Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 137

AV 6 137.1

यां जमदग्निर् अखनद् दुहित्रे केशवर्धनीम् । तां वीतहव्य आभरद् असितस्य गृहेभ्यः

yāṃ jamadagnir akhanad duhitre keśavardhanīm | tāṃ vītahavya ābharad asitasya gṛhebhyaḥ

The hair-increaser which Jamadagni dug up for his daughter — that Vītahavya brought from the houses of Asita.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 6 137.2

अभीशुना मेया आसन् व्यामेनानुमेयाः । केशा नडा इव वर्धन्तां शीर्ष्णस् ते असिताः परि

abhīśunā meyā āsan vyāmenānumeyāḥ | keśā naḍā iva vardhantāṃ śīrṣṇas te asitāḥ pari

They were to be measured with a rein, to be measured out by the fathom. Let the hairs grow like reeds, black, about your head.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 6 137.3

दृंह मूलम् आग्रं यछ वि मध्यं यामयौषधे । केशा नडा इव वर्धन्ताम् शीर्ष्णस् ते असिताः परि

dṛṃha mūlam āgraṃ yacha vi madhyaṃ yāmayauṣadhe | keśā naḍā iva vardhantām śīrṣṇas te asitāḥ pari

Make the root firm, stretch out the tip, spread apart the middle, O plant. Let the hairs grow like reeds, black, about your head.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition