7. Kāṇḍa 7 — Short hymns — varied invocations

Atharvaveda 7.1 · 2 mantras

7.1.1

धीती वा ये अनयन् वाचो अग्रं मनसा वा ये ऽवदन्न् ऋतानि ।
तृतीयेन ब्रह्मणा वावृधानास् तुरीयेणामन्वत नाम धेनोः ॥

dhītī vā ye anayan vāco agraṃ manasā vā ye 'vadann ṛtāni ।
tṛtīyena brahmaṇā vāvṛdhānās turīyeṇāmanvata nāma dhenoḥ ॥

Those who reach to the origin and the original of the Word or highest language through meditation, and who speak but only and exclusively of the law and spirit of Reality, grow on from the objective and the psychic phases of reality and consciousness to the third phase of consciousness and reality, and by the grace of the third phase, the Spirit Divine and the Vedic vision, reach to the fourth, absolute state of Turiya, and through the Turiya attain to the origin and the original of the Word, Brahma, where the Name, Aum, and the named, Akshara Brahma, are one and the same. (For further understanding of this mantra reference may be made to Atharva-vediya Mandukyopanishad.)

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7.1.2

स वेद पुत्रः पितरं स मातरं स सूनुर् भुवत् स भुवत् पुनर्मघः ।
स द्याम् और्णोद् अन्तरिक्षं स्वः स इदं विश्वम् अभवत् स आभरत् ॥

sa veda putraḥ pitaraṃ sa mātaraṃ sa sūnur bhuvat sa bhuvat punarmaghaḥ ।
sa dyām aurṇod antarikṣaṃ svaḥ sa idaṃ viśvam abhavat sa ābharat ॥

He the All-Saviour pervades the heavens and the earth, which are father and mother of the world of existence. He is the creator and the inspirer of life. He takes on the glory and majesty of existence again and again. He pervades, comprehends and sustains the regions of bliss, the regions of light and the middle regions of the sky. He pervades this entire universe. He is present everywhere, here and now and always.

Atharvaveda 7.2 · 1 mantras

7.2.1

अथर्वाणं पितरं देवबन्धुं मातुर् गर्भं पितुर् असुं युवानम् ।
य इमं यज्ञम् मनसा चिकेत प्र णो वोचस् तम् इहेह ब्रवः ॥

atharvāṇaṃ pitaraṃ devabandhuṃ mātur garbhaṃ pitur asuṃ yuvānam ।
ya imaṃ yajñam manasā ciketa pra ṇo vocas tam iheha bravaḥ ॥

He that has realised with mind and soul and thus knows this adorable Brahma may speak to us here and now of It: unmoved and immovable, father of existence, controller and concomitant of the divinities such as sun and moon, innermost creative spirit of Mother Nature, the life spirit of the regions of light, ever young beyond age and decay.

Atharvaveda 7.3 · 1 mantras

7.3.1

अया विष्ठा जनयन् कर्वराणि स हि घृणिर् उरुर् वराय गातुः ।
स प्रत्युदैद् धरुणं मध्वो अग्रं स्वया तन्वा तन्वम् ऐरयत ॥

ayā viṣṭhā janayan karvarāṇi sa hi ghṛṇir urur varāya gātuḥ ।
sa pratyudaid dharuṇaṃ madhvo agraṃ svayā tanvā tanvam airayata ॥

Atharvaveda 7.4 · 1 mantras

7.4.1

एकया च दशभिश् च सुहुते द्वाभ्याम् इष्टये विंशत्या च ।
तिसृभिश् च वहसे त्रिंशता च वियुग्भिर् वाय इह ता वि मुञ्च ॥

ekayā ca daśabhiś ca suhute dvābhyām iṣṭaye viṃśatyā ca ।
tisṛbhiś ca vahase triṃśatā ca viyugbhir vāya iha tā vi muñca ॥

O Vayu, vibrant all-present Spirit of the universe, nobly worshipped with love and faith, O pranic energy of life, for the realisation of our cherished desire for self-fulfilment, you conduct this body chariot of our earthly existence with one and ten, two and twenty, three and thirty holily yoked horse-powers. Pray release all those here. (Reference may be made to Kathopanishad 1, 1, 3-4, where the human body is called a chariot, the soul, the master, and the senses, the horses, with mind as the driver. Five senses of perception, five senses of volition with mind, the intelligential complex, are the eleven horses. These eleven are doubled and tripled in our course of life: they are purely eleven in the causal body at the sattvic level, they are twenty-two in the subtle body at the sattvic and rajasic levels, and thirtythree in the gross body at the sattvic, rajasic and tamasic levels. When the human has realised its cherished desire for worldly fulfilment, then it prays for freedom from the bonds of the gross body, and for total freedom of Moksha it prays for total freedom from the bonds. Basically, the bonds are eleven, twenty two and thirty three are versions only.)

Atharvaveda 7.5 · 5 mantras

7.5.1

यज्ञेन यज्ञम् अयजन्त देवास् तानि धर्माणि प्रथमान्य् आसन् ।
ते ह नाकं महिमानः सचन्त यत्र पूर्वे साध्याः सन्ति देवाः ॥

yajñena yajñam ayajanta devās tāni dharmāṇi prathamāny āsan ।
te ha nākaṃ mahimānaḥ sacanta yatra pūrve sādhyāḥ santi devāḥ ॥

Enlightened sages of divine nature, as divinities of nature too, join and serve the cosmic yajamana in the yajnic evolution of the world of existence. The ways they serve the Supreme lord through cosmic participation become the first and prime ordinances of life. Those sages, great as they are, enjoy the bliss of heaven where the ancient sages of divine potential enjoy the heavenly bliss of eternal life.

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7.5.2

यज्ञो बभूव स आ बभूव स प्र जज्ञे स उ वावृधे पुनः ।
स देवानाम् अधिपतिर् बभूव सो अस्मासु द्रविणम् आ दधातु ॥

yajño babhūva sa ā babhūva sa pra jajñe sa u vāvṛdhe punaḥ ।
sa devānām adhipatir babhūva so asmāsu draviṇam ā dadhātu ॥

The cosmic yajna starts and proceeds. The divine yajamana manifests, he proceeds further, his manifestation grows higher and higher again and again. Thus Brahma, in the world of existence, becomes the Supreme ordainer and sustainer of the Devas such as sun and moon. May the Lord bless us also with spiritual, moral and social wealth and excellence of high order.

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7.5.3

यद् देवा देवान् हविषा ऽयजन्तामर्त्यान् मनसा मर्त्येन ।
मदेम तत्र परमे व्योमन् पश्येम तद् उदितौ सूर्यस्य ॥

yad devā devān haviṣā 'yajantāmartyān manasā martyena ।
madema tatra parame vyoman paśyema tad uditau sūryasya ॥

When and where the sages offer oblations to the immortal divinities with their immortal mind and soul, there let us too rejoice in the presence of Supreme Brahma and see, directly experience, the presence at early dawn of the sun.

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7.5.4

यत् पुरुषेण हविषा यज्ञं देवा अतन्वत ।
अस्ति नु तस्माद् ओजीयो यद् विहव्येनेजिरे ॥

yat puruṣeṇa haviṣā yajñaṃ devā atanvata ।
asti nu tasmād ojīyo yad vihavyenejire ॥

When the divine sages perform and extend the yajna with oblations of self-surrender in communion with the Purusha, Supreme Brahma, thereby the yajna grows higher and more powerful since they perform the yajna with the exceptional offer of self-sacrifice through total surrender.

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7.5.5

मुग्धा देवा उत शुना ऽयजन्तोत गोर् अङ्गैः पुरुधा ऽयजन्त ।
य इमं यज्ञं मनसा चिकेत प्र णो वोचस् तम् इहेह ब्रवः ॥

mugdhā devā uta śunā 'yajantota gor aṅgaiḥ purudhā 'yajanta ।
ya imaṃ yajñaṃ manasā ciketa pra ṇo vocas tam iheha bravaḥ ॥

Divine sages fascinated by the ecstasy of Divinity variously conduct the meditative yajna of spiritual communion with knowledge, in Samprajnata Samadhi, and with parts of Vedic speech, in Savikalpa Samadhi (Patanjali’s Yoga-sutras, I, 17 and 42). May the sage who knows of this meditative yajna by experience through mind and soul speak of it to us here and now. (Another interpretation of yajna by ‘Shuna’ and ‘gobhih’, based on Nirukta 9, 4, 40 and 2, 2, 5 has been suggested as ‘yajna by air, fire and the sun, with cow’s milk and clarified butter.)

Atharvaveda 7.6 · 4 mantras

7.6.1

अदितिर् द्यौर् अदितिर् अन्तरिक्षम् अदितिर् माता स पिता स पुत्रः ।
विश्वे देवा अदितिर् पञ्च जना अदितिर् जातम् अदितिर् जनित्वम् ॥

aditir dyaur aditir antarikṣam aditir mātā sa pitā sa putraḥ ।
viśve devā aditir pañca janā aditir jātam aditir janitvam ॥

Prakrti, Nature, is Aditi, imperishable, eternal. Dyau, light, the sun, the heavenly region of light, is Aditi. The middle region of the skies is Aditi. Aditi is the mother, mother of the universe. The Supreme Brahma is the father. The soul, the living being, is the child of father and mother. All the divinities of nature and humanity are Aditi, imperishable in the essence. All the five classes of humanity are Aditi. All that is bom is Aditi All that is to be bom is Aditi.

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7.6.2

महीम् ऊ षु मातरं सुव्रतानाम् ऋतस्य पत्नीम् अवसे हवामहे ।
तुविक्षत्राम् अजरन्तीम् उरूचीं सुशर्माणम् अदितिं सुप्रणीतिम् ॥

mahīm ū ṣu mātaraṃ suvratānām ṛtasya patnīm avase havāmahe ।
tuvikṣatrām ajarantīm urūcīṃ suśarmāṇam aditiṃ supraṇītim ॥

For our protection, sustenance and progress we invoke and serve great Aditi, creative nature power of the universe, mother of the pious observers of the laws of rectitude and life’s discipline, keeper of the univerdal laws of divine truth, mighty queen of the earthly order, unaging, expansive beyond bounds, sweet shelter home of all, inviolable, and the generator, preserver and promoter of noble values. (This mantra may also be interpreted as a tribute to Mother Earth.) mantras 3 and 4 are numbered as Sukta 7, mantras 1 and 2. We continue the numbering as before and give the alternative numbeing in brackets after the mantra. So mantra 3 that now follows will be numbered as (7, 1) at the end of the translation, and similarly the alternative sukta numbers will be written in brackets.

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7.6.3

सुत्रामाणं पृथिवीं द्याम् अनेहसं सुशर्माणम् अदितिं सुप्रणीतिम् ।
दैवीं नावं स्वरित्राम् अनागसो अस्रवन्तीम् आ रुहेमा स्वस्तये ॥

sutrāmāṇaṃ pṛthivīṃ dyām anehasaṃ suśarmāṇam aditiṃ supraṇītim ।
daivīṃ nāvaṃ svaritrām anāgaso asravantīm ā ruhemā svastaye ॥

Let us all, free from sin, for the sake of well being, success and salvation, mount the divine, life saviour, faultless, perfect boat with efficient oars, structured strongly, without any leakage at all, a sweet shelter for all, firm as earth, bright as heaven, imperishable, sailing across the world to safety and leading to noble destination. This is a description of the boat of life with the compass of Vedic light, knowledge and wisdom.

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7.6.4

वाजस्य नु प्रसवे मातरं महीम् अदितिं नाम वचसा करामहे ।
यस्या उपस्थ उर्व् अन्तरिक्षं सा नः शर्म त्रिवरूथं नि यछात् ॥

vājasya nu prasave mātaraṃ mahīm aditiṃ nāma vacasā karāmahe ।
yasyā upastha urv antarikṣaṃ sā naḥ śarma trivarūthaṃ ni yachāt ॥

For the growth and development of food, strength and energy and the vibrancy of life, let us celebrate and adore with sincere words of honesty the

Atharvaveda 7.7 · 1 mantras

7.7.1

दितेः पुत्राणाम् अदितेर् अकारिषम् अव देवानां बृहताम् अनर्मणाम् ।
तेषां हि धाम गभिषक् समुद्रियं नैनान् नमसा परो अस्ति कश्चन ॥

diteḥ putrāṇām aditer akāriṣam ava devānāṃ bṛhatām anarmaṇām ।
teṣāṃ hi dhāma gabhiṣak samudriyaṃ nainān namasā paro asti kaścana ॥

I have diversified the forms, functions and places of the children, i.e., effectual forms, of Aditi, integrate primordial Prakrti, into Sattva, Rajas and Tamas, i.e., thought, energy and matter, and of the effectual forms of Diti, disintegrate form of Aditi, into discrete forms of elements and energies, all of them divine, expansive, inviolate and inviolable. Deep is their identity and value in the cosmic context, unfathomable like the ocean’s, and there is none who can comprehend them, whatever the effort and investment one may provide. (8, 1) (This looks like the voice of the divine spirit of creative evolution of the multitudinous variety of things from one basic root of nature.)

Atharvaveda 7.8 · 1 mantras

7.8.1

भद्राद् अधि श्रेयः प्रेहि बृहस्पतिः पुरएता ते अस्तु ।
अथेमम् अस्या वर आ पृथिव्या आरेशत्रुं कृणुहि सर्ववीरम् ॥

bhadrād adhi śreyaḥ prehi bṛhaspatiḥ puraetā te astu ।
athemam asyā vara ā pṛthivyā āreśatruṃ kṛṇuhi sarvavīram ॥

O man, go forward on your path from good to better and higher, and may Brhaspati, Lord of expansive universe and master of Vedic speech be your guide and leader. And then on the best part of this blessed earth, make this all-heroic honourable human order free from enmity, dissension and negativity.

Atharvaveda 7.9 · 4 mantras

7.9.1

प्रपथे पथाम् अजनिष्ट पूषा प्रपथे दिवः प्रपथे पृथिव्याः ।
उभे अभि प्रियतमे सधस्थे आ च परा च चरति प्रजानन् ॥

prapathe pathām ajaniṣṭa pūṣā prapathe divaḥ prapathe pṛthivyāḥ ।
ubhe abhi priyatame sadhasthe ā ca parā ca carati prajānan ॥

Pusha, Lord Divine, all sustainer, bright as sun, beatific as moon and inspiring as soma, manifests, pervades, protects and guides on the highest of the paths of existence, on the path of heaven and on the path of the earth. Both of these, paths and havens of life, earthly and heavenly, the path of earthly prosperity, Abhyudaya, and the path of heavenly bliss, Nihshreyas, the Lord pervades, this one here and the other one there, knowing every thing and all, present, past and future.

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7.9.2

पूषेमा आशा अनु वेद सर्वाः सो अस्मां अभयतमेन नेषत् ।
स्वस्तिदा आघृणिः सर्ववीरो ऽप्रयुछन् पुर एतु प्रजानन् ॥

pūṣemā āśā anu veda sarvāḥ so asmāṃ abhayatamena neṣat ।
svastidā āghṛṇiḥ sarvavīro 'prayuchan pura etu prajānan ॥

Pusha, lord of life, knows all these paths and quarters of space. May the Lord guide us on in life by the most fearless paths of heaven and earth. May the lord giver of peace, prosperity and all round well being, all refulgent, all potent, all knowing, guide and lead us forward without relent.

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7.9.3

पूषन् तव व्रते वयं न रिष्येम कदा चन ।
स्तोतारस् त इह स्मसि ॥

pūṣan tava vrate vayaṃ na riṣyema kadā cana ।
stotāras ta iha smasi ॥

O Pusha, lord of life and rectitude, pray guide us that we may never fail in the observance of your law and vows of discipline. We are your celebrants and worshippers here every moment of our life.

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7.9.4

परि पूषा परस्ताद् धस्तं दधातु दक्षिणम् ।
पुनर् नो नष्टम् आजतु सं नष्टेन गमेमहि ॥

pari pūṣā parastād dhastaṃ dadhātu dakṣiṇam ।
punar no naṣṭam ājatu saṃ naṣṭena gamemahi ॥

May Pusha, lord all-protective, give us the umbrella of his generous right hand from above, far and near. May our lost strength come back to us. May we reclaim and live by the strength we sometime lost earlier.

Atharvaveda 7.10 · 1 mantras

7.10.1

यस् ते स्तनः शशयुर् यो मयोभूर् यः सुम्नयुः सुहवो यः सुदत्रः ।
येन विश्वा पुष्यसि वार्याणि सरस्वति तम् इह धातवे कः ॥

yas te stanaḥ śaśayur yo mayobhūr yaḥ sumnayuḥ suhavo yaḥ sudatraḥ ।
yena viśvā puṣyasi vāryāṇi sarasvati tam iha dhātave kaḥ ॥

O mother Sarasvati, that swelling treasure trove of your affectionate nourishment, abundant, refreshing, gracious, spontaneous and generous by which you fulfill all the cherished desires of your children, pray open, extend, and let it flow to us.

Atharvaveda 7.11 · 1 mantras

7.11.1

यस् ते पृथु स्तनयित्नुर् य ऋष्वो दैवः केतुर् विश्वम् आभूषतीदम् ।
मा नो वधीर् विद्युता देव सस्यं मोत वधी रश्मिभिः सूर्यस्य ॥

yas te pṛthu stanayitnur ya ṛṣvo daivaḥ ketur viśvam ābhūṣatīdam ।
mā no vadhīr vidyutā deva sasyaṃ mota vadhī raśmibhiḥ sūryasya ॥

O mother shower of nature’s bounty, Sarasvati, this reverberating thunder that is yours, the divine cloud of rain that adorns the world like a banner of royalty is yours. Pray let it not destroy us with lightning. O divine cloud, pray let not our crops of grain be parched and

Atharvaveda 7.12 · 4 mantras

7.12.1

सभा च मा समितिश् चावतां प्रजापतेर् दुहितरौ संविदाने ।
येना संगछा उप मा स शिक्षाच् चारु वदानि पितरः संगतेषु ॥

sabhā ca mā samitiś cāvatāṃ prajāpater duhitarau saṃvidāne ।
yenā saṃgachā upa mā sa śikṣāc cāru vadāni pitaraḥ saṃgateṣu ॥

Let the Samiti and the Sabha, Senate and the Assembly, cooperative creations of Prajapati, organismically related to the ruler of the people, protect, support and promote me. Whoever I meet should enlighten and support me, and I too would speak, O City fathers, properly to all those who assemble and meet in the Assembly Hall.

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7.12.2

विद्म ते सभे नाम नरिष्टा नाम वा असि ।
ये ते के च सभासदस् ते मे सन्तु सवाचसः ॥

vidma te sabhe nāma nariṣṭā nāma vā asi ।
ye te ke ca sabhāsadas te me santu savācasaḥ ॥

O Sabha, we know you well in reality, you are the adorable favourite of the people. Therefore, whoever be your members, they should speak supportingly in unison.

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7.12.3

एषाम् अहं समासीनानां वर्चो विज्ञानम् आ ददे ।
अस्याः सर्वस्याः संसदो माम् इन्द्र भगिनं कृणु ॥

eṣām ahaṃ samāsīnānāṃ varco vijñānam ā dade ।
asyāḥ sarvasyāḥ saṃsado mām indra bhaginaṃ kṛṇu ॥

Of all these members sitting in the Assembly I recognise and accept the knowledge and intention, and I do them honour for that. O Ruler, Indra, lord of the people, make me the partner, honoured of this Assembly.

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7.12.4

यद् वो मनः परागतं यद् बद्धम् इह वेह वा ।
तद् व आ वर्तयामसि मयि वो रमतां मनः ॥

yad vo manaḥ parāgataṃ yad baddham iha veha vā ।
tad va ā vartayāmasi mayi vo ramatāṃ manaḥ ॥

O members of the Assembly, if your mind and affiliation is disturbed, divided, gone away elsewhere to other loyalties, committed here or there, that we call back home to this Assembly and to this ruler. Pray, let your mind be committed to me, to the Assembly and nowhere else.

Atharvaveda 7.13 · 2 mantras

7.13.1

यथा सूर्यो नक्षत्राणाम् उद्यंस् तेजांस्य् आददे ।
एवा स्त्रीणां च पुंसां च द्विषतां वर्च आ ददे ॥

yathā sūryo nakṣatrāṇām udyaṃs tejāṃsy ādade ।
evā strīṇāṃ ca puṃsāṃ ca dviṣatāṃ varca ā dade ॥

Just as the rising sun takes away the lustre of the night stars, similarly I take away the lustre and power of the men and women opposed to me.

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7.13.2

यावन्तो मा सपत्नानाम् आयन्तं प्रतिपश्यथ ।
उद्यन्त् सूर्य इव सुप्तानां द्विषताम् वर्च आ ददे ॥

yāvanto mā sapatnānām āyantaṃ pratipaśyatha ।
udyant sūrya iva suptānāṃ dviṣatām varca ā dade ॥

Atharvaveda 7.14 · 4 mantras

7.14.1

अभि त्यं देवं सवितारम् ओण्योः कविक्रतुम् ।
अर्चामि सत्यसवं रत्नधाम् अभि प्रियं मतिम् ॥

abhi tyaṃ devaṃ savitāram oṇyoḥ kavikratum ।
arcāmi satyasavaṃ ratnadhām abhi priyaṃ matim ॥

I worship the refulgent, divine, all-inspiring Savita, poetic creator of protective earth and light giving heaven, who brings about this yajnic creation of existential truth and holds the jewel wealth of the world for us. Dearest is He, knowledge, wisdom and love Itself.

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7.14.2

उर्ध्वा यस्यामतिर् भा अदिद्युतत् सवीमनि ।
हिरण्यपाणिर् अमिमीत सुक्रतुः कृपात् स्वः ॥

urdhvā yasyāmatir bhā adidyutat savīmani ।
hiraṇyapāṇir amimīta sukratuḥ kṛpāt svaḥ ॥

Sublime is the light of his glory, beyond comprehension, which shines in adoration of his Order. Golden-handed, noblest creator, he alone with his love and grace creates the heaven of supreme bliss.

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7.14.3

सावीर् हि देव प्रथमाय पित्रे वर्ष्माणम् अस्मै वरिमाणम् अस्मै ।
अथास्मभ्यं सवितर् वार्याणि दिवोदिव आ सुवा भूरि पश्वः ॥

sāvīr hi deva prathamāya pitre varṣmāṇam asmai varimāṇam asmai ।
athāsmabhyaṃ savitar vāryāṇi divodiva ā suvā bhūri paśvaḥ ॥

Self-refulgent divine Savita is the creator of the first and prime father generator of life, the sun, and also the creator of the refulgent body and vast space of heaven for it and for this humanity. May the divine creator create for us cherished gifts of life and ample cattle wealth day by day.

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7.14.4

दमूना देवः सविता वरेण्यो दधद् रत्नं पितृभ्य आयूंषि ।
पिबात् सोमं ममदद् एनम् इष्टे परिज्मा चित् क्रमते अस्य धर्मणि ॥

damūnā devaḥ savitā vareṇyo dadhad ratnaṃ pitṛbhya āyūṃṣi ।
pibāt somaṃ mamadad enam iṣṭe parijmā cit kramate asya dharmaṇi ॥

May generous Savita, friend of the household, bear and bring for parents of the home choice gifts, jewel wealth and values of life, strength and skill, and long age of good health and joy. May he cherish the soma of their homely yajna and give the joy of self-fulfilment to each wedded couple as the yajamana couple moves on in life, observing the rules of this lord Savita’s law.

Atharvaveda 7.15 · 1 mantras

7.15.1

तां सवितः सत्यसवां सुचित्राम् आहं वृणे सुमतिं विश्ववाराम् ।
याम् अस्य कण्वो अदुहत् प्रपीनां सहस्रधारां महिषो भगाय ॥

tāṃ savitaḥ satyasavāṃ sucitrām āhaṃ vṛṇe sumatiṃ viśvavārām ।
yām asya kaṇvo aduhat prapīnāṃ sahasradhārāṃ mahiṣo bhagāya ॥

O lord creator, Savita, I choose and pray for that noble knowledge, wisdom, understanding and eulture, truth inspiring, wonderfully unique and universal, abundant giver of fulfilment in a thousand streams, which the mighty saint and sagely seholar prayed for and reeeived for the aehievement of honour, prosperity and excellence of life.

Atharvaveda 7.16 · 1 mantras

7.16.1

बृहस्पते सवितर् वर्धयैनं ज्योतयैनं महते सौभगाय ।
संशितं चित् संतरं सं शिशाधि विश्व एनम् अनु मदन्तु देवाः ॥

bṛhaspate savitar vardhayainaṃ jyotayainaṃ mahate saubhagāya ।
saṃśitaṃ cit saṃtaraṃ saṃ śiśādhi viśva enam anu madantu devāḥ ॥

O lord of the boundless, proteetor of the great, Brhaspati, O Savita, all creator, all inspirer, exalt this, enlighten this, this man, this ruler, this human nation, for the aehievement of grandeur, prosperity and exeellenee. Refine and sharpen this devotee to the razoredge of perfection, and then let all the divinities of nature and brillianeies of humanity be happy and rejoiee with

Atharvaveda 7.17 · 4 mantras

7.17.1

धाता दधातु नो रयिम् ईशानो जगतस् पतिः ।
स नः पूर्णेन यछतु ॥

dhātā dadhātu no rayim īśāno jagatas patiḥ ।
sa naḥ pūrṇena yachatu ॥

May Lord of the universe, ruler of the worlds, Dhata, sustainer of all, give us wealth, honour and excellence, give us in full, to our total self-fulfilment.

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7.17.2

धाता दधातु दाशुषे प्राचीं जीवातुम् अक्षिताम् ।
वयम् देवस्य धीमहि सुमतिं विश्वराधसः ॥

dhātā dadhātu dāśuṣe prācīṃ jīvātum akṣitām ।
vayam devasya dhīmahi sumatiṃ viśvarādhasaḥ ॥

May Dhata, lord sustainer of the universe, bless the generous giver with prime life and vitality of inviolable order. Let us pray for the wisdom and goodwill of the divine gracious lord of universal perfection, power and prosperity.

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7.17.3

धाता विश्वा वार्या दधातु प्रजाकामाय दाशुषे दुरोणे ।
तस्मै देवा अमृतं सं व्ययन्तु विश्वे देवा अदितिः सजोषाः ॥

dhātā viśvā vāryā dadhātu prajākāmāya dāśuṣe duroṇe ।
tasmai devā amṛtaṃ saṃ vyayantu viśve devā aditiḥ sajoṣāḥ ॥

May the lord sustainer of power, prosperity and perfection, Dhata, give choice gifts of life for the

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7.17.4

धाता रातिः सवितेदं जुषन्तां प्रजापतिर् निधिपतिर् नो अग्निः ।
त्वष्टा विष्णुः प्रजया संरराणो यजमानाय द्रविणं दधातु ॥

dhātā rātiḥ savitedaṃ juṣantāṃ prajāpatir nidhipatir no agniḥ ।
tvaṣṭā viṣṇuḥ prajayā saṃrarāṇo yajamānāya draviṇaṃ dadhātu ॥

Atharvaveda 7.18 · 2 mantras

7.18.1

प्र नभस्व पृथिवि भिन्द्धीदं दिव्यं नभः ।
उद्नो दिव्यस्य नो धातर् ईशानो वि ष्या दृतिम् ॥

pra nabhasva pṛthivi bhinddhīdaṃ divyaṃ nabhaḥ ।
udno divyasya no dhātar īśāno vi ṣyā dṛtim ॥

Burst open, O regions of the firmament, Prthivi, break this divine cloud, and O Dhata, lord sustainer, ruler of heaven and earth, open the treasure hold of divine waters of rain for us.

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7.18.2

न घ्रंस् तताप न हिमो जघान प्र नभतां पृथिवी जीरदानुः ।
आपश् चिद् अस्मै घृतम् इत् क्षरन्ति यत्र सोमः सदम् इत् तत्र भद्रम् ॥

na ghraṃs tatāpa na himo jaghāna pra nabhatāṃ pṛthivī jīradānuḥ ।
āpaś cid asmai ghṛtam it kṣaranti yatra somaḥ sadam it tatra bhadram ॥

Let the blazing sun not parch us. Let no cold and frost strike us. Let the generous sky stream down showers of rain. Where nature’s greenery, soma, grows profusely, there is good fortune, and waters of rain showers, nectar ghrta of prosperity, always.

Atharvaveda 7.19 · 1 mantras

7.19.1

प्रजापतिर् जनयति प्रजा इमा धाता दधातु सुमनस्यमानः ।
संजानानाः संमनसः सयोनयो मयि पुष्टं पुष्टपतिर् दधातु ॥

prajāpatir janayati prajā imā dhātā dadhātu sumanasyamānaḥ ।
saṃjānānāḥ saṃmanasaḥ sayonayo mayi puṣṭaṃ puṣṭapatir dadhātu ॥

Prajapati generates these living beings. May Dhata, lord sustainer, kind and gracious, sustain and promote them. Common of natural origin, common of thought and mind, of the same common birth they are, all. May the lord of growth and sustenance bless me with strength and vigour.

Atharvaveda 7.20 · 6 mantras

7.20.1

अन्व् अद्य नो ऽनुमतिर् यज्ञं देवेषु मन्यताम् ।
अग्निश् च हव्यवाहनो भवतां दाशुषे मम ॥

anv adya no 'numatir yajñaṃ deveṣu manyatām ।
agniś ca havyavāhano bhavatāṃ dāśuṣe mama ॥

Let common agreement of our minds carry the fragrance of our yajna daily to the divinities of nature. Let the fruit of our creative action with united minds reach the noblest minds of the nation and daily win their joyous approval. And let the fire of yajna be the carrier and harbinger of our havi and its fragrant fruit for me too, the giver in yajna.

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7.20.2

अन्व् इद् अनुमते त्वं मंससे शं च नस् कृधि ।
जुषस्व हव्यम् आहुतं प्रजां देवि ररास्व नः ॥

anv id anumate tvaṃ maṃsase śaṃ ca nas kṛdhi ।
juṣasva havyam āhutaṃ prajāṃ devi rarāsva naḥ ॥

O Anumati, union of minds, common will, pray honour and approve our yajnic action and bring us good, peace and prosperity. Accept our havi offered into the fire and, O Spirit divine, bless us with noble progeny.

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7.20.3

अनु मन्यताम् अनुमन्यमानः प्रजावन्तं रयिम् अक्षीयमाणम् ।
तस्य वयं हेडसि मापि भूम सुमृडीके अस्य सुमतौ स्याम ॥

anu manyatām anumanyamānaḥ prajāvantaṃ rayim akṣīyamāṇam ।
tasya vayaṃ heḍasi māpi bhūma sumṛḍīke asya sumatau syāma ॥

May the Lord Almighty, accepting our united action, bring us imperishable wealth, honour and excellence with noble progeny. May we never suffer the Lord’s anger and disapproval. May we always abide in His good will and favour of grace.

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7.20.4

यत् ते नाम सुहवं सुप्रणीते ऽनुमते अनुमतं सुदानु ।
तेना नो यज्ञं पिपृहि विश्ववारे रयिं नो धेहि सुभगे सुवीरम् ॥

yat te nāma suhavaṃ supraṇīte 'numate anumataṃ sudānu ।
tenā no yajñaṃ pipṛhi viśvavāre rayiṃ no dhehi subhage suvīram ॥

O Anumati, spirit of union of minds, Supraniti, spirit of noble, positive and united policy of advancement, by that name and honour of yours as Anumati which is adorable, generous and agreeable, O spirit of universality, fulfil our yajnic action with success and, O Spirit of glory and good fortune, bless us with wealth, honour and excellence with progeny, worthy of the brave.

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7.20.5

एमं यज्ञम् अनुमतिर् जगाम सुक्षेत्रतायै सुवीरतायै सुजातम् ।
भद्रा ह्य् अस्याः प्रमतिर् बभूव सेमम् यज्ञम् अवतु देवगोपा ॥

emaṃ yajñam anumatir jagāma sukṣetratāyai suvīratāyai sujātam ।
bhadrā hy asyāḥ pramatir babhūva semam yajñam avatu devagopā ॥

To this yajna of our union nobly performed, Anumati, spirit of union of thought, word and action, has come for the glory of a noble social order of the brave blest with honour and excellence. Noble and holy is her providence and prospect. So may she, protector and promoter of the divines, protect, promote and exalt

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7.20.6

अनुमतिः सर्वम् इदं बभूव यत् तिष्ठति चरति यद् उ च विश्वम् एजति ।
तस्यास् ते देवि सुमतौ स्यामानुमते अनु हि मंससे नः ॥

anumatiḥ sarvam idaṃ babhūva yat tiṣṭhati carati yad u ca viśvam ejati ।
tasyās te devi sumatau syāmānumate anu hi maṃsase naḥ ॥

Atharvaveda 7.21 · 1 mantras

7.21.1

समेत विश्वे वचसा पतिं दिव एको विभूर् अतिथिर् जनानाम् ।
स पूर्व्यो नूतनम् आविवासत् तं वर्तनिर् अनु वावृत एकम् इत् पुरु ॥

sameta viśve vacasā patiṃ diva eko vibhūr atithir janānām ।
sa pūrvyo nūtanam āvivāsat taṃ vartanir anu vāvṛta ekam it puru ॥

Come you all, people of the world, with one voice, in your own words, together, to the Lord of light and splendour and the bliss of heaven. He is One, omnipresent and omnificent, worthy of reverence and worship for all people, arising in human consciousness, like a visitor to the home. He is eternal and manifests, shining anew in the latest forms of evolving existence. and the entire worlds of the dynamic universe revolve round That One only, in their orbit, and ultimately return unto Him.

Atharvaveda 7.22 · 2 mantras

7.22.1

अयं सहस्रम् आ नो दृशे कवीनां मतिर् ज्योतिर् विधर्मणि ॥

ayaṃ sahasram ā no dṛśe kavīnāṃ matir jyotir vidharmaṇi ॥

This One Spirit of the expansive universe, light of life manifesting in infinite forms and functions of existence, is the vision and intelligence of the poets for our experience in a thousand different ways.

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7.22.2

ब्रध्नः समीचीर् उषसः सम् ऐरयन् ।
अरेपसः सचेतसः स्वसरे मन्युमत्तमाश् चिते गोः ॥

bradhnaḥ samīcīr uṣasaḥ sam airayan ।
arepasaḥ sacetasaḥ svasare manyumattamāś cite goḥ ॥

Bradhna, infinite Spirit of the universe, self-refulgent as the sun, elevates, raises and radiates the dawns, equal and alike together, immaculate, illuminative and exalting, revealing the world for our enlightenment and inspiration in speech everyday.

Atharvaveda 7.23 · 1 mantras

7.23.1

दौष्वप्न्यम् दौर्जीवित्यं रक्षो अभ्वम् अराय्यः ।
दुर्णाम्नीः सर्वा दुर्वाचस् ता अस्मन् नाशयामसि ॥

dauṣvapnyam daurjīvityaṃ rakṣo abhvam arāyyaḥ ।
durṇāmnīḥ sarvā durvācas tā asman nāśayāmasi ॥

Evil dreams, desecration of life, violence, adversity, malignity, dishonour, and all evil tongues, these we eliminate from ourselves.

Atharvaveda 7.24 · 1 mantras

7.24.1

यन् न इन्द्रो अखनद् यद् अग्निर् विश्वे देवा मरुतो यत् स्वर्काः ।
तद् अस्मभ्यं सविता सत्यधर्मा प्रजापतिर् अनुमतिर् नि यछात् ॥

yan na indro akhanad yad agnir viśve devā maruto yat svarkāḥ ।
tad asmabhyaṃ savitā satyadharmā prajāpatir anumatir ni yachāt ॥

That wealth, honour, knowledge and glory which Indra, mighty ruler, discovered and dug out, what Agni, the leading scholar, Vishvedeva, all brilliant men of the world, Maruts, vibrant citizens, and thunderous warriors discovered, created and achieved, may Savita, brilliant and inspiring Prajapati, sustainer of the people dedicated to Dharma in unison with the noble will of the people may give to us.

Atharvaveda 7.25 · 2 mantras

7.25.1

ययोर् ओजसा स्कभिता रजांसि यौ वीर्यैर् वीरतमा शविष्ठा ।
यौ पत्येते अप्रतीतौ सहोभिर् विष्णुम् अगन् वरुणं पूर्वहूतिः ॥

yayor ojasā skabhitā rajāṃsi yau vīryair vīratamā śaviṣṭhā ।
yau patyete apratītau sahobhir viṣṇum agan varuṇaṃ pūrvahūtiḥ ॥

Let the first invocation reach both Vishnu and Varuna, by whose power worlds of the universe are sustained in order, who by their might are highest and supreme over all, and who, irresistible and inviolable, with their omnipotence rule the universe.

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7.25.2

यस्येदं प्रदिशि यद् विरोचते प्र चानति वि च चष्टे शचीभिः ।
पुरा देवस्य धर्मणा सहोभिर् विष्णुम् अगन् वरुणं पूर्वहूतिः ॥

yasyedaṃ pradiśi yad virocate pra cānati vi ca caṣṭe śacībhiḥ ।
purā devasya dharmaṇā sahobhir viṣṇum agan varuṇaṃ pūrvahūtiḥ ॥

Within whose presence, power and order, and by whose law, power and universal acts of nature, all that shines in space, all that breathes and all that sees, is comprehended and sustained, to that Vishnu and to that Varuna let our first invocation and prayer reach.

Atharvaveda 7.26 · 8 mantras

7.26.1

विष्णोर् नु कं प्रा वोचं वीर्याणि यः पार्थिवानि विममे रजांसि ।
यो अस्कभायद् उत्तरं सधस्थं विचक्रमाणस् त्रेधोरुगायः ॥

viṣṇor nu kaṃ prā vocaṃ vīryāṇi yaḥ pārthivāni vimame rajāṃsi ।
yo askabhāyad uttaraṃ sadhasthaṃ vicakramāṇas tredhorugāyaḥ ॥

Let us sing and celebrate the great divine exploits of Vishnu who creates all regions of the natural world of existence, who sustains the higher regions of heaven, and who, most adored and adorable, sustains the universe three ways: creating, maintaining and

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7.26.2

प्र तद् विष्णु स्तवते वीर्याणि मृगो न भीमः कुचरो गिरिष्ठाः ।
परावत आ जगम्यात् परस्याः ॥

pra tad viṣṇu stavate vīryāṇi mṛgo na bhīmaḥ kucaro giriṣṭhāḥ ।
parāvata ā jagamyāt parasyāḥ ॥

For these mighty exploits Vishnu is celebrated and adored, indeed the Lord himself reveals these exploits in the divine hymns of the Veda. He pervades the universe, mountains, caves and the clouds, as an awesome lion roams around at will over tortuous paths of the forest. May the Lord come, manifest in the cave of the heart and bless us from farthest of the far.

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7.26.3

यस्योरुषु त्रिषु विक्रमनेष्व् अधिक्षियन्ति भुवनानि विश्वा ।
उरु विष्णो वि क्रमस्वोरु क्षयाय नस् कृधि ।
घृतम् घृतयोने पिब प्रप्र यज्ञपतिं तिर ॥

yasyoruṣu triṣu vikramaneṣv adhikṣiyanti bhuvanāni viśvā ।
uru viṣṇo vi kramasvoru kṣayāya nas kṛdhi ।
ghṛtam ghṛtayone piba prapra yajñapatiṃ tira ॥

In your three boundless steps of creative evolution, Sattva-rajas-tamas, Mind-energy-matter, heaven-sky-earth, are contained, comprehended and sustained the entire worlds of the universe. May you, O Vishnu, come from the farthest, let your infinite presence arise, and let our spirit too arise into awareness of Infinity. O Ghrtayoni, treasure-hold of nectar-grace, accept the soma of our yajnic adoration and let the yajnapati cross over the seas of mortality to immortal bliss.

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7.26.4

इदं विष्णुर् वि चक्रमे त्रेधा नि दधे पदा ।
समूढम् अस्य पंसुरे ॥

idaṃ viṣṇur vi cakrame tredhā ni dadhe padā ।
samūḍham asya paṃsure ॥

Vishnu created the threefold universe of mind, motion and matter through three steps of evolution of Pradhana, subtle elements and gross materials, shaped the materials into threefold form of heaven, skies and earth, and set the form, the mystery that it is, into space and time.

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7.26.5

त्रीणि पदा वि चक्रमे विष्णुर् गोपा अदाभ्यः ।
इतो धर्माणि धारयन् ॥

trīṇi padā vi cakrame viṣṇur gopā adābhyaḥ ।
ito dharmāṇi dhārayan ॥

Vishnu, intrepidable, potent protector and sustainer of the world of existence, created the threefold order of the universe and pervades it, thereby ordaining and sustaining the laws of its creative evolution, sustenance and involution.

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7.26.6

विष्णोः कर्माणि पश्यत यतो व्रतानि पस्पशे ।
इन्द्रस्य युज्यः सखा ॥

viṣṇoḥ karmāṇi paśyata yato vratāni paspaśe ।
indrasya yujyaḥ sakhā ॥

Watch the acts of Vishnu whereby He reveals the laws of existence and the rules of conduct and whereby I see the rules and laws and bind myself in discipline. I am the friend of Indra at his service, and He is the friend of the human soul.

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7.26.7

तद् विष्णोः परमं पदं सदा पश्यन्ति सूरयः ।
दिवीव चक्षुर् आततम् ॥

tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padaṃ sadā paśyanti sūrayaḥ ।
divīva cakṣur ātatam ॥

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7.26.8

दिवो विष्ण उत पृथिव्या महो विष्ण उरोर् अन्तरिक्षात् ।
हस्तौ पृणस्व बहुभिर् वसव्यैर् आप्रयछ दक्षिणाद् ओत सव्यात् ॥

divo viṣṇa uta pṛthivyā maho viṣṇa uror antarikṣāt ।
hastau pṛṇasva bahubhir vasavyair āprayacha dakṣiṇād ota savyāt ॥

Atharvaveda 7.27 · 1 mantras

7.27.1

इडैवास्मां अनु वस्तां व्रतेन यस्याः पदे पुनते देवयन्तः ।
घृतपदी शक्वरी सोमपृष्ठोप यज्ञम् अस्थित वैश्वदेवी ॥

iḍaivāsmāṃ anu vastāṃ vratena yasyāḥ pade punate devayantaḥ ।
ghṛtapadī śakvarī somapṛṣṭhopa yajñam asthita vaiśvadevī ॥

May Ida, divine Word and sacred knowledge, refine and adorn us with culture and enlightenment with the sense of duty and discipline, for in her light and presence, men dedicated to divinity and nobility are blest and sanctified. It is refinement and grace itself, powerful and inspiring, established in soma bliss of divinity, rooted in yajna, and relates to all the powers and phases of Divinity manifested in nature and humanity. May this Word, knowledge, abide with us in all our yajnic performances of life.

Atharvaveda 7.28 · 1 mantras

7.28.1

वेदः स्वस्तिर् द्रुघणः स्वस्तिः परशुर् वेदिः परशुर् नः स्वस्ति ।
हविष्कृतो यज्ञिया यज्ञकामास् ते देवासो यज्ञम् इमं जुषन्ताम् ॥

vedaḥ svastir drughaṇaḥ svastiḥ paraśur vediḥ paraśur naḥ svasti ।
haviṣkṛto yajñiyā yajñakāmās te devāso yajñam imaṃ juṣantām ॥

May the Veda be the harbinger of the good for us in life. May the grinder be good and used for the good purpose. May the knife be good and be used for positive purpose. May the yajna altar be good and bring us good fortune. May our axe be good and be used only for good and peaceful purposes. May divine sages and brilliant scholars, lovers of yajnic company and social creativity, dedicated to yajna and bearing offers of holy materials, love and join this yajna of learning, science and social creativity of universal value.

Atharvaveda 7.29 · 2 mantras

7.29.1

अग्नाविष्णू महि तद् वां महित्वम् पाथो घृतस्य गुह्यस्य नाम ।
दमेदमे सप्त रत्ना दधानौ प्रति वां जिह्वा घृतम् आ चरण्यात् ॥

agnāviṣṇū mahi tad vāṃ mahitvam pātho ghṛtasya guhyasya nāma ।
damedame sapta ratnā dadhānau prati vāṃ jihvā ghṛtam ā caraṇyāt ॥

Agna-Vishnu, fire and the sun, fire and cosmic yajna, great is your grandeur and glory. You consume as well as protect, for sure, the hidden essence and power of ghrta, joyous flow of the beauty and sweetness of life. Bearing seven jewels of the beauty, power and prosperity of life in and to every home, may your flames and rays of light receive the ghrta of homely yajna.

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7.29.2

अग्नाविष्णू महि धाम प्रियम् वां वीथो घृतस्य गुह्या जुषाणौ ।
दमेदमे सुष्टुत्या वावृधानौ प्रति वां जिह्वा घृतम् उच् चरण्यात् ॥

agnāviṣṇū mahi dhāma priyam vāṃ vītho ghṛtasya guhyā juṣāṇau ।
damedame suṣṭutyā vāvṛdhānau prati vāṃ jihvā ghṛtam uc caraṇyāt ॥

Agna-Vishnu, fire and sun, fire and yajna, dear and high is your place, position and law in human life. Loving and joining the secret power and graces of yajna ghrta, you accept, enjoy and augment the secret efficacy of ghrta. Growing and rising with progress and well being in every home, may the flames and rays receive the ghrta oblations and in response augment and exalt the grace and glory of the home.

Atharvaveda 7.30 · 1 mantras

7.30.1

स्वाक्तं मे द्यावापृथिवी स्वाक्तं मित्रो अकर् अयम् ।
स्वाक्तं मे ब्रह्मणस् पतिः स्वाक्तं सविता करत् ॥

svāktaṃ me dyāvāpṛthivī svāktaṃ mitro akar ayam ।
svāktaṃ me brahmaṇas patiḥ svāktaṃ savitā karat ॥

Heaven and earth anoint me with honour and grace, Mitra, this friendly sun and the day, bless me with lustre and grace, Brahmanaspati, master of divine knowledge and the Vedic voice, bless me with refinement of culture and knowledge, and Savita, the rising sun, inspires me with freshness, vitality and holy genius.

Atharvaveda 7.31 · 1 mantras

7.31.1

इन्द्रोतिभिर् बहुलाभिर् नो अद्य यावच्छ्रेष्ठाभिर् मघवन् छूर जिन्व ।
यो नो द्वेष्ट्य् अधर सस् पदीष्ट यम् उ द्विष्मस् तम् उ प्राणो जहातु ॥

indrotibhir bahulābhir no adya yāvacchreṣṭhābhir maghavan chūra jinva ।
yo no dveṣṭy adhara sas padīṣṭa yam u dviṣmas tam u prāṇo jahātu ॥

Indra, lord of glory, power and force, ruler of the world, energise and vitalise us with the maximum best and highest possible powers of protection and promotion now and always. Whoever hates us must go off and down, and whatever we hate may lose the pranic vitality.

