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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 67

AV 6 67.1

परि वर्त्मानि सर्वत इन्द्रः पूषा च सस्रतुः । मुह्यन्त्व् अद्यामूः सेना अमित्राणां परस्तराम्

pari vartmāni sarvata indraḥ pūṣā ca sasratuḥ | muhyantv adyāmūḥ senā amitrāṇāṃ parastarām

Indra and Pūṣan have run round the roads on every side. Let those armies of the foes stray today, further and further off.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Indra and Pūshan have gone forth along the ways on every side. To-day those hosts of enemies must flee bewildered far away.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 67.2

मूढा अमित्राश् चरताशीर्षाण इवाहयः । तेषां वो अग्निमूढानाम् इन्द्रो हन्तु वरंवरम्

mūḍhā amitrāś caratāśīrṣāṇa ivāhayaḥ | teṣāṃ vo agnimūḍhānām indro hantu varaṃvaram

Stray on, you foes, like headless snakes; and of you, thus bewildered by Agni, let Indra slay each best man.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Ye foes, come hitherward dismayed like serpents when their heads are gone. Let Indra slay each bravest one of you whom Agni hath con- fused.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 67.3

ऐषु नह्य वृषाजिनं हरिणस्य भियं कृधि । पराङ् अमित्र एषत्व् अर्वाची गौर् उपेषतु

aiṣu nahya vṛṣājinaṃ hariṇasya bhiyaṃ kṛdhi | parāṅ amitra eṣatv arvācī gaur upeṣatu

Bind the bull's hide upon them; make (in them) the fear of a deer. Let the foe speed away, let the cow come speeding hither.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Gird thou a bullock's hide on these, make those as timid as the deer. Let the foe flee away, and let his kine come hither-ward to us.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)