Atharvaveda · Sūkta 8.9
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8.9.1
कुतस्तौ जातौ कतमः सो अर्धः कस्माल्लोकात्कतमस्याः पृथिव्याः ।
वत्सौ विराजः सलिलादुदैतां तौ त्वा पृछामि कतरेण दुग्धा ॥ ८.९.१ ॥
From where were those two born? Which half of them comes from which world, from which part of this earth? The two calves of Virāj came forth from the waters. I ask you: by which of them was the milk drawn?
8.9.2
यो अक्रन्दयत्सलिलं महित्वा योनिं कृत्वा त्रिभुजं शयानः ।
वत्सः कामदुघो विराजः स गुहा चक्रे तन्वः पराचैः ॥ ८.९.२ ॥
He who, by his greatness, made the waters roar, lying down having made a threefold womb, the wish-milking calf of Virāj — he secretly, from afar, fashioned his bodies.
8.9.3
यानि त्रीणि बृहन्ति येषां चतुर्थं वियुनक्ति वाचम् ।
ब्रह्मैनद्विद्यात्तपसा विपश्चिद्यस्मिन्न् एकं युज्यते यस्मिन्न् एकम् ॥ ८.९.३ ॥
Those of which there are three great parts, and whose fourth divides speech — let the wise one know this as Brahman through austerity, in which one is joined, and in which one.
8.9.4
बृहतः परि सामानि षष्ठात्पञ्चाधि निर्मिता ।
बृहद्बृहत्या निर्मितं कुतोऽधि बृहती मिता ॥ ८.९.४ ॥
Around the bṛhat, the chants were made from the sixth upon the five. The bṛhat was made by the bṛhatī; whence was the bṛhatī measured?
8.9.5
बृहती परि मात्राया मातुर्मात्राधि निर्मिता ।
माया ह जज्ञे मायाया मायाया मातली परि ॥ ८.९.५ ॥
Around the measure of the bṛhatī, it was made upon the measure of the measurer. Illusion indeed was born of illusion; from illusion, Mātali.
8.9.6
वैश्वानरस्य प्रतिमोपरि द्यौर्यावद्रोदसी विबबाधे अग्निः ।
ततः षष्ठादामुतो यन्ति स्तोमा उदितो यन्त्यभि षष्ठमह्नः ॥ ८.९.६ ॥
The image of Vaiśvānara reaches up to heaven; Agni has filled heaven and earth. From there, from the sixth (world), the hymns go beyond; from the rising sun the hymns go toward the sixth part of the day.
8.9.7
षट् त्वा पृच्छाम ऋषयः कश्यपेमे त्वं हि युक्तं युयुक्षे योग्यं च ।
विराजमाहुर्ब्रह्मणः पितरं तां नो वि धेहि यतिधा सखिभ्यः ॥ ८.९.७ ॥
Kaśyapa, we seers ask you six things—you yourself yoke what is yoked, and what is fit to yoke. They call Virāj the father of Brahman; reveal her to us in manifold ways, for your friends.
8.9.8
यां प्रच्युतामनु यज्ञाः प्रच्यवन्त उपतिष्ठन्त उपतिष्ठमानाम् ।
यस्या व्रते प्रसवे यक्षमेजति सा विराडृषयः परमे व्योमन् ॥ ८.९.८ ॥
When she has fallen away, the sacrifices fall away after her; when she stands near, the sacrifices stand near. In whose vow and impulsion the yakṣa trembles—she is Virāj, O seers, in the highest sky.
8.9.9
अप्राणैति प्राणेन प्राणतीनां विराट्स्वराजमभ्येति पश्चात् ।
विश्वं मृशन्तीमभिरूपां विराजं पश्यन्ति त्वे न त्वे पश्यन्त्येनाम् ॥ ८.९.९ ॥
She goes without breath, by the breath of the breathing beings; Virāj comes from behind self-rule. Touching all, the many-formed Virāj is seen—they see her in you, and they do not see her in you, her.
8.9.10
को विराजो मिथुनत्वं प्र वेद क ऋतून् क उ कल्पमस्याः ।
क्रमान् को अस्याः कतिधा विदुग्धान् को अस्या धाम कतिधा व्युष्टीः ॥ ८.९.१० ॥
Who fully knows the pairing of Virāj? Who knows the seasons? Who knows her ordinance? Who knows her steps, and in how many ways? Who knows the milked (Virāj), in how many ways? Who knows her abode, and her dawns, in how many ways?
8.9.11
इयमेव सा या प्रथमा व्यौच्छदास्वितरासु चरति प्रविष्टा ।
महान्तो अस्यां महिमानो अन्तर्वधूर्जिगाय नवगज्जनित्री ॥ ८.९.११ ॥
This is she who first shone forth; entering among the others, she moves. Great glories are within her; the bride has won, the mother who gives birth to the newborn.
8.9.12
छन्दःपक्षे उषसा पेपिशाने समानं योनिमनु सं चरेते ।
सूर्यपत्नी सं चरतः प्रजानती केतुमती अजरे भूरिरेतसा ॥ ८.९.१२ ॥
The two dawns, having metre for their wings, adorned, move together along the same womb. The wives of the sun move together, knowing, bright with banners, ageless, rich in seed.
8.9.13
ऋतस्य पन्थामनु तिस्र आगुस्त्रयो घर्मा अनु रेत आगुः ।
प्रजामेका जिन्वत्यूर्जमेका राष्ट्रमेका रक्षति देवयूनाम् ॥ ८.९.१३ ॥
Along the path of cosmic order three came; three heats came after the seed. One impels offspring, one strength, one guards the realm of those who seek the gods.
