Atharva Veda · Chapter 10.8

10.8
yo bhūtaṃ ca bhavyaṃ ca sarvaṃ yaścādhitiṣṭhati /
svaryasya ca kevalaṃ tasmai jyeṣṭhāya brahmaṇe namaḥ

skambheneme viṣṭabhite dyauśca bhūmiśca tiṣṭhataḥ /
skambha idaṃ sarvamātmanvadyatprāṇan nimiṣacca yat

tisro ha prajā atyāyamāyan nyanyā arkamabhito'viśanta /
bṛhan ha tasthau rajaso vimāno harito hariṇīrā viveśa

dvādaśa pradhayaścakramekaṃ trīṇi nabhyāni ka u tacciketa /
tatrāhatāstrīṇi śatāni śaṅkavaḥ ṣaṣṭiśca khīlā avicācalā ye

idaṃ savitarvi jānīhi ṣaḍyamā eka ekajaḥ /
tasmin hāpitvamicchante ya eṣāmeka ekajaḥ

āviḥ san nihitaṃ guhā jaran nāma mahatpadam /
tatredaṃ sarvamārpitamejatprāṇatpratiṣṭhitam

ekacakraṃ vartata ekanemi sahasrākṣaraṃ pra puro ni paścā /
ardhena viśvaṃ bhuvanaṃ jajāna yadasyārdhaṃ kva tadbabhūva

pañcavāhī vahatyagrameṣāṃ praṣṭayo yuktā anusaṃvahanti /
ayātamasya dadṛśe na yātaṃ paraṃ nedīyo'varaṃ davīyaḥ

tiryagbilaścamasa ūrdhvabudhnastasmin yaśo nihitaṃ viśvarūpam /
tadāsata ṛṣayaḥ sapta sākaṃ ye asya gopā mahato babhūvuḥ

yā purastādyujyate yā ca paścādyā viśvato yujyate yā ca sarvataḥ /
yayā yajñaḥ prāṅtāyate tāṃ tvā pṛcchāmi katamā sarcām

yadejati patati yacca tiṣṭhati prāṇadaprāṇan nimiṣacca yadbhuvat/
taddādhāra pṛthivīṃ viśvarūpaṃ tatsaṃbhūya bhavatyekameva

anantaṃ vitataṃ purutrānantamantavaccā samante /
te nākapālaścarati vicinvan vidvān bhūtamuta bhavyamasya

prajāpatiścarati garbhe antaradṛśyamāno bahudhā vi jāyate /
ardhena viśvaṃ bhuvanaṃ jajāna yadasyārdhaṃ katamaḥ sa ketuḥ

ūrdhvaṃ bharantamudakaṃ kumbhenevodahāryam /
paśyanti sarve cakṣuṣā na sarve manasā viduḥ

dūre pūrṇena vasati dūra ūnena hīyate /
mahadyakṣaṃ bhuvanasya madhye tasmai baliṃ rāṣṭrabhṛto bharanti

yataḥ sūryaḥ udetyastaṃ yatra ca gacchati /
tadeva manye'haṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ tadu nātyeti kiṃ cana

ye arvāṅmadhya uta vā purāṇaṃ vedaṃ vidvāṃsamabhito vadanti /
ādityameva te pari vadanti sarve agniṃ dvitīyaṃ trivṛtaṃ ca haṃsam

sahasrāhṇyaṃ viyatāvasya pakṣau harerhaṃsasya patataḥ svargam /
sa devāntsarvān urasyupadadya saṃpaśyan yāti bhuvanāni viśvā

satyenordhvastapati brahmaṇārvāṅvi paśyati /
prāṇena tiryaṅprāṇati yasmin jyeṣṭhamadhi śritam

yo vai te vidyādaraṇī yābhyāṃ nirmathyate vasu /
sa vidvān jyeṣṭhaṃ manyeta sa vidyādbrāhmaṇaṃ mahat

apādagre samabhavatso agre svarābharat/
catuṣpādbhūtvā bhogyaḥ sarvamādatta bhojanam

bhogyo bhavadatho annamadadbahu /
yo devamuttarāvantamupāsātai sanātanam

sanātanamenamāhurutādya syātpunarṇavaḥ /
ahorātre pra jāyete anyo anyasya rūpayoḥ

