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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 1 — Chapter 5

AV 1 5.1

आपो हि ष्ठा मयोभुवस् ता न ऊर्जे दधातन । महे रणाय चक्षसे

āpo hi ṣṭhā mayobhuvas tā na ūrje dadhātana | mahe raṇāya cakṣase

Waters, since you are bringers of comfort, so set us toward strength, toward the sight of great joy.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Ye, Waters, truly bring us bliss: so help ye us to strength and power That we may look on great delight.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 1 5.2

यो वः शिवतमो रसस् तस्य भाजयतेह नः । उशतीर् इव मातरः

yo vaḥ śivatamo rasas tasya bhājayateha naḥ | uśatīr iva mātaraḥ

That most kindly sap of yours — give us a share of it here, like mothers who are eager.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Here grant to us a share of dew, that most auspicious dew of yours, Like mothers in their longing love.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 1 5.3

तस्मा अरं गमाम वो यस्य क्षयाय जिन्वथ । आपो जनयथा च नः

tasmā araṃ gamāma vo yasya kṣayāya jinvatha | āpo janayathā ca naḥ

To that one of yours we would come readily, for whose dwelling you quicken (us); and, waters, beget us anew.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

For you we fain would go to him to whose abode ye send us forth, And, Waters, give us procreant strength.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 1 5.4

ईशाना वार्याणां क्षयन्तीश् चर्षणीनाम् । अपो याचामि भेषजम्

īśānā vāryāṇāṃ kṣayantīś carṣaṇīnām | apo yācāmi bheṣajam

You who rule over desirable things, who hold sway over the peoples — (of you) waters I beg medicine.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

I pray the Floods to send us balm, those who bear rule o'er precious things, And have supreme control of men.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)