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1or long life pronounced over a boy. 1. For thee alone, O (death from) old age, this (boy) shall grow up : the other hundred kinds of death shall not harm him ! Like a provident mother in her lap Mitra shall befriend him, shall save him from misfortune ! 2. May Mitra or Vanma, the illustrious, co- operating, grant him death from old age ! Then Agni, the priest, who knows the ways, promulgates all the races of the gods. 3. Thou, (O Agni), rulest over all the animals of the earth, those which have been born, and those which are to be born : may not in-breathing leave this one, nor yet out-breathing, may neither friends nor foes slay him ! 4. May father Dyaus (sky) and mother Frzthivi (earth), co-operating, grant thee death from old age, that thou mayest live in the lap of Aditi a hundred winters, guarded by in-breathing and out- breathing ! 5. Lead this dear child to life and vigour, O Agni, II. PRAYERS FOR LONG LIFE AND HEALTH. 5 1 Vanma, and king Mitra ! As a mother afford him protection, O Aditi, and all ye gods, that he may attain to old age ! III, 31, Prayer for health and long life. 1. The gods are free from decrepitude; thou, 0 Agni, art removed from the demon of hostility. 1 free thee from all evil and disease, (and) unite thee with life. 2. (Vayu), the purifying (wind), shall free thee from misfortune, vSakra (Indra) from evil sorcery ! I free thee from all evil and disease, (and) unite thee with life. 3. The tame (village) animals are separate from the wild (forest animals) ; the water has flowed apart from thirst. I free thee from all evil and disease, (and) unite thee with life. 4. Heaven and earth here go apart; the paths go in every direction. I free thee from all evil and disease, (and) unite thee with life. 5. 'Tvash/ar is preparing a wedding for his daughter,' thus (saying) does this whole world pass through. I free thee from all evil and disease, (and) unite thee with life. 6. Agni unites (life's) breaths, the moon is united with (life's) breath. I free thee from all evil and disease, (and) unite thee with life. 7. By means of (life's) breath the gods aroused the everywhere mighty sun. I free thee from all evil and disease, (and) unite thee with life. 8. Live thou by the (life's) breath of them that have life, and that create life ; do not die ! I free thee from all evil and disease, (and) unite thee with life. E 2 52 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. 9.
2all evil and disease, (and) unite thee with life. 8. Live thou by the (life's) breath of them that have life, and that create life ; do not die ! I free thee from all evil and disease, (and) unite thee with life. E 2 52 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. 9. Breathe thou with the (life's) breath of those that breathe ; do not die ! I free thee from all evil and disease, (and) unite thee with life. 10. Do thou (rise) up with life, unite thyself with life, (rise) up with the sap of the plants ! I free thee from all evil and disease, (and) unite thee with life. 1 1 . From the rain of Par^anya we have risen up, immortal. I free thee from all evil and disease, (and) unite thee with life. VII, 53. Prayer for long life. 1. When, O EWhaspati, thou didst liberate (us) from existence in yonder world of Yama, (and) from hostile schemes, then did the Asvins, the physicians of the gods, with might sweep death from us, O Agni ! 2. O in-breathing and out-breathing, go along with the body, do not leave it: may they be thy allies here ! Live and thrive a hundred autumns ; Agni shall be thy most excellent shepherd and overseer ! 3. Thy vital force that has been dissipated afar, thy in-breathing and thy out-breathing, shall come back again ! Agni has snatched them from the lap of Nirrzti (the goddess of destruction), and I again introduce them into thy person. 4. Let not his in-breathing desert him, nor his out-breathing quit him and depart ! I commit him to the Seven 7?/shis : may they convey him in health to old age ! 5. Enter, O in-breathing and out-breathing, like two bulls into a stable : this person shall here flourish, an unmolested repository for old age ! II. PRAYERS FOR LONG LIFE AND HEALTH. 53 6. Life's breath we do drive into thee, disease we do drive away from thee. May this excellent Agni endow us with life from every source ! 7. Ascending from the darkness of death to the highest firmament, to Sftrya (the sun), the god among gods, we have reached the highest light. VIII, 1. Prayer for exemption from the dangers of death. 1. To the ' Ender/ to Death be reverence ! May thy in-breathing and thy out-breathing remain here ! United here with (life's) spirit this man shall be, sharing in the sun, in the world of immortality (amrzta) ! 2. Bhaga has raised him up, Soma with his rays (has raised) him up, the Maruts, the gods, (have raised) him up, Indra and Agni (have raised) him up unto well-being. 3.
