Atharvaveda · Sūkta 5.12
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5.12.1
समिद्धो अद्य मनुषो दुरोणे देवो देवान् यजसि जातवेदः ।
आ च वह मित्रमहश्चिकित्वान् त्वं दूतः कविरसि प्रचेताः ॥ ५.१२.१ ॥
Today you are kindled in the dwelling of man. O Jātavedas, god, you worship the gods. Great as Mitra, discerning, you are the messenger, the seer, of far-reaching wisdom; bring them hither.
5.12.2
तनूनपात्पथ ऋतस्य यानान् मध्वा समञ्जन्त्स्वदया सुजिह्व ।
मन्मानि धीभिरुत यज्ञमृन्धन् देवत्रा च कृणुह्यध्वरं नः ॥ ५.१२.२ ॥
O Tanūnapāt, anointing the paths of the cosmic order with honey, fair-tongued, prospering the thoughts, insights and sacrifice, make our sacrifice among the gods.
5.12.3
आजुह्वान ईड्यो वन्द्यश्चा याह्यग्ने वसुभिः सजोषाः ।
त्वं देवानामसि यह्व होता स एनान् यक्षीषितो यजीयान् ॥ ५.१२.३ ॥
Invoked, praiseworthy and worthy of homage, come, O Agni, united in delight with the Vasus. You are the great invoker of the gods; may you, impelled and most worthy of worship, worship these.
5.12.4
प्राचीनं बर्हिः प्रदिशा पृथिव्या वस्तोरस्या वृज्यते अग्रे अह्नाम् ।
व्यु प्रथते वितरं वरीयो देवेभ्यो अदितये स्योनम् ॥ ५.१२.४ ॥
In this direction of the earth, at dawn, at the beginning of the days, the east-facing sacred grass is cut. It spreads out, wider and broadest, a comfortable seat for the gods and for Aditi.
5.12.5
व्यचस्वतीरुर्विया वि श्रयन्तां पतिभ्यो न जनयः शुम्भमानाः ।
देवीर्द्वारो बृहतीर्विश्वमिन्वा देवेभ्यो भवत सुप्रायणाः ॥ ५.१२.५ ॥
Spacious and broad, shining like adorned wives for their husbands, O divine doors, open wide and far. You who impel all, be easy passages for the gods.
5.12.6
आ सुष्वयन्ती यजते उपाके उषासानक्ता सदतां नि योनौ ।
दिव्ये योषणे बृहती सुरुक्मे अधि श्रियं शुक्रपिशं दधाने ॥ ५.१२.६ ॥
Let Dawn and Night, who press the soma and worship nearby, sit down in their place—the two divine maidens, great, golden-adorned, wearing a gleaming splendour.
5.12.7
दैव्या होतारा प्रथमा सुवाचा मिमाना यज्ञं मनुषो यजध्यै ।
प्रचोदयन्ता विदथेषु कारू प्राचीनं ज्योतिः प्रदिशा दिशन्ता ॥ ५.१२.७ ॥
The two divine, first, well-speaking priests (hotṛs), who measure out and perform man's sacrifice, urging on the rites, skilled craftsmen, pointing out the ancient light by direction.
5.12.8
आ नो यज्ञं भारती तूयमेत्विडा मनुष्वदिह चेतयन्ती ।
तिस्रो देवीर्बर्हिरेदं स्योनं सरस्वतीः स्वपसः सदन्ताम् ॥ ५.१२.८ ॥
May Bhāratī come quickly to our sacrifice, and Iḍā, awakening us as men do, come here. Let the three goddesses, the Sarasvatīs, skilful in works, sit on this pleasant sacred grass seat.
5.12.9
य इमे द्यावापृथिवी जनित्री रूपैरपिंशद्भुवनानि विश्वा ।
तमद्य होतरिषितो यजीयान् देवं त्वष्टारमिह यक्षि विद्वान् ॥ ५.१२.९ ॥
Him, the god Tvaṣṭṛ, who adorned these mother heaven and earth and all worlds with forms—him, O hotṛ, now impelled, most worthy of worship, knowing, sacrifice here.
5.12.10
उपावसृज त्मन्या समञ्जन् देवानां पाथ ऋतुथा हवींषि ।
वनस्पतिः शमिता देवो अग्निः स्वदन्तु हव्यं मधुना घृतेन ॥ ५.१२.१० ॥
Offer up, of your own self, close by, along the paths of the gods, oblations according to the seasons. Let the lord of the forest, the sacrificer, the god Agni, relish the offering with honey and with ghee.
5.12.11
सद्यो जातो व्यमिमीत यज्ञमग्निर्देवानामभवत्पुरोगाः ।
अस्य होतुः प्रशिष्यृतस्य वाचि स्वाहाकृतं हविरदन्तु देवाः ॥ ५.१२.११ ॥
At birth, Agni at once measured out the sacrifice and became the foremost leader of the gods. By the direction of this offerer, in the speech of ṛta, may the gods eat the oblation offered with svāhā.