Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 1 — Chapter 2

AV 1 2.1

विद्मा शरस्य पितरं पर्जन्यं भूरिधायसम् । विद्मो ष्व् अस्य मातरं पृथिवीं भूरिवर्पसम्

vidmā śarasya pitaraṃ parjanyaṃ bhūridhāyasam | vidmo ṣv asya mātaraṃ pṛthivīṃ bhūrivarpasam

We know the father of the reed(-arrow), Parjanya of abundant nourishment; and we know well its mother, the Earth of abundant form.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 1 2.2

ज्याके परि णो नमाश्मानं तन्वं कृधि । वीडुर् वरीयो ऽरातीर् अप द्वेषांस्य् आ कृधि

jyāke pari ṇo namāśmānaṃ tanvaṃ kṛdhi | vīḍur varīyo 'rātīr apa dveṣāṃsy ā kṛdhi

O bowstring, bend round about us, make our body (hard as) stone; firm and wide, drive away the hostile powers and the hatreds.

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

AV 1 2.3

वृक्षं यद् गावः परिषस्वजाना अनुस्फुरं शरं अर्चन्त्य् ऋभुम् । शरुम् अस्मद् यावय दिद्युम् इन्द्र

vṛkṣaṃ yad gāvaḥ pariṣasvajānā anusphuraṃ śaraṃ arcanty ṛbhum | śarum asmad yāvaya didyum indra

When the cows (sinews), clasping the tree about, sing praise of the recoiling reed, the skilful one — keep the arrow, the missile, away from us, Indra.

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

AV 1 2.4

यथा द्यां च पृथिवीं चान्तस् तिष्ठति तेजनम् । एवा रोगं चास्रावं चान्तस् तिष्ठतु मुञ्ज इत्

yathā dyāṃ ca pṛthivīṃ cāntas tiṣṭhati tejanam | evā rogaṃ cāsrāvaṃ cāntas tiṣṭhatu muñja it

As the shaft-reed stands between heaven and earth, so let the muñja-grass stand between the disease and the flux.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition