Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 3 — Chapter 13

AV 3 13.1

यद् अदः संप्रयतीर् अहाव् अनदता हते । तस्माद् आ नद्यो नाम स्थ ता वो नामानि सिन्धवः

yad adaḥ saṃprayatīr ahāv anadatā hate | tasmād ā nadyo nāma stha tā vo nāmāni sindhavaḥ

In that, yonder, moving forth together, you roared when Ahi was slain — from that you are 'nadyaḥ' (roaring ones) by name; those are your names, O rivers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 3 13.2

यत् प्रेषिता वरुणेनाच् छीभम् समवल्गत । तद् आप्नोद् इन्द्रो वो यतीस् तस्माद् आपो अनु ष्ठन

yat preṣitā varuṇenāc chībham samavalgata | tad āpnod indro vo yatīs tasmād āpo anu ṣṭhana

In that, when sent forth by Varuṇa you swiftly leapt together, then Indra reached (āpnot) you as you went — from that you are 'āpaḥ' (waters) by name.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 3 13.3

अपकामं स्यन्दमाना अवीवरत वो हि कम् । इन्द्रो वः शक्तिभिर् देवीस् तस्माद् वार् नाम वो हितम्

apakāmaṃ syandamānā avīvarata vo hi kam | indro vaḥ śaktibhir devīs tasmād vār nāma vo hitam

Flowing away at will — for indeed he opened (a way) for you, Indra, with his powers, O divine ones — from that the name 'vār' is set for you.

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

AV 3 13.4

एकः वो देवो ऽप्य् अतिष्ठत् स्यन्दमाना यथावशम् । उद् आनिषुर् महीर् इति तस्माद् उदकम् उच्यते

ekaḥ vo devo 'py atiṣṭhat syandamānā yathāvaśam | ud āniṣur mahīr iti tasmād udakam ucyate

One god stood over you as you flowed according to your wish; 'the great ones have breathed up' (ud āniṣuḥ) — from that it is called 'udaka'.

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

AV 3 13.5

आपो भद्रा घृतम् इद् आप आसन्न् अग्नीषोमौ बिभ्रत्य् आप इत् ताः । तीव्रो रसो मधुपृचाम् अरंगम आ मा प्राणेन सह वर्चसा गमेत्

āpo bhadrā ghṛtam id āpa āsann agnīṣomau bibhraty āpa it tāḥ | tīvro raso madhupṛcām araṃgama ā mā prāṇena saha varcasā gamet

The waters are auspicious; the waters were indeed ghee; these waters carry Agni and Soma. May the keen sap of the honey-mingling ones, readily coming, come to me together with breath, with splendour.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 3 13.6

आद् इत् पश्याम्य् उत वा शृणोम्य् आ मा घोषो गछति वाङ् मासाम् । मन्ये भेजानो अमृतस्य तर्हि हिरण्यवर्णा अतृपं यदा वः

ād it paśyāmy uta vā śṛṇomy ā mā ghoṣo gachati vāṅ māsām | manye bhejāno amṛtasya tarhi hiraṇyavarṇā atṛpaṃ yadā vaḥ

Then indeed I see, or else I hear; the sound comes to me, the speech of them. I think that I have then partaken of the immortal, when I was satisfied with you, O gold-coloured ones.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 3 13.7

इदं व आपो हृदयम् अयं वत्स ऋतावरीः । इहेत्थम् एत शक्वरीर् यत्रेदं वेशयामि वः

idaṃ va āpo hṛdayam ayaṃ vatsa ṛtāvarīḥ | ihettham eta śakvarīr yatredaṃ veśayāmi vaḥ

This is your heart, O waters, this is the calf, O you possessed of ṛta; come here in this way, O mighty ones, where I cause you to enter.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition