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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 16 — Chapter 5

AV 16 5.1

विद्म ते स्वप्न जनित्रं ग्राह्याः पुत्रो ऽसि यमस्य करणः । अन्तको ऽसि मृत्युर् असि । तं त्वा स्वप्न तथा सं विद्म स नः स्वप्न दुष्वप्न्यात् पाहि

vidma te svapna janitraṃ grāhyāḥ putro 'si yamasya karaṇaḥ | antako 'si mṛtyur asi | taṃ tvā svapna tathā saṃ vidma sa naḥ svapna duṣvapnyāt pāhi

We know your birthplace, O Sleep: you are the son of Grāhi (the Seizer), the agent of Yama. You are the Ender, you are Death. Thee, O Sleep, we thus know well: so guard us, O Sleep, from evil dreaming.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

We know thine origin, O Sleep. Thou art the son of Grahi, the minister of Yama. Thou art the Ender, thou art Death. As such, O Sleep, we know thee well. As such preserve us from the evil dream.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 16 5.2

विद्म ते स्वप्न जनित्रं निरृत्याः पुत्रो ऽसि यमस्य करणः । [॥।]

vidma te svapna janitraṃ nirṛtyāḥ putro 'si yamasya karaṇaḥ | [...]

We know your birthplace, O Sleep: you are the son of Nirṛti (Destruction), the agent of Yama. [...]

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

We know thine origin, O Sleep. Thou art the son of Destruction, the minister of Yama, etc. (as in verse 1).

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 16 5.3

विद्म ते स्वप्न जनित्रं अभूत्याः पुत्रो ऽसि यमस्य [॥।]

vidma te svapna janitraṃ abhūtyāḥ putro 'si yamasya [...]

We know your birthplace, O Sleep: you are the son of Abhūti (Non-being, failure), of Yama [...]

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

We know thine origin, O Sleep. Thou art the son of Misery, etc.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 16 5.4

विद्म ते स्वप्न जनित्रं निर्भूत्याः पुत्रो ऽसि [॥।]

vidma te svapna janitraṃ nirbhūtyāḥ putro 'si [...]

We know your birthplace, O Sleep: you are the son of Nirbhūti (Ruin) [...]

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

We know thine origin, O Sleep. Thou art the son of Disappear- ance, etc.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 16 5.5

विद्म ते स्वप्न जनित्रं पराभूत्याः पुत्रो ऽसि [॥।]

vidma te svapna janitraṃ parābhūtyāḥ putro 'si [...]

We know your birthplace, O Sleep: you are the son of Parābhūti (Defeat) [...]

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

We know thine origin, O Sleep. Thou art the son of Defeat etc.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 16 5.6

विद्म ते स्वप्न जनित्रं देवजामीनां पुत्रो ऽसि यमस्य करणः । अन्तको ऽसि मृत्युर् असि । तं त्वा स्वप्न तथा सं विद्म स नः स्वप्न दुष्वप्न्यात् पाहि

vidma te svapna janitraṃ devajāmīnāṃ putro 'si yamasya karaṇaḥ | antako 'si mṛtyur asi | taṃ tvā svapna tathā saṃ vidma sa naḥ svapna duṣvapnyāt pāhi

We know your birthplace, O Sleep: you are the son of the kinswomen of the gods, the agent of Yama. You are the Ender, you are Death. Thee, O Sleep, we thus know well: so guard us, O Sleep, from evil dreaming.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

We know thine origin, O Sleep. Thou art the son of the sisters of the Gods, the minister of Yama. Thou art the Ender, thou are Death. As such, O Sleep, we know thee well. As such, preserve us from the evil dream.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)