3fe's) spirit this man shall be, sharing in the sun, in the world of immortality (amrzta) ! 2. Bhaga has raised him up, Soma with his rays (has raised) him up, the Maruts, the gods, (have raised) him up, Indra and Agni (have raised) him up unto well-being. 3. Here (shall be) thy (life's) spirit, here thy in- breathing, here thy life, here thy mind ! We rescue thee from the toils of Nirr/ti (destruction) by means of our divine utterance. 4. Rise up hence, O man ! Casting off the foot- shackles of death, do not sink down ! Be not cut off from this world, from the sight of Agni and the sun ! 5. The wind, MatarLrvan, shall blow for thee, the waters shall shower amrzta (ambrosia) upon thee, the sun shall shine kindly for thy body! Death shall pity thee : do not waste away ! 6. Thou shalt ascend and not descend, O man ! Life and alertness do I prepare for thee. Mount, forsooth, this imperishable, pleasant car; then in old age thou shalt hold converse with thy family ! 54 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. 7. Thy mind shall not go thither, shall not dis- appear! Do not become heedless of the living, do not follow the Fathers ! All the gods shall preserve thee here ! 8. Do not long after the departed, who conduct (men) afar ! Ascend from the darkness, come to the light ! We lay hold of thy hands. 9. The two dogs of Yama, the black and the brindled one, that guard the road (to heaven), that have been despatched, shall not (go after) thee! Come hither, do not long to be away; do not tarry here with thy mind turned to a distance ! 10. Do not follow this path: it is terrible ! I speak of that by which thou hast not hitherto gone. Darkness is this, O man, do not enter it ! Danger is beyond, security here for thee. 11. May the fires that are within the waters guard thee, may (the fire) which men kindle guard thee, may Gatavedas Vauvanara (the fire common to all men) guard thee ! Let not the heavenly (fire) together with the lightning burn thee ! 12. Let not the flesh-devouring (fire) menace thee: move afar from the funeral pyre! Heaven shall guard thee, the earth shall guard thee, the sun and moon shall guard thee, the atmosphere shall guard thee against the divine missile ! 13. May the alert and the watchful divinities guard thee, may he that sleeps not and nods not guard thee, may he that protects and is vigilant guard thee ! 14. They shall guard thee, they shall protect thee. Reverence be to them. Hail be to them ! 15. Into converse with the living Vayu, Indra, Dhatar, and saving Savitar shall put thee ; breath II.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1or long life pronounced over a boy. 1. For thee alone, O (death from) old age, this (boy) shall grow up : the other hundred kinds of death shall not harm him ! Like a provident mother in her lap Mitra shall befriend him, shall save him from misfortune ! 2. May Mitra or Vanma, the illustrious, co- operating, grant him death from old age ! Then Agni, the priest, who knows the ways, promulgates all the races of the gods. 3. Thou, (O Agni), rulest over all the animals of the earth, those which have been born, and those which are to be born : may not in-breathing leave this one, nor yet out-breathing, may neither friends nor foes slay him ! 4. May father Dyaus (sky) and mother Frzthivi (earth), co-operating, grant thee death from old age, that thou mayest live in the lap of Aditi a hundred winters, guarded by in-breathing and out- breathing ! 5. Lead this dear child to life and vigour, O Agni, II. PRAYERS FOR LONG LIFE AND HEALTH. 5 1 Vanma, and king Mitra ! As a mother afford him protection, O Aditi, and all ye gods, that he may attain to old age ! III, 31, Prayer for health and long life. 1. The gods are free from decrepitude; thou, 0 Agni, art removed from the demon of hostility. 1 free thee from all evil and disease, (and) unite thee with life. 2. (Vayu), the purifying (wind), shall free thee from misfortune, vSakra (Indra) from evil sorcery ! I free thee from all evil and disease, (and) unite thee with life. 3. The tame (village) animals are separate from the wild (forest animals) ; the water has flowed apart from thirst. I free thee from all evil and disease, (and) unite thee with life. 4. Heaven and earth here go apart; the paths go in every direction. I free thee from all evil and disease, (and) unite thee with life. 5. 'Tvash/ar is preparing a wedding for his daughter,' thus (saying) does this whole world pass through. I free thee from all evil and disease, (and) unite thee with life. 6. Agni unites (life's) breaths, the moon is united with (life's) breath. I free thee from all evil and disease, (and) unite thee with life. 7. By means of (life's) breath the gods aroused the everywhere mighty sun. I free thee from all evil and disease, (and) unite thee with life. 8. Live thou by the (life's) breath of them that have life, and that create life ; do not die ! I free thee from all evil and disease, (and) unite thee with life. E 2 52 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. 9.
