Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 102
AV 6 102.1
यथायं वाहो अश्विना समैति सं च वर्तते । एवा माम् अभि ते मनः समैतु सं च वर्तताम्
yathāyaṃ vāho aśvinā samaiti saṃ ca vartate | evā mām abhi te manaḥ samaitu saṃ ca vartatām
As this draught-animal, O Aśvins, comes together and turns together (with the yoke), so let your mind come together toward me and turn together.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Even as this ox, O Asvins, steps and turns together with his mate, So let thy fancy turn itself, come nearer, and unite with me.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 6 102.2
आहं खिदामि ते मनो राजाश्वः पृष्ट्याम् इव । रेष्मछिन्नम् यथा तृणं मयि ते वेष्टतां मनः
āhaṃ khidāmi te mano rājāśvaḥ pṛṣṭyām iva | reṣmachinnam yathā tṛṇaṃ mayi te veṣṭatāṃ manaḥ
I drag down your mind as a (rider) does a royal horse by the side-rein; like grass cut off by the whirlwind, let your mind wind itself about me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
I, as the shaft-horse draws the mare beside him, draw thee to myself. Like grass that storm and wind have rent, so be thy mind at- tached to me!
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 6 102.3
आञ्जनस्य मदुघस्य कुष्ठस्य नलदस्य च । तुरो भगस्य हस्ताभ्याम् अनुरोधनम् उद् भरे
āñjanasya madughasya kuṣṭhasya naladasya ca | turo bhagasya hastābhyām anurodhanam ud bhare
Of ointment, of madugha, of kuṣṭha and of nalada — with the two hands of speeding Bhaga I bring up the means of making (her) compliant.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Swiftly from Bhaga's hands I bear away a love-compelling charm Of ointment and of sugar-cane, of Spikenard and the Kushtha plant.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)