Atharvaveda 7.32 · 1 mantras

7.32.1

उप प्रियं पनिप्नतम् युवानम् आहुतीवृधम् ।
अगन्म बिभ्रतो नमो दीर्घम् आयुः कृणोतु मे ॥

upa priyaṃ panipnatam yuvānam āhutīvṛdham ।
aganma bibhrato namo dīrgham āyuḥ kṛṇotu me ॥

Bearing yajnic homage of havi and adamantine strength of vitality, we approach the dear, adorable, ever youthful Agni, rising by oblations of havi into the holy fire, and pray may the yajna-fire and lord of light grant us good health and long age.

Atharvaveda 7.33 · 1 mantras

7.33.1

सं मा सिञ्चन्तु मरुतः सं पूषा सं बृहस्पतिः ।
सं मायम् अग्निः सिञ्चतु प्रजया च धनेन च दीर्घम् आयुः कृणोतु मे ॥

saṃ mā siñcantu marutaḥ saṃ pūṣā saṃ bṛhaspatiḥ ।
saṃ māyam agniḥ siñcatu prajayā ca dhanena ca dīrgham āyuḥ kṛṇotu me ॥

May the Maruts, refreshing breezes, refresh and energise me, may Pusha, lord of health and nourishment, Brhaspati, lord of expansive nature and natural knowledge of life, and this Agni, fire and passion of will for action and enlightenment, bless me wholly with progeny, wealth and long age of good health and make me strong against all odds.

Atharvaveda 7.34 · 1 mantras

7.34.1

अग्ने जातान् प्र णुदा मे सपत्नान् प्रत्य् अजातान् जातवेदो नुदस्व ।
अधस्पदं कृणुष्व ये पृतन्यवो ऽनागसस् ते वयम् अदितये स्याम ॥

agne jātān pra ṇudā me sapatnān praty ajātān jātavedo nudasva ।
adhaspadaṃ kṛṇuṣva ye pṛtanyavo 'nāgasas te vayam aditaye syāma ॥

Agni, lord of light and fire, omnipresent in existence, inviolable power of nature and the world, ward off my adversaries arisen against me. Throw off the adversaries upfront against me. Throw off the adversaries rising against my power and prestige. Throw down and subdue the enemies fighting against me. May we be and abide sinless and strong for mother earth and her children against all odds.

Atharvaveda 7.35 · 3 mantras

7.35.1

प्रान्यान्त् सपत्नान्त् सहसा सहस्व प्रत्य् अजातान् जातवेदो नुदस्व ।
इदं राष्ट्रं पिपृहि सौभगाय विश्व एनम् अनु मदन्तु देवाः ॥

prānyānt sapatnānt sahasā sahasva praty ajātān jātavedo nudasva ।
idaṃ rāṣṭraṃ pipṛhi saubhagāya viśva enam anu madantu devāḥ ॥

O Jataveda, all knowing, supreme protector and ruler of all that is, with your courage, power and patience, challenge and face all others, rivals and adversaries, those who are arisen and those that might arise, and throw them out. Raise and exalt this Rashtra, this commonwealth of the people’s social order, to fullness of prosperity and glory, and then let all devas, noble citizens of the land, rejoice with you in the state of glory and prosperity.

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7.35.2

इमा यास् ते शतं हिराः सहस्रं धमनीर् उत ।
तासां ते सर्वासाम् अहम् अश्मना बिलम् अप्य् अधाम् ॥

imā yās te śataṃ hirāḥ sahasraṃ dhamanīr uta ।
tāsāṃ te sarvāsām aham aśmanā bilam apy adhām ॥

These veins of your system which are in hundreds and the nerves and arteries which are in thousands I watch, and the loophole or leakage of them all I have close up with innviolable cover.

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7.35.3

परं योनेर् अवरं ते कृणोमि मा त्वा प्रजाभि भून् मोत सूतुः ।
अस्वं त्वाप्रजसं कृणोम्य् अश्मानं ते अपिधानम् कृणोमि ॥

paraṃ yoner avaraṃ te kṛṇomi mā tvā prajābhi bhūn mota sūtuḥ ।
asvaṃ tvāprajasaṃ kṛṇomy aśmānaṃ te apidhānam kṛṇomi ॥

Whatever is beyond your seat of being and governance I bring into the reach of the Rashtra, so that neither the people nor their children of the rising generation may ever fall foul of you. Thus I make you free from all selfish interest and from familial favouritism and give you a corselet of steel for defence of your person and the commonwealth against all odds from within and from without.

Atharvaveda 7.36 · 1 mantras

7.36.1

अक्ष्यौ नौ मधुसंकाशे अनीकम् नौ समञ्जनम् ।
अन्तः कृष्णुष्व मां हृदि मन इन् नौ सहासति ॥

akṣyau nau madhusaṃkāśe anīkam nau samañjanam ।
antaḥ kṛṣṇuṣva māṃ hṛdi mana in nau sahāsati ॥

Our eyes are honey sweet, alike in mutual expression, our complexions, creamy smooth, pray be you in my heart and keep me in yours, and let our minds be one in unanimity.

Atharvaveda 7.37 · 1 mantras

7.37.1

अभि त्वा मनुजातेन दधामि मम वाससा ।
याथा ऽसो मम केवलो नान्यासां कीर्तयाश् चन ॥

abhi tvā manujātena dadhāmi mama vāsasā ।
yāthā 'so mama kevalo nānyāsāṃ kīrtayāś cana ॥

With cloth woven with love bom of the heart and mind, I tie the knot and hold you to me so that you would be only with me in love and would not even think, much less speak, of others.

Atharvaveda 7.38 · 5 mantras

7.38.1

इदम् खनामि भेषजं मांपश्यम् अभिरोरुदम् ।
परायतो निवर्तनम् आयतः प्रतिनन्दनम् ॥

idam khanāmi bheṣajaṃ māṃpaśyam abhirorudam ।
parāyato nivartanam āyataḥ pratinandanam ॥

I bring up and offer you this herbal token of love for me which is self-attractive and love afflictive exclusively towards me with freedom from fear. It would make you pine for me from afar, bring you back and exhilarate you with joy when you arrive back home.

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7.38.2

येना निचक्र आसुरीन्द्रं देवेभ्यस् परि ।
तेना नि कुर्वे त्वाम् अहं यथा ते ऽसानि सुप्रिया ॥

yenā nicakra āsurīndraṃ devebhyas pari ।
tenā ni kurve tvām ahaṃ yathā te 'sāni supriyā ॥

It is inspiring for the mind and heart, Asuri, the same which raises Indra, the soul, to a superior position over the other noble people. By that I bind you to me so that I would be the only and exclusive love of yours in life.

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7.38.3

प्रतीची सोमम् असि प्रतीची उत सूर्यम् ।
प्रतीची विश्वान् देवान् तां त्वाछावदामसि ॥

pratīcī somam asi pratīcī uta sūryam ।
pratīcī viśvān devān tāṃ tvāchāvadāmasi ॥

You are a metaphor of the moon before me in beauty. You are a metaphor of the sun before me in brilliance. You are an embodiment of all nobilities of the world before me. That’s why and how we praise and exalt you.

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7.38.4

अहं वदामि नेत् त्वं सभायाम् अह त्वं वद ।
ममेद् असस् त्वं केवलो नान्यासां कीर्तयाश् चन ॥

ahaṃ vadāmi net tvaṃ sabhāyām aha tvaṃ vada ।
mamed asas tvaṃ kevalo nānyāsāṃ kīrtayāś cana ॥

It is I who would speak here, not you. You speak and declare in the assembly: You be only mine, do not even think, much less speak, of others.

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7.38.5

यदि वासि तिरोजनं यदि वा नद्यस् तिरःइ ।
इयं ह मह्यं त्वाम् ओषधिर् बद्ध्वेव न्यानयत् ॥

yadi vāsi tirojanaṃ yadi vā nadyas tiraḥi ।
iyaṃ ha mahyaṃ tvām oṣadhir baddhveva nyānayat ॥

If you are far away from our people, if you are beyond the rivers, this herbal token of love would draw you back home as the one tied in bond, as you are.

Atharvaveda 7.39 · 1 mantras

7.39.1

दिव्यं सुपर्णं पयसं बृहन्तम् अपां गर्भं वृषभम् ओषधीनाम् ।
अभीपतो वृष्ट्या तर्पयन्तम् आ नो गोष्ठे रयिष्ठां स्थापयाति ॥

divyaṃ suparṇaṃ payasaṃ bṛhantam apāṃ garbhaṃ vṛṣabham oṣadhīnām ।
abhīpato vṛṣṭyā tarpayantam ā no goṣṭhe rayiṣṭhāṃ sthāpayāti ॥

May the Lord bring in to our land rain showers of the cloud, divine bird like the sun, bearing abundant milk of life, condensed body of waters, life giver of herbs, filling the earth with showers falling in rain, laden with wealth.

Atharvaveda 7.40 · 2 mantras

7.40.1

यस्य व्रतं पशवो यन्ति सर्वे यस्य व्रत उपतिष्ठन्त आपः ।
यस्य व्रते पुष्टपतिर् निविष्टस् तं सरस्वन्तम् अवसे हवामहे ॥

yasya vrataṃ paśavo yanti sarve yasya vrata upatiṣṭhanta āpaḥ ।
yasya vrate puṣṭapatir niviṣṭas taṃ sarasvantam avase havāmahe ॥

For our protection, promotion, peace and progress, we invoke the generous Lord of the showers of life, light and wealth, Sarasvan, in whose law all living beings live and work, in whose law and discipline all the waters flow, and in whose law and discipline the life giver of mother nature, Pusha, the sun, is established in orbit.

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7.40.2

आ प्रत्यञ्चं दाशुषे दाश्वंसं सरस्वन्तं पुष्टपतिं रयिष्ठाम् ।
रायस् पोषं श्रवस्युं वसाना इह सदनं रयीणाम् ॥

ā pratyañcaṃ dāśuṣe dāśvaṃsaṃ sarasvantaṃ puṣṭapatiṃ rayiṣṭhām ।
rāyas poṣaṃ śravasyuṃ vasānā iha sadanaṃ rayīṇām ॥

Loving, dedicated and abiding here in divine law, we invoke the innermost presence of divine Sarasvan, Lord of the showers of light and life, direct giver of fulfilment to the generous self-sacrificer, giver of refulgence to the sun, promoter of life, treasure-hold of all wealth, promoter of the world’s wealth of nourishment for nature and humanity, and the ultimate seed and seat of all wealth, honour and excellence. The Lord is Shravasyu, He listens, we invoke and adore.

Atharvaveda 7.41 · 2 mantras

7.41.1

अति धन्वान्य् अत्य् अपस् ततर्द श्येनो नृचक्षा अवसानदर्शः ।
तरन् विश्वान्य् अवरा रजंसीन्द्रेण सख्या शिव आ जगम्यात् ॥

ati dhanvāny aty apas tatarda śyeno nṛcakṣā avasānadarśaḥ ।
taran viśvāny avarā rajaṃsīndreṇa sakhyā śiva ā jagamyāt ॥

Lord Almighty, refulgent as Shyena, the eelestial sun, pervades aeross the spaces and the regions of water, breaks the clouds over desert lands and, ultimately, destroys them all, too, watching the end of it all. May the Lord, all watchful of humanity, crossing over regions of the universe hitherward, come and be kind to us with love as friend of the human soul.

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7.41.2

श्येनो नृचक्षा दिव्यः सुपर्णः सहस्रपाच् छतयोनिर् वयोधाः ।
स नो नि यछाद् वसु यत् पराभृतम् अस्माकम् अस्तु पितृषु स्वधावत् ॥

śyeno nṛcakṣā divyaḥ suparṇaḥ sahasrapāc chatayonir vayodhāḥ ।
sa no ni yachād vasu yat parābhṛtam asmākam astu pitṛṣu svadhāvat ॥

Lord Almighty, Shyena, divine bird of infinite power and motion, all moving universal presence, eternal home and origin of countless regions, wielder and giver of food, health and power, may He, all watching lord ruler of humanity, give us wealth, honour and excellence, peace and settlement which may be like our ancestral heritage from our forefathers brought from the farthest high.

Atharvaveda 7.42 · 2 mantras

7.42.1

सोमारुद्रा वि वृहतं विषूचीम् अमीवा या नो गयम् आविवेश ।
बाधेथां दूरं निरृतिम् पराचैः कृतं चिद् एनः प्र मुमुक्तम् अस्मत् ॥

somārudrā vi vṛhataṃ viṣūcīm amīvā yā no gayam āviveśa ।
bādhethāṃ dūraṃ nirṛtim parācaiḥ kṛtaṃ cid enaḥ pra mumuktam asmat ॥

O Soma, herbal medication, and Rudra, pranic vitality, physician and the Health-care system, cure and root out the disease that has entered our body, home and society. Ward off the infectious and contagious calamity with curative and preventive measures and thus release us from the evil.

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7.42.2

सोमारुद्रा युवम् एतान्य् अस्मद् विश्वा तनूषु भेषजानि धत्तम् ।
अव स्यतं मुञ्चतं यन् नो असत् तनूषु बद्धं कृतम् एनो अस्मत् ॥

somārudrā yuvam etāny asmad viśvā tanūṣu bheṣajāni dhattam ।
ava syataṃ muñcataṃ yan no asat tanūṣu baddhaṃ kṛtam eno asmat ॥

O Soma and Rudra, ruler and physician, both of you strengthen our body system with all these medical efficacies. Throw out of us and release us from whatever ailment persists in our bodies for reasons of weakness or trespass we might have committed and suffered.

Atharvaveda 7.43 · 1 mantras

7.43.1

शिवास् त एका अशिवास् त एकाः सर्वा बिभर्षि सुमनस्यमानः ।
तिस्रो वाचो निहिता अन्तर् अस्मिन् तासाम् एका वि पपातानु घोषम् ॥

śivās ta ekā aśivās ta ekāḥ sarvā bibharṣi sumanasyamānaḥ ।
tisro vāco nihitā antar asmin tāsām ekā vi papātānu ghoṣam ॥

One order of your language is good, positive, auspicious and peaceable, the other is not good, it is negative, inauspicious and full of strife. The human being, though comfortable at heart, bears both the orders within. Another way, man bears three orders of language in the mind, they are Ida, the absolute, Sarasvati, the sacred universal, and Bharati, the language in use. (Yet another way, man bears four orders of language in the mind, they are Para, the absolute, Pashyanti, the conceivable, Madhyama, the thought form, and Vaikhari, the language in use.) Of these three, (or four) embedded in the mind within, one, Bharati, or Vaikhari, the language in use, auspicious as well as inauspicious, goes forward in objective form through the medium of speech.

Atharvaveda 7.44 · 1 mantras

7.44.1

उभा जिग्यथुर् न परा जयेथे न परा जिग्ये कतरश् चनैनयोः ।
इन्द्रश् च विष्णो यद् अपस्पृधेथां त्रेधा सहस्रं वि तद् ऐरयेथाम् ॥

ubhā jigyathur na parā jayethe na parā jigye kataraś canainayoḥ ।
indraś ca viṣṇo yad apaspṛdhethāṃ tredhā sahasraṃ vi tad airayethām ॥

Vishnu, omnipresent Divinity, Indra, omnipotent force of Divinity, you are always victorious, you are

Atharvaveda 7.45 · 2 mantras

7.45.1

जनाद् विश्वजनीनात् सिन्धुतस् पर्य् आभृतम् ।
दूरात् त्वा मन्य उद्भृतम् ईर्ष्याया नाम भेषजम् ॥

janād viśvajanīnāt sindhutas pary ābhṛtam ।
dūrāt tvā manya udbhṛtam īrṣyāyā nāma bheṣajam ॥

From a far off people really interested in the good of humanity, from the sea and people with equally broad mind that far, I believe, you have been brought and developed as a sure cure for jealousy.

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7.45.2

अग्नेर् इवास्य दहतो दावस्य दहतः पृथक् ।
एताम् एतस्येर्ष्याम् उद्राग्निम् इव शमय ॥

agner ivāsya dahato dāvasya dahataḥ pṛthak ।
etām etasyerṣyām udrāgnim iva śamaya ॥

Like fire extinguished by water, calm down the jealousy of this man burning like blazing fire, indeed blazing like forest fire by itself without obstruction. (What could be the antidote or cure: It could be a herb or a learned psychiatrist.)

Atharvaveda 7.46 · 3 mantras

7.46.1

सिनीवालि पृथुष्टुके या देवानाम् असि स्वसा ।
जुषस्व हव्यम् आहुतं प्रजां देवि दिदिड्ढि नः ॥

sinīvāli pṛthuṣṭuke yā devānām asi svasā ।
juṣasva havyam āhutaṃ prajāṃ devi didiḍḍhi naḥ ॥

O Sinivali, gracious lady of the home, beautiful and adorable, you are a sister of divinities, the very spirit of fertility. Pray love and accept the sacred gift of love of conjugality and bless us with noble progeny.

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7.46.2

या सुबाहुः स्वङ्गुरिः सुषूमा बहुसूवरी ।
तस्यै विश्पत्न्यै हविः सिनीवाल्यै जुहोतन ॥

yā subāhuḥ svaṅguriḥ suṣūmā bahusūvarī ।
tasyai viśpatnyai haviḥ sinīvālyai juhotana ॥

Noble of arms and delicate of fingers, leading light of peace and conjugal prosperity, mother of the brave is the liberal lady of the home. Offer the best and loveliest homage to the mother of the nation, maker of the home, the very spirit of grace and fertility.

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7.46.3

या विश्पत्नीन्द्रम् असि प्रतीची सहस्रस्तुकाभियन्ती देवी ।
विष्णोः पत्नि तुभ्यं राता हवींषि पतिं देवि राधसे चोदयस्व ॥

yā viśpatnīndram asi pratīcī sahasrastukābhiyantī devī ।
viṣṇoḥ patni tubhyaṃ rātā havīṃṣi patiṃ devi rādhase codayasva ॥

Atharvaveda 7.47 · 2 mantras

7.47.1

कुहूं देवीं सुकृतं विद्मनापसम् अस्मिन् यज्ञे सुहवा जोहवीमि ।
सा नो रयिं विश्ववारं नि यछाद् ददातु वीरम् शतदायम् उक्थ्यम् ॥

kuhūṃ devīṃ sukṛtaṃ vidmanāpasam asmin yajñe suhavā johavīmi ।
sā no rayiṃ viśvavāraṃ ni yachād dadātu vīram śatadāyam ukthyam ॥

I invoke and invite ‘Kuhu’, adorable lady of sweet word and voice, divine of mien and noble in manners, enlightened and wise in action, to join me in this holy home yajna of conjugality, and pray may she give us the progeny of noble wealth of character and universal value, admirable, brave and creative in a hundred ways.

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7.47.2

कुहूर् देवानाम् अमृतस्य पत्नी हव्या नो अस्य हविषो जुषेत ।
शृनोतु यज्ञम् उशती नो अद्य रायस् पोषं चिकितुषी दधातु ॥

kuhūr devānām amṛtasya patnī havyā no asya haviṣo juṣeta ।
śṛnotu yajñam uśatī no adya rāyas poṣaṃ cikituṣī dadhātu ॥

Favourite of the people of divine knowledge and character, sustainer of life’s immortal values, intimate friend and companion, may kuhu, the sweet and lovely lady, accept this offer of homage. May she listen now and join our home yajna of conjugality with love in full awareness and bring us prosperity of health and happiness with wealth and advancement at the present time.

Atharvaveda 7.48 · 2 mantras

7.48.1

राकाम् अहं सुहवा सुष्टुती हुवे शृणोतु नः सुभगा बोधतु त्मना ।
सीव्यत्व् अपः सूच्याछिद्यमानया ददातु वीरं शतदायम् उक्थ्यम् ॥

rākām ahaṃ suhavā suṣṭutī huve śṛṇotu naḥ subhagā bodhatu tmanā ।
sīvyatv apaḥ sūcyāchidyamānayā dadātu vīraṃ śatadāyam ukthyam ॥

With sweetest words of love and adoration I solicit my noble and admirable lady love of light, Raka, who, harbinger of all good fortune, I pray, may listen to me, appreciate my sincerity from the depth of her heart, give me a brave, adorable progeny of hundredfold creativity, and thus weave the web of familial duties with the faultless needle of love and wisdom in conjugal cooperation.

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7.48.2

यास् ते राके सुमतयः सुपेशसो याभिर् ददासि दाशुषे वसूनि ।
ताभिर् नो अद्य सुमना उपागहि सहस्रापोषम् सुभगे रराणा ॥

yās te rāke sumatayaḥ supeśaso yābhir dadāsi dāśuṣe vasūni ।
tābhir no adya sumanā upāgahi sahasrāpoṣam subhage rarāṇā ॥

Atharvaveda 7.49 · 2 mantras

7.49.1

देवानां पत्नीर् उशतीर् अवन्तु नः प्रावन्तु नस् तुजये वाजसातये ।
याः पार्थिवासो या अपाम् अपि व्रते ता नो देवीः सुहवाः शर्म यछन्तु ॥

devānāṃ patnīr uśatīr avantu naḥ prāvantu nas tujaye vājasātaye ।
yāḥ pārthivāso yā apām api vrate tā no devīḥ suhavāḥ śarma yachantu ॥

May the Devapatnis, noble consorts of blessed people, like the essential powers of the divinities of nature, doing good to ah with love and passion, protect us for strength and advancement and for success and victory in the fields of life’s struggle for progress. Ah those that are on earth and are active in human affairs, like nature’s divinities on the earth and in the waters, abiding by the laws of nature and the laws and discipline of humanity, divine and adorable, provide us peace, protection and comfortable settlement in happy homes.

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7.49.2

उत ग्ना व्यन्तु देवपत्नीर् इन्द्राण्य् अग्नाय्य् अश्विनी राट् ।
आ रोदसी वरुनानी शृणोतु व्यन्तु देवीर् य ऋतुर् जनीनाम् ॥

uta gnā vyantu devapatnīr indrāṇy agnāyy aśvinī rāṭ ।
ā rodasī varunānī śṛṇotu vyantu devīr ya ṛtur janīnām ॥

Let all divine women, like words of Divinity, all Devapatnis, Indrani, first lady like light of the sun, Agnayi, consort of the leader like the heat of fire, Ashvini, women in the field of speed and technology, like light of the sun and moon, Rodasi, consort of Rudra, powers of health and justice like heaven and earth, Varunani, consort of Varuna, powers of security and punishment, like fluidity of water, listen and help us according to women’s seasons.

Atharvaveda 7.50 · 9 mantras

7.50.1

यथा वृक्षम् अशनिर् विश्वाहा हन्त्य् अप्रति ।
एवाहम् अद्य कितवान् अक्षैर् बध्यासम् अप्रति ॥

yathā vṛkṣam aśanir viśvāhā hanty aprati ।
evāham adya kitavān akṣair badhyāsam aprati ॥

Just as lightning always strikes the tree down without exception or obstruction, so shall I round up and smite the gambler without relent by the force of law.