8.9.14
अग्नीषोमावदधुर्या तुरीयासीद्यज्ञस्य पक्षावृषयः कल्पयन्तः ।
गायत्रीं त्रिष्टुभं जगतीमनुष्टुभं बृहदर्कीं यजमानाय स्वराभरन्तीम् ॥ ८.९.१४ ॥
The fourth was she who established Agni and Soma; the seers shaped the wings of the sacrifice. Bringing to heaven for the sacrificer the chant of Gāyatrī, Triṣṭubh, Jagatī, Anuṣṭubh and Bṛhatī.
8.9.15
पञ्च व्युष्टीरनु पञ्च दोहा गां पञ्चनाम्नीमृतवोऽनु पञ्च ।
पञ्च दिशः पञ्चदशेन कॢप्तास्ता एकमूर्ध्नीरभि लोकमेकम् ॥ ८.९.१५ ॥
Five dawns, after them five milkings; the cow of five names, after her the five seasons. The five directions were fashioned with fifteen; they, one-headed, toward the one world.
8.9.16
षड्जाता भूता प्रथमजा ऋतस्य षडु सामानि षडहं वहन्ति ।
षड्योगं सीरमनु सामसाम षडााहुर्द्यावापृथिवीः षडुर्वीः ॥ ८.९.१६ ॥
Born of six births, the first-born of cosmic order; six chants bear the six days. Behind the six-yoked plough is each chant; they call heaven and earth six, and the wide worlds six.
8.9.17
षडाहुः शीतान् षडु मास उष्णान् ऋतुं नो ब्रूत यतमोऽतिरिक्तः ।
सप्त सुपर्णाः कवयो नि षेदुः सप्त छन्दांस्यनु सप्त दीक्षाः ॥ ८.९.१७ ॥
They call six cold and six months hot; tell us the season, which one is the surplus. Seven fine-winged seers have settled; seven metres, and after them seven consecrations.
8.9.18
सप्त होमाः समिधो ह सप्त मधूनि सप्त ऋतवो ह सप्त ।
सप्ताज्यानि परि भूतमायन् ताः सप्तगृध्रा इति शुश्रुमा वयम् ॥ ८.९.१८ ॥
Seven oblations, indeed seven kindling sticks; seven sweetnesses, indeed seven seasons; seven clarified butters went around the world. Those are the seven vultures, so we have heard.
8.9.19
सप्त छन्दांसि चतुरुत्तराण्यन्यो अन्यस्मिन्न् अध्यार्पितानि ।
कथं स्तोमाः प्रति तिष्ठन्ति तेषु तानि स्तोमेषु कथमार्पितानि ॥ ८.९.१९ ॥
Seven metres, each with four more, are placed one upon another. How do the hymn-forms stand upon them, and how are they placed within those hymn-forms?
8.9.20
कथं गायत्री त्रिवृतं व्याप कथं त्रिष्टुप्पञ्चदशेन कल्पते ।
त्रयस्त्रिंशेन जगती कथमनुष्टुप्कथमेकविंशः ॥ ८.९.२० ॥
How does the Gāyatrī pervade the threefold? How does the Triṣṭubh fit with fifteen? How is the Jagatī with thirty-three, how the Anuṣṭubh, how is the twenty-one?
8.9.21
अष्ट जाता भूता प्रथमजा ऋतस्याष्टेन्द्रर्त्विजो दैव्या ये ।
अष्टयोनिरदितिरष्टपुत्राष्टमीं रात्रिमभि हव्यमेति ॥ ८.९.२१ ॥
Eight births arose, first-born of cosmic order; eight Indras, divine priests; Aditi, of eight wombs and eight sons, goes with the oblation toward the eighth night.
8.9.22
इत्थं श्रेयो मन्यमानेदमागमं युष्माकं सख्ये अहमस्मि शेवा ।
समानजन्मा क्रतुरस्ति वः शिवः स वः सर्वाः सं चरति प्रजानन् ॥ ८.९.२२ ॥
Thinking thus of welfare I have come here; in your friendship I am kindly. The resolve of the same birth is auspicious for you; knowing it, it moves along with you all.
8.9.23
अष्टेन्द्रस्य षड्यमस्य ऋषीणां सप्त सप्तधा ।
अपो मनुष्यान् ओषधीस्तामु पञ्चानु सेचिरे ॥ ८.९.२३ ॥
Eight of Indra, the sevenfold divisions of the six-fold twin of the seers; waters, men and plants — after five of these they were sprinkled.
8.9.24
केवलीन्द्राय दुदुहे हि गृष्टिर्वशं पीयूषं प्रथमं दुहाना ।
अथातर्पयच्चतुरश्चतुर्धा देवान् मनुष्यानसुरान् उत ऋषीन् ॥ ८.९.२४ ॥
For Indra alone the spotted cow milked; the barren cow, milking first the nectar. Then she satisfied the four in four ways — gods, men, demons, and seers.
8.9.25
को नु गौः क एकऋषिः किमु धाम का आशिषः ।
यक्षं पृथिव्यामेकवृदेकर्तुः कतमो नु सः ॥ ८.९.२५ ॥
Who is that cow? Who is the single seer? What is the abode, what the desire? That wonder-form upon earth, single-turning, single-season — which of them is he?
8.9.26
एको गौरेक एकऋषिरेकं धामैकधाशिषः ।
यक्षं पृथिव्यामेकवृदेकर्तुर्नाति रिच्यते ॥ ८.९.२६ ॥
One cow, one seer, one abode, one-fold desires; that wonder-form upon earth, single-turning, single-season — from the one doer nothing is left over.