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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 31

AV 6 31.1

आयं गौः पृश्निर् अक्रमीद् असदन् मातरम् पुरः । पितरम् च प्रयन्त् स्वः

āyaṃ gauḥ pṛśnir akramīd asadan mātaram puraḥ | pitaram ca prayant svaḥ

This dappled bull has come striding; he has sat down before the mother, and going toward the father, the sun.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

This spotted Bull hath come and sat before his mother in the east. Advancing to his father Heaven.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 31.2

अन्तश् चरति रोचना अस्य प्राणाद् अपानतः । व्य् अख्यन् महिषः स्वः

antaś carati rocanā asya prāṇād apānataḥ | vy akhyan mahiṣaḥ svaḥ

He moves within; the shining spaces (are) his, as he breathes in and breathes out; the buffalo has looked out upon the sun.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

As expiration from his breath his radiance penetrates within. The Bull shines out through all the sky.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 31.3

त्रिंशद् धामा वि राजति वाक् पतङ्गो अशिश्रियत् । प्रति वस्तोर् अहर् द्युभिः

triṃśad dhāmā vi rājati vāk pataṅgo aśiśriyat | prati vastor ahar dyubhiḥ

He shines out over thirty abodes; speech, the flier, has attached itself; toward the dawning, day by day, with the lights.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

He rules supreme through thirty realms—One winged with song hath made him mount Throughout the days at break of morn.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)