Atharvaveda 11.8
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 11.8
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11.8.1
[10].1a) yán manyúr jāyā́m ā́vahat saṃkalpásya gr̥hā́d ádhi |
[10].1c) ká āsaṃ jányāḥ ké varā́ḥ ká u jyeṣṭhavarò 'bhavat ||1||
When fury (manyú) brought his wife away from the house of contrivance (saṁkalpá), who were the groomsmen (jánya)? who the wooers (vará)? who also was chief wooer?
11.8.2
[10].2a) tápaś caivā́stāṃ kárma cāntár mahaty àrṇavé |
[10].2c) tá āsaṃ jányās té varā́ bráhma jyeṣṭhavarò 'bhavat ||2||
Penance and also action were within the great sea (arṇavá); those were the groomsmen, those the wooers; the bráhman was chief wooer.
11.8.3
[10].3a) dáśa sākám ajāyanta devā́ devébhyaḥ purā́ |
[10].3c) yó vái tā́n vidyā́t pratyákṣaṃ sá vā́ adyá mahád vadet ||3||
Ten gods were born together from gods of old; whoever may know them plainly, he verily may talk big to-day.
11.8.4
[10].4a) prāṇāpānáu cákṣuḥ śrótram ákṣitiś ca kṣítiś ca yā́ |
[10].4c) vyānodānáu vā́ṅ mánas té vā́ ā́kūtim ā́vahan ||4||
Breath-and-expiration, sight, hearing, indestructibleness and destruction, out-breathing and up-breathing, speech, mind—they verily brought design (ā́kūti).
11.8.5
[10].5a) ájātā āsann r̥távó 'tho dhātā́ bŕ̥haspátiḥ |
[10].5c) indrāgnī́ aśvínā tárhi káṃ té jyeṣṭhám úpāsata ||5||
Unborn were the seasons, likewise Dhātar, Brihaspati, Indra-andAgni, the two Açvins, at that time: whom did they worship (upa-ās) [as] chief?
11.8.6
[10].6a) tápaś caivā́stāṃ kárma cāntár mahaty àrṇavé |
[10].6c) tápo ha jajñe kármaṇas tát té jyeṣṭhám úpāsata ||6||
Both penance, namely, and action were within the great sea; penance was born from action; that did they worship as chief.
11.8.7
[10].7a) yétá ā́sīd bhū́miḥ pū́rvā yā́m addhātáya íd vidúḥ |
[10].7c) yó vái tā́ṃ vidyā́n nāmáthā sá manyeta purāṇavít ||7||
The earth that was previous to this one (itás), which the sages (addhātí) indeed knew—whoever may know that by name, he may think himself knowing in ancient things.
11.8.8
[10].8a) kúta índraḥ kútaḥ sómaḥ kúto agnír ajāyata |
[10].8c) kútas tváṣṭā sám abhavat kúto dhātā́jāyata ||8||
Whence was Indra, whence Soma, whence Agni born? whence did Tvashṭar come into being? whence was Dhātar born?
11.8.9
[10].9a) índrād índraḥ sómāt sómo agnér agnír ajāyata |
[10].9c) tváṣṭā ha jajñe tváṣṭur dhātúr dhātā́jāyata ||9||
From Indra Indra, from Soma Soma, from Agni Agni was born; Tvashṭar was born from Tvashṭar; from Dhātar Dhātar was born.
11.8.10
[10].10a) yé tá ā́san dáśa jātā́ devā́ devébhyaḥ purā́ |
[10].10c) putrébhyo lokáṃ dattvā́ kásmiṃs té loká āsate ||10||
The ten gods that were of old, born from gods—having given the world to [their] sons, in what world sit they?
11.8.11
[10].11a) yadā́ kéśān ásthi snā́va māṃsáṃ majjā́nam ā́bharat |
[10].11c) śárīraṃ kr̥tvā́ pā́davat káṃ lokám ánu prā́viśat ||11||
When he brought hair, bone, sinew, flesh, marrow, having made a body with feet, what world did he afterward enter?
11.8.12
[10].12a) kútaḥ kéśān kútaḥ snā́va kúto ásthīny ā́bharat |
[10].12c) áṅgā párvāṇi majjā́naṃ kó māṃsáṃ kúta ā́bharat ||12||
Whence brought he the hair, whence the sinew, whence the bones? the limbs, the joints, the marrow, the flesh who brought from whence?
11.8.13
[10].13a) saṃsíco nā́ma té devā́ yé saṃbhārā́nt samábharan |
[10].13c) sárvaṃ saṃsícya mártyaṃ devā́ḥ púruṣam ā́viśan ||13||
Pourers-together namely are those gods who brought together the bringings-together; having poured together the whole mortal, the gods entered man.
11.8.14
[10].14a) ūrū́ pā́dāv aṣṭhīvántau śíro hástāv átho múkham |
[10].14c) pr̥ṣṭī́r barjahyè pārśvé kás tát sám adadhād ŕ̥ṣiḥ ||14||
Thighs, feet, knee-joints, head, hands, also face, ribs, nipples (? barjahyà), sides: what seer put that together?
11.8.15
[10].15a) śíro hástāv átho múkhaṃ jihvā́ṃ grīvā́ś ca kī́kasāḥ |
[10].15c) tvacā́ prāvŕ̥tya sárvaṃ tát saṃdhā́ sám adadhān mahī́ ||15||
Head, hands, also face, tongue and neck, vertebræ—all that, having enveloped with skin, the great putting-together put together.
11.8.16
[10].16a) yát tác chárīram áśayat saṃdháyā sáṃhitaṃ mahát |
[10].16c) yénedám adyá rócate kó asmin várṇam ā́bharat ||16||
The great body which lay there, put together by the putting-together—who brought into it the color with which it shines (ruc) here today?
11.8.17
[10].17a) sárve devā́ úpāśikṣan tád ajānād vadhū́ḥ satī́ |
[10].17c) īśā́ váśasya yā́ jāyā́ sā́smin várṇam ā́bharat ||17||
All the gods assisted (? upa-çikṣ); that she who was a woman knew; she who was wife of control (? váça), mistress (īçā́), brought color into it.
11.8.18
[10].18a) yadā́ tváṣṭā vyátr̥ṇat pitā́ tváṣṭur yá úttaraḥ |
[10].18c) gr̥háṃ kr̥tvā́ mártyaṃ devā́ḥ púruṣam ā́viśan ||18||
When Tvashṭar bored through [him?] who [was] the superior father of Tvashṭar, having made the mortal a house, the gods entered into man.
11.8.19
[10].19a) svápno vái tandrī́r nírr̥tiḥ pāpmā́no nā́ma devátāḥ |
[10].19c) jarā́ khā́latyaṃ pā́lityaṃ śárīram ánu prā́viśan ||19||
Sleep, weariness, misery (nírṛti), the deities named evils, old age, baldness, hoariness, entered the body afterward (ánu).
11.8.20
[10].20a) stéyaṃ duṣkr̥táṃ vr̥jináṃ satyáṃ yajñó yáśo br̥hát |
[10].20c) bálaṃ ca kṣatrám ójaś ca śárīram ánu prā́viśan ||20||
Theft, ill-doing, wrong, truth, sacrifice, great glory, both strength, dominion, and force, entered the body afterward.
11.8.21
[10].21a) bhū́tiś ca vā́ ábhūtiś ca rātáyó 'rātayaś ca yā́ḥ |
[10].21c) kṣúdhaś ca sárvās tŕ̥ṣṇāś ca śárīram ánu prā́viśan ||21||
Both growth (bhū́ti) and diminution, generosities and niggardlinesses, both hungerings and all thirstings, entered the body afterward.
11.8.22
[10].22a) nindā́ś ca vā́ ánindāś ca yác ca hántéti néti ca |
[10].22c) śárīraṃ śraddhā́ dákṣiṇā́śraddhā cā́nu prā́viśan ||22||
Both revilings and non-revilings, both what [says] "come on" (hánta) and "no," faith, the sacrificial fee, and non-faith, entered the body afterward.
11.8.23
[10].23a) vidyā́ś ca vā́ ávidyāś ca yác cānyád upadeśyàm |
[10].23c) śárīraṃ bráhma prā́viśad ŕ̥caḥ sā́mā́tho yájuḥ ||23||
Both knowledges and ignorances, and what else is to be taught (upa-diç); the bráhman entered the body; the verses, the chant, also the formula.
11.8.24
[10].24a) ānandā́ módāḥ pramúdo 'bhīmodamúdaś ca yé |
[10].24c) hasó naríṣṭā nr̥ttā́ni śárīram ánu prā́viśan ||24||
Delights, joys, enjoyments, and they that enjoy enjoyments, laughter, sport, dances, entered the body afterward.
11.8.25
[10].25a) ālāpā́ś ca pralāpā́ś cābhīlāpalápaś ca yé |
[10].25c) śárīraṃ sárve prā́viśann āyújaḥ prayújo yújaḥ ||25||
Both appeals (ālāpá) and pratings (pralāpá), and they who utter (-lap) addresses (abhīlāpa-)—all entered the body, joiners-on (āyúj), joiners-forth (prayúj), joiners.
11.8.26
[10].26a) prāṇāpānáu cákṣuḥ śrótram ákṣitiś ca kṣítiś ca yā́ |
[10].26c) vyānodānáu vā́ṅ mánaḥ śárīreṇa tá īyante ||26||
Breath-and-expiration, sight, hearing, indestructibleness and destruction, out-breathing and up-breathing, speech, mind—they go about (īja-) with the body.
11.8.27
[10].27a) āśíṣaś ca praśíṣaś ca saṃśíṣo viśíṣaś ca yā́ḥ |
[10].27c) cittā́ni sárve saṃkalpā́ḥ śárīram ánu prā́viśan ||27||
Both blessings (āçís) and precepts (praçís), demands (saṁçís) and explanations (viçís), thoughts, all devisings, entered the body afterward.
11.8.28
[10].28a) ā́steyīś ca vā́steyīś ca tvaraṇā́ḥ kr̥paṇā́ś ca yā́ḥ |
[10].28c) gúhyāḥ śukrā́ sthūlā́ apás tā́ bībhatsā́v asādayan ||28||
Both those of the blood and those of the bladder, the hasting and those that are pitiable, the secret, the clear, the thick waters—those they caused to settle in the repugnant one.
11.8.29
[10].29a) ásthi kr̥tvā́ samídhaṃ tád aṣṭā́po asādayan |
[10].29c) rétaḥ kr̥tvā́jyaṃ devā́ḥ púruṣam ā́viśan ||29||
Having made bone [their] fuel, then they caused eight waters to settle; having made seed [their] sacrificial butter, the gods entered man.
11.8.30
[10].30a) yā́ ā́po yā́ś ca devátā yā́ virā́ḍ bráhmaṇā sahá |
[10].30c) śárīraṃ bráhma prā́viśac chárīré 'dhi prajā́patiḥ ||30||
What waters [there are], and what deities, what virā́j, with bráhman; bráhman entered the body; on (ádhi) the body [is] Prajāpati.
11.8.31
[10].31a) sū́ryaś cákṣur vā́taḥ prāṇáṃ púruṣasya ví bhejire |
[10].31c) áthāsyétaram ātmā́naṃ devā́ḥ prā́yachann agnáye ||31||
The sun, the wind, shared [respectively] the eye, the breath of man; then his other self the gods bestowed (pra-yam) on Agni.
11.8.32
[10].32a) tásmād vái vidvā́n púruṣam idáṃ bráhméti manyate |
[10].32c) sárvā hy àsmin devátā gā́vo goṣṭhá ivā́sate ||32||
Therefore, indeed, one who knows man ⌊púruṣa⌋ thinks "this is bráhman"; for all deities are seated in him, as cows in a cow-stall.
11.8.33
[10].33a) prathaména pramāréṇa tredhā́ víṣvaṅ ví gachati |
[10].33c) adá ékena gáchaty adá ékena gachatīháikena ní ṣevate ||33||
By the first dying, it goes apart dividing threefold: yonder goes it with one [part]; yonder goes it with one; here with one it dwells (? ni-sev).
11.8.34
[10].34a) apsú stīmā́su vr̥ddhā́su śárīram antarā́ hitám |
[10].34c) tásmiṃ chávó 'dhy antarā́ tásmāc chávó 'dhy ucyate ||34||
Within waters that are sluggish (? stīmá), old, is the body placed; within that is might (? çáva, çávas?); thence is it called might.
Translations (2)
- Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8) — William Dwight Whitney 1905, English
- The Hymns of the Atharvaveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1895, English
Commentaries (2)
- Atharvavedabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit
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