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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 16 — Chapter 6

AV 16 6.1

अजैष्माद्यासनाम् अद्यामूम् अनागसो वयम्

ajaiṣmādyāsanām adyāmūm anāgaso vayam

We have conquered today, we have won today; we are today free of guilt.

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

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Now have we conquered and obtained: we have been freed from sin to-day.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 16 6.2

उषो यस्माद् दुष्वप्न्याद् अभैष्माप तद् उछतु

uṣo yasmād duṣvapnyād abhaiṣmāpa tad uchatu

O Dawn, that evil dreaming which we have feared—may it be shone away.

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Let Morning with her light dispel that evil dream that frightened us.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 16 6.3

द्विषते तत् परा वह शपते तत् परा वह

dviṣate tat parā vaha śapate tat parā vaha

Carry that away to the hater, carry that away to the curser.

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Bear that away to him who hates, away to him who curses us.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 16 6.4

यं द्विष्मो यश् च नो द्वेष्टि तस्मा एनद् गमयामः

yaṃ dviṣmo yaś ca no dveṣṭi tasmā enad gamayāmaḥ

Whom we hate and who hates us—to him we make this go.

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To him whom we abhor, to him who hates us do we send it hence.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 16 6.5

उषा देवी वाचा संविदाना वाग् देव्य् उषसा संविदाना

uṣā devī vācā saṃvidānā vāg devy uṣasā saṃvidānā

The goddess Dawn in agreement with Speech, the goddess Speech in agreement with Dawn;

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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May the Goddess Dawn in accord with Speech, and the Goddess Speech in accord with Dawn,

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 16 6.6

उषस् पतिर् वाचस् पतिना संविदानो वाचस् पतिना संविदानः

uṣas patir vācas patinā saṃvidāno vācas patinā saṃvidānaḥ

the lord of Dawn in agreement with the lord of Speech, in agreement with the lord of Speech—

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The Lord of Dawn in accord with the Lord of Speech and the Lord of Speech in accord with the Lord of Dawn,

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 16 6.7

ते ऽमुष्मै परा वहन्त्व् अरायान् दुर्णाम्नः सदान्वाः

te 'muṣmai parā vahantv arāyān durṇāmnaḥ sadānvāḥ

let them carry away to that one (yonder) the arāyas, the ill-named ones, the sadānvās,

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Carry away to Such-an-one niggard fiends, hostile demons, and Sadanvas,

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 16 6.8

कुम्भीकाः दूषीकाः पीयकान्

kumbhīkāḥ dūṣīkāḥ pīyakān

the kumbhīkas, the dūṣīkas, the pīyakas,

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

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Kumbhikas, Dushikas, and Piyakas,

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 16 6.9

जाग्रद्दुष्वप्न्यं स्वप्नेदुष्वप्न्यम्

jāgradduṣvapnyaṃ svapneduṣvapnyam

evil dreaming while waking, evil dreaming while asleep,

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Evil day-dream, evil dream in sleep,

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 16 6.10

अनागमिष्यतो वरान् अवित्तेः संकल्पान् अमुच्या द्रुहः पाशान्

anāgamiṣyato varān avitteḥ saṃkalpān amucyā druhaḥ pāśān

the wishes of one who will not come, the intentions of non-acquisition, the snares of Deceit that are not to be loosed,

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

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Wishes for boons that will not come, thoughts of poverty, the snares of the Druh who never releases.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 16 6.11

तद् अमुष्मा अग्ने देवाः परा वहन्तु वघ्रिर् यथासद् विथुरो न साधुः

tad amuṣmā agne devāḥ parā vahantu vaghrir yathāsad vithuro na sādhuḥ

That, O Agni, let the gods carry away to that one yonder, so that he may be a cripple, unsteady, not prospering.

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

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This, O Agni, let the Gods bear off to Such-an-one that he may be a fragile good-for-nothing eunuch.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)