Atharvaveda · Sūkta 10.10
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10.10.1
नमस्ते जायमानायै जाताया उत ते नमः ।
बालेभ्यः शफेभ्यो रूपायाघ्न्ये ते नमः ॥ १०.१०.१ ॥
Homage to you who are being born, and homage to you who have been born. Homage to the calves, to the hooves, to the form; homage to you, O Aghnyā, the not-to-be-slain.
10.10.2
यो विद्यात्सप्त प्रवतः सप्त विद्यात्परावतः ।
शिरो यज्ञस्य यो विद्यात्स वशां प्रति गृह्णीयात् ॥ १०.१०.२ ॥
Let him who knows the seven near and the seven far regions, who knows the head of the sacrifice, receive the cow in return.
10.10.3
वेदाहं सप्त प्रवतः सप्त वेद परावतः ।
शिरो यज्ञस्याहं वेद सोमं चास्यां विचक्षणम् ॥ १०.१०.३ ॥
I know the seven near and the seven far regions; I know the head of the sacrifice, and I know the shining Soma that is in her.
10.10.4
यया द्यौर्यया पृथिवी ययापो गुपिता इमाः ।
वशां सहस्रधारां ब्रह्मणाच्छावदामसि ॥ १०.१०.४ ॥
By her by whom heaven, by her by whom earth, by her by whom these waters are protected — the thousand-streamed Vaśā we address with the sacred word.
10.10.5
शतं कंसाः शतं दोग्धारः शतं गोप्तारो अधि पृष्ठे अस्याः ।
ये देवास्तस्यां प्राणन्ति ते वशां विदुरेकधा ॥ १०.१०.५ ॥
On her back are a hundred vessels, a hundred milkers, a hundred guardians. The gods who breathe life in her know Vaśā as one.
10.10.6
यज्ञपदीराक्षीरा स्वधाप्राणा महीलुका ।
वशा पर्जन्यपत्नी देवाँ अप्येति ब्रह्मणा ॥ १०.१०.६ ॥
Sacrifice is her feet, Svadhā her breath; Mahīlukā — Vaśā, wife of Parjanya — reaches the gods by means of the sacred word.
10.10.7
अनु त्वाग्निः प्राविशदनु सोमो वशे त्वा ।
ऊधस्ते भद्रे पर्जन्यो विद्युतस्ते स्तना वशे ॥ १०.१०.७ ॥
Agni entered after you, O Vaśā, and Soma after you. O auspicious one, Parjanya is your udder; the lightnings are your teats, O Vaśā.
10.10.8
अपस्त्वं धुक्षे प्रथमा उर्वरा अपरा वशे ।
तृतीयं राष्ट्रं धुक्षेऽन्नं क्षीरं वशे त्वम् ॥ १०.१०.८ ॥
You first milk the waters, O Vaśā, and the fertile lands, and the second. Third you milk the realm; you milk food and milk, O Vaśā, you.
10.10.9
यदादित्यैर्हूयमानोपातिष्ठ ऋतवरि ।
इन्द्रः सहस्रं पात्रान्त्सोमं त्वापाययद्वशे ॥ १०.१०.९ ॥
When you came near, invoked by the Ādityas, O possessor of ṛta, Indra made you drink soma from a thousand vessels, O Vaśā.
10.10.10
यदनूचीन्द्रमैरात्त्वा ऋषभोऽह्वयत् ।
तस्मात्ते वृत्रहा पयः क्षीरं क्रुद्धोऽहरद्वशे ॥ १०.१०.१० ॥
When the following cow went toward Indra, the bull called to you; therefore Vṛtra-slayer, enraged, seized your milk and cream, O Vaśā.
10.10.11
यत्ते क्रुद्धो धनपतिरा क्षीरमहरद्वशे ।
इदं तदद्य नाकस्त्रिषु पात्रेषु रक्षति ॥ १०.१०.११ ॥
When your angry lord of wealth took away your milk, O Vaśā, this same milk today heaven keeps in three vessels.
