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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 6

AV 6 6.1

यो ऽस्मान् ब्रह्मणस् पते ऽदेवो अभिमन्यते । सर्वं तम् रन्धयासि मे यजमानाय सुन्वते

yo 'smān brahmaṇas pate 'devo abhimanyate | sarvaṃ tam randhayāsi me yajamānāya sunvate

Whoever, O Brahmaṇaspati, being no god, plots against us — make him wholly 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 godless man whoever plots against us, Brāhmanaspati, Thou shalt give up as prey to me the worshipper who pour the juice.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 6.2

यो नः सोम सुशंसिनो दुःशंस आदिदेशति । वज्रेणास्य मुखे जहि स संपिष्टो अपायति

yo naḥ soma suśaṃsino duḥśaṃsa ādideśati | vajreṇāsya mukhe jahi sa saṃpiṣṭo apāyati

Whoever, O Soma, ill-speaking, aims at us who speak well — strike him with the vajra on the mouth; crushed, let him go away.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

If, Soma, any spiteful man hath aimed at us whose thoughts are kind, Smite with thy bolt upon his face: he, crushed to pieces, vani- sheth.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 6.3

यो नः सोमाभिदासति सनाभिर् यश् च निष्ट्यः । अप तस्य बलं तिर महीव द्यौर् वधत्मना

yo naḥ somābhidāsati sanābhir yaś ca niṣṭyaḥ | apa tasya balaṃ tira mahīva dyaur vadhatmanā

Whoever, O Soma, assails us, whether of the same navel (kin) or an outsider — take away his strength, as the great Heaven (does) with a weapon of its own.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Soma, whoever troubleth us, be he a stranger or akin, Deprive him of the strength he hath: slay him thy-self like mighty Dyaus!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)