Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 2 — Chapter 2

AV 2 2.1

दिव्यो गन्धर्वो भुवनस्य यस् पतिर् एक एव नमस्यो विक्ष्व् ईड्यः । तं त्वा यौमि ब्रह्मणा दिव्य देव नमस् ते अस्तु दिवि ते सधस्थम्

divyo gandharvo bhuvanasya yas patir eka eva namasyo vikṣv īḍyaḥ | taṃ tvā yaumi brahmaṇā divya deva namas te astu divi te sadhastham

The heavenly Gandharva, who is lord of the world, alone to be revered, to be invoked among the peoples—I bind you with a spell, O heavenly god; homage be to you; your seat is in heaven.

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

AV 2 2.2

दिवि स्पृष्टो यजतः सूर्यत्वग् अवयाता हरसो दैव्यस्य । मृडात् गन्धर्वो भुवनस्य यस् पतिर् एक एव नमस्यः सुशेवाः

divi spṛṣṭo yajataḥ sūryatvag avayātā haraso daivyasya | mṛḍāt gandharvo bhuvanasya yas patir eka eva namasyaḥ suśevāḥ

Touching heaven, worthy of worship, sun-skinned, averter of the divine wrath—let the Gandharva be gracious, who is lord of the world, alone to be revered, very kindly.

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

AV 2 2.3

अनवद्याभिः सम् उ जग्म आभिर् अप्सरास्व् अपि गन्धर्व आसीत् । समुद्र आसां सदनं म आहुर् यतः सद्य आ च परा च यन्ति

anavadyābhiḥ sam u jagma ābhir apsarāsv api gandharva āsīt | samudra āsāṃ sadanaṃ ma āhur yataḥ sadya ā ca parā ca yanti

With these blameless ones he has united; among the Apsarases the Gandharva was (present). The sea, they tell me, is their seat, from which they at once come hither and go away.

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

AV 2 2.4

अभ्रिये दिद्युन् नक्षत्रिये या विश्वावसुं गन्धर्वं सचध्वे । ताभ्यो वो देवीर् नम इत् कृणोमि

abhriye didyun nakṣatriye yā viśvāvasuṃ gandharvaṃ sacadhve | tābhyo vo devīr nama it kṛṇomi

You who, cloud-dwelling, lightning-like, star-dwelling, accompany the Gandharva Viśvāvasu—to you, O goddesses, I do indeed make homage.

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AV 2 2.5

याः क्लन्दास् तमिषीचयो ऽक्षकामा मनोमुहः । ताभ्यो गन्धर्वभ्यो ऽप्सराभ्यो ऽकरम् नमः

yāḥ klandās tamiṣīcayo 'kṣakāmā manomuhaḥ | tābhyo gandharvabhyo 'psarābhyo 'karam namaḥ

Those who are the noisy ones, the dusk-haunting, dice-loving, mind-confusing—to those Gandharvas and Apsarases I have made homage.

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