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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 106

AV 6 106.1

आयने ते परायने दूर्वा रोहन्तु पुष्पिणीः । उत्सो वा तत्र जायताम् ह्रदो वा पुण्डरीकवान्

āyane te parāyane dūrvā rohantu puṣpiṇīḥ | utso vā tatra jāyatām hrado vā puṇḍarīkavān

On thy way in and thy way out let flowering dūrvā grasses grow up; let either a spring be born there, or a pool full of lotuses.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Let flowery Dūrvā grass grow up about thine exit and approach. There let a spring of water rise, or lake with blooming lotuses.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 106.2

अपाम् इदं न्ययनं समुद्रस्य निवेशनम् । मध्ये ह्रदस्य नो गृहाः पराचीना मुखा कृधि

apām idaṃ nyayanaṃ samudrasya niveśanam | madhye hradasya no gṛhāḥ parācīnā mukhā kṛdhi

This is the descent of the waters, the settling-place of the ocean. In the middle of the pool are our houses: make the mouths (of the waters) turned away.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

This is the place where waters meet, here is the gathering of the flood. Our home is set amid the lake: turn thou thy jaws away from it.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 106.3

हिमस्य त्वा जरायुणा शाले परि व्ययामसि । शीतह्रदा हि नो भुवो ऽग्निष् कृणोतु भेषजम्

himasya tvā jarāyuṇā śāle pari vyayāmasi | śītahradā hi no bhuvo 'gniṣ kṛṇotu bheṣajam

With the membrane of snow we wrap thee about, O hut; be thou for us one of cool pools; let Agni make the remedy.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

O House, we compass thee about with coolness to envelop thee. Cool as a lake be thou to us. Let Agni bring us healing balm!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)