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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 3 — Chapter 24

AV 3 24.1

पयस्वतीर् ओषधयः पयस्वन् मामकं वचः । अथो पयस्वतीनाम् आ भरे ऽहं सहस्रशः

payasvatīr oṣadhayaḥ payasvan māmakaṃ vacaḥ | atho payasvatīnām ā bhare 'haṃ sahasraśaḥ

Full of milk (are) the plants, full of milk my speech; and so I bring in, a thousandfold, (the sap) of those full of milk.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

The plants of earth are rich in milk, and rich in milk is this my word, So from the rich in milk I bring thousandfold profit hitherward.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 3 24.2

वेदाहं पयस्वन्तं चकार धान्यम् बहु । संभृत्वा नाम यो देवस् तं वयं हवामहे योयो अयज्वनो गृहे

vedāhaṃ payasvantaṃ cakāra dhānyam bahu | saṃbhṛtvā nāma yo devas taṃ vayaṃ havāmahe yoyo ayajvano gṛhe

I know the one full of milk: he has made the grain abundant. The god whose name is Saṃbhṛtvan ('Gatherer') — him we call, whoever is in the house of one who does not sacrifice.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Him who is rich in milk I know. Abundant hath he made our corn. The God whose name is Gatherer, him we invoke who dwelleth in his house who sacrifices not.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 3 24.3

इमा याः पञ्च प्रदिशो मानवीः पञ्च कृष्टयः । वृष्टे शापं नदीर् इवेह स्फातिं समावहान्

imā yāḥ pañca pradiśo mānavīḥ pañca kṛṣṭayaḥ | vṛṣṭe śāpaṃ nadīr iveha sphātiṃ samāvahān

These five quarters that there are, the five peoples descended from Manu — let them bring together abundance here, as rivers (bring) driftwood when it has rained.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

All the five regions of the heavens, all the five races of man- kind, As after rain the stream brings drift, let them bring increase hitherward.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 3 24.4

उद् उत्सं शतधारं सहस्रधारम् अक्षितम् । एवास्माकेदं धान्यं सहस्रधारम् अक्षितम्

ud utsaṃ śatadhāraṃ sahasradhāram akṣitam | evāsmākedaṃ dhānyaṃ sahasradhāram akṣitam

(There is) a spring of a hundred streams, of a thousand streams, unexhausted; so let this grain of ours be of a thousand streams, unexhausted.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Open the well with hundred streams, exhaustless, with a thousand streams. So cause this corn of ours to be exhaustless, with a thousand streams.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 3 24.5

शतहस्त समाहर सहस्रहस्त सं किर । कृतस्य कार्यस्य चेह स्फातिं समावह

śatahasta samāhara sahasrahasta saṃ kira | kṛtasya kāryasya ceha sphātiṃ samāvaha

O hundred-handed one, gather together; O thousand-handed one, heap up. Bring together here the abundance of what has been done and of what is to be done.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

O Hundred-handed, gather up. O Thousand-handed, pour thou forth. Bring hither increase of the corn prepared and yet to be pre- pared.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 3 24.6

तिस्रो मात्रा गन्धर्वाणां चतस्रो गृहपत्न्याः । तासां या स्फातिमत्तमा तया त्वाभि मृशामसि

tisro mātrā gandharvāṇāṃ catasro gṛhapatnyāḥ | tāsāṃ yā sphātimattamā tayā tvābhi mṛśāmasi

Three are the measures of the Gandharvas, four those of the mistress of the house; of these, the one that is richest in abundance — with that we touch you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Three sheaves are the Gandharvas' claim, the lady of the house hath four. We touch thee with the sheaf that is the most abundant of them all.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 3 24.7

उपोहश् च समूहश् च क्षत्तारौ ते प्रजापते । ताव् इहा वहतां स्फातिं बहुं भूमानम् अक्षितम्

upohaś ca samūhaś ca kṣattārau te prajāpate | tāv ihā vahatāṃ sphātiṃ bahuṃ bhūmānam akṣitam

Pushing-toward and Heaping-together are your two attendants, O Prajāpati. Let those two bring here abundance, much, plenty, unexhausted.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Adding and Gathering are thy two attendants, O Prajāpati. May they bring hither increase, wealth abundant, inexhaustible.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)