhīd ayam agna eṣām mūlabarhaṇāt pari pāhy enam ।
sa grāhyāḥ pāśān vi cṛta prajānan tubhyaṃ devā anu jānantu viśve ॥

O Lord self-refulgent and omniscient, Agni, ruler and guide of humanity, let this man not hurt or kill the senior. Protect him from severing himself from the common root of these members of the human family. O Lord, you know them and their bonds.Break the chains that ensnare and alienate them, and let all the noble people too know your purpose and follow you in the service of human solidarity.

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6.112.2

उन् मुञ्च पाशांस् त्वम् अग्न एषां त्रयस् त्रिभिर् उत्सिता येभिर् आसन् ।
स ग्राह्याः पाशान् वि चृत प्रजानन् पितापुत्रौ मातरं मुञ्च सर्वान् ॥

un muñca pāśāṃs tvam agna eṣāṃ trayas tribhir utsitā yebhir āsan ।
sa grāhyāḥ pāśān vi cṛta prajānan pitāputrau mātaraṃ muñca sarvān ॥

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6.112.3

येभिः पाशैः परिवित्तो विबद्धो ऽङ्गेअङ्ग आर्पित उत्सितश् च ।
वि ते मुच्यन्तं विमुचो हि सन्ति भ्रूणघ्नि पूषन् दुरितानि मृक्ष्व ॥

yebhiḥ pāśaiḥ parivitto vibaddho 'ṅgeaṅga ārpita utsitaś ca ।
vi te mucyantaṃ vimuco hi santi bhrūṇaghni pūṣan duritāni mṛkṣva ॥

Atharvaveda 6.113 · 3 mantras

6.113.1

त्रिते देवा अमृजतैतद् एनस् त्रित एनन् मनुष्येषु ममृजे ।
ततो यदि त्वा ग्राहिर् आनशे तां ते देवा ब्रह्मणा नाशयन्तु ॥

trite devā amṛjataitad enas trita enan manuṣyeṣu mamṛje ।
tato yadi tvā grāhir ānaśe tāṃ te devā brahmaṇā nāśayantu ॥

Divinities cleanse life from sin and evil throughout the three phases of time, past, present and future. The Lord of past, present and future, removes this sin and evil from among humans too. For this reason, O man, if ever sin and evil come and take you on, let the Devas, brilliant sages, wash that away and cleanse you with Vedic knowledge.

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6.113.2

मरीचीर् धूमान् प्र विशानु पाप्मन्न् उदारान् गछोत वा नीहारान् ।
नदीनं फेनां अनु तान् वि नश्य भ्रूणघ्नि पूषन् दुरितानि मृक्ष्व ॥

marīcīr dhūmān pra viśānu pāpmann udārān gachota vā nīhārān ।
nadīnaṃ phenāṃ anu tān vi naśya bhrūṇaghni pūṣan duritāni mṛkṣva ॥

O vile sin and evil, go to the rays of the sun and evaporate. Go after the smoke and be absorbed to naught. Go to the lofty clouds or to the mists and be lost, or float with foam of the seas, be dashed and disappear on the rocky shores. O lord of life and nourishment, Pusha, cleanse humanity of all sin and evils that destroy budding life in the womb.

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6.113.3

द्वादशधा निहितं त्रितस्यापमृष्टम् मनुष्यैनसानि ।
ततो यदि त्वा ग्राहिर् आनशे तां ते देवा ब्रह्मणा नाशयन्तु ॥

dvādaśadhā nihitaṃ tritasyāpamṛṣṭam manuṣyainasāni ।
tato yadi tvā grāhir ānaśe tāṃ te devā brahmaṇā nāśayantu ॥

Twelve-fold are evils and negativities posited

Atharvaveda 6.114 · 3 mantras

6.114.1

यद् देवा देवहेडनं देवासश् चकृम वयम् ।
आदित्यास् तस्मान् नो युयम् ऋतस्य ऋतेन मुञ्चत ॥

yad devā devaheḍanaṃ devāsaś cakṛma vayam ।
ādityās tasmān no yuyam ṛtasya ṛtena muñcata ॥

O noble sages and scholars of divinity, whatever offence we might have committed against the divinities of nature and humanity, even though we are ourselves dedicated and enlightened, may you, brilliant sages of top Aditya order, redeem us from that by our yajnic performance according to the laws of Dharma.

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6.114.2

ऋतस्य ऋतेनादित्या यजत्रा मुञ्चतेह नः ।
यज्ञं यद् यज्ञवाहसः शिक्षन्तो नोपशेकिम ॥

ṛtasya ṛtenādityā yajatrā muñcateha naḥ ।
yajñaṃ yad yajñavāhasaḥ śikṣanto nopaśekima ॥

O brilliant sages of top Aditya order, adorable friends of humanity, constant conductors of yajna in the service of life, nature and Divinity, whatever yajna we have not been able to perform even though we are enlightened and dedicated to yajna and Dharma, pray redeem us from that sin of deprivation here in this life.

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6.114.3

मेदस्वता यजमानाः स्रुचाज्यानि जुह्वतः ।
अकामा विश्वे वो देवाः शिक्षन्तो नोप शेकिम ॥

medasvatā yajamānāḥ srucājyāni juhvataḥ ।
akāmā viśve vo devāḥ śikṣanto nopa śekima ॥

O Vishvedevas, divinities of nature and brilliant sages, free from selfish motives and desires, we yajamanas perform the yajna pouring ghrta and offering holy materials into the fire with ladles full. Still if we fail to perform the yajna as perfectly as we ought to, pray redeem us from that sin of deprivation by your vision and divine knowledge.

Atharvaveda 6.115 · 3 mantras

6.115.1

यद् विद्वांसो यद् अविद्वांस एनांसि चकृमा वयम् ।
यूयं नस् तस्मान् मुञ्चत विश्वे देवाः सजोषसः ॥

yad vidvāṃso yad avidvāṃsa enāṃsi cakṛmā vayam ।
yūyaṃ nas tasmān muñcata viśve devāḥ sajoṣasaḥ ॥

O Vishvedevas, sages and learned people, whatever sin and evil we have committed whether consciously or unconsciously, pray release us from that sin and evil, united as you are with us in harmony.

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6.115.2

यदि जाग्रद् यदि स्वपन्न् एन एनस्यो ऽकरम् ।
भूतं मा तस्माद् भव्यं च द्रुपदाद् इव मुञ्चताम् ॥

yadi jāgrad yadi svapann ena enasyo 'karam ।
bhūtaṃ mā tasmād bhavyaṃ ca drupadād iva muñcatām ॥

Whatever the sin or evil I have committed or I have wished to commit, whether when awake or asleep, then, the sinner as I am, may all people now present

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6.115.3

द्रुपदाद् इव मुमुचानः स्विन्नः स्नात्वा मलाद् इव ।
पूतं पवित्रेणेवाज्यं विश्वे शुम्भन्तु मैनसः ॥

drupadād iva mumucānaḥ svinnaḥ snātvā malād iva ।
pūtaṃ pavitreṇevājyaṃ viśve śumbhantu mainasaḥ ॥

Atharvaveda 6.116 · 3 mantras

6.116.1

यद् यामं चक्रुर् निखनन्तो अग्रे कार्षीवणा अन्नविदो न विद्यया ।
वैवस्वते राजनि तज् जुहोम्य् अथ यज्ञियं मधुमद् अस्तु नो ऽन्नम् ॥

yad yāmaṃ cakrur nikhananto agre kārṣīvaṇā annavido na vidyayā ।
vaivasvate rājani taj juhomy atha yajñiyaṃ madhumad astu no 'nnam ॥

Whatever practice and course of action ancient farmers, tilling the land for the production of food with knowledge like knowledgeable people, established and left us I follow, and unto the brilliant sovereign render the ruler’s part of the produce. May the food be honey sweet for us all, for the ruler as well as for the producer.

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6.116.2

वैवस्वतः कृणवद् भागधेयं मधुभागो मधुना सं सृजाति ।
मातुर् यद् एन इषितं न आगन् यद् वा पिता ऽपराद्धो जिहीदे ॥

vaivasvataḥ kṛṇavad bhāgadheyaṃ madhubhāgo madhunā saṃ sṛjāti ।
mātur yad ena iṣitaṃ na āgan yad vā pitā 'parāddho jihīde ॥

Let the brilliant sovereign fix the share of the state and of the producer. Honey sweet is the share of the sharer who further honey-sweetens it with the joy of satisfaction. But whatever, otherwise, comes from mother as a result of affection or ambition, or whatever father has appropriated from others, all that is sinful.

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6.116.3

यदीदं मातुर् यदि पितुर् नः परि भ्रातुः पुत्राच् चेतस एन आगन् ।
यावन्तो अस्मान् पितरः सचन्ते तेषां सर्वेषां शिवो अस्तु मन्युः ॥

yadīdaṃ mātur yadi pitur naḥ pari bhrātuḥ putrāc cetasa ena āgan ।
yāvanto asmān pitaraḥ sacante teṣāṃ sarveṣāṃ śivo astu manyuḥ ॥

If this sinful share comes to us from mother or from father or from brother, or from son, or even from our own mind’s ingenuity, then as long as the parental seniors are with us, may their mind and passion be at peace by God’s grace.

Atharvaveda 6.117 · 3 mantras

6.117.1

अपमित्यम् अप्रतीत्तं यद् अस्मि यमस्य येन बलिना चरामि ।
इदं तद् अग्ने अनृणो भवामि त्वं पाशान् विचृतं वेत्थ सर्वान् ॥

apamityam apratīttaṃ yad asmi yamasya yena balinā carāmi ।
idaṃ tad agne anṛṇo bhavāmi tvaṃ pāśān vicṛtaṃ vettha sarvān ॥

The debt of obligation I owe is not paid. I am a debtor to Yama, lord of ultimate law. However, I walk with the mighty, and that mighty, O Agni, lord of light and leadership, you are. You know all the rules of freedom from the bonds. Enlighten me that I may be free from the bonds of the debt of obligation.

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6.117.2

इहैव सन्तः प्रति दद्म एनज् जीवा जीवेभ्यो नि हराम एनत् ।
अपमित्य धान्यं यज् जघसाहम् इदं तद् अग्ने अनृणो भवामि ॥

ihaiva santaḥ prati dadma enaj jīvā jīvebhyo ni harāma enat ।
apamitya dhānyaṃ yaj jaghasāham idaṃ tad agne anṛṇo bhavāmi ॥

Let us pay back the debt of obligation while we are here, living, let us offer this gift of creative action for the other living beings and be free from the debt. Whatever food and other things I have consumed, that is my debt of obligation to others, to the law, and to the law giver. And here is this, my contribution of creation and production, and thus, O lord of light and law, Agni, I become free from the debt of obligation.

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6.117.3

अनृणा अस्मिन्न् अनृणाः परस्मिन् तृतीये लोके अनृणाः स्याम ।
ये देवयानाः पितृयाणश् च लोकाः सर्वान् पथो अनृणा आ क्षियेम ॥

anṛṇā asminn anṛṇāḥ parasmin tṛtīye loke anṛṇāḥ syāma ।
ye devayānāḥ pitṛyāṇaś ca lokāḥ sarvān patho anṛṇā ā kṣiyema ॥

Let us be free from debt here in this world. Let us be free from debt in the other. And let us be free from debt in the third world. The paths of Divinities, the paths of ancestors and life givers, all these paths, let us tread in freedom without debt over all the worlds.

Atharvaveda 6.118 · 3 mantras

6.118.1

यद् धस्ताभ्यां चकृम किल्बिषाण्य् अक्षाणां गत्नुम् उपलिप्समानाः ।
उग्रंपश्ये उग्रजितौ तद् अद्याप्सरसाव् अनु दत्ताम् ऋणं नः ॥

yad dhastābhyāṃ cakṛma kilbiṣāṇy akṣāṇāṃ gatnum upalipsamānāḥ ।
ugraṃpaśye ugrajitau tad adyāpsarasāv anu dattām ṛṇaṃ naḥ ॥

Whatever the offences we have committed with hands in action, ambitious to over-reach the starry orbits of life, then may Apsaras, circuitous dynamics of life and law, relentlessly vigilant fiery conquerors, bail us out and put us back on the right course.

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6.118.2

उग्रंपश्ये राष्ट्रभृत् किल्बिषाणि यद् अक्षवृत्तम् अनु दत्तम् न एतत् ।
ऋणान् नो न ऋणम् एर्त्समानो यमस्य लोके अधिरज्जुर् आयत् ॥

ugraṃpaśye rāṣṭrabhṛt kilbiṣāṇi yad akṣavṛttam anu dattam na etat ।
ṛṇān no na ṛṇam ertsamāno yamasya loke adhirajjur āyat ॥

O relentless watchful sustainers of the Rashtra, pray bail us out of our trespasses and put us back on course lest the agent of life and law in this world pursue us with the rope to exact the debt money rising in compound measure.

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6.118.3

यस्मा ऋणं यस्य जायाम् उपैमि यं याचमानो अभ्यैमि देवाः ।
ते वाचं वादिषुर् मोत्तरां मद् देवपत्नी अप्सरसाव् अधीतम् ॥

yasmā ṛṇaṃ yasya jāyām upaimi yaṃ yācamāno abhyaimi devāḥ ।
te vācaṃ vādiṣur mottarāṃ mad devapatnī apsarasāv adhītam ॥

Atharvaveda 6.119 · 3 mantras

6.119.1

यद् अदीव्यन्न् ऋणम् अहं कृणोम्य् अदास्यन्न् अग्ने उत संगृणामि ।
वैश्वानरो नो अधिपा वसिष्ठ उद् इन् नयाति सुकृतस्य लोकम् ॥

yad adīvyann ṛṇam ahaṃ kṛṇomy adāsyann agne uta saṃgṛṇāmi ।
vaiśvānaro no adhipā vasiṣṭha ud in nayāti sukṛtasya lokam ॥

O light of life, Agni, if I borrow without any serious purpose or make a promise without the intention to keep it, then may Vaishvanara, impeller of humanity, all promotive ruler, most radiant haven of life, raise us from such low level to high excellence and action.

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6.119.2

वैश्वानराय प्रति वेदयामि यदि ऋणं संगरो देवतासु ।
स एतान् पाशान् विचृतम् वेद सर्वान् अथ पक्वेन सह सं भवेम ॥

vaiśvānarāya prati vedayāmi yadi ṛṇaṃ saṃgaro devatāsu ।
sa etān pāśān vicṛtam veda sarvān atha pakvena saha saṃ bhavema ॥

I confess to Vaishvanara, universal benefactor, what debts I owe, what promises I have to fulfil among the divinities. He knows how to snap these snares, so we must abide by that lord of determined certainty.

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6.119.3

वैश्वानरः पविता मा पुनातु यत् संगरम् अभिधावाम्य् आशाम् ।
अनाजानन् मनसा याचमानो यत् तत्रैनो अप तत् सुवामि ॥

vaiśvānaraḥ pavitā mā punātu yat saṃgaram abhidhāvāmy āśām ।
anājānan manasā yācamāno yat tatraino apa tat suvāmi ॥

May Vaishvanara, all impeller and sanctifier, purify me, so that whatever the hope I run after, whatever the promise I make, and whatever my prayer from the heart, though all without full understanding, I may remove whatever sinful there may be in that promise, hope and prayer.

Atharvaveda 6.120 · 3 mantras

6.120.1

यद् अन्तरिक्षं पृथिवीम् उत द्याम् यन् मातरं पितरं वा जिहिंसिम ।
अयं तस्माद् गार्हपत्यो नो अग्निर् उद् इन् नयाति सुकृतस्य लोकम् ॥

yad antarikṣaṃ pṛthivīm uta dyām yan mātaraṃ pitaraṃ vā jihiṃsima ।
ayaṃ tasmād gārhapatyo no agnir ud in nayāti sukṛtasya lokam ॥

If we sin against the earth, sky, solar regions, our mother and father, and cause them hurt, violence and irreverence, then may this homely fire of yajna and hospitality redeem us from that sin to repair the damage and raise us to the higher level of noble action and spiritual excellence.

