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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 34

AV 6 34.1

प्राग्नये वाचम् ईरय वृषभाय क्षितीनाम् । स नः पर्षद् अति द्विषः

prāgnaye vācam īraya vṛṣabhāya kṣitīnām | sa naḥ parṣad ati dviṣaḥ

Send forth (your) speech to Agni, to the bull of the dwelling-places: may he carry us across the hostilities.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Send forth thy voice to Agni, to the manly hero of our homes, So may he bear us past our foes.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 34.2

यो रक्षांसि निजूर्वत्य् अग्निस् तिग्मेन शोचिषा । स नः पर्षद् अति द्विषः

yo rakṣāṃsi nijūrvaty agnis tigmena śociṣā | sa naḥ parṣad ati dviṣaḥ

Agni, who burns down the rakṣases with (his) sharp flame: may he carry us across the hostilities.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

That Agni who with sharpened flame of fire consumes the Rākshasas, So may he bear us past our foes.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 34.3

यः परस्याः परावतस् तिरो धन्वातिरोचते । स नः पर्षद् अति द्विषः

yaḥ parasyāḥ parāvatas tiro dhanvātirocate | sa naḥ parṣad ati dviṣaḥ

He who shines out from the far distance beyond, across the desert plain: may he carry us across the hostilities.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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He who from distance far remote shineth across the tracts of land, May he transport us past our foes.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 34.4

यो विश्वाभि विपश्यति भुवना सं च पश्यति । स नः पर्षद् अति द्विषः

yo viśvābhi vipaśyati bhuvanā saṃ ca paśyati | sa naḥ parṣad ati dviṣaḥ

He who looks abroad over all beings and surveys them together: may he carry us across the hostilities.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

He who beholds all creatures, who observes them with a careful eye, May he transport us past our foes.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 34.5

यो अस्य पारे रजसः शुक्रो अग्निर् अजायत । स नः पर्षद् अति द्विषः

yo asya pāre rajasaḥ śukro agnir ajāyata | sa naḥ parṣad ati dviṣaḥ

Agni, who was born bright on the far shore of this airy space: may he carry us across the hostilities.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

That brilliant Agni who was born beyond this region of the air, May he transport us past our foes!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)