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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 16 — Chapter 9

AV 16 9.1

जितम् अस्माकम् उद्भिन्नम् अस्माकम् अभ्य् अष्ठां विश्वाः पृतना अरातीः

jitam asmākam udbhinnam asmākam abhy aṣṭhāṃ viśvāḥ pṛtanā arātīḥ

Ours is the victory, ours the bursting forth; I have overcome all hostile armies.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Ours is superior place and ours is conquest: may I in all fights tread down spite and malice.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 16 9.2

तद् अग्निर् आह तद् उ सोम आह पूषा मा धात् सुकृतस्य लोके

tad agnir āha tad u soma āha pūṣā mā dhāt sukṛtasya loke

That Agni has said, that too Soma has said; may Pūṣan set me in the world of the well-done deed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

This word hath Agni, this hath Soma spoken. May Pūshan set me in the world of virtue.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 16 9.3

अगन्म स्वः स्वर् अगन्म सं सूर्यस्य ज्योतिषागन्म

aganma svaḥ svar aganma saṃ sūryasya jyotiṣāganma

We have reached the light of heaven, to the light of heaven we have gone; we have come together with the light of the sun.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

We have come to the light of heaven; to the light of heaven have we come: we have united with the light of Surya.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 16 9.4

वस्योभूयाय वसुमान् यज्ञो वसु वंसिषीय वसुमान् भूयासं वसु मयि धेहि

vasyobhūyāya vasumān yajño vasu vaṃsiṣīya vasumān bhūyāsaṃ vasu mayi dhehi

For the becoming of greater good: the sacrifice is rich in goods; may I win good things, may I become rich in goods — place goods in me.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Sacrifice is fraught with wealth for the increase of prosperity. I would win riches; fain would I be wealthy. Do thou bestow wealth upon me.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)