Atharvaveda · Sūkta 8.1
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8.1.1
अन्तकाय मृत्यवे नमः प्राणा अपाना इह ते रमन्ताम् ।
इहायमस्तु पुरुषः सहासुना सूर्यस्य भागे अमृतस्य लोके ॥ ८.१.१ ॥
Homage to Antaka, to Mṛtyu (Death). Let your breaths and downward breaths delight here. Let this man remain here with his life-breath, in the portion of the sun, in the world of the immortal.
8.1.2
उदेनं भगो अग्रभीदुदेनं सोमो अंशुमान् ।
उदेनं मरुतो देवा उदिन्द्राग्नी स्वस्तये ॥ ८.१.२ ॥
Bhaga has raised him up; Soma, the one with rays, has raised him up; the Maruts, the gods, have raised him up; Indra and Agni, for well-being, have raised him up.
8.1.3
इह तेऽसुरिह प्राण इहायुरिह ते मनः ।
उत्त्वा निर्ऋत्याः पाशेभ्यो दैव्या वचा भरामसि ॥ ८.१.३ ॥
Here is your life-force, here is your breath, here is your life span, here is your mind. From the nooses of Nirṛti (ruin) we bring you up with divine words.
8.1.4
उत्क्रामातः पुरुष माव पत्था मृत्योः पड्वीषमवमुञ्चमानः ।
मा छित्था अस्माल्लोकादग्नेः सूर्यस्य संदृशः ॥ ८.१.४ ॥
Rise up from here, O man, do not fall down, freeing yourself from the fetter of death. Do not be cut off from this world, from the sight of Agni and the sun.
8.1.5
तुभ्यं वातः पवतां मातरिश्वा तुभ्यं वर्षन्त्वमृतान्यापः ।
सूर्यस्ते तन्वे शं तपाति त्वां मृत्युर्दयतां मा प्र मेष्ठाः ॥ ८.१.५ ॥
For you let the wind blow, let Mātariśvan blow; for you let the immortal waters rain. Let the sun warm your body for good; let Death have mercy on you, do not perish.
8.1.6
उद्यानं ते पुरुष नावयानं जीवातुं ते दक्षतातिं कृणोमि ।
आ हि रोहेमममृतं सुखं रथमथ जिर्विर्विदथमा वदासि ॥ ८.१.६ ॥
O man, for your rising up and not going down, for your life, I make your strength. Indeed let us ascend this immortal, happy chariot; then, awake, speak forth words of knowledge.
8.1.7
मा ते मनस्तत्र गान् मा तिरो भून् मा जीवेभ्यः प्र मदो मानु गाः पितॄन् ।
विश्वे देवा अभि रक्षन्तु त्वेह ॥ ८.१.७ ॥
Let your mind not go there, nor turn back. Let your delight not be parted from the living; do not go forth to the fathers. May all the gods here protect you.
8.1.8
मा गतानामा दीधीथा ये नयन्ति परावतम् ।
आ रोह तमसो ज्योतिरेह्या ते हस्तौ रभामहे ॥ ८.१.८ ॥
Do not dwell on the departed, nor on those who lead you to the far realm. Climb up out of darkness into light; come, we take hold of your hands.
8.1.9
श्यामश्च त्वा मा शबलश्च प्रेषितौ यमस्य यौ पथिरक्षी श्वानौ ।
अर्वाङेहि मा वि दीध्यो मात्र तिष्ठः पराङ्मनाः ॥ ८.१.९ ॥
Let not the dark and the speckled dogs, sent by Yama, the two guardians of the path, seize you. Come hither; do not wander with your mind turned away, do not stand there.
8.1.10
मैतं पन्थामनु गा भीम एष येन पूर्वं नेयथ तं ब्रवीमि ।
तम एतत्पुरुष मा प्र पत्था भयं परस्तादभयं ते अर्वाक् ॥ ८.१.१० ॥
Do not follow this path, which is terrible, by which you were led before. I tell you of it. O man, this is darkness; do not go forward on it. Fear lies beyond; here for you is fearlessness.
8.1.11
रक्षन्तु त्वाग्नयो ये अप्स्वन्ता रक्षतु त्वा मनुष्या यमिन्धते ।
वैश्वानरो रक्षतु जातवेदा दिव्यस्त्वा मा प्र धाग्विद्युता सह ॥ ८.१.११ ॥
May the fires that are within the waters protect you; may the fire that men kindle protect you. May Vaiśvānara, Jātavedas protect you; may the heavenly fire not burn you along with the lightning.
8.1.12
मा त्वा क्रव्यादभि मंस्तारात्संकसुकाच्चर रक्षतु त्वा द्यौ रक्षतु ।
पृथिवी सूर्यश्च त्वा रक्षतां चन्द्रमाश्च ।
अन्तरिक्षं रक्षतु देवहेत्याः ॥ ८.१.१२ ॥
May the flesh-eating demon not seize you even from afar; move away from Saṃkasuka. May Dyauḥ protect you. May Pṛthivī, Sūrya and Candramas protect you. May the atmosphere protect you from the weapons of the gods.
8.1.13
बोधश्च त्वा प्रतिबोधश्च रक्षतामस्वप्नश्च त्वानवद्राणश्च रक्षताम् ।
गोपायंश्च त्वा जागृविश्च रक्षताम् ॥ ८.१.१३ ॥
May waking and counter-waking protect you; may wakefulness and unfailing vigilance protect you. May the guardian and the watchful one protect you.
8.1.14
ते त्वा रक्षन्तु ते त्वा गोपायन्तु तेभ्यो नमस्तेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥ ८.१.१४ ॥
May they protect you, may they guard you. Homage to them, hail to them.
8.1.15
जीवेभ्यस्त्वा समुदे वायुरिन्द्रो धाता दधातु सविता त्रायमाणः ।
मा त्वा प्राणो बलं हासीदसुं तेऽनु ह्वयामसि ॥ ८.१.१५ ॥
For the sake of life, may Vāyu, Indra and Dhātṛ place you in the ocean; may the saving Savitṛ place you. May breath not leave you, nor strength; we call after your life-breath.
8.1.16
मा त्वा जम्भः संहनुर्मा तमो विदन् मा जिह्वा बर्हिस्प्रमयुः कथा स्याः ।
उत्त्वादित्या वसवो भरन्तूदिन्द्राग्नी स्वस्तये ॥ ८.१.१६ ॥
May lockjaw and the jaw not seize you, may darkness not find you; may the tongue and the disease barhiḥprameyu not reach you — how could you be? May the Ādityas and Vasus lift you up; may Indra and Agni lift you up for well-being.
8.1.17
उत्त्वा द्यौरुत्पृथिव्युत्प्रजापतिरग्रभीत् ।
उत्त्वा मृत्योरोषधयः सोमराज्ञीरपीपरन् ॥ ८.१.१७ ॥
The sky lifted you up, the earth lifted you up; Prajāpati lifted you up and seized you. The queenly Soma-plants carried you up and across from death.
8.1.18
अयं देवा इहैवास्त्वयं मामुत्र गादितः ।
इमं सहस्रवीर्येण मृत्योरुत्पारयामसि ॥ ८.१.१८ ॥
O gods, let this one remain here, and let this one go yonder, away from me. With a thousandfold strength we carry him across from death.
8.1.19
उत्त्वा मृत्योरपीपरं सं धमन्तु वयोधसः ।
मा त्वा व्यस्तकेश्यो मा त्वाघरुदो रुदन् ॥ ८.१.१९ ॥
I have lifted you up and carried you across from death; let the life-givers breathe life into you together. Let women with loosened hair not weep for you, nor those who weep in grief.
8.1.20
आहार्षमविदं त्वा पुनरागाः पुनर्णवः ।
सर्वाङ्ग सर्वं ते चक्षुः सर्वमायुश्च तेऽविदम् ॥ ८.१.२० ॥
I have brought you back, I have found you; you have come again, made new once more. For you I have found all your limbs, all your sight, and all your life.
8.1.21
व्यवात्ते ज्योतिरभूदप त्वत्तमो अक्रमीत् ।
अप त्वन् मृत्युं निर्ऋतिमप यक्ष्मं नि दध्मसि ॥ ८.१.२१ ॥
For you light has risen apart; darkness has stepped away from you. From you we push away death and ruin; we set wasting disease down.