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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 24

AV 6 24.1

हिमवतः प्र स्रवन्ति सिन्धौ समह सङ्गमः । आपो ह मह्यं तद् देवीर् ददन् हृद्द्योतभेषजम्

himavataḥ pra sravanti sindhau samaha saṅgamaḥ | āpo ha mahyaṃ tad devīr dadan hṛddyotabheṣajam

They flow forth from the Himavant; somewhere in the Sindhu is their meeting. May the divine waters grant me that, the remedy for burning of the heart.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Forth from the Hills of Snow they stream, and meet in Sindhu here or there. To me the sacred Waters gave the balm that heals the heart's disease.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 24.2

यन् मे अक्ष्योर् आदिद्योत पार्ष्ण्योः प्रपदोश् च यत् । आपस् तत् सर्वं निष् करन् भिषजां सुभिषक्तमाः

yan me akṣyor ādidyota pārṣṇyoḥ prapadoś ca yat | āpas tat sarvaṃ niṣ karan bhiṣajāṃ subhiṣaktamāḥ

Whatever has burned in my two eyes, and whatever in the heels and in the forefeet — may the waters, best healers among healers, put all that right.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Whatever rupture I have had that injured eyes or heels or toes. All this the Waters, skilfullest physicians, shall make well again,

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 24.3

सिन्धुपत्नीः सिन्धुराज्ञीः सर्वा या नद्य स्थन । दत्त नस् तस्य भेषजं तेना वो भुनजामहै

sindhupatnīḥ sindhurājñīḥ sarvā yā nadya sthana | datta nas tasya bheṣajaṃ tenā vo bhunajāmahai

You who have the Sindhu as your lord, who have the Sindhu as your queen, all you who are rivers: give us the remedy for that; by that may we have enjoyment of you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

All Rivers who have Sindhu for your Lady, Sindhu for your Queen, Give us the balm that heals this ill: this boon let us enjoy from you.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)