Atharva Veda
To Rudra, especially as Bhava and Çarva
pratihitām āyatāṃ mā vi srāṣṭaṃ mā no hiṃsiṣṭaṃ dvipado mā catuṣpadaḥ
To Rudra, especially as Bhava and Çarva
O Bhava-and-Çarva, be gracious; do not go against [us]; ye lords of beings, lords of cattle, homage to you! [the arrow] that is fitted, that is drawn, do not let fly; do not harm our bipeds nor quadrupeds.
śune kroṣṭre mā śarīrāṇi kartam aliklavebhyo gṛdhrebhyo ye ca kṛṣṇā aviṣyavaḥ makṣikās te paśupate vayāṃsi te vighase mā vidanta
Make ye not bodies for the dog, the jackal, for the buzzards (? alíklava), the vultures, and them that are black [and] greedy (aviṣyú); let thy flies, lord of cattle, let thy birds not find themselves at food.
krandāya te prāṇāya yāś ca te bhava ropayaḥ
Unto thy noise (? kránda), [thy] breath, and what pangs (? rópi) are thine, O Bhava—homage we pay to thee that art thousand-eyed, O Rudra, immortal one.
purastāt te namaḥ kṛṇma uttarād adharād uta abhīvargād divas pary antarikṣāya te namaḥ
We pay thee homage in front, above, also below; forth from the sphere of the sky, homage [be] to thine atmosphere.
mukhāya te paśupate yāni cakṣūṃṣi te bhava tvace rūpāya saṃdṛśe pratīcīnāya te namaḥ
To thy face, O lord of cattle; the eyes that thou hast, O Bhava; to [thy] skin, form, aspect, to thee standing opposite [be] homage.
This verse is not included in this edition.
To thy members, belly, tongue, thy mouth, to thy teeth, smell, [be] homage.
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With the blue-locked archer, the thousand-eyed, vigorous, with Rudra, the half-smiter (?)—with him may we not come into collision (sam-ṛ).
sa no bhavaḥ pari vṛṇaktu viśvata āpa ivāgniḥ pari vṛṇaktu no bhavaḥ mā no 'bhi māṃsta namo astv asmai
Let this Bhava avoid us on every side; as fire the waters, let Bhava avoid us; let him not plot against us; homage be to him.
catur namo aṣṭakṛtvo bhavāya daśakṛtvaḥ paśupate namas te taveme pañca paśavo vibhaktā gāvo aśvāḥ puruṣā ajāvayaḥ
Four times ⌊catús⌋ homage, eight times, to Bhava; ten times, O lord of cattle, be homage to thee; thine are shared out these five creatures (paçú)—cows, horses, men, sheep and goats.
tava catasraḥ pradiśas tava dyaus tava pṛthivī tavedam ugrorv antarikṣam tavedaṃ sarvam ātmanvad yat prāṇat pṛthivīm anu
Thine are the four directions, thine the heaven, thine the earth, thine, O formidable one, this wide atmosphere, thine is all this that has life (ātmán), that is breathing upon (ánu) the earth.
uruḥ kośo vasudhānas tavāyaṃ yasminn imā viśvā bhuvanāny antaḥ sa no mṛḍa paśupate namas te paraḥ kroṣṭāro abhibhāḥ śvānaḥ paro yantv agharudo vikeśyaḥ
This wide vessel, holder of good things, is thine, within which are all these beings; do thou be gracious to us, O lord of cattle; homage to thee; away let the jackals, the portents (abhibhā́), the dogs go, away the weepers of evil with disheveled hair.
dhanur bibharṣi haritaṃ hiraṇyayaṃ sahasraghniṃ śatavadhaṃ śikhaṇḍin
Thou bearest a yellow golden bow, a thousand-slaying, hundred-weaponed, O tufted one; Rudra's arrow goes, a god-missile; to that be homage, in whichever direction from here.
yo 'bhiyāto nilayate tvāṃ rudra nicikīrṣati paścād anuprayuṅkṣe taṃ viddhasya padanīr iva
He who, attacked (abhi-yā), hides himself, [who] tries to put thee down, O Rudra, him from behind thou pursuest, like the tracker (? padanī́) of one that is pierced.
bhavārudrau sayujā saṃvidānāvubhāvugrau carato vīryāya tābhyāṃ namo yatamasyāṃ diśītaḥ
Bhava-and-Rudra, allied, in concord, both go about, formidable, unto heroism; to them be homage, in whichever direction from here.
namas te astv āyate namo astu parāyate namas te rudra tiṣṭhata āsīnāyota te namaḥ
Homage be to thee coming, homage be [to thee] going away; homage to thee, O Rudra, standing; to thee sitting also [be] homage.
namaḥ sāyaṃ namaḥ prātar namo rātryā namo divā bhavāya ca śarvāya cobhābhyām akaraṃ namaḥ
Homage in the evening, homage in the morning, homage by night, homage by day; to Bhava and to Çarva, to both have I paid homage.
sahasrākṣam atipaśyaṃ purastād rudram asyantaṃ bahudhā vipaścitam mopārāma jihvayeyamānam
With the thousand-eyed one, seeing across in front, with Rudra, hurling in many places, inspired one, may we not come in collision, as he goes about (ī́ya-) with the tongue.
śyāvāśvaṃ kṛṣṇam asitaṃ mṛṇantaṃ bhīmaṃ rathaṃ keśinaḥ pādayantam pūrve pratīmo namo astv asmai
We go forward (pū́rva) to meet him of dark horses, black, swarthy, killing, fearful, making to fall the chariot of the hairy one (keçín); homage be to him.
mā no 'bhi srā matyaṃ devahetiṃ mā naḥ krudhaḥ paśupate namas te anyatrāsmad divyāṃ śākhāṃ vi dhūnu
Do not let fly at us the club (? matyà), the god-missile; be not angry at us, O lord of cattle; homage to thee; elsewhere than [over] us shake out the heavenly bough.
This verse is not included in this edition.
Do not harm us; bless us; avoid us; be not angry; let us not come into collision with thee.
mā no goṣu puruṣeṣu mā gṛdho no ajāviṣu anyatrogra vi vartaya piyārūṇāṃ prajāṃ jahi
[Be] not [greedy] for our kine, our men; be not greedy for our goats and sheep; elsewhere, O formidable one, roll forth [thy missile]; smite the progeny of the mockers (píyāru).
yasya takmā kāsikā hetir ekam aśvasyeva vṛṣaṇaḥ kranda eti abhipūrvaṃ nirṇayate namo astv asmai
Of whom the takmán, the kā́sikā, goes as one weapon, like the noise of a stallion horse, to him, leading out in succession, be homage.
yo 'ntarikṣe tiṣṭhati viṣṭabhito 'yajvanaḥ pramṛṇan devapīyūn tasmai namo daśabhiḥ śakvarībhiḥ
He who stands propped up in the atmosphere, killing the non-sacrificing, the god-mockers—to him be homage with the ten clever ones (çákvarī).
tubhyam āraṇyāḥ paśavo mṛgā vane hitā haṃsāḥ suparṇāḥ śakunā vayāṃsi tava yakṣaṃ paśupate apsv antas tubhyaṃ kṣaranti divyā āpo vṛdhe
To thee are assigned the forest animals ⌊paçú⌋, the wild beasts in the woods, the geese (haṅsá), eagles, hawks, birds; thine, O lord of cattle, is the monster (? yakṣá) within the waters; for thine increase flow the waters of the heaven.
śiṃśumārā ajagarāḥ purīkayā jaṣā matsyā rajasā yebhyo asyasi na te dūraṃ na pariṣṭhāsti te bhava sadyaḥ sarvāṃ pari paśyasi bhūmiṃ pūrvasmāddhaṃsyuttarasmint samudre
The dolphins (çiṅçumā́ra), boas (ajagará), purīkáyas, jashás, fishes, rajasás, at which thou hurlest: there is no distance for thee nor hindrance for thee, O Bhava; at once thou loolcest over the whole earth; from the eastern thou smitest in the northern ocean.
mā no rudra takmanā mā viṣeṇa mā naḥ saṃ srā divyenāgninā anyatrāsmad vidyutaṃ pātayaitām
Do not, O Rudra, unite (sam-sṛj) us with the takmán, not with poison, not with the fire of heaven; elsewhere than [on] us make that lightning fall.
bhavo divo bhava īśe pṛthivyā bhava ā papra urv antarikṣam tasyai namo yatamasyāṃ diśītaḥ
Bhava is master (īç) of the heaven, Bhava of the earth; Bhava has filled the wide atmosphere; to him be homage, in whichever direction from here.
bhava rājan yajamānāya mṛḍa paśūnāṃ hi paśupatir babhūtha yaḥ śraddadhāti santi devā iti catuṣpade dvipade 'sya mṛḍa
O king Bhava, be gracious to the sacrificer, for thou hast become cattle-lord of cattle; whoever has faith, saying "the gods are," be thou gracious to his bipeds [and] quadrupeds.
mā no mahāntam uta mā no arbhakaṃ mā no vahantam uta mā no vakṣyataḥ mā no hiṃsīḥ pitaraṃ mātaraṃ ca svāṃ tanvaṃ rudra mā rīriṣo naḥ
Not our great one, and not our small, not our carrying one, and not those that will carry, not our father and mother do thou harm; our own self (tanū́), O Rudra, do not injure.
rudrasyailabakārebhyo 'saṃsūktagilebhyaḥ idaṃ mahāsyebhyaḥ śvabhyo akaraṃ namaḥ
To Rudra's howl-making, unhymned-swallowing (?), great-mouthed dogs I have paid this homage.
namas te ghoṣiṇībhyo namas te keśinībhyaḥ namo namaskṛtābhyo namaḥ saṃbhuñjatībhyaḥ namas te deva senābhyaḥ svasti no abhayaṃ ca naḥ
Homage to thy noisy ones, homage to thy hairy ones, homage to those to whom homage is paid, homage to the jointly-enjoying—homage, [namely], O god, to thine armies; welfare [be] to us, and fearlessness to us.