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6.120.2

भूमिर् मातादितिर् नो जनित्रं भ्रातान्तरिक्षम् अभिशस्त्या नः ।
द्यौर् नः पिता पित्र्याच् छं भवाति जामिम् ऋत्वा माव पत्सि लोकात् ॥

bhūmir mātāditir no janitraṃ bhrātāntarikṣam abhiśastyā naḥ ।
dyaur naḥ pitā pitryāc chaṃ bhavāti jāmim ṛtvā māva patsi lokāt ॥

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6.120.3

यत्रा सुहार्दः सुकृतो मदन्ति विहाय रोगं तन्वः स्वायाः ।
अश्लोना अङ्गैर् अह्रुताः स्वर्गे तत्र पश्येम पितरौ च पुत्रान् ॥

yatrā suhārdaḥ sukṛto madanti vihāya rogaṃ tanvaḥ svāyāḥ ।
aślonā aṅgair ahrutāḥ svarge tatra paśyema pitarau ca putrān ॥

Atharvaveda 6.121 · 4 mantras

6.121.1

विषाणा पाशान् वि ष्याध्य् अस्मद् य उत्तमा अधमा वारुणा ये ।
दुष्वप्न्यं दुरितं नि ष्वास्मद् अथ गछेम सुकृतस्य लोकम् ॥

viṣāṇā pāśān vi ṣyādhy asmad ya uttamā adhamā vāruṇā ye ।
duṣvapnyaṃ duritaṃ ni ṣvāsmad atha gachema sukṛtasya lokam ॥

Lord most potent, Agni, breaker of the chains of slavery, relax and remove from us all the snares of bondage, lowest as well as highest, which are controlled by Varuna, lord of cosmic justice. Remove evil thoughts and dreams and all dirt of malignity from us so that we may rise to the noble state of virtuous action.

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6.121.2

यद् दारुणि बध्यसे यच् च रज्ज्वां यद् भूम्यां बध्यसे यच् च वाचा ।
अयं तस्माद् गार्हपत्यो नो अग्निर् उद् इन् नयाति सुकृतस्य लोकम् ॥

yad dāruṇi badhyase yac ca rajjvāṃ yad bhūmyāṃ badhyase yac ca vācā ।
ayaṃ tasmād gārhapatyo no agnir ud in nayāti sukṛtasya lokam ॥

O man, if you are tied in chain to the stake on earth with your own words of promise in human affairs, then know, from all that bondage, this homely familial fire of yajna would raise you from this low status to the higher state of virtuous action.

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6.121.3

उद् अगातां भगवती विचृतौ नाम तारके ।
प्रेहामृतस्य यछतां प्रैतु बद्धकमोचनम् ॥

ud agātāṃ bhagavatī vicṛtau nāma tārake ।
prehāmṛtasya yachatāṃ praitu baddhakamocanam ॥

Let the two divine stars of knowledge and action like sun and moon, both for sure redeemers and givers of freedom, arise and give us the gift of immortality here on earth and, thus, let the release of bonded humanity go on forward.

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6.121.4

वि जिहीष्व लोकम् कृणु बन्धान् मुञ्चासि बद्धकम् ।
योन्या इव प्रच्युतो गर्भः पथः सर्वां अनु क्षिय ॥

vi jihīṣva lokam kṛṇu bandhān muñcāsi baddhakam ।
yonyā iva pracyuto garbhaḥ pathaḥ sarvāṃ anu kṣiya ॥

Atharvaveda 6.122 · 5 mantras

6.122.1

एतं भागं परि ददामि विद्वान् विश्वकर्मन् प्रथमजा ऋतस्य ।
अस्माभिर् दत्तं जरसः परस्ताद् अछिन्नं तन्तुम् अनु सं तरेम ॥

etaṃ bhāgaṃ pari dadāmi vidvān viśvakarman prathamajā ṛtasya ।
asmābhir dattaṃ jarasaḥ parastād achinnaṃ tantum anu saṃ tarema ॥

O Vishvakarma, lord creator, divine architect of the universe, you are the first manifest cause of cosmic life and law of evolution of the world of existence. Knowing this I dedicate this life’s part of my performance of Dharma to you. Pray bless us that we may complete the journey of our life by the unbroken contintuity of our yajnic performance beyond old age to the full and maintain our link with Divinity and the Divine Law.

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6.122.2

ततं तन्तुम् अन्व् एके तरन्ति येषां दत्तं पित्र्यम् आयनेन ।
अबन्ध्व् एके ददतः प्रयछन्तो दातुं चेच् छिक्षान्त् स स्वर्ग एव ॥

tataṃ tantum anv eke taranti yeṣāṃ dattaṃ pitryam āyanena ।
abandhv eke dadataḥ prayachanto dātuṃ cec chikṣānt sa svarga eva ॥

Some people complete their life’s journey by their Dharmic performance linked to Divinity, their performance consecrated to ancestors by obligation. Others, deprived of kith and kin, do their part of service as obligation to the deprived. For them too, giving for the sake of giving, life is heaven on earth itself.

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6.122.3

अन्वारभेथाम् अनुसंरभेथाम् एतं लोकं श्रद्दधानाः सचन्ते ।
यद् वां पक्वं परिविष्टम् अग्नौ तस्य गुप्तये दम्पती सं श्रयेथाम् ॥

anvārabhethām anusaṃrabhethām etaṃ lokaṃ śraddadhānāḥ sacante ।
yad vāṃ pakvaṃ pariviṣṭam agnau tasya guptaye dampatī saṃ śrayethām ॥

O wedded couples, start living right now for the service of Divinity. Love and live together with Divinity. Those who love and work with faith in life and Divinity really enjoy this world as heaven on earth. Whatever your service, work and achievement perfected in the fire discipline of yajna, live and work together for the protection, promotion and extension of that in divine service.

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6.122.4

यज्ञम् यन्तं मनसा बृहन्तम् अन्वारोहामि तपसा सयोनिः ।
उपहूता अग्ने जरसः परस्तात् तृतीये नाके सधमादं मदेम ॥

yajñam yantaṃ manasā bṛhantam anvārohāmi tapasā sayoniḥ ।
upahūtā agne jarasaḥ parastāt tṛtīye nāke sadhamādaṃ madema ॥

O Lord of light and fire of life, Agni, living here on earth with the fervour and discipline of divine service with heart and soul, we rise in the scale of the universal, expansive and rising yajna of life’s evolution. We pray that, thus called in on earth, we may live and enjoy life till full old age and after in the happy state of the third

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6.122.5

शुद्धाः पूता योषितो यज्ञिया इमा ब्रह्मणां हस्तेषु प्रपृथक् सादयामि ।
यत्काम इदं अभिषिञ्चामि वो ऽहं इन्द्रो मरुत्वान्त् स ददातु तन् मे ॥

śuddhāḥ pūtā yoṣito yajñiyā imā brahmaṇāṃ hasteṣu prapṛthak sādayāmi ।
yatkāma idaṃ abhiṣiñcāmi vo 'haṃ indro marutvānt sa dadātu tan me ॥

Atharvaveda 6.123 · 5 mantras

6.123.1

एतं सधस्थाः परि वो ददामि यं शेवधिम् आवहाज् जातवेदः ।
अन्वागन्ता यजमानः स्वस्ति तं स्म जानीत परमे व्योमन् ॥

etaṃ sadhasthāḥ pari vo dadāmi yaṃ śevadhim āvahāj jātavedaḥ ।
anvāgantā yajamānaḥ svasti taṃ sma jānīta parame vyoman ॥

O friends and inmates of the hall of yajna, I give you this treasure trove of knowledge and divine joy which Jataveda, lord omniscient, has revealed and given US. The yajamana will surely come to all good and total well being. Know That which abides in the highest heavens and shines in the deepest core and highest vision of the soul.

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6.123.2

जानीत स्मैनं परमे व्योमन् देवाः सधस्था विद लोकम् अत्र ।
अन्वागन्ता यजमानः स्वस्तीष्टापूर्तं स्म कृणुताविर् अस्मै ॥

jānīta smainaṃ parame vyoman devāḥ sadhasthā vida lokam atra ।
anvāgantā yajamānaḥ svastīṣṭāpūrtaṃ sma kṛṇutāvir asmai ॥

O friends and inmates of the hall of yajna, know this that is in the highest heaven, and know that the world too is here in. The yajamana will come to all good and total well being. Do all acts of piety of choice as well as of obligation for it openly without fear or inhibition.

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6.123.3

देवाः पितरः पितरो देवाः ।
यो अस्मि सो अस्मि ॥

devāḥ pitaraḥ pitaro devāḥ ।
yo asmi so asmi ॥

The divines are parents, parents divine. I am that who I am, the child of Divinity.