śataṃ sahasramayutaṃ nyarbudamasaṃkhyeyaṃ svamasmin niviṣṭam /
tadasya ghnantyabhipaśyata eva tasmāddevo rocateṣa etat

bālādekamaṇīyaskamutaikaṃ neva dṛśyate /
tataḥ pariṣvajīyasī devatā sā mama priyā

iyaṃ kalyāṇyajarā martyasyāmṛtā gṛhe /
yasmai kṛtā śaye sa yaścakāra jajāra saḥ

tvaṃ strī tvaṃ pumān asi tvaṃ kumāra uta vā kumārī//
tvaṃ jīrṇo daṇḍena vañcasi tvaṃ jāto bhavasi viśvatomukhaḥ

utaiṣāṃ pitota vā putra eṣāmutaiṣāṃ jyeṣṭha uta vā kaniṣṭhaḥ /
eko ha devo manasi praviṣṭaḥ prathamo jātaḥ sa u garbhe antaḥ

pūrṇātpūrṇamudacati pūrṇaṃ pūrṇena sicyate /
uto tadadya vidyāma yatastatpariṣicyate

eṣā sanatnī sanameva jātaiṣā purāṇī pari sarvaṃ babhūva /
mahī devyuṣaso vibhātī saikenaikena miṣatā vi caṣṭe

avirvai nāma devatartenāste parīvṛtā /
tasyā rūpeṇeme vṛkṣā haritā haritasrajaḥ

anti santaṃ na jahātyanti santaṃ na paśyati /
devasya paśya kāvyaṃ na mamāra na jīryati

apūrveṇeṣitā vācastā vadanti yathāyatham /
vadantīryatra gacchanti tadāhurbrāhmaṇaṃ mahat

yatra devāśca manuṣyāścārā nābhāviva śritāḥ /
apāṃ tvā puṣpaṃ pṛchāmi yatra tan māyayā hitam

yebhirvāta iṣitaḥ pravāti ye dadante pañca diśaḥ sadhrīcīḥ /
ya āhutimatyamanyanta devā apāṃ netāraḥ katame ta āsan

imāmeṣāṃ pṛthivīṃ vasta eko'ntarikṣaṃ paryeko babhūva /
divameṣāṃ dadate yo vidhartā viśvā āśāḥ prati rakṣantyeke

yo vidyātsūtraṃ vitataṃ yasminn otāḥ prajā imāḥ /
sūtraṃ sūtrasya yo vidyādsa vidyādbrāhmaṇaṃ mahat

vedāhaṃ sūtraṃ vitataṃ yasminn otāḥ prajā imāḥ /
sūtraṃ sūtrasyāhaṃ vedātho yadbrāhmaṇaṃ mahad

yadantarā dyāvāpṛthivī agniraitpradahan viśvadāvyaḥ /
yatrātiṣṭhann ekapatnīḥ parastātkvevāsīn mātariśvā tadānīm

apsvāsīn mātariśvā praviṣṭaḥ praviṣṭā devāḥ salilānyāsan//
bṛhan ha tasthau rajaso vimānaḥ pavamāno harita ā viveśa

uttareṇeva gayatrīmamṛte'dhi vi cakrame /
sāmnā ye sāma saṃvidurajastaddadṛśe kva

niveśanaḥ saṃgamano vasūnāṃ deva iva savitā satyadharmā /
indro na tasthau samare dhanānām

puṇḍarīkaṃ navadvāraṃ tribhirguṇebhirāvṛtam /
tasmin yadyakṣamātmanvattadvai brahmavido viduḥ

akāmo dhīro amṛtaḥ svayaṃbhū rasena tṛpto na kutaścanonaḥ /
tameva vidvān na bibhāya mṛtyorātmānaṃ dhīramajaraṃ yuvānam