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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 104

AV 6 104.1

आदानेन संदानेनामित्रान् आ द्यामसि । अपाना ये चैषां प्राणा असुनासून्त् सम् अछिदन्

ādānena saṃdānenāmitrān ā dyāmasi | apānā ye caiṣāṃ prāṇā asunāsūnt sam achidan

With a seizing, with a binding, we bind the foes; and whatever out-breaths and breaths of theirs (there were), they have cut off (their) lives with the life-breath.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

We bind our foemen with a bond that binds them close and holds them fast. Their breath and respiration I dissever, and their lives from life.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 104.2

इदम् आदानम् अकरं तपसेन्द्रेण संशितम् । अमित्रा ये ऽत्र नः सन्ति तान् अग्न आ द्या त्वम्

idam ādānam akaraṃ tapasendreṇa saṃśitam | amitrā ye 'tra naḥ santi tān agna ā dyā tvam

This fetter I have made, sharpened by heat (tapas) and by Indra. The foes who are here against us — bind them, Agni, thou!

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

This bond, made keen by Indra, I have formed with heat of holy zeal. Securely bind our enemies, O Agni, who are standing here.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 104.3

ऐनान् द्यताम् इन्द्राग्नी सोमो राजा च मेदिनौ । इन्द्रो मरुत्वान् आदानम् अमित्रेभ्यः कृणोतु नः

ainān dyatām indrāgnī somo rājā ca medinau | indro marutvān ādānam amitrebhyaḥ kṛṇotu naḥ

Let Indra and Agni bind them, and King Soma, (being) allies; let Indra with the Maruts make a fettering for us of (our) foes.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Indra and Agni bind them fast, Soma the King, and both the Friends! May Indra, girt by Maruts, make a bond to bind our enemies.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)