Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 54
AV 6 54.1
इदं तद् युज उत्तरम् इन्द्रं शुम्भाम्य् अष्टये । अस्य क्षत्रं श्रियं महीं वृष्टिर् इव वर्धया तृणम्
idaṃ tad yuja uttaram indraṃ śumbhāmy aṣṭaye | asya kṣatraṃ śriyaṃ mahīṃ vṛṣṭir iva vardhayā tṛṇam
This is that higher one of the yoke: I adorn Indra for gaining. Make his rule and his great glory grow, as rain makes the grass (grow).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Win the love of Indra that his friend may reach yet higher state. Increase, as rain the grass, this man's dominion and his lofty fame.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 6 54.2
अस्मै क्षत्रम् अग्नीषोमाव् अस्मै धारयतं रयिम् । इमं राष्ट्रस्याभीवर्गे कृणुतम् युज उत्तरम्
asmai kṣatram agnīṣomāv asmai dhārayataṃ rayim | imaṃ rāṣṭrasyābhīvarge kṛṇutam yuja uttaram
Agni and Soma, hold fast for him the rule, for him wealth; make this one, in the enclosure of the kingdom, the higher one of the yoke.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Confirm the princely power in him, Agni and Soma! grant him wealth. In all the circuit of his rule make him yet higher for your friend.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 6 54.3
सबन्धुश् चासबन्धुश् च यो अस्माꣳ अभिदासति । सर्वं तं रन्धयासि मे यजमानाय सुन्वते
sabandhuś cāsabandhuś ca yo asmāṁ abhidāsati | sarvaṃ taṃ randhayāsi me yajamānāya sunvate
Whoever, kinsman or not kinsman, acts hostilely toward us — make every such one subject to me, the sacrificer who presses (soma).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
The man who shows us enmity, whether a stranger or akin, Thou wilt give up entire to me who sacrifice and press the juice.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)