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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 19 — Chapter 12

AV 19 12.1

उषा अप स्वसुस् तमः सं वर्तयति वर्तनिं सुजातता । अया वाजं देवहितं सनेम मदेम शतहिमाः सुवीराः

uṣā apa svasus tamaḥ saṃ vartayati vartaniṃ sujātatā | ayā vājaṃ devahitaṃ sanema madema śatahimāḥ suvīrāḥ

Dawn rolls away her sister's darkness, (rolls up) the track, by her fine birth. By her may we win the prize set by the gods; may we rejoice, rich in heroes, for a hundred winters.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Dawn drives away her sister's gloom, and through her excellence makes her retrace her path. Through her may we gain God-appointed treasure, and with brave sons be glad through hundred winters.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)