Atharva Veda · Chapter 12.1

12.1
satyaṃ bṛhadṛtamugraṃ dīkṣā tapo brahma yajñaḥ pṛthivīṃ dhārayanti /
sā no bhūtasya bhavyasya patnyuruṃ lokaṃ pṛthivī naḥ kṛṇotu

asaṃbādhaṃ madhyato mānavānāṃ yasyā udvataḥ pravataḥ samaṃ bahu /
nānāvīryā oṣadhīryā bibharti pṛthivī naḥ prathatāṃ rādhyatāṃ naḥ

yasyāṃ samudra uta sindhurāpo yasyāmannaṃ kṛṣṭayaḥ saṃbabhūvuḥ /
yasyāmidaṃ jinvati prāṇadejatsā no bhūmiḥ pūrvapeye dadhātu

yasyāścatasraḥ pradiśaḥ pṛthivyā yasyāmannaṃ kṛṣṭayaḥ saṃbabhūvuḥ /
yā bibharti bahudhā prāṇadejatsā no bhūmirgoṣvapyanne dadhātu

yasyāṃ pūrve pūrvajanā vicakrire yasyāṃ devā asurān abhyavartayan /
gavāmaśvānāṃ vayasaśca viṣṭhā bhagaṃ varcaḥ pṛthivī no dadhātu

viśvaṃbharā vasudhānī pratiṣṭhā hiraṇyavakṣā jagato niveśanī /
vaiśvānaraṃ bibhratī bhūmiragnimindraṛṣabhā draviṇe no dadhātu

yāṃ rakṣantyasvapnā viśvadānīṃ devā bhūmiṃ pṛthivīmapramādam /
sā no madhu priyaṃ duhāmatho ukṣatu varcasā

yārṇave'dhi salilamagra āsītyāṃ māyābhiranvacaran manīṣiṇaḥ /
yasyā hṛdayaṃ parame vyomantsatyenāvṛtamamṛtaṃ pṛthivyāḥ /
sā no bhūmistviṣiṃ balaṃ rāṣṭre dadhātūttame

yasyāmāpaḥ paricarāḥ samānīrahorātre apramādaṃ kṣaranti /
sā no bhūmirbhūridhārā payo duhāmatho ukṣatu varcasā

yāmaśvināvamimātāṃ viṣṇuryasyāṃ vicakrame /
indro yāṃ cakra ātmane'namitrāṃ śacīpatiḥ /
sā no bhūmirvi sṛjatāṃ mātā putrāya me payaḥ

girayaste parvatā himavanto'raṇyaṃ te pṛthivi syonamastu /
babhruṃ kṛṣṇāṃ rohiṇīṃ viśvarūpāṃ dhruvāṃ bhūmiṃ pṛthivīmindraguptām /
ajīto'hato akṣato'dhyaṣṭhāṃ pṛthivīmaham

yatte madhyaṃ pṛthivi yacca nabhyaṃ yāsta ūrjastanvaḥ saṃbabhūvuḥ /
tāsu no dhehyabhi naḥ pavasva mātā bhūmiḥ putro ahaṃ pṛthivyāḥ parjanyaḥ pitā sa u naḥ pipartu

yasyāṃ vediṃ parigṛhṇanti bhūmyāṃ yasyāṃ yajñaṃ tanvate viśvakarmāṇaḥ /
yasyāṃ mīyante svaravaḥ pṛthivyāmūrdhvāḥ śukrā āhutyāḥ purastāt/
sā no bhūmirvardhayadvardhamānā

yo no dveṣatpṛthivi yaḥ pṛtanyādyo'bhidāsān manasā yo vadhena /
taṃ no bhūme randhaya pūrvakṛtvari

tvajjātāstvayi caranti martyāstvaṃ bibharṣi dvipadastvaṃ catuṣpadaḥ /
taveme pṛthivi pañca mānavā yebhyo jyotiramṛtaṃ martyebhya udyantsūryo raśmibhirātanoti

tā naḥ prajāḥ saṃ duhratāṃ samagrā vāco madhu pṛthivi dhehi mahyam

viśvasvaṃ mātaramoṣadhīnāṃ dhruvāṃ bhūmiṃ pṛthivīṃ dharmaṇā dhṛtām /
śivāṃ syonāmanu carema viśvahā

mahatsadhasthaṃ mahatī babhūvitha mahān vega ejathurvepathuṣṭe /
mahāṃstvendro rakṣatyapramādam /
sā no bhūme pra rocaya hiraṇyasyeva saṃdṛśi mā no dvikṣata kaścana

agnirbhūmyāmoṣadhīṣvagnimāpo bibhratyagniraśmasu /
agnirantaḥ puruṣeṣu goṣvaśveṣvagnayaḥ

