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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 140

AV 6 140.1

यौ व्याघ्राव् अवरूधौ जिघत्सतः पितरं मातरं च । तौ दन्तं ब्रह्मणस् पते शिवौ कृणु जातवेदः

yau vyāghrāv avarūdhau jighatsataḥ pitaraṃ mātaraṃ ca | tau dantaṃ brahmaṇas pate śivau kṛṇu jātavedaḥ

The two tigers that have descended (and) seek to devour father and mother — those two, O Brahmaṇaspati, make gentle, O Jātavedas: make the tooth (auspicious).

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Two tigers have grown up who long to eat the mother and the sire: Soothe, Brāhmanaspati, and thou, O Jātavedas, both these teeth.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 140.2

व्रीहिम् अत्तं यवम् अत्तम् अथो माषम् अथो तिलम् । एष वां भागो निहितो रत्नधेयाय दन्तौ मा हिंसिष्टं पितरम् मातरं च

vrīhim attaṃ yavam attam atho māṣam atho tilam | eṣa vāṃ bhāgo nihito ratnadheyāya dantau mā hiṃsiṣṭaṃ pitaram mātaraṃ ca

Eat rice, eat barley, and also the bean, and also sesame. This is the portion laid down for you two, for the bestowing of treasure. O you two teeth, do not injure father and mother.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Let rice and barley be your food, eat also beans and sesamum. This is the share allotted you, to be your portion, ye two Teeth. Harm not your mother and your sire.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 140.3

उपहूतौ सयुजौ स्योनौ दन्तौ सुमङ्गलौ । अन्यत्र वां घोरं तन्वः परैतु दन्तौ मा हिंसिष्टं पितरं मातरं च

upahūtau sayujau syonau dantau sumaṅgalau | anyatra vāṃ ghoraṃ tanvaḥ paraitu dantau mā hiṃsiṣṭaṃ pitaraṃ mātaraṃ ca

Called hither, yoked together, gentle, the two teeth, bringing good fortune — let your dreadfulness go away elsewhere from the body; O teeth, do not harm father and mother.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Both fellow teeth have been invoked, gentle and bringing happi- ness. Else whither let the fierceness of your nature turn away, O Teeth! Harm not your mother or your sire.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)