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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 135

AV 6 135.1

यद् अश्नामि बलं कुर्व इत्थं वज्रम् आ ददे । स्कन्धान् अमुष्य शातयन् वृत्रस्येव शचीपतिः

yad aśnāmi balaṃ kurva itthaṃ vajram ā dade | skandhān amuṣya śātayan vṛtrasyeva śacīpatiḥ

What I eat, I make into strength; thus do I take up the thunderbolt, shattering the shoulders of that man yonder, as the lord of might (did those) of Vṛtra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Whate'er I eat I turn to strength, and thus I grasp the Thunder- bolt, Rending the shoulders of that man as Indra shattered Vritra's neck.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 135.2

यत् पिबामि सं पिबामि समुद्र इव संपिबः । प्राणान् अमुष्य संपाय सं पिबामो अमुं वयम्

yat pibāmi saṃ pibāmi samudra iva saṃpibaḥ | prāṇān amuṣya saṃpāya saṃ pibāmo amuṃ vayam

What I drink, I drink up, like the sea a drinker-up; having drunk up the breaths of that man yonder, we drink him yonder up.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

I drink together what I drink, even as the sea that swallows all. Drinking the life-breath of that man, we drink that man and swallow him.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 135.3

यद् गिरामि सं गिरामि समुद्र इव संगिरः । प्राणान् अमुष्य संगीर्य सं गिरामो अमुम् वयम्

yad girāmi saṃ girāmi samudra iva saṃgiraḥ | prāṇān amuṣya saṃgīrya saṃ girāmo amum vayam

What I swallow, I swallow up, like the sea a swallower-up; having swallowed up the breaths of that man yonder, we swallow him yonder up.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Whate'er I eat I swallow up, even as the sea that swallows all. Swallowing that man's vital breath, we swallow him completely up.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)