Atharvaveda · Sūkta 11.2

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11.2.1

भवाशर्वौ मृडतं माभि यातं भूतपती पशुपती नमो वाम् ।
प्रतिहितामायतां मा वि स्राष्टं मा नो हिंसिष्टं द्विपदो मा चतुष्पदः ॥ ११.२.१ ॥

O Bhava and Śarva, be gracious, do not come against us. O lords of beings, lords of cattle, homage to you both. Let what is established stay established, let it not scatter; let it not harm our two-footed and four-footed creatures.

11.2.2

शुने क्रोष्ट्रे मा शरीराणि कर्तमलिक्लवेभ्यो गृध्रेभ्यो ये च कृष्णा अविष्यवः ।
मक्षिकास्ते पशुपते वयांसि ते विघसे मा विदन्त ॥ ११.२.२ ॥

Do not give our bodies to the dog and the jackal, nor to the Alikliba, the vultures, and the black flesh-hungry ones. O lord of cattle, may the flies and your birds not find your leavings.

11.2.3

क्रन्दाय ते प्राणाय याश्च ते भव रोपयः ।
नमस्ते रुद्र कृण्मः सहस्राक्षायामर्त्य ॥ ११.२.३ ॥

O Bhava, homage to your cry, to your breath, and to the wounds that are yours. O Rudra, we make homage to you, O thousand-eyed, O immortal one.

11.2.4

पुरस्तात्ते नमः कृण्म उत्तरादधरादुत ।
अभीवर्गाद्दिवस्पर्यन्तरिक्षाय ते नमः ॥ ११.२.४ ॥

From the east we make homage to you; from the north and from the south too; from the near encircling, beyond the sky, homage to you for the atmosphere.

11.2.5

मुखाय ते पशुपते यानि चक्षूंषि ते भव ।
त्वचे रूपाय संदृशे प्रतीचीनाय ते नमः ॥ ११.२.५ ॥

O lord of cattle, homage to your face; O Bhava, to your eyes. To the skin, to the form, to the sight, to you who face westward, homage.

11.2.6

अङ्गेभ्यस्त उदराय जिह्वाया आस्याय ते ।
दद्भ्यो गन्धाय ते नमः ॥ ११.२.६ ॥

Homage to your limbs; to your belly, to your tongue, to your mouth, homage to you. To your teeth, to your fragrance, homage to you.

11.2.7

अस्त्रा नीलशिखण्डेन सहस्राक्षेण वाजिना ।
रुद्रेणार्धकघातिना तेन मा समरामहि ॥ ११.२.७ ॥

With the weapon, with the dark-blue crest, the thousand-eyed, the swift one, with Rudra, slayer of Ardhaka, with him may we be joined.

11.2.8

स नो भवः परि वृणक्तु विश्वत आप इवाग्निः परि वृणक्तु नो भवः ।
मा नोऽभि मांस्त नमो अस्त्वस्मै ॥ ११.२.८ ॥

May that Bhava encompass us on every side, as fire encircles the waters; may Bhava encircle us. May he not harm us; homage to him.

11.2.9

चतुर्नमो अष्टकृत्वो भवाय दश कृत्वः पशुपते नमस्ते ।
तवेमे पञ्च पशवो विभक्ता गावो अश्वाः पुरुषा अजावयः ॥ ११.२.९ ॥

Homage to Bhava four times, eight times, ten times. Homage to you, O lord of cattle. These five of yours are apportioned: cows, horses, men, goats and sheep.

11.2.10

तव चतस्रः प्रदिशस्तव द्यौस्तव पृथिवी तवेदमुग्रोर्वन्तरिक्षम् ।
तवेदं सर्वमात्मन्वद्यत्प्राणत्पृथिवीमनु ॥ ११.२.१० ॥

Your four quarters, your sky, your earth, O fierce one, this wide mid-air is yours. All this is yours, endowed with breath — whatever breathes upon the earth.

11.2.11

उरुः कोशो वसुधानस्तवायं यस्मिन्न् इमा विश्वा भुवनान्यन्तः ।
स नो मृड पशुपते नमस्ते परः क्रोष्टारो अभिभाः श्वानः परो यन्त्वघरुदो विकेश्यः ॥ ११.२.११ ॥

This wide treasury, the bearer of wealth, is yours, within which all these worlds dwell. May he be gracious to us; homage to you, O lord of cattle. Let the jackals and the overpowering barking dogs go far away; let the evil-weepers and the hair-dishevelled ones go far away.

11.2.12

धनुर्बिभर्षि हरितं हिरण्ययं सहस्रघ्निं शतवधं शिखण्डिन् ।
रुद्रस्येषुश्चरति देवहेतिस्तस्यै नमो यतमस्यां दिशीतः ॥ ११.२.१२ ॥

O crested one, you bear the tawny golden bow that slays a thousand and a hundred. Rudra's arrow, the gods' weapon, roams; homage to it, from whatever direction it comes here.