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6.123.4

स पचामि स ददामि ।
स यजे स दत्तान् मा यूषम् ॥

sa pacāmi sa dadāmi ।
sa yaje sa dattān mā yūṣam ॥

That same I am, I mature and perfect, the same I give, I join the divine, offer myself in yajna. I must never be severed or alienated from what I have given by yajna and self-sacrifice.

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6.123.5

नाके राजन् प्रति तिष्ठ तत्रैतत् प्रति तिष्ठतु ।
विद्धि पूर्तस्य नो राजन्त् स देव सुमना भव ॥

nāke rājan prati tiṣṭha tatraitat prati tiṣṭhatu ।
viddhi pūrtasya no rājant sa deva sumanā bhava ॥

Atharvaveda 6.124 · 3 mantras

6.124.1

दिवो नु माम् बृहतो अन्तरिक्षाद् अपां स्तोको अभ्य् अपप्तद् रसेन ।
सम् इन्द्रियेन पयसाहम् अग्ने छन्दोभिर् यज्ञैः सुकृतां कृतेन ॥

divo nu mām bṛhato antarikṣād apāṃ stoko abhy apaptad rasena ।
sam indriyena payasāham agne chandobhir yajñaiḥ sukṛtāṃ kṛtena ॥

From the heaven of light and boundless skies, an oceanic drop of rain has fallen, over flowing with divine ecstasy. O Agni, lord of light, with my honour and excellence, nectar sweet of taste and prosperity, with songs of joy, yajna and best of holy actions I celebrate the shower on me.

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6.124.2

यदि वृक्षाद् अभ्यपप्तत् फलं तद् यद्य् अन्तरिक्षात् स उ वायुर् एव ।
यत्रास्पृक्षत् तन्वो यच् च वासस आपो नुदन्तु निरृतिं पराचैः ॥

yadi vṛkṣād abhyapaptat phalaṃ tad yady antarikṣāt sa u vāyur eva ।
yatrāspṛkṣat tanvo yac ca vāsasa āpo nudantu nirṛtiṃ parācaiḥ ॥

If it falls from the tree, it is the fruit, if from the sky it is a drop, either way it is, a refreshing breeze which, wherever it touches, body or garment, let it, with

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6.124.3

अभ्यञ्जनं सुरभि सा समृद्धिर् हिरण्यं वर्चस् तद् उ पूत्रिमम् एव ।
सर्वा पवित्रा वितताध्य् अस्मत् तन् मा तारीन् निरृतिर् मो अरातिः ॥

abhyañjanaṃ surabhi sā samṛddhir hiraṇyaṃ varcas tad u pūtrimam eva ।
sarvā pavitrā vitatādhy asmat tan mā tārīn nirṛtir mo arātiḥ ॥

It is the soothing balm, joyous fragrance, prosperity, gold, lustrous splendour, purifying sanctity. Over the world, all purifiers are extensively spread over us. Let no want, no adversity, no calamity ever befall us.

Atharvaveda 6.125 · 3 mantras

6.125.1

वनस्पते वीड्वङ्गो हि भूया अस्मत्सखा प्रतरणः सुवीरः ।
गोभिः संनद्धो असि वीडयस्वास्थाता ते जयतु जेत्वानि ॥

vanaspate vīḍvaṅgo hi bhūyā asmatsakhā prataraṇaḥ suvīraḥ ।
gobhiḥ saṃnaddho asi vīḍayasvāsthātā te jayatu jetvāni ॥

Hero and protector of the land and forests, brilliant as the sun, friend and heroic leader crossing over crises and challenges, be strong of body and power. Committed you are to the land and traditions of humanity. Grow stronger, expand in power and strengthen us too. And may your commander win all the battles.

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6.125.2

दिवस् पृथिव्याः पर्य् ओज उद्भृतं वनस्पतिभ्यः पर्य् आभृतं सहः ।
अपाम् ओज्मानं परि गोभिर् आवृतम् इन्द्रस्य वज्रं हविषा रथं यज ॥

divas pṛthivyāḥ pary oja udbhṛtaṃ vanaspatibhyaḥ pary ābhṛtaṃ sahaḥ ।
apām ojmānaṃ pari gobhir āvṛtam indrasya vajraṃ haviṣā rathaṃ yaja ॥

Man of knowledge and power, receive, cultivate and socially promote the light and energy emanating from the sun and earth. Receive, cultivate and promote the strength, courage and endurance emanated from the trees and forests. Cultivate and promote the energy of the waters. Refine and strengthen the chariot invincible as thunder and blazing with rays of the sun, and develop it further by self-sacrifice, research and investment.

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6.125.3

इन्द्रस्यौजो मरुताम् अनीकं मित्रस्य गर्भो वरुणस्य नाभिः ।
स इमां नो हव्यदातिं जुषाणो देव रथ प्रति हव्या गृभाय ॥

indrasyaujo marutām anīkaṃ mitrasya garbho varuṇasya nābhiḥ ।
sa imāṃ no havyadātiṃ juṣāṇo deva ratha prati havyā gṛbhāya ॥

Brilliant leader and warrior, dedicated to the thunderbolt of Indra, army of the winds, light of the sun and the depth of space and the ocean as ideals, in love with the power of lightning, inner thoughts of friends and conscience of the best man, and enjoying our love and trust, you may now receive our gifts of homage for further growth and development of the nation of humanity. (These mantras occur in Rgveda 6, 47, 26-28 and yajurveda 29, 52-54. According to Swami Dayanand, on the authority of Grammar, Nirukta and the Brahmanas, ‘Ratha’ is something or some one which is a cause or source basis or provider of pleasure, peace. safety and security: It can be a chariot, a heroic person like leader or ruler, the human body, knowledge, the sun and the world itself, even the Divine Spirit.)

Atharvaveda 6.126 · 3 mantras

6.126.1

उप श्वासय पृथिवीम् उत द्यं पुरुत्रा ते वन्वतां विष्ठितम् जगत् ।
स दुन्दुभे सजूर् इन्द्रेण देवैर् दूराद् दवीयो अप सेध शत्रून् ॥

upa śvāsaya pṛthivīm uta dyaṃ purutrā te vanvatāṃ viṣṭhitam jagat ।
sa dundubhe sajūr indreṇa devair dūrād davīyo apa sedha śatrūn ॥

Heroic leader, loud and bold, let the war drum of action, your clarion call to the nation, resound over earth and sky and inspire the nation with the breath of life and passion. Let the wide world, moving and non-moving, know you with love and honour and hear the call. And, in unison with the power and grandeur of the nation and the best of brilliant nobility, let the call drive off the enemies farther than the farthest.

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6.126.2

आ क्रन्दय बलम् ओजो न आ धा अभि ष्टन दुरिता बाधमानः ।
अप सेध दुन्दुभे दुछुनाम् इत इन्द्रस्य मुष्टिर् असि वीडयस्व ॥

ā krandaya balam ojo na ā dhā abhi ṣṭana duritā bādhamānaḥ ।
apa sedha dundubhe duchunām ita indrasya muṣṭir asi vīḍayasva ॥

Brave hero, roar like winds and clouds, make the enemy cry in fear. Inspire us with spirit and lustre. Keep off the evils and calamities. Thunder as lightning, hold off the enemies at bay. O hero, overwhelm the demonic enemies with your battle cry and throw them

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6.126.3

प्रामूं जयाभीमे जयन्तु केतुमद् दुन्दुभिर् वावदीतु ।
सम् अश्वपर्णाः पतन्तु नो नरो ऽस्माकम् इन्द्र रथिनो जयन्तु ॥

prāmūṃ jayābhīme jayantu ketumad dundubhir vāvadītu ।
sam aśvaparṇāḥ patantu no naro 'smākam indra rathino jayantu ॥

Atharvaveda 6.127 · 3 mantras

6.127.1

विद्रधस्य बलासस्य लोहितस्य वनस्पते ।
विसल्पकस्यौषधे मोच् छिषः पिशितं चन ॥

vidradhasya balāsasya lohitasya vanaspate ।
visalpakasyauṣadhe moc chiṣaḥ piśitaṃ cana ॥

O Vanaspati, herbaceous plants and trees, O Oshadhi, sanative herb, leave not the least trace of the heart sore, dementia, blood problem or any disease spreading all over the body system.

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6.127.2

यौ ते बलास तिष्ठतः कक्षे मुष्काव् अपश्रितौ ।
वेदाहं तस्य भेषजं चीपुद्रुर् अभिचक्षणम् ॥

yau te balāsa tiṣṭhataḥ kakṣe muṣkāv apaśritau ।
vedāhaṃ tasya bheṣajaṃ cīpudrur abhicakṣaṇam ॥

of the two eruptions or nodules which form in the armpits or in the groin. The cure tried for sure is chipudru.

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6.127.3

यो अङ्ग्यो यः कर्ण्यो यो अक्ष्योर् विसल्पकः ।
वि वृहामो विसल्पकं विद्रधं हृदयामयम् ।
परा तम् अज्ञातम् यक्ष्मम् अधराञ्चं सुवामसि ॥

yo aṅgyo yaḥ karṇyo yo akṣyor visalpakaḥ ।
vi vṛhāmo visalpakaṃ vidradhaṃ hṛdayāmayam ।
parā tam ajñātam yakṣmam adharāñcaṃ suvāmasi ॥

Whatever infection or weakness of the limbs, ears, eyes, spreading around upto the infection and weakness of the heart, we cure upto the root. And whatever consumptive disease there be, unknown, we diagnose and root out downward through diet and expurgation.

Atharvaveda 6.128 · 4 mantras

6.128.1

शकधूमं नक्षत्राणि यद् राजानम् अकुर्वत ।
भद्राहम् अस्मै प्रायछन् इदं राष्ट्रम् असाद् इति ॥

śakadhūmaṃ nakṣatrāṇi yad rājānam akurvata ।
bhadrāham asmai prāyachan idaṃ rāṣṭram asād iti ॥

The day when the planets accepted the star as the ruler and made him the wielder of power so that the system could be a Rashtra, a self-controlled self-governing social order, that was the auspicious day for them, created for them and given unto themselves and to the ruling star. (This same is the way the ruler of the Rashtra is elected and appointed, the way the constitution is made and adopted.)

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6.128.2

भद्राहं नो मध्यंदिने भद्राहं सायम् अस्तु नः ।
भद्राहं नो अह्नां प्राता रात्री भद्राहम् अस्तु नः ॥

bhadrāhaṃ no madhyaṃdine bhadrāhaṃ sāyam astu naḥ ।
bhadrāhaṃ no ahnāṃ prātā rātrī bhadrāham astu naḥ ॥

Let the day be auspicious for us at mid-day, let the day be auspicious in the evening, let the day be auspicious for us in the morning, and let the night too of every day be auspicious for us.

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6.128.3

अहोरात्राभ्यां नक्षत्रेभ्यः सुर्याचन्द्रमसाभ्याम् ।
भद्राहम् अस्मभ्यं राजन् छकधूम त्वं कृधि ॥

ahorātrābhyāṃ nakṣatrebhyaḥ suryācandramasābhyām ।
bhadrāham asmabhyaṃ rājan chakadhūma tvaṃ kṛdhi ॥

O Ruler, mighty star among planets, make the day auspicious for us by day and night, by the planets and by the sun and moon.

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6.128.4

यो नो भद्राहम् अकरः सायं नक्तम् अथो दिवा ।
तस्मै ते नक्षत्रराज शकधूम सदा नमः ॥

yo no bhadrāham akaraḥ sāyaṃ naktam atho divā ।
tasmai te nakṣatrarāja śakadhūma sadā namaḥ ॥

O Ruler of the planets, refulgent among people, mover and shaker of things around, who provide for a happy day for us, a happy evening, auspicious days and nights, homage and salutations to you always.

Atharvaveda 6.129 · 3 mantras

6.129.1

भगेन मा शांशपेन साकम् इन्द्रेण मेदिना ।
कृणोमि भगिनं माप द्रान्त्व् अरातयः ॥

bhagena mā śāṃśapena sākam indreṇa medinā ।
kṛṇomi bhaginaṃ māpa drāntv arātayaḥ ॥

By the grace of Indra, lord of glory, beatific and blissful, I work and raise myself to prosperity, power and good fortune with excellence, and then, I pray, let all want, adversity, meanness and miserliness flee away from me.

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6.129.2

येन वृक्षां अभ्यभवो भगेन वर्चसा सह ।
तेन मा भगिनं कृण्व् अप द्रान्त्व् अरातयः ॥

yena vṛkṣāṃ abhyabhavo bhagena varcasā saha ।
tena mā bhaginaṃ kṛṇv apa drāntv arātayaḥ ॥

O Lord, by the power, prosperity and excellence of light and lustre with which you exceed and transcend all things of beauty and grandeur cherished by all, pray bless me and make me excellent, and then, I pray, let all want, misery, meanness and miserliness flee away from me.

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6.129.3

यो अन्धो यः पुनःसरो भगो वृक्षेष्व् आहितः ।
तेन मा भगिनं कृण्व् अप द्रान्त्व् अरातयः ॥

yo andho yaḥ punaḥsaro bhago vṛkṣeṣv āhitaḥ ।
tena mā bhaginaṃ kṛṇv apa drāntv arātayaḥ ॥

O Lord of glory, by that soma peace and vitality.

Atharvaveda 6.130 · 4 mantras

6.130.1

रथजितां राथजितेयीनाम् अप्सरसाम् अयं स्मरः ।
देवाः प्र हिणुत स्मरम् असौ माम् अनु शोचतु ॥

rathajitāṃ rāthajiteyīnām apsarasām ayaṃ smaraḥ ।
devāḥ pra hiṇuta smaram asau mām anu śocatu ॥

Of the cosmic forces which comprehend all the true, good and beautiful things and values of life, and of the cosmic waves of the universal mind which lead to comprehension of all that is true, good and beautiful, this Vedic knowledge is the memory content. O divinities of nature and brilliant scholars of humanity, pray invoke and promote this divine knowledge, and may that divine mind enlighten and sanctify me.

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6.130.2

असौ मे स्मरताद् इति प्रियो मे स्मरताद् इति ।
देवाः प्र हिणुत स्मरम् असौ माम् अनु शोचतु ॥

asau me smaratād iti priyo me smaratād iti ।
devāḥ pra hiṇuta smaram asau mām anu śocatu ॥

May that cosmic omniscience remember me for my sake: this is all. Let the darling Divine remember me for my sake: this is all. O divinities of nature and brilliant sages, pray invoke and promote this divine knowledge, and may that divine mind enlighten and sanctify me.

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6.130.3

यथा मम स्मराद् असौ नामुष्याहं कदा चन ।
देवाः प्र हिणुत स्मरम् असौ माम् अनु शोचतु ॥

yathā mama smarād asau nāmuṣyāhaṃ kadā cana ।
devāḥ pra hiṇuta smaram asau mām anu śocatu ॥

As that cosmic intelligence would remember me, so would I never fall off from Divinity. O divinities of nature and sagely scholars of humanity, pray invoke and promote this divine knowledge, and may that divine mind enlighten and sanctify me. (Refer also to Yajurveda

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6.130.4

उन् मादयत मरुत उद् अन्तरिक्ष मादय ।
अग्न उन् मादया त्वम् असौ माम् अनु शोचतु ॥

un mādayata maruta ud antarikṣa mādaya ।
agna un mādayā tvam asau mām anu śocatu ॥

O Maruts, cosmic winds and vibrant sages, arouse the divine memory in me. O skies, arouse the divine ecstasies in me. O Agni, leading light of Divinity, enlightened teacher of Vedic knowledge, awake the love and joy of learning in me and arouse the cosmic frequency in my mind. And may that divine mind, thus, enlighten and sanctify me. (Refer also to Yajurveda 34,

Atharvaveda 6.131 · 3 mantras

6.131.1

नि शीर्षतो नि पत्तत आध्यो नि तिरामि ते ।
देवाः प्र हिणुत स्मरम् असौ माम् अनु शोचतु ॥

ni śīrṣato ni pattata ādhyo ni tirāmi te ।
devāḥ pra hiṇuta smaram asau mām anu śocatu ॥

O Smara, divine love and cosmic memory, with the very basis of my foundations upto the highest intelligence, I explore and float over thoughts and reflections of divine love and memory. O divinities of nature and sages of humanity, pray invoke and arouse this knowledge and love and may that divine mind enlighten and sanctify me.

