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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 12

AV 6 12.1

परि द्याम् इव सूर्यो ऽहीनां जनिमागमम् । रात्री जगद् इवान्यद् धंसात् तेना ते वारये विषम्

pari dyām iva sūryo 'hīnāṃ janimāgamam | rātrī jagad ivānyad dhaṃsāt tenā te vāraye viṣam

As the sun (goes) around the sky, I have gone around the births of the snakes; as night (goes around) all that moves, except the goose — with that I ward off your poison.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

I, As the Sun goes round the heaven, have travelled round the Serpents' race. I ward thy poison off, as Night parts all else living from the Sun.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 12.2

यद् ब्रह्मभिर् यद् ऋषिभिर् यद् देवैर् विदितं पुरा । यद् भूतं भव्यम् आसन्वत् तेना ते वारये विषम्

yad brahmabhir yad ṛṣibhir yad devair viditaṃ purā | yad bhūtaṃ bhavyam āsanvat tenā te vāraye viṣam

What was known of old by the brahmans, by the ṛṣis, by the gods; what has been and what is to be, possessing a mouth — with that I ward off your poison.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

With this, discovered in the days of old by Brāhmans, Rishis, Gods, With this I ward thy poison off, thou Biter! formed and form- ing now.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 12.3

मध्वा पृञ्चे नद्यः पर्वता गिरयो मधु । मधु परुष्णी शीपाला शम् आस्ने अस्तु शं हृदे

madhvā pṛñce nadyaḥ parvatā girayo madhu | madhu paruṣṇī śīpālā śam āsne astu śaṃ hṛde

With honey I mix: the rivers are honey, the mountains, the hills; honey is the Paruṣṇī, the Śīpālā. Let there be weal to the mouth, weal to the heart.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

With mead I mingle flowing streams: the hills and mountains shall be mead. Parushni and Sipālā mead. May it be well with mouth and heart.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)