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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 48

AV 6 48.1

श्येनो ऽसि गायत्रछन्दा अनु त्वा रभे । स्वस्ति मा सं वहास्य यज्ञस्योदृचि स्वाहा

śyeno 'si gāyatrachandā anu tvā rabhe | svasti mā saṃ vahāsya yajñasyodṛci svāhā

You are a falcon, gāyatrī-metred; I take hold of you. Carry me to well-being at the ending verse of this sacrifice. Svāhā!

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Thou art the Hawk, Gāyatri's lord: I hold thee fast. Happily bear me to the goal of this my sacrifice. All hail!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 48.2

ऋभुर् असि जगछन्दा अनु त्वा रभे । स्वस्ति मा सं वहास्य यज्ञस्योदृचि स्वाहा

ṛbhur asi jagachandā anu tvā rabhe | svasti mā saṃ vahāsya yajñasyodṛci svāhā

You are a Ṛbhu, jagatī-metred; I take hold of you. Carry me to well-being at the ending verse of this sacrifice. Svāhā!

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Thou art the Ribhu, lord of Jagatī: I hold thee fast. Happily bear me to the goal of this my sacrifice. Al I hail!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 48.3

वृषासि त्रिष्टुप्छन्दा अनु त्वा रभे । स्वस्ति मा सं वहास्य यज्ञस्योदृचि स्वाहा

vṛṣāsi triṣṭupchandā anu tvā rabhe | svasti mā saṃ vahāsya yajñasyodṛci svāhā

You are a bull, triṣṭubh-metred; I take hold of you. Carry me to well-being at the ending verse of this sacrifice. Svāhā!

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Thou art the Bull, the Trishtup's lord: I hold thee fast. Happily bear me to the goal of this my sacrifice. All hail!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)