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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 115

AV 6 115.1

यद् विद्वांसो यद् अविद्वांस एनांसि चकृमा वयम् । यूयं नस् तस्मान् मुञ्चत विश्वे देवाः सजोषसः

yad vidvāṃso yad avidvāṃsa enāṃsi cakṛmā vayam | yūyaṃ nas tasmān muñcata viśve devāḥ sajoṣasaḥ

Whatever sins we have committed, whether knowing or unknowing — do you release us from that, All-Gods, of one accord.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Whatever wrong we wittingly or in our ignorance have done, Do ye deliver us therefrom, O all ye Gods, of one accord.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 115.2

यदि जाग्रद् यदि स्वपन्न् एन एनस्यो ऽकरम् । भूतं मा तस्माद् भव्यं च द्रुपदाद् इव मुञ्चताम्

yadi jāgrad yadi svapann ena enasyo 'karam | bhūtaṃ mā tasmād bhavyaṃ ca drupadād iva muñcatām

If, waking or sleeping, I, prone to sin, have done a sin — let what has been and what shall be release me from it, as from a wooden post.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

If I, a sinner, when awake or sleeping have committed sin, Free me therefrom as from a stake, from present and from future guilt.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 115.3

द्रुपदाद् इव मुमुचानः स्विन्नः स्नात्वा मलाद् इव । पूतं पवित्रेणेवाज्यं विश्वे शुम्भन्तु मैनसः

drupadād iva mumucānaḥ svinnaḥ snātvā malād iva | pūtaṃ pavitreṇevājyaṃ viśve śumbhantu mainasaḥ

As one released from a post, as one sweating who has bathed clean of filth, as ghee purified by the strainer — let all (the gods) cleanse me of sin.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

As one unfastened from a stake, or cleansed by bathing after toil, As butter which the sieve hath cleansed, so all shall purge me from the sin.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)