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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 129

AV 6 129.1

भगेन मा शांशपेन साकम् इन्द्रेण मेदिना । कृणोमि भगिनं माप द्रान्त्व् अरातयः

bhagena mā śāṃśapena sākam indreṇa medinā | kṛṇomi bhaginaṃ māpa drāntv arātayaḥ

With fortune, with (that of) the śiṃśapā, together with Indra the ally, I make myself possessed of fortune; let hostilities run away.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

With fortune of the Sisu tree—with Indra as my friend to aid I give myself a happy fate. Fly and begone, Malignities!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 129.2

येन वृक्षाꣳ अभ्यभवो भगेन वर्चसा सह । तेन मा भगिनं कृण्व् अप द्रान्त्व् अरातयः

yena vṛkṣāṁ abhyabhavo bhagena varcasā saha | tena mā bhaginaṃ kṛṇv apa drāntv arātayaḥ

With that fortune by which you overcame the trees, together with splendour — with that make me possessed of fortune; let hostilities run away.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

That splendour and felicity wherewith thou hast excelled the trees Give me therewith a happy fate. Fly and begone, Malignities

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 129.3

यो अन्धो यः पुनःसरो भगो वृक्षेष्व् आहितः । तेन मा भगिनं कृण्व् अप द्रान्त्व् अरातयः

yo andho yaḥ punaḥsaro bhago vṛkṣeṣv āhitaḥ | tena mā bhaginaṃ kṛṇv apa drāntv arātayaḥ

The fortune that is blind, that which runs back again, that which is deposited in the trees — with that make me possessed of fortune; let hostilities run away.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Blind fortune, with reverted leaves that is deposited in trees— Give me therewith a happy fate. Fly and begone, Malignities.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)