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1without working injury, get out! 3. O husband of the tarda (-female), O husband of the vagha (-female), ye of the sharp teeth, listen to me ! The vyadvaras (' rodents ') of the forest, and whatever other vyadvaras (there are), all these we do crush. VII, 11. Charm to protect grain from lightning. With thy broad thunder, with the beacon, elevated by the gods that pervade this all, with the lightning do thou not destroy our grain, O god ; nor do thou destroy it with the rays of the sun ! II, 26. Charm for the prosperity of cattle. 1. Hither shall come the cattle which have strayed to a distance, whose companionship Vdyu VII. CHARMS TO SECURE PROSPERITY. 1 43 (the wind) enjoys ! (The cattle) whose structure of form Tvash/ar knows, Savitar shall hold in place in this stable! 2. To this stable the cattle shall flow together, Brzhaspati skilfully shall conduct them hither! Sinivcllt shall conduct hither their van : do thou, O Anumati, hold them in place after they have arrived ! 3. May the cattle, may the horses, and may the domestics flow together ; may the increase of the grain flow together! I sacrifice with an oblation that causeth to flow together ! 4. I pour together the milk of the cows, I pour together strength and sap with the ghee. Poured together shall be our heroes, constant shall be the cows with me the owner of the cows ! 5. I bring hither the milk of the cows, I have brought hither the sap of the grain. Brought hither are our heroes, brought hither to this house are our wives ! Ill, 14. Charm for the prosperity of cattle. 1. With a firmly founded stable, with wealth, with well-being, with the name of that which is born on a lucky day do we unite you (O cattle) ! 2. May Aryaman unite you, may Pushan, Brz- haspati, and Indra, the conqueror of booty, unite you ! Do ye prosper my possessions ! 3. Flocking together without fear, making ordure in this stable, holding honey fit for soma, free from disease, ye shall come hither ! 4. Right here come, ye cows, and prosper here like the saka-bird ! And right here do ye beget (your young) ! May ye be in accord with me ! 144 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. 5. May your stable be auspicious to you, prosper ye like the ^ari-birds and parrots ! And right here do ye beget (your young) ! With us do we unite you. 6. Attach yourselves, O cows, to me as your pos- sessor ; may this stable here cause you to prosper ! Upon you, growing numerous, and living, may we, increasing in wealth, alive, attend ! VI, 59. Prayer to the plant arundhatt for pro- tection to cattle. 1.
26. Attach yourselves, O cows, to me as your pos- sessor ; may this stable here cause you to prosper ! Upon you, growing numerous, and living, may we, increasing in wealth, alive, attend ! VI, 59. Prayer to the plant arundhatt for pro- tection to cattle. 1. Thy foremost protection, O Arundhatt, do thou bestow upon steer and milch-kine, upon (cattle of) the age when weaned from their mother, upon (all) four-footed creatures ! 2. May Arundhatt, the herb, bestow protection along with the gods, render full of sap the stable, free from disease our men ! 3. The variegated, lovely, life-giving (plant) do I invoke. May she carry away for us, far from the cattle, the missile hurled by Rudra ! VI, 70. Charm to secure the attachment of a cow to her calf. 1. As meat, and liquor, and dice (abound) at the gambling-place, as the heart of the lusty male hankers after the woman, thus shall thy heart, O cow, hanker after the calf! 2. As the elephant directs his steps after the steps of the female, as the heart of the lusty male hankers after the woman, thus shall thy heart, O cow, hanker after the calf! 3. As the felloe, and as the spokes, and as the VII. CHARMS TO SECURE PROSPERITY. 1 45 nave (of the wheel is joined) to the felloe, as the heart of the lusty male hankers after the woman, thus shall thy heart, O cow, hanker after the calf! Ill, 28. Formula in expiation of the birth of twin-calves. 1. Through one creation at a time this (cow) was born, when the fashioners of the beings did create the cows of many colours. (Therefore), when a cow doth beget twins portentously, growling and cross she injureth the cattle. 2. This (cow) doth injure our cattle : a flesh-eater, devourer, she hath become. Hence to a Brahman he shall give her ; in this way she may be kindly and auspicious ! 3. Auspicious be to (our) men, auspicious to (our) cows and horses, auspicious to this entire field, auspicious be to us right here ! 4. Here be prosperity, here be sap ! Be thou here one that especially gives a thousandfold ! Make the cattle prosper, thou mother of twins ! 5. Where our pious friends live joyously, having left behind the ailments of their bodies, to that world the mother of twins did attain : may she not injure our men and our cattle ! 6. Where is the world of our pious friends, where the world of them that sacrifice with the agnihotra, to that world the mother of twins did attain : may she not injure our men and our cattle ! VI, 92. Charm to endow a horse with swiftness. 1.