11.2.13

योऽभियातो निलयते त्वां रुद्र निचिकीर्षति ।
पश्चादनुप्रयुङ्क्षे तं विद्धस्य पदनीरिव ॥ ११.२.१३ ॥

The one who comes to attack you and lurks, O Rudra, wishing you harm — I send after him from behind, as one follows the footprints of a wounded man.

11.2.14

भवारुद्रौ सयुजा संविदानावुभावुग्रौ चरतो वीर्याय ।
ताभ्यां नमो यतमस्यां दिशीतः ॥ ११.२.१४ ॥

Bhava and Rudra, yoked together, in accord, both fierce, move about for valour. Homage to both of them, from whatever direction they are here.

11.2.15

नमस्ते अस्त्वायते नमो अस्तु परायते ।
नमस्ते रुद्र तिष्ठत आसीनायोत ते नमः ॥ ११.२.१५ ॥

Homage to you who come, homage to you who go. O Rudra, homage to you standing, and homage to you seated.

11.2.16

नमः सायं नमः प्रातर्नमो रात्र्या नमो दिवा ।
भवाय च शर्वाय चोभाभ्यामकरं नमः ॥ ११.२.१६ ॥

Homage at evening, homage at morning; homage to the night, homage to the day. To Bhava and to Śarva, to both of them I have made homage.

11.2.17

सहस्राक्षमतिपश्यं पुरस्ताद्रुद्रमस्यन्तं बहुधा विपश्चितम् ।
मोपाराम जिह्वयेयमानम् ॥ ११.२.१७ ॥

The thousand-eyed, seeing all from the front, Rudra — hurling in many ways, all-knowing — may we not approach him with the tongue while he moves.

11.2.18

श्यावाश्वं कृष्णमसितं मृणन्तं भीमं रथं केशिनः पादयन्तम् ।
पूर्वे प्रतीमो नमो अस्त्वस्मै ॥ ११.२.१८ ॥

We honor him, dark-horsed, dark, swarthy, the slayer, the terrible one with the terrible chariot, who tramples the long-haired Keśins, as of old; homage be to him.

11.2.19

मा नोऽभि स्रा मत्यं देवहेतिं मा नः क्रुधः पशुपते नमस्ते ।
अन्यत्रास्मद्दिव्यां शाखां वि धूनु ॥ ११.२.१९ ॥

O lord of cattle, do not hurl the god's weapon at us mortals; do not be angry with us. Homage to you. Far from us, elsewhere, shake off your heavenly branch.

11.2.20

मा नो हिंसीरधि नो ब्रूहि परि णो वृङ्धि मा क्रुधः ।
मा त्वया समरामहि ॥ ११.२.२० ॥

Do not harm us; speak well of us; turn your wrath away from us; do not be angry; may we not be joined with you in misery.

11.2.21

मा नो गोषु पुरुषेषु मा गृधो नो अजाविषु ।
अन्यत्रोग्र वि वर्तय पियारूणां प्रजां जहि ॥ ११.२.२१ ॥

Do not covet our cattle or our men, our goats or sheep; O fierce one, turn them elsewhere, and strike down the offspring of the piyārūs.

11.2.22

यस्य तक्मा कासिका हेतिरेकमश्वस्येव वृषणः क्रन्द एति ।
अभिपूर्वं निर्णयते नमो अस्त्वस्मै ॥ ११.२.२२ ॥

Whose fever, cough and missile are as one, rising like the neigh of a stallion, driven forward: homage be to him.

11.2.23

योऽन्तरिक्षे तिष्ठति विष्टभितोऽयज्वनः प्रमृणन् देवपीयून् ।
तस्मै नमो दशभिः शक्वरीभिः ॥ ११.२.२३ ॥

He who stands in the atmosphere, upholding the non-sacrificers, crushing the god-haters: homage to him with the ten śakvarī verses.

11.2.24

तुभ्यमारण्याः पशवो मृगा वने हिता हंसाः सुपर्णाः शकुना वयांसि ।
तव यक्षं पशुपते अप्स्वन्तस्तुभ्यं क्षरन्ति दिव्या आपो वृधे ॥ ११.२.२४ ॥

For you are the wild beasts and deer placed in the forest, the geese, the fine-winged birds and the other birds. O Paśupati, within the waters is your wondrous creature; for your growth the heavenly waters flow.

11.2.25

शिंशुमारा अजगराः पुरीकया जषा मत्स्या रजसा येभ्यो अस्यसि ।
न ते दूरं न परिष्ठास्ति ते भव सद्यः सर्वां परि पश्यसि भूमिं पूर्वस्माद्धंस्युत्तरस्मिन्त्समुद्रे ॥ ११.२.२५ ॥

The dolphins and pythons, the sea creatures with the purīka, and the fishes, from which you release in the watery realm; for you there is no distance, no barrier. O Bhava, you at once behold the whole earth; from the east you swoop down, in the north in the ocean.