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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 1 — Chapter 33

AV 1 33.1

हिरण्यवर्णाः शुचयः पावका यासु जातः सविता यास्व् अग्निः । या अग्निं गर्भं दधिरे सुवर्णास् ता न आपः शं स्योना भवन्तु

hiraṇyavarṇāḥ śucayaḥ pāvakā yāsu jātaḥ savitā yāsv agniḥ | yā agniṃ garbhaṃ dadhire suvarṇās tā na āpaḥ śaṃ syonā bhavantu

Golden-hued, clear, purifying, in whom Savitṛ was born, in whom Agni; those of fair colour who have held Agni as their embryo — let those waters be pleasant and kindly to us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

May they, the golden-hued, the bright, the splendid, they wherein Savitar was born and Agni, They who took Agni as a germ, fair-coloured, the Waters, bring felicity and bless us!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 1 33.2

यासां राजा वरुणो याति मध्ये सत्यानृते अवपश्यन् जनानाम् । या अग्निं गर्भं दधिरे सुवर्णास् ता न आपः शं स्योना भवन्तु

yāsāṃ rājā varuṇo yāti madhye satyānṛte avapaśyan janānām | yā agniṃ garbhaṃ dadhire suvarṇās tā na āpaḥ śaṃ syonā bhavantu

In whose midst king Varuṇa goes, looking down on the truth and untruth of men; those of fair colour who have held Agni as their embryo — let those waters be pleasant and kindly to us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

They in the midst whereof King Varuna moveth, viewing men's righteous and unrighteous dealing. They who took Agni as a germ, fair-coloured,—those Waters bring felicity and bless us!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 1 33.3

यासां देवा दिवि कृण्वन्ति भक्षं या अन्तरिक्षे बहुधा भवन्ति । या अग्निं गर्भं दधिरे सुवर्णास् ता न आपः शं स्योना भवन्तु

yāsāṃ devā divi kṛṇvanti bhakṣaṃ yā antarikṣe bahudhā bhavanti | yā agniṃ garbhaṃ dadhire suvarṇās tā na āpaḥ śaṃ syonā bhavantu

Of whom the gods make their drink in heaven, who become manifold in the mid-space; those of fair colour who have held Agni as their embryo — let those waters be pleasant and kindly to us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Whom the Gods make their beverage in heaven, they who wax manifold in air's mid-region, They who took Agni as a germ, fair-coloured,—those Waters bring felicity and bless us!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 1 33.4

शिवेन मा चक्षुषा पश्यतापः शिवया तन्वोप स्पृशत त्वचं मे । घृतश्चुतः शुचयो याः पावकास् ता न आपः शं स्योना भवन्तु

śivena mā cakṣuṣā paśyatāpaḥ śivayā tanvopa spṛśata tvacaṃ me | ghṛtaścutaḥ śucayo yāḥ pāvakās tā na āpaḥ śaṃ syonā bhavantu

Look on me, O waters, with kindly eye; with kindly body touch my skin. Those that are dripping with ghee, clear, purifying — let those waters be pleasant and kindly to us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Ye Waters, with auspicious eye behold me: touch ye my skin with your auspicious body. May they, the bright and pure, distilling fatness, those Waters, bring felicity and bless us.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)