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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 103

AV 6 103.1

संदानं वो बृहस्पतिः संदानं सविता करत् । संदानं मित्रो अर्यमा संदानं भगो अश्विना

saṃdānaṃ vo bṛhaspatiḥ saṃdānaṃ savitā karat | saṃdānaṃ mitro aryamā saṃdānaṃ bhago aśvinā

Let Bṛhaspati make a binding of you, a binding let Savitṛ make; a binding Mitra (and) Aryaman, a binding Bhaga (and) the Aśvins.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Brihaspati and Savitar prepare a rope to bind you fast! Let Bhaga, Mitra, Aryaman, and both the Asvins make the bond.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 103.2

सम् परमान्त् सम् अवमान् अथो सं द्यामि मध्यमान् । इन्द्रस् तान् पर्य् अहार् दाम्ना तान् अग्ने सं द्या त्वम्

sam paramānt sam avamān atho saṃ dyāmi madhyamān | indras tān pary ahār dāmnā tān agne saṃ dyā tvam

I bind together the highest, together the lowest, and I bind together the middle ones; Indra has encompassed them with a bond — bind them together, O Agni, you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

I bind together all of them, the first, the last, the middlemost. Indra hath girded these with cord: bind them together, Agni, thou!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 103.3

अमी ये युधम् आयन्ति केतून् कृत्वानीकशः । इन्द्रस् तान् पर्य् अहार् दाम्न तान् अग्ने सं द्या त्वम्

amī ye yudham āyanti ketūn kṛtvānīkaśaḥ | indras tān pary ahār dāmna tān agne saṃ dyā tvam

Those yonder who come to fight, having raised their banners troop by troop — Indra has encompassed them with a bond; bind them together, O Agni, you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Those yonder who approach to fight, with banners raised along their ranks, Indra hath girded these with cord: bind them together, Agni, thou!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)