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7.50.2

तुराणाम् अतुराणां विशाम् अवर्जुषीणाम् ।
समैतु विश्वतो भगो अन्तर्हस्तं कृतं मम ॥

turāṇām aturāṇāṃ viśām avarjuṣīṇām ।
samaitu viśvato bhago antarhastaṃ kṛtaṃ mama ॥

Whether they are smart rich wasters or simple hard-pressed fools, let the entire power and money of people addicted to gambling come under my control confiscated under law by Aksharaja, controller of gambling.

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7.50.3

ईडे अग्निं स्वावसुं नमोभिर् इह प्रसक्तो वि चयत् कृतं नः ।
रथैर् इव प्र भरे वाजयद्भिः प्रदक्षिणं मरुतां स्तोमम् ऋध्याम् ॥

īḍe agniṃ svāvasuṃ namobhir iha prasakto vi cayat kṛtaṃ naḥ ।
rathair iva pra bhare vājayadbhiḥ pradakṣiṇaṃ marutāṃ stomam ṛdhyām ॥

I adore Agni, Ruler and leader, who holds and controls the nation’s own wealth without any debt. Let him, concentrated on the commonwealth, take stock of our actions and achievements in the field of wealth and production. As I raise the wealth and honour of the nation as with chariots laden with wealth and victory, so do I receive as well as promote the honour and prestige of our vibrant people and our forces.

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7.50.4

वयं जयेम त्वया युजा वृतम् अस्माकम् अंशम् उद् अव भरेभरे ।
अस्मभ्यम् इन्द्र वरीयः सुगं कृधि प्र शत्रूणां मघवन् वृष्ण्या रुज ॥

vayaṃ jayema tvayā yujā vṛtam asmākam aṃśam ud ava bharebhare ।
asmabhyam indra varīyaḥ sugaṃ kṛdhi pra śatrūṇāṃ maghavan vṛṣṇyā ruja ॥

With you as Ruler and leader for our guidance, let us win over the surrounding rivals and adversaries. Pray reserve for us our share in every struggle for victory and prosperity. O Indra, lord of glory, whatever is best for us, make that simple and straight for us to achieve. and break down the force and morale of the opponents.

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7.50.5

अजैषं त्वा संलिखितम् अजैषम् उत संरुधम् ।
अविं वृको यथा मथद् एवा मथ्नामि ते कृतम् ॥

ajaiṣaṃ tvā saṃlikhitam ajaiṣam uta saṃrudham ।
aviṃ vṛko yathā mathad evā mathnāmi te kṛtam ॥

I have conquered you even though guarded in a fort surrounded by a moat, and I crush whatever evil you have done as a wolf crushes a sheep.

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7.50.6

उत प्रहाम् अतिदीवा जयति कृतम् इव श्वघ्नी वि चिनोति काले ।
यो देवकामो न धनम् रुणद्धि सम् इत् तं रायः सृजति स्वधाभिः ॥

uta prahām atidīvā jayati kṛtam iva śvaghnī vi cinoti kāle ।
yo devakāmo na dhanam ruṇaddhi sam it taṃ rāyaḥ sṛjati svadhābhiḥ ॥

And an expert player with initiative and at calculated risk takes on the advancing adversary and wins and, like a master gamesman, collects his innings at the end of game time. Then, if he, like a lover of divinities and positive achievement, preserves but does not block his money, the wealth, of its own productive nature and potential, creates more and more for him (he being an expert player and user of money).

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7.50.7

गोभिष् टरेमामतिं दुरेवां यवेन वा क्षुधं पुरुहूत विश्वे ।
वयं राजसु प्रथमा धनान्य् अरिष्टासो वृजनीभिर् जयेम ॥

gobhiṣ ṭaremāmatiṃ durevāṃ yavena vā kṣudhaṃ puruhūta viśve ।
vayaṃ rājasu prathamā dhanāny ariṣṭāso vṛjanībhir jayema ॥

O Ruler, universally loved and invoked, let us solve the difficult problem of ignorance and poverty by education, and development of land and cattle. Let us solve the problem of hunger by the development of barley. Let us be the first among independent nations and, healthy and unviolated, let us win wealth by our efforts in our own ways.

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7.50.8

कृतं मे दक्षिणे हस्ते जयो मे सव्य आहितः ।
गोजिद् भूयासम् अश्वजिद् धनंजयो हिरण्यजित् ॥

kṛtaṃ me dakṣiṇe haste jayo me savya āhitaḥ ।
gojid bhūyāsam aśvajid dhanaṃjayo hiraṇyajit ॥

With action in my right hand, success and victory lies collected in the left. Let me be the winner of cows, lands and culture, horses and achievement, money and wealth of gold and grace.

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7.50.9

अक्षाः फलवतीम् द्युवं दत्त गां क्षीरिणीम् इव ।
सं मा कृतस्य धारया धनुः स्नाव्नेव नह्यत ॥

akṣāḥ phalavatīm dyuvaṃ datta gāṃ kṣīriṇīm iva ।
saṃ mā kṛtasya dhārayā dhanuḥ snāvneva nahyata ॥

O citizens of the land, active, enlightened and balanced all in your orbit, give me brilliant fruitful knowledge of life and the world like the mother cow overflowing with milk, and join me with the main stream of action at the optimum as the string binds the bow at both ends.

Atharvaveda 7.51 · 1 mantras

7.51.1

बृहस्पतिर् नः परि पातु पश्चाद् उतोत्तरस्माद् अधराद् अघयोः ।
इन्द्रः पुरस्ताद् उत मध्यतो नः सखा सखिभ्यो वरीयः कृणोतु ॥

bṛhaspatir naḥ pari pātu paścād utottarasmād adharād aghayoḥ ।
indraḥ purastād uta madhyato naḥ sakhā sakhibhyo varīyaḥ kṛṇotu ॥

May Brhaspati, sagely scholar of the Veda, with divine knowledge, protect us all round from behind, from above and from below against evil doers. May Indra, the ruler, protect us against evil doers from the front and from within, friend of friends as he is, and may he raise us to superior virtue and eminence.

Atharvaveda 7.52 · 2 mantras

7.52.1

संज्ञानं नः स्वेभिः संज्ञानम् अरणेभिः ।
संज्ञानम् अश्विना युवम् इहास्मासु नि यछतम् ॥

saṃjñānaṃ naḥ svebhiḥ saṃjñānam araṇebhiḥ ।
saṃjñānam aśvinā yuvam ihāsmāsu ni yachatam ॥

Let us have harmony and unanimity of mind with our people around, also harmony and unanimity of mind and understanding with the distant and the foreigners. O Ashvins, complementary powers of senior’s communication, mother and father, teacher and preacher, authorities of government and law, in life here, give us harmony, unanimity and mutual understanding of perception, opinion and will in life and corporate affairs.

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7.52.2

सं जानामहै मनसा सं चिकित्वा मा युष्महि मनसा दैव्येन ।
मा घोषा उत् स्थुर् बहुले विनिर्हते मेषुः पप्तद् इन्द्रस्याहन्य् आगते ॥

saṃ jānāmahai manasā saṃ cikitvā mā yuṣmahi manasā daivyena ।
mā ghoṣā ut sthur bahule vinirhate meṣuḥ paptad indrasyāhany āgate ॥

Atharvaveda 7.53 · 7 mantras

7.53.1

अमुत्रभूयाद् अधि यद् यमस्य बृहस्पते अभिशस्तेर् अमुञ्चः ।
प्रत्य् औहताम् अश्विना मृत्युम् अस्मद् देवानाम् अग्ने भिषजा शचीभिः ॥

amutrabhūyād adhi yad yamasya bṛhaspate abhiśaster amuñcaḥ ।
praty auhatām aśvinā mṛtyum asmad devānām agne bhiṣajā śacībhiḥ ॥

O Agni, lord of life and light, and since you have saved us from the possible malediction of Yama, lord of life and death, and his justice beyond there in the other world, and from the justice of Brhaspati, Spirit of expansive nature’s dynamics of change, now, O Lord, we pray, may the Ashvins, physicians of divinities, prana and apana energies, with their power and acts, ward off death from us before fullness and achievement of fulfilment.

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7.53.2

सं क्रामतं मा जहीतं शरीरं प्राणापानौ ते सयुजाव् इह स्ताम् ।
शतं जीव शरदो वर्धमानो ऽग्निष् टे गोपा अधिपा वसिष्ठः ॥

saṃ krāmataṃ mā jahītaṃ śarīraṃ prāṇāpānau te sayujāv iha stām ।
śataṃ jīva śarado vardhamāno 'gniṣ ṭe gopā adhipā vasiṣṭhaḥ ॥

O prana and apana, Ashvins, divine energies and harbingers of good health, come together, do not forsake the body of man. O man, let prana and apana together be here with you. Live a full hundred years, growing and advancing in health and age. Agni is your protector, supreme promoter, highest, best and most refulgent guardian.

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7.53.3

आयुर् यत् ते अतिहितं पराचैर् अपानः प्राणः पुनर् आ ताव् इताम् ।
अग्निष् टद् आहार् निरृतेर् उपस्थात् तद् आत्मनि पुनर् आ वेशयामि ते ॥

āyur yat te atihitaṃ parācair apānaḥ prāṇaḥ punar ā tāv itām ।
agniṣ ṭad āhār nirṛter upasthāt tad ātmani punar ā veśayāmi te ॥

O man, if your life’s vitality is run out for any reason, internal or external, let the two, prana and apana energies, come back again. Agni, life’s living vitality, would bring you back from the clutches of calamity. That living vitality, life energy, I restore into your body, mind and soul.

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7.53.4

मेमं प्राणो हासीन् मो अपानो ऽवहाय परा गात् ।
सप्तर्षिभ्य एनं परि ददामि ते एनं स्वस्ति जरसे वहन्तु ॥

memaṃ prāṇo hāsīn mo apāno 'vahāya parā gāt ।
saptarṣibhya enaṃ pari dadāmi te enaṃ svasti jarase vahantu ॥

Let not prana forsake this person. Let not apana leave him and go out. I entrust this person to the vitality and energies of Saptarshis, i.e., five senses, mind and intelligence, or, five main pranas, Dhananjaya prana and Sutratma, cosmic spiritual vitality, which may support, sustain and conduct him with peace and comfort unto full old age.

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7.53.5

प्र विषतं प्राणापानाव् अनड्वाहाव् इव व्रजम् ।
अयं जरिम्नः शेवधिर् अरिष्ट इह वर्धताम् ॥

pra viṣataṃ prāṇāpānāv anaḍvāhāv iva vrajam ।
ayaṃ jarimnaḥ śevadhir ariṣṭa iha vardhatām ॥

O prana and apana vitalities, enter this person with your energy and vitality like two chariot bulls taking to the road to conduct the master to his destination. This person is a living treasure-hold of health and age, which, on your entry, may grow and go on forward on life’s journey without hurt or damage here.

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7.53.6

आ ते प्राणं सुवामसि परा यक्ष्मं सुवामि ते ।
आयुर् नो विश्वतो दधद् अयम् अग्निर् वरेण्यः ॥

ā te prāṇaṃ suvāmasi parā yakṣmaṃ suvāmi te ।
āyur no viśvato dadhad ayam agnir vareṇyaḥ ॥

O man, we inspire and vitalise your pranic energy from strength to strength. We devitalise and throw out your consumptive negativities. May this Agni, vital heat and energy of health, cherished and adorable, bring us health and long age from all sides in all ways.

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7.53.7

उद् वयं तमसस् परि रोहन्तो नाकम् उत्तमम् ।
देवं देवत्रा सूर्यम् अगन्म ज्योतिर् उत्तमम् ॥

ud vayaṃ tamasas pari rohanto nākam uttamam ।
devaṃ devatrā sūryam aganma jyotir uttamam ॥

May we, rising higher and higher beyond the dark to the highest heaven, reach the sun, highest light of the high, divinest of the divines.

Atharvaveda 7.54 · 2 mantras

7.54.1

ऋचं साम यजामहे याभ्यां कर्माणि कुर्वते ।
एते सदसि राजतो यज्ञं देवेषु यछतः ॥

ṛcaṃ sāma yajāmahe yābhyāṃ karmāṇi kurvate ।
ete sadasi rājato yajñaṃ deveṣu yachataḥ ॥

We honour and live and work by Rks and Samans, hymns of knowledge and joy of piety and devotion. People perform their duties and do their work by knowledge and the value of knowledge and work for joyous fulfilment. These two, Rks and Samans, therefore, shine in the meeting hall of the enlightened, sustain and extend joint actions of holiness among the wise and lead them to success.

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7.54.2

ऋचं साम यद् अप्राक्षं हविर् ओजो यजुर् बलम् ।
एष मा तस्मान् मा हिंसीद् वेदः पृष्टः शचीपते ॥

ṛcaṃ sāma yad aprākṣaṃ havir ojo yajur balam ।
eṣa mā tasmān mā hiṃsīd vedaḥ pṛṣṭaḥ śacīpate ॥

I have asked for and tried to know by Rks, learn the value by Samans, and perform by application of the Yajus, hymns of knowledge applied. And I have asked for and learnt the materials of yajna in action in pursuit of strength and lustre for life. Therefore, I pray, O Shachipati, Indra, lord of noble action, let this knowledge, Veda, asked for and received, not lead me, for that reason of attainment, to violence against others and ultimately to violence against me.

Atharvaveda 7.55 · 1 mantras

7.55.1

ये ते पन्थानो ऽव दिवो येभिर् विश्वम् ऐरयः ।
तेभिः सुम्नया धेहि नो वसो ॥

ye te panthāno 'va divo yebhir viśvam airayaḥ ।
tebhiḥ sumnayā dhehi no vaso ॥

O Vasu, lord giver of peace and settlement, all those paths of yours by which you move the world of existence onward are paths of heavenly light here on earth. By those very paths of light, pray, establish us in a life of peace and progress without violence to anyone.

Atharvaveda 7.56 · 8 mantras

7.56.1

तिरश्चिराजेर् असितात् पृदाकोः परि संभृतम् ।
तत् कङ्कपर्वणो विषम् इयं वीरुद् अनीनशत् ॥

tiraścirājer asitāt pṛdākoḥ pari saṃbhṛtam ।
tat kaṅkaparvaṇo viṣam iyaṃ vīrud anīnaśat ॥

This herb has destroyed the poison received from the bite of a striped, black, poisonous snake.

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7.56.2

इयं वीरुन् मधुजाता मधुश्चुन् मधुला मधूः ।
सा विह्रुतस्य भेषज्य् अथो मशकजम्भनी ॥

iyaṃ vīrun madhujātā madhuścun madhulā madhūḥ ।
sā vihrutasya bheṣajy atho maśakajambhanī ॥

This herb is born of honey, full of honey, honey sweet, honey itself. It is Mashaka-jambhani, killer of mosquitoes, and it is an antidote of deadly poison.

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7.56.3

यतो दष्टं यतो धीतं ततस् ते निर् ह्वयामसि ।
अर्भस्य तृप्रदंशिनो मशकस्यारसं विषम् ॥

yato daṣṭaṃ yato dhītaṃ tatas te nir hvayāmasi ।
arbhasya tṛpradaṃśino maśakasyārasaṃ viṣam ॥

Where the bite is, from where the blood has been sucked, from there we remove the little smarting mosquito’s poison already rendered ineffective.

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7.56.4

अयं यो वक्रो विपरुर् व्यङ्गो मुखानि वक्रा वृजिना कृणोषि ।
तानि त्वं ब्रह्मणस् पते इषीकाम् इव सं नमः ॥

ayaṃ yo vakro viparur vyaṅgo mukhāni vakrā vṛjinā kṛṇoṣi ।
tāni tvaṃ brahmaṇas pate iṣīkām iva saṃ namaḥ ॥

O Brahmanaspati, physician, this patient is twisted in body, his joints are slack, his limbs are crippled, his mouth, face, teeth and tongue are all deformed and crooked, all these he twists and twirls. Pray put them back in proper shape and order as munja grass.

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7.56.5

अरसस्य शर्कोटस्य नीचीनस्योपसर्पतः ।
विषं ह्य् अस्यादिष्य् अथो एनम् अजीजभम् ॥

arasasya śarkoṭasya nīcīnasyopasarpataḥ ।
viṣaṃ hy asyādiṣy atho enam ajījabham ॥

I destroy the poison of this bloodless scorpion coming up crawling from below, and I have crushed it.

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7.56.6

न ते बाह्वोर् बलम् अस्ति न शीर्षे नोत मध्यतः ।
अथ किं पापया ऽमुया पुछे बिभर्ष्य् अर्भकम् ॥

na te bāhvor balam asti na śīrṣe nota madhyataḥ ।
atha kiṃ pāpayā 'muyā puche bibharṣy arbhakam ॥

O Scorpion, there is no strength in your arms, nor in the head, nor in the middle of the body. Then by what mischievous evil do you hold the little but smarting poison in your tail-sting?

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7.56.7

अदन्ति त्वा पिपीलिका वि वृश्चन्ति मयूर्यः ।
सर्वे भल ब्रवाथ शार्कोटम् अरसं विषम् ॥

adanti tvā pipīlikā vi vṛścanti mayūryaḥ ।
sarve bhala bravātha śārkoṭam arasaṃ viṣam ॥

O Scorpion, O snake, the ants eat you up. The peahens cut up and eat you up. Be careful, O people, and warn well against the sapless poison of the scorpion and the snake.

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7.56.8

य उभाभ्यां प्रहरसि पुछेन चास्येन च ।
आस्ये न ते विषं किम् उ ते पुछधाव् असत् ॥

ya ubhābhyāṃ praharasi puchena cāsyena ca ।
āsye na te viṣaṃ kim u te puchadhāv asat ॥

O Scorpion, you attack with both the tail and the mouth. In your mouth there is no poison. Then how come there is poison in the tail?

Atharvaveda 7.57 · 2 mantras

7.57.1

यद् आशसा वदतो मे विचुक्षुभे यद् याचमानस्य चरतो जनां अनु ।
यद् आत्मनि तन्वो मे विरिष्टं सरस्वती तद् आ पृणद् घृतेन ॥

yad āśasā vadato me vicukṣubhe yad yācamānasya carato janāṃ anu ।
yad ātmani tanvo me viriṣṭaṃ sarasvatī tad ā pṛṇad ghṛtena ॥

If I am agitated at heart while speaking and dealing with people with expectation, or for solicitation, or with commitment, then denied and hurt, then whatever is bruised at the core of my heart and soul, may Sarasvati repair that damage with the balmy softness of her creamy wisdom.

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7.57.2

सप्त क्षरन्ति सिशवे मरुत्वते पित्रे पुत्रासो अप्य् अवीवृतन्न् ऋतानि ।
उभे इद् अस्योभे अस्य राजत उभे यतेते उभे अस्य पुष्यतः ॥

sapta kṣaranti siśave marutvate pitre putrāso apy avīvṛtann ṛtāni ।
ubhe id asyobhe asya rājata ubhe yatete ubhe asya puṣyataḥ ॥

Seven gifts of Mother Nature, five senses with mind and intelligence, five pranas with Sutratma and Dhananjaya, bring showers of milky nourishment for the vibrant soul residing in the body, as children do good and bring hope and fulfilment to the parent, and they also abide by the laws of eternal truth as they serve the soul. Also, there are two other potentials which serve the soul, they shine and bring light and lustre for it, they are both active, and both nourish, promote and advance it in life. These are prana and apana energies

Atharvaveda 7.58 · 2 mantras

7.58.1

इन्द्रावरुणा सुतपाव् इमं सुतं सोमं पिबतं मद्यं धृतव्रतौ ।
युवो रथो अध्वरो देववीतये प्रति स्वसरम् उप यातु पीतये ॥

indrāvaruṇā sutapāv imaṃ sutaṃ somaṃ pibataṃ madyaṃ dhṛtavratau ।
yuvo ratho adhvaro devavītaye prati svasaram upa yātu pītaye ॥

Indra and Varuna, sun and moon, winds and waters, powers of governance and law and justice, ruler and people, seasoned and disciplined in your own law and function, protectors and promoters of your own creations, come, promote and taste of this exhilarating soma of joy distilled for you. May your chariot of love and non-violence move by paths of rectitude and visit every home every day for the protection, promotion and exhilaration of the sagely divines and brilliant people.

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7.58.2

इन्द्रावरुणा मधुमत्तमस्य वृष्णः सोमस्य वृषणा वृषेथाम् ।
इदं वाम् अन्धः परिषिक्तम् आसद्यास्मिन् बर्हिषि मादयेथाम् ॥

indrāvaruṇā madhumattamasya vṛṣṇaḥ somasya vṛṣaṇā vṛṣethām ।
idaṃ vām andhaḥ pariṣiktam āsadyāsmin barhiṣi mādayethām ॥

Indra and Varuna, generous and virile, give us profuse showers of the sweetest and most exciting soma. Here is this food prepared and seasoned for you, come, be seated on this vedi, enjoy and promote our happiness and prosperity.

Atharvaveda 7.59 · 1 mantras

7.59.1

यो नः शपाद् अशपतः शपतो यश् च नः शपात् ।
वृक्ष इव विद्युता हत आ मूलाद् अनु शुष्यतु ॥

yo naḥ śapād aśapataḥ śapato yaś ca naḥ śapāt ।
vṛkṣa iva vidyutā hata ā mūlād anu śuṣyatu ॥

Whoever curses us who curse not, and whoever curses us though we too revile the curse, would dry up and die out like a tree struck by lightning, upto the very roots.

Atharvaveda 7.60 · 7 mantras

7.60.1

ऊर्जं बिभ्रद् वसुवनिः सुमेधा अघोरेण चक्षुषा मित्रियेण ।
गृहान् ऐमि सुमना वन्दमानो रमध्वम् मा बिभीत मत् ॥

ūrjaṃ bibhrad vasuvaniḥ sumedhā aghoreṇa cakṣuṣā mitriyeṇa ।
gṛhān aimi sumanā vandamāno ramadhvam mā bibhīta mat ॥

Bearing strength and enthusiasm, comfortable with money and success, happy at heart and noble in understanding and intelligence, I come and take residence in the home with the inmates, looking at all with a loving friendly eye, full of respect for all. O friends and members of the family, enjoy yourselves, fear nothing, not me. (Thus the house-holder enters the new home, let us say, to settle after his education and training.

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7.60.2

इमे गृहा मयोभुव ऊर्जस्वन्तः पयस्वन्तः ।
पूर्णा वामेन तिष्ठन्तस् ते नो जानन्त्व् आयतः ॥

ime gṛhā mayobhuva ūrjasvantaḥ payasvantaḥ ।
pūrṇā vāmena tiṣṭhantas te no jānantv āyataḥ ॥

These homes with their inmates are happy and peaceful, full of food, energy and enthusiasm, and they stay overflowing with cherished wealth, beauty and joy. And let them welcome us as we come and join.

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7.60.3

येषाम् अध्येति प्रवसन् येषु सौमनसो बहुः ।
गृहान् उप ह्वयामहे ते नो जानन्त्व् आयतः ॥

yeṣām adhyeti pravasan yeṣu saumanaso bahuḥ ।
gṛhān upa hvayāmahe te no jānantv āyataḥ ॥

These are homes which the man for long away wistfully remembers, in which dwell many people happy at heart. Such homes we visualise and long for. May those who dwell there know and welcome us, new comers who join them.

