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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 19 — Chapter 59

AV 19 59.1

त्वम् अग्ने व्रतपा असि देव आ मर्त्येष्व् आ । त्वं यज्ञेष्व् ईड्यः

tvam agne vratapā asi deva ā martyeṣv ā | tvaṃ yajñeṣv īḍyaḥ

Thou, Agni, art the guardian of vows, a god among mortals; thou art to be invoked at the sacrifices.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

God among mortals, Agni, thou art guard of holy Law, thou art To be adored in sacred rites.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 19 59.2

यद् वो वयं प्रमिनाम व्रतानि विदुषां देवा अविदुष्टरासः । अग्निष् टद् विश्वाद् आ पृणातु विद्वान्त् सोमस्य यो ब्राह्मणाꣳ आविवेश

yad vo vayaṃ pramināma vratāni viduṣāṃ devā aviduṣṭarāsaḥ | agniṣ ṭad viśvād ā pṛṇātu vidvānt somasya yo brāhmaṇāṁ āviveśa

If we, more ignorant, transgress your vows, O gods, who are the knowing ones — let Agni, who knows, fill that out from everything, he who has entered into the brāhmaṇas of Soma.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

When, ignorant, we violate the statutes of you, O Deities, with whom is knowledge, Wise Agni shall correct our faults and failings, and Soma who hath entered into Brāhmans.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 19 59.3

आ देवानाम् अपि पन्थाम् अगन्म यच् छक्नवाम तद् अनुप्रवोढुम् । अग्निर् विद्वान्त् स यजात् स इद् धोता सो ऽध्वरान्त् स ऋतून् कल्पयाति

ā devānām api panthām aganma yac chaknavāma tad anupravoḍhum | agnir vidvānt sa yajāt sa id dhotā so 'dhvarānt sa ṛtūn kalpayāti

We have come onto the path of the gods, that we might be able to carry (it) onward. Let Agni, the knowing one, sacrifice; he indeed is the hotṛ; let him arrange the rites, let him arrange the seasons.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

To the Gods' pathway have we come desiring to execute what work we may accomplish. Let Agni—for he knows—complete the worship. He is the Priest: let him fix rites and seasons.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)