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1easure-holding receptacle within which all worlds are contained. Do thou spare us, O lord of cattle : reverence be to thee ! Far from us shall go the jackals, evil omens, dogs ; far shall go (the mourning women) who bewail mis- fortune with dishevelled hair ! 12. Thou, O crested (god), earnest in (thy hand), that smites thousands, a yellow, golden bow that slays hundreds ; Rudra's arrow, the missile of the gods, flies abroad : reverence be to it, in whatever direc- tion from here (it flies) ! 1 3. The adversary who lurks and seeks to over- come thee, O Rudra, upon him thou dost fasten thyself from behind, as (the hunter) that follows the trail of a wounded (animal). 14. Bhava and Rudra, united and concordant, both strong (ugrau), ye advance to deeds of heroism : reverence be to both of them, in whatever direction (they are) from here ! 15. Reverence be to thee coming, reverence to thee going; reverence, O Rudra, be to thee standing, and reverence, also, to thee sitting ! 16. Reverence in the evening, reverence in the morning, reverence by night, reverence by day ! I have offered reverence to Bhava and to 6arva, both. 1 7. Let us not with our tongue offend Rudra, who VII. CHARMS TO SECURE PROSPERITY. 1 57 rushes on, thousand-eyed, overseeing all, who hurls (his shafts) forward, who is manifoldly wise ! 18. We approach first the (god) that has dark horses, is black, sable, destructive, terrible, who casts down the car of Keiin : reverence be to him ! 19. Do not hurl at us thy club, thy divine bolt; be not incensed at us, O lord of cattle ! Shake over some other than us the celestial branch ! 20. Injure us not, interpose for us, spare us, be not angry with us ! Let us not contend with thee ! 21. Do not covet our cattle, our men, our goats and sheep ! Bend thy course elsewhere, O strong god (ugra), slay the offspring of the blasphemers ! 22. He whose missile, fever and cough, assails the single (victim), as the snorting of a stallion, who snatches away (his victims) one by one, to him be reverence ! 23. He who dwells fixed in the atmosphere, smit- ing the blasphemers of the god that do not sacrifice, to him be reverence with ten sakvari-stanzas ! 24. For thee the wild beasts of the forest have been placed in the forest : flamingoes, eagles, birds of prey, and fowls. Thy spirit, O lord of cattle, is within the waters, to strengthen thee the heavenly waters flow. 25.
2reverence with ten sakvari-stanzas ! 24. For thee the wild beasts of the forest have been placed in the forest : flamingoes, eagles, birds of prey, and fowls. Thy spirit, O lord of cattle, is within the waters, to strengthen thee the heavenly waters flow. 25. The dolphins, great serpents (boas), purikayas (water-animals), sea-monsters, fishes, ra^asas, at which thou shootest — there exists for thee, O Bhava, no distance, and no barrier. At a glance thou lookest around the entire earth ; from the eastern thou slayest in the northern ocean. 26. Do not, O Rudra, contaminate us with fever, or with poison, or with heavenly fire : cause this lightning to descend elsewhere than upon us ! I58 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. 27. Bhava rules the sky, Bhava rules the earth; Bhava has filled the broad atmosphere. Reverence be to him in whatever direction from here (he abides) ! 28. O king Bhava, be merciful to thy worshipper, for thou art the lord of living beasts! He who believes the gods exist, to his quadruped and biped be merciful ! 29. Slay neither our great nor our small ; neither those of us that are riding, nor those that shall ride ; neither our father, nor our mother. Cause no injury, O Rudra, to our own persons ! 30. To Rudra's howling dogs, who swallow their food without blessing, who have wride jaws, I have made this obeisance. 31. Reverence, O god, be to thy shouting hosts, reverence to thy long-haired, reverence to thy reverenced, reverence to thy devouring hosts ! May well-being and security be to us ! IV, 28. Prayer to Bhava and .Sarva for protection from calamities. 1. O Bhava and 6arva, I am devoted to you. Take note of that, ye under whose control is all this which shines (the visible universe) ! Ye who rule all these two-footed and four-footed creatures, deliver us from calamity ! 2. Ye to whom belongs all that is near by, yea, all that is far ; ye who are known as the most skil- ful archers among bowmen ; ye who rule all these two-footed and four-footed creatures, deliver us from calamity ! 3. The thousand-eyed slayers of Vntra both do VIL CHARMS TO SECURE PROSPERITY. 1 59 I invoke. I go praising the two strong gods (ugrau) whose pastures extend far. Ye who rule all these two-footed and four-footed creatures, deliver us from calamity ! 4. Ye who, united, did undertake many (deeds) of old, and, moreover, did visit portents upon the people ; ye who rule all these two-footed and four- footed creatures, deliver us from calamity ! 5.
