Atharva Veda
To Kāma: for various blessings
sapatnahanam ṛṣabhaṃ ghṛtena kāmaṃ śikṣāmi haviṣājyena nīcaiḥ sapatnān mama padaya tvam abhiṣṭuto mahatā vīryeṇa
To Kāma: for various blessings
The rival-slaying bull Kāma do I desire to aid (? çikṣ) with ghee, with oblation, with sacrificial butter; do thou, praised with great heroism, make my rivals to fall downward.
yan me manaso na priyaṃ cakṣuṣo yan me babhasti nābhinandati tad duṣvapnyaṃ prati muñcāmi sapatne kāmaṃ stutvod ahaṃ bhideyam
What of my mind or my sight is not agreeable (priyá), what of me gnaws, does not enjoy (abhi-nand), that evil-dreaming do I fasten on my rival; praising Kāma, may I shoot up.
duṣvapnyaṃ kāma duritaṃ ca kāmāprajastām asvagatām avartim ugra īśānaḥ prati muñca tasmin yo asmabhyam aṃhūraṇā cikitsāt
Evil-dreaming, O Kāma, and difficulty, O Kāma, want of progeny, homelessness, ruin do thou, formidable, masterful, fasten on him who shall seek to devise (cikits-) distresses for us.
nudasva kāma pra ṇudasva kāmāvartiṃ yantu mama ye sapatnāḥ teṣāṃ nuttānām adhamā tamāṃsy agne vāstūni nir daha tvam
Thrust, O Kāma; thrust forth, O Kāma; let them who are my rivals go to ruin; of them, thrust to lowest darknesses, do thou, O Agni, burn out the abodes (vā́stu).
sā te kāma duhitā dhenur ucyate yām āhur vācaṃ kavayo virājam tayā sapatnān pari vṛṅgdhi ye mama pary enān prāṇaḥ paśavo jīvanaṃ vṛṇaktu
That daughter of thine, O Kāma, is called a milch-cow, what utterance (vā́c) the poets name virā́j; with that do thou avoid them that are my rivals; let breath, cattle, life avoid them.
kāmasyendrasya varuṇasya rājño viṣṇor balena savituḥ savena agner hotreṇa pra ṇude sapatnāṁ chambīva nāvam udakeṣu dhīraḥ
With the strength of Kāma, of Indra, of king Varuṇa, of Vishṇu, with the impulse of Savitar ('the impeller'), with the priestship (hotrá) of Agni I thrust forth my rivals, as a skilful pole-man (? çambín) a boat on the waters (udaká).
adhyakṣo vājī mama kāma ugraḥ kṛṇotu mahyam asapatnam eva viśve devā mama nāthaṃ bhavantu sarve devā havam ā yantu ma imam
Let Kāma, my valiant (vājín) formidable overseer, make for me freedom from rivals; let the all-gods be my refuge; let all the gods come to this call of mine.
idam ājyaṃ ghṛtavaj juṣāṇāḥ kāmajyeṣṭhā iha mādayadhvam kṛṇvanto mahyam asapatnam eva
Enjoying this sacrificial butter rich in ghee, do ye, with Kāma as chief (-jyéṣṭha), revel here, making for me freedom from rivals.
indrāgnī kāma sarathaṃ hi bhūtvā nīcaiḥ sapatnān mama pādayāthaḥ teṣāṃ pannānām adhamā tamāṃsy agne vāstūny anu nirdaha tvam
Becoming, O Kāma, in alliance (sarátham) with Indra-and-Agni, may ye make my rivals to fall downward; of them, fallen to lowest darknesses, do thou, O Agni, burn along out the abodes.
jahi tvam kāma mama ye sapatnā andhā tamāṃsy ava pādayainān nirindriyā arasāḥ santu sarve mā te jīviṣuḥ katamac canāhaḥ
Slay thou, O Kāma, those that are my rivals; make them fall down to blind darknesses; be they all senseless (? nírindriya), sapless; let them not live any day soever.
avadhīt kāmo mama ye sapatnā uruṃ lokam akaran mahyam edhatum mahyaṃ namantāṃ pradiśaś catasro mahyaṃ ṣaḍ urvīr ghṛtam ā vahantu
Kāma hath slain (vadh) them that are my rivals; he hath made for me wide space, prosperity; let the four directions bow to me; let the six wide ones ⌊fem.⌋ bring ghee to me.
te 'dharāñcaḥ pra plavantāṃ chinnā naur iva bandhanāt na sāyakapraṇuttānāṃ punar asti nivartanam
Let them float away downward, like a boat severed from its mooring; of them, thrust forth by missiles, there is no return again.
