Atharva Veda · Chapter 12.2

naḍamā roha na te atra loka idaṃ sīsaṃ bhāgadheyaṃ ta ehi /
yo goṣu yakṣmaḥ puruṣeṣu yakṣmastena tvaṃ sākamadharāṅparehi

aghaśaṃsaduḥśaṃsābhyāṃ kareṇānukareṇa ca /
yakṣmaṃ ca sarvaṃ teneto mṛtyuṃ ca nirajāmasi

nirito mṛtyuṃ nirṛtiṃ nirarātimajāmasi /
yo no dveṣṭi tamaddhyagne akravyādyamu dviṣmastamu te pra suvāmasi

yadyagniḥ kravyādyadi vā vyāghra imaṃ goṣṭhaṃ praviveśānyokāḥ /
taṃ māṣājyaṃ kṛtvā pra hiṇomi dūraṃ sa gacchatvapsuṣado'pyagnīn

yattvā kruddhāḥ pracakrurmanyunā puruṣe mṛte /
sukalpamagne tattvayā punastvoddīpayāmasi

punastvādityā rudrā vasavaḥ punarbrahmā vasunītiragne /
punastvā brahmaṇaspatirādhāddīrghāyutvāya śataśāradāya

yo agniḥ kravyātpraviveśa no gṛhamimaṃ paśyann itaraṃ jātavedasam /
taṃ harāmi pitṛyajñāya dūraṃ sa gharmamindhāṃ parame sadhasthe

kravyādamagniṃ pra hiṇomi dūraṃ yamarājño gacchatu ripravāhaḥ /
ihāyamitaro jātavedā devo devebhyo havyaṃ vahatu prajānan

kravyādamagnimiṣito harāmi janān dṛṃhantaṃ vajreṇa mṛtyum /
ni taṃ śāsmi gārhapatyena vidvān pitṝṇāṃ loke'pi bhāgo astu

kravyādamagniṃ śaśamānamukthyaṃ pra hiṇomi pathibhiḥ pitṛyāṇaiḥ /
mā devayānaiḥ punarā gā atraivaidhi pitṛṣu jāgṛhi tvam

samindhate saṃkasukaṃ svastaye śuddhā bhavantaḥ śucayaḥ pāvakāḥ /
jahāti ripramatyena eti samiddho agniḥ supunā punāti

devo agniḥ saṃkasuko divaspṛṣṭhānyāruhat/
mucyamāno nireṇaso'mogasmāmaśastyāḥ

asmin vayaṃ saṃkasuke agnau riprāṇi mṛjmahe /
abhūma yajñiyāḥ śuddhāḥ pra ṇa āyūṃṣi tāriṣat

saṃkasuko vikasuko nirṛtho yaśca nisvaraḥ /
te te yakṣmaṃ savedaso dūrāddūramanīnaśan

yo no aśveṣu vīreṣu yo no goṣvajāviṣu /
kravyādaṃ nirṇudāmasi yo agnirjanayopanaḥ

anyebhyastvā puruṣebhyo gobhyo aśvebhyastvā /
niḥ kravyādaṃ nudāmasi yo agnirjīvitayopanaḥ

yasmin devā amṛjata yasmin manuṣyā uta /
tasmin ghṛtastāvo mṛṣṭvā tvamagne divaṃ ruha

samiddho agna āhuta sa no mābhyapakramīḥ /
atraiva dīdihi dyavi jyokca sūryaṃ dṛśe

sīse mṛḍḍhvaṃ naḍe mṛḍḍhvamagnau saṃkasuke ca yat/
atho avyāṃ rāmāyāṃ śīrṣaktimupabarhaṇe

sīse malaṃ sādayitvā śīrṣaktimupabarhaṇe /
avyāmasiknyāṃ mṛṣṭvā śuddhā bhavata yajñiyāḥ

paraṃ mṛtyo anu parehi panthāṃ yasta eṣa itaro devayānāt/
cakṣuṣmate śṛṇvate te bravīmīheme vīrā bahavo bhavantu

ime jīvā vi mṛtairāvavṛtrann abhūdbhadrā devahūtirno adya /
prāñco agāma nṛtaye hasāya suvīrāso vidathamā vadema

imaṃ jīvebhyaḥ paridhiṃ dadhāmi maiṣāṃ nu gādaparo arthametam /
śataṃ jīvantaḥ śaradaḥ purūcīstiro mṛtyuṃ dadhatāṃ parvatena

