Atharvaveda · Sūkta 4.2
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4.2.1
य आत्मदा बलदा यस्य विश्व उपासते प्रशिषं यस्य देवाः ।
योऽस्येशे द्विपदो यश्चतुष्पदः कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम ॥ ४.२.१ ॥
Giver of self, giver of strength, whom all worship, whose command the gods obey, who rules these bipeds and quadrupeds: to that god let us offer with oblation.
4.2.2
यः प्राणतो निमिषतो महित्वैको राजा जगतो बभूव ।
यस्य छायामृतं यस्य मृत्युः कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम ॥ ४.२.२ ॥
Who by his greatness became the sole king of the breathing, winking world, whose shadow is immortality and whose death is also he: to that god let us offer with oblation.
4.2.3
यं क्रन्दसी अवतश्चस्कभाने भियसाने रोदसी अह्वयेथाम् ।
यस्यासौ पन्था रजसो विमानः कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम ॥ ४.२.३ ॥
Whom the two roaring worlds, propped up from below, hold, whom you two call upon in fear, whose path is the measurer of the air: to that god let us offer with oblation.
4.2.4
यस्य द्यौरुर्वी पृथिवी च मही यस्याद उर्वन्तरिक्षम् ।
यस्यासौ सूरो विततो महित्वा कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम ॥ ४.२.४ ॥
Whose wide sky, wide earth and great atmosphere are, whose sun spread out in his greatness: to that god let us offer with oblation.
4.2.5
यस्य विश्वे हिमवन्तो महित्वा समुद्रे यस्य रसामिदाहुः ।
इमाश्च प्रदिशो यस्य बाहू कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम ॥ ४.२.५ ॥
By whose greatness all the snowy mountains are, in whose ocean the river Rasā is said to be, and these quarters are whose arms: to that god let us offer with oblation.
4.2.6
आपो अग्रे विश्वमावन् गर्भं दधाना अमृता ऋतज्ञाः ।
यासु देवीष्वधि देव आसीत्कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम ॥ ४.२.६ ॥
In the beginning the waters sustained all things, bearing the embryo, immortal and knowing the cosmic order. Among those divine waters where the god stood, to which god shall we offer with oblation?
4.2.7
हिरण्यगर्भः समवर्तताग्रे भूतस्य जातः पतिरेक आसीत् ।
स दाधार पृथिवीमुत द्यां कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम ॥ ४.२.७ ॥
In the beginning Hiraṇyagarbha arose; he alone was lord of all born beings. He upheld the earth and the sky. To which god shall we offer with oblation?
4.2.8
आपो वत्सं जनयन्तीर्गर्भमग्रे समैरयन् ।
तस्योत जायमानस्योल्ब आसीद्धिरण्ययः कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम ॥ ४.२.८ ॥
The waters, bringing forth the calf, in the beginning set the embryo together in motion. The membrane of him being born was golden. To which god shall we offer with oblation?