Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 3 — Chapter 5

AV 3 5.1

आयम् अगन् पर्णमणिर् बली बलेन प्रमृणन्त् सपत्नान् । ओजो देवानां पय ओषधीनां वर्चसा मा जिन्वन्त्व् अप्रयावन्

āyam agan parṇamaṇir balī balena pramṛṇant sapatnān | ojo devānāṃ paya oṣadhīnāṃ varcasā mā jinvantv aprayāvan

This parṇa-amulet has come, strong, crushing rivals with strength. (It is) the might of the gods, the milk of the plants: let them quicken me with splendour, unceasingly.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 3 5.2

मयि क्षत्रं पर्णमणे मयि धारयताद् रयिम् । अहं राष्ट्रस्याभीवर्गे निजो भूयासम् उत्तमः

mayi kṣatraṃ parṇamaṇe mayi dhārayatād rayim | ahaṃ rāṣṭrasyābhīvarge nijo bhūyāsam uttamaḥ

In me the lordly power, O parṇa-amulet, in me hold fast wealth. May I, within the compass of the realm, be the very own one, the highest.

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

AV 3 5.3

यं निदधुर् वनस्पतौ गुह्यं देवाः प्रियं मणिम् । तम् अस्मभ्यं सहायुषा देवा ददतु भर्तवे

yaṃ nidadhur vanaspatau guhyaṃ devāḥ priyaṃ maṇim | tam asmabhyaṃ sahāyuṣā devā dadatu bhartave

The dear amulet, hidden, which the gods laid down in the forest tree — let the gods give it to us, together with long life, to wear.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 3 5.4

सोमस्य पर्णः सह उग्रम् आगन्न् इन्द्रेण दत्तो वरुणेन शिष्टः । तं प्रियासं बहु रोचमानो दीर्घायुत्वाय शतशारदाय

somasya parṇaḥ saha ugram āgann indreṇa datto varuṇena śiṣṭaḥ | taṃ priyāsaṃ bahu rocamāno dīrghāyutvāya śataśāradāya

The leaf of Soma has come, powerful, formidable, given by Indra, instructed by Varuṇa. May I hold it dear, shining brightly, for long life, for a hundred autumns.

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

AV 3 5.5

आ मारुक्षत् पर्णमणिर् मह्या अरिष्टतातये । यथाहम् उत्तरो ऽसान्य् अर्यम्ण उत संविदः

ā mārukṣat parṇamaṇir mahyā ariṣṭatātaye | yathāham uttaro 'sāny aryamṇa uta saṃvidaḥ

The parṇa-amulet has mounted upon me for my great freedom from harm, so that I may be superior to my equal and to my associate.

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

AV 3 5.6

ये धीवानो रथकाराः कर्मारा ये मनीषिणः । उपस्तीन् पर्ण मह्यं त्वं सर्वान् कृण्व् अभितो जनान्

ye dhīvāno rathakārāḥ karmārā ye manīṣiṇaḥ | upastīn parṇa mahyaṃ tvaṃ sarvān kṛṇv abhito janān

The clever men, the chariot-makers, the smiths who are skilled—them, O parṇa, make all the people round about subject to me.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 3 5.7

ये राजानो राजकृतः सूता ग्रामण्यश् च ये । उपस्तीन् पर्ण मह्यं त्वं सर्वान् कृण्व् अभितो जनान्

ye rājāno rājakṛtaḥ sūtā grāmaṇyaś ca ye | upastīn parṇa mahyaṃ tvaṃ sarvān kṛṇv abhito janān

The kings, the king-makers, the charioteers and the village-headmen—them, O parṇa, make all the people round about subject to me.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 3 5.8

पर्णो ऽसि तनूपानः सयोनिर् वीरो वीरेण मया । संवत्सरस्य तेजसा तेन बध्नामि त्वा मणे

parṇo 'si tanūpānaḥ sayonir vīro vīreṇa mayā | saṃvatsarasya tejasā tena badhnāmi tvā maṇe

You are parṇa, protector of the body, of the same origin, a hero, with me a hero; with the brilliance of the year—with that I bind you on, O amulet.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition