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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 19

AV 6 19.1

पुनन्तु मा देवजनाः पुनन्तु मनवो धिया । पुनन्तु विश्वा भूतानि पवमानः पुनातु मा

punantu mā devajanāḥ punantu manavo dhiyā | punantu viśvā bhūtāni pavamānaḥ punātu mā

Let the divine folk purify me, let the men purify me with their thought; let all beings purify me; let Pavamāna purify me.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Let the Gods purify me, let men purify me with a prayer. Cleanse me all creatures that exist! may Pavamāna make me pure.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 19.2

पवमानः पुनातु मा क्रत्वे दक्षाय जीवसे । अथो अरिष्टतातये

pavamānaḥ punātu mā kratve dakṣāya jīvase | atho ariṣṭatātaye

Let Pavamāna purify me for resolve, for capacity, for living, and also for freedom from harm.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

May Pavamāna make me pure for wisdom and for power and life, and unassailed security.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 19.3

उभाभ्यां देव सवितः पवित्रेण सवेन च । अस्मान् पुनीहि चक्षसे

ubhābhyāṃ deva savitaḥ pavitreṇa savena ca | asmān punīhi cakṣase

With both, O god Savitar, with the filter and with the impulsion, purify us, that we may see.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

God Savitar, byboth of these, filter and pressing out this juice, purify us that we may see.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)