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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 1 — Chapter 6

AV 1 6.1

शं नो देवीर् अभिष्टय आपो भवन्तु पीतये । शं योर् अभि स्रवन्तु नः

śaṃ no devīr abhiṣṭaya āpo bhavantu pītaye | śaṃ yor abhi sravantu naḥ

Let the divine waters be weal for us for our help, for our drinking; let them flow upon us weal and safety.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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The Waters be to us for drink, Goddesses, for our aid and bliss: Let them stream health and wealth to us.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 1 6.2

अप्सु मे सोमो अब्रवीद् अन्तर् विश्वानि भेषजा । अग्निं च विश्वशंभुवम्

apsu me somo abravīd antar viśvāni bheṣajā | agniṃ ca viśvaśaṃbhuvam

Soma told me: within the waters are all remedies, and Agni who is weal to all.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Within the Waters—Soma thus hath told me—dwell all balms that heal, And Agni, he who blesseth all.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 1 6.3

आपः पृणीत भेषजं वरूथं तन्वे मम । ज्योक् च सूर्यं दृशे

āpaḥ pṛṇīta bheṣajaṃ varūthaṃ tanve mama | jyok ca sūryaṃ dṛśe

Waters, supply medicine, a protection for my body, and that (I) may long see the sun.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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O Waters, teem with medicine to keep my body safe from harm, So that I long may see the Sun.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 1 6.4

शं न आपो धन्वन्याः शम् उ सन्त्व् अनूप्याः । शं नः खनित्रिमा आपः शम् उ याः कुम्भ आभृताः । शिवा नः सन्तु वार्षिकीः

śaṃ na āpo dhanvanyāḥ śam u santv anūpyāḥ | śaṃ naḥ khanitrimā āpaḥ śam u yāḥ kumbha ābhṛtāḥ | śivā naḥ santu vārṣikīḥ

Weal to us be the waters of the dry land, and weal those of the marshy ground; weal to us the waters got by digging, and weal those brought in a jar; kindly to us be those of the rains.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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The Waters bless us, all that rise in desert lands or marshy pools! Bless us the Waters dug from earth, bless us the Waters brought in jars, bless us the Waters of the Rains!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)