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7.60.4

उपहूता भूरिधनाः सखायः स्वादुसंमुदः ।
अक्षुध्या अतृष्या स्त गृहा मास्मद् बिभीतन ॥

upahūtā bhūridhanāḥ sakhāyaḥ svādusaṃmudaḥ ।
akṣudhyā atṛṣyā sta gṛhā māsmad bibhītana ॥

Invited and welcome are people, enjoy with ample wealth, be friendly, good at heart and joyous. O inmates of the homes, be free from hunger and thirst, fear us not, enjoy yourselves.

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7.60.5

उपहूता इह गाव उपहूता अजावयः ।
अथो अन्नस्य कीलाल उपहूतो गृहेषु ॥

upahūtā iha gāva upahūtā ajāvayaḥ ।
atho annasya kīlāla upahūto gṛheṣu ॥

Let COWS be happy and welcome here. Let sheep and goats be welcome and happy. The best and most delicious foods and drinks are brought in here in our homes.

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7.60.6

सूनृतावन्तः सुभगा इरावन्तो हसामुदाः ।
अतृष्या अक्षुध्या स्त गृहा मास्मद् बिभीतन ॥

sūnṛtāvantaḥ subhagā irāvanto hasāmudāḥ ।
atṛṣyā akṣudhyā sta gṛhā māsmad bibhītana ॥

Inmates of the home, be dedicated to holy truth and the law of divinity, be noble and prosperous, have ample food and drink, be comfortable, merry at heart and joyous. Let there be all freedom from hunger and thirst. Nothing to fear from us.

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7.60.7

इहैव स्त मानु गात विश्वा रूपाणि पुष्यत ।
ऐष्यामि भद्रेणा सह भूयांसो भवता मया ॥

ihaiva sta mānu gāta viśvā rūpāṇi puṣyata ।
aiṣyāmi bhadreṇā saha bhūyāṃso bhavatā mayā ॥

Be here, go not away, be happy and prosperous in all ways, all forms, and all conditions of life and grow higher. I come with all good fortune. Grow many and prosperous with me.

Atharvaveda 7.61 · 2 mantras

7.61.1

यद् अग्ने तपसा तप उपतप्यामहे तपः ।
प्रियाः श्रुतस्य भूयास्मायुष्मन्तः सुमेधसः ॥

yad agne tapasā tapa upatapyāmahe tapaḥ ।
priyāḥ śrutasya bhūyāsmāyuṣmantaḥ sumedhasaḥ ॥

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7.61.2

अग्ने तपस् तप्यामह उप तप्यामहे तपः ।
श्रुतानि शृण्वन्तः वयम् आयुष्मन्तः सुमेधसः ॥

agne tapas tapyāmaha upa tapyāmahe tapaḥ ।
śrutāni śṛṇvantaḥ vayam āyuṣmantaḥ sumedhasaḥ ॥

Atharvaveda 7.62 · 1 mantras

7.62.1

अयम् अग्निः सत्पतिर् वृद्धवृष्णो रथीव पत्तीन् अजयत् पुरोहितः ।
नाभा पृथिव्यां निहितो दविद्युतद् अधस्पदं कृणुतां ये पृतन्यवः ॥

ayam agniḥ satpatir vṛddhavṛṣṇo rathīva pattīn ajayat purohitaḥ ।
nābhā pṛthivyāṃ nihito davidyutad adhaspadaṃ kṛṇutāṃ ye pṛtanyavaḥ ॥

This Agni, blazing hero, veteran, virile lover and protector of Truth and the truthful, conquers the pedestrian fighters like a chariot hero. Leader and pioneer, shining in glory at the centre of the earth, may he crush the onslaughts of strife and hostility under the foot.

Atharvaveda 7.63 · 1 mantras

7.63.1

पृतनाजितं सहमानम् अग्निम् उक्थ्यैर् हवामहे परमात् सधस्थात् ।
स नः पर्षद् अति दुर्गाणि विश्वा क्षामद् देवो ऽति दुरितान्य् अग्निः ॥

pṛtanājitaṃ sahamānam agnim ukthyair havāmahe paramāt sadhasthāt ।
sa naḥ parṣad ati durgāṇi viśvā kṣāmad devo 'ti duritāny agniḥ ॥

With hymns of adoration we invoke and call Agni, conqueror of hosts, patient, challenging and subduing, to come from the farthest of far places, and we pray to the pioneer warring Agni that he may lead us successfully across all strongholds of the enemy and destroy all evils and despicables of life from the earth.

Atharvaveda 7.64 · 2 mantras

7.64.1

इदं यत् कृष्णः शकुनिर् अभिनिष्पतन्न् अपीपतत् ।
आपो मा तस्मात् सर्वस्माद् दुरितात् पान्त्व् अंहसः ॥

idaṃ yat kṛṣṇaḥ śakunir abhiniṣpatann apīpatat ।
āpo mā tasmāt sarvasmād duritāt pāntv aṃhasaḥ ॥

This black and powerful bird-like shadow of dark Tamas, evil, flies from the deep unknown and grips the mind, from which, I pray, may Apah, dynamic spirit

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7.64.2

इदं यत् कृष्णः शकुनिर् अवामृक्षन् निरृते ते मुखेन ।
अग्निर् मा तस्माद् एनसो गार्हपत्यः प्र मुञ्चतु ॥

idaṃ yat kṛṣṇaḥ śakunir avāmṛkṣan nirṛte te mukhena ।
agnir mā tasmād enaso gārhapatyaḥ pra muñcatu ॥

Atharvaveda 7.65 · 3 mantras

7.65.1

प्रतीचीनफलो हि त्वम् अपामार्ग रुरोहिथ ।
सर्वान् मच् छपथाम् अधि वरीयो यवया इतः ॥

pratīcīnaphalo hi tvam apāmārga rurohitha ।
sarvān mac chapathām adhi varīyo yavayā itaḥ ॥

Apamarga, of reverting and reverted growth is your fruit, you grow all-cure, versatile: Reversion of disease is the result. Pray throw off all cursed diseases from us to farthest of the far distance.

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7.65.2

यद् दुष्कृतं यच् छमलं यद् वा चेरिम पापया ।
त्वया तद् विश्वतोमुखापामार्गाप मृज्महे ॥

yad duṣkṛtaṃ yac chamalaṃ yad vā cerima pāpayā ।
tvayā tad viśvatomukhāpāmārgāpa mṛjmahe ॥

Whatever evil, dirty or sinful act we have done and suffer, O Apamarga, all-cure versatile, we wash off by you.

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7.65.3

श्यावदता कुनखिना बण्डेन यत् सहासिम ।
अपामार्ग त्वया वयं सर्वं तद् अप मृज्महे ॥

śyāvadatā kunakhinā baṇḍena yat sahāsima ।
apāmārga tvayā vayaṃ sarvaṃ tad apa mṛjmahe ॥

Whether we suffer from black teeth, deformed nails, or crooked limbs, we ward off all that by you, Apamarga.

Atharvaveda 7.66 · 1 mantras

7.66.1

यद्य् अन्तरिक्षे यदि वात आस यदि वृक्षेषु यदि वोलपेषु ।
यद् अश्रवन् पशव उद्यमानं तद् ब्राह्मणं पुनर् अस्मान् उपैतु ॥

yady antarikṣe yadi vāta āsa yadi vṛkṣeṣu yadi volapeṣu ।
yad aśravan paśava udyamānaṃ tad brāhmaṇaṃ punar asmān upaitu ॥

That presence and omniscience of universal spirit which vibrates in space, in the wind, which is in trees, which is in herbs and grasses, which men of vision and imagination visualise and hear manifesting omnipresent, may that divine presence of Brahma and the divine Voice come and bless us again and again, constantly.

Atharvaveda 7.67 · 1 mantras

7.67.1

पुनर् मैत्व् इन्द्रियं पुनर् आत्मा द्रविणं ब्राह्मणं च ।
पुनर् अग्नयो धिष्ण्या यथास्थाम कल्पयन्ताम् इहैव ॥

punar maitv indriyaṃ punar ātmā draviṇaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ ca ।
punar agnayo dhiṣṇyā yathāsthāma kalpayantām ihaiva ॥

Atharvaveda 7.68 · 3 mantras

7.68.1

सरस्वति व्रतेषु ते दिव्येषु देवि धामसु ।
जुषस्व हव्यम् आहुतं प्रजाम् देवि ररास्व नः ॥

sarasvati vrateṣu te divyeṣu devi dhāmasu ।
juṣasva havyam āhutaṃ prajām devi rarāsva naḥ ॥

Mother Sarasvati, inspiring spirit of omniscience, pray accept our homage of oblations and actions dedicated o your disciplines in various fields of your divine refulgence and, O mother of light and knowledge, bless us with brilliant progeny educated and cultured in those disciplines.

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7.68.2

इदं ते हव्यं घृतवत् सरस्वतीदं पितॄणां हविर् आस्यं यत् ।
इमानि त उदिता शम्तमानि तेभिर् वयं मधुमन्तः स्याम ॥

idaṃ te havyaṃ ghṛtavat sarasvatīdaṃ pitṝṇāṃ havir āsyaṃ yat ।
imāni ta uditā śamtamāni tebhir vayaṃ madhumantaḥ syāma ॥

Mother Sarasvati, this is our homage to you in the form of our best of knowledge and enlightenment, this is our parent’s and teachers’ homage of knowledge and enlightenment in the best of words and taste, and these are, in fact, your own most inspiring and enlightening gifts of peaceful and creative knowledge and wisdom arisen in the mind, by which, we pray, we may live a happy enlightened life with the sweetness of universal culture.

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7.68.3

शिवा नः शंतमा भव सुमृडीका सरस्वति ।
मा ते युयोम संदृशः ॥

śivā naḥ śaṃtamā bhava sumṛḍīkā sarasvati ।
mā te yuyoma saṃdṛśaḥ ॥

Mother Sarasvati, be kind, most gracious, and ever compassionate. Let us never be deprived of your presence and your grace.

Atharvaveda 7.69 · 1 mantras

7.69.1

शं नो वातो वातु शं नस् तपतु सूर्यः ।
अहानि शं भवन्तु नः शं रात्री प्रति धीयतां ।
शं उषा नो व्य् उछतु ॥

śaṃ no vāto vātu śaṃ nas tapatu sūryaḥ ।
ahāni śaṃ bhavantu naḥ śaṃ rātrī prati dhīyatāṃ ।
śaṃ uṣā no vy uchatu ॥

Let the winds blow at peace for peace and exhilaration for us. Let the sun shine in peace for peace and warmth of life for us. Let the days be bright at peace and give us peace and joy. May the night bring us peace and bliss. May the dawn bring us peace and joy with

Atharvaveda 7.70 · 5 mantras

7.70.1

यत् किं चासौ मनसा यच् च वाचा यज्ञैर् जुहोति हविषा यजुषा ।
तन् मृत्युना निरृतिः संविदाना पुरा सत्याद् आहुतिं हन्त्व् अस्य ॥

yat kiṃ cāsau manasā yac ca vācā yajñair juhoti haviṣā yajuṣā ।
tan mṛtyunā nirṛtiḥ saṃvidānā purā satyād āhutiṃ hantv asya ॥

Whatever the enemy is able to muster up with intention, thought and planning, whatever with words and propaganda, with all his joint efforts and allies, materials and his tactics of application and execution, all that preparation and plan of his, our deadly defence forces of destruction and deprivation, having known in advance, must counter and destroy before he strikes and accomplishes his object.

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7.70.2

यातुधाना निरृतिर् आद् उ रक्षस् ते अस्य घ्नन्त्व् अनृतेन सत्यम् ।
इन्द्रेषिता देवा आजम् अस्य मथ्नन्तु मा तत् सं पादि यद् असौ जुहोति ॥

yātudhānā nirṛtir ād u rakṣas te asya ghnantv anṛtena satyam ।
indreṣitā devā ājam asya mathnantu mā tat saṃ pādi yad asau juhoti ॥

Raksha, forces of the watch and reconnaissance, Yatudhana, forces of attack in advance, Nir-rti, his own state of deprivation, these, by reasons of the falsehood of his intention and design, would destroy the enemy’s simulation of truth and rectitude. Let the brilliant forces inspired and reinforced by the ruler, Indra, shake and rout his forces. Whatever he plans and tries to execute must not be allowed to be accomplished.

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7.70.3

अजिराधिराजौ श्येनौ संपातिनाव् इव ।
आज्यं पृतन्यतो हतां यो नः कश्चाभ्यघायति ॥

ajirādhirājau śyenau saṃpātināv iva ।
ājyaṃ pṛtanyato hatāṃ yo naḥ kaścābhyaghāyati ॥

Like two royal eagles pouncing upon the prey, let the supreme ruler and the supreme commander of the forces destroy the means, materials and forces of the enemy that attacks us.

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7.70.4

अपाञ्चौ त उभौ बाहू अपि नह्याम्य् आस्यम् ।
अग्नेर् देवस्य मन्युना तेन ते ऽवधिषं हविः ॥

apāñcau ta ubhau bāhū api nahyāmy āsyam ।
agner devasya manyunā tena te 'vadhiṣaṃ haviḥ ॥

I nail those two columns of your army already reverted and retreated, and thus I seal your advance also. It is by the force and terror of brilliant fire power that I destroy your force and the entire infrastructure.

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7.70.5

अपि नह्यामि ते बाहू अपि नह्याम्य् आस्यम् ।
अग्नेर् घोरस्य मन्युना तेन ऽवधिषं हविः ॥

api nahyāmi te bāhū api nahyāmy āsyam ।
agner ghorasya manyunā tena 'vadhiṣaṃ haviḥ ॥

I nail your arms and the army. I shut your advance. By the force and power of terrible Agni, fire.

Atharvaveda 7.71 · 1 mantras

7.71.1

परि त्वाग्ने पुरं वयं विप्रं सहस्य धीमहि ।
धृषद्वर्णं दिवेदिवे हन्तारं भङ्गुरावतः ॥

pari tvāgne puraṃ vayaṃ vipraṃ sahasya dhīmahi ।
dhṛṣadvarṇaṃ divedive hantāraṃ bhaṅgurāvataḥ ॥

Agni, O supreme commander, fiery leader, first, perfect and impenetrable like a formidable fort, day in and day out we think of, remember and do homage to you, veteran wise, embodiment of patience, fortitude and unchallengeable might, image of terror, and shaker and destroyer of the violent and the killer.

Atharvaveda 7.72 · 3 mantras

7.72.1

उत् तिष्ठताव पश्यतेन्द्रस्य भागम् ऋत्वियम् ।
यदि श्रातम् जुहोतन यद्य् अश्रातं ममत्तन ॥

ut tiṣṭhatāva paśyatendrasya bhāgam ṛtviyam ।
yadi śrātam juhotana yady aśrātaṃ mamattana ॥

Arise, O friends, watch out for the seasonal share of Indra, supreme ruler. If it is ripe and ready, offer. If not yet ripe and ready, wait, accelerate and exhilarate.

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7.72.2

श्रातम् हविर् ओ ष्व् इन्द्र प्र याहि जगाम सूरो अध्वनो वि मध्यम् ।
परि त्वासते निधिभिः सखायः कुलपा न व्राजपतिम् चरन्तम् ॥

śrātam havir o ṣv indra pra yāhi jagāma sūro adhvano vi madhyam ।
pari tvāsate nidhibhiḥ sakhāyaḥ kulapā na vrājapatim carantam ॥

Indra, the havi is ripe and ready. Pray come, the sun is half way up on its path. Friends sit around with their treasure sweets for you like heads of families waiting for the chief on the round.

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7.72.3

श्रातं मन्य ऊधनि श्रातम् अग्नौ सुशृतं मन्ये तद् ऋतं नवीयः ।
माध्यन्दिनस्य सवनस्य दध्नः पिबेन्द्र वज्रिन् पुरुकृज् जुषाणः ॥

śrātaṃ manya ūdhani śrātam agnau suśṛtaṃ manye tad ṛtaṃ navīyaḥ ।
mādhyandinasya savanasya dadhnaḥ pibendra vajrin purukṛj juṣāṇaḥ ॥

I believe the havi is ripe and ready at dawn in the cow’s udders. It is ripe and seasoned on the fire. This process of nature and fire, the eternal law, is universal, ancient, yet it is ever new too. O lord of thunder and justice, universal cause of action, loving and sociable, come and taste of the milky sweets of mid-day’s yajna of action and celebrative homage.

Atharvaveda 7.73 · 11 mantras

7.73.1

समिद्धो अग्निर् वृषणा रथी दिवस् तप्तो घर्मो दुह्यते वाम् इषे मधु ।
वयं हि वां पुरुदमासो अश्विना हवामहे सधमादेषु कारवः ॥

samiddho agnir vṛṣaṇā rathī divas tapto gharmo duhyate vām iṣe madhu ।
vayaṃ hi vāṃ purudamāso aśvinā havāmahe sadhamādeṣu kāravaḥ ॥

Harbingers of the dawn, mighty generous Ashvins, chariot heroes of heavens, lighted is the fire, the flames of yajna are rising, honeyed milk of mother nature is flowing. Rejoicing together in yajnic homes, we invoke you and, poets of nature as we are, we celebrate and adore you in divine revelry.

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7.73.2

समिद्धो अग्निर् अश्विना तप्तो वां घर्म आ गतम् ।
दुह्यन्ते नूनं वृषणेह धेनवो दस्रा मदन्ति वेधसः ॥

samiddho agnir aśvinā tapto vāṃ gharma ā gatam ।
duhyante nūnaṃ vṛṣaṇeha dhenavo dasrā madanti vedhasaḥ ॥

Mighty generous Ashvins, the fire is lighted, the yajna is hot and rising refulgent for you. Pray come, the cows are being milked and, O angels of beauty, grace and glory, the learned sages rejoice and celebrate.

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7.73.3

इवाहाकृतः शुचिर् देवेषु यज्ञो यो अश्विनोश् चमसो देवपानः ।
तम् उ विश्वे अमृतासो जुषाणा गन्धर्वस्य प्रत्य् आस्ना रिहन्ति ॥

ivāhākṛtaḥ śucir deveṣu yajño yo aśvinoś camaso devapānaḥ ।
tam u viśve amṛtāso juṣāṇā gandharvasya praty āsnā rihanti ॥

Consecrated and conducted with oblations capped with selfless, ‘svaha’, pure and shining yajna in the assembly of the learned is a metaphor of the heavenly bowl of the Ashvins, fit for joyous soma drink of divinities, which all the immortalities of nature and brilliancies of humanity cherish with love, and they tdoration and taste the nectar with the first rays of the sun, father sustainer of the earth.

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7.73.4

यद् उस्रियास्व् आहुतं घृतं पयो ऽयं स वाम् अश्विना भाग आ गतम् ।
माध्वी धर्तारा विदथस्य सत्पती तप्तं घर्मं पिबतम् दिवः ॥

yad usriyāsv āhutaṃ ghṛtaṃ payo 'yaṃ sa vām aśvinā bhāga ā gatam ।
mādhvī dhartārā vidathasya satpatī taptaṃ gharmaṃ pibatam divaḥ ॥

Ashvins, harbingers of the dawn, men and women who are harbingers of the day’s activities, the ghrta which is vested in the cows by nature, and the ghrta which is offered into the fire and through the fire into the rays of the sun, that is your share. Come and join. O honey sweet conductors and sustainers of yajna, holy managers and sustainers of the Rashtra yajna, taste, protect and promote the burning fire and rising fragrance of yajna and raise it to the lights of heaven.

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7.73.5

तप्तो वां घर्मो नक्षतु स्वहोता प्र वाम् अध्वर्युश् चरतु पयस्वान् ।
मधोर् दुग्धस्याश्विना तनाया वीतं पातं पयस उस्रियायाः ॥

tapto vāṃ gharmo nakṣatu svahotā pra vām adhvaryuś caratu payasvān ।
madhor dugdhasyāśvinā tanāyā vītaṃ pātaṃ payasa usriyāyāḥ ॥

Ashvins, harbingers of the dawn, men and women of the Rashtra, may the rising warmth and fragrance of yajna reach you. May the self-sacrificing organising priest of the yajna of love and non-violence, bearing milk and ghrta, conduct the yajna for you. Ashvins, enjoy the milk of cows, warmth of sun rays and the milky sweet knowledge of the honey essences of nature and protect and promote the yajna.

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7.73.6

उप द्रव पयसा गोधुग् ओषम् आ घर्मे सिञ्च पय उस्रियायाः ।
वि नाकम् अख्यत् सविता वरेण्यो ऽनुप्रयाणम् उषसो वि राजति ॥

upa drava payasā godhug oṣam ā gharme siñca paya usriyāyāḥ ।
vi nākam akhyat savitā vareṇyo 'nuprayāṇam uṣaso vi rājati ॥

Come fast, O milk man, with milk and ghrta and offer the shining oblation of cow’s milk into the yajna fire. Adorable Savita, self-refulgent sun, has illuminated the heavens and in pursuit of the dawn shines bright over the earth.

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7.73.7

उप ह्वये सुदुघां धेनुम् एतां सुहस्तो गोधुग् उत दोहद् एनाम् ।
श्रेष्ठं सवं सविता साविषन् नो ऽभीद्धो घर्मस् तद् उ षु प्र वोचत् ॥

upa hvaye sudughāṃ dhenum etāṃ suhasto godhug uta dohad enām ।
śreṣṭhaṃ savaṃ savitā sāviṣan no 'bhīddho gharmas tad u ṣu pra vocat ॥

I invoke the holy cow of Madhu-vidya, knowledge of the honey sweets of divine Nature. Let the man of expert hand and intelligence distil the honey sweets. May Savita, highest lord giver of light and life, light up the holy fire for us, and may the fire of this explorative yajna reveal the secret of Madhu vidya for us.

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7.73.8

हिङ्कृण्वती वसुपत्नी वसूनां वत्सम् इछन्ती मनसा न्यागन् ।
दुहाम् अश्विभ्यां पयो अघ्न्येयं सा वर्धतां महते सौभगाय ॥

hiṅkṛṇvatī vasupatnī vasūnāṃ vatsam ichantī manasā nyāgan ।
duhām aśvibhyāṃ payo aghnyeyaṃ sā vardhatāṃ mahate saubhagāya ॥

This holy inviolable cow. Divine Word and Madhu-vidya, mother guardian and promoter of the prosperity, honour and excellence of the noblest gracious powers of the world, loving from the depth of her heart like the lowing mother cow for her calf, is come. Let this mother sustain the milk of life for the Ashvins, men and women of the world, and let her also grow and prosper for the honour and excellence of the world.

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7.73.9

जुष्टो दमूना अतिथिर् दुरोण इमं नो यज्ञम् उप याहि विद्वान् ।
विश्वा अग्ने अभियुजो विहत्य शत्रूयताम् आ भरा भोजनानि ॥

juṣṭo damūnā atithir duroṇa imaṃ no yajñam upa yāhi vidvān ।
viśvā agne abhiyujo vihatya śatrūyatām ā bharā bhojanāni ॥

Agni, ruler, leader, sagely scholar, giver of light and life, self-controlled friend of the home and family, vibrant and dynamic, invoked, invited and loved in the home, come and grace this yajna of ours, having overcome and crossed over all fighting forces of our enemies, and bear and bring the sweetest nutriments of life for us.

