Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 19 — Chapter 30

AV 19 30.1

यत् ते दर्भ जरामृत्यु शतं वर्मसु वर्म ते । तेनेमं वर्मिणं कृत्वा सपत्नां जहि वीर्यैः

yat te darbha jarāmṛtyu śataṃ varmasu varma te | tenemaṃ varmiṇaṃ kṛtvā sapatnāṃ jahi vīryaiḥ

That armour of yours, O darbha, whose death is (only) old age — a hundredfold among armours is your armour: having made this man armoured with it, slay (his) rivals with (your) powers.

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

AV 19 30.2

शतं ते दर्भ वर्माणि सहस्रं वीर्याणि ते । तम् अस्मै विश्वे त्वां देवा जरसे भर्तवा अदुः

śataṃ te darbha varmāṇi sahasraṃ vīryāṇi te | tam asmai viśve tvāṃ devā jarase bhartavā aduḥ

A hundred are your armours, O darbha, a thousand your powers. All the gods have given you to this man, to be worn until old age.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 19 30.3

त्वाम् आहुर् देववर्म त्वां दर्भ ब्रह्मणस् पतिम् । त्वाम् इन्द्रस्याहुर् वर्म त्वं राष्ट्राणि रक्षसि

tvām āhur devavarma tvāṃ darbha brahmaṇas patim | tvām indrasyāhur varma tvaṃ rāṣṭrāṇi rakṣasi

They call you the gods' armour, you, O darbha, the lord of the brahman; they call you Indra's armour; you guard the kingdoms.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 19 30.4

सपत्नक्षयणं दर्भ द्विषतस् तपनं हृदः । मणिं क्षत्रस्य वर्धनं तनूपानं कृणोमि ते

sapatnakṣayaṇaṃ darbha dviṣatas tapanaṃ hṛdaḥ | maṇiṃ kṣatrasya vardhanaṃ tanūpānaṃ kṛṇomi te

You who destroy rivals, O darbha, who burn the heart of the hater — I make you an amulet that increases lordly power, a protector of the body.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 19 30.5

यत् समुद्रो अभ्यक्रन्दत् पर्जन्यो विद्युता सह । ततो हिरन्ययो बिन्दुस् ततो दर्भो अजायत

yat samudro abhyakrandat parjanyo vidyutā saha | tato hiranyayo bindus tato darbho ajāyata

When the sea roared out, and Parjanya along with the lightning, thence came the golden drop, thence was darbha born.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition