Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 3 — Chapter 18

AV 3 18.1

इमां खनाम्य् ओषधिं वीरुधां बलवत्तमाम् । यया सपत्नीं बाधते यया संविन्दते पतिम्

imāṃ khanāmy oṣadhiṃ vīrudhāṃ balavattamām | yayā sapatnīṃ bādhate yayā saṃvindate patim

I dig this plant, of creeping things the most powerful, by which one drives off a rival wife, by which one wins a husband entirely.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 3 18.2

उत्तानपर्णे सुभगे देवजूते सहस्वति । सपत्नीं मे परा णुद पतिं मे केवलं कृधि

uttānaparṇe subhage devajūte sahasvati | sapatnīṃ me parā ṇuda patiṃ me kevalaṃ kṛdhi

O you with upturned leaf, fortunate one, sped by the gods, powerful one: thrust away my rival wife, make my husband mine alone.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 3 18.3

नहि ते नाम जग्राह नो अस्मिन् रमसे पतौ । पराम् एव परावतं सपत्नीं गमयामसि

nahi te nāma jagrāha no asmin ramase patau | parām eva parāvataṃ sapatnīṃ gamayāmasi

For she has not grasped your name, nor do you take pleasure in this husband (of mine); to the very farthest distance we make the rival wife go.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 3 18.4

उत्तराहम् उत्तर उत्तरेद् उत्तराभ्यः । अधः सपत्नी या ममाधरा साधराभ्यः

uttarāham uttara uttared uttarābhyaḥ | adhaḥ sapatnī yā mamādharā sādharābhyaḥ

I am the upper one, O upper one, upper indeed above the upper ones; and let the rival wife who is mine be below, lower than the lower ones.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 3 18.5

अहम् अस्मि सहमानाथो त्वम् असि सासहिः । उभे सहस्वती भूत्वा सपत्नीं मे सहावहै

aham asmi sahamānātho tvam asi sāsahiḥ | ubhe sahasvatī bhūtvā sapatnīṃ me sahāvahai

I am the overcoming one, and you too are overpowering; both of us, having become possessed of overcoming force, shall overcome my rival wife.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 3 18.6

अभि ते ऽधां सहमानाम् उप ते ऽधां सहीयसीम् । माम् अनु प्र ते मनो वत्सं गौर् इव धावतु पथा वार् इव धावतु

abhi te 'dhāṃ sahamānām upa te 'dhāṃ sahīyasīm | mām anu pra te mano vatsaṃ gaur iva dhāvatu pathā vār iva dhāvatu

I have laid the overcoming one upon you, I have set the more overcoming one beneath you; let your mind run after me, as a cow after her calf, let it run as water along a path.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition