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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 1 — Chapter 7

AV 1 7.1

स्तुवानम् अग्न आ वह यातुधानं किमीदिनम् । त्वं हि देव वन्दितो हन्ता दस्योर् बभूविथ

stuvānam agna ā vaha yātudhānaṃ kimīdinam | tvaṃ hi deva vandito hantā dasyor babhūvitha

Agni, bring here the sorcerer who declares himself, the kimīdin; for you, god, when praised, have become the slayer of the dasyu.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Bring the Kimidin hither, bring the Yātudhāna self-declared For Agni, God, thou, lauded, hast become the Dasyu's slaughterer.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 1 7.2

आज्यस्य परमेष्ठिन् जातवेदस् तनूवशिन् । अग्ने तौलस्य प्राशान यातुधानान् वि लापय

ājyasya parameṣṭhin jātavedas tanūvaśin | agne taulasya prāśāna yātudhānān vi lāpaya

O you who stand in the highest place, Jātavedas, ruler of bodies, Agni, eat of the ghee, of the sesame-oil; make the sorcerers wail.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

O Jātavedas, Lord Supreme, controller of our bodies, taste The butter, Agni, taste the oil: make thou the Yātudhānas mourn.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 1 7.3

वि लपन्तु यातुधाना अत्त्रिणो ये किमीदिनः । अथेदम् अग्ने नो हविर् इन्द्रश् च प्रति हर्यतम्

vi lapantu yātudhānā attriṇo ye kimīdinaḥ | athedam agne no havir indraś ca prati haryatam

Let the sorcerers wail, the devourers who are kimīdins; then, Agni, do you and Indra take pleasure in this oblation of ours.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Let Yātudhānas mourn, let all greedy Kimidins weep and wail: And, Agni, Indra, may ye both accept this sacrifice of ours.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 1 7.4

अग्निः पूर्व आ रभतां प्रेन्द्रो नुदतु बाहुमान् । ब्रवीतु सर्वो यातुमान् अयम् अस्मीत्य् एत्य

agniḥ pūrva ā rabhatāṃ prendro nudatu bāhumān | bravītu sarvo yātumān ayam asmīty etya

Let Agni lay hold first; let Indra, of strong arms, thrust (them) forth; let every one who possesses sorcery come and say 'Here am I'.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

May Agni seize upon them first, may strong-armed Indra drive them forth: Let every wicked sorcerer come hither and say, Here am I.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 1 7.5

पश्याम ते वीर्यं जातवेदः प्र णो ब्रूहि यातुधानान् नृचक्षः । त्वया सर्वे परितप्ताः पुरस्तात् त आ यन्तु प्रब्रुवाणा उपेदम्

paśyāma te vīryaṃ jātavedaḥ pra ṇo brūhi yātudhānān nṛcakṣaḥ | tvayā sarve paritaptāḥ purastāt ta ā yantu prabruvāṇā upedam

Let us see your heroic power, Jātavedas; declare to us the sorcerers, O you who watch over men; scorched all around by you, let them all come here in front, proclaiming themselves.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Let us behold thy strength, O Jātavedas. Viewer of men, tell us the Yātudhānas. Burnt by thy heat and making declaration let all approach this sacrifice before thee.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 1 7.6

आ रभस्व जातवेदो ऽस्माकार्थाय जज्ञिषे । दूतो नो अग्ने भूत्वा यातुधानान् वि लापय

ā rabhasva jātavedo 'smākārthāya jajñiṣe | dūto no agne bhūtvā yātudhānān vi lāpaya

Lay hold, Jātavedas: for our purpose you were born; becoming our messenger, Agni, make the sorcerers wail.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

O Jātavedas, seize, on them: for our advantage art thou born: Agni, be thou our messenger and make the Yātudhānas wail.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 1 7.7

त्वम् अग्ने यातुधानान् उपबद्धाꣳ इहा वह । अथैषाम् इन्द्रो वज्रेणापि शीर्षाणि वृश्चतु

tvam agne yātudhānān upabaddhāṁ ihā vaha | athaiṣām indro vajreṇāpi śīrṣāṇi vṛścatu

You, Agni, bring the sorcerers here, bound fast; then let Indra cut off their heads with his vajra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

O Agni, bring thou hitherward the Yātudhānas bound and chained. And afterward let Indra tear their heads off with his thunder- bolt.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)