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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 3 — Chapter 30

AV 3 30.1

सहृदयं सांमनस्यम् अविद्वेषं कृणोमि वः । अन्यो अन्यम् अभि हर्यत वत्सं जातम् इवाघ्न्या

sahṛdayaṃ sāṃmanasyam avidveṣaṃ kṛṇomi vaḥ | anyo anyam abhi haryata vatsaṃ jātam ivāghnyā

Concord of heart, unity of mind, freedom from hatred I make for you. Take delight in one another, as a cow (does) in her newborn calf.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Freedom from hate I bring to you, concord and unanimity. Love one another as the cow loveth the calf that she hath borne.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 3 30.2

अनुव्रतः पितुः पुत्रो मात्रा भवतु संमनाः । जाया पत्ये मधुमतीं वाचं वदतु शन्तिवाम्

anuvrataḥ pituḥ putro mātrā bhavatu saṃmanāḥ | jāyā patye madhumatīṃ vācaṃ vadatu śantivām

Let the son be obedient to the father, of one mind with the mother; let the wife speak to the husband speech that is honeyed and peaceable.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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One-minded with his mother let the son be loyal to his sire. Let the wife, calm and gentle, speak words sweet as honey to her lord.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 3 30.3

मा भ्राता भ्रातरं द्विक्षन् मा स्वसारम् उत स्वसा । सम्यञ्चः सव्रता भूत्वा वाचं वदत भद्रया

mā bhrātā bhrātaraṃ dvikṣan mā svasāram uta svasā | samyañcaḥ savratā bhūtvā vācaṃ vadata bhadrayā

Let not brother hate brother, nor sister sister; turned toward one another, keeping the same course, speak your speech with kindness.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

No brother hate his brother, no sister to sister be unkind. Unanimous, with one intent, speak ye your speech in friend- liness.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 3 30.4

येन देवा न वियन्ति नो च विद्विषते मिथः । तत् कृण्मो ब्रह्म वो गृहे संज्ञानं पुरुषेभ्यः

yena devā na viyanti no ca vidviṣate mithaḥ | tat kṛṇmo brahma vo gṛhe saṃjñānaṃ puruṣebhyaḥ

That by which the gods do not go apart, nor hate one another — that spell we make in your house, concord for the men (of it).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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That spell through which Gods sever not, nor ever bear each other hate, That spell we lay upon your home, a bond of union for the men.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 3 30.5

ज्यायस्वन्तश् चित्तिनो मा वि यौष्ट संराधयन्तः सधुराश् चरन्तः । अन्यो अन्यस्मै वल्गु वदन्त एत सध्रीचीनान् वः संमनसस् क्र्णोमि

jyāyasvantaś cittino mā vi yauṣṭa saṃrādhayantaḥ sadhurāś carantaḥ | anyo anyasmai valgu vadanta eta sadhrīcīnān vaḥ saṃmanasas krṇomi

With your elders (respected), thoughtful, do not separate; achieving (things) together, moving under one yoke — speaking pleasantly to one another, come: I make you of one direction, of one mind.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Intelligent, submissive, rest united, friendly and kind, bearing the yoke together. Come, speaking sweetly each one to the other. I make you one- intentioned and one-minded.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 3 30.6

समानी प्रपा सह वो ऽन्नभागः समाने योक्त्रे सह वो युनज्मि । सम्यञ्चो ऽग्निं सपर्यतारा नाभिम् इवाभितः

samānī prapā saha vo 'nnabhāgaḥ samāne yoktre saha vo yunajmi | samyañco 'gniṃ saparyatārā nābhim ivābhitaḥ

Common be your watering-place, together your share of food; in a common harness I yoke you together. Turned the same way, worship Agni, like spokes around the hub.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Let what you drink, your share of food be common together, with one common bond I bid you. Serve Agni, gathered round him like the spokes about the chariot nave.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 3 30.7

सध्रीचीनान् वः संमनसस् कृणोम्य् एकश्नुष्टीन्त् संवननेन सर्वान् । देवा इवामृतं रक्षमाणाः सायंप्रातः सौमनसो वो अस्तु

sadhrīcīnān vaḥ saṃmanasas kṛṇomy ekaśnuṣṭīnt saṃvananena sarvān | devā ivāmṛtaṃ rakṣamāṇāḥ sāyaṃprātaḥ saumanaso vo astu

I make you of one direction, of one mind, all of you (united) by the charm of concord; guarding (it) as the gods guard the immortal (draught), may good-mindedness be yours evening and morning.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

With binding charm I make you all united, obeying one sole leader and one-minded. Even as the Gods who watch and guard the Amrit, at morn and eve may ye be kindly-hearted.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)