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1ts, the waters hold Agni, Agni is in the stones ; Agni is within men, Agnis (fires) are within cattle, within horses. 20. Agni glows from the sky, to Agni, the god, belongs the broad air. The mortals kindle Agni, the bearer of oblations, that loveth ghee. 21. The earth, clothed in Agni, with dark knees, shall make me brilliant and alert ! 22. Upon the earth men give to the gods the sacrifice, the prepared oblation ; upon the earth 202 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. mortal men live pleasantly by food. May this earth give us breath and life, may she cause me to reach old age ! 23. The fragrance, O earth, that has arisen upon thee, which the plants and the waters hold, which the Gandharvas and the Apsaras have partaken of, with that make me fragrant : not any one shall hate us ! 24. That fragrance of thine which has entered into the lotus, that fragrance, O earth, which the immortals of yore gathered up at the marriage of Surya, with that make me fragrant : not any one shall hate us ! 25. That fragrance of thine which is in men, the loveliness and charm that is in male and female, that which is in steeds and heroes, that which is in the wild animals with trunks (elephants), the lustre that is in the maiden, O earth, with that do thou blend us : not any one shall hate us ! 26. Rock, stone, dust is this earth ; this earth is supported, held together. To this golden-breasted earth I have rendered obeisance. 27. The earth, upon whom the forest-sprung trees ever stand firm, the all-nourishing, compact earth, do we invoke. 28. Rising or sitting, standing or walking, may we not stumble with our right or left foot upon the earth ! 29. To the pure earth I speak, to the ground, the soil that has grown through the brahma (spiritual exaltation). Upon thee, that holdest nourishment, prosperity, food, and ghee, we would settle down, O earth ! 30. Purified the waters shall flow for our bodies ; X. COSMOGONIC AND THEOSOPHIC HYMNS. 203 what flows off from us that do we deposit upon him we dislike : with a purifier, O earth, do I purify myself! 31. Thy easterly regions, and thy northern, thy southerly (regions), O earth, and thy western, shall be kind to me as I walk (upon thee) ! May I that have been placed into the world not fall down ! 32. Do not drive us from the west, nor from the east ; not from the north, and not from the south ! Security be thou for us, O earth : waylayers shall not find us, hold far away (their) murderous weapon! 33.
2ve been placed into the world not fall down ! 32. Do not drive us from the west, nor from the east ; not from the north, and not from the south ! Security be thou for us, O earth : waylayers shall not find us, hold far away (their) murderous weapon! 33. As long as I look out upon thee, O earth, with Surya (the sun) as my companion, so long shall my sight not fail, as year followeth upon year ! 34. When, as I lie, I turn upon my right or left side, O earth ; when stretched out we lie with our ribs upon thee pressing against (us), do not, O earth, that liest close to everything, there injure us ! 35. What, O earth, I dig out of thee, quickly shall that grow again : may I not, O pure one, pierce thy vital spot, (and) not thy heart ! 36. Thy summer, O earth, thy rainy season, thy autumn, winter, early spring, and spring ; thy decreed yearly seasons, thy days and nights shall yield us milk ! 37. The pure earth that starts in fright away from the serpent, upon whom were the fires that are within the waters, she that delivers (to destruc- tion) the blasphemous Dasyus, she that takes the side of Indra, not of Wztra, (that earth) adheres to 6akra (mighty Indra), the lusty bull. 38. Upon whom rests the sacrificial hut (sadas) and the (two) vehicles that hold the soma (havir- dh&ne), in whom the sacrificial post is fixed, upon 204 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. whom the Brahma^as praise (the gods) with riks and samans, knowing (also) the ya^ur-formulas; upon whom the serving-priests (ritvig) are employed so that Indra shall drink the soma ; — 39. Upon whom the seers of yore, that created the beings, brought forth with their songs the cows, they the seven active (priests), by means of the satra- offerings, the sacrifices, and (their) creative fervour (tapas) ;— 40. May this earth point out to us the wealth that wre crave ; may Bhaga (fortune) add his help, may Indra come here as (our) champion ! 41. The earth upon whom the noisy mortals sing and dance, upon whom they fight, upon whom re- sounds the roaring drum, shall drive forth our enemies, shall make us free from rivals ! 42. To the earth upon whom are food, and rice and barley, upon whom live these five races of men, to the earth, the wife of Par^anya, that is fattened by rain, be reverence ! 43. The earth upon whose ground the citadels constructed by the gods unfold themselves, every region of her that is the womb of all, Pra^apati shall make pleasant for us ! 44.
