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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 19 — Chapter 11

AV 19 11.1

शं नः सत्यस्य पतयो भवन्तु शं नो अर्वन्तः शम् उ सन्तु गावः । शं न ऋभवः सुकृतः सुहस्ताः शं नो भवतु पितरो हवेषु

śaṃ naḥ satyasya patayo bhavantu śaṃ no arvantaḥ śam u santu gāvaḥ | śaṃ na ṛbhavaḥ sukṛtaḥ suhastāḥ śaṃ no bhavatu pitaro haveṣu

Weal for us be the lords of truth; weal for us the coursers, and weal be the cattle; weal for us the Ṛbhus, skilled makers, deft-handed; weal for us be the fathers at the oblations.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

May the great Lords of Truth protect and aid us: blest to us be our horses and our cattle. Kind be the pious, skilful-handed Ribhus, kind be the Fathers at our invocations

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 19 11.2

शं नो देवा विश्वदेवा भवन्तु शं सरस्वती सह धीभिर् अस्तु । शम् अभिषाचः शम् उ रातिषाचः शं नो दिव्याः पार्थिवाः शं नो अप्याः

śaṃ no devā viśvadevā bhavantu śaṃ sarasvatī saha dhībhir astu | śam abhiṣācaḥ śam u rātiṣācaḥ śaṃ no divyāḥ pārthivāḥ śaṃ no apyāḥ

Weal for us be the gods, the All-Gods; weal be Sarasvatī together with (our) thoughts; weal the attendants, and weal the bestowers of gifts; weal for us the heavenly ones, the earthly, weal for us those of the waters.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Kind to us be the Gods and Visve Devas, Sarasvati with Holy Thoughts be gracious. Friendly be they, the Liberal Ones, who seek us, yea, those who dwell in-heaven, on earth, in waters.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 19 11.3

शं नो अज एकपाद् देवो अस्तु शम् अहिर् बुध्न्यः शं समुद्रः । शं नो अपां नपात् पेरुर् अस्तु शं नः पृष्णिर् भवतु देवगोपा

śaṃ no aja ekapād devo astu śam ahir budhnyaḥ śaṃ samudraḥ | śaṃ no apāṃ napāt perur astu śaṃ naḥ pṛṣṇir bhavatu devagopā

Weal for us be the god Aja Ekapād (the one-footed goat); weal Ahi Budhnya, weal the ocean; weal for us be Apāṃ Napāt, the swelling one; weal for us be Pṛṣṇi, guarded by the gods.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

May Aja-Ekapād the God be gracious, gracious the Dragon of the Deep, and Ocean. Gracious be he, the swelling Child of Waters, gracious be Prisni who hath Gods to guard her.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 19 11.4

आदित्या रुद्रा वसवो जुषन्ताम् इदं ब्रह्म क्रियमाणं नवीयः । सृण्वन्तु नो दिव्याः पार्थिवासो गोजाता उत ये यज्ञियासः

ādityā rudrā vasavo juṣantām idaṃ brahma kriyamāṇaṃ navīyaḥ | sṛṇvantu no divyāḥ pārthivāso gojātā uta ye yajñiyāsaḥ

Let the Ādityas, the Rudras, the Vasus take pleasure in this brahman now being made anew; let the heavenly and the earthly ones hear us, and those born of the cow, and those fit for sacrifice.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

So may the Rudras, Vasus, and Ādityas accept the new hymn we now are making. May all the Holy Ones of earth and heaven, and the Cow's off- spring hear our invocation.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 19 11.5

ये देवानाम् ऋत्विजो यज्ञियासो मनोर् यजत्रा अमृता ऋतज्ञाः । ते नो रासन्ताम् उरुगायम् अद्य यूयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः

ye devānām ṛtvijo yajñiyāso manor yajatrā amṛtā ṛtajñāḥ | te no rāsantām urugāyam adya yūyaṃ pāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ

Those who are the officiants of the gods, fit for sacrifice, worthy of worship for Manu, immortal, knowers of ṛta — let them grant us wide room today; do you protect us always with blessings.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Priests of the Gods, worthy of sacrifices, immortal, knowing Law, whom man must worship. May these to-day give us broad paths to travel. Preserve us evermore, ye Gods, with blessings.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 19 11.6

तद् अस्तु मित्रावरुणा तद् अग्ने शं योर् अस्मभ्यम् इदम् अस्तु शस्तम् । अशीमहि गाधम् उत प्रतिष्ठां नमो दिवे बृहते सादनाय

tad astu mitrāvaruṇā tad agne śaṃ yor asmabhyam idam astu śastam | aśīmahi gādham uta pratiṣṭhāṃ namo dive bṛhate sādanāya

Let it be so, O Mitra-Varuṇa; let it be so, O Agni: let this be spoken for us as weal and relief. May we attain a footing and a firm standing. Homage to heaven, to the lofty seat.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition