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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 112

AV 6 112.1

मा ज्येष्ठं वधीद् अयम् अग्न एषाम् मूलबर्हणात् परि पाह्य् एनम् । स ग्राह्याः पाशान् वि चृत प्रजानन् तुभ्यं देवा अनु जानन्तु विश्वे

mā jyeṣṭhaṃ vadhīd ayam agna eṣām mūlabarhaṇāt pari pāhy enam | sa grāhyāḥ pāśān vi cṛta prajānan tubhyaṃ devā anu jānantu viśve

Let this one not slay the eldest (of them), Agni; guard him from the tearing up of their root. Knowingly unbind the fetters of the Seizer; let all the gods assent to you.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Let not this one, O Agni, wound the highest of these: preserve thou him from utter ruin. Knowing the way do thou untie the nooses of the she-fiend: let all the Gods approve thee.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 112.2

उन् मुञ्च पाशांस् त्वम् अग्न एषां त्रयस् त्रिभिर् उत्सिता येभिर् आसन् । स ग्राह्याः पाशान् वि चृत प्रजानन् पितापुत्रौ मातरं मुञ्च सर्वान्

un muñca pāśāṃs tvam agna eṣāṃ trayas tribhir utsitā yebhir āsan | sa grāhyāḥ pāśān vi cṛta prajānan pitāputrau mātaraṃ muñca sarvān

Loose their fetters, you Agni — three there were, fastened up with three, by which they were (bound). Knowingly unbind the fetters of the Seizer; release father and son and mother, all of them.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Rend thou the; bonds of these asunder, Agni! the, threefold noose whereby the three were fastened. Knowing the way untie the she-fiend's nooses: free all, the son, the father, and the mother.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 112.3

येभिः पाशैः परिवित्तो विबद्धो ऽङ्गेअङ्ग आर्पित उत्सितश् च । वि ते मुच्यन्तं विमुचो हि सन्ति भ्रूणघ्नि पूषन् दुरितानि मृक्ष्व

yebhiḥ pāśaiḥ parivitto vibaddho 'ṅgeaṅga ārpita utsitaś ca | vi te mucyantaṃ vimuco hi santi bhrūṇaghni pūṣan duritāni mṛkṣva

The fetters by which he is passed over, bound fast, fixed in limb after limb and tied up — let them be loosed for you, for there are looseners. Wipe away, Pūṣan, the evils of embryo-slaying.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

The elder brother's bonds, still left unwedded, fettered in every limb and bound securely, Loose these, for they are bonds for loosing: Pūshan, turn woes away upon the babe-destroyer.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)