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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 119

AV 6 119.1

यद् अदीव्यन्न् ऋणम् अहं कृणोम्य् अदास्यन्न् अग्ने उत संगृणामि । वैश्वानरो नो अधिपा वसिष्ठ उद् इन् नयाति सुकृतस्य लोकम्

yad adīvyann ṛṇam ahaṃ kṛṇomy adāsyann agne uta saṃgṛṇāmi | vaiśvānaro no adhipā vasiṣṭha ud in nayāti sukṛtasya lokam

When, without gambling, I incur a debt, or when, not meaning to pay, Agni, I make a promise — may Vaiśvānara, our overlord, the best, lead (us) up to the world of the well-doing.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

The debt which I incur, not gaming, Agni! and, not intending to repay, acknowledge, That may Vaisvānara, the best, our sovran, carry away into the world of virtue.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 119.2

वैश्वानराय प्रति वेदयामि यदि ऋणं संगरो देवतासु । स एतान् पाशान् विचृतम् वेद सर्वान् अथ पक्वेन सह सं भवेम

vaiśvānarāya prati vedayāmi yadi ṛṇaṃ saṃgaro devatāsu | sa etān pāśān vicṛtam veda sarvān atha pakvena saha saṃ bhavema

To Vaiśvānara I make it known, if there is a debt, a pledge, among the deities. He knows how to unloose all these fetters; then may we come together with the cooked (offering).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

I cause Vaisvānara to know, confessing the debt whose payment to the Gods is promised. He knows to tear asunder all these nooses: so may we dwell with him the gentle-minded.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 119.3

वैश्वानरः पविता मा पुनातु यत् संगरम् अभिधावाम्य् आशाम् । अनाजानन् मनसा याचमानो यत् तत्रैनो अप तत् सुवामि

vaiśvānaraḥ pavitā mā punātu yat saṃgaram abhidhāvāmy āśām | anājānan manasā yācamāno yat tatraino apa tat suvāmi

Let Vaiśvānara the purifier purify me, when I run after a pledge, a hope; whatever guilt is there in my begging with the mind, unknowing, that I drive away.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Vaisvānara the Purifier purge me when I oppose their hope and break my promise, Unknowing in my heart. With supplication, whatever guilt there is in that, I banish.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)