Sukta 11

Mantra 1

संपत्कर्म। ६ पञ्चपदा अतिशक्वरी, ११ त्र्यवसाना षट्-पदा अत्यष्टिः। क॒थं म॒हे असु॑रायाब्रवीरि॒ह क॒थं पि॒त्रे हर॑ये त्वे॒षनृ॑म्णः । पृश्निं॑ वरुण॒ दक्षि॑णां ददा॒वान् पुन॑र्मघ॒ त्वं मन॑साचिकित्सीः

How spakest thou here unto the Great Asura? how unto the Father, unto Hari of vehement might? Varuṇa, having bestowed Pṛśni as the priestly fee, thou, O ever-bounteous, didst with mind discern the course.

Mantra 2

न कामे॑न॒ पुन॑र्मघो भवामि॒ सं च॑क्षे॒ कं पृश्नि॑मे॒तामुपा॑जे । केन॒ नु त्वम॑थर्व॑न् काव्ये॑न॒ केन॑ जा॒तेना॑सि जा॒तवे॑दाः

Not by desire alone, O ever-bounteous, do I attain: I clearly behold Ka; I approach this Pṛśni. By what, indeed, O Atharvan—by what poetic craft, by what birth—art thou Jātavedas?

Mantra 3

स॒त्यम॒हं ग॑भी॒रः काव्ये॑न स॒त्यं जा॒तेना॑स्मि जा॒तवे॑दाः । न मे॑ दा॒सो नार्यो॑ महि॒त्वा व्र॒तं मी॑माय॒ यद॒हं ध॑रि॒ष्ये

True am I, deep by poetic craft; truly by birth am I Jātavedas. Neither Dāsa nor Ārya, by greatness, hath measured out the vow which I shall maintain.

Mantra 4

न त्वद॒न्यः क॒वित॑रो॒ न मे॒धया॒ धीर॑तरो वरुण स्वधावन्। त्वं ता विश्वा॒ भुव॑नानि वेत्थ॒ स चि॒न्नु त्वज्जनो॑ मा॒यी बि॑भाय

None other than thee is more a seer, nor by intelligence more steadfast, O Varuṇa, rich in native might. Thou knowest all those worlds; and even the man of thine, a worker of illusion, is afraid.

Mantra 5

त्वं ह्य॑१ङ्ग व॑रुण स्वधाव॒न् विश्वा॒ वेत्थ॒ जनि॑म सुप्रणीते । किं रज॑स ए॒ना प॒रो अ॒न्यद॑स्त्ये॒ना किं परे॒णाव॑रममुर

For thou, I pray, O Varuṇa of native might, knowest all births, well-guided. What other thing is there beyond this region? and by this, what is the lower side beyond that yonder?

Mantra 6

एकं॒ रज॑स ए॒ना प॒रो अ॒न्यद॑स्त्ये॒ना प॒र एके॑न दु॒र्णशं॑ चिद॒र्वाक्। तत् ते॑ वि॒द्वान् वरु॑ण॒ प्र ब्र॑वीम्य॒धोव॑चसः प॒णयो॑ भवन्तु नी॒चैर्दा॒सा उप॑ सर्पन्तु॒ भूमि॑म्

One region—beyond it by this is another; beyond it again by one more, hard to reach, even though on this side. Knowing this, O Varuṇa, I speak it forth to thee: let the Paṇis be of lowered speech; low let the Dāsas creep unto the ground.

Mantra 7

त्वं ह्य१ङ्ग व॑रुण॒ ब्रवी॑षि॒ पुन॑र्मघेष्वव॒द्यानि॒ भूरि॑ । मो षु प॒णींर॒भ्ये॒३ताव॑तो भू॒न्मा त्वा॑ वोचन्नरा॒धसं॒ जना॑सः

For thou, I pray, O Varuṇa, dost declare again abundant faults amid the gifts. Press not the Paṇis further than this; lest the people call thee ‘unsuccessful in granting’.

Mantra 8

मा मा॑ वोचन्नरा॒धसं॒ जना॑सः॒ पुन॑स्ते॒ पृश्निं॑ जरितर्ददामि । स्तो॒त्रं मे॒ विश्व॒मा या॑हि॒ शची॑भिर॒न्तर्विश्वा॑सु॒ मानु॑षीषु दि॒क्षु

Let not the people, let not the people call thee ‘no bestower’: again to thee, O singer, I give the speckled cow. Come hither to my whole praise with thy powers, within all the human quarters.

Mantra 9

आ ते॑ स्तोत्राण्युद्य॑तानि यन्त्व॒न्तर्विश्वा॑सु॒ मानु॑षीषु दि॒क्षु। दे॒हि नु मे॒ यन्मे॒ अद॑त्तो॒ असि॒ युज्यो॑ मे स॒प्तप॑दः॒ सखा॑सि

Hither let thy praises, uplifted, come—within all the human quarters of the world. Now give thou me that which thou art given unto me: with me thou art a meet ally; a seven-stepped friend art thou.

Mantra 10

स॒मा नौ॒ बन्धु॑र्वरुण स॒मा जा वेदा॒हं तद् यन्ना॑वे॒षा स॒मा जा। ददा॑मि॒ तद् यत् ते अद॑त्तो॒ अस्मि॒ युज्य॑स्ते स॒प्तप॑दः॒ सखा॑स्मि

Equal is our bond, O Varuṇa; equal our kinship: thou knowest that wherein I have not trespassed—equal our kinship. I give that which is thine, for I am given unto thee: fitly joined to thee, a seven-stepped friend am I.

Mantra 11

दे॒वो दे॒वाय॑ गृण॒ते व॑यो॒धा विप्रो॒ विप्रा॑य स्तुव॒ते सु॑मे॒धाः । अजी॑जनो॒ हि व॑रुण स्वधाव॒न्नथ॑र्वाणं पि॒तरं॑ दे॒वब॑न्धुम्। तस्मा॑ उ॒ राधः॑ कृणुहि सुप्रश॒स्तं सखा॑ नो असि पर॒मं च॒ बन्धुः॑

The God, life-bestower, unto the God gives heed—to the inspired priest who lauds, the wise who praises. For thou, O Varuṇa, of thine own might didst beget Atharvan, the Father, the gods’ own kinsman. Therefore for him make bounty, well-renowned: thou art our friend, and our supreme bond.