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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 1 — Chapter 26

AV 1 26.1

आरे ऽसाव् अस्मद् अस्तु हेतिर् देवासो असत् । आरे अश्मा यम् अस्यथ

āre 'sāv asmad astu hetir devāso asat | āre aśmā yam asyatha

Far from us let that missile be, O gods; far be the stone that you hurl.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Let that Destructive Weapon be far distant from us, O ye Gods; far be the Stone ye wont to hurl.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 1 26.2

सखासाव् अस्मभ्यम् अस्तु रातिः सखेन्द्रो भगः । सविता चित्रराधाः

sakhāsāv asmabhyam astu rātiḥ sakhendro bhagaḥ | savitā citrarādhāḥ

Let that gift be a friend to us, a friend Indra, Bhaga, Savitṛ of wondrous bounty.

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

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Our friend be that Celestial Grace, Indra and Bhaga be our friends, and Savitar with splendid Wealth.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 1 26.3

यूयम् नः प्रवतो नपान् मरुतः सूर्यत्वचसः । शर्म यछथ सप्रथाः

yūyam naḥ pravato napān marutaḥ sūryatvacasaḥ | śarma yachatha saprathāḥ

You, O Maruts, children of the flowing height, with skin like the sun's — extend to us wide-reaching shelter.

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

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Thou, Offspring of the waterflood, ye Maruts, with your sun- bright skins, give us protection reaching far.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 1 26.4

सुषूदत मृडत मृडया नस् तनूभ्यो । मयस् तोकेभ्यस् कृधि

suṣūdata mṛḍata mṛḍayā nas tanūbhyo | mayas tokebhyas kṛdhi

Make (things) sweet, be gracious; be gracious to our bodies; make bliss for our children.

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

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Further us rightly, favour ye our bodies with your gracious love. Give thou our children happiness.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)