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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 1 — Chapter 14

AV 1 14.1

भगम् अस्या वर्च आदिष्य् अधि वृक्षाद् इव स्रजम् । महाबुध्न इव पर्वतो ज्योक् पितृष्व् आस्ताम्

bhagam asyā varca ādiṣy adhi vṛkṣād iva srajam | mahābudhna iva parvato jyok pitṛṣv āstām

I have taken away her fortune, her splendour, as a garland from off a tree. Like a mountain with a great base, let her remain long among her fathers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

As from the tree a wreath, have I assumed her fortune and her fame: Among her kinsfolk long may she dwell, like a mountain broadly- based.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 1 14.2

एषा ते राजन् कन्या वधूर् नि धूयताम् यम । सा मातुर् बध्यतां गृहे ऽथो भ्रातुर् अथो पितुः

eṣā te rājan kanyā vadhūr ni dhūyatām yama | sā mātur badhyatāṃ gṛhe 'tho bhrātur atho pituḥ

This maiden, O king, is thy bride: let her be set down, O Yama; let her be held fast in the house of her mother, and of her brother, and of her father.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

King Yama, let this maiden be surrendered as a wife to thee: Bound let her be meanwhile within, her mother's, brother's, father's house.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 1 14.3

एषा ते कुलपा राजन् ताम् उ ते परि दद्मसि । ज्योक् पितृष्व् आसाता आ शीर्ष्णः शमोप्यात्

eṣā te kulapā rājan tām u te pari dadmasi | jyok pitṛṣv āsātā ā śīrṣṇaḥ śamopyāt

This one, O king, is the keeper of thy house; her we hand over to thee. Let her remain long among her fathers, until the hair falls from her head.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Queen of thy race is she, O King: to thee do we deliver her. Long with her kinsfolk may she sit, until her hair be white with age.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 1 14.4

असितस्य ते ब्रह्मणा कश्यपस्य गयस्य च । अन्तःकोशम् इव जामयो ऽपि नह्यामि ते भगम्

asitasya te brahmaṇā kaśyapasya gayasya ca | antaḥkośam iva jāmayo 'pi nahyāmi te bhagam

With the spell of Asita, and of Kaśyapa and of Gaya, I bind up thy fortune, as sisters (bind up something) inside a box.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

With Asita's and Kasyapa's and Gaya's incantation, thus As sisters pack within a chest, I bind and tie thy fortune up.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)