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7.73.10

अग्ने शर्ध महते सौभगाय तव द्युम्नान्य् उत्तमानि सन्तु ।
सं जास्पत्यं सुयमम् आ कृणुष्व शत्रूयताम् अभि तिष्ठा महांसि ॥

agne śardha mahate saubhagāya tava dyumnāny uttamāni santu ।
saṃ jāspatyaṃ suyamam ā kṛṇuṣva śatrūyatām abhi tiṣṭhā mahāṃsi ॥

O mighty Agni, light of life, great and highest are your gifts of wealth, honour and splendour. May they be good and auspicious for our great good fortune. Bless us that our familial loyalty and discipline be good.

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7.73.11

सूयवसाद् भगवती हि भूया अधा वयं भगवन्तः स्याम ।
अद्धि तृणम् अघ्न्ये विश्वदानीं पिब शुद्धम् उदकम् आचरन्ती ॥

sūyavasād bhagavatī hi bhūyā adhā vayaṃ bhagavantaḥ syāma ।
addhi tṛṇam aghnye viśvadānīṃ piba śuddham udakam ācarantī ॥

Atharvaveda 7.74 · 4 mantras

7.74.1

अपचितां लोहिनीनां कृष्णा मातेति शुश्रुम ।
मुनेर् देवस्य मूलेन सर्वा विध्यामि ता अहम् ॥

apacitāṃ lohinīnāṃ kṛṣṇā māteti śuśruma ।
muner devasya mūlena sarvā vidhyāmi tā aham ॥

The cause of red excrescences such as pustules and inflammations is black, some negativity in the system, this we have heard. All such I pierce and cure with the root of divine curative Muni’s root. (Satavalekara says that Muni is the name of herbs such as “Damanaka, Baka, Palasha, Priyala and Madana.)

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7.74.2

विध्याम्य् आसां प्रथमां विध्यामि उत मध्यमाम् ।
इदं जघन्याम् आसाम् आ छिनद्मि स्तुकाम् इव ॥

vidhyāmy āsāṃ prathamāṃ vidhyāmi uta madhyamām ।
idaṃ jaghanyām āsām ā chinadmi stukām iva ॥

I pierce the first of them, I pierce the midmost, and I pierce this vilest of them and clear them out like a knot of hair.

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7.74.3

त्वाष्ट्रेणाहं वचसा वि त ईर्ष्याम् अमीमदम् ।
अथो यो मन्युष् टे पते तम् उ ते शमयामसि ॥

tvāṣṭreṇāhaṃ vacasā vi ta īrṣyām amīmadam ।
atho yo manyuṣ ṭe pate tam u te śamayāmasi ॥

With words well chosen and chiselled, I cure your jealousy, and, O master, the anger that distresses you, we pacify.

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7.74.4

व्रतेन त्वं व्रतपते समक्तो विश्वाहा सुमना दीदिहीह ।
तं त्वा वयं जातवेदः समिद्धं प्रजावन्त उप सदेम सर्वे ॥

vratena tvaṃ vratapate samakto viśvāhā sumanā dīdihīha ।
taṃ tvā vayaṃ jātavedaḥ samiddhaṃ prajāvanta upa sadema sarve ॥

O master of the vows of self-discipline, keep to the vows of your discipline, always be good and happy at heart, and shine here in life. O Jataveda, light of life and life of the fire of yajna, lighted at heart and in the vedi of yajna, we pray, let us abide by you in the discipline of life, be blest with noble progeny and live happy at heart, one and all. (In this Sukta it is clearly shown that physical excrescences are not only physical, they are also related to states of mind, mental excrescences such as jealousy.

Atharvaveda 7.75 · 2 mantras

7.75.1

प्रजावतीः सूयवसे रुशन्तीः शुद्धा अपः सुप्रपाणे पिबन्तीः ।
मा व स्तेन ईशत माघशंसः परि वो रुद्रस्य हेतिर् वृणक्तु ॥

prajāvatīḥ sūyavase ruśantīḥ śuddhā apaḥ suprapāṇe pibantīḥ ।
mā va stena īśata māghaśaṃsaḥ pari vo rudrasya hetir vṛṇaktu ॥

(Inviolate, inviolable cows, children of the earth) blest with noble progeny, roaming around and browsing on lush green fields and pastures, drinking pure water in clear pools and lakes, let no thief rule over you, no sinner, no contemner, and no strike of the violent to fall on you.

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7.75.2

पदज्ञा स्थ रमतयः संहिता विश्वनाम्नीः ।
उप मा देवीर् देवेभिर् एत ।
इमं गोष्ठम् इदं सदो घृतेनास्मान्त् सम् उक्षत ॥

padajñā stha ramatayaḥ saṃhitā viśvanāmnīḥ ।
upa mā devīr devebhir eta ।
imaṃ goṣṭham idaṃ sado ghṛtenāsmānt sam ukṣata ॥

Know the paths you move on and by, be there steadfast, be happy and rejoicing, be together united, have a reputable name in the world. O divine ones, come and be close to me with your noble attributes and Strengthen and enrich us, this house, this hall with plenty, beauty and graces of life.

Atharvaveda 7.76 · 6 mantras

7.76.1

आ सुस्रसः सुस्रसो असतीभ्यो असत्तराः ।
सेहोर् अरसतरा हवणाद् विक्लेदीयसीः ॥

ā susrasaḥ susraso asatībhyo asattarāḥ ।
sehor arasatarā havaṇād vikledīyasīḥ ॥

The pustules on the neck, or on the shoulders, on the arm pits, or the pustules on the groin or those with morbid flow, O physician, cure.

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7.76.2

या ग्रैव्या अपचितो ऽथो या उपपक्ष्याः ।
विजाम्नि या अपचितः स्वयंस्रसः ॥

yā graivyā apacito 'tho yā upapakṣyāḥ ।
vijāmni yā apacitaḥ svayaṃsrasaḥ ॥

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7.76.3

यः कीकसाः प्रशृणाति तलीद्यम् अवतिष्ठति ।
निर् हास् तं सर्वं जायान्यम् यः कश् च ककुदि श्रितः ॥

yaḥ kīkasāḥ praśṛṇāti talīdyam avatiṣṭhati ।
nir hās taṃ sarvaṃ jāyānyam yaḥ kaś ca kakudi śritaḥ ॥

The contagion caused by sexual contact which degenerates the ribs or affects the soles or which affects and persists on the head, all that, O physician, cure.

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7.76.4

पक्षी जायान्यः पतति स आ विशति पूरुषम् ।
तद् अक्षितस्य भेषजम् उभयोः सुक्षतस्य च ॥

pakṣī jāyānyaḥ patati sa ā viśati pūruṣam ।
tad akṣitasya bheṣajam ubhayoḥ sukṣatasya ca ॥

The sexual contagion spreads like a flying bird and infects the man, and whether it is recent or chronic, O physician, the cure is there for both.

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7.76.5

विद्म वै ते जायान्य जानं यतो जायान्य जायसे ।
कथं ह तत्र त्वम् हनो यस्य कृण्मो हविर् गृहे ॥

vidma vai te jāyānya jānaṃ yato jāyānya jāyase ।
kathaṃ ha tatra tvam hano yasya kṛṇmo havir gṛhe ॥

O Jay any a, sexual contagion, we know the basic cause from which you arise and infect, where and how you can kill, and of that we provide the home cure.

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7.76.6

धृषत् पिब कलशे सोमम् इन्द्र वृत्रहा शूर समरे वसूनाम् ।
माध्यन्दिने सवन आ वृषस्व रयिष्ठानो रयिम् अस्मासु धेहि ॥

dhṛṣat piba kalaśe somam indra vṛtrahā śūra samare vasūnām ।
mādhyandine savana ā vṛṣasva rayiṣṭhāno rayim asmāsu dhehi ॥

Bold and resolute Indra, virile and generous lover of life, drink the joyous soma of life in the cup of good health. Heroic warrior, in the battle of life for the winning of wealth, honour and excellence, you are breaker of the clouds of darkness and dispeller of dust. Come, join the mid-day session of yajna and bring us showers of wealth. Indeed, you yourself are the treasure centre of wealth and excellence. Bring us the wealth of health, honour and excellence, and freedom from disease. (The real cure of disease is prevention, to be Indra, potent virile by Brahmacharya upto twentyfive years, sexual discipline with continence as a married man and abstinence in old age.)

Atharvaveda 7.77 · 3 mantras

7.77.1

सांतपना इदं हविर् मरुतस् तज् जुजुष्टन ।
अस्माकोती रिशादसः ॥

sāṃtapanā idaṃ havir marutas taj jujuṣṭana ।
asmākotī riśādasaḥ ॥

Austere but burning and blazing as fire and sun, O Maruts, vibrant warriors, teachers and pioneers, dedicated to life unto death, destroyers of hate and violence, pray accept this homage for our protection against all negative forces without and within.

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7.77.2

यो नो मर्तो मरुतो दुर्हृणायुस् तिरश् चित्तानि वसवो जिघांसति ।
द्रुहः पाशान् प्रति मुञ्चतां सस् तपिष्ठेन तपसा हन्तना तम् ॥

yo no marto maruto durhṛṇāyus tiraś cittāni vasavo jighāṃsati ।
druhaḥ pāśān prati muñcatāṃ sas tapiṣṭhena tapasā hantanā tam ॥

Whoever the man full of hate and fury against us that wants to violate our heart and mind, culture and values, and wants to dislodge and destroy us, O Maruts, givers of settlement, peace and prosperity, with the

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7.77.3

सम्वत्सरीणा मरुतः स्वर्का उरुक्षयाः सगणा मानुषासः ।
ते अस्मत् पाशान् प्र मुञ्चन्त्व् एनसस् सांतपना मत्सरा मादयिष्णवः ॥

samvatsarīṇā marutaḥ svarkā urukṣayāḥ sagaṇā mānuṣāsaḥ ।
te asmat pāśān pra muñcantv enasas sāṃtapanā matsarā mādayiṣṇavaḥ ॥

Atharvaveda 7.78 · 2 mantras

7.78.1

वि ते मुञ्चामि रशनां वि योक्त्रं वि नियोजनम् ।
इहैव त्वम् अजस्र एध्य् अग्ने ॥

vi te muñcāmi raśanāṃ vi yoktraṃ vi niyojanam ।
ihaiva tvam ajasra edhy agne ॥

I release you from the cord of your physical bondage, I cut off the bonds of your mental fixations, and I strike off the bars of your spiritual illusion so that, eternal and immortal as you are, Agni, pure clairvoyant soul, you come and attain to your real nature here itself.

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7.78.2

अस्मै क्षत्राणि धारयन्तम् अग्ने युनज्मि त्वा ब्रह्मणा दैव्येन ।
दीदिह्य् अस्मभ्यं द्रविणेह भद्रं प्रेमं वोचो हविर्दाम् देवतासु ॥

asmai kṣatrāṇi dhārayantam agne yunajmi tvā brahmaṇā daivyena ।
dīdihy asmabhyaṃ draviṇeha bhadraṃ premaṃ voco havirdām devatāsu ॥

Agni, enlightened soul, bearing as you do the powers and obligations of governance, defence and development for this social order, I join you, Agni, enlightened ruler, with the divine knowledge of Veda for the ruler. Shine, reveal and create for us the wealth, honour and excellence of a noble order and speak well of this social order among the divines as a pious order, grateful and generous giver of homage to the divinities of nature and humanity.

Atharvaveda 7.79 · 4 mantras

7.79.1

यत् ते देवा अकृण्वन् भागधेयम् अमावास्ये संवसन्तो महित्वा ।
तेना नो यज्ञं पिपृहि विश्ववारे रयिं नो धेहि सुभगे सुवीरम् ॥

yat te devā akṛṇvan bhāgadheyam amāvāsye saṃvasanto mahitvā ।
tenā no yajñaṃ pipṛhi viśvavāre rayiṃ no dhehi subhage suvīram ॥

O dark night of rest and peace, integrative spirit of divine bliss, since by virtue of your greatness and grandeur, pious sages and brilliant people abiding together happily offer their part of homage to you in yajna, for that reason, O universal power of peace, harbinger of good fortune, pray grace and fulfil our yajna with success and bring us wealth, honour and excellence worthy of the brave.

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7.79.2

अहम् एवास्म्य् अमावास्या माम् आ वसन्ति सुकृतो मयीमे ।
मयि देवा उभये साद्याश् चेन्द्रज्येष्ठाः सम् अगछन्त सर्वे ॥

aham evāsmy amāvāsyā mām ā vasanti sukṛto mayīme ।
mayi devā ubhaye sādyāś cendrajyeṣṭhāḥ sam agachanta sarve ॥

Truly I am Amasvasya, all integrative power of Divinity. All people of noble action integrate and live in me. All divinities of nature and humanity, and both Sadhyas, men of accomplishment, and Indrajyeshthas, those with Indra as their supreme, come and rest in me.

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7.79.3

आगन् रात्री सङ्गमनी वसूनाम् ऊर्जं पुष्टं वस्व् आवेशयन्ती ।
अमावास्यायै हविष विधेमोर्जं दुहाना पयसा न आगन् ॥

āgan rātrī saṅgamanī vasūnām ūrjaṃ puṣṭaṃ vasv āveśayantī ।
amāvāsyāyai haviṣa vidhemorjaṃ duhānā payasā na āgan ॥

Amavasya night is come, the confluence of all centres of rest, harbinger of energy, replenishment of health and wealth of peace and refreshing joy. We honour and adore Amasvasya with homage of holy materials. May the night come with showers of energy and streams of life giving milk.

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7.79.4

अमावास्ये न त्वद् एतान्य् अन्यो विश्वा रूपाणि परिभूर् जजान ।
यत्कामास् ते जुहुमस् तन् नो अस्तु वयं स्याम पतयो रयिणाम् ॥

amāvāsye na tvad etāny anyo viśvā rūpāṇi paribhūr jajāna ।
yatkāmās te juhumas tan no astu vayaṃ syāma patayo rayiṇām ॥

O Amavasya, divine spirit of peace and total integration, universal shelter cover of love and union. none other than you creates and comprehends these world forms of life. We pray, may all that we love and desire with yajnic homage for fulfilment, be true and be accomplished, and may we be masters of wealth, honour and excellence.

Atharvaveda 7.80 · 4 mantras

7.80.1

पौर्णमासी जिगाय ।
तस्यां देवैः संवसन्तो महित्वा नाकस्य पृष्ठे सम् इषा मदेम ॥

paurṇamāsī jigāya ।
tasyāṃ devaiḥ saṃvasanto mahitvā nākasya pṛṣṭhe sam iṣā madema ॥

Full and perfect before, full and perfect after, full and perfect in the middle, the full moon night, all comprehensive sustaining spirit of Divinity, reigns supreme over all. Resting and abiding in peace and union with divinities and the greatness and grandeur of the light of perfection, may we, we pray, rejoice with food, energy and enlightenment on the heights of heaven.

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7.80.2

वृषभं वाजिनं वयं पौर्णमासं यजामहे ।
स नो ददात्व् अक्षितां रयिम् अनुपदस्वतीम् ॥

vṛṣabhaṃ vājinaṃ vayaṃ paurṇamāsaṃ yajāmahe ।
sa no dadātv akṣitāṃ rayim anupadasvatīm ॥

We honour, adore and join the virile, all conquering full moon of the night of light divine, spirit of the light of life. May the light divine give us unviolated, inviolable and imperishable wealth, honour

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7.80.3

प्रजापते न त्वद् एतान्य् अन्यो विश्वा रूपाणि परिभूर् जजान ।
यत्कामास् ते जुहुमस् तन् नो अस्तु वयं स्याम पतयो रयीणाम् ॥

prajāpate na tvad etāny anyo viśvā rūpāṇi paribhūr jajāna ।
yatkāmās te juhumas tan no astu vayaṃ syāma patayo rayīṇām ॥

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7.80.4

पौर्णमासी प्रथमा यज्ञियासीद् अह्नां रात्रीणाम् अतिशर्वरेषु ।
ये त्वाम् यज्ञैर् यज्ञिये अर्धयन्त्य् अमी ते नाके सुकृतः प्रविष्टाः ॥

paurṇamāsī prathamā yajñiyāsīd ahnāṃ rātrīṇām atiśarvareṣu ।
ye tvām yajñair yajñiye ardhayanty amī te nāke sukṛtaḥ praviṣṭāḥ ॥

Atharvaveda 7.81 · 6 mantras

7.81.1

पूर्वापरं चरतो मययैतौ शिशू क्रीडन्तौ परि यातो ऽर्णवम् ।
विश्वान्यो भुवना विचष्ट ऋतूंर् अन्यो विदधज् जायसे नवः ॥

pūrvāparaṃ carato mayayaitau śiśū krīḍantau pari yāto 'rṇavam ।
viśvānyo bhuvanā vicaṣṭa ṛtūṃr anyo vidadhaj jāyase navaḥ ॥

One after the other, two bright children play with wondrous energy going round the seas across space. One illuminates all regions of the universe, the other, you, O moon, keeping and displaying your time and seasons, are bom anew every month.

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7.81.2

नवोनवो भवसि जायमानो ऽह्नां केतुर् उषसाम् एष्य् अग्रम् ।
भागं देवेभ्यो वि दधास्य् आयन् प्र चन्द्रमस् तिरसे धीर्घम् आयुः ॥

navonavo bhavasi jāyamāno 'hnāṃ ketur uṣasām eṣy agram ।
bhāgaṃ devebhyo vi dadhāsy āyan pra candramas tirase dhīrgham āyuḥ ॥

O sun, rising anew every day, you become young and ever fresh, flag symbol of the dawns and days, and ascend to the zenith. O moon when you rise you bear the divinities share of energy for them and bring long life for living beings.

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7.81.3

सोमस्याम्शो युधां पते ऽनूनो नाम वा असि ।
अनूनम् दर्श मा कृधि प्रजया च धनेन च ॥

somasyāmśo yudhāṃ pate 'nūno nāma vā asi ।
anūnam darśa mā kṛdhi prajayā ca dhanena ca ॥

O Sun, O Moon, reflection of Soma, lord supreme creator and bliss of existence, O divine protector and promoter of the struggle of life, you are faultless, perfect and full for sure. O light all blissful, make me full and perfect, wanting in nothing. Bless me with wealth and progeny.

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7.81.4

दर्शो ऽसि दर्शतो ऽसि समग्रो ऽसि समन्तः ।
समग्रः समन्तो भूयासं गोभिर् अश्वैः प्रजया पशुभिर् गृहैर् धनेन ॥

darśo 'si darśato 'si samagro 'si samantaḥ ।
samagraḥ samanto bhūyāsaṃ gobhir aśvaiḥ prajayā paśubhir gṛhair dhanena ॥

O Moon, you are beautiful, beatific, perfect every way, in every part. I pray I too may be whole, perfect and full every way of life, with cows, horses, progeny, cattle, houses, wealth, honour and excellence.

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7.81.5

यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मस् तस्य त्वं प्राणेना प्यायस्व ।
आ वयं प्यासिषीमहि गोभिर् अश्वैः प्रजया पशुभिर् गृहैर् धनेन ॥

yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmas tasya tvaṃ prāṇenā pyāyasva ।
ā vayaṃ pyāsiṣīmahi gobhir aśvaiḥ prajayā paśubhir gṛhair dhanena ॥

Whoever hates us, whoever we hate (is not full, not perfect, gravely wanting), him you help with prana and spiritual vision to fill up the void. May we all be full, perfect and fulfilled with cows, horses, progeny, cattle, homes and wealth.

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7.81.6

यं देवा अंशुम् आप्याययन्ति यम् अक्षितम् अक्षिता भक्षयन्ति ।
तेनास्मान् इन्द्रो वरुणो बृहस्पतिर् आ प्याययन्तु भुवनस्य गोपाः ॥

yaṃ devā aṃśum āpyāyayanti yam akṣitam akṣitā bhakṣayanti ।
tenāsmān indro varuṇo bṛhaspatir ā pyāyayantu bhuvanasya gopāḥ ॥

That immortal soma of bliss and holy energy which the divinities augment, and which unviolated soma the unviolated people share and internalise, by that energy and bliss, may Indra, the sun, Varuna, the moon, and Brhaspati, lord of expansive space and boundless knowledge, protectors and procreators of the universe, augment our life, with that may they bless us.

Atharvaveda 7.82 · 6 mantras

7.82.1

अभ्य् अर्चत सुष्टुतिं गव्यम् आजिम् अस्मासु भद्रा द्रविणानि धत्त ।
इमं यज्ञं नयत देवता नो घृतस्य धारा मधुमत् पवन्ताम् ॥

abhy arcata suṣṭutiṃ gavyam ājim asmāsu bhadrā draviṇāni dhatta ।
imaṃ yajñaṃ nayata devatā no ghṛtasya dhārā madhumat pavantām ॥

O saints and scholars, honour and adore the sacred fire Agni and offer holy songs of praise to Agni, life and light of existence, for the wealth of lands, cows and sacred knowledge, and for success in the battles of life for progress, and by the power and grace of Agni, bring us noble wealth, honour and excellence. Raise this yajna of ours to the divinities of nature and let streams of ghrta and honey gifts of Agni flow on the earth.

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7.82.2

मय्य् अग्रे अग्निं गृह्णामि सह क्षत्रेण वर्चसा बलेन ।
मयि प्रजां मय्य् आयुर् दधामि स्वाहा मय्य् अग्निम् ॥

mayy agre agniṃ gṛhṇāmi saha kṣatreṇa varcasā balena ।
mayi prajāṃ mayy āyur dadhāmi svāhā mayy agnim ॥

First of all, with strength, honour and lustre of mind, and excellence worthy of the order of the brave, I accept and internalise the presence of Agni, lord of light, and then I attain progeny, health and age, fire and passion of life and the sacred Word of the knowledge of Divinity.

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7.82.3

इहैवाग्ने अध्य् धारया रयिम् मा त्वा नि क्रन् पूर्वचित्ता निकारिणः ।
क्षत्रेणाग्ने सुयमम् अस्तु तुभ्यम् उपसत्ता वर्धतां ते अनिष्टृतः ॥

ihaivāgne adhy dhārayā rayim mā tvā ni kran pūrvacittā nikāriṇaḥ ।
kṣatreṇāgne suyamam astu tubhyam upasattā vardhatāṃ te aniṣṭṛtaḥ ॥

Agni, leading light and ruler of the world, bring in, rule over and sustain the wealth and values of life here itself. Let not miscreants with back-loads of mind and memory demoralise you to pull you down. Let every thing be good and smooth for you by the social order of the commonwealth, and may your friends and allies go on rising in strength and support for you, unopposed.

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7.82.4

अन्व् अग्निर् उषसाम् अग्रम् अख्यद् अन्व् अहानि प्रथमो जातवेदाः ।
अनु सूर्य उषसो अनु रश्मीन् अनु द्यावापृथिवी आ विवेश ॥

anv agnir uṣasām agram akhyad anv ahāni prathamo jātavedāḥ ।
anu sūrya uṣaso anu raśmīn anu dyāvāpṛthivī ā viveśa ॥

Agni, cosmic spirit all pervasive, first presence self-manifestive omniscient of all forms, potential and actual, exists in advance of the dawns and days, and pervades the sun, the dawns, the radiating rays and the earth and heaven (as they come into existence).

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7.82.5

प्रत्य् अग्निर् उषसाम् अग्रम् अख्यत् प्रति अहानि प्रथमो जातवेदाः ।
प्रति सूर्यस्य पुरुधा च रश्मीन् प्रति द्यावापृथिवी आ ततान ॥

praty agnir uṣasām agram akhyat prati ahāni prathamo jātavedāḥ ।
prati sūryasya purudhā ca raśmīn prati dyāvāpṛthivī ā tatāna ॥

Agni, first presence self-manifestive omniscient of all forms, potential and actual, exists before and pervades and watches as they come into existence, every one of the dawns, every one of the days, and many ways extends and pervades every sun, the radiating rays and heaven and earth as they expand.

