Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 15

AV 6 15.1

उत्तमो अस्य् ओषधीनां तव वृक्षा उपस्तयः । उपस्तिर् अस्तु सो ऽस्माकं यो अस्माꣳ अभिदासति

uttamo asy oṣadhīnāṃ tava vṛkṣā upastayaḥ | upastir astu so 'smākaṃ yo asmāṁ abhidāsati

You are the highest of the plants; the trees are your subordinates. Let him be our subordinate who plays the enemy to us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 6 15.2

सबन्धुश् चासबन्धुश् च यो अस्माꣳ अभिदासति । तेषां सा वृक्षाणाम् इवाहं भूयासम् उत्तमः

sabandhuś cāsabandhuś ca yo asmāṁ abhidāsati | teṣāṃ sā vṛkṣāṇām ivāhaṃ bhūyāsam uttamaḥ

Whether kin or not kin, whoever plays the enemy to us — of them may I be the highest, as that (plant) is of the trees.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 6 15.3

यथा सोम ओषधीनाम् उत्तमो हविषां कृतः । तलाशा वृक्षाणाम् इवाहं भूयासम् उत्तमः

yathā soma oṣadhīnām uttamo haviṣāṃ kṛtaḥ | talāśā vṛkṣāṇām ivāhaṃ bhūyāsam uttamaḥ

As soma is made the highest of plants, (and) of oblations, as the talāśā is of trees, so may I be the highest.

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