3attle ! 6. Where is the world of our pious friends, where the world of them that sacrifice with the agnihotra, to that world the mother of twins did attain : may she not injure our men and our cattle ! VI, 92. Charm to endow a horse with swiftness. 1. Swift as the wind be thou, O steed, when joined (to the chariot) ; at Indra's urging go, fleet as [42] l 146 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. the mind ! The Maruts, the all-possessing, shall har- ness thee,Tvash/ar shall put fleetness into thy feet! 2. With the fleetness, O runner, that has been deposited in thee in a secret place, (with the fleetness) that has been made over to the eagle, the wind, and moves in them, with that, O steed, strong with strength, do thou win the race, reaching the goal in the contest ! 3. Thy body, O steed, leading (our) body, shall run, a pleasure to ourselves, delight to thyself! A god, not stumbling, for the support of the great, he shall, as if upon the heaven, found his own light! Ill, 13. Charm for conducting a river into a new channel. 1 . Because of yore, when the (cloud-) serpent was slain (by Indra), ye did rush forth and shout (ana- data), therefore is your name ' shouters ' (nadya^ ' rivers ') : that is your designation, ye streams ! 2. Because, when sent forth by Vanma, ye then quickly did bubble up; then Indra met (apnot) you, as ye went, therefore anon are ye ' meeters ' (apa^ 4 waters ') ! 3. When reluctantly ye flowed, Indra, forsooth, did with might choose (avivarata) you as his own, ye goddesses ! Therefore f choice ' (var * water ') has been given you as your name ! 4. One god stood upon you, as ye flowed accord- ing to will. Up breathed (ud dnishuA) they who are known as ' the great ' (mshik). Therefore * up- breather ' (udakam ' water ') are they called ! 5. The waters are kindly, the waters in truth were ghee. These waters, truly, do support Agni and VII. CHARMS TO SECURE PROSPERITY. 1 47 Soma. May the readily flowing, strong sap of the honey-dripping (waters) come to me, together with life's breath and lustre ! 6. Then do I see them and also do I hear them ; their sound, their voice doth come to me. When, ye golden-coloured, I have refreshed myself with you, then I ween, ambrosia (amrzta) am I tasting ! 7. Here, ye waters, is your heart, here is your calf, ye righteous ones ! Come ye, mighty ones, by this way here, by which I am conducting you here ! VI, 106. Charm to ward off danger from fire. 1.
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.
1without working injury, get out! 3. O husband of the tarda (-female), O husband of the vagha (-female), ye of the sharp teeth, listen to me ! The vyadvaras (' rodents ') of the forest, and whatever other vyadvaras (there are), all these we do crush. VII, 11. Charm to protect grain from lightning. With thy broad thunder, with the beacon, elevated by the gods that pervade this all, with the lightning do thou not destroy our grain, O god ; nor do thou destroy it with the rays of the sun ! II, 26. Charm for the prosperity of cattle. 1. Hither shall come the cattle which have strayed to a distance, whose companionship Vdyu VII. CHARMS TO SECURE PROSPERITY. 1 43 (the wind) enjoys ! (The cattle) whose structure of form Tvash/ar knows, Savitar shall hold in place in this stable! 2. To this stable the cattle shall flow together, Brzhaspati skilfully shall conduct them hither! Sinivcllt shall conduct hither their van : do thou, O Anumati, hold them in place after they have arrived ! 3. May the cattle, may the horses, and may the domestics flow together ; may the increase of the grain flow together! I sacrifice with an oblation that causeth to flow together ! 4. I pour together the milk of the cows, I pour together strength and sap with the ghee. Poured together shall be our heroes, constant shall be the cows with me the owner of the cows ! 5. I bring hither the milk of the cows, I have brought hither the sap of the grain. Brought hither are our heroes, brought hither to this house are our wives ! Ill, 14. Charm for the prosperity of cattle. 1. With a firmly founded stable, with wealth, with well-being, with the name of that which is born on a lucky day do we unite you (O cattle) ! 2. May Aryaman unite you, may Pushan, Brz- haspati, and Indra, the conqueror of booty, unite you ! Do ye prosper my possessions ! 3. Flocking together without fear, making ordure in this stable, holding honey fit for soma, free from disease, ye shall come hither ! 4. Right here come, ye cows, and prosper here like the saka-bird ! And right here do ye beget (your young) ! May ye be in accord with me ! 144 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. 5. May your stable be auspicious to you, prosper ye like the ^ari-birds and parrots ! And right here do ye beget (your young) ! With us do we unite you. 6. Attach yourselves, O cows, to me as your pos- sessor ; may this stable here cause you to prosper ! Upon you, growing numerous, and living, may we, increasing in wealth, alive, attend ! VI, 59. Prayer to the plant arundhatt for pro- tection to cattle. 1.
26. Attach yourselves, O cows, to me as your pos- sessor ; may this stable here cause you to prosper ! Upon you, growing numerous, and living, may we, increasing in wealth, alive, attend ! VI, 59. Prayer to the plant arundhatt for pro- tection to cattle. 1. Thy foremost protection, O Arundhatt, do thou bestow upon steer and milch-kine, upon (cattle of) the age when weaned from their mother, upon (all) four-footed creatures ! 2. May Arundhatt, the herb, bestow protection along with the gods, render full of sap the stable, free from disease our men ! 3. The variegated, lovely, life-giving (plant) do I invoke. May she carry away for us, far from the cattle, the missile hurled by Rudra ! VI, 70. Charm to secure the attachment of a cow to her calf. 1. As meat, and liquor, and dice (abound) at the gambling-place, as the heart of the lusty male hankers after the woman, thus shall thy heart, O cow, hanker after the calf! 2. As the elephant directs his steps after the steps of the female, as the heart of the lusty male hankers after the woman, thus shall thy heart, O cow, hanker after the calf! 3. As the felloe, and as the spokes, and as the VII. CHARMS TO SECURE PROSPERITY. 1 45 nave (of the wheel is joined) to the felloe, as the heart of the lusty male hankers after the woman, thus shall thy heart, O cow, hanker after the calf! Ill, 28. Formula in expiation of the birth of twin-calves. 1. Through one creation at a time this (cow) was born, when the fashioners of the beings did create the cows of many colours. (Therefore), when a cow doth beget twins portentously, growling and cross she injureth the cattle. 2. This (cow) doth injure our cattle : a flesh-eater, devourer, she hath become. Hence to a Brahman he shall give her ; in this way she may be kindly and auspicious ! 3. Auspicious be to (our) men, auspicious to (our) cows and horses, auspicious to this entire field, auspicious be to us right here ! 4. Here be prosperity, here be sap ! Be thou here one that especially gives a thousandfold ! Make the cattle prosper, thou mother of twins ! 5. Where our pious friends live joyously, having left behind the ailments of their bodies, to that world the mother of twins did attain : may she not injure our men and our cattle ! 6. Where is the world of our pious friends, where the world of them that sacrifice with the agnihotra, to that world the mother of twins did attain : may she not injure our men and our cattle ! VI, 92. Charm to endow a horse with swiftness. 1.
3attle ! 6. Where is the world of our pious friends, where the world of them that sacrifice with the agnihotra, to that world the mother of twins did attain : may she not injure our men and our cattle ! VI, 92. Charm to endow a horse with swiftness. 1. Swift as the wind be thou, O steed, when joined (to the chariot) ; at Indra's urging go, fleet as [42] l 146 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. the mind ! The Maruts, the all-possessing, shall har- ness thee,Tvash/ar shall put fleetness into thy feet! 2. With the fleetness, O runner, that has been deposited in thee in a secret place, (with the fleetness) that has been made over to the eagle, the wind, and moves in them, with that, O steed, strong with strength, do thou win the race, reaching the goal in the contest ! 3. Thy body, O steed, leading (our) body, shall run, a pleasure to ourselves, delight to thyself! A god, not stumbling, for the support of the great, he shall, as if upon the heaven, found his own light! Ill, 13. Charm for conducting a river into a new channel. 1 . Because of yore, when the (cloud-) serpent was slain (by Indra), ye did rush forth and shout (ana- data), therefore is your name ' shouters ' (nadya^ ' rivers ') : that is your designation, ye streams ! 2. Because, when sent forth by Vanma, ye then quickly did bubble up; then Indra met (apnot) you, as ye went, therefore anon are ye ' meeters ' (apa^ 4 waters ') ! 3. When reluctantly ye flowed, Indra, forsooth, did with might choose (avivarata) you as his own, ye goddesses ! Therefore f choice ' (var * water ') has been given you as your name ! 4. One god stood upon you, as ye flowed accord- ing to will. Up breathed (ud dnishuA) they who are known as ' the great ' (mshik). Therefore * up- breather ' (udakam ' water ') are they called ! 5. The waters are kindly, the waters in truth were ghee. These waters, truly, do support Agni and VII. CHARMS TO SECURE PROSPERITY. 1 47 Soma. May the readily flowing, strong sap of the honey-dripping (waters) come to me, together with life's breath and lustre ! 6. Then do I see them and also do I hear them ; their sound, their voice doth come to me. When, ye golden-coloured, I have refreshed myself with you, then I ween, ambrosia (amrzta) am I tasting ! 7. Here, ye waters, is your heart, here is your calf, ye righteous ones ! Come ye, mighty ones, by this way here, by which I am conducting you here ! VI, 106. Charm to ward off danger from fire. 1.
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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