Atharvaveda · Sūkta 4.38
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4.38.1
उद्भिन्दतीं संजयन्तीमप्सरां साधुदेविनीम् ।
ग्लहे कृतानि कृण्वानामप्सरां तामिह हुवे ॥ ४.३८.१ ॥
I call here that Apsaras who rises and wins, the skilled player, who makes the winning throws (kṛta) in the dice-game.
4.38.2
विचिन्वतीमाकिरन्तीमप्सरां साधुदेविनीम् ।
ग्लहे कृतानि गृह्णानामप्सरां तामिह हुवे ॥ ४.३८.२ ॥
I call here that Apsaras who gathers and scatters, the skilled player, who seizes the winning throws (kṛta) in the dice-game.
4.38.3
यायैः परिनृत्यत्याददाना कृतं ग्लहात् ।
सा नः कृतानि सीषती प्रहामाप्नोतु मायया ।
सा नः पयस्वत्यैतु मा नो जैषुरिदं धनम् ॥ ४.३८.३ ॥
With those (dice) she dances round, seizing the winning throw from the dice-game. May she, sowing winning throws for us, obtain the prize by her magic. May she, rich in milk, come to us; may they not defeat us of this wealth.
4.38.4
या अक्षेषु प्रमोदन्ते शुचं क्रोधं च बिभ्रती ।
आनन्दिनीं प्रमोदिनीमप्सरां तामिह हुवे ॥ ४.३८.४ ॥
I call here that Apsaras who rejoices in the dice, bearing grief and anger, the joy-giving, delight-bringing one.
4.38.5
सूर्यस्य रश्मीन् अनु याः सञ्चरन्ति मरीचीर्वा या अनुसञ्चरन्ति ।
यासामृषभो दूरतो वाजिनीवान्त्सद्यः सर्वान् लोकान् पर्येति रक्षन् ।
स न ऐतु होममिमं जुषाणोऽन्तरिक्षेण सह वाजिनीवान् ॥ ४.३८.५ ॥
Of those who move along the sun's rays, or follow the sunbeams, of whom the bull, mighty and vigorous, goes around all worlds at once from afar, guarding them—may he come to us, accepting this oblation, mighty, together with the atmosphere.
4.38.6
अन्तरिक्षेण सह वाजिनीवन् कर्कीं वत्सामिह रक्ष वाजिन् ।
इमे ते स्तोका बहुला एह्यर्वाङियं ते कर्कीह ते मनोऽस्तु ॥ ४.३८.६ ॥
O possessor of vigour, together with the atmosphere, protect here the speckled cow and her calf, O vigorous one. These are your many drops; come hither toward us. Let this speckled cow be in your mind.
4.38.7
अन्तरिक्षेण सह वाजिनीवन् कर्कीं वत्सामिह रक्ष वाजिन् ।
अयं घासो अयं व्रज इह वत्सां नि बध्नीमः ।
यथानाम व ईश्महे स्वाहा ॥ ४.३८.७ ॥
O possessor of vigour, together with the atmosphere, protect here the speckled cow and her calf, O vigorous one. This is fodder, this is the pen; here we bind the calf down. As is your name, so we hold power over you. Svāhā.