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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 62

AV 6 62.1

वैश्वानरो रश्मिभिर् नः पुनातु वातः प्राणेनेषिरो नभोभिः । द्यावापृथिवी पयसा पयस्वती ऋतावरी यज्ञिये न पुनीताम्

vaiśvānaro raśmibhir naḥ punātu vātaḥ prāṇeneṣiro nabhobhiḥ | dyāvāpṛthivī payasā payasvatī ṛtāvarī yajñiye na punītām

Let Vaiśvānara purify us with his rays, the wind with its breath, the swift one with the clouds; let heaven and earth, rich in milk, purify us with milk, they that hold ṛta and are worthy of sacrifice.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Cleanse us Vaisvānara with rays of splendour! With breath and clouds let quickening Vāyu cleanse us. And, rich in milky rain, let Earth and Heaven, worshipful, holy, cleanse us with their water.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 62.2

वैश्वानरीं सूनृताम् आ रभध्वं यस्या आशास् तन्वो वीतपृष्ठाः । तया गृणन्तः सधमादेषु वयं स्याम पतयो रयीनाम्

vaiśvānarīṃ sūnṛtām ā rabhadhvaṃ yasyā āśās tanvo vītapṛṣṭhāḥ | tayā gṛṇantaḥ sadhamādeṣu vayaṃ syāma patayo rayīnām

Take hold of the Vaiśvānarī bounty, whose regions are bodies with smooth backs; singing with her at the feasts, may we be lords of riches.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Lay hold on Sūnritā whose forms and regions have fair smooth backs, her who is all men's treasure. Through her may we, in sacrificial banquets singing her glory, be the lords of riches.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 62.3

वैश्वानरीं वर्चस आ रभध्वं शुद्धा भवन्तः शुचयः पावकाः । इहेडया सधमादं मदन्तो ज्योक् पश्येम सूर्यम् उच्चरन्तम्

vaiśvānarīṃ varcasa ā rabhadhvaṃ śuddhā bhavantaḥ śucayaḥ pāvakāḥ | iheḍayā sadhamādaṃ madanto jyok paśyema sūryam uccarantam

Take hold of the Vaiśvānarī (bounty) for splendour, becoming clean, bright, purifying; rejoicing here at the feast with Iḍā, may we long see the sun rising.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

For splendour, seize on her whom all men worship, becoming pure yourselves, and bright, and brilliant. Here, through our prayer rejoicing in the banquet, long may we look upon the Sun ascending.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)