3f men, to the earth, the wife of Par^anya, that is fattened by rain, be reverence ! 43. The earth upon whose ground the citadels constructed by the gods unfold themselves, every region of her that is the womb of all, Pra^apati shall make pleasant for us ! 44. The earth that holds treasures manifold in secret places, wealth, jewels, and gold shall she give to me ; she that bestows wealth liberally, the kindly goddess, wealth shall she bestow upon us ! 45. The earth that holds people of manifold varied speech, of different customs, according to their habitations, as a reliable milch-cow that does not kick, shall she milk for me a thousand streams of wealth ! 46. The serpent, the scorpion with thirsty fangs, X. COSMOGONIC AND THEOSOPH1C HYMNS. 205 that hibernating torpidly lies upon thee ; the worm, and whatever living thing, O earth, moves in the rainy season, shall, when it creeps, not creep upon us : with what is auspicious (on thee) be gracious to us ! 47. Thy many paths upon which people go, thy tracks for chariots and wagons to advance, upon which both good and evil men proceed, this road, free from enemies, and free from thieves, may we gain : with what is auspicious (on thee) be gracious to us ! 48. The earth holds the fool and holds the wise, endures that good and bad dwell (upon her) ; she keeps company with the boar, gives herself up to the wild hog. 49. Thy forest animals, the wild animals homed in the woods, the man-eating lions, and tigers that roam; the ula, the wolf, mishap, injury (rzkshika), and demons (rakshas), O earth, drive away from us ! 50. The Gandharvas, the Apsaras, the Arayas and Kimidins; the Pi^a^as and all demons (rakshas), these, O earth, hold from us ! 51. The earth upon whom the biped birds fly together, the flamingoes, eagles, birds of prey, and fowls; upon whom Matarisvan, the wind, hastens, raising the dust, and tossing the trees — as the wind blows forth and back the flame bursts after ; — 52. The earth upon whom day and night jointly, black and bright, have been decreed, the broad earth covered and enveloped with rain, shall kindly place us into every pleasant abode ! 53. Heaven, and earth, and air have here given me expanse ; Agni, Surya, the waters, and all the gods together have given me wisdom. 206 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. 54. Mighty am I, 'Superior' (uttara) by name, upon the earth, conquering am I, all-conquering, completely conquering every region. 55.
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.
1ts, the waters hold Agni, Agni is in the stones ; Agni is within men, Agnis (fires) are within cattle, within horses. 20. Agni glows from the sky, to Agni, the god, belongs the broad air. The mortals kindle Agni, the bearer of oblations, that loveth ghee. 21. The earth, clothed in Agni, with dark knees, shall make me brilliant and alert ! 22. Upon the earth men give to the gods the sacrifice, the prepared oblation ; upon the earth 202 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. mortal men live pleasantly by food. May this earth give us breath and life, may she cause me to reach old age ! 23. The fragrance, O earth, that has arisen upon thee, which the plants and the waters hold, which the Gandharvas and the Apsaras have partaken of, with that make me fragrant : not any one shall hate us ! 24. That fragrance of thine which has entered into the lotus, that fragrance, O earth, which the immortals of yore gathered up at the marriage of Surya, with that make me fragrant : not any one shall hate us ! 25. That fragrance of thine which is in men, the loveliness and charm that is in male and female, that which is in steeds and heroes, that which is in the wild animals with trunks (elephants), the lustre that is in the maiden, O earth, with that do thou blend us : not any one shall hate us ! 26. Rock, stone, dust is this earth ; this earth is supported, held together. To this golden-breasted earth I have rendered obeisance. 27. The earth, upon whom the forest-sprung trees ever stand firm, the all-nourishing, compact earth, do we invoke. 28. Rising or sitting, standing or walking, may we not stumble with our right or left foot upon the earth ! 29. To the pure earth I speak, to the ground, the soil that has grown through the brahma (spiritual exaltation). Upon thee, that holdest nourishment, prosperity, food, and ghee, we would settle down, O earth ! 30. Purified the waters shall flow for our bodies ; X. COSMOGONIC AND THEOSOPHIC HYMNS. 203 what flows off from us that do we deposit upon him we dislike : with a purifier, O earth, do I purify myself! 31. Thy easterly regions, and thy northern, thy southerly (regions), O earth, and thy western, shall be kind to me as I walk (upon thee) ! May I that have been placed into the world not fall down ! 32. Do not drive us from the west, nor from the east ; not from the north, and not from the south ! Security be thou for us, O earth : waylayers shall not find us, hold far away (their) murderous weapon! 33.
2ve been placed into the world not fall down ! 32. Do not drive us from the west, nor from the east ; not from the north, and not from the south ! Security be thou for us, O earth : waylayers shall not find us, hold far away (their) murderous weapon! 33. As long as I look out upon thee, O earth, with Surya (the sun) as my companion, so long shall my sight not fail, as year followeth upon year ! 34. When, as I lie, I turn upon my right or left side, O earth ; when stretched out we lie with our ribs upon thee pressing against (us), do not, O earth, that liest close to everything, there injure us ! 35. What, O earth, I dig out of thee, quickly shall that grow again : may I not, O pure one, pierce thy vital spot, (and) not thy heart ! 36. Thy summer, O earth, thy rainy season, thy autumn, winter, early spring, and spring ; thy decreed yearly seasons, thy days and nights shall yield us milk ! 37. The pure earth that starts in fright away from the serpent, upon whom were the fires that are within the waters, she that delivers (to destruc- tion) the blasphemous Dasyus, she that takes the side of Indra, not of Wztra, (that earth) adheres to 6akra (mighty Indra), the lusty bull. 38. Upon whom rests the sacrificial hut (sadas) and the (two) vehicles that hold the soma (havir- dh&ne), in whom the sacrificial post is fixed, upon 204 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. whom the Brahma^as praise (the gods) with riks and samans, knowing (also) the ya^ur-formulas; upon whom the serving-priests (ritvig) are employed so that Indra shall drink the soma ; — 39. Upon whom the seers of yore, that created the beings, brought forth with their songs the cows, they the seven active (priests), by means of the satra- offerings, the sacrifices, and (their) creative fervour (tapas) ;— 40. May this earth point out to us the wealth that wre crave ; may Bhaga (fortune) add his help, may Indra come here as (our) champion ! 41. The earth upon whom the noisy mortals sing and dance, upon whom they fight, upon whom re- sounds the roaring drum, shall drive forth our enemies, shall make us free from rivals ! 42. To the earth upon whom are food, and rice and barley, upon whom live these five races of men, to the earth, the wife of Par^anya, that is fattened by rain, be reverence ! 43. The earth upon whose ground the citadels constructed by the gods unfold themselves, every region of her that is the womb of all, Pra^apati shall make pleasant for us ! 44.
3f men, to the earth, the wife of Par^anya, that is fattened by rain, be reverence ! 43. The earth upon whose ground the citadels constructed by the gods unfold themselves, every region of her that is the womb of all, Pra^apati shall make pleasant for us ! 44. The earth that holds treasures manifold in secret places, wealth, jewels, and gold shall she give to me ; she that bestows wealth liberally, the kindly goddess, wealth shall she bestow upon us ! 45. The earth that holds people of manifold varied speech, of different customs, according to their habitations, as a reliable milch-cow that does not kick, shall she milk for me a thousand streams of wealth ! 46. The serpent, the scorpion with thirsty fangs, X. COSMOGONIC AND THEOSOPH1C HYMNS. 205 that hibernating torpidly lies upon thee ; the worm, and whatever living thing, O earth, moves in the rainy season, shall, when it creeps, not creep upon us : with what is auspicious (on thee) be gracious to us ! 47. Thy many paths upon which people go, thy tracks for chariots and wagons to advance, upon which both good and evil men proceed, this road, free from enemies, and free from thieves, may we gain : with what is auspicious (on thee) be gracious to us ! 48. The earth holds the fool and holds the wise, endures that good and bad dwell (upon her) ; she keeps company with the boar, gives herself up to the wild hog. 49. Thy forest animals, the wild animals homed in the woods, the man-eating lions, and tigers that roam; the ula, the wolf, mishap, injury (rzkshika), and demons (rakshas), O earth, drive away from us ! 50. The Gandharvas, the Apsaras, the Arayas and Kimidins; the Pi^a^as and all demons (rakshas), these, O earth, hold from us ! 51. The earth upon whom the biped birds fly together, the flamingoes, eagles, birds of prey, and fowls; upon whom Matarisvan, the wind, hastens, raising the dust, and tossing the trees — as the wind blows forth and back the flame bursts after ; — 52. The earth upon whom day and night jointly, black and bright, have been decreed, the broad earth covered and enveloped with rain, shall kindly place us into every pleasant abode ! 53. Heaven, and earth, and air have here given me expanse ; Agni, Surya, the waters, and all the gods together have given me wisdom. 206 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. 54. Mighty am I, 'Superior' (uttara) by name, upon the earth, conquering am I, all-conquering, completely conquering every region. 55.
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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