Guest guest Posted July 22, 2002 Report Share Posted July 22, 2002 The great truth, inviolable law, consecration, austerity, prayer and sacrificial ritual, sustain the Earth. May she, the mistress of what is and is to be, spread wide to provide us ample space. Untrammled in the midst of men, the Earth, possessed of the ascent, slopes and plains, bears various healing herbs. May she spread wide to provide us joy! On whom are the oceans, the rivers, the waters, on whom have come forth food and ploughman's crops, on whom moves all the breathes, and that stirs. May she gives us the first drought! The four quarters belong to Earth, on her grows food, on her grow the ploughman's crops. She bears all that breathes and that stirs. May that Earth grant us kine and food in abundance ! On whom the people in yore spread themselves far and wide, on whom the gods defeated the demons, on the abode of kine, of horses and of birds. May this earth grants us good fortune and splendour! Bearing all, holding treasure, firmly established, golden bosomed, sustainer of life, bearing the Vaishvanara, the universal fire, whose hero is Indra, may she prosper us ! Boundless Earth, whom the gods, sleepless defend all the time with great care, may she yield us honey so desired, and pour on us splendour! Earth who in the beginning was water upon the ocean, whom the seers discerned with their spiritual powers, whose eternal heart covered in truth abides in the highest heaven. May she bestows upon us strength, splendour and highest royalty! On whom the waters flow, always the same, night and day, ceaseless, may this Earth, of many rivers, yield us milk and pour on us her splendour in plenty! May this Earth, whom the Ashvins measured, on whose vastness Vishnu strode, whom Indra, the mighty, freed from enemies, release milk for us like a mother to her son! May thy hills, O Earth, thy snow-clad mountains, thy forests, be pleasant to us. Brown, black, red, of varied forms, firmly established is this Earth, protected by Indra. I, unharmed, unconquered, unharassed have my abode on this earth. Grant us, O earth, those vital refreshments, which are confined to thy middle, in thy navel and those within thy body, purify us fully. She is mother, I am earth's son, Parjanya is my father, may she ever preserve us! The Earth on which they enclose the sacred alter, on which a group of men make the sacrificial offering, on which are fixed the sacrificial posts, tall, bright prior to the sacrifice, may this Earth grant us increase. Those who would hate us, fight us, O Earth, who would oppose us mentally or with deadly weapons, do thou deliver them to us, before they act. All beings born of thee, go about on thee, thou bearest all the bipeds, quadrupeds. To thee belong these five races of men, those mortals on whom the rising sun pours his immortals rays. May all the creatures, without exception, yield to me the honey of speech, O Earth, grant me this boon! The mother of all plants and begetter of herbs, firmly established Earth, sustained by law, is auspicious and pleasant, may we ever dwell on her moving about here and there. O Earth, thou has become great, as a great station, great is thy motion, great thy stirring and thy quaking. The great Indra ever protects thee. O earth, make us shine like burnished gold, may noneso ever hate us! Agni abides in Earth, in the plants, the waters contain Agni. Agni is in stones, Agni is in the heart of Men, within cattle, in horses there are Agnis Agni flashes heat from the heavens, the vast atmosphere here belongs to Agni, Agni, it is that is kindled by the mortal men, as conveyor of oblation, the ghee bearer May the Earth, clad in fire, black-kneed, grant me sharpness of intelligence and splendour On the Earth the mortal men offer sacrifice to the Gods and well prepared oblations. There they live on food and nourishment, may that grant us life and breath, allowing us to attain ripe old age. O Mother earth, fill me with that fragrance in plenty, which is there in the herbs, in the waters and in thee, and which is shared by the Gandharvas and Apsaras, let no one ever wish us ill ! What fragrance of thine has entered into the lotus bloom, wherewith the gods were filled at the wedding of Surya's daughter, O Earth, in the beginning, instill in me that fragrance, may no one ever wish us ill! The sweet smell which is there in men, in women, in pleasure, what is in heroes, in horses, what is in wild animals and in elephants, in a maiden, instill in me that fragrance in abundance, let no one ever wish us ill! Earth is made of rocks, stone and dust. Earth is held together, consolidated, to this golden-visaged Earth I have paid homage! Upon her stand the forest and other trees firm, unshakable, this Earth sustaining all we now address, that is held together, consolidated. Whether we stand erect or sit, whether we walk forth or remain still, whether we walk with right or left foot, never may we stagger ! The purifying earth, I call, the patient one, increased by worship, that bears nourishment, prosperity, food, ghee and strength, O Earth, may we sit down upon thee! May purifying water flow flow over our bodies, that which defile, we deposit on him who hates us. I do purify myself as with a purifier. May all thy directions, to eastward, to southward, northward, and westward, receive me graciously whenever I go about them. May I never fall down when standing on thee! Do not push us aside from front or behind, from above or below. Be kind to us, O Earth. Let no robbers way lay us on our travel, keep away from us the deadly weapon! A great much of thee as my sight may reach, O earth, with the Sun as my allay, so far may my sight never fail from one year to another. Whether I remain lying, turn upon my right side or my left side, or lie stretched upon my back, I feel your pressure all over my body, be soft and gentle, O Earth, thou bed of all !! Whatever of thee, O Earth, I dig up, let hot season, thy rainy season, thy autumn, winter, cool one and spring, let thy arranged seasons, thy nights and succeeding days, O Earth, yield us their milk! The cleansing Earth, one trembling on the Serpent, who protected the fires that were within waters, who chastised the god-insulting demons, has chosen Indra as her mate and not Vritra, surrendering herself to the mighty one, the lusty bull. On the Earth are made the altars to hold oblations, and the sacrificial posts are erected, on her the Brahmans the knower of the sacrificial formulas, chant their Verses, on her the hotar-priests set before sacrifices, may that Indra enjoy Soma ! On her the sages in yore, the Seven Seers, the maker of beings, sand holy hymns while performing sacrifice and doing penance and thereby caused the kine to generate! May the Earth grant us abundant wealth that we desire. May Indra lead us followed by Bhaga! May the Earth, where mortal men sing and dance in gay abundance, where they fight resounding it with cries of battle and beating of the drums, push far away our rivals, and free us from our enemies! The Earth where food grows, rice and barley are produced whose are these five races of men, the sap-enriched Earth, the spouse of Parjanya be homage! On the Earth the gods made castles, in the vast plains men waged the war, the Earth, the mother and womb of everything, may Prajapati make all her regions pleasant for us ! May the treasure bearing Earth and also the secret wealth in many places, the generous giver of good things, grant us besides gold and gems, her special favour! May the Earth, bearing diverse people of diverse speech and customs in several places, yield me a thousand streams of wealth, like a steady milch-cow that never resists the milking hand! The hard stinging serpents and scorpions, that lie lazily hidden chilled with winter, and the worms, all that move about in the early rain, may al that creeping ones, not creep on us. May thou be gracious to grant us all that is auspicious! The many roads thou hast for people to go upon, the track for the chariot, and for the cart, by which the mankind travel, used by both good people and evil, may we choose one free from foes, free from robbers. May thou be gracious to grant us all that is auspicious! The Mother Earth bears on he r bosom both the fool and the wise, she bears the death of good as well as of evil one. She in accord with the boar, ,opened herself to the wild hog. O Earth, thine wild beast, dwelling in woods, lions, tigers, man- eaters that misfortune stalking about, and the demons, do thou chase away from us afar! The Earth, on whom the bright and the dark, the day and the night in association, though separate, are disposed, the vast Earth, often drenched and made fertile with rains, may settle us graciously in each well-loved abode! Both Heaven and Earth and the atmosphere in between have given me this vast expanse. Agni, the Sun, the Waters, the gods have jointly given me this wisdom. In villages, in forests, in places where men gather, in market places, in assemblies may we ever speak that which is pleasant about thee. O Mother Earth, do thou graciously settle me down that I may be at my ease, in harmony with the heaven, do thou set me.. O Poet, in prosperity ! Atharvveda. Book twelve. Om ParaShaktiye Namaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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