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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 4 — Chapter 7

AV 4 7.1

वार् इदम् वारयातै वरणावत्याम् अधि । तत्रामृतस्यासिक्तं तेना ते वारये विषम्

vār idam vārayātai varaṇāvatyām adhi | tatrāmṛtasyāsiktaṃ tenā te vāraye viṣam

This water shall ward (it) off, upon the Varaṇāvatī; there is poured out (the water) of immortality — with that I ward off your poison.

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

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So may this water guard us on the bank of Varanāvati. Therein hath Amrit been infused: with that I ward thy poison off.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 4 7.2

अरसं प्राच्यं विषम् अरसं यद् उदीच्यम् । अथेदम् अधराच्यं करम्भेण वि कल्पते

arasaṃ prācyaṃ viṣam arasaṃ yad udīcyam | athedam adharācyaṃ karambheṇa vi kalpate

Sapless is the eastern poison, sapless what is northern; and this southern one is broken up with porridge.

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

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Weak is the poison of the East, weak is the poison of the North, So too this poison of the South counts as a cake of curds and meal.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 4 7.3

करम्भं कृत्वा तिर्यं पीबस्पाकम् उदारथिम् । क्षुधा किल त्वा दुष्टनो जक्षिवान्त् स न रूरुपः

karambhaṃ kṛtvā tiryaṃ pībaspākam udārathim | kṣudhā kila tvā duṣṭano jakṣivānt sa na rūrupaḥ

Having made the porridge crosswise, thick-cooked, brought up (on the cart) — out of hunger indeed the ill-sounding one, having eaten you, he did not come to harm.

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

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When he hath made of thee a cake, broad, steaming, swelling up with fat, And even in hunger eaten thee, then gripe him not, thou hideous one!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 4 7.4

वि ते मदं मदावति शरम् इव पातयामसि । प्र त्वा चरुम् इव येषन्तं वचसा स्थापयामसि

vi te madaṃ madāvati śaram iva pātayāmasi | pra tvā carum iva yeṣantaṃ vacasā sthāpayāmasi

We make your intoxication fall away, O intoxicating one, as (one shoots down) an arrow; with our speech we make you stand still, (you) seething like a pot.

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

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Intoxicater! like a shaft we make thy spirit fly away, Like a pot boiling on the fire, we with our word remove thee hence.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 4 7.5

परि ग्रामम् इवाचितं वचसा स्थापयामसि । तिष्ठा वृक्ष इव स्थाम्न्य् अभ्रिखाते न रूरुपः

pari grāmam ivācitaṃ vacasā sthāpayāmasi | tiṣṭhā vṛkṣa iva sthāmny abhrikhāte na rūrupaḥ

With our speech we hem (you) about, as a village that is beset; stand still like a tree in its place — O you dug up with the spade, do not come to harm.

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

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We set around thee with the spell as 'twere a gathered arma- ment. Stay quiet like a rooted tree. Dug up with mattocks, gripe not thou.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 4 7.6

पवस्तैस् त्वा पर्य् अक्रीणन् दूर्शेभिर् अजिनैर् उत । प्रक्रीर् असि त्वम् ओषधे ऽभ्रिखाते न रूरुपः

pavastais tvā pary akrīṇan dūrśebhir ajinair uta | prakrīr asi tvam oṣadhe 'bhrikhāte na rūrupaḥ

With cloths they bought you, and with garments and with hides; you are a purchase, O plant — O you dug up with the spade, do not come to harm.

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

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For coverings men have bartered thee, for skins of deer and woven cloths. Thou art a thing of sale, O Plant. Dug up with mattocks, gripe not thou!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 4 7.7

अनाप्ता ये वः प्रथमा यानि कर्माणि चक्रिरे । वीरान् नो अत्र मा दभन् तद् व एतत् पुरो दधे

anāptā ye vaḥ prathamā yāni karmāṇi cakrire | vīrān no atra mā dabhan tad va etat puro dadhe

Those first ones of yours who were not reached, and what deeds they did — let them not harm our men here; that (protection) of yours I set in front.

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

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None have attained to those of old, those who wrought holy acts for you. Let them not harm our heroes here. Therefore I set before you this.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)