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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 19 — Chapter 48

AV 19 48.1

अथो यानि च यस्मा ह यानि चान्तः परीणहि । तानि ते परि दद्मसि

atho yāni ca yasmā ha yāni cāntaḥ parīṇahi | tāni te pari dadmasi

And also whatever ... and whatever (are) within the enclosure — those we entrust to you.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Then all that we accumulate, all that the treasure-chest contains,. All this do we entrust to thee.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 19 48.2

रात्रि मातर् उषसे नः परि देहि । उषा नो अह्ने परि ददात्व् अहस् तुभ्यं विभावरि

rātri mātar uṣase naḥ pari dehi | uṣā no ahne pari dadātv ahas tubhyaṃ vibhāvari

O Night, mother, hand us over to Dawn; let Dawn hand us over to Day; (and) Day to you, O far-shining one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Entrust thou us to Dawn, O Mother Night. May Dawn entrust us to the Day, and Day to thee, O splendid. One.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 19 48.3

यत् किं चेदं पतयति यत् किं चेदं सरीसृपम् । यत् किं च पर्वतायासत्वं तस्मात् त्वं रात्रि पाहि नः

yat kiṃ cedaṃ patayati yat kiṃ cedaṃ sarīsṛpam | yat kiṃ ca parvatāyāsatvaṃ tasmāt tvaṃ rātri pāhi naḥ

Whatever here flies, whatever here creeps, and whatever belongs to the mountain(?) — from that do you, O Night, protect us.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Whatever flying thing be here, whatever thing that creeps and. crawls. Whatever fastens on a joint, therefrom do thou protect us, Night.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 19 48.4

सा पश्चात् पाहि सा पुरः सोत्तराद् अधराद् उत । गोपाय नो विभावरि स्तोतारस् त इह स्मसि

sā paścāt pāhi sā puraḥ sottarād adharād uta | gopāya no vibhāvari stotāras ta iha smasi

Protect (us) from behind, she from in front, she from above and from below; guard us, O far-shining one; we are your praisers here.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

So guard thou us from west and east, protect us from the north and south. O splendid One, preserve us: we, the singers of thy praise, are here.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 19 48.5

ये रात्रिम् अनुतिष्ठन्ति ये च भूतेषु जाग्रति । पशून् ये सर्वान् रक्षन्ति ते न आत्मसु जाग्रति ते नः पशुषु जाग्रति

ye rātrim anutiṣṭhanti ye ca bhūteṣu jāgrati | paśūn ye sarvān rakṣanti te na ātmasu jāgrati te naḥ paśuṣu jāgrati

Those who attend upon Night, and those who keep watch among beings, those who guard all the cattle — they keep watch over our selves, they keep watch over our cattle.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

They who are followers of Night, and they who watch o'er living things. They who protect all cattle, they keep watch and ward over our lives, over our herds keep watch and ward.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 19 48.6

वेद वै रात्रि ते नाम घृताची नाम वा असि । तां त्वां भरद्वाजो वेद सा नो वित्ते ऽधि जाग्रति

veda vai rātri te nāma ghṛtācī nāma vā asi | tāṃ tvāṃ bharadvājo veda sā no vitte 'dhi jāgrati

I know indeed your name, O Night: Ghṛtācī is surely your name. As such Bharadvāja knows you; as such she keeps watch over our possessions.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Verily, Night, I know thy name, Dropper of Fatness art thou called. Thee Bharadvāja knew as such: as such be watchful o'er our wealth.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)