Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 1 — Chapter 35
AV 1 35.1
यद् आबध्नन् दाक्षायणा हिरण्यं शतानीकाय सुमनस्यमानाः । तत् ते बद्नाम्य् आयुषे वर्चसे बलाय दीर्घायुत्वाय शतशारदाय
yad ābadhnan dākṣāyaṇā hiraṇyaṃ śatānīkāya sumanasyamānāḥ | tat te badnāmy āyuṣe varcase balāya dīrghāyutvāya śataśāradāya
The gold that the descendants of Dakṣa, being well-minded, bound on for Śatānīka — that I bind on thee for life, for splendour, for strength, for length of life, for a hundred autumns.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
This Ornament of Gold which Daksha's children bound, with benevolent thoughts, on Satānïka, This do I bind on thee for life, for glory, for long life lasting through a hundred autumns.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 1 35.2
नैनं रक्षांसि न पिशाचाः सहन्ते देवानाम् ओजः प्रथमजम् ह्य् एतत् । यो बिभर्ति दाक्षायणं हिरण्यं स जीवेषु कृणुते दीर्घम् आयुः
nainaṃ rakṣāṃsi na piśācāḥ sahante devānām ojaḥ prathamajam hy etat | yo bibharti dākṣāyaṇaṃ hiraṇyaṃ sa jīveṣu kṛṇute dīrgham āyuḥ
Him neither the rakṣases nor the piśācas overcome, for this is the first-born vigour of the gods. Whoever wears the gold of the Dākṣāyaṇas, he makes for himself long life among the living.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
This man no fiends may conquer, no Pisāchas, for this is might of Gods, their primal offspring. Whoever wears the Gold of Daksha's children hath a long lengthened life among the living.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 1 35.3
अपां तेजो ज्योतिर् ओजो बलं च वनस्पतीनाम् उत वीर्याणि । इन्द्र इवेन्द्रियाण्य् अधि धारयामो अस्मिन् तद् दक्षमाणो बिभरद् धिरण्यम्
apāṃ tejo jyotir ojo balaṃ ca vanaspatīnām uta vīryāṇi | indra ivendriyāṇy adhi dhārayāmo asmin tad dakṣamāṇo bibharad dhiraṇyam
The brilliance of the waters, the light, the vigour, and the strength of the forest trees, and the powers — like Indra's Indra-powers, we fix them upon him; let him, acting with ability, wear the gold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
The light, the power, the lustre of the Waters, the strength of Trees, and all their forceful vigour, We lay on him as powers abide in Indra: so let him wear this Gold and show his valour.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 1 35.4
समानां मासाम् ऋतुभिष् ट्वा वयं संवत्सरस्य पयसा पिपर्मि । इन्द्राग्नी विश्वे देवास् ते ऽनु मन्यन्ताम् अहृणीयमानाः
samānāṃ māsām ṛtubhiṣ ṭvā vayaṃ saṃvatsarasya payasā piparmi | indrāgnī viśve devās te 'nu manyantām ahṛṇīyamānāḥ
Thee (I fill) with the seasons of the like months, I fill thee with the milk of the year. Let Indra and Agni, all the gods, approve of thee, not being wrathful.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
With monthly and six-monthly times and seasons, with the full year's sweet essence do we fill thee, May Indra, Agni, and all Gods together, showing no anger, grant thee what thou wishest.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)