agnir yava indro yavaḥ somo yavaḥ yavayāvāno devā yavayantv enam
Agni [is] a repeller (? yava), Indra a repeller, Soma a repeller; let the repelling (? yavayā́van) gods repel (yu) him.
asarvavīraś caratu praṇutto dveṣyo mitrānāṃ parivargyaḥ svānām uta pṛthivyām ava syanti vidyuta ugro vo devaḥ pra mṛṇat sapatnān
With his heroes not safe ⌊á-sarvavīra⌋ let him go on, thrust forth, to be hated of friends, to be avoided of his own kin; on earth also stay (ava-sā) thunderbolts; may the formidable god massacre your rivals.
cyutā ceyaṃ bṛhaty acyutā ca vidyud bibharti stanayitnūṃś ca sarvān udyann ādityo draviṇena tejasā nīcaiḥ sapatnān nudatāṃ me sahasvān
This great [earth], both stirred and unstirred, bears the lightning and all the thunders; let the Āditya, arising with property, with brilliancy, thrust downward my rivals, he the powerful one.
yat te kāma śarma trivarūtham udbhu brahma varma vitatam anativyādhyaṃ kṛtam tena sapatnān pari vṛṅgdhi ye mama pary enān prāṇaḥ paśavo jīvanaṃ vṛṇaktu
What sufficient (udbhú) triply-guarding defense thou hast, O Kāma, worship (bráhman) as extended protection (várman), made unpierceable, with that do thou avoid them that are my rivals; let breath, cattle, life avoid them.
yena devā asurān prāṇudanta yenendro dasyūn adhamaṃ tamo nināya tena tvaṃ kāma mama ye sapatnās tān asmāl lokāt pra ṇudasva dūram
Wherewith the gods thrust forth the Asuras, wherewith Indra conducted the barbarians (dásyu) to lowest darkness, therewith do thou, O Kāma, thrust forth far from this world those who are my rivals.
yathā devā asurān prāṇudanta yathendro dasyūn adhamaṃ tamo babādhe tathā tvaṃ kāma mama ye sapatnās tān asmāl lokāt pra ṇudasva dūram
As the gods thrust forth the Asuras, as Indra drove (bādh) the barbarians to lowest darkness, so do thou, O Kāma, thrust forth far from this world those who are my rivals.
kāmo jajñe prathamo nainaṃ devā āpuḥ pitaro na martyāḥ tatas tvam asi jyāyān viśvahā mahāṃs tasmai te kāma nama it kṛṇomi
Kāma was first born; not the gods, the Fathers, nor mortals attained (āp) him; to them art thou superior (jyā́yāṅs), always great; to thee as such, O Kāma, do I pay homage.
yāvatī dyāvāpṛthivī varimṇā yāvad āpaḥ siṣyadur yāvad agniḥ tatas tvam asi jyāyān viśvahā mahāṃs tasmai te kāma nama it kṛṇomi
How great in width are heaven-and-earth; how far the waters flowed, how far fire—to them art thou etc. etc.
yāvatīr diśaḥ pradiśo viṣūcīr yāvatīr āśā abhicakṣaṇā divaḥ tatas tvam asi jyāyān viśvahā mahāṃs tasmai te kāma nama it kṛṇomi
How great are the divergent (víṣvañc) quarters [and] directions; how great the regions (ā́çā), on-lookers of the sky—to them art thou etc. etc.
yāvatīr bhṛṅgā jatvaḥ kurūravo yāvatīr vaghā vṛkṣasarpyo babhūvuḥ tatas tvam asi jyāyān viśvahā mahāṃs tasmai te kāma nama it kṛṇomi
How many the humble-bees (bhṛ́n̄ga), the bats, the kurū́nus; how many have been the vághās, the tree-creepers—to them art thou etc. etc.
jyāyān nimiṣato 'si tiṣṭhato jyāyānt samudrād asi kāma manyo tatas tvam asi jyāyān viśvahā mahāṃs tasmai te kāma nama it kṛṇomi
Superior art thou to him that winks, that stands; superior to the ocean art thou, O Kāma, fury—to them art thou etc. etc.
na vai vātaś cana kāmam āpnoti nāgniḥ sūryo nota candramāḥ tatas tvam asi jyāyān viśvahā mahāṃs tasmai te kāma nama it kṛṇomi
Verily no wind soever attains (āp) Kāma, not fire, sun, also not moon; to them art thou etc. etc.
yās te śivās tanvaḥ kāma bhadrā yābhiḥ satyaṃ bhavati yad vṛṇīṣe tābhiṣ ṭvam asmāṁ abhisaṃviśasvānyatra pāpīr apa veśayā dhiyaḥ
What propitious excellent bodies thou hast, O Kāma, with which what thou choosest becometh real, with them do thou enter wholly into us; make evil devices (dhī́) enter away elsewhere.