Atharva Veda 10.5

indrasyauja sthendrasya saha sthendrasya balaṃ sthendrasya vīryaṃ sthendrasya nṛmṇaṃ stha jiṣṇave yogāya brahmayogair vo yunajmi

Preparation and use of water-thunderbolts

Indra's force are ye; Indra's power are ye; Indra's strength are ye; Indra's heroism are ye; Indra's manliness are ye; unto a conquering junction (yóga) with brahman-junctions I join you.

indrasyauja sthendrasya saha sthendrasya balaṃ sthendrasya vīryaṃ sthendrasya nṛmṇaṃ stha jiṣṇave yogāya kṣatrayogair vo yunajmi

Indra's force etc. etc.; unto a conquering junction, with kṣatrá-junctions I join you.

indrasyauja sthendrasya saha sthendrasya balaṃ sthendrasya vīryaṃ sthendrasya nṛmṇaṃ stha jiṣṇave yogāyendrayogair vo yunajmi

Indra's force etc. etc.; unto a conquering junction, with Indra-junctions I join you.

indrasyauja sthendrasya saha sthendrasya balaṃ sthendrasya vīryaṃ sthendrasya nṛmṇaṃ stha jiṣṇave yogāya somayogair vo yunajmi

Indra's force etc. etc.; unto a conquering junction, with Soma-junctions I join you.

indrasyauja sthendrasya saha sthendrasya balaṃ sthendrasya vīryaṃ sthendrasya nṛmṇaṃ stha jiṣṇave yogāyāpsuyogair vo yunajmi

Indra's force etc. etc.; unto a conquering junction, with water-junctions I join you.

indrasyauja sthendrasya saha sthendrasya balaṃ sthendrasya vīryaṃ sthendrasya nṛmṇaṃ stha jiṣṇave yogāya viśvāni mā bhūtāny upa tiṣṭhantu yuktā ma āpa stha

Indra's force etc. etc.; unto a conquering junction; let all existences wait upon (upa-sthā) me; joined to me are ye, O waters.

agner bhāga stha apāṃ śukram āpo devīr varco asmāsu dhatta prajāpater vo dhāmnāsmai lokāya sādaye

Agni's portion are ye, sperm (? çukrám) of the waters, O heavenly waters; put ye splendor in us; with the ordinance (dhā́man) of Prajāpati I set you for this world.

indrasya bhāga stha apāṃ śukram āpo devīr varco asmāsu dhatta prajāpater vo dhāmnāsmai lokāya sādaye

Indra's portion are ye, sperm of the etc. etc.

somasya bhāga stha apāṃ śukram āpo devīr varco asmāsu dhatta prajāpater vo dhāmnāsmai lokāya sādaye

Soma's portion are ye, sperm of the etc. etc.

varuṇasya bhāga stha apāṃ śukram āpo devīr varco asmāsu dhatta prajāpater vo dhāmnāsmai lokāya sādaye

Varuṇa's portion are ye, sperm of the etc. etc.

mitrāvaruṇayor bhāga stha apāṃ śukram āpo devīr varco asmāsu dhatta prajāpater vo dhāmnāsmai lokāya sādaye

Mitra-and-Varuṇa's portion are ye, sperm of the etc. etc.

yamasya bhāga stha apām śukram āpo devīr varco asmāsu dhatta prajāpater vo dhāmnāsmai lokāya sādaye

Yama's portion are ye, sperm of the etc. etc.

pitṝṇāṃ bhāga stha apāṃ śukram āpo devīr varco asmāsu dhatta prajāpater vo dhāmnāsmai lokāya sādaye

The Fathers' portion are ye, sperm of the etc. etc.

devasya savitur bhāga stha apāṃ śukram āpo devīr varco asmāsu dhatta prajāpater vo dhāmnāsmai lokāya sādaye

God Savitar's portion are ye, sperm of the etc. etc.

yo va āpo 'pāṃ bhāgo 'psv antar yajuṣyo devayajanaḥ idaṃ tam ati sṛjāmi taṃ mābhyavanikṣi tena tam abhyatisṛjāmo yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ taṃ vadheyaṃ taṃ stṛṣīyānena brahmaṇānena karmaṇānayā menyā