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7.82.6

घृतं ते अग्ने दिव्ये सधस्थे घृतेन त्वां मनुर् अद्या सम् इन्धे ।
घृतं ते देवीर् नप्त्य आ वहन्तु घृतं तुभ्यं दुह्रतां गावो अग्ने ॥

ghṛtaṃ te agne divye sadhasthe ghṛtena tvāṃ manur adyā sam indhe ।
ghṛtaṃ te devīr naptya ā vahantu ghṛtaṃ tubhyaṃ duhratāṃ gāvo agne ॥

Agni, let there be ghrta for divine yajnic service in the happy radiant hall and home. Let every man, brilliant and intelligent, light the fire in divine service, let our unfailing and divine daughters and grand daughters bring ghrta for service in yajna, and let cows yield abundant milk and ghrta in Agni-service.

Atharvaveda 7.83 · 4 mantras

7.83.1

अप्सु ते राजन् वरुण गृहो हिरण्ययो मितः ।
ततो धृतव्रतो राजा सर्वा धामानि मुञ्चतु ॥

apsu te rājan varuṇa gṛho hiraṇyayo mitaḥ ।
tato dhṛtavrato rājā sarvā dhāmāni muñcatu ॥

O Varuna, all ruling, all illuminating lord of justice and dispensation, your luminous presence together with justice is in the waters of space, atoms of Prakrti, and dynamics of nature, together with the karma of humanity. Thence may the ruler and dispenser of justice, Varuna, acquit and release us from all bonds of all places and forms.

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7.83.2

दाम्नोदाम्नो राजन्न् इतो वरुण मुञ्च नः ।
यद् आपो अघ्न्या इति वरुणेति यद् ऊचिम ततो वरुण मुञ्च नः ॥

dāmnodāmno rājann ito varuṇa muñca naḥ ।
yad āpo aghnyā iti varuṇeti yad ūcima tato varuṇa muñca naḥ ॥

O Varuna, all ruling refulgent lord, release us from the bonds here, there and everywhere. As we say Varuna is Apah, always with us, inviolable, and the lord of our love and choice, so, O Varuna, destroyer of suffering, pray release us.

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7.83.3

उद् उत्तमं वरुण पाशम् अस्मद् अवाधमं वि मध्यमं श्रथाय ।
अधा वयम् आदित्य व्रते तवानागसो अदितये स्याम ॥

ud uttamaṃ varuṇa pāśam asmad avādhamaṃ vi madhyamaṃ śrathāya ।
adhā vayam āditya vrate tavānāgaso aditaye syāma ॥

O Varuna, lord of freedom and justice, loosen and untie our chains of bondage of the highest, medium and the lowest order and let them drop from us. And then O Aditya, lord of refulgent majesty, we all, free from sin and crime, dedicated to your law and discipline, shall be all for the service of mother Aditi, the lord’s inviolable creation.

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7.83.4

प्रास्मत् पाशान् वरुण मुञ्च सर्वान् य उत्तमा अधमा वारुणा ये ।
दुष्वप्न्यं दुरितं नि ष्वास्मद् अथ गछेम सुकृतस्य लोकम् ॥

prāsmat pāśān varuṇa muñca sarvān ya uttamā adhamā vāruṇā ye ।
duṣvapnyaṃ duritaṃ ni ṣvāsmad atha gachema sukṛtasya lokam ॥

O Vamna, release all chains of bondage from us, highest as well as lowest, all that have come by the laws of cosmic justice. Remove all evil thoughts and dreams from us so that we may rise to the ultimate state of holiness and divine happiness in freedom.

Atharvaveda 7.84 · 3 mantras

7.84.1

अनाधृष्यो जातवेदा अमर्त्यो विराड् अग्ने क्षत्रभृद् दीदिहीह ।
विश्वा अमीवाः प्रमुञ्चन् मानुषीभिः शिवाभिर् अद्य परि पाहि नो गयम् ॥

anādhṛṣyo jātavedā amartyo virāḍ agne kṣatrabhṛd dīdihīha ।
viśvā amīvāḥ pramuñcan mānuṣībhiḥ śivābhir adya pari pāhi no gayam ॥

Agni, Jataveda, all-knowing, all-aware, indomitable, immortal, refulgent ruler, protector and sustainer of the social order, shine here, removing all sin, evil, crime and disease, and protect and promote this homeland of ours with the dignity, virtues and values worthy of noble and peaceful humanity.

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7.84.2

इन्द्र क्षत्रम् अभि वामम् ओजो ऽजायथा वृषभ चर्षणीनाम् ।
अपानुदो जनम् अमित्रयन्तम् उरुं देवेभ्यो अकृणोर् उ लोकम् ॥

indra kṣatram abhi vāmam ojo 'jāyathā vṛṣabha carṣaṇīnām ।
apānudo janam amitrayantam uruṃ devebhyo akṛṇor u lokam ॥

Mighty ruler and leader of the people, Indra,

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7.84.3

मृगो न भीमः कुचरो गिरिष्ठाः परावत आ जगम्यात् परस्याः ।
सृकं संशाय पविम् इन्द्र तिग्मं वि शत्रून् ताढि वि मृधो नुदस्व ॥

mṛgo na bhīmaḥ kucaro giriṣṭhāḥ parāvata ā jagamyāt parasyāḥ ।
sṛkaṃ saṃśāya pavim indra tigmaṃ vi śatrūn tāḍhi vi mṛdho nudasva ॥

Atharvaveda 7.85 · 1 mantras

7.85.1

त्यम् ऊ षु वाजिनं देवजूतं सहोवानं तरुतारं रथानाम् ।
अरिष्टनेमिं पृतनाजिम् आशुं स्वस्तये तार्क्ष्यम् इहा हुवेम ॥

tyam ū ṣu vājinaṃ devajūtaṃ sahovānaṃ tarutāraṃ rathānām ।
ariṣṭanemiṃ pṛtanājim āśuṃ svastaye tārkṣyam ihā huvema ॥

For peace, progress and all round well being, we invoke and invite the heroic, divinely inspired and nobly acclaimed by enlightened people, patient yet irresistible challenger, victorious warrior of inviolable chariot, instant of action, unfailing conqueror of enemies in battle.

Atharvaveda 7.86 · 1 mantras

7.86.1

त्रातारम् इन्द्रम् अवितारम् इन्द्रं हवेहवे सुहवं शूरम् इन्द्रम् ।
हुवे नु शक्रं पुरुहूतम् इन्द्रं स्वस्ति न इन्द्रो मघवान् कृणोतु ॥

trātāram indram avitāram indraṃ havehave suhavaṃ śūram indram ।
huve nu śakraṃ puruhūtam indraṃ svasti na indro maghavān kṛṇotu ॥

From one challenging situation to another, I invoke and adore Indra the saviour, Indra the protector, Indra the brave and adorable, and Indra of noble deeds invoked by all. May Indra, mighty glorious ruler, bless us with peace, progress and all round well being.

Atharvaveda 7.87 · 1 mantras

7.87.1

यो अग्नौ रुद्रो यो अप्स्व् अन्तर् य ओषधीर् वीरुध आविवेश ।
य इमाविश्वा भुवनानि चाकॢपे तस्मै रुद्राय नमो अस्त्व् अग्नये ॥

yo agnau rudro yo apsv antar ya oṣadhīr vīrudha āviveśa ।
ya imāviśvā bhuvanāni cākḷpe tasmai rudrāya namo astv agnaye ॥

That inspiring vitality of life which is in fire, which is in the waters, which inspires and pervades in herbs and trees, which pervades and informs all these worlds of the universe, to that Rudra-Agni, pranic life energy, light and warmth of life, homage and salutations!

Atharvaveda 7.88 · 1 mantras

7.88.1

अपेह्य् अरिर् अस्य् अरिर् वा असि विषे विषम् अपृक्था विषम् इद् वा अपृक्थाः ।
अहिम् एवाभ्यपेहि तं जहि ॥

apehy arir asy arir vā asi viṣe viṣam apṛkthā viṣam id vā apṛkthāḥ ।
ahim evābhyapehi taṃ jahi ॥

Get out and go, you are an enemy, surely you are an enemy. You have mixed and added poison into poison. It is now worse, the poison. Surely you have mixed, added and intensified the poison. Go back to the snake. Kill the snake.

Atharvaveda 7.89 · 4 mantras

7.89.1

अपो दिव्या अचायिषम् रसेन सम् अपृक्ष्महि ।
पयस्वान् अग्न आगमं तम् मा सं सृज वर्चसा ॥

apo divyā acāyiṣam rasena sam apṛkṣmahi ।
payasvān agna āgamaṃ tam mā saṃ sṛja varcasā ॥

I have collected and honoured the nectar flow of life’s action and experience and we mix and intensify it with the beauty and flavour of life’s bliss. O Agni, leading light of life, sagely scholar, I come with the experience of life’s fluidity of light and joy, pray refine and rarefy me with lustre and glory of life further.

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7.89.2

सं माग्ने वर्चसा सृज सं प्रजया सम् आयुषा ।
विद्युर् मे अस्य देवा इन्द्रो विद्यात् सह ऋषिभिः ॥

saṃ māgne varcasā sṛja saṃ prajayā sam āyuṣā ।
vidyur me asya devā indro vidyāt saha ṛṣibhiḥ ॥

O leading light of life, Agni, sagely scholar, release me from limitations, re-create and refine me and join me with lustre and splendour of life, progeny, good health and full age. Let the devas, nobilities, know the recreated and refined me, let Indra, the mighty and brilliant, know me, along with the seers and visionaries.

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7.89.3

इदम् आपः प्र वहतावद्यं च मलं च यत् ।
यच् चाभिदुद्रोहानृतं यच् च शेपे अभीरुणम् ॥

idam āpaḥ pra vahatāvadyaṃ ca malaṃ ca yat ।
yac cābhidudrohānṛtaṃ yac ca śepe abhīruṇam ॥

O streams of water, dynamics of nature and mind, vibrant scholars and teachers of vision, flow on and wash away all that is dirt and despicable, all that is hate, jealousy and enmity, all that is false, all that is rabid execration. Wash me of that and consecrate. Sanctify me unto a new birth.

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7.89.4

एधो ऽस्य् एधिषीय समिद् असि सम् एधिषीय ।
तेजो ऽसि तेजो मयि धेहि ॥

edho 'sy edhiṣīya samid asi sam edhiṣīya ।
tejo 'si tejo mayi dhehi ॥

O Samit, food of holy fire, you are the rising flame, the swell of the sea, raise me to the heights of prosperity. You are the light and splendour of the sun, lead me to the light, lustre and splendour of life.

Atharvaveda 7.90 · 3 mantras

7.90.1

अपि वृश्च पुराणवद् व्रततेर् इव गुष्पितम् ।
ओजो दासस्य दम्भय ॥

api vṛśca purāṇavad vratater iva guṣpitam ।
ojo dāsasya dambhaya ॥

As of old, cut down and root out the pride and splendour of the violent like the knot of a dried creeper, like a block in the way of progress.

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7.90.2

वयं तद् अस्य सम्भृतं वस्व् इन्द्रेन वि भजामहै ।
म्लापयामि भ्रजः शिभ्रं वरुणस्य व्रतेन ते ॥

vayaṃ tad asya sambhṛtaṃ vasv indrena vi bhajāmahai ।
mlāpayāmi bhrajaḥ śibhraṃ varuṇasya vratena te ॥

We freeze and confiscate the collected strength of money and materials of the destroyer by the order of the ruler. O violent saboteur and destroyer, by the law of social justice we eliminate the fire of your passion and power.

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7.90.3

यथा शेपो अपायातै स्त्रीषु चासद् अनावयाः ।
अवस्थस्य क्नदीवतः शाङ्कुरस्य नितोदिनः ।
यद् आततम् अव तत् तनु यद् उत्ततं नि तत् तनु ॥

yathā śepo apāyātai strīṣu cāsad anāvayāḥ ।
avasthasya knadīvataḥ śāṅkurasya nitodinaḥ ।
yad ātatam ava tat tanu yad uttataṃ ni tat tanu ॥

The power and passion of the violent abuser, fear-monger and habitual tormentor, if expanded, must be cut down, if rising, must be brought down and negated, so that he is not able to move among men and women.

Atharvaveda 7.91 · 1 mantras

7.91.1

इन्द्रः सुत्रामा स्ववां अवोभिः सुमृडीको भवतु विश्ववेदाः ।
बाधतां द्वेषो अभयं नः कृणोतु सुवीर्यस्य पतयः स्याम ॥

indraḥ sutrāmā svavāṃ avobhiḥ sumṛḍīko bhavatu viśvavedāḥ ।
bādhatāṃ dveṣo abhayaṃ naḥ kṛṇotu suvīryasya patayaḥ syāma ॥

Indra, the Ruler, should be nobly protective, innately powerful with means of defence and protection, compassionate and gracious, all-knowing and all-aware, he should stem out hate, jealousy and enmity, and provide fearless freedom for the people so that we may be happy masters and promoters of manly vigour and heroic deeds.

Atharvaveda 7.92 · 1 mantras

7.92.1

स सुत्रामा स्ववां इन्द्रो अस्मद् आराच् चिद् द्वेषः सनुतर् युयोतु ।
तस्य वयं सुमतौ यज्ञियस्यापि भद्रे सौमनसे स्याम ॥

sa sutrāmā svavāṃ indro asmad ārāc cid dveṣaḥ sanutar yuyotu ।
tasya vayaṃ sumatau yajñiyasyāpi bhadre saumanase syāma ॥

Indra, the Ruler, should be highly protective, self-confident, and wholly ward off all elements of hate, jealousy and enmity far far away from us, so that we may, at peace, enjoy the good will of the adorable ruler and abide in his noble love and favour.

Atharvaveda 7.93 · 1 mantras

7.93.1

इन्द्रेण मन्युना वयम् अभि ष्याम पृतन्यतः ।
घ्नन्तो वृत्राण्य् अप्रति ॥

indreṇa manyunā vayam abhi ṣyāma pṛtanyataḥ ।
ghnanto vṛtrāṇy aprati ॥

With the power, force and high morale of Indra, ruler, commander and leader, let us too be conquerors of our fighting enemies, throwing out and destroying all surrounding forces of darkness, want and ignorance.

Atharvaveda 7.94 · 1 mantras

7.94.1

ध्रुवं ध्रुवेण हविषाव सोमं नयामसि ।
यथा न इन्द्रः केवलीर् विशः संमनसस् करत् ॥

dhruvaṃ dhruveṇa haviṣāva somaṃ nayāmasi ।
yathā na indraḥ kevalīr viśaḥ saṃmanasas karat ॥

With unshakable constancy of mind, love and loyalty, and with total yajnic homage of cooperation, we serve Soma, lord of peace and gracious ruler, so that Indra, master ruler and protector, may make the people free, self-governing and happy at heart.

Atharvaveda 7.95 · 3 mantras

7.95.1

उद् अस्य श्यावौ विथुरौ गृध्रौ द्याम् इव पेततुः ।
उच्छोचनप्रशोचनव् अस्योच्छोचनौ हृदः ॥

ud asya śyāvau vithurau gṛdhrau dyām iva petatuḥ ।
ucchocanapraśocanav asyocchocanau hṛdaḥ ॥

Of this human soul, two are vultures of the mind, both furious and sweetly tormenting, and they upsurge as if flying to the heights of heaven. Glowing and radiating, burning and parching, both afflict the heart and soul. They are love and infatuation, greed and anger.) Refer to Gita, 2, 62-63.

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7.95.2

अहम् एनाव् उद् अतिष्ठिपं गावौ श्रान्तसदाव् इव ।
कुर्कुराव् इव कूजन्ताव् उदवन्तौ वृकाव् इव ॥

aham enāv ud atiṣṭhipaṃ gāvau śrāntasadāv iva ।
kurkurāv iva kūjantāv udavantau vṛkāv iva ॥

I have settled these two like two cows resting in the stall, controlled them like two growling dogs, like two ferocious wolves.

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7.95.3

आतोदिनौ नितोदिनाव् अथो संतोदिनाव् उत ।
अपि नह्याम्य् अस्य मेढ्रं य इतः स्त्री पुमान् जभार ॥

ātodinau nitodināv atho saṃtodināv uta ।
api nahyāmy asya meḍhraṃ ya itaḥ strī pumān jabhāra ॥

Both these are afflictive, constantly stinging, relentlessly piercing. Whoever the man or woman that bears this energy of love and passion, I control their passion to balance and bind them together to move on.

Atharvaveda 7.96 · 1 mantras

7.96.1

असदन् गावः सदने ऽपप्तद् वसतिं वयः ।
आस्थाने पर्वता अस्थुः स्थाम्नि वृक्काव् अतिष्ठिपम् ॥

asadan gāvaḥ sadane 'paptad vasatiṃ vayaḥ ।
āsthāne parvatā asthuḥ sthāmni vṛkkāv atiṣṭhipam ॥

Atharvaveda 7.97 · 8 mantras

7.97.1

यद् अद्य त्वा प्रयति यज्ञे अस्मिन् होतश् चिकित्वन्न् अवृणीमहीह ।
ध्रुवम् अयो ध्रुवम् उता शविष्ठैप्रविद्वान् यज्ञम् उप याहि सोमम् ॥

yad adya tvā prayati yajñe asmin hotaś cikitvann avṛṇīmahīha ।
dhruvam ayo dhruvam utā śaviṣṭhaipravidvān yajñam upa yāhi somam ॥

O high-priest of yajna, learned sage, expert in the science of yajna, as we have selected and appointed you in this on-going yajnic plan of social creation and production, come, eminent scholar, constant and firmly dedicated to the programme, take over this yajna, and create and enjoy the soma gifts of this performance.

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7.97.2

सम् इन्द्र नो मनसा नेष गोभिः सं सूरिभिर् हरिवन्त् सं स्वस्त्या ।
सं ब्रह्मणा देवहितं यद् अस्ति सं देवानां सुमतौ यज्ञियानाम् ॥

sam indra no manasā neṣa gobhiḥ saṃ sūribhir harivant saṃ svastyā ।
saṃ brahmaṇā devahitaṃ yad asti saṃ devānāṃ sumatau yajñiyānām ॥

O Ruler and high priest of the nation, Indra, equipped with full powers in the social dynamics of progress, lead us on with all our mind, sense and will, with all noble and brave leaders, with the best of social interest and welfare, with sacred knowledge of universal value and all that is in the interest of noble and generous people, and all that is good in the judgement and understanding of enlightened and adorable people dedicated to total good of humanity.

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7.97.3

यान् आवह उशतो देव देवांस् तान् प्रेरय स्वे अग्ने सधस्थे ।
जक्षिवांसः पपिवांसो मधून्य् अस्मै धत्त वसवो वसूनि ॥

yān āvaha uśato deva devāṃs tān preraya sve agne sadhasthe ।
jakṣivāṃsaḥ papivāṃso madhūny asmai dhatta vasavo vasūni ॥

O high priest of yajna, eminent and generous Agni, in this yajna hall of the assembly under your full control, inspire, lead and guide those creative and brilliant, passionately dedicated experts whom you have brought to join this programme. O Vasus, creators of wealth and knowledge for peace and progress, enjoying the honey sweets of food and drink provided for you, bear and bring valuable wealth of knowledge, power and materials for life’s excellence for this yajamana and this programme.

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7.97.4

सुगा वो देवाः सदना अकर्म य आजग्म सवने मा जुषाणाः ।
वहमाना भरमाणाः स्वा वसूनि वसुं घर्मं दिवम् आ रोहतानु ॥

sugā vo devāḥ sadanā akarma ya ājagma savane mā juṣāṇāḥ ।
vahamānā bharamāṇāḥ svā vasūni vasuṃ gharmaṃ divam ā rohatānu ॥

O Devas, high priest and expert sages and scholars, who have come and joined this yajnic programme with love and favour to me, we have provided comfortable seats and homes of residence for you. Bearing, bringing and extending your own wealth, power and yajnic materials, create now the wealth of heat and light for humanity and rise to the heavenly heights of excellence and the joy of achievement.

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7.97.5

यज्ञ यज्ञं गछ यज्ञपतिं गछ ।
स्वां योनिं गछ स्वाहा ॥

yajña yajñaṃ gacha yajñapatiṃ gacha ।
svāṃ yoniṃ gacha svāhā ॥

O holy man, go and join every yajnic programme of holy creativity and positive production. Socially adorable, go and join every organiser of yajna. This way you go and join and thence rise in your own essential nature and character, go to the root and rise to the top. This is the voice of truth in the essence.

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7.97.6

एष ते यज्ञो यज्ञपते सहसूक्तवाकः ।
सुवीर्यः स्वाहा ॥

eṣa te yajño yajñapate sahasūktavākaḥ ।
suvīryaḥ svāhā ॥

O yajnapati, host, organiser and president of the holy, creative, yajnic programme for the community, this yajna of yours which is performed with divine words and songs of adoration, is surely full of manly vigour and an act of adorable creativity. This is the voice of truth in thought, word and deed.

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7.97.7

वषड् धुतेभ्यो वषड् अहुतेभ्यः ।
देवा गातुविदो गातुं वित्त्वा गातुम् इत ॥

vaṣaḍ dhutebhyo vaṣaḍ ahutebhyaḥ ।
devā gātuvido gātuṃ vittvā gātum ita ॥

The High priest’s offer of homage with ‘vashat’ is to those who have been invited, and the homage with ‘vashat’ is also to those who have not been invited but are otherwise associated. O devas, divinities, sages, scholars, generous participants, knowing your holy ways and destinations, know the paths and reach your goals from here.

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7.97.8

मनसस् पत इमं नो दिवि देवेषु यज्ञम् ।
स्वाहा दिवि स्वाहा पृथिव्यां स्वाहान्तरिक्षे स्वाहा वाते धां स्वाहा ॥

manasas pata imaṃ no divi deveṣu yajñam ।
svāhā divi svāhā pṛthivyāṃ svāhāntarikṣe svāhā vāte dhāṃ svāhā ॥

O Lord of mind and thoughts and intentions, O Lord of cosmic mind, let this yajna of ours reach the divinities in heaven. Homage with the divine word of ‘Svaha’ to reach into the regions of the sun, homage with ‘Svaha’ to reach unto the earth, homage with ‘Svaha’ to reach into the middle regions of the skies, homage with ‘Svaha’ to reach unto the wind. Thus have we offered the homage of oblations to the divinities of nature and humanity.

Atharvaveda 7.98 · 1 mantras

7.98.1

सं बर्हिर् अक्तं हविषा घृतेन सम् इन्द्रेण वसुना सं मरुद्भिः ।
सं देवैर् विश्वदेवेभिर् अक्तम् इन्द्रं गछतु हविः स्वाहा ॥

saṃ barhir aktaṃ haviṣā ghṛtena sam indreṇa vasunā saṃ marudbhiḥ ।
saṃ devair viśvadevebhir aktam indraṃ gachatu haviḥ svāhā ॥

Let this oblation of homage, hallowed and intensified with fragrant inputs, with ghrta, with the electric energy of the waves of winds, with valuable refinements, with the winds, with the words and wishes of divine personalities, with the virtues of the divine forces of nature, reach unto the sky, the space, the sun and, ultimately, Indra, Lord Omnipotent. This is the word of truth in thought, word and deed.

