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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 20 — Chapter 102

AV 20 102.1

ईलेन्यो नमस्यस् तिरस् तमांसि दर्शतः । सम् अग्निर् इध्यते वृषा

īlenyo namasyas tiras tamāṃsi darśataḥ | sam agnir idhyate vṛṣā

To be invoked, to be honored with homage, visible across the darknesses — the bull Agni is kindled.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Meet to be lauded and adored, showing in beauty through the= dark, Agni the Bull is kindled well,

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 20 102.2

वृषो अग्निः सम् इध्यते ऽश्वो न देववाहनः । तं हविष्मन्तः ईलते

vṛṣo agniḥ sam idhyate 'śvo na devavāhanaḥ | taṃ haviṣmantaḥ īlate

The bull Agni is kindled, like a horse that carries the gods; those with oblations invoke him.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Agni is kindled as a Bull, like a horse bearer of the Gods; Men with oblations worship him.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 20 102.3

वृषणं त्वा वयं वृषन् वृषणः सम् इधीमहि । अग्ने दीद्यतं बृहत्

vṛṣaṇaṃ tvā vayaṃ vṛṣan vṛṣaṇaḥ sam idhīmahi | agne dīdyataṃ bṛhat

You, the bull, may we, bulls ourselves, O bull, kindle — O Agni, shining out on high.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Thee will we kindle as a Bull, we who are bulls ourselves, O Bull, Thee, Agni, shining mightily.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)