Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 134
AV 6 134.1
अयं वज्रस् तर्पयताम् ऋतस्यावास्य राष्ट्रम् अप हन्तु जीवितम् । शृणातु ग्रीवाः प्र शृणातूष्णिहा वृत्रस्येव शचीपतिः
ayaṃ vajras tarpayatām ṛtasyāvāsya rāṣṭram apa hantu jīvitam | śṛṇātu grīvāḥ pra śṛṇātūṣṇihā vṛtrasyeva śacīpatiḥ
Let this thunderbolt satisfy (itself) — casting down the kingdom of the truth(?), let it strike away (his) life; let it crush the neck, let it shatter the nape-bones, as the lord of might (did those) of Vṛtra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
This Thunderbolt shall take its fill of Order, scare life away and overthrow the kingdom. Tear necks in pieces. rend napes asunder, even as the Lord of Might the neck of Vritra.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 6 134.2
अधरोऽधर उत्तरेभ्यो गूढः पृथिव्या मोत् सृपत् । वज्रेणावहतः शयाम्
adharo'dhara uttarebhyo gūḍhaḥ pṛthivyā mot sṛpat | vajreṇāvahataḥ śayām
Lower than the lowest, below those above, hidden by the earth — let him not creep up; struck down by the thunderbolt let him lie.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Down, down beneath the conquerors, let him not rise, concealed in earth, but lie down-smitten with the bolt.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 6 134.3
यो जिनाति तम् अन्विछ यो जिनाति तम् इज् जहि । जिनतो वज्र त्वं सीमन्तम् अन्वञ्चम् अनु पातय
yo jināti tam anvicha yo jināti tam ij jahi | jinato vajra tvaṃ sīmantam anvañcam anu pātaya
Whoever overpowers (us), seek him out; whoever overpowers (us), him just slay. O thunderbolt, make the overpowerer fall down headlong along the parting (of his hair).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Seek out the fierce oppressor, yea, strike only the oppressor dead. Down on the fierce oppressor's head strike at full length, O Thunderbolt!
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)