Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 70

AV 6 70.1

यथा मांसम् यथा सुरा यथाक्षा अधिदेवने । यथा पुंसो वृषण्यत स्त्रियां निहन्यते मनः । एवा ते अघ्न्ये मनो ऽधि वत्से नि हन्यताम्

yathā māṃsam yathā surā yathākṣā adhidevane | yathā puṃso vṛṣaṇyata striyāṃ nihanyate manaḥ | evā te aghnye mano 'dhi vatse ni hanyatām

As meat, as liquor, as the dice at the gambling-place; as the mind of a lusting man is fixed upon a woman — so, O cow, let your mind be fixed upon the calf.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 6 70.2

यथा हस्ती हस्तिन्याः पदेन पदम् उद्युजे । यथा पुंसो वृषण्यत स्त्रियां निहन्यते मनः । एवा ते अघ्न्ये मनो ऽधि वत्से नि हन्यताम्

yathā hastī hastinyāḥ padena padam udyuje | yathā puṃso vