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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 68

AV 6 68.1

आयम् अगन्त् सविता क्षुरेणोष्णेन वाय उदकेनेहि । आदित्या रुद्रा वसव उन्दन्तु सचेतसः सोमस्य राज्ञो वपत प्रचेतसः

āyam agant savitā kṣureṇoṣṇena vāya udakenehi | ādityā rudrā vasava undantu sacetasaḥ somasya rājño vapata pracetasaḥ

Savitṛ has come here with the razor; come, Vāyu, with warm water. Let the Ādityas, the Rudras, the Vasus, of one mind, moisten (him); shave, you wise ones, (the hair) of King Soma.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Savitar hath come hither with the razor: come thou, O Vāyu, with the heated water. One-minded let Ādityas, Rudras, Vasus moisten the hair: shave ye who know King Soma.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 68.2

अदितिः श्मश्रु वपत्व् आप उन्दन्तु वर्चसा । चिकित्सतु प्रजापतिर् दीर्घायुत्वाय चक्षसे

aditiḥ śmaśru vapatv āpa undantu varcasā | cikitsatu prajāpatir dīrghāyutvāya cakṣase

Let Aditi shave the beard; let the waters moisten (it) with splendour. Let Prajāpati see to it, for long life, for sight.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Let Aditi shave the beard, and let the Waters bathe it with their strength: Prajāpati restore his health for sight and days of lengthened life!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 68.3

येनावपत् सविता क्षुरेण सोमस्य राज्ञो वरुणस्य विद्वान् । तेन ब्रह्माणो वपतेदम् अस्य गोमान् अश्ववान् अयम् अस्तु प्रजावान्

yenāvapat savitā kṣureṇa somasya rājño varuṇasya vidvān | tena brahmāṇo vapatedam asya gomān aśvavān ayam astu prajāvān

With the razor with which Savitṛ, knowing, shaved (the hair) of King Soma, of Varuṇa — with that, you brahmans, shave this (hair) of his; let this man be rich in cattle, in horses, in offspring.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

The razor used by Savitar, for shaving, who knoweth Varuna and royal Soma, Even with this shave ye this man, O Brāhman. Let him be rich in horses, kine, and children.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)