Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 1 — Chapter 22
AV 1 22.1
अनु सूर्यम् उद् अयतां हृद्द्योतो हरिमा च ते । गो रोहितस्य वर्णेन तेन त्वा परि दध्मसि
anu sūryam ud ayatāṃ hṛddyoto harimā ca te | go rohitasya varṇena tena tvā pari dadhmasi
Let the heart-burning and the yellowness of yours go up following the sun; with the colour of the red bull—with that we enclose you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
As the Sun rises, let thy sore disease and yellowness depart. We compass and surround thee with the colour of a ruddy ox.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 1 22.2
परि त्वा रोहितैर् वर्णैर् दीर्घायुत्वाय दध्मसि । यथायम् अरपा असद् अथो अहरितो भुवत्
pari tvā rohitair varṇair dīrghāyutvāya dadhmasi | yathāyam arapā asad atho aharito bhuvat
We enclose you with red colours, for length of life, so that this one may be free of infirmity and may become without yellowness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
With ruddy hues we compass thee that thou mayst live a leng- thened life: So that this man be free from harm, and cast his yellow tint away.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 1 22.3
या रोहिणीर् देवत्या गावो या उत रोहिणीः । रूपंरूपं वयोवयस् ताभिष् ट्वा परि दध्मसि
yā rohiṇīr devatyā gāvo yā uta rohiṇīḥ | rūpaṃrūpaṃ vayovayas tābhiṣ ṭvā pari dadhmasi
The red ones that belong to the deity, and the cows that are red—form by form, vigour by vigour: with them we enclose you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Devatyās that are red of hue, yea, and the ruddy-coloured kine, Each several form, each several force—with these we compass thee about.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 1 22.4
शुकेषु ते हरिमाणं रोपणाकासु दध्मसि । अथो हारिद्रवेषु ते हरिमाणं नि दध्मसि
śukeṣu te harimāṇaṃ ropaṇākāsu dadhmasi | atho hāridraveṣu te harimāṇaṃ ni dadhmasi
Into the parrots we put that yellowness of yours, into the ropaṇākā birds; also into the hāridrava birds do we deposit that yellowness of yours.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
To parrots and to starlings we transfer thy sickly yellowness: Now in the yellow-coloured birds we lay this yellowness of thine.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)