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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 19 — Chapter 33

AV 19 33.1

सहस्रार्घः शतकाण्डः पयस्वान् अपाम् अग्निर् वीरुधां राजसूयम् । स नो ऽयं दर्भः परि पातु विश्वतो देवो मणिर् आयुषा सं सृजाति नः

sahasrārghaḥ śatakāṇḍaḥ payasvān apām agnir vīrudhāṃ rājasūyam | sa no 'yaṃ darbhaḥ pari pātu viśvato devo maṇir āyuṣā saṃ sṛjāti naḥ

Worth a thousand, hundred-jointed, full of milk, the fire of the waters, the royal consecration of the plants — may this darbha of ours protect us on all sides; may the divine amulet unite us with (long) life.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Hundred stemmed, succulent, and worth a thousand, the Royal Rite of plants, the Water's Agni, Let this same Darbha guard us from all quarters. This Godlike Amulet shall with life endow us.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 19 33.2

घृताद् उल्लुप्तो मधुमान् पयस्वान् भूमिदृंहो ऽच्युतश् च्यावयिष्णुः । नुदन्त् सपत्नान् अधरांश् च कृण्वन् दर्भा रोह महताम् इन्द्रियेण

ghṛtād ullupto madhumān payasvān bhūmidṛṃho 'cyutaś cyāvayiṣṇuḥ | nudant sapatnān adharāṃś ca kṛṇvan darbhā roha mahatām indriyeṇa

Drawn up out of ghee, full of honey, full of milk, making the earth firm, unshakable yet a shaker (of others), thrusting away rivals and making them the lower ones — O darbha, mount up with the power of the great ones.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Drawn forth from butter, juicy, sweetly-flavoured, firm as the earth, unshaken, overthrowing. Driving off foes and casting them beneath me, mount with the strength of mighty Ones, O Darbha.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 19 33.3

त्वं भूमिम् अत्य् एष्य् ओजसा त्वं वेद्यां सीदसि चारुर् अध्वरे । त्वां पवित्रम् ऋषयो ऽभरन्त त्वं पुनीहि दुरितान्य् अस्मत्

tvaṃ bhūmim aty eṣy ojasā tvaṃ vedyāṃ sīdasi cārur adhvare | tvāṃ pavitram ṛṣayo 'bharanta tvaṃ punīhi duritāny asmat

You go over the earth with your force; you sit upon the altar, lovely at the rite. The ṛṣis carried you as a filter; do you purify away our evil courses.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Thou movest o'er the earth with vigour: lovely in sacrifice thou sittest on the altar. The Rishis bear thee as a purifier: cleanse thou us from all evil deeds' defilement.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 19 33.4

तीक्ष्णो राजा विषासही रक्षोहा विश्वचर्षणिः । ओजो देवानां बलम् उग्रम् एतत् तं ते बध्नामि जरसे स्वस्तये

tīkṣṇo rājā viṣāsahī rakṣohā viśvacarṣaṇiḥ | ojo devānāṃ balam ugram etat taṃ te badhnāmi jarase svastaye

Sharp, a king, overpowering, slayer of demons, belonging to all peoples — this is the force of the gods, the fierce strength; that one I bind on you, for old age, for well-being.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

A stern and all-victorious king, foe-queller, dear to every man— That energy of Gods and mighty power, I bind this on thee for long life and welfare.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 19 33.5

दर्भेण त्वं कृणवद् वीर्याणि दर्भं बिभ्रद् आत्मना मा व्यथिष्ठाः । अतिष्ठाय वर्चसाधान्यान्त् सूर्य इवा भाहि प्रदिशश् चतस्रः

darbheṇa tvaṃ kṛṇavad vīryāṇi darbhaṃ bibhrad ātmanā mā vyathiṣṭhāḥ | atiṣṭhāya varcasādhānyānt sūrya ivā bhāhi pradiśaś catasraḥ

With the darbha may you do heroic deeds; carrying the darbha, do not waver in yourself. Having stood above, surpassing the others by splendour, shine out like the sun to the four directions.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Achieve heroic deeds with Darbha, wearing this Darbha never let thy soul be troubled. In splendour and precedence over others illumine like the Sun the heaven's four regions.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)