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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 25

AV 6 25.1

पञ्च च याः पञ्चाशच् च संयन्ति मन्या अभि । इतस् ताः सर्वा नश्यन्तु वाका अपचिताम् इव

pañca ca yāḥ pañcāśac ca saṃyanti manyā abhi | itas tāḥ sarvā naśyantu vākā apacitām iva

The five and the fifty that come together upon the neck-sinews — let them all vanish from here, like the cries of the apacit-swellings.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

May all the five-and-fifty which meet round the tendons of the neck. Depart and vanish hence away like plaguing insects buzz and hum!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 25.2

सप्त च याः सप्ततिश् च संयन्ति ग्रैव्या अभि । इतस् ताः सर्वा नश्यन्तु वाका अपचिताम् इव

sapta ca yāḥ saptatiś ca saṃyanti graivyā abhi | itas tāḥ sarvā naśyantu vākā apacitām iva

The seven and the seventy that come together upon the neck — let them all vanish from here, like the cries of the apacit-swellings.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Those seventy-and-seven which meet round the upper vertebrae, Let them all vanish hence away like plaguing insects' buzz and hum!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 25.3

नव च या नवतिश् च संयन्ति स्कन्ध्या अभि । इतस् ताः सर्वा नश्यन्तु वाका अपचिताम् इव

nava ca yā navatiś ca saṃyanti skandhyā abhi | itas tāḥ sarvā naśyantu vākā apacitām iva

The nine and the ninety that come together upon the shoulders — let them all vanish from here, like the cries of the apacit-swellings.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Those nine-and-ninety which, combined, attack the shoulder round about, Let them all vanish hence away like plaguing insects' buzz and hum!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)