agnirdiva ā tapatyagnerdevasyorvantarikṣam /
agniṃ martāsa indhate havyavāhaṃ ghṛtapriyam

agnivāsāḥ pṛthivyasitajñūstviṣīmantaṃ saṃśitaṃ mā kṛṇotu

bhūmyāṃ devebhyo dadati yajñaṃ havyamaraṃkṛtam /
bhūmyāṃ manuṣyā jīvanti svadhayānnena martyāḥ /
sā no bhūmiḥ prāṇamāyurdadhātu jaradaṣṭiṃ mā pṛthivī kṛṇotu

yaste gandhaḥ pṛthivi saṃbabhūva yaṃ bibhratyoṣadhayo yamāpaḥ /
yaṃ gandharvā apsarasaśca bhejire tena mā surabhiṃ kṛṇu mā no dvikṣata kaścana

yaste gandhaḥ puṣkaramāviveśa yaṃ saṃjabhruḥ sūryāyā vivāhe /
amartyāḥ pṛthivi gandhamagre tena mā surabhiṃ kṛṇu mā no dvikṣata kaścana

yaste gandhaḥ puruṣeṣu strīṣu puṃsu bhago ruciḥ /
yo aśveṣu vīreṣu yo mṛgeṣūta hastiṣu /
kanyāyāṃ varco yadbhūme tenāsmām̐ api saṃ sṛja mā no dvikṣata kaścana

śilā bhūmiraśmā pāṃsuḥ sā bhūmiḥ saṃdhṛtā dhṛtā /
tasyai hiraṇyavakṣase pṛthivyā akaraṃ namaḥ

yasyāṃ vṛkṣā vānaspatyā dhruvāstiṣṭhanti viśvahā /
pṛthivīṃ viśvadhāyasaṃ dhṛtāmachāvadāmasi

udīrāṇā utāsīnāstiṣṭhantaḥ prakrāmantaḥ /
padbhyāṃ dakṣiṇasavyābhyāṃ mā vyathiṣmahi bhūmyām

vimṛgvarīṃ pṛthivīmā vadāmi kṣamāṃ bhūmiṃ brahmaṇā vāvṛdhānām /
ūrjaṃ puṣṭaṃ bibhratīmannabhāgaṃ ghṛtaṃ tvābhi ni ṣīdema bhūme

śuddhā na āpastanve kṣarantu yo naḥ sedurapriye taṃ ni dadhmaḥ /
pavitreṇa pṛthivi motpunāmi

yāste prācīḥ pradiśo yā udīcīryāste bhūme adharādyāśca paścāt/
syonāstā mahyaṃ carate bhavantu mā ni paptaṃ bhuvane śiśriyāṇaḥ

mā naḥ paścān mā purastān nudiṣṭhā mottarādadharāduta /
svasti bhūme no bhava mā vidan paripanthino varīyo yāvayā vadham

yāvatte'bhi vipaśyāmi bhūme sūryeṇa medinā /
tāvan me cakṣurmā meṣṭottarāmuttarāṃ samām

yacchayānaḥ paryāvarte dakṣiṇaṃ sakhyamabhi bhūme pārśvamuttānāstvā pratīcīṃ yatpṛṣṭībhiradhiśemahe /
mā hiṃsīstatra no bhūme sarvasya pratiśīvari

yatte bhūme vikhanāmi kṣipraṃ tadapi rohatu /
mā te marma vimṛgvari mā te hṛdayamarpipam

grīṣmaste bhūme varṣāṇi śaraddhemantaḥ śiśiro vasantaḥ /
ṛtavaste vihitā hāyanīrahorātre pṛthivi no duhātām

yāpa sarpaṃ vijamānā vimṛgvarī yasyāmāsann agnayo ye apsvantaḥ /
parā dasyūn dadatī devapīyūn indraṃ vṛṇānā pṛthivī na vṛtraṃ śakrāya dadhre vṛṣabhāya vṛṣṇe

yasyāṃ sadohavirdhāne yūpo yasyāṃ nimīyate /
brahmāṇo yasyāmarcantyṛgbhiḥ sāmnā yajurvidaḥ yujyante yasyāmṛtvijaḥ somamindrāya pātave

yasyāṃ pūrve bhūtakṛta ṛṣayo gā udānṛcuḥ /
sapta satreṇa vedhaso yajñena tapasā saha

sā no bhūmirā diśatu yaddhanaṃ kāmayāmahe /
bhago anuprayuṅktāmindra etu purogavaḥ

yasyāṃ gāyanti nṛtyanti bhūmyāṃ martyā vyailabāḥ /
yudhyante yasyāmākrando yasyāṃ vadati dundubhiḥ /
sā no bhūmiḥ pra ṇudatāṃ sapatnān asapatnaṃ mā pṛthivī kṛṇotu

