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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 3 — Chapter 20

AV 3 20.1

अयं ते योनिर् ऋत्वियो यतो जातो अरोचथाः । तं जानन्न् अग्न आ रोहाधा नो वर्धय रयिम्

ayaṃ te yonir ṛtviyo yato jāto arocathāḥ | taṃ jānann agna ā rohādhā no vardhaya rayim

This is your seasonable womb, from which, being born, you shone; knowing it, O Agni, mount it, and then increase our wealth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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This is thine ordered place of birth whence sprung to life thou shinest forth. Knowing this, Agni, mount on high and cause our riches to increase.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 3 20.2

अग्ने अछा वदेह नः प्रत्यङ् नः सुमना भव । प्र णो यछ विशां पते धनदा असि नस् त्वम्

agne achā vadeha naḥ pratyaṅ naḥ sumanā bhava | pra ṇo yacha viśāṃ pate dhanadā asi nas tvam

O Agni, speak hither to us here; be turned toward us, favorably minded; grant to us, O lord of the clans—you are a giver of riches to us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Turn hither, Agni, speak to us, come to us with a friendly mind. Enrich us, Sovran of the Tribes! Thou art the giver of our wealth.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 3 20.3

प्र णो यछत्व् अर्यमा प्र भगः प्र बृहस्पतिः । प्र देवीः प्रोत सूनृता रयिं देवी दधातु मे

pra ṇo yachatv aryamā pra bhagaḥ pra bṛhaspatiḥ | pra devīḥ prota sūnṛtā rayiṃ devī dadhātu me

Let Aryaman grant to us, let Bhaga grant, let Bṛhaspati grant, let the goddesses grant, and let Sūnṛtā—let the goddess bestow wealth on me.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Let Aryaman vouchsafe us, wealth, and Bhaga, and Brihaspati, The Goddesses grant wealth to us, Sūnritā, Goddess, give me wealth!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 3 20.4

सोमं राजानम् अवसे ऽग्निं गीर्भिर् हवामहे । आदित्यम् विष्णुम् सूर्यं ब्रह्माणं च बृहस्पतिम्

somaṃ rājānam avase 'gniṃ gīrbhir havāmahe | ādityam viṣṇum sūryaṃ brahmāṇaṃ ca bṛhaspatim

We call with our songs on King Soma for help, and on Agni, on Āditya, Viṣṇu, Sūrya, and on Brahman and Bṛhaspati.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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We call King Soma to our aid, and Agni with our songs and. hymn, The Ādityas, Vishnu, Sūrya, and the Brāhman-priest Brihaspati.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 3 20.5

त्वं नो अग्ने अग्निभिर् ब्रह्म यज्ञं वर्धय । त्वं नो देव दातवे रयिं दानाय चोदय

tvaṃ no agne agnibhir brahma yajñaṃ vardhaya | tvaṃ no deva dātave rayiṃ dānāya codaya

You, O Agni, together with the fires, increase for us the brahman and the sacrifice; you, O god, urge wealth toward us, for giving, for the gift.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Do thou, O Agni, with thy fires strengthen our prayer and. sacrifice. Incite thou us, O God, to give, and send us riches to bestow.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 3 20.6

इन्द्रवायू उभाव् इह सुहवेह हवामहे । यथा नः सर्व इज् जनः संगत्यां सुमना असद् दानकामश् च नो भुवत्

indravāyū ubhāv iha suhaveha havāmahe | yathā naḥ sarva ij janaḥ saṃgatyāṃ sumanā asad dānakāmaś ca no bhuvat

Indra and Vāyu, both easy to call, we call here—so that every person may be favorably minded toward us in the assembly, and may be desirous of giving to us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Both Indra here and Vāyu we invoke with an auspicious call, That in assembly all the folk may be benevolent to us, and be inclined to give us gifts.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 3 20.7

अर्यमणं बृहस्पतिम् इन्द्रं दानाय चोदय । वातं विष्णुं सरस्वतीं सवितारं च वाजिनम्

aryamaṇaṃ bṛhaspatim indraṃ dānāya codaya | vātaṃ viṣṇuṃ sarasvatīṃ savitāraṃ ca vājinam

Urge Aryaman, Bṛhaspati, Indra to giving; (urge) Vāta, Viṣṇu, Sarasvatī, and Savitṛ rich in strength.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Urge Aryaman to send us gifts, and Indra, and Brihaspati, Vāta, Vishnu, Sarasvati, and the strong courser Savitar.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 3 20.8

वाजस्य नु प्रसवे सं बभूविमेमा च विश्वा भुवनानि अन्तः । उतादित्सन्तं दापयतु प्रजानन् रयिं च नः सर्ववीरं नि यछ

vājasya nu prasave saṃ babhūvimemā ca viśvā bhuvanāni antaḥ | utāditsantaṃ dāpayatu prajānan rayiṃ ca naḥ sarvavīraṃ ni yacha

Now at the generating of strength we have come together, and (so have) all these worlds within; and let (the god), knowing, make even the one unwilling to give bestow; and grant us wealth with all our heroes.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Now have we reached the ordering of power, and all these worlds of life are held within it. Let him who knows urge e'en the churl to bounty Give wealth. to us with all good men about us.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 3 20.9

दुह्राम् मे पञ्च प्रदिषो दुह्राम् उर्वीर् यथाबलम् । प्रापेयं सर्वा आकूतीर् मनसा हृदयेन च

duhrām me pañca pradiṣo duhrām urvīr yathābalam | prāpeyaṃ sarvā ākūtīr manasā hṛdayena ca

Let the five directions yield milk for me, let the wide (regions) yield according to their power; may I attain all (my) intentions with mind and with heart.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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May heaven's five spacious regions pour their milk for me with all their might. May I obtain each wish and hope formed by my spirit and my heart.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 3 20.10

गोसनिं वाचम् उदेयं वर्चसा माभ्युदिहि । आ रुन्धां सर्वतो वायुस् त्वष्टा पोषं दधातु मे

gosaniṃ vācam udeyaṃ varcasā mābhyudihi | ā rundhāṃ sarvato vāyus tvaṣṭā poṣaṃ dadhātu me

May I rise up with cow-winning speech; rise up toward me with splendour. Let Vāyu hold (it) fast on every side; let Tvaṣṭar set thriving in me.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

May speech that winneth cows be mine. With splendour mount thou over me. May Vāyu hedge me round about May Pūshan make me pros- perous.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)