Atharva Veda
An incantation to put to sleep
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An incantation to put to sleep
The thousand-horned bull that came up from the ocean—with him, the powerful one, do we put the people to sleep.
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The wind bloweth not over the earth; no one soever seeth over [it]; both all the women and the dogs do thou make to sleep, going with Indra as companion.
proṣṭheśayās talpeśayā nārīr yā vahyaśīvarīḥ striyo yāḥ puṇyagandhayas tāḥ sarvāḥ svāpayāmasi
The women that are lying on a bench, lying on a couch, lying in a litter; the women that are of pure odor—all of them we make to sleep.
ejadejad ajagrabhaṃ cakṣuḥ prāṇam ajagrabham aṅgāny ajagrabhaṃ sarvā rātrīṇām atiśarvare
Whatever stirs have I seized; eye, breath have I seized; all the limbs have I seized, in the depth (atiçarvará) of the nights.
ya āste yaś carati yaś ca tiṣṭhan vipaśyati teṣāṃ saṃ dadhmo akṣīṇi yathedaṃ harmyaṃ tathā
Whoso sits, whoso goes about, and whoso standing looks out—of them we put together the eyes, just like this habitation (harmyá).
svaptu mātā svaptu pitā svaptu śvā svaptu viśpatiḥ svapantv asyai jñātayaḥ svaptv ayam abhito janaḥ
Let the mother sleep, the father sleep, the dog sleep, the housemaster (viçpáti) sleep; let the relatives (jñātí) of her sleep; let this folk round about sleep.
svapna svapnābhikaraṇena sarvaṃ ni svāpayā janam otsūryam anyānt svāpayāvyuṣaṃ jāgṛtād aham indra ivāriṣṭo akṣitaḥ
O sleep, with the imposition (abhikaraṇa) of sleep do thou put to. sleep all the folk; till sun-up make the others sleep, till dawning let me be awake, like Indra, uninjured, unexhausted.