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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 56

AV 6 56.1

मा नो देवा अहिर् वधीत् सतोकान्त् सहपुरुषान् । सम्यतं न वि ष्परद् व्यात्तं न सं यमन् नमो देवजनेभ्यः

mā no devā ahir vadhīt satokānt sahapuruṣān | samyataṃ na vi ṣparad vyāttaṃ na saṃ yaman namo devajanebhyaḥ

Let the serpent not slay us, O gods, along with our children and our men; let it not open what is closed, let it not close what is open. Homage to the divine folk.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Let not the serpent slay us, O Gods, with our children and our folk. Let it not close the opened mouth nor open that which now is closed.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 56.2

नमो ऽस्त्व् असिताय नमस् तिरश्चिराजये । स्वजाय बभ्रवे नमो नमो देवजनेभ्यः

namo 'stv asitāya namas tiraścirājaye | svajāya babhrave namo namo devajanebhyaḥ

Homage be to the black one, homage to the cross-striped one, to the self-born (?) brown one homage; homage to the divine folk.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Be worship paid unto the black, worship to that with stripes across! To the brown viper reverence, reverence to the demon brood!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 56.3

सं ते हन्मि दता दतः सम् उ ते हन्वा हनू । सं ते जिह्वया जिह्वां सम् व् आस्नाह आस्यम्

saṃ te hanmi datā dataḥ sam u te hanvā hanū | saṃ te jihvayā jihvāṃ sam v āsnāha āsyam

I strike together your teeth with (your) tooth, and your two jaws with (your) jaw; I strike together your tongue with (your) tongue, and your mouth with (your) mouth.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

I close together fangs with fang, I close together jaws with jaw. I close together tongue with tongue, I close together mouth with mouth.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)