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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 19 — Chapter 64

AV 19 64.1

अग्ने समिधम् आहार्षं बृहते जातवेदसे । स मे श्रद्धां च मेधां च जातवेदाः प्र यछतु

agne samidham āhārṣaṃ bṛhate jātavedase | sa me śraddhāṃ ca medhāṃ ca jātavedāḥ pra yachatu

O Agni, I have brought firewood to the great Jātavedas. Let that Jātavedas grant me both faith and insight.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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For lofty Jātavedas I have brought the fuel hither first. May he who knoweth all bestow faith and intelligence on me.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 19 64.2

इध्मेन त्वा जातवेदः समिधा वर्धयामसि । तथा त्वम् अस्मान् वर्धय प्रजया च धनेन च

idhmena tvā jātavedaḥ samidhā vardhayāmasi | tathā tvam asmān vardhaya prajayā ca dhanena ca

With fuel, O Jātavedas, with firewood we make you grow; so do you make us grow, with offspring and with wealth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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With fuel and with flaming wood we, Jātavedas, strengthen thee; So do thou strengthen us in turn with children and with store of wealth.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 19 64.3

यद् अग्ने यानि कानि चिद् आ ते दारूणि दध्मसि । सर्वं तद् अस्तु मे शिवं तज् जुषस्व यविष्ठ्य

yad agne yāni kāni cid ā te dārūṇi dadhmasi | sarvaṃ tad astu me śivaṃ taj juṣasva yaviṣṭhya

Whatever pieces of wood, O Agni, we place upon you—let all that be auspicious for me; enjoy that, O youngest one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Whatever even be the logs which, Agni, we lay down for thee, propitious be it all to me: accept it, O most youthful God.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 19 64.4

एतास् ते अग्ने समिधस् त्वम् इद्धः समिद् भव । आयुर् अस्मासु धेह्य् अमृतत्वम् आचार्याय

etās te agne samidhas tvam iddhaḥ samid bhava | āyur asmāsu dhehy amṛtatvam ācāryāya

These are your kindling-sticks, O Agni; being kindled, do you become kindling. Set lifetime in us, and immortality for the teacher.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Agni, these logs are thine: with these be, fain to burn! a flaming brand. Vouchsafe us length of life and give us hope of immortality.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)