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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 20 — Chapter 48

AV 20 48.1

अभि त्वा वर्चसा गिरः सिञ्चन्त्य् आ चरण्युवः । अभि वत्सं न धेनवः

abhi tvā varcasā giraḥ siñcanty ā caraṇyuvaḥ | abhi vatsaṃ na dhenavaḥ

The songs, moving eagerly, pour splendour over you, as milch-cows (low) toward the calf.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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The swiftly-moving songs of praise pour on thee streams of vital strength As mother cows refresh the calf.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 20 48.2

ता अर्षन्ति शुभ्रियः पृञ्चतीर् वर्चसा पयः । जातं जनिर् यथा हृदा

tā arṣanti śubhriyaḥ pṛñcatīr varcasā payaḥ | jātaṃ janir yathā hṛdā

Those bright ones stream, mingling milk with splendour, as wives (greet) a newborn with the heart.

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

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Swift move the bright ones while they blend the Milk with vital vigour, as A dame her infant with her heart.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 20 48.3

वज्रापवसाध्यः कीर्तिर् म्रियमाणम् आवहन् । मह्यम् आयुर् घृतं पयः

vajrāpavasādhyaḥ kīrtir mriyamāṇam āvahan | mahyam āyur ghṛtaṃ payaḥ

... the thunderbolt ... fame, carrying off the dying one — for me lifetime, ghee, milk.

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

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Fair hymns bring glory to the Strong, and Indra-vigour; unto, me Fatness and milk and length of days.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 20 48.4

आयं गौः पृश्निर् अक्रमीद् असदन् मातरं पुरः । पितरं च प्रयन्त् स्वः

āyaṃ gauḥ pṛśnir akramīd asadan mātaraṃ puraḥ | pitaraṃ ca prayant svaḥ

This dappled bull has come striding; they have seated the mother in front, and the father, going to heaven.

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

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This brindled Bull hath come and sat before the Mother in the east, Advancing to the Father Heaven.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 20 48.5

अन्तश् चरति रोचना अस्य प्राणाद् अपानतः । व्य् अख्यन् महिषः स्वः

antaś carati rocanā asya prāṇād apānataḥ | vy akhyan mahiṣaḥ svaḥ

He moves within, the bright realms, from his breathing out and breathing in; the buffalo has looked forth on heaven.

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

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As expiration from breath she moves along the lucid spheres: The Bull shines forth through all the sky.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 20 48.6

त्रिंशद् धामा वि राजति वाक् पतङ्गो अशिश्रियत् । प्रति वस्तोर् अहर् द्युभिः

triṃśad dhāmā vi rājati vāk pataṅgo aśiśriyat | prati vastor ahar dyubhiḥ

He rules over thirty stations; speech, the flyer, has taken its seat; (again and again) day after day toward the dawn, with the lights.

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

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Song is bestowed upon the Bird. It reigns supreme throughout thirty realms Throughout the days at break of morn.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)