yasyāmannaṃ vrīhiyavau yasyā imāḥ pañca kṛṣṭayaḥ /
bhūmyai parjanyapatnyai namo'stu varṣamedase

yasyāḥ puro devakṛtāḥ kṣetre yasyā vikurvate /
prajāpatiḥ pṛthivīṃ viśvagarbhāmāśāmāśāṃ raṇyāṃ naḥ kṛṇotu

nidhiṃ bibhratī bahudhā guhā vasu maṇiṃ hiraṇyaṃ pṛthivī dadātu me /
vasūni no vasudā rāsamānā devī dadhātu sumanasyamānā

janaṃ bibhratī bahudhā vivācasaṃ nānādharmāṇaṃ pṛthivī yathaukasam /
sahasraṃ dhārā draviṇasya me duhāṃ dhruveva dhenuranapasphurantī

yaste sarpo vṛścikastṛṣṭadaṃśmā hemantajabdho bhṛmalo guhā śaye /
krimirjinvatpṛthivi yadyadejati prāvṛṣi tan naḥ sarpan mopa sṛpadyacchivaṃ tena no mṛḍa

ye te panthāno bahavo janāyanā rathasya vartmānasaśca yātave /
yaiḥ saṃcarantyubhaye bhadrapāpāstaṃ panthānaṃ jayemānamitramataskaraṃ yacchivaṃ tena no mṛḍa

malvaṃ bibhratī gurubhṛdbhadrapāpasya nidhanaṃ titikṣuḥ /
varāheṇa pṛthivī saṃvidānā sūkarāya vi jihīte mṛgāya

ye ta āraṇyāḥ paśavo mṛgā vane hitāḥ siṃhā vyāghrāḥ puruṣādaścaranti /
ulaṃ vṛkaṃ pṛthivi duchunāmita ṛkṣīkāṃ rakṣo apa bādhayāsmat

ye gandharvā apsaraso ye cārāyāḥ kimīdinaḥ /
piśācāntsarvā rakṣāṃsi tān asmadbhūme yāvaya

yāṃ dvipādaḥ pakṣiṇaḥ saṃpatanti haṃsāḥ suparṇāḥ śakunā vayāṃsi /
yasyāṃ vāto mātariśveyate rajāṃsi kṛṇvaṃścyāvayaṃśca vṛkṣān /
vātasya pravāmupavāmanu vātyarciḥ

yasyāṃ kṛṣṇamaruṇaṃ ca saṃhite ahorātre vihite bhūmyāmadhi /
varṣeṇa bhūmiḥ pṛthivī vṛtāvṛtā sā no dadhātu bhadrayā priye dhāmanidhāmani

dyauśca ma idaṃ pṛthivī cāntarikṣaṃ ca me vyacaḥ /
agniḥ sūrya āpo medhāṃ viśve devāśca saṃ daduḥ

ahamasmi sahamāna uttaro nāma bhūmyām /
abhīṣāḍasmi viśvāṣāḍāśāmāśāṃ viṣāsahiḥ

ado yaddevi prathamānā purastāddevairuktā vyasarpo mahitvam /
ā tvā subhūtamaviśattadānīmakalpayathāḥ pradiśaścatasraḥ

ye grāmā yadaraṇyaṃ yāḥ sabhā adhi bhūmyām /
ye saṃgrāmāḥ samitayasteṣu cāru vadema te

aśva iva rajo dudhuve vi tān janān ya ākṣiyan pṛthivīṃ yādajāyata /
mandrāgretvarī bhuvanasya gopā vanaspatīnāṃ gṛbhiroṣadhīnām

yadvadāmi madhumattadvadāmi yadīkṣe tadvananti mā /
tviṣīmān asmi jūtimān avānyān hanmi dodhataḥ

śantivā surabhiḥ syonā kīlālodhnī payasvatī /
bhūmiradhi bravītu me pṛthivī payasā saha

yāmanvaicchaddhaviṣā viśvakarmāntararṇave rajasi praviṣṭām /
bhujiṣyaṃ pātraṃ nihitaṃ guhā yadāvirbhoge abhavan mātṛmadbhyaḥ

tvamasyāvapanī janānāmaditiḥ kāmadughā paprathānā /
yatta ūnaṃ tatta ā pūrayāti prajāpatiḥ prathamajā ṛtasya

upasthāste anamīvā ayakṣmā asmabhyaṃ santu pṛthivi prasūtāḥ /
dīrghaṃ na āyuḥ pratibudhyamānā vayaṃ tubhyaṃ balihṛtaḥ syāma

bhūme mātarni dhehi mā bhadrayā supratiṣṭhitam /
saṃvidānā divā kave śriyāṃ mā dhehi bhūtyām