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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 1 — Chapter 27

AV 1 27.1

अमूः पारे पृदाक्वस् त्रिषप्ता निर्जरायवः । तासाम् जरायुभिर् वयम् अक्ष्याव् अपि व्ययामस्य् अघायोः परिपन्थिनः

amūḥ pāre pṛdākvas triṣaptā nirjarāyavaḥ | tāsām jarāyubhir vayam akṣyāv api vyayāmasy aghāyoḥ paripanthinaḥ

Yonder on the far shore are the adders, thrice seven, having shed their skins; with their sloughs we wrap over the two eyes of the malicious waylayer.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

There on the bank those Vipers lie, thrice-seven, having cast their skins: Now we with their discarded sloughs bind close and cover up the eyes of the malicious highway thief.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 1 27.2

विषूच्य् एतु कृन्तती पिनाकम् इव बिभ्रती । विष्वक् पुनर्भुवा मनो ऽसमृद्धा अघायवः

viṣūcy etu kṛntatī pinākam iva bibhratī | viṣvak punarbhuvā mano 'samṛddhā aghāyavaḥ

Let her go forth in all directions, cutting, bearing as it were a cudgel; let the mind (turn) away, becoming other again — thwarted are the malicious ones.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Far let her go, cutting her way, brandishing, as it were, a club: Diverted be the new-born's mind: ne'er are the wicked prosperous.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 1 27.3

न बहवः सम् अशकन् नार्भका अभि दाधृषुः । वेणोर् अद्गा इवाभितो ऽसमृद्धा अघायवः

na bahavaḥ sam aśakan nārbhakā abhi dādhṛṣuḥ | veṇor adgā ivābhito 'samṛddhā aghāyavaḥ

The many have not prevailed, the small ones have not dared (to attack); like the shoots of a reed round about, thwarted are the malicious ones.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Not many have had power enough; the feeble ones have not prevailed, Like scattered fragments of a reed: ne'er are the wicked pros- perous.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 1 27.4

प्रेतं पादौ प्र स्फुरतं वहतं पृणतो गृहान् । इन्द्रान्य् एतु प्रथमाजीतामुषिता पुरः

pretaṃ pādau pra sphurataṃ vahataṃ pṛṇato gṛhān | indrāny etu prathamājītāmuṣitā puraḥ

Go forth, you two feet, spurn forward; carry (him) to the houses of the generous man. Let Indrāṇī go in front, first, unvanquished, unrobbed.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Go forward, feet, press quickly on, bring to the house of him who pays. Unconquered and unplundered, let Indrānf, foremost, lead the way.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)