Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 49
AV 6 49.1
नहि ते अग्ने तन्वः क्रूरम् आनंश मर्त्यः । कपिर् बभस्ति तेजनं स्वं जरायु गौर् इव
nahi te agne tanvaḥ krūram ānaṃśa martyaḥ | kapir babhasti tejanaṃ svaṃ jarāyu gaur iva
For no mortal, O Agni, has reached the cruelty of your body. The ape chews the shaft, as a cow (chews) her own afterbirth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
O Agni, in thy body man hath never found a wounded part. The Ape devours the arrow's shaft as a cow eats her after- birth.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 6 49.2
मेष इव वै सं च वि चोर्व् अच्यसे यद् उत्तरद्राव् उपरश् च खादतः । शीर्ष्णा शिरो ऽप्ससाप्सो अर्दयन्न् अंशून् बभस्ति हरितेभिर् आसभिः
meṣa iva vai saṃ ca vi corv acyase yad uttaradrāv uparaś ca khādataḥ | śīrṣṇā śiro 'psasāpso ardayann aṃśūn babhasti haritebhir āsabhiḥ
Like a ram you are bent together and apart, widely, when the upper stone and the lower one chew — crushing head with head, front with front, he chews the stalks with tawny mouths.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Thou like a fleece contractest and expandest thee what time the upper stone and that below devour. Closely compressing head with head and breast with breast he crunches up the tendrils with his yellow jaws.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 6 49.3
सुपर्णा वाचम् अक्रतोप द्यव्य् आखरे कृष्णा इषिरा अनर्तिषुः । नि यन् नियन्ति उपरस्य निष्कृतिं पुरू रेतो दधिरे सूर्यश्रितः
suparṇā vācam akratopa dyavy ākhare kṛṣṇā iṣirā anartiṣuḥ | ni yan niyanti uparasya niṣkṛtiṃ purū reto dadhire sūryaśritaḥ
The eagles have made their voice heard up toward heaven; in the lair the black, swift ones have danced. When they go down to the lower (stone's) appointed place, much seed have they laid down, resting on 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
The Eagles have sent forth their voice aloud to heaven: in the sky's vault the dark impetuous ones have danced. When they come downward to repair the lower stone, they, dwellers with the Sun, have gained abundant seed.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)