What of you, O waters, is the portion of waters within the waters, of the nature of sacrificial formula, sacrificing to the gods, that now I let go; that let me not wash down against myself; that do we let go against him who hates us, whom we hate; him may I slay (vadh), him may I lay low, with this spell (bráhman), with this act, with this weapon (mení).

yo va āpo 'pām ūrmir apsv antar yajuṣyo devayajanaḥ idaṃ tam ati sṛjāmi taṃ mābhyavanikṣi tena tam abhyatisṛjāmo yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ taṃ vadheyaṃ taṃ stṛṣīyānena brahmaṇānena karmaṇānayā menyā

What of you, O waters, is the wave of the waters within the waters, etc. etc.

yo va āpo 'pām vatso 'psv antar yajuṣyo devayajanaḥ idaṃ tam ati sṛjāmi taṃ mābhyavanikṣi tena tam abhyatisṛjāmo yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ taṃ vadheyaṃ taṃ stṛṣīyānena brahmaṇānena karmaṇānayā menyā

What of you, O waters, is the young (vatsá) of the waters within the waters, etc. etc.

yo va āpo 'pāṃ vṛṣabho 'psv antar yajuṣyo devayajanaḥ idaṃ tam ati sṛjāmi taṃ mābhyavanikṣi tena tam abhyatisṛjāmo yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ taṃ vadheyaṃ taṃ stṛṣīyānena brahmaṇānena karmaṇānayā menyā

What of you, O waters, is the bull of the waters within the waters etc. etc.

yo va āpo 'pāṃ hiraṇyagarbho 'psv antar yajuṣyo devayajanaḥ idaṃ tam ati sṛjāmi taṃ mābhyavanikṣi tena tam abhyatisṛjāmo yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ taṃ vadheyaṃ taṃ stṛṣīyānena brahmaṇānena karmaṇānayā menyā

What of you, O waters, is the golden embryo of the waters within the waters, etc. etc.

yo va āpo 'pāṃ aśmā pṛśnir divyo 'psv antar yajuṣyo devayajanaḥ idaṃ tam ati sṛjāmi taṃ mābhyavanikṣi tena tam abhyatisṛjāmo yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ taṃ vadheyaṃ taṃ stṛṣīyānena brahmaṇānena karmaṇānayā menyā

What of you, O waters, is the heavenly spotted stone of the waters within the waters, etc. etc.

yo va āpo 'pāṃ agnayo 'psv antar yajuṣyo devayajanaḥ idaṃ tam ati sṛjāmi taṃ mābhyavanikṣi tena tam abhyatisṛjāmo yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ taṃ vadheyaṃ taṃ stṛṣīyānena brahmaṇānena karmaṇānayā menyā

What of you, O waters, are the fires of the waters within the waters, of the nature of sacrificial formula, sacrificing to the gods, them now I let go; them let me not wash down against myself; them we let go against him who hates us, etc. etc.

yad arvācīnaṃ traihāyaṇād anṛtaṃ kiṃcodima āpo mā tasmāt sarvasmād duritāt pāntv aṃhasaḥ

What untruth soever we have spoken since a three years' period,—let the waters protect me from all that difficulty, from distress.

samudraṃ vaḥ pra hiṇomi svāṃ yonim apītana ariṣṭāḥ sarvahāyaso mā ca naḥ kiṃcanāmamat

I send you forth to the ocean; go ye unto your own lair; uninjured, of completed years (?); and let nothing whatever ail (am) us.

ariprā āpo apa ripram asmat prāsmad eno duritaṃ supratīkāḥ pra duṣvapnyam pra malaṃ vahantu

Free from defilement (-riprá) [are] the waters; [let them carry] away from us defilement, forth from us sin, mishap (duritá), they of good aspect; let them carry forth evil dreaming, forth filth.

viṣṇoḥ kramo 'si sapatnahā pṛthivīsaṃśito 'gnitejāḥ pṛthivīm anu vi krame 'haṃ pṛthivyās taṃ nir bhajāmo yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ sa mā jīvīt taṃ prāṇo jahātu

Vishṇu's stride art thou, rival-slaying, earth-sharpened (-sáṁçita), Agni-brightened; after earth I stride out; from earth we disportion him who hates us, whom we hate; let him not live; him let breath quit.

viṣṇoḥ kramo 'si sapatnahāntarikṣasaṃśito vāyutejāḥ antarikṣam anu vi krame 'haṃ antarikṣāt taṃ nir bhajāmo yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ sa mā jīvīt taṃ prāṇo jahātu

Vishṇu's stride art thou, rival-slaying, atmosphere-sharpened, Vayu-brightened; after atmosphere I stride out; from atmosphere we disportion him who etc. etc.

viṣṇoḥ kramo 'si sapatnahā dyausaṃśitaḥ sūryatejāḥ divam anu vi krame 'haṃ divas taṃ nir bhajāmo yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ sa mā jīvīt taṃ prāṇo jahātu

Vishṇu's stride art thou, rival-slaying, sky-sharpened, sun-brightened; after the sky I stride out; from the sky we disportion him who etc. etc.

viṣṇoḥ kramo 'si sapatnahā diksaṃśito manastejāḥ diśo anu vi krame 'haṃ digbhyas taṃ nir bhajāmo yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ sa mā jīvīt taṃ prāṇo jahātu

Vishṇu's stride art thou, rival-slaying, quarter-sharpened, mind-brightened; after the quarters I stride out; from the quarters we disportion him who etc. etc.

viṣṇoḥ kramo 'si sapatnahāśāsaṃśito vātatejāḥ āśā anu vi krame 'haṃ āśābhyas taṃ nir bhajāmo yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ sa mā jīvīt taṃ prāṇo jahātu

Vishṇu's stride art thou, rival-slaying, region-sharpened, wind-brightened; after the regions I stride out; from the regions we disportion him who etc. etc.

viṣṇoḥ kramo 'si sapatnahā ṛksaṃśito sāmatejāḥ ṛco 'nu vi krame 'haṃ ṛgbhyas taṃ nir bhajāmo yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ sa mā jīvīt taṃ prāṇo jahātu

Vishṇu's stride art thou, rival-slaying, verse-(ṛ́c-)sharpened, chant-(sā́man-)brightened; after the verses I stride out; from the verses we disportion him who etc. etc.

viṣṇoḥ kramo 'si sapatnahā yajñasaṃśito brahmatejāḥ yajñam anu vi krame 'haṃ yajñāt taṃ nir bhajāmo yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ sa mā jīvīt taṃ prāṇo jahātu

Vishṇu's stride art thou, rival-slaying, sacrifice-sharpened, bráhman-brightened; after the sacrifice I stride out; from the sacrifice we disportion him who etc. etc.

viṣṇoḥ kramo 'si sapatnahauṣadhīsaṃśito somatejāḥ oṣadhīr anu vi krame 'haṃ oṣadhībhyas taṃ nir bhajāmo yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ sa mā jīvīt taṃ prāṇo jahātu

Vishṇu's stride art thou, rival-slaying, herb-sharpened, sóma-brightened; after the herbs I stride out; from the herbs we disportion him who etc. etc.

viṣṇoḥ kramo 'si sapatnahāpsusaṃśito varuṇatejāḥ apo 'nu vi krame 'haṃ adbhyas taṃ nir bhajāmo yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ sa mā jīvīt taṃ prāṇo jahātu

Vishṇu's stride art thou, rival-slaying, water-sharpened, Varuṇa-brightened; after the waters I stride out; from the waters we disportion him who etc. etc.

viṣṇoḥ kramo 'si sapatnahā kṛṣisaṃśito 'nnatejāḥ kṛṣim anu vi krame 'haṃ kṛṣyās taṃ nir bhajāmo yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ sa mā jīvīt taṃ prāṇo jahātu

Vishṇu's stride art thou, rival-slaying, plowing-sharpened, food-brightened; after plowing I stride out; from plowing we disportion him who etc. etc.

viṣṇoḥ kramo 'si sapatnahā prāṇasaṃśitaḥ puruṣatejāḥ prāṇam anu vi krame 'haṃ prāṇāt taṃ nir bhajāmo yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ sa mā jīvīt taṃ prāṇo jahātu