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6.131.2

अनुमते ऽन्व् इदं मन्यस्वाकुते सम् इदं नमः ।
देवाः प्र हिणुत स्मरम् असौ माम् अनु शोचतु ॥

anumate 'nv idaṃ manyasvākute sam idaṃ namaḥ ।
devāḥ pra hiṇuta smaram asau mām anu śocatu ॥

O cooperative and definitive faculty of the mind, explore, infer and crystallise the nature and context of this love and divine knowledge, use all your potential to think with total submission and surrender. O divinities of nature and humanity, pray invoke and arouse this knowledge and love and may the divine mind enlighten and sanctify me.

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6.131.3

यद् धावसि त्रियोजनं पञ्चयोजनम् आश्विनम् ।
ततस् त्वं पुनर् आयसि पुत्राणां नो असः पिता ॥

yad dhāvasi triyojanaṃ pañcayojanam āśvinam ।
tatas tvaṃ punar āyasi putrāṇāṃ no asaḥ pitā ॥

O divine love and cosmic memory, though you may elude me by three yojanas, i.e., be beyond the earth, the sky and the solar regions, beyond five yojanas, i.e., beyond the five senses and five pranas, or even beyond the possibility of attainment by mind, intelligence, memory and the imagination, still you would come back and bless because you are our ultimate sustainer, your children on earth.

Atharvaveda 6.132 · 5 mantras

6.132.1

यं देवाः स्मरम् असिञ्चन्न् अप्स्व् अन्तः शोशुचानं सहाध्या ।
तं ते तपामि वरुणस्य धर्मणा ॥

yaṃ devāḥ smaram asiñcann apsv antaḥ śośucānaṃ sahādhyā ।
taṃ te tapāmi varuṇasya dharmaṇā ॥

That smara, divine love and intimations of cosmic memory, which the divinities poured into the human mind and faculties of perception and volition, enlightening and sanctifying it with thought, reflection and intuition, that same love and memory I develop, mature and perfect with the knowledge and discipline of Varuna, lord of light and judgement, O lord of love, in your service.

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6.132.2

यं विश्वे देवाः स्मरम् असिञ्चन्न् अप्स्व् अन्तः शोशुचानं सहाध्या ।
तं ते तपामि वरुणस्य धर्मणा ॥

yaṃ viśve devāḥ smaram asiñcann apsv antaḥ śośucānaṃ sahādhyā ।
taṃ te tapāmi varuṇasya dharmaṇā ॥

That smara, divine love and intimations of cosmic memory, so enlightening and sanctifying, which all saints and sages, scholars, poets and teachers of the world, parents, literature and traditions poured into the human mind and faculties of perception and action with thought, reflection and intuition, that same love and memory I develop, mature and season to perfection with the discipline and Dharma of Varuna, lord of light and judgement, O lord of love in your service.

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6.132.3

यम् इन्द्राणी स्मरम् असिञ्चद् अप्स्व् अन्तः शोशुचानं सहाध्या ।
तं ते तपामि वरुणस्य धर्मणा ॥

yam indrāṇī smaram asiñcad apsv antaḥ śośucānaṃ sahādhyā ।
taṃ te tapāmi varuṇasya dharmaṇā ॥

That smara, divine love and intimations of cosmic memory, so enlightening, purifying and sanctifying, which Indrani, power, prosperity and excellence of the life of human nation, poured into the national mind and faculties of the corporate personality, with thought, reflection and social genius, that same love and memory I develop, mature and season to perfection with the discipline and Dharma of Varuna, social sense of generosity and justice of the nation’s honour.

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6.132.4

यम् इन्द्राग्नी स्मरम् असिञ्चताम् अप्स्व् अन्तः शोशुचानं सहाध्या ।
तं ते तपामि वरुणस्य धर्मणा ॥

yam indrāgnī smaram asiñcatām apsv antaḥ śośucānaṃ sahādhyā ।
taṃ te tapāmi varuṇasya dharmaṇā ॥

That smara, divine love and intimations of universal knowledge and wisdom, enlightening, purifying and elevating, which Indragni, powers of law, governance and national defence, and the leading lights of knowledge, education and culture, poured into the mind and faculties of the nation’s perception, thought and action with reflection, analysis and judgement of situations, that same love and universal wisdom I develop and refine with the discipline and Dharma of Varuna, lord of universal watch, judgement and dispensation.

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6.132.5

यम् मित्रावरुणौ स्मरम् असिञ्चताम् अप्स्व् अन्तः शोशुचानं सहाध्या ।
तं ते तपामि वरुणस्य धर्मणा ॥

yam mitrāvaruṇau smaram asiñcatām apsv antaḥ śośucānaṃ sahādhyā ।
taṃ te tapāmi varuṇasya dharmaṇā ॥

That smara, universal love and cosmic memory of life’s nature and potential, enlightening, purifying and elevating, which Mitra and Varuna, divine love and judgement, sun and moon, air and ocean, and the nation’s sense of love and pride, on the one hand, and the sense of judgement and reality, on the other, poured into the mind and action of the people with self-confidence and objectivity, that same love and judgement, and confidence and caution. I develop and refine with the discipline and Dharma of Varuna, the nation’s law and constitution without forsaking the vision and faith in Divinity.

Atharvaveda 6.133 · 5 mantras

6.133.1

य इमां देवो मेखलाम् आबबन्ध यः संननाह य उ नो युयोज ।
यस्य देवस्य प्रशिषा चरामः स पारम् इछात् स उ नो वि मुञ्चात् ॥

ya imāṃ devo mekhalām ābabandha yaḥ saṃnanāha ya u no yuyoja ।
yasya devasya praśiṣā carāmaḥ sa pāram ichāt sa u no vi muñcāt ॥

The divine, brilliant and generous teacher who tied the girdle, firmed it and assigned us the task in studies and later in life, by whose word, order and discipline we learn, act and live in life, may he wish us all success and lead us to fulfil our duties and obligations to freedom.

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6.133.2

आहुतास्य् अभिहुत ऋषीणाम् अस्य् आयुधम् ।
पूर्वा व्रतस्य प्राश्नती वीरघ्नी भव मेखले ॥

āhutāsy abhihuta ṛṣīṇām asy āyudham ।
pūrvā vratasya prāśnatī vīraghnī bhava mekhale ॥

O Girdle of the celibate seeker of knowledge, you are freely elected for and taken on, you are the yajnic oblation of self-sacrifice, you are the inviolable weapon of the sages, you are the fore-mark of the discipline of dedication, the very food and sustenance of life and action, and you are the destroyer of formidable negativities and saviour from sins of omission and commission.

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6.133.3

मृत्योर् अहं ब्रह्मचारी यद् अस्मि निर्याचन् भूतात् पुरुषं यमाय ।
तम् अहं ब्रह्मणा तपसा श्रमेणानयैनं मेखलया सिनामि ॥

mṛtyor ahaṃ brahmacārī yad asmi niryācan bhūtāt puruṣaṃ yamāya ।
tam ahaṃ brahmaṇā tapasā śrameṇānayainaṃ mekhalayā sināmi ॥

Brahmachari as I am, a dedicated celibate student of life and death, I ask of ever existent Death for one person, one soul, away for Yama, a life of discipline and education, and that one person I bind with Brahma, divine knowledge, hard discipline, hard labour and this girdle, the mark of discipline and dedication to life against the onslaught of death.

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6.133.4

श्रद्धाया दुहिता तपसो ऽधि जाता स्वसा ऋषीणां भूतकृतां बभूव ।
सा नो मेखले मतिम् आ धेहि मेधाम् अथो नो धेहि तप इन्द्रियं च ॥

śraddhāyā duhitā tapaso 'dhi jātā svasā ṛṣīṇāṃ bhūtakṛtāṃ babhūva ।
sā no mekhale matim ā dhehi medhām atho no dhehi tapa indriyaṃ ca ॥

O Girdle, you are the daughter of Shraddha, inviolable faith in truth, bom of Tapas, hard, relentless discipline of body, mind and soul, and sister of the Rshis, sages of noble actions among humanity. O Girdle, bring us understanding and intellect, genius and discrimination, tapas, inviolable dedication and moral and spiritual honour and excellence.

