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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 141

AV 6 141.1

वायुर् एनाः समाकरत् त्वष्टा पोषाय ध्रियताम् । इन्द्र आभ्यो अधि ब्रवद् रुद्रो भूम्ने चिकित्सतु

vāyur enāḥ samākarat tvaṣṭā poṣāya dhriyatām | indra ābhyo adhi bravad rudro bhūmne cikitsatu

May Vāyu bring these (cows) together; may Tvaṣṭṛ hold (them) for thriving. May Indra speak in their favour; may Rudra provide for (their) abundance.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Vayu collected these: to find their sustenance be Tvashtar's care: May Indra bless and comfort them, and Rudra look that they increase.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 141.2

लोहितेन स्वधितिना मिथुनं कर्णयोः कृधि । अकर्ताम् अश्विना लक्ष्म तद् अस्तु प्रजया बहु

lohitena svadhitinā mithunaṃ karṇayoḥ kṛdhi | akartām aśvinā lakṣma tad astu prajayā bahu

With a red knife make a pair (of marks) on the two ears; the Aśvins have made the mark — may it become abundant through offspring.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Take thou the iron axe and make a pair by marks upon their ears. This sign the Asvins have impressed: let these increase and multiply.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 141.3

यथा चक्रुर् देवासुरा यथा मनुष्या उत । एवा सहस्रपोषाय कृणुतं लक्ष्माश्विना

yathā cakrur devāsurā yathā manuṣyā uta | evā sahasrapoṣāya kṛṇutaṃ lakṣmāśvinā

As the gods and Asuras did, and as men too (did), so, O Aśvins, make the mark for thriving a thousandfold.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Even as Gods and Asuras, even as mortal men have done, Do ye, that these may multiply in thousands, Asvins! make the mark.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)