3se two-footed and four-footed creatures, deliver us from calamity ! 4. Ye who, united, did undertake many (deeds) of old, and, moreover, did visit portents upon the people ; ye who rule all these two-footed and four- footed creatures, deliver us from calamity ! 5. Ye from whose blows no one either among gods or men escapes ; ye who rule all these two- footed and four-footed creatures, deliver us from calamity ! 6. The sorcerer who prepares a spell, or manipu- lates the roots (of plants) against us, against him, ye strong gods, launch your thunderbolt ! Ye who rule all these two-footed and four-footed creatures, deliver us from calamity. 7. Ye strong gods, favour us in battles, bring into contact with your thunderbolt the Kimtdin ! I praise you, O Bhava and 6arva, call fervently upon you in distress : deliver us from calamity ! VII, 9. Charm for finding lost property. 1. On the distant path of the paths Pushan was born, on the distant path of heaven, on the distant path of the earth. Upon the two most lovely places both he walks hither and away, knowing (the way). 2. Pushan knows these regions all ; he shall lead us by the most dangerless (way). Bestowing well- being, of radiant glow, keeping our heroes undi- minished, he shall, alert and skilful, go before us! 3. O Pushan, under thy law may we never suffer harm : as praisers of thee are we here ! 4. Ptishan shall from the east place his right hand l60 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. about us, shall bring again to us what has been lost : we shall come upon what has been lost ! VI, 128. Propitiation of the weather-prophet. 1. When the stars made .Sakadhfima their king they bestowed good weather upon him : * This shall be his dominion/ they said. 2. Let us have good weather at noon, good weather at eve, good weather in the early morning, good weather in the night ! 3. For day and night, for the stars, for sun and moon, and for us prepare good weather, O king •Sakadhuma ! 4. To thee, O 6akadhuma, ruler of the stars, that gavest us good weather in the evening, in the night, and by day, let there ever be obeisance ! XI, 6. Prayer for deliverance from calamity, addressed to the entire pantheon. 1. To Agni we speak and to the trees, to the plants and to the herbs ; to Indra, Brzhaspati, and Surya : they shall deliver us from calamity ! 2. We speak to king Varu^a, to Mitra, Vishnu and Bhaga. To Amsa and Vivasvant do we speak : they shall deliver us from calamity ! 3.
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.
1easure-holding receptacle within which all worlds are contained. Do thou spare us, O lord of cattle : reverence be to thee ! Far from us shall go the jackals, evil omens, dogs ; far shall go (the mourning women) who bewail mis- fortune with dishevelled hair ! 12. Thou, O crested (god), earnest in (thy hand), that smites thousands, a yellow, golden bow that slays hundreds ; Rudra's arrow, the missile of the gods, flies abroad : reverence be to it, in whatever direc- tion from here (it flies) ! 1 3. The adversary who lurks and seeks to over- come thee, O Rudra, upon him thou dost fasten thyself from behind, as (the hunter) that follows the trail of a wounded (animal). 14. Bhava and Rudra, united and concordant, both strong (ugrau), ye advance to deeds of heroism : reverence be to both of them, in whatever direction (they are) from here ! 15. Reverence be to thee coming, reverence to thee going; reverence, O Rudra, be to thee standing, and reverence, also, to thee sitting ! 16. Reverence in the evening, reverence in the morning, reverence by night, reverence by day ! I have offered reverence to Bhava and to 6arva, both. 1 7. Let us not with our tongue offend Rudra, who VII. CHARMS TO SECURE PROSPERITY. 1 57 rushes on, thousand-eyed, overseeing all, who hurls (his shafts) forward, who is manifoldly wise ! 18. We approach first the (god) that has dark horses, is black, sable, destructive, terrible, who casts down the car of Keiin : reverence be to him ! 19. Do not hurl at us thy club, thy divine bolt; be not incensed at us, O lord of cattle ! Shake over some other than us the celestial branch ! 20. Injure us not, interpose for us, spare us, be not angry with us ! Let us not contend with thee ! 21. Do not covet our cattle, our men, our goats and sheep ! Bend thy course elsewhere, O strong god (ugra), slay the offspring of the blasphemers ! 22. He whose missile, fever and cough, assails the single (victim), as the snorting of a stallion, who snatches away (his victims) one by one, to him be reverence ! 23. He who dwells fixed in the atmosphere, smit- ing the blasphemers of the god that do not sacrifice, to him be reverence with ten sakvari-stanzas ! 24. For thee the wild beasts of the forest have been placed in the forest : flamingoes, eagles, birds of prey, and fowls. Thy spirit, O lord of cattle, is within the waters, to strengthen thee the heavenly waters flow. 25.
2reverence with ten sakvari-stanzas ! 24. For thee the wild beasts of the forest have been placed in the forest : flamingoes, eagles, birds of prey, and fowls. Thy spirit, O lord of cattle, is within the waters, to strengthen thee the heavenly waters flow. 25. The dolphins, great serpents (boas), purikayas (water-animals), sea-monsters, fishes, ra^asas, at which thou shootest — there exists for thee, O Bhava, no distance, and no barrier. At a glance thou lookest around the entire earth ; from the eastern thou slayest in the northern ocean. 26. Do not, O Rudra, contaminate us with fever, or with poison, or with heavenly fire : cause this lightning to descend elsewhere than upon us ! I58 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. 27. Bhava rules the sky, Bhava rules the earth; Bhava has filled the broad atmosphere. Reverence be to him in whatever direction from here (he abides) ! 28. O king Bhava, be merciful to thy worshipper, for thou art the lord of living beasts! He who believes the gods exist, to his quadruped and biped be merciful ! 29. Slay neither our great nor our small ; neither those of us that are riding, nor those that shall ride ; neither our father, nor our mother. Cause no injury, O Rudra, to our own persons ! 30. To Rudra's howling dogs, who swallow their food without blessing, who have wride jaws, I have made this obeisance. 31. Reverence, O god, be to thy shouting hosts, reverence to thy long-haired, reverence to thy reverenced, reverence to thy devouring hosts ! May well-being and security be to us ! IV, 28. Prayer to Bhava and .Sarva for protection from calamities. 1. O Bhava and 6arva, I am devoted to you. Take note of that, ye under whose control is all this which shines (the visible universe) ! Ye who rule all these two-footed and four-footed creatures, deliver us from calamity ! 2. Ye to whom belongs all that is near by, yea, all that is far ; ye who are known as the most skil- ful archers among bowmen ; ye who rule all these two-footed and four-footed creatures, deliver us from calamity ! 3. The thousand-eyed slayers of Vntra both do VIL CHARMS TO SECURE PROSPERITY. 1 59 I invoke. I go praising the two strong gods (ugrau) whose pastures extend far. Ye who rule all these two-footed and four-footed creatures, deliver us from calamity ! 4. Ye who, united, did undertake many (deeds) of old, and, moreover, did visit portents upon the people ; ye who rule all these two-footed and four- footed creatures, deliver us from calamity ! 5.
3se two-footed and four-footed creatures, deliver us from calamity ! 4. Ye who, united, did undertake many (deeds) of old, and, moreover, did visit portents upon the people ; ye who rule all these two-footed and four- footed creatures, deliver us from calamity ! 5. Ye from whose blows no one either among gods or men escapes ; ye who rule all these two- footed and four-footed creatures, deliver us from calamity ! 6. The sorcerer who prepares a spell, or manipu- lates the roots (of plants) against us, against him, ye strong gods, launch your thunderbolt ! Ye who rule all these two-footed and four-footed creatures, deliver us from calamity. 7. Ye strong gods, favour us in battles, bring into contact with your thunderbolt the Kimtdin ! I praise you, O Bhava and 6arva, call fervently upon you in distress : deliver us from calamity ! VII, 9. Charm for finding lost property. 1. On the distant path of the paths Pushan was born, on the distant path of heaven, on the distant path of the earth. Upon the two most lovely places both he walks hither and away, knowing (the way). 2. Pushan knows these regions all ; he shall lead us by the most dangerless (way). Bestowing well- being, of radiant glow, keeping our heroes undi- minished, he shall, alert and skilful, go before us! 3. O Pushan, under thy law may we never suffer harm : as praisers of thee are we here ! 4. Ptishan shall from the east place his right hand l60 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. about us, shall bring again to us what has been lost : we shall come upon what has been lost ! VI, 128. Propitiation of the weather-prophet. 1. When the stars made .Sakadhfima their king they bestowed good weather upon him : * This shall be his dominion/ they said. 2. Let us have good weather at noon, good weather at eve, good weather in the early morning, good weather in the night ! 3. For day and night, for the stars, for sun and moon, and for us prepare good weather, O king •Sakadhuma ! 4. To thee, O 6akadhuma, ruler of the stars, that gavest us good weather in the evening, in the night, and by day, let there ever be obeisance ! XI, 6. Prayer for deliverance from calamity, addressed to the entire pantheon. 1. To Agni we speak and to the trees, to the plants and to the herbs ; to Indra, Brzhaspati, and Surya : they shall deliver us from calamity ! 2. We speak to king Varu^a, to Mitra, Vishnu and Bhaga. To Amsa and Vivasvant do we speak : they shall deliver us from calamity ! 3.
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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