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6.133.5

यां त्वा पूर्वे भूतकृत ऋषयः परिबेधिरे ।
सा त्वं परि ष्वजस्व मां दीर्घायुत्वाय मेखले ॥

yāṃ tvā pūrve bhūtakṛta ṛṣayaḥ paribedhire ।
sā tvaṃ pari ṣvajasva māṃ dīrghāyutvāya mekhale ॥

O Girdle of discipline and celibacy which the

Atharvaveda 6.134 · 3 mantras

6.134.1

अयं वज्रस् तर्पयताम् ऋतस्यावास्य राष्ट्रम् अप हन्तु जीवितम् ।
शृणातु ग्रीवाः प्र शृणातूष्णिहा वृत्रस्येव शचीपतिः ॥

ayaṃ vajras tarpayatām ṛtasyāvāsya rāṣṭram apa hantu jīvitam ।
śṛṇātu grīvāḥ pra śṛṇātūṣṇihā vṛtrasyeva śacīpatiḥ ॥

May this Vajra, thunderbolt of law, justice and dispensation within, and the defence forces against enemies from outside fulfil the needs of the rule of law, truth and justice. May it eliminate the strongholds of enemies and the very life and existence of negative and destructive forces. Let it snap their activities and block the life flow of their system just like Indra, thunder and lightning breaking the dark clouds.

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6.134.2

अधरोऽधर उत्तरेभ्यो गूढः पृथिव्या मोत् सृपत् ।
वज्रेणावहतः शयाम् ॥

adharo'dhara uttarebhyo gūḍhaḥ pṛthivyā mot sṛpat ।
vajreṇāvahataḥ śayām ॥

Let the enemy lie down and low below the higher ones in the depth of earth. Let him never rise up, let him lie flat, smitten by the thunderbolt.

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6.134.3

यो जिनाति तम् अन्विछ यो जिनाति तम् इज् जहि ।
जिनतो वज्र त्वं सीमन्तम् अन्वञ्चम् अनु पातय ॥

yo jināti tam anvicha yo jināti tam ij jahi ।
jinato vajra tvaṃ sīmantam anvañcam anu pātaya ॥

O thunderbolt of law and punishment, seek out whoever oppresses, catch hold of whoever oppresses and tyrannizes and throw him off. O wielder of power and force of thunderous law, push down the head of the violent, oppressor and the terrorist. Let him never raise his head.

Atharvaveda 6.135 · 3 mantras

6.135.1

यद् अश्नामि बलं कुर्व इत्थं वज्रम् आ ददे ।
स्कन्धान् अमुष्य शातयन् वृत्रस्येव शचीपतिः ॥

yad aśnāmi balaṃ kurva itthaṃ vajram ā dade ।
skandhān amuṣya śātayan vṛtrasyeva śacīpatiḥ ॥

Whatever I eat, I turn into strength, and thus I wield the Vajra, lustrous weapon of inviolable diamond quality breaking the shoulders of the enemy just like the sun breaking the dark clouds.

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6.135.2

यत् पिबामि सं पिबामि समुद्र इव संपिबः ।
प्राणान् अमुष्य संपाय सं पिबामो अमुं वयम् ॥

yat pibāmi saṃ pibāmi samudra iva saṃpibaḥ ।
prāṇān amuṣya saṃpāya saṃ pibāmo amuṃ vayam ॥

Whatever I drink I drink well and wholly like the sea which drinks up and consumes all the streams, and thus having consumed the strength of the enemy, we exhaust him of all his vitality.

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6.135.3

यद् गिरामि सं गिरामि समुद्र इव संगिरः ।
प्राणान् अमुष्य संगीर्य सं गिरामो अमुम् वयम् ॥

yad girāmi saṃ girāmi samudra iva saṃgiraḥ ।
prāṇān amuṣya saṃgīrya saṃ girāmo amum vayam ॥

Atharvaveda 6.136 · 3 mantras

6.136.1

देवी देव्याम् अधि जाता पृथिव्याम् अस्य् ओषधे ।
तां त्वा नितत्नि केशेभ्यो दृंहणाय खनामसि ॥

devī devyām adhi jātā pṛthivyām asy oṣadhe ।
tāṃ tvā nitatni keśebhyo dṛṃhaṇāya khanāmasi ॥

O divine Oshadhi, Nitatni, born and growing on the divine earth, we dig you up for strong and luxurious hair.

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6.136.2

दृंह प्रत्नान् जनयाजातान् जातान् उ वर्षीयसस् कृधि ॥

dṛṃha pratnān janayājātān jātān u varṣīyasas kṛdhi ॥

Strengthen the old wearing out hair, grow where hair has not grown, and where hair is grown, make it long and luxurious.

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6.136.3

यस् ते केशो ऽवपद्यते समूलो यश् च वृश्चते ।
इदं तं विश्वभेषज्याभि षिञ्चामि वीरुधा ॥

yas te keśo 'vapadyate samūlo yaś ca vṛścate ।
idaṃ taṃ viśvabheṣajyābhi ṣiñcāmi vīrudhā ॥

O man, if your hair falls off, or if it falls off from the root, all this I revitalise and strengthen with this herbal tonic for all hair problems.

Atharvaveda 6.137 · 3 mantras

6.137.1

यां जमदग्निर् अखनद् दुहित्रे केशवर्धनीम् ।
तां वीतहव्य आभरद् असितस्य गृहेभ्यः ॥

yāṃ jamadagnir akhanad duhitre keśavardhanīm ।
tāṃ vītahavya ābharad asitasya gṛhebhyaḥ ॥

The herb Nitatni which the brilliant scholar of medicinal yajna discovered and dug out for the growth of girls’ hair for long and luxurious beauty, the seeker of efficacious remedy brings up to the homes of unruly haired.

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6.137.2

अभीशुना मेया आसन् व्यामेनानुमेयाः ।
केशा नडा इव वर्धन्तां शीर्ष्णस् ते असिताः परि ॥

abhīśunā meyā āsan vyāmenānumeyāḥ ।
keśā naḍā iva vardhantāṃ śīrṣṇas te asitāḥ pari ॥

The length and quality of hair is to be measured first by brightness of sun-rays and then by the length of both arms. Let the hair of head grow like reeds of a lake and be jet black par excellence for you.

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6.137.3

दृंह मूलम् आग्रं यछ वि मध्यं यामयौषधे ।
केशा नडा इव वर्धन्ताम् शीर्ष्णस् ते असिताः परि ॥

dṛṃha mūlam āgraṃ yacha vi madhyaṃ yāmayauṣadhe ।
keśā naḍā iva vardhantām śīrṣṇas te asitāḥ pari ॥

Atharvaveda 6.138 · 5 mantras

6.138.1

त्वं वीरुधां श्रेष्ठतमाभिश्रुतास्य् ओषधे ।
इमं मे अद्य पुरुषं क्लीबम् ओपशिनं कृधि ॥

tvaṃ vīrudhāṃ śreṣṭhatamābhiśrutāsy oṣadhe ।
imaṃ me adya puruṣaṃ klībam opaśinaṃ kṛdhi ॥

O Oshadhi, you are the best of herbs, most highly praised and renowned. Please cure this impotent man, this effeminate man, my patient, today, and make him full man.

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6.138.2

क्लीबं कृध्य् ओपशिनम् अथो कुरीरिणं कृधि ।
अथास्येन्द्रो ग्रावभ्याम् उभे भिनत्त्व् आण्ड्यौ ॥

klībaṃ kṛdhy opaśinam atho kurīriṇaṃ kṛdhi ।
athāsyendro grāvabhyām ubhe bhinattv āṇḍyau ॥

Make the impotent man actively potent. Make the effeminate man actively virile. O physician, Indra, with the sanative, ground and energised, cure both his seminal glands, removing the obstruction.

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6.138.3

क्लीब क्लीबं त्वाकरं वध्रे वध्रिं त्वाकरम् अरसारसं त्वाकरम् ।
कुरीरम् अस्य शीर्षणि कुम्बं चाधिनिदध्मसि ॥

klība klībaṃ tvākaraṃ vadhre vadhriṃ tvākaram arasārasaṃ tvākaram ।
kurīram asya śīrṣaṇi kumbaṃ cādhinidadhmasi ॥

O impotent man, I have cured the impotence. O debilitated, I have cured the debility. O cold and frigid, I have cured the frigidity. We restore activity, excitation and desire into the brain centres of this patient.

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6.138.4

ये ते नाद्यौ देवकृते ययोस् तिष्ठति वृष्ण्यम् ।
ते ते भिनद्मि शम्ययामुष्या अधि मुष्कयोः ॥

ye te nādyau devakṛte yayos tiṣṭhati vṛṣṇyam ।
te te bhinadmi śamyayāmuṣyā adhi muṣkayoḥ ॥

In the two natural seminal ducts in which resides sexual fluidity, there on the seminal glands I open the flow with the surgical pin.

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6.138.5

यथा नडम् कशिपुने स्त्रियो भिन्दन्त्य् अश्मना ।
एवा भिनद्मि ते शेपो ऽमुष्या अधि मुष्कयोः ॥

yathā naḍam kaśipune striyo bhindanty aśmanā ।
evā bhinadmi te śepo 'muṣyā adhi muṣkayoḥ ॥

Just as women beat the ‘nada’ grass with stone for cover, so do I open the seminal passage of your organ above the seminal glands beside the sexual nerve.

Atharvaveda 6.139 · 5 mantras

6.139.1

न्यस्तिका रुरोहिथ सुभगंकरणी मम ।
शतं तव प्रतानास् त्रयस्त्रिंशन् नितानाः ॥
तया सहस्रपर्ण्या हृदयं शोषयामि ते ॥

nyastikā rurohitha subhagaṃkaraṇī mama ।
śataṃ tava pratānās trayastriṃśan nitānāḥ ।|
tayā sahasraparṇyā hṛdayaṃ śoṣayāmi te ॥

Here you arise and emerge, conjugal spirit of love, bright harbinger of good fortune for me. Hundred are your expansive versatilities of life. Thirty-three are your defined interests in respect of divinities of nature and humanity. O maiden of my love, with that same art and versatility of hundredfold possibilities of conjugal bliss, I afflict your heart with love and desire.

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6.139.2

शुष्यतु मयि ते हृदयम् अथो शुष्यत्व् आस्यम् ।
अथो नि शुष्य मां कामेनाथो शुष्कास्या चर ॥

śuṣyatu mayi te hṛdayam atho śuṣyatv āsyam ।
atho ni śuṣya māṃ kāmenātho śuṣkāsyā cara ॥

Let your heart be afflicted with love for me. Let your mouth be parched with love. Afflict me too with love, excite me with care, and live you too and roam around with mouth parched for love.

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6.139.3

संवननी समुष्पला बभ्रु कल्याणि सं नुद ।
अमूं च मां च सं नुद समानं हृदयं कृधि ॥

saṃvananī samuṣpalā babhru kalyāṇi saṃ nuda ।
amūṃ ca māṃ ca saṃ nuda samānaṃ hṛdayaṃ kṛdhi ॥

O spirit of conjugality full of love and mutuality, excitingly inspiring and keen for familial settlement, generous harbinger of good fortune, inspire and move both her and me, arise and let our hearts be equally

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6.139.4

यथोदकम् अपपुषो ऽपशुष्यत्य् आस्यम् ।
एवा नि शुष्य मां कामेनाथो शुष्कास्या चर ॥

yathodakam apapuṣo 'paśuṣyaty āsyam ।
evā ni śuṣya māṃ kāmenātho śuṣkāsyā cara ॥

Just as the mouth of a thirsty man deprived of water dries up, unslaked, thus, O conjugal love, dry up my mouth with love and desire for the maiden. And thus too, O lady of love at heart, roam around, your mouth afflicted, unslaked, thirsting for love.

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6.139.5

यथा नकुलो विछिद्य संदधात्य् अहिं पुनः ।
एवा कामस्य विछिन्नं सं धेहि वीर्यावति ॥

yathā nakulo vichidya saṃdadhāty ahiṃ punaḥ ।
evā kāmasya vichinnaṃ saṃ dhehi vīryāvati ॥

Just as ‘Nakula’, non-compromiser with evil, having broken through ‘Ahi’, dark cloud of passion, settles back to peace and inner joy, so, O Viryavati, spirit of life’s love and vigour, come and let us settle, both in love and peace as one whole in spirit, though otherwise split individualities for want of love, in search of love and fulfilment.

Atharvaveda 6.140 · 3 mantras

6.140.1

यौ व्याघ्राव् अवरूधौ जिघत्सतः पितरं मातरं च ।
तौ दन्तं ब्रह्मणस् पते शिवौ कृणु जातवेदः ॥

yau vyāghrāv avarūdhau jighatsataḥ pitaraṃ mātaraṃ ca ।
tau dantaṃ brahmaṇas pate śivau kṛṇu jātavedaḥ ॥

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6.140.2

व्रीहिम् अत्तं यवम् अत्तम् अथो माषम् अथो तिलम् ।
एष वां भागो निहितो रत्नधेयाय दन्तौ मा हिंसिष्टं पितरम् मातरं च ॥

vrīhim attaṃ yavam attam atho māṣam atho tilam ।
eṣa vāṃ bhāgo nihito ratnadheyāya dantau mā hiṃsiṣṭaṃ pitaram mātaraṃ ca ॥

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6.140.3

उपहूतौ सयुजौ स्योनौ दन्तौ सुमङ्गलौ ।
अन्यत्र वां घोरं तन्वः परैतु दन्तौ मा हिंसिष्टं पितरं मातरं च ॥

upahūtau sayujau syonau dantau sumaṅgalau ।
anyatra vāṃ ghoraṃ tanvaḥ paraitu dantau mā hiṃsiṣṭaṃ pitaraṃ mātaraṃ ca ॥

Atharvaveda 6.141 · 3 mantras

6.141.1

वायुर् एनाः समाकरत् त्वष्टा पोषाय ध्रियताम् ।
इन्द्र आभ्यो अधि ब्रवद् रुद्रो भूम्ने चिकित्सतु ॥

vāyur enāḥ samākarat tvaṣṭā poṣāya dhriyatām ।
indra ābhyo adhi bravad rudro bhūmne cikitsatu ॥

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6.141.2

लोहितेन स्वधितिना मिथुनं कर्णयोः कृधि ।
अकर्ताम् अश्विना लक्ष्म तद् अस्तु प्रजया बहु ॥

lohitena svadhitinā mithunaṃ karṇayoḥ kṛdhi ।
akartām aśvinā lakṣma tad astu prajayā bahu ॥

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6.141.3

यथा चक्रुर् देवासुरा यथा मनुष्या उत ।
एवा सहस्रपोषाय कृणुतं लक्ष्माश्विना ॥

yathā cakrur devāsurā yathā manuṣyā uta ।
evā sahasrapoṣāya kṛṇutaṃ lakṣmāśvinā ॥

Atharvaveda 6.142 · 3 mantras

6.142.1

उच् छ्रयस्व बहुर् भव स्वेन महसा यव ।
मृणीहि विश्वा पात्राणि मा त्वा दिव्याशनिर् वधीत् ॥

uc chrayasva bahur bhava svena mahasā yava ।
mṛṇīhi viśvā pātrāṇi mā tvā divyāśanir vadhīt ॥

O barely crop, rise and grow abundant by your own natural fercundity. Fill up all the food stores of the world. Let no hail or thunder from the sky strike you.

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6.142.2

आशृण्वन्तं यवं देवं यत्र त्वाछावदामसि ।
तद् उच् छ्रयस्व द्यौर् इव समुद्र इवैध्य् अक्षितः ॥

āśṛṇvantaṃ yavaṃ devaṃ yatra tvāchāvadāmasi ।
tad uc chrayasva dyaur iva samudra ivaidhy akṣitaḥ ॥

O yava, O food, where we praise and exalt you as divine, there listening and sustaining us, grow and rise like the light of heaven, expand and roll like the ocean, unbounded, unviolated.

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6.142.3

अक्षितास् त उपसदो ऽक्षिताः सन्तु राशयः ।
पृणन्तो अक्षिताः सन्त्व् अत्तारः सन्त्व् अक्षिताः ॥

akṣitās ta upasado 'kṣitāḥ santu rāśayaḥ ।
pṛṇanto akṣitāḥ santv attāraḥ santv akṣitāḥ ॥

Let the producers be inexhaustible, let the stores be inexhaustible, let the food givers be inexhaustible, O yava, and let the beneficiaries be inexhaustible.