Hymns of the Atharva-Veda — SBE Vol. 42 (Clarendon Press, 1897) — second scan
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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. We speak to Savitar, the god, to Dhatar, and to Pushan ; to first-born Tvash/ar do we speak : they shall deliver us from calamity !
4. We speak to the Gandharvas and the Apsaras, to the A^vins and to Brahma/zaspati, to the god whose name is Aryaman : they shall deliver us from calamity !
5. Now do we speak to day and night, to Stlrya
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(sun) and to Aandramas (moon), the twain ; to all the Adityas we speak : they shall deliver us from calamity !
6. We speak to Vâta (wind) and Par^anya, to the atmosphere and the directions of space. And to all the regions do we speak : they shall deliver us from calamity !
7. Day and night, and Ushas (dawn), too, shall deliver thee from curses ! Soma the god, whom they call Aandramas (moon), shall deliver me !
8. To the animals of the earth and those of heaven, to the wild beasts of the forest, to the winged birds, do we speak : they shall deliver us from calamity !
9. Now do we speak to Bhava and .Sarva, to Rudra and Pasupati ; their arrows do we know well : these (arrows) shall be ever propitious to us !
10. We speak to the heavens, and the stars, to earth, the Yakshas, and the mountains ; to the seas, the rivers, and the lakes : they shall deliver us from calamity !
1 1. To the seven 7?zshis now do we speak, to the divine waters and Pra^apati. To the Fathers with Yama at their head : they shall deliver us from calamity !
12. The gods that dwell in heaven, and those that dwell in the atmosphere ; the mighty (gods) that are fixed upon the earth, they shall deliver us from calamity !
13. The Adityas, Rudras, Vasus, the divine Atharvans in heaven, and the wise Angiras : they shall deliver us from calamity !
14. We speak to the sacrifice and the sacrificer, to the riks, the samans, and the healing (Atharvan) charms ; we speak to the ya^us-formulas and the
[42] Mp. 1 invocations (to the gods) : they shall deliver us from calamity !
15. We speak to the five kingdoms of the plants with soma the most excellent among them. The darbha-grass, hemp, and mighty barley : they shall deliver us from calamity !
16. We speak to the Ariyas (demons of grudge), Rakshas, serpents, pious men, and Fathers ; to the one and a hundred deaths : they shall deliver us from calamity !
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among them. The darbha-grass, hemp, and mighty barley : they shall deliver us from calamity !
16. We speak to the Ariyas (demons of grudge), Rakshas, serpents, pious men, and Fathers ; to the one and a hundred deaths : they shall deliver us from calamity !
1 7. To the seasons we speak, to the lords of the seasons, and to the sections of the year ; to the half-years, years, and months : they shall deliver us from calamity !
18. Come, ye gods, from the south and the west ; ye gods in the east come forth ! From the east, from the north the mighty gods, all the gods assembled : they shall deliver us from calamity !
19. 20. We speak here to all the gods that hold to their agreements, promote the order (of the universe), together with all their wives : they shall deliver us from calamity !
21. We speak to being, to the lord of being, and also to him that controls the beings ; to the beings all assembled : they shall deliver us from calamity !
22. The five divine regions, the twelve divine seasons, the teeth of the year, they shall ever be propitious to us !
2$. The amrzta (ambrosia), bought for the price of a chariot, which Matali knows as a remedy, that Indra stored away in the waters : that, O ye waters, furnish ye as a remedy !
VIII.
CHARMS IN EXPIATION OF SIN AND DEFILEMENT.
VI, 45. Prayer against mental delinquency.
1. Pass far away, O sin of the mind! Why dost
thou utter things not to be uttered ? Pass away,
I love thee not ! To the trees, the forests go on !
With the house, the cattle, is my mind.
2. What wrongs we have committed through imprecation, calumny, and false speech, either awake, or asleep — Agni shall put far away from us all offensive evil deeds!
3. What, O Indra Brahma^aspati, we do falsely — may Pra/£etas ('care-taker') Angirasa protect us from misfortune, and from evil!
VI, 26. Charm to avert evil.
1. Let me go, O evil; being powerful, take thou pity on us! Set me, O evil, unharmed, into the world of happiness !
2. If, O evil, thou dost not abandon us, then do we abandon thee at the fork of the road. May evil follow after another (man) !
3. Away from us may thousand-eyed, immortal (evil) dwell ! Him whom we hate may it strike, and him whom we hate do thou surely smite !
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VI, 114. Expiatory formula for imperfections in the sacrifice.
1 . The god-angering (deed), O ye gods, that we, the (Brahman) gods, have committed, from that do ye, O Adityas, release us, by virtue of the order of the universe !
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OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA.
VI, 114. Expiatory formula for imperfections in the sacrifice.
1 . The god-angering (deed), O ye gods, that we, the (Brahman) gods, have committed, from that do ye, O Adityas, release us, by virtue of the order of the universe !
2. By virtue of the order of the universe do ye, O reverend Adityas, release us here, if, O ye carriers of the sacrifice, though desirous of accomplishing (the sacrifice), we did not accomplish (it) ! —
3. (If), when sacrificing with the fat (animal), when offering oblations of ghee with the spoon, when desiring to benefit you, O all ye gods, wre have contrary to desire, not succeeded !
VI, 115. Expiatory formulas for sins.
1. From the sins which knowingly or unknowingly we have committed, do ye, all gods, of one accord, release us !
2. If awake, or if asleep, to sin inclined, I have committed a sin, may what has been, and what shall be, as if from a wooden post, release me !
3. As one released from a wooden post, as one in a sweat by bathing (is cleansed) of filth, as ghee is clarified by the sieve, may all (the gods) clear me from sin !
VI, 112. Expiation for the precedence of a younger brother over an older.
1. May this (younger brother) not slay the oldest one of them, O Agni ; protect him that he be not torn out by the root! Do thou here cunninglyp. 65 loosen the fetter of Grahi (attack of disease) ; may all the gods give thee leave !
2. Free these three, O Agni, from the three fetters with which they have been shackled ! Do thou cunningly loosen the fetters of Grahi ; release them all, father, sons, and mother !
3. The fetters with which the older brother, whose younger brother has married before him, has been bound, with which he has been encumbered and shackled limb by limb, may they be loosened ; since fit for loosening they are ! Wipe off, O Pushan, the misdeeds upon him that practiseth abortion !
VI, 113. Expiation for certain heinous crimes.
1. On TVzta the gods wiped off this sin, TYzta wiped it off on human beings ; hence if Grahi (attack of disease) has seized thee, may these gods remove her by means of their charm !
2. Enter into the rays, into smoke, O sin ; go into the vapours, and into the fog ! Lose thyself on the foam of the river! Wipe off, O Pushan, the misdeeds upon him that practiseth abortion !
3. Deposited in twelve places is that which has been wiped off TVzta/the sins belonging to humanity.
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