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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 52

AV 6 52.1

उत् सूर्यो दिव एति पुरो रक्षांसि निजूर्वन् । आदित्यः पर्वतेभ्यो विश्वदृष्टो अदृष्टहा

ut sūryo diva eti puro rakṣāṃsi nijūrvan | ādityaḥ parvatebhyo viśvadṛṣṭo adṛṣṭahā

The sun goes up out of heaven, burning down the demons in front — the Āditya from the mountains, seen by all, slayer of the unseen ones.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Slaying the Rākshasas, the Sun mounts upward in the front of heaven, Āditya, from the mountains, seen of all, destroying things unseen.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 52.2

नि गावो गोष्ठे असदन् नि मृगासो अविक्षत । न्य् ऊर्मयो नदीनं न्य् अदृष्टा अलिप्सत

ni gāvo goṣṭhe asadan ni mṛgāso avikṣata | ny ūrmayo nadīnaṃ ny adṛṣṭā alipsata

The cattle have settled down in the stall, the wild beasts have lain down, the waves of the rivers have settled down; the unseen ones have been hidden away.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

The kine had settled in their pen, wild animals sought their lairs The wavelets of the brooks had passed away, and were beheld no more.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 52.3

आयुर्ददं विपश्चितं श्रुतां कण्वस्य वीरुधम् । आभारिषं विश्वभेषजीम् अस्यादृष्टान् नि शमयत्

āyurdadaṃ vipaścitaṃ śrutāṃ kaṇvasya vīrudham | ābhāriṣaṃ viśvabheṣajīm asyādṛṣṭān ni śamayat

The life-giving, wisdom-knowing, famed plant of Kaṇva — I have brought it, the all-healing one; let it quiet down the unseen ones of this (person).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

I have brought Kanva's famous Plant, life-giving, and itself inspired, The medicine that healeth all: may it suppress my hidden foes.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)