Vishṇu's stride art thou, rival-slaying, breath-sharpened, man-(púruṣa-)brightened; after breath I stride out; from breath we disportion him who etc. etc.

jitam asmākam udbhinnam asmākam abhyaṣṭhāṃ viśvāḥ pṛtanā arātīḥ idam aham āmuṣyāyaṇasyāmuṣyāḥ putrasya varcas tejaḥ prāṇam āyur ni veṣṭayāmīdam enam adharāñcaṃ pādayāmi

Ours [is] what is conquered, ours what has shot up; I have withstood (abhi-sthā) all fighters, niggards; now do I involve (ni-veṣṭ) the splendor, brightness, breath, life-time of him of such-and-such lineage, son of such-and-such mother; now do I make him fall (pad) downward.

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I turn after the sun's turn (āvṛ́t), after his turn to the right; let it yield (yam) me property; [let] it [yield] me Brahman-splendor.

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I turn toward the quarters full of light; let them yield me property, let them etc. etc.

saptaṛṣīn abhyāvarte te me draviṇaṃ yacchantu te me brāhmaṇavarcasam

I turn toward the seven seers; let them yield etc. etc.

brahmābhyāvarte tan me draviṇaṃ yacchatu tan me brāhmaṇavarcasam

I turn toward the bráhman; let it yield etc. etc.

brāhmaṇāṁ abhyāvarte te me draviṇaṃ yacchantu te me brāhmaṇavarcasam

I turn toward the Brahmans; let them yield etc. etc.

yam vayaṃ mṛgayāmahe taṃ vadhai stṛṇavāmahai vyātte parameṣṭhino brahmaṇāpīpadāma tam

Whom we hunt, him will we lay low with deadly weapons; by our spell (bráhman) have we made him fall (pad) into the opened mouth of the most exalted one.

vaiśvānarasya daṃṣṭrābhyāṃ hetis taṃ sam adhād abhi iyaṃ taṃ psātv āhutiḥ samid devī sahīyasī

The missile hath closed upon him with the two tusks of Vāiçvānara; let this offering (ā́huti) devour him, the very powerful divine fuel.

rājño varuṇasya bandho 'si so 'mum āmuṣyāyaṇam amuṣyāḥ putram anne prāṇe badhāna

King Varuṇa's bond art thou; do thou bind so-and-so, of such-and-such lineage, son of such-and-such mother, in food, in breath.

yat te annaṃ bhuvas pata ākṣiyati pṛthivīm anu tasya nas tvaṃ bhuvas pate samprayaccha prajāpate

What food of thine, O Lord of earth (bhū́), dwells upon the earth (pṛthivī́)—of that, O lord of earth, do thou furnish unto us, O Prajāpati.

apo divyā acāyiṣaṃ rasena sam apṛkṣmahi payasvān agna āgamaṃ taṃ mā saṃ sṛja varcasā

The heavenly waters have I honored; with sap have we been mingled; rich in milk, O Agni, have I come; unite me here with splendor.

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

Unite me, O Agni, with splendor, with progeny, with life-time; may the gods know me as such; may Indra know, together with the seers.

yad agne adya mithunā śapato yad vācas tṛṣṭaṃ janayanta rebhāḥ manyor manasaḥ śaravyā jāyate yā tayā vidhya hṛdaye yātudhānān

What, O Agni, the pair utter in curses today, what harshness of speech the reciters produce: the shaft that is born of fury of the mind—with that pierce thou the sorcerers in the heart.

parā śṛṇīhi tapasā yātudhānān parāgne rakṣo harasā śṛṇīhi parārciṣā mūradevāṁ chṛṇīhi parāsutṛpaḥ śośucataḥ śṛṇīhi

Crush away the sorcerers with heat; crush away, O Agni, the demon with flame; crush away with burning the false worshipers; crush away the greatly gleaming ones that feed on lives.

apām asmai vajraṃ pra harāmi caturbhṛṣṭiṃ śīrṣabhidyāya vidvān so asyāṅgāni pra śṛṇātu sarvā tan me devā anu jānantu viśve

I, knowing, hurl at this man, to split his head, the four-pointed (-bhṛṣṭí) thunderbolt of the waters; let it crush all his limbs: to this on my part let all the gods assent.