Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 43
AV 6 43.1
अयं दर्भो विमन्युकः स्वाय चारणाय च । मन्योर् विमन्युकस्यायं मन्युशमन उच्यते
ayaṃ darbho vimanyukaḥ svāya cāraṇāya ca | manyor vimanyukasyāyaṃ manyuśamana ucyate
This darbha-grass is wrath-removing, both for one's own people and for the stranger; it is called the appeaser of wrath, of wrath that is (thereby) wrath-free.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
For stranger and for friend alike this Darbha-grass removeth wrath. Soother of Anger is it called because it calms the angry man.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 6 43.2
अयं यो भूरिमूलः समुद्रम् अवतिष्ठति । दर्भः पृथिव्या उत्थितो मन्युशमन उच्यते
ayaṃ yo bhūrimūlaḥ samudram avatiṣṭhati | darbhaḥ pṛthivyā utthito manyuśamana ucyate
This one which, many-rooted, stands down in the sea — the darbha, risen from the earth, is called the appeaser of wrath.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
This Plant that hath abundant roots spreads to the place where waters meet. Soother of anger is the name Darbha-grass that springs from earth.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 6 43.3
वि ते हनव्यां शरणिं वि ते मुख्यां नयामसि । यथावशो न वादिषो मम चित्तम् उपायसि
vi te hanavyāṃ śaraṇiṃ vi te mukhyāṃ nayāmasi | yathāvaśo na vādiṣo mama cittam upāyasi
We lead away the harshness that is in your jaws, away that which is in your mouth, so that, without will of your own, you shall not speak, (but) shall come round to my mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
We draw thine obstinacy forth, set in thy mouth and in thy jaw: So dost thou yield thee to my will. to speak no more rebelli- ously.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)