Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 23
AV 6 23.1
सस्रुषीस् तद् अपसो दिवा नक्तं च सस्रुषीः । वरेण्यक्रतुर् अहम् अपो देवीर् उप ह्वये
sasruṣīs tad apaso divā naktaṃ ca sasruṣīḥ | vareṇyakratur aham apo devīr upa hvaye
The ones that have flowed — active at that — flowing by day and by night: I, with choice resolve, call upon the divine waters.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Here flow the restless ones, they flow unceasing through the day and night, Most excellently wise I call the Goddess Waters hitherward.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 6 23.2
ओता आपः कर्मण्या मुञ्चन्त्व् इतः प्रणीतये । सद्यः कृण्वन्त्व् एतवे
otā āpaḥ karmaṇyā muñcantv itaḥ praṇītaye | sadyaḥ kṛṇvantv etave
And let these waters, fit for the rite, be released from here for the leading forward; let them at once make (it possible) to go.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Let the deft Waters, summoned, give permission that we bear them off, And quickly set us on our way.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 6 23.3
देवस्य सवितुः सवे कर्म कृण्वन्तु मानुषाः । शं नो भवन्त्व् अप ओषधीः शिवाः
devasya savituḥ save karma kṛṇvantu mānuṣāḥ | śaṃ no bhavantv apa oṣadhīḥ śivāḥ
At the impulse of the god Savitṛ let men do the work; may the waters and the kindly plants be weal for us.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Let all the people celebrate the rite of Savitar the God. Sweet unto us be Waters, Plants propitious!
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)