Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 16 — Chapter 2

AV 16 2.1

निर् दुरर्मण्य ऊर्जा मधुमती वाक्

nir durarmaṇya ūrjā madhumatī vāk

Out (with) ill-will (?); with strength, (my) speech is full of honey.

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

AV 16 2.2

मधुमती स्थ मधुमतीं वाचम् उदेयम्

madhumatī stha madhumatīṃ vācam udeyam

You (f.) are full of honey; may I speak forth speech full of honey.

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AV 16 2.3

उपहूतो मे गोपाः उपहूतो गोपीथः

upahūto me gopāḥ upahūto gopīthaḥ

Summoned is my herdsman, summoned is (his) guarding of the cattle.

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AV 16 2.4

सुश्रुतौ कर्णौ भद्रश्रुतौ कर्णौ भद्रं श्लोकं श्रूयासम्

suśrutau karṇau bhadraśrutau karṇau bhadraṃ ślokaṃ śrūyāsam

My two ears hear well, my two ears hear what is auspicious; may I hear an auspicious sound.

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AV 16 2.5

सुश्रुतिश् च मोपश्रुतिश् च मा हासिष्टां सौपर्णं चक्षुर् अजस्रं ज्योतिः

suśrutiś ca mopaśrutiś ca mā hāsiṣṭāṃ sauparṇaṃ cakṣur ajasraṃ jyotiḥ

May good hearing and attentive hearing not forsake me — the eagle's eye, the unceasing light.

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AV 16 2.6

ऋषीणां प्रस्तरो ऽसि नमो ऽस्तु दैवाय प्रस्तराय

ṛṣīṇāṃ prastaro 'si namo 'stu daivāya prastarāya

You are the strewn grass (prastara) of the ṛṣis; homage be to the divine prastara.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition