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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 16 — Chapter 3

AV 16 3.1

मूर्धाहं रयीणां मूर्धा समानानां भूयासम्

mūrdhāhaṃ rayīṇāṃ mūrdhā samānānāṃ bhūyāsam

I am the head of riches; may I be the head of my equals.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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I am the head of riches. Fain would I be the head of mine equals.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 16 3.2

रुजश् च मा वेनश् च मा हासिष्टां मूर्धा च मा विधर्मा च मा हासिष्टाम्

rujaś ca mā venaś ca mā hāsiṣṭāṃ mūrdhā ca mā vidharmā ca mā hāsiṣṭām

May Ruj and Vena not forsake me; may Mūrdhan and Vidharman not forsake me.

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

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Let not Ruja and Vena desert me. Let not the Head and the Preserver forsake me.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 16 3.3

उर्वश् च मा चमसश् च मा हासिष्टां धर्ता च मा धरुणश् च मा हासिष्टाम्

urvaś ca mā camasaś ca mā hāsiṣṭāṃ dhartā ca mā dharuṇaś ca mā hāsiṣṭām

May Urva and Camasa not forsake me; may Dhartṛ and Dharuṇa not forsake me.

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

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Let not the Boiler and the Cup fail tme: let not the Supporter and the Sustainer abandon me.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 16 3.4

विमोकश् च मार्द्रपविश् च मा हासिष्टाम् आर्द्रदानुश् च मा मातरिश्वा च मा हासिष्टाम्

vimokaś ca mārdrapaviś ca mā hāsiṣṭām ārdradānuś ca mā mātariśvā ca mā hāsiṣṭām

May Vimoka and Ārdrapavi not forsake me; may Ārdradānu and Mātariśvan not forsake me.

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

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Let not Unyoking and the Moist-fellied car desert me: let not the Sender of Moisture and Matarisvan forsake me.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 16 3.5

बृहस्पतिर् म आत्मा नृमणा नाम हृद्यः

bṛhaspatir ma ātmā nṛmaṇā nāma hṛdyaḥ

Bṛhaspati is my self, Nṛmaṇas ('man-minded') by name, dwelling in the heart.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Brihaspati is my soul, he who is called the Friend of man, dear to my heart.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 16 3.6

असंतापं मे हृदयम् उर्वी गव्यूतिः समुद्रो अस्मि विधर्मणा

asaṃtāpaṃ me hṛdayam urvī gavyūtiḥ samudro asmi vidharmaṇā

My heart is free from burning; wide is my pasture; by (my) extension I am the ocean.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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My heart is free from sorrow; spacious is my dwelling-place. I am the sea in capacity.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)