Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 4 — Chapter 4
AV 4 4.1
यां त्वा गन्धर्वो अखनद् वरुणाय मृतभ्रजे । तां त्वा वयं खनामस्य् ओषधिं शेपहर्षणीम्
yāṃ tvā gandharvo akhanad varuṇāya mṛtabhraje | tāṃ tvā vayaṃ khanāmasy oṣadhiṃ śepaharṣaṇīm
You whom the Gandharva dug for Varuṇa, whose virility was dead — you, the plant that makes the member stiffen, we dig.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
We dig thee from the earth, the Plant which strengthens and exalts the nerves, The Plant which the Gandharva dug for Varuna whose power was lost.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 4 4.2
उद् उषा उद् उ सूर्य उद् इदं मामकं वचः । उद् एजतु प्रजापतिर् वृषा शुष्मेण वाजिना
ud uṣā ud u sūrya ud idaṃ māmakaṃ vacaḥ | ud ejatu prajāpatir vṛṣā śuṣmeṇa vājinā
Up (is) the dawn, up too the sun, up this speech of mine; let Prajāpati, the bull, rise up with vigorous strength.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Let Ushas and let Sūrya rise, let this the speech I utter rise. Let the strong male Prajāpati arise with manly energy.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 4 4.3
यथा स्म ते विरोहतो ऽभितप्तम् इवानति । ततस् ते शुष्मवत्तरम् इयं कृणोत्व् ओषधिः
yathā sma te virohato 'bhitaptam ivānati | tatas te śuṣmavattaram iyaṃ kṛṇotv oṣadhiḥ
As, when you sprout up, it pants as if scorched — from that let this plant make yours (still) more full of vigour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Sicut tui surgentis (membrum virile) tanquam inflammatum palpitat, hoc illud tui ardentius haec herba faciat.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 4 4.4
उच् छुष्मौषधीनां सारा ऋषभाणाम् । सं पुंसाम् इन्द्र वृष्ण्यम् अस्मिन् धेहि तनूवशिन्
uc chuṣmauṣadhīnāṃ sārā ṛṣabhāṇām | saṃ puṃsām indra vṛṣṇyam asmin dhehi tanūvaśin
Up, O vigour of the plants, O saps of the bulls! Together, Indra, place in this man the manly power of males, you who have bodies in your control.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Sursum (estote) herbarum vires, taurorum vigor. Tu, Indra, corporis potens, virorum masculum robur in hoc homine depone.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 4 4.5
अपां रसः प्रथमजो ऽथो वनस्पतीनाम् । उत सोमस्य भ्रातास्य् उतार्शम् असि वृष्ण्यम्
apāṃ rasaḥ prathamajo 'tho vanaspatīnām | uta somasya bhrātāsy utārśam asi vṛṣṇyam
You are the sap of the waters, the firstborn, and also (the sap) of the trees; and you are Soma's brother, and you are the thrusting virile power.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Ros aquarum primigenitus atque arborum, Somae etiam frater es, vatum sacrorum masculus vigor es.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 4 4.6
अद्याग्ने अद्य सवितर् अद्य देवि सरस्वति । अद्यास्य ब्रह्मणस् पते धनुर् इवा तानया पसः
adyāgne adya savitar adya devi sarasvati | adyāsya brahmaṇas pate dhanur ivā tānayā pasaḥ
Today, Agni, today, Savitar, today, goddess Sarasvatī, today, Brahmaṇaspati, stretch this man's member like a bow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Hodie, Agnis! hodie Savitar! hodie dea Sarasvatis! hodie Brahmanaspatis! hujus fascinum velut arcum extende.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 4 4.7
आहं तनोमि ते पसो अधि ज्याम् इव धन्वनि । क्रमस्वर्श इव रोहितम् अनवग्लायता सदा
āhaṃ tanomi te paso adhi jyām iva dhanvani | kramasvarśa iva rohitam anavaglāyatā sadā
I stretch your member as a bowstring upon a bow; mount, like a stag a red doe, with (strength) never slackening.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Velut nervum in arcu ego tuum fascinum extendo. Aggredere (mulierem) semper indefessus velut cervus damam.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 4 4.8
अश्वस्याश्वतरस्याजस्य पेत्वस्य च । अथ ऋषभस्य ये वाजास् तान् अस्मिन् धेहि तनूवशिन्
aśvasyāśvatarasyājasya petvasya ca | atha ṛṣabhasya ye vājās tān asmin dhehi tanūvaśin
Of the horse, of the mule, of the goat and of the petva-animal, and the vigours that are the bull's — place these in this man, you who have bodies in your control.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Quae sunt equi vires, muli, capri, arietis, atque tauri, illas, cor- poris potens! in hoc homine depone.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)