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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 69

AV 6 69.1

गिराव् अरगराटेषु हिरन्ये गोषु यद् यशः । सुरायां सिच्यमानायां कीलाले मधु तन् मयि

girāv aragarāṭeṣu hiranye goṣu yad yaśaḥ | surāyāṃ sicyamānāyāṃ kīlāle madhu tan mayi

What glory there is on the mountain, in the bees, in gold, in cows, in the liquor being poured out, in the sweet drink — let that honey be in me.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Mine be the glory in the hill, in vales, in cattle, and in gold, Mine be the sweetness that is found in nectar and in flowing wine!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 69.2

अश्विना सारघेण मा मधुनाङ्क्तं शुभस् पती । यथा भर्गस्वतीं वाचम् आवदानि जनाꣳ अनु

aśvinā sāragheṇa mā madhunāṅktaṃ śubhas patī | yathā bhargasvatīṃ vācam āvadāni janāṁ anu

Aśvins, lords of beauty, anoint me with the honey of the bees, so that I may speak lustrous speech among the people.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

With your delicious honey balm me, Asvins, Lords of splendid light! That clear and resonant may be the voice I utter to mankind.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 69.3

मयि वर्चो अथो यशो ऽथो यज्ञस्य यत् पयः । तन् मयि प्रजापतिर् दिवि द्याम् इव दृंहतु

mayi varco atho yaśo 'tho yajñasya yat payaḥ | tan mayi prajāpatir divi dyām iva dṛṃhatu

In me be splendour, and glory too, and whatever is the milk of the sacrifice: let Prajāpati make that firm in me, as the sky (is made firm) in heaven.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

In me be strength, in me be fame, in me the power of sacrifice: Prajāpati establish this in me as firm as light in heaven!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)