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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 123

AV 6 123.1

एतं सधस्थाः परि वो ददामि यं शेवधिम् आवहाज् जातवेदः । अन्वागन्ता यजमानः स्वस्ति तं स्म जानीत परमे व्योमन्

etaṃ sadhasthāḥ pari vo dadāmi yaṃ śevadhim āvahāj jātavedaḥ | anvāgantā yajamānaḥ svasti taṃ sma jānīta parame vyoman

This (treasure) I hand over to you, O you who share the seat — the store that Jātavedas shall have brought hither. The sacrificer will come after in well-being; know him in the highest heaven.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Ye who are present, unto you I offer this treasure brought to us by Jātavedas Happily will the sacrificer follow: do ye acknowledge him in highest heaven.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 123.2

जानीत स्मैनं परमे व्योमन् देवाः सधस्था विद लोकम् अत्र । अन्वागन्ता यजमानः स्वस्तीष्टापूर्तं स्म कृणुताविर् अस्मै

jānīta smainaṃ parame vyoman devāḥ sadhasthā vida lokam atra | anvāgantā yajamānaḥ svastīṣṭāpūrtaṃ sma kṛṇutāvir asmai

Know him indeed in the highest heaven; O gods sharing the seat, know (his) place there. The sacrificer will come after in well-being; make manifest to him his sacrifice-and-gift.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Do ye acknowledge him in highest heaven: ye know the world here present in assembly. In peace will he who sacrifices follow: show him the joy which comes from pious actions.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 123.3

देवाः पितरः पितरो देवाः । यो अस्मि सो अस्मि

devāḥ pitaraḥ pitaro devāḥ | yo asmi so asmi

Gods (are) the Fathers, the Fathers (are) the gods. What I am, that I am.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Gods are the Fathers, and the Fathers Gods. I am the very man I am.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 123.4

स पचामि स ददामि । स यजे स दत्तान् मा यूषम्

sa pacāmi sa dadāmi | sa yaje sa dattān mā yūṣam

As such I cook, as such I give. As such I sacrifice; as such may I not be deprived of what has been given.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

I cook, I give, I offer up oblation. From what I gave let me not be disparted.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 123.5

नाके राजन् प्रति तिष्ठ तत्रैतत् प्रति तिष्ठतु । विद्धि पूर्तस्य नो राजन्त् स देव सुमना भव

nāke rājan prati tiṣṭha tatraitat prati tiṣṭhatu | viddhi pūrtasya no rājant sa deva sumanā bhava

O king, stand firm in the vault; there let this stand firm. Know, O king, of our gift; as such, O god, be favourably minded.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

O King, take thou thy stand in heaven, there also let that gift be placed. Recognize, King, the gift which we have given, and be gracious, God!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)