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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 2 — Chapter 14

AV 2 14.1

निःसालां धृष्णुं धिषणम् एकवाद्याम् जिघत्स्वम् । सर्वाश् चण्डस्य नप्त्यो नाशयामः सदान्वाः

niḥsālāṃ dhṛṣṇuṃ dhiṣaṇam ekavādyām jighatsvam | sarvāś caṇḍasya naptyo nāśayāmaḥ sadānvāḥ

The houseless one, the bold one, the Dhiṣaṇā, the one who speaks alone, the ravenous one—all the granddaughters of Caṇḍa, the Sadānvās, we make to vanish.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Forth from the hall the bold, the sharp, the greedy one, the single-voiced, Sadānvās, and all progeny of Chanda we exterminate.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 2 14.2

निर् वो गोष्ठाद् अजामसि निर् अक्षान् निर् उपानशात् । निर् वो मगुन्द्या दुहितरो गृहेभ्यश् चातयामहे

nir vo goṣṭhād ajāmasi nir akṣān nir upānaśāt | nir vo magundyā duhitaro gṛhebhyaś cātayāmahe

We drive you out from the cow-stall, out from the axle, out from the cart; out from the houses we chase you, daughters of Magundī.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

We drive you forth from cattle-shed, from axle, from within the wain, Ye daughters of Magundi, we frighten and chase you from out homes.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 2 14.3

असौ यो अधराद् गृहस् तत्र सन्त्व् अराय्यः । तत्र सेदिर् न्य् उच्यतु सर्वाश् च यातुधान्यः

asau yo adharād gṛhas tatra santv arāyyaḥ | tatra sedir ny ucyatu sarvāś ca yātudhānyaḥ

That house which is below—there let the Arāyīs be; there let ruin settle down, and all the sorceresses.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Yonder let the Arāyis dwell, there where that house is down below. Let utter indigence and all the Yātudhānis settle there.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 2 14.4

भूतपतिर् निर् अजत्व् इन्द्रश् चेतः सदान्वाः । गृहस्य बुध्न आसीनास् ता इन्द्रो वज्रेणाधि तिष्ठतु

bhūtapatir nir ajatv indraś cetaḥ sadānvāḥ | gṛhasya budhna āsīnās tā indro vajreṇādhi tiṣṭhatu

Let the lord of beings drive (them) out, and Indra, these Sadānvās; seated at the bottom of the house—let Indra with his thunderbolt stand over them.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

May Bhūtapati drive away, and Indra, the Sadānvās hence. Let Indra with his bolt quell those who sit upon our dwelling's floor.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 2 14.5

यदि स्थ क्षेत्रियाणां यदि वा पुरुषेषिताः । यदि स्थ दस्युभ्यो जाता नश्यतेतः सदान्वाः

yadi stha kṣetriyāṇāṃ yadi vā puruṣeṣitāḥ | yadi stha dasyubhyo jātā naśyatetaḥ sadānvāḥ

Whether you belong to those of the field, or whether you are sent by men, whether you are born from the Dasyus—vanish from here, you Sadānvās!

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Whether ye be of farm and field, or whether ye be sent by men, Or be ye sprung from Dasyu race, vanish, Sadānvās, and begone.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 2 14.6

परि धामान्य् आसाम् आशुर् गाष्ठाम् इवासरम् । अजैषं सर्वान् आजीन् वो नश्यतेतः सदान्वाः

pari dhāmāny āsām āśur gāṣṭhām ivāsaram | ajaiṣaṃ sarvān ājīn vo naśyatetaḥ sadānvāḥ

Swift, I ran about their abodes as about a racecourse; I have won all your contests—vanish from here, you Sadānvās!

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

I have gone round their homes as runs a fleet-foot racer round the post, And in all races conquered you. Vanish, Sadānvās, and begone.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)