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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 19 — Chapter 37

AV 19 37.1

इदं वर्चो अग्निना दत्तम् आगन् भर्गो यशः सह ओजो वयो बलम् । त्रयस्त्रिंशद् यानि च वीर्याणि तान्य् अग्निः प्र ददातु मे

idaṃ varco agninā dattam āgan bhargo yaśaḥ saha ojo vayo balam | trayastriṃśad yāni ca vīryāṇi tāny agniḥ pra dadātu me

This splendour, given by Agni, has come—radiance, glory, might, vigour, vitality, strength; and whatever the thirty-three heroic powers are, let Agni bestow them on me.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

To me hath come this word given by Agni, fame, force and might, and strength, and life, and lustre. May Agni too bestow on me three-times a hundred manly powers.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 19 37.2

वर्च आ धेहि मे तन्वां सह ओजो वयो बलम् । इन्द्रियाय त्वा कर्मणे वीर्याय प्रति गृह्णामि शतशारदाय

varca ā dhehi me tanvāṃ saha ojo vayo balam | indriyāya tvā karmaṇe vīryāya prati gṛhṇāmi śataśāradāya

Set splendour in my body, might, vigour, vitality, strength. For power, for action, for heroism I receive you, for a hundred autumns.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

For mighty strength, for action, I receive thee, for manly power, to last a hundred autumns.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 19 37.3

ऊर्जे त्वा बलाय त्वौजसे सहसे त्वा । अभिभूयाय त्वा राष्ट्रभृत्याय पर्य् ऊहामि शतशारदाय

ūrje tvā balāya tvaujase sahase tvā | abhibhūyāya tvā rāṣṭrabhṛtyāya pary ūhāmi śataśāradāya

You for vigour, you for strength, you for might, you for force; you for overpowering, for the upholding of the kingdom, I set about (me), for a hundred autumns.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

For conquering strength and energy and vigour I fasten thee for chieftainship, for bearing royal dominion through a hundred autumns.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 19 37.4

ऋतुभ्यष् ट्वार्तवेभ्यो माद्भ्यः संवत्सरेभ्यः । धात्रे विधात्रे समृधे भूतस्य पतये यजे

ṛtubhyaṣ ṭvārtavebhyo mādbhyaḥ saṃvatsarebhyaḥ | dhātre vidhātre samṛdhe bhūtasya pataye yaje

You for the seasons, for the parts of the seasons, for the months, for the years; to Dhātṛ, to Vidhātṛ, to Samṛdh, to the lord of what exists I offer (you).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

With Seasons and with Season-groups, for vigour and extended life. With splendour of the perfect year we fasten thee about the neck.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)