Atharva Veda 5.11

kathaṃ mahe asurāyābravīr iha kathaṃ pitre haraye tveṣanṛmṇaḥ pṛśniṃ varuṇa dakṣiṇāṃ dadāvān punarmagha tvaṃ manasācikitsīḥ

⌊Dialogue between⌋ Varuṇa and Atharvan

How unto the great Asura didst thou speak here? how, with shining manliness, unto the yellow (hári) father? having given, O Varuṇa, a spotted [cow] as sacrificial fee, thou hast with the mind intended (? cikits) re-bestowal (?).

na kāmena punarmagho bhavāmi saṃ cakṣe kaṃ pṛśnim etām upāje kena nu tvam atharvan kāvyena kena jātenāsi jātavedāḥ

Not at pleasure am I a re-bestower; for examination (?) do I drive home this spotted [cow]; by what poesy (kā́vya) now, O Atharvan, [art] thou [poet]? by what that is produced (jātá) art thou jātávedas?

satyam ahaṃ gabhīraḥ kāvyena satyaṃ jātenāsmi jātavedāḥ na me dāso nāryo mahitvā vrataṃ mīmāya yad ahaṃ dhariṣye

I verily am profound by poesy; verily by what is produced I am jātávedas; not barbarian (dāsá), not Aryan, by his might, damageth (mī) the course which I shall maintain.

na tvad anyaḥ kavitaro na medhayā dhīrataro varuṇa svadhāvan tvaṃ tā viśvā bhuvanāni vettha sa cin nu tvaj jano māyī bibhāya

None else than thou is more poet, nor by wisdom (medhá) more wise (dhī́ra), O Varuṇa, self-ruling one (svadhā́vant); thou knowest all these beings; even that wily man (jána) now is afraid of thee.

tvaṃ hy aṅga varuṇa svadhāvan viśvā vettha janima supraṇīte kiṃ rajasa enā paro anyad asty enā kiṃ pareṇāvaram amura

Since thou verily, O self-ruling Varuṇa, knowest all births, O well-conducting one—is there anything else beyond the welkin (rájas)? is there anything below what is beyond, O unerring one (? amura)?

ekaṃ rajasa enā paro anyad asty enā para ekena durṇaśaṃ cid arvāk tat te vidvān varuṇa pra bravīmy adhovacasaḥ paṇayo bhavantu nīcair dāsā upa sarpantu bhūmim

There is one other thing beyond the welkin; there is something, hard to attain, hitherward from what is beyond: this I Varuṇa, knowing it, proclaim to thee. Be the paṇi's of degraded speech; let the barbarians creep (sṛp) downward to the earth.

tvaṃ hy aṅga varuṇa bravīṣi punarmagheṣv avadyāni bhūri mo ṣu paṇīṃr abhy etāvato bhūn mā tvā vocann arādhasaṃ janāsaḥ

Since thou verily, O Varuṇa, speakest many reproachful things among (as to ?) re-bestowers, do not thou, I pray, belong to (abhi-bhū) such paṇís; let not people call thee ungenerous (arādhás).

mā mā vocann arādhasaṃ janāsaḥ punas te pṛśniṃ jaritar dadāmi stotraṃ me viśvam ā yāhi śacībhir antar viśvāsu mānuṣīṣu dikṣu

Let not people call me ungenerous; I give thee back the spotted [cow], O singer; come thou mightily (çácībhis) to every song of praise (stotrá) of mine, among all human regions (díç).

ā te stotrāṇy udyatāni yantv antar viśvāsu mānuṣīṣu dikṣu dehi nu me yan me adatto asi yujyo me saptapadaḥ sakhāsi

Let uplifted (ud-yam) songs of praise of thee come, among all human regions. Give now to me what thou hast not given me; thou art my suitable comrade of seven steps;—

samā nau bandhur varuṇa samā jā vedāhaṃ tad yan nāv eṣā samā jā dadāmi tad yat te adatto asmi yujyas te saptapadaḥ sakhāsmi

Of us two, O Varuṇa, [there is] the same connection, the same birth (jā́). I know that which is of us two this same birth; I give that which I have not given thee; I am thy suitable comrade of seven steps;—

devo devāya gṛṇate vayodhā vipro viprāya stuvate sumedhāḥ ajījano hi varuṇa svadhāvann atharvāṇaṃ pitaraṃ devabandhum tasmā u rādhaḥ kṛṇuhi supraśastaṃ sakhā no asi paramaṃ ca bandhuḥ

A god, bestower of vigor on a singing god; a sage (vípra), of good wisdom for a praising sage. Since thou, O self-ruling Varuṇa, hast generated father Atharvan, connection of the gods, for him do thou make well-extolled generosity; our comrade art thou, and highest connection.