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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 20 — Chapter 45

AV 20 45.1

अयम् उ ते सम् अतसि कपोत इव गर्भधिम् । वचस् तच् चिन् न ओहसे

ayam u te sam atasi kapota iva garbhadhim | vacas tac cin na ohase

This (song) of yours you roam over, like a dove (going) to its nest; yet even that speech you do not heed.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

This is thine own. Thou drawest near, as the dove turneth to his mate. Thou carest too for this our prayer.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 20 45.2

स्तोत्रं राधानां पते गिर्वाहो वीर यस्य ते । विभूतिर् अस्तु सूनृता

stotraṃ rādhānāṃ pate girvāho vīra yasya te | vibhūtir astu sūnṛtā

The praise, O lord of bounties, O borne by songs, O hero — let your munificence, your generosity, be (ours).

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

O Hero, Lord of Bounties, praised in hymns, may power and pleasantness Be his who signs the laud to thee.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 20 45.3

ऊर्ध्वस् तिष्ठा न ऊतये ऽस्मिन् वाजे शतक्रतो । सम् अन्येषु ब्रवावहै

ūrdhvas tiṣṭhā na ūtaye 'smin vāje śatakrato | sam anyeṣu bravāvahai

Stand up erect for our help in this contest, O you of a hundred powers; let us two confer together among the others.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Lord of a Hundred Powers, stand up to lend us succour in this fight: In others too let us agree.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)