2all evil and disease, (and) unite thee with life. 8. Live thou by the (life's) breath of them that have life, and that create life ; do not die ! I free thee from all evil and disease, (and) unite thee with life. E 2 52 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. 9. Breathe thou with the (life's) breath of those that breathe ; do not die ! I free thee from all evil and disease, (and) unite thee with life. 10. Do thou (rise) up with life, unite thyself with life, (rise) up with the sap of the plants ! I free thee from all evil and disease, (and) unite thee with life. 1 1 . From the rain of Par^anya we have risen up, immortal. I free thee from all evil and disease, (and) unite thee with life. VII, 53. Prayer for long life. 1. When, O EWhaspati, thou didst liberate (us) from existence in yonder world of Yama, (and) from hostile schemes, then did the Asvins, the physicians of the gods, with might sweep death from us, O Agni ! 2. O in-breathing and out-breathing, go along with the body, do not leave it: may they be thy allies here ! Live and thrive a hundred autumns ; Agni shall be thy most excellent shepherd and overseer ! 3. Thy vital force that has been dissipated afar, thy in-breathing and thy out-breathing, shall come back again ! Agni has snatched them from the lap of Nirrzti (the goddess of destruction), and I again introduce them into thy person. 4. Let not his in-breathing desert him, nor his out-breathing quit him and depart ! I commit him to the Seven 7?/shis : may they convey him in health to old age ! 5. Enter, O in-breathing and out-breathing, like two bulls into a stable : this person shall here flourish, an unmolested repository for old age ! II. PRAYERS FOR LONG LIFE AND HEALTH. 53 6. Life's breath we do drive into thee, disease we do drive away from thee. May this excellent Agni endow us with life from every source ! 7. Ascending from the darkness of death to the highest firmament, to Sftrya (the sun), the god among gods, we have reached the highest light. VIII, 1. Prayer for exemption from the dangers of death. 1. To the ' Ender/ to Death be reverence ! May thy in-breathing and thy out-breathing remain here ! United here with (life's) spirit this man shall be, sharing in the sun, in the world of immortality (amrzta) ! 2. Bhaga has raised him up, Soma with his rays (has raised) him up, the Maruts, the gods, (have raised) him up, Indra and Agni (have raised) him up unto well-being. 3.
3fe's) spirit this man shall be, sharing in the sun, in the world of immortality (amrzta) ! 2. Bhaga has raised him up, Soma with his rays (has raised) him up, the Maruts, the gods, (have raised) him up, Indra and Agni (have raised) him up unto well-being. 3. Here (shall be) thy (life's) spirit, here thy in- breathing, here thy life, here thy mind ! We rescue thee from the toils of Nirr/ti (destruction) by means of our divine utterance. 4. Rise up hence, O man ! Casting off the foot- shackles of death, do not sink down ! Be not cut off from this world, from the sight of Agni and the sun ! 5. The wind, MatarLrvan, shall blow for thee, the waters shall shower amrzta (ambrosia) upon thee, the sun shall shine kindly for thy body! Death shall pity thee : do not waste away ! 6. Thou shalt ascend and not descend, O man ! Life and alertness do I prepare for thee. Mount, forsooth, this imperishable, pleasant car; then in old age thou shalt hold converse with thy family ! 54 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. 7. Thy mind shall not go thither, shall not dis- appear! Do not become heedless of the living, do not follow the Fathers ! All the gods shall preserve thee here ! 8. Do not long after the departed, who conduct (men) afar ! Ascend from the darkness, come to the light ! We lay hold of thy hands. 9. The two dogs of Yama, the black and the brindled one, that guard the road (to heaven), that have been despatched, shall not (go after) thee! Come hither, do not long to be away; do not tarry here with thy mind turned to a distance ! 10. Do not follow this path: it is terrible ! I speak of that by which thou hast not hitherto gone. Darkness is this, O man, do not enter it ! Danger is beyond, security here for thee. 11. May the fires that are within the waters guard thee, may (the fire) which men kindle guard thee, may Gatavedas Vauvanara (the fire common to all men) guard thee ! Let not the heavenly (fire) together with the lightning burn thee ! 12. Let not the flesh-devouring (fire) menace thee: move afar from the funeral pyre! Heaven shall guard thee, the earth shall guard thee, the sun and moon shall guard thee, the atmosphere shall guard thee against the divine missile ! 13. May the alert and the watchful divinities guard thee, may he that sleeps not and nods not guard thee, may he that protects and is vigilant guard thee ! 14. They shall guard thee, they shall protect thee. Reverence be to them. Hail be to them ! 15. Into converse with the living Vayu, Indra, Dhatar, and saving Savitar shall put thee ; breath II.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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