10.10.12
त्रिषु पात्रेषु तं सोममा देव्यहरद्वशा ।
अथर्वा यत्र दीक्षितो बर्हिष्यास्त हिरण्यये ॥ १०.१०.१२ ॥
In the three vessels, the goddess Vaśā seized that soma, there where Atharvan, consecrated, sat upon the golden sacred grass.
10.10.13
सं हि सोमेनागत समु सर्वेण पद्वता ।
वशा समुद्रमध्यष्ठद्गन्धर्वैः कलिभिः सह ॥ १०.१०.१३ ॥
Indeed she has come with soma, and together with all her feet. Vaśā stood upon the ocean, with the Gandharvas and the Kalis.
10.10.14
सं हि वातेनागत समु सर्वैः पतत्रिभिः ।
वशा समुद्रे प्रानृत्यदृचः सामानि बिभ्रती ॥ १०.१०.१४ ॥
Indeed she has come with the wind, and together with all the birds. Vaśā danced forth in the ocean, bearing the verses and the chants.
10.10.15
सं हि सूर्येणागत समु सर्वेण चक्षुषा ।
वशा समुद्रमत्यख्यद्भद्रा ज्योतींषि बिभ्रती ॥ १०.१०.१५ ॥
Indeed she has come with the sun, and together with all her sight. Vaśā looked beyond the ocean, bearing auspicious lights.
10.10.16
अभीवृता हिरण्येन यदतिष्ठ ऋतावरि ।
अश्वः समुद्रो भूत्वाध्यस्कन्दद्वशे त्वा ॥ १०.१०.१६ ॥
O mistress of order (ṛta), when you stood enveloped in gold, the ocean, becoming a horse, leapt down upon you, O Vaśā.
10.10.17
तद्भद्राः समगच्छन्त वशा देष्ट्र्यथो स्वधा ।
अथर्वा यत्र दीक्षितो बर्हिष्यास्त हिरण्यये ॥ १०.१०.१७ ॥
Then the auspicious ones came together — Vaśā the giver, and also Svadhā — where Atharvan, consecrated, sat upon the golden sacred grass.
10.10.18
वशा माता राजन्यस्य वशा माता स्वधे तव ।
वशाया यज्ञ आयुधं ततश्चित्तमजायत ॥ १०.१०.१८ ॥
Vaśā is the mother of the king's kinsman; Vaśā is your mother, O Svadhā. The sacrifice of Vaśā is the weapon, and from it thought was born.
10.10.19
ऊर्ध्वो बिन्दुरुदचरद्ब्रह्मणः ककुदादधि ।
ततस्त्वं जज्ञिषे वशे ततो होताजायत ॥ १०.१०.१९ ॥
From the hump of Brahman a drop rose upward. From that, O Vaśā, you were born; from that the Hotṛ was born.
10.10.20
आस्नस्ते गाथा अभवन्न् उष्णिहाभ्यो बलं वशे ।
पाजस्याज्जज्ञे यज्ञ स्तनेभ्यो रश्मयस्तव ॥ १०.१०.२० ॥
From your mouth the verses came into being; from the uṣṇih metres, O Vaśā, strength arose. From the pājasya the sacrifice was born; from your teats the rays.
10.10.21
ईर्माभ्यामयनं जातं सक्थिभ्यां च वशे तव ।
आन्त्रेभ्यो जज्ञिरे अत्रा उदरादधि वीरुधः ॥ १०.१०.२१ ॥
From your two flanks came the path, O Vaśā, and from your thighs. From the entrails the Atras were born; from the belly sprang the herbs.
10.10.22
यदुदरं वरुणस्यानुप्राविशथा वशे ।
ततस्त्वा ब्रह्मोदह्वयत्स हि नेत्रमवेत्तव ॥ १०.१०.२२ ॥
When you entered the belly of Varuṇa, O Vaśā, the Brahman called you forth; he indeed knew your guide.
10.10.23
सर्वे गर्भादवेपन्त जायमानादसूस्वः ।
ससूव हि तामाहु वशेति ब्रह्मभिः कॢप्तः स ह्यस्या बन्धुः ॥ १०.१०.२३ ॥
At the birth from the womb all trembled; she bore it. She is called Vaśā, so ordained by the brahman priests; he indeed is her kinsman.
