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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 19 — Chapter 20

AV 19 20.1

अप न्यधुः पौरुषेयं वधं यम् इन्द्राग्नी धाता सविता बृहस्पतिः । सोमो राजा वरुणो अश्विना यमः पूषास्मान् परि पातु मृत्योः

apa nyadhuḥ pauruṣeyaṃ vadhaṃ yam indrāgnī dhātā savitā bṛhaspatiḥ | somo rājā varuṇo aśvinā yamaḥ pūṣāsmān pari pātu mṛtyoḥ

They have laid away the man-made deadly weapon — Indra and Agni, Dhātar, Savitar, Bṛhaspati; may Soma the king, Varuṇa, the Aśvins, Yama, Pūṣan guard us round about from death.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

May Soma, Varuna the King, both Asvins, Yama and Pūshan guard us well from Mrityu— Death caused by men, which Indra-Agni, Dhātar, Brihaspati and Savitar appointed.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 19 20.2

यानि चकार भुवनस्य यस् पतिः प्रजापतिर् मातरिश्वा प्रजाभ्यः । प्रदिशो यानि वसते दिशश् च तानि मे वर्माणि बहुलानि सन्तु

yāni cakāra bhuvanasya yas patiḥ prajāpatir mātariśvā prajābhyaḥ | pradiśo yāni vasate diśaś ca tāni me varmāṇi bahulāni santu

What (armors) the lord of the world, Prajāpati, Mātariśvan, made for (his) creatures, and what the directions and quarters clothe themselves in — let those be my armors, many of them.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

All that the World's Lord made, all that for creatures Prajāpati and Mātarisvan fashioned, All things within the quarters and their spaces, let all these be my manifold defences.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 19 20.3

यत् ते तनूष्व् अनह्यन्त देवा द्युराजयो देहिनः । इन्द्रो यच् चक्रे वर्म तद् अस्मान् पातु विश्वतः

yat te tanūṣv anahyanta devā dyurājayo dehinaḥ | indro yac cakre varma tad asmān pātu viśvataḥ

That which the gods bound on thy bodies, the embodied ones, kings of heaven(?) — the armor which Indra made, let that protect us on every side.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

That which the Gods bound on them when they battled for their royal sway. What Indra made his shield, may that protect us well on every side,

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 19 20.4

वर्म मे द्यावापृथिवी वर्माहर् वर्म सूर्यः । वर्म मे विश्वे देवाः क्रन् मा मा प्रापत् प्रतीचिका

varma me dyāvāpṛthivī varmāhar varma sūryaḥ | varma me viśve devāḥ kran mā mā prāpat pratīcikā

Armor for me (be) heaven and earth, armor the day, armor the sun; let all the gods make armor for me — let not the oncoming (weapon) reach me.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

My shield is Heaven and Earth, my shield is the bright Day, my shield the Sun. The Visva Devas made my shield. Let not misfortune fall on me.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)