Atharvaveda 7.99 · 1 mantras

7.99.1

परि स्तृणीहि परि धेहि वेदिं मा जामिं मोषीर् अमुया शयानाम् ।
होतृषदनम् हरितं हिरण्ययं निष्का एते यजमानस्य लोके ॥

pari stṛṇīhi pari dhehi vediṃ mā jāmiṃ moṣīr amuyā śayānām ।
hotṛṣadanam haritaṃ hiraṇyayaṃ niṣkā ete yajamānasya loke ॥

Cover the vedi with holy grass, lay it well and enclose it, do not disturb it, lying as it is in that quiet but dynamic state. Let the seat of the generous host be verdant, colourful and beautiful, not dull. These are golden measures of the beauty of the yajamana’s home.

Atharvaveda 7.100 · 1 mantras

7.100.1

पर्यावर्ते दुष्वप्न्यात् पापात् स्वप्न्याद् अभूत्याः ।
ब्रह्माहम् अन्तरं कृण्वे परा स्वप्नमुखाः शुचः ॥

paryāvarte duṣvapnyāt pāpāt svapnyād abhūtyāḥ ।
brahmāham antaraṃ kṛṇve parā svapnamukhāḥ śucaḥ ॥

I turn away from evil thoughts and dreams, keep off thoughts and dreams of want and misery. Within, I concentrate on Brahma, Vedic thought and presence of Divinity, and I keep off phantoms and illusions of suffering and sorrow.

Atharvaveda 7.101 · 1 mantras

7.101.1

यत् स्वप्ने अन्नम् अश्नामि न प्रातर् अधिगम्यते ।
सर्वं तद् अस्तु मे शिवं नहि तद् दृष्यते दिवा ॥

yat svapne annam aśnāmi na prātar adhigamyate ।
sarvaṃ tad astu me śivaṃ nahi tad dṛṣyate divā ॥

The delicacies of food I enjoy in dreams is nothing there in the morning, nor is all that seen in the day. May all this experience of illusion and reality, this knowledge, be good and auspicious for me.

Atharvaveda 7.102 · 1 mantras

7.102.1

नमस्कृत्य द्यावापृथिवीभ्याम् अन्तरिक्षाय मृत्यवे ।
मेक्षाम्य् ऊर्ध्वस् तिष्ठन् मा मा हिंसिषुर् ईश्वराः ॥

namaskṛtya dyāvāpṛthivībhyām antarikṣāya mṛtyave ।
mekṣāmy ūrdhvas tiṣṭhan mā mā hiṃsiṣur īśvarāḥ ॥

Having done homage to heaven and earth, and to the middle regions, and having acknowledged the fact of death as inevitable counterpart of life, now standing high, I watch the world and go forward. Let no powers of earthly nature hurt and violate me.

Atharvaveda 7.103 · 1 mantras

7.103.1

को अस्या नो द्रुहो ऽवद्यवत्या उन् नेष्यति क्षत्रियो वस्य इछन् ।
को यज्ञकामः क उ पूर्तिकामः को देवेषु वनुते दीर्घम् आयुः ॥

ko asyā no druho 'vadyavatyā un neṣyati kṣatriyo vasya ichan ।
ko yajñakāmaḥ ka u pūrtikāmaḥ ko deveṣu vanute dīrgham āyuḥ ॥

Who would take us out of this despicable misery of jealousy and enmity and raise us higher? Answer: Kshatriya, the just and saviour warrior, who desires the happiness and noble wealth of life. Who is the lover of yajna? Who is the seeker and achiever of fulfilment? Who is the one that wins long life among the divines? Answer: Prajapati, saviour, protector and sustainer of the people, Kshatriya, the Ruler.

Atharvaveda 7.104 · 1 mantras

7.104.1

कः पृश्निं धेनुं वरुणेन दत्ताम् अथर्वने सुदुघां नित्यवत्साम् ।
बृहस्पतिना सख्यं जुषणो यथावशं तन्वः कल्पयाति ॥

kaḥ pṛśniṃ dhenuṃ varuṇena dattām atharvane sudughāṃ nityavatsām ।
bṛhaspatinā sakhyaṃ juṣaṇo yathāvaśaṃ tanvaḥ kalpayāti ॥

Who in love and worshipful friendship with Brhaspati, Lord of unbounded space and boundless knowledge, to the best of his will and potentiality, sustains in body and eternal vitality the Rainbow Cow, versatile and universal Word of the Veda, ever abundant. ever fertile, given by Varuna, Lord of omniscience and cosmic wisdom, to Atharvan, the sage of stable mind established in Divinity? Answer: Kah, Prajapati, lord sustainer of the people, the Brahmana, sustainer of the wisdom and values of society.

Atharvaveda 7.105 · 1 mantras

7.105.1

अपक्रामन् पौरुषेयाद् वृणानो दैव्यं वचः ।
प्रणीतीर् अभ्यावर्तस्व विश्वेभिः सखिभिः सह ॥

apakrāman pauruṣeyād vṛṇāno daivyaṃ vacaḥ ।
praṇītīr abhyāvartasva viśvebhiḥ sakhibhiḥ saha ॥

Off the mark of average humanity, opting for dedication to the Divine Word of the Veda, O man of sagely mind established in Varuna Brhaspati, hold on constantly to the wisdom, vision and noble values of holy life along with all your friends of like mind over the world. This is the commitment of the Brahmana for life

Atharvaveda 7.106 · 1 mantras

7.106.1

यद् अस्मृति चकृम किं चिद् अग्न उपारिम चरणे जातवेदः ।
ततः पाहि त्वं नः प्रचेतः शुभे सखिभ्यो अमृतत्वम् अस्तु नः ॥

yad asmṛti cakṛma kiṃ cid agna upārima caraṇe jātavedaḥ ।
tataḥ pāhi tvaṃ naḥ pracetaḥ śubhe sakhibhyo amṛtatvam astu naḥ ॥

O Jataveda Agni, omniscient Lord of wisdom, leading light of life, whatever in our life and conduct, we might do unconsciously in violation of the holy values of life by omission or by commission, pray save us from that, protect us against that, so it may be the divine gift of immortality for our good, for us and for our friends.

Atharvaveda 7.107 · 1 mantras

7.107.1

अव दिवस् तारयन्ति सप्त सूर्यस्य रश्मयः ।
आपः समुद्रिया धारास् तास् शल्यम् असिस्रसन् ॥

ava divas tārayanti sapta sūryasya raśmayaḥ ।
āpaḥ samudriyā dhārās tās śalyam asisrasan ॥

Seven rays of the sun bring down the waters from space and the sky, and those showers of rain, O man, from the sky wash away your pain of want and famine.

Atharvaveda 7.108 · 2 mantras

7.108.1

यो न स्तायद् दिप्सति यो न आविः स्वो विद्वान् अरणो वा नो अग्ने ।
प्रतीच्य् एत्व् अरणी दत्वती तान् मैषाम् अग्ने वास्तु भून् मो अपत्यम् ॥

yo na stāyad dipsati yo na āviḥ svo vidvān araṇo vā no agne ।
pratīcy etv araṇī datvatī tān maiṣām agne vāstu bhūn mo apatyam ॥

Whatever the force that wants to hurt and injure us, whether covertly or overtly, our own at close or far at distant, knowing us or not, O Agni, leading light, enlightened Ruler, let the toothed weapon of punishment fall upon them. Let there be no place of rest for them, no survival, no successor.

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7.108.2

यो नः सुप्तान् जाग्रतो वाभिदासात् तिष्ठतो वा चरतो जातवेदः ।
वैश्वानरेण सयुजा सजोषास् तान् प्रतीचो निर् दह जातवेदः ॥

yo naḥ suptān jāgrato vābhidāsāt tiṣṭhato vā carato jātavedaḥ ।
vaiśvānareṇa sayujā sajoṣās tān pratīco nir daha jātavedaḥ ॥

O Jataveda Agni, whatever the force that assaults us, whether we are sleeping or awake, whether we are on the move or at rest, O Jataveda, with universal friend and ally mutually interested, counter and burn them out.

Atharvaveda 7.109 · 7 mantras

7.109.1

इदम् उग्राय बभ्रवे नमो यो अक्षेषु तनूवशी ।
घृतेन कलिं शिक्षामि स नो मृडातीदृशे ॥

idam ugrāya babhrave namo yo akṣeṣu tanūvaśī ।
ghṛtena kaliṃ śikṣāmi sa no mṛḍātīdṛśe ॥

Homage to this Agni, brilliant light of life, generous sustainer who controls all parts of the cosmic system in their respective orbits. With offers of ghrta in the yajnic fire, I serve the master sustainer and saviour who blesses us thus generously in such a beautiful world.

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7.109.2

घृतम् अप्सराभ्यो वह त्वम् अग्ने पांसून् अक्षेभ्यः सिकता अपश् च ।
यथाभगं हव्यदातिं जुषाणा मदन्ति देवा उभयानि हव्या ॥

ghṛtam apsarābhyo vaha tvam agne pāṃsūn akṣebhyaḥ sikatā apaś ca ।
yathābhagaṃ havyadātiṃ juṣāṇā madanti devā ubhayāni havyā ॥

O Agni, leading light of life, bring smoothness into the dynamics of life’s progress, bring waters, living vitalities like pollen grains to the flowers. The Devas, divinities of nature and brilliant nobilities of humanity, rejoice, loving to give as well as take their share of the yajnic programme, both light and smoke, according to their place in Dharma.

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7.109.3

अप्सरसः सधमादं मदन्ति हविर्धानम् अन्तरा सूर्यं च ।
ता मे हस्तौ सं सृजन्तु घृतेन सपत्नं मे कितवम् रन्धयन्तु ॥

apsarasaḥ sadhamādaṃ madanti havirdhānam antarā sūryaṃ ca ।
tā me hastau saṃ sṛjantu ghṛtena sapatnaṃ me kitavam randhayantu ॥

Dynamic forces of nature, sun-rays, pranic energies, communications of nature and humanity, and the mind, ah rejoicing in the evolutionary vedi on earth, in heaven, and in the sun may, I pray, fill my hands with the ghrta I may offer in this cosmic yajna, and may they eliminate the clever, thievish, gambling rivals and adversaries from my life.

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7.109.4

आदिनवं प्रतिदीव्ने घृतेनास्मां अभि क्षर ।
वृक्षम् इवाशन्या जहि यो अस्मान् प्रतिदीव्यति ॥

ādinavaṃ pratidīvne ghṛtenāsmāṃ abhi kṣara ।
vṛkṣam ivāśanyā jahi yo asmān pratidīvyati ॥

Latest force with latest of universal knowledge to counter the adversary, O Agni, give us showers of ghrta to fight out the negationist’s encounters. Whoever opposes US in our positive contributions to social and cosmic yajna, pray, destroy as lightning strikes down a tree.

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7.109.5

यो नो द्युवे धनम् इदं चकार यो अक्षाणां ग्लहनं शेषणं च ।
स नो देवो हविर् इदं जुषाणो गन्धर्वेभिः सधमादं मदेम ॥

yo no dyuve dhanam idaṃ cakāra yo akṣāṇāṃ glahanaṃ śeṣaṇaṃ ca ।
sa no devo havir idaṃ juṣāṇo gandharvebhiḥ sadhamādaṃ madema ॥

May Agni, who creates and gives us this wealth of life for our joy, who gives us the privilege and special merit in relation to the dynamics of life, accept this offer of homage with love so that we may enjoy and rejoice in life with the sustainers of the earth and her culture.

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7.109.6

संवसव इति वो नामधेयम् उग्रंपश्या राष्ट्रभृतो ह्य् अक्षाः ।
तेभ्यो व इन्दवो हविषा विधेम वयं स्याम पतयो रयीणाम् ॥

saṃvasava iti vo nāmadheyam ugraṃpaśyā rāṣṭrabhṛto hy akṣāḥ ।
tebhyo va indavo haviṣā vidhema vayaṃ syāma patayo rayīṇām ॥

O Vasus, ‘sustainers of life on earth and elsewhere, happy and generous givers of wealth, honour and excellence’, that’s your name. Awful and daring in mien, brilliant and blazing in sight, be undoubtedly so in action and performance. O leaders of light, be sustainers of the social order in all fields of activity, thought and policy. May we serve you with our offers of homage with men and materials, and may we too be masters of wealth, honour and excellence.

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7.109.7

देवान् यन् नाथितो हुवे ब्रह्मचर्यं यद् ऊषिम ।
अक्षान् यद् बभ्रून् आलभे ते नो मृडन्त्व् ईदृशे ॥

devān yan nāthito huve brahmacaryaṃ yad ūṣima ।
akṣān yad babhrūn ālabhe te no mṛḍantv īdṛśe ॥

Atharvaveda 7.110 · 3 mantras

7.110.1

अग्न इन्द्रश् च दाशुषे हतो वृत्राण्य् अप्रति ।
उभा हि वृत्रहन्तमा ॥

agna indraś ca dāśuṣe hato vṛtrāṇy aprati ।
ubhā hi vṛtrahantamā ॥

Agni, leading light of life, and Indra, ruling power of life, destroy the darkness, want and suffering of life without any possibility of resistance in the interest of the generous people of society. They are indeed, the greatest dispellers of darkness, they eliminate all ignorance, want and injustice.

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7.110.2

याभ्याम् अजयन्त् स्वर् अग्र एव याव् आतस्थतुर् भुवनानि विश्वा ।
प्र चर्षणीवृषणा वज्रबाहू अग्निम् इन्द्रम् वृत्रहणा हुवे ऽहम् ॥

yābhyām ajayant svar agra eva yāv ātasthatur bhuvanāni viśvā ।
pra carṣaṇīvṛṣaṇā vajrabāhū agnim indram vṛtrahaṇā huve 'ham ॥

I invoke and call upon both Agni and Indra, both highest over and ahead of humanity, potent and generous, thunder-armed destroyers of darkness and negativity, who pervade all regions of the world and by virtue of whom men of yore won the paradisal bliss of life on earth.

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7.110.3

उप त्वा देवो अग्रमीच् चमसेन बृहस्पतिः ।
इन्द्र गीर्भिर् न आ विश यजमानाय सुन्वते ॥

upa tvā devo agramīc camasena bṛhaspatiḥ ।
indra gīrbhir na ā viśa yajamānāya sunvate ॥

Indra, ruler of the world, divine Brhaspati, lord of the expansive universe, master of the boundless Word of knowledge, took you over by the yajnic ladle of oblation and sanctified you as dedicated to the fire of social discipline and governance of the order. Come, invited by our collective voice, and take over this dominion for this community of people, the yajamana of the soma yajna of the nation.

Atharvaveda 7.111 · 1 mantras

7.111.1

इन्द्रस्य कुक्षिर् असि सोमधान आत्मा देवानाम् उत मानुषाणाम् ।
इह प्रजा जनय यास् त आसु या अन्यत्रेह तास् ते रमन्ताम् ॥

indrasya kukṣir asi somadhāna ātmā devānām uta mānuṣāṇām ।
iha prajā janaya yās ta āsu yā anyatreha tās te ramantām ॥

Atharvaveda 7.112 · 2 mantras

7.112.1

शुम्भनी द्यावापृथिवी अन्तिसुम्ने महिव्रते ।
आपः सप्त सुस्रुवुर् देवीस् ता नो मुञ्चन्त्व् अंहसः ॥

śumbhanī dyāvāpṛthivī antisumne mahivrate ।
āpaḥ sapta susruvur devīs tā no muñcantv aṃhasaḥ ॥

Heaven and earth, both bright and beautiful, kind and close at heart, which use mighty observers of the laws of existence, and the seven streams of life which flow through pranas, senses and mind, and all through our actions, may all these keep us away and save us from sin and suffering.

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7.112.2

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, lord of natural justice, from the fear of untimely death, and from offence and violence against natural forces of the world. (This mantra is more a prayer for immunity by observance of discipline than for cure of the consequences of a breach of the discipline, or, let us say, a prayer for both prevention and cure.)

Atharvaveda 7.113 · 2 mantras

7.113.1

तृष्टिके तृष्टवन्दन उद् अमूं छिन्धि तृष्टिके ।
यथा कृतद्विष्टासो ऽमुष्मै शेप्यावते ॥

tṛṣṭike tṛṣṭavandana ud amūṃ chindhi tṛṣṭike ।
yathā kṛtadviṣṭāso 'muṣmai śepyāvate ॥

O Desire, O Desire for desire itself, loved and adored by victims of the love of greed, be uprooted and away, separate so that you become averted for the vigorous man of yoga in the state of renunciation. (Reference may be made to Taittirya Upanishad, 1, 10: “Aham vrkshasya reriva, I cut off the root of Desire and Attachment,” and to Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, 15: “The awareness of one’s self-mastery over and above the objects of desire seen or heard, that is Vairagya, Detachment,” also to Mundakopanishad, 3, 4 which underscores the virile vigour of the man in pursuit of self-realisation through grace after the attainment of detachment.)

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7.113.2

तृष्टासि तृष्टिका विषा विषातक्य् असि ।
परिवृक्ता यथासस्य् ऋषभस्य वशेव ॥

tṛṣṭāsi tṛṣṭikā viṣā viṣātaky asi ।
parivṛktā yathāsasy ṛṣabhasya vaśeva ॥

Atharvaveda 7.114 · 2 mantras

7.114.1

आ ते ददे वक्षणाभ्य आ ते ऽहं हृदयाद् ददे ।
आ ते मुखस्य सङ्काशात् सर्वं ते वर्च आ ददे ॥

ā te dade vakṣaṇābhya ā te 'haṃ hṛdayād dade ।
ā te mukhasya saṅkāśāt sarvaṃ te varca ā dade ॥

O Desire insatiable, attachment and greed, I take away your force and agitation from the mind and its fluctuations and from the heart. I take away your flutters of anxiety from over and around your complexion. Thus, I take away and subdue your entire force from the personality (and restore the mind and soul to peace).

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7.114.2

प्रेतो यन्तु व्याध्यः प्रानुध्याः प्रो अशस्तयः ।
अग्नी रक्षस्विनीर् हन्तु सोमो हन्तु दुरस्यतीः ॥

preto yantu vyādhyaḥ prānudhyāḥ pro aśastayaḥ ।
agnī rakṣasvinīr hantu somo hantu durasyatīḥ ॥

Let all disharmoney and disjunctions of body, mind and soul go off, all sorrow and suffering, curses and imprecations be out of the system. Let Agni, light of life, dispel self-consumptive and self-destructive tendencies. Let Soma, life of life, creative and inspiring spirit of Divinity, make up and replenish all injuries of mind and soul caused by violent tendencies of the mind.

Atharvaveda 7.115 · 4 mantras

7.115.1

प्र पतेतः पापि लक्ष्मि नश्येतः प्रामुतः पत ।
अयस्मयेनाङ्केन द्विषते त्वा सजामसि ॥

pra patetaḥ pāpi lakṣmi naśyetaḥ prāmutaḥ pata ।
ayasmayenāṅkena dviṣate tvā sajāmasi ॥

Negative plenty, sinful prosperity, fall off far from here, out of sight hence, disappear, fall off farther than far, over there. We foist you, life’s negativities, hate and enmities, with barbs of iron.

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7.115.2

या मा लक्ष्मीः पतयालूर् अजुष्टाभिचस्कन्द वन्दनेव वृक्षम् ।
अन्यत्रास्मत् सवितस् ताम् इतो धा हिरण्यहस्तो वसु नो रराणः ॥

yā mā lakṣmīḥ patayālūr ajuṣṭābhicaskanda vandaneva vṛkṣam ।
anyatrāsmat savitas tām ito dhā hiraṇyahasto vasu no rarāṇaḥ ॥

The plenty of negative character that has flown and fallen on me smothers me like a parasite creeper on a tree, I pray, O Savita, lord of life and generous of golden hands, take it away from us and dump it elsewhere, giving us, instead, plenty of peaceable settlement with positive wealth, honour and excellence.

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7.115.3

एकशतं लक्ष्म्यो मर्त्यस्य साकं तन्वा जनुषो ऽधि जाताः ।
तासां पापिष्ठा निर् इतः प्र हिण्मः शिवा अस्मभ्यं जातवेदो नियछ ॥

ekaśataṃ lakṣmyo martyasya sākaṃ tanvā januṣo 'dhi jātāḥ ।
tāsāṃ pāpiṣṭhā nir itaḥ pra hiṇmaḥ śivā asmabhyaṃ jātavedo niyacha ॥

Hundreds are the genetic plenties and potentialities born along with the body of mortal man. Of these, the negative and sinful ones we throw out from life here. O Jataveda, lord all-knowing light of life, give us the positive, the auspicious, the gracious.

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7.115.4

एता एना व्याकरं खिले गा विष्ठिता इव ।
रमन्तां पुण्या लक्ष्मीर् याः पापीस् ता अनीनशम् ॥

etā enā vyākaraṃ khile gā viṣṭhitā iva ।
ramantāṃ puṇyā lakṣmīr yāḥ pāpīs tā anīnaśam ॥

These auspicious ones, and these other inauspicious ones of the plenties of life, I have distinguished and separated like cows sitting on the meadow. May the auspicious traits and potentialities grow joyous and prosperous, and those that are negative and sinful I have eliminated.

Atharvaveda 7.116 · 2 mantras

7.116.1

नमो रूराय च्यवनाय नोदनाय धृष्णवे ।
नमः शीताय पूर्वकामकृत्वने ॥

namo rūrāya cyavanāya nodanāya dhṛṣṇave ।
namaḥ śītāya pūrvakāmakṛtvane ॥

‘Homage’ of proper herbal medication for fever with high temperature that gives burning pain, for sweating fever, for shaking fever, for delirious fever, for shivering fever, and for the relapsing fever, and let there be proper diet for the patient.

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7.116.2

यो अन्येद्युर् उभयद्युर् अभ्येतीमं मण्डूकम् ।
अभ्य् एत्व् अव्रतः ॥

yo anyedyur ubhayadyur abhyetīmaṃ maṇḍūkam ।
abhy etv avrataḥ ॥

‘Homage’ of proper herbal treatment for fever that comes after a day’s interval, for fever that comes for two days, for fever that comes irregularly without regular interval, and for that which comes with fluctuation of time and temperature.

Atharvaveda 7.117 · 1 mantras

7.117.1

आ मन्द्रैर् इन्द्र हरिभिर् याहि मयूररोमभिः ।
मा त्वा के चिद् वि यमन् विं न पाशिनो ऽति धन्वेव तां इहि ॥

ā mandrair indra haribhir yāhi mayūraromabhiḥ ।
mā tvā ke cid vi yaman viṃ na pāśino 'ti dhanveva tāṃ ihi ॥

Come Indra, lord of might and majesty, by your

Atharvaveda 7.118 · 1 mantras

7.118.1

मर्माणि ते वर्मणा छादयामि सोमस् त्वा राजामृतेनानु वस्ताम् ।
उरोर् वरीयो वरुणस् ते कृणोतु जयन्तं त्वानु देवा मदन्तु ॥

marmāṇi te varmaṇā chādayāmi somas tvā rājāmṛtenānu vastām ।
uror varīyo varuṇas te kṛṇotu jayantaṃ tvānu devā madantu ॥

Noble warrior, I cover your vital limbs with an armour. May Soma, lord of health and well being, wrap you round with immortal cover against death. May Varuna, lord supreme, vest you with honour greater than greatness itself. May all noble powers of the world bless you and celebrate you with joy, victorious one.