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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 121

AV 6 121.1

विषाणा पाशान् वि ष्याध्य् अस्मद् य उत्तमा अधमा वारुणा ये । दुष्वप्न्यं दुरितं नि ष्वास्मद् अथ गछेम सुकृतस्य लोकम्

viṣāṇā pāśān vi ṣyādhy asmad ya uttamā adhamā vāruṇā ye | duṣvapnyaṃ duritaṃ ni ṣvāsmad atha gachema sukṛtasya lokam

With the horn unbind thou the fetters from us, those that are highest and those of Varuṇa that are lowest; drive away from us bad dreaming and trouble; then may we go to the world of the well-doing.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Spreading them out, untie the snares that hold us, Varuna's bonds, the upper and the lower. Drive from us evil dream, drive off misfortune; then let us go in- to the world of virtue.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 121.2

यद् दारुणि बध्यसे यच् च रज्ज्वां यद् भूम्यां बध्यसे यच् च वाचा । अयं तस्माद् गार्हपत्यो नो अग्निर् उद् इन् नयाति सुकृतस्य लोकम्

yad dāruṇi badhyase yac ca rajjvāṃ yad bhūmyāṃ badhyase yac ca vācā | ayaṃ tasmād gārhapatyo no agnir ud in nayāti sukṛtasya lokam

When thou art bound to a post, and when in a rope, when thou art bound to the ground, and when by a word — from that may this our household Agni lead (thee) up to the world of the well-doing.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

If thou art bound with cord or tied to timber, fixt in the earth, or by a word imprisoned, Our Agni Gārhapatya here shall free thee, and lead thee up into the world of virtue.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 121.3

उद् अगातां भगवती विचृतौ नाम तारके । प्रेहामृतस्य यछतां प्रैतु बद्धकमोचनम्

ud agātāṃ bhagavatī vicṛtau nāma tārake | prehāmṛtasya yachatāṃ praitu baddhakamocanam

The two blessed stars named Vicṛtau have risen up. Let them hold out here (a share) of immortality; let the release of the bound one come forth.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

The two auspicious stars whose name is called Releasers have gone up. Send Amrit hither, let it come freeing the captive from his bonds!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 121.4

वि जिहीष्व लोकम् कृणु बन्धान् मुञ्चासि बद्धकम् । योन्या इव प्रच्युतो गर्भः पथः सर्वाꣳ अनु क्षिय

vi jihīṣva lokam kṛṇu bandhān muñcāsi baddhakam | yonyā iva pracyuto garbhaḥ pathaḥ sarvāṁ anu kṣiya

Open wide, make room; loose the bonds; release the bound one. Like a fetus slipped out of the womb, dwell along all the paths.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Open thyself, make room: from bonds thou shalt release the prisoner. Freed, like an infant newly born, dwell in all pathways where thou wilt.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)