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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 45

AV 6 45.1

परो ऽपेहि मनस्पाप किम् अशस्तानि शंससि । परेहि न त्वा कामये वृक्षां वनानि सं चर गृहेषु गोषु मे मनः

paro 'pehi manaspāpa kim aśastāni śaṃsasi | parehi na tvā kāmaye vṛkṣāṃ vanāni saṃ cara gṛheṣu goṣu me manaḥ

Go far away, evil of the mind; why do you utter unspeakable things? Go away, I do not desire you; roam among the trees and the forests — my mind is in the houses and the cattle.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Sin of the Mind, avaunt! begone! Why sayest thou what none should say? Go hence away, I love thee not. Go to the forests and the trees. My heart is in our homes and cows.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 45.2

अवशसा निःशसा यत् पराशसोपारिम जाग्रतो यत् स्वपन्तः । अग्निर् विश्वान्य् अप दुष्कृतान्य् अजुष्टान्य् आरे अस्मद् दधातु

avaśasā niḥśasā yat parāśasopārima jāgrato yat svapantaḥ | agnir viśvāny apa duṣkṛtāny ajuṣṭāny āre asmad dadhātu

Whatever we have transgressed by ill-speaking, by mis-speaking, by over-speaking, waking or sleeping — let Agni put away all ill-done, unwelcome things far from us.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Whatever wrong we have committed, sleeping or waking, by ill-wish, dislike, or slander, All these offences, which deserve displeasure, may Agni take from us and keep them distant.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 45.3

यद् इन्द्र ब्रह्मणस् पते ऽपि मृषा चरामसि । प्रचेता न आङ्गिरसो दुरितात् पात्व् अंहसः

yad indra brahmaṇas pate 'pi mṛṣā carāmasi | pracetā na āṅgiraso duritāt pātv aṃhasaḥ

When, O Indra, O Brahmaṇaspati, we go about even in falsehood — let the foreseeing Āṅgirasa protect us from difficulty, from distress.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Indra and Brāhmanaspati! whatever foolish deed we plan, May provident Angirasa preserve us from the sin and woe.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)