ā rohatāyurjarasaṃ vṛṇānā anupūrvaṃ yatamānā yati stha /
tān vastvaṣṭā sujanimā sajoṣāḥ sarvamāyurnayatu jīvanāya

yathāhānyanupūrvaṃ bhavanti yatha rtava ṛtubhiryanti sākam /
yathā na pūrvamaparo jahātyevā dhātarāyūṃṣi kalpayaiṣām

aśmanvatī rīyate saṃ rabhadhvaṃ vīrayadhvaṃ pra taratā sakhāyaḥ /
atrā jahīta ye asan durevā anamīvān uttaremābhi vājān

uttiṣṭhatā pra taratā sakhāyo'śmanvatī nadī syandata iyam /
atrā jahīta ye asann aśivāḥ śivāntsyonān uttaremābhi vājān

vaiśvadevīṃ varcasā ā rabhadhvaṃ śuddhā bhavantaḥ śucayaḥ pāvakāḥ /
atikrāmanto duritā padāni śataṃ himāḥ sarvavīrā madema

udīcīnaiḥ pathibhirvāyumadbhiratikrāmanto'varān parebhiḥ /
triḥ sapta kṛtva ṛṣayaḥ paretā mṛtyuṃ pratyauhan padayopanena

mṛtyoḥ padaṃ yopayanta eta drāghīya āyuḥ prataraṃ dadhānāḥ /
āsīnā mṛtyuṃ nudatā sadhasthe'tha jīvāso vidathamā vadema

imā nārīravidhavāḥ supatnīrāñjanena sarpiṣā saṃ spṛśantām /
anaśravo anamīvāḥ suratnā ā rohantu janayo yonimagre

vyākaromi haviṣāhametau tau brahmaṇā vyahaṃ kalpayāmi /
svadhāṃ pitṛbhyo ajarāṃ kṛṇomi dīrgheṇāyuṣā samimāntsṛjāmi

yo no agniḥ pitaro hṛtsvantarāviveśāmṛto martyeṣu /
mayyahaṃ taṃ pari gṛhṇāmi devaṃ mā so asmān dvikṣata mā vayaṃ tam

apāvṛtya gārhapatyātkravyādā preta dakṣiṇā /
priyaṃ pitṛbhya ātmane brahmabhyaḥ kṛṇutā priyam

dvibhāgadhanamādāya pra kṣiṇātyavartyā /
agniḥ putrasya jyeṣṭhasya yaḥ kravyādanirāhitaḥ

yatkṛṣate yadvanute yacca vasnena vindate /
sarvaṃ martyasya tan nāsti kravyāccedanirāhitaḥ

ayajñiyo hatavarcā bhavati nainena havirattave /
chinatti kṛṣyā gordhanādyaṃ kravyādanuvartate

muhurgṛdhyaiḥ pra vadatyārtiṃ martyo nītya /
kravyādyān agnirantikādanuvidvān vitāvati

grāhyā gṛhāḥ saṃ sṛjyante striyā yan mriyate patiḥ /
brahmaiva vidvān eṣyo yaḥ kravyādaṃ nirādadhat

yadripraṃ śamalaṃ cakṛma yacca duṣkṛtam /
āpo mā tasmācchumbhantvagneḥ saṃkasukācca yat

tā adharādudīcīrāvavṛtran prajānaitīḥ pathibhirdevayānaiḥ /
parvatasya vṛṣabhasyādhi pṛṣṭhe navāścaranti saritaḥ purāṇīḥ

agne akravyān niḥ kravyādaṃ nudā devayajanaṃ vaha

imaṃ kravyādā viveśāyaṃ kravyādamanvagāt/
vyāghrau kṛtvā nānānaṃ taṃ harāmi śivāparam

antardhirdevānāṃ paridhirmanuṣyāṇāmagnirgārhapatya ubhayān antarā śritaḥ

jīvānāmāyuḥ pra tira tvamagne pitṝṇāṃ lokamapi gacchantu ye mṛtāḥ /
sugārhapatyo vitapann arātimuṣāmuṣāṃ śreyasīṃ dhehyasmai

sarvān agne sahamānaḥ sapatnān aiṣāmūrjaṃ rayimasmāsu dhehi

imamindraṃ vahniṃ paprimanvārabhadhvaṃ sa vo nirvakṣadduritādavadyāt/
tenāpa hata śarumāpatantaṃ tena rudrasya pari pātāstām

anaḍvāhaṃ plavamanvārabhadhvaṃ sa vo nirvakṣadduritādavadyāt/
ā rohata saviturnāvametāṃ ṣaḍbhirurvībhiramatiṃ tarema

ahorātre anveṣi bibhratkṣemyastiṣṭhan prataraṇaḥ suvīraḥ /
anāturāntsumanasastalpa bibhrajjyogeva naḥ puruṣagandhiredhi

te devebhya ā vṛścante pāpaṃ jīvanti sarvadā /
kravyādyān agnirantikādaśva ivānuvapate naḍam

ye'śraddhā dhanakāmyā kravyādā samāsate /
te vā anyeṣāṃ kumbhīṃ paryādadhati sarvadā

preva pipatiṣati manasā muhurā vartate punaḥ /
kravyādyān agnirantikādanuvidvān vitāvati

aviḥ kṛṣṇā bhāgadheyaṃ paśūnāṃ sīsaṃ kravyādapi candraṃ ta āhuḥ /
māṣāḥ piṣṭā bhāgadheyaṃ te havyamaraṇyānyā gahvaraṃ sacasva

iṣīkāṃ jaratīmiṣṭvā tilpiñjaṃ daṇḍanaṃ naḍam /
tamindra idhmaṃ kṛtvā yamasyāgniṃ nirādadhau

pratyañcamarkaṃ pratyarpayitvā pravidvān panthāṃ vi hyāviveśa /
parāmīṣāmasūn dideśa dīrgheṇāyuṣā samimāntsṛjāmi