10.10.24
युध एकः सं सृजति यो अस्या एक इद्वशी ।
तरांसि यज्ञा अभवन् तरसां चक्षुरभवद्वशा ॥ १०.१०.२४ ॥
In the fight, the one alone sends her forth; of her the one alone is ruler. The swift ones became sacrifices; the eye of the swift ones became Vaśā.
10.10.25
वशा यज्ञं प्रत्यगृह्णाद्वशा सूर्यमधारयत् ।
वशायामन्तरविशदोदनो ब्रह्मणा सह ॥ १०.१०.२५ ॥
Vaśā received the sacrifice; Vaśā upheld the sun. Within Vaśā entered the boiled rice, together with the sacred word.
10.10.26
वशामेवामृतमाहुर्वशां मृत्युमुपासते ।
वशेदं सर्वमभवद्देवा मनुष्या असुराः पितर ऋषयः ॥ १०.१०.२६ ॥
They call Vaśā indeed immortality; death too resorts to Vaśā. From Vaśā all this came to be: gods, men, asuras, fathers, and seers.
10.10.27
य एवं विद्यात्स वशां प्रति गृह्णीयात् ।
तथा हि यज्ञः सर्वपाद्दुहे दात्रेऽनपस्फुरन् ॥ १०.१०.२७ ॥
Whoever knows this should accept Vaśā in return. So too the sacrifice, which protects all, yields milk for the giver; it does not stumble.
10.10.28
तिस्रो जिह्वा वरुणस्यान्तर्दीद्यत्यासनि ।
तासां या मध्ये राजति सा वशा दुष्प्रतिग्रहा ॥ १०.१०.२८ ॥
Varuṇa's three tongues shine within the mouth; she who reigns in the middle of them is Vaśā, hard to receive.
10.10.29
चतुर्धा रेतो अभवद्वशायाः ।
आपस्तुरीयममृतं तुरीयं यज्ञस्तुरीयं पशवस्तुरीयम् ॥ १०.१०.२९ ॥
Vaśā's seed became fourfold: a quarter waters, a quarter immortality, a quarter sacrifice, a quarter animals.
10.10.30
वशा द्यौर्वशा पृथिवी वशा विष्णुः प्रजापतिः ।
वशाया दुग्धमपिबन्त्साध्या वसवश्च ये ॥ १०.१०.३० ॥
Vaśā is heaven, Vaśā is earth, Vaśā is Viṣṇu and Prajāpati. The milk of Vaśā the Sādhyas and the Vasus drank, and all others who are.
10.10.31
वशाया दुग्धं पीत्वा साध्या वसवश्च ये ।
ते वै ब्रध्नस्य विष्टपि पयो अस्या उपासते ॥ १०.१०.३१ ॥
Those Sādhyas and Vasus who drank the milk of the barren cow — they attend to this cow's milk in the highest realm of Brabhna.
10.10.32
सोममेनामेके दुह्रे घृतमेक उपासते ।
य एवं विदुषे वशां ददुस्ते गतास्त्रिदिवं दिवः ॥ १०.१०.३२ ॥
Some milk Soma from her, others attend to ghee; those who gave the cow to one who knows thus went to the threefold heaven of the sky.
10.10.33
ब्राह्मणेभ्यो वशां दत्त्वा सर्वांल्लोकान्त्समश्नुते ।
ऋतं ह्यस्यामार्पितमपि ब्रह्माथो तपः ॥ १०.१०.३३ ॥
Having given the cow to the brahmins, one attains all worlds; for in her, cosmic order, sacred formulation and austerity are also established.
10.10.34
वशां देवा उप जीवन्ति वशां मनुष्या उत ।
वशेदं सर्वमभवद्यावत्सूर्यो विपश्यति ॥ १०.१०.३४ ॥
By the cow the gods live, and humans too; through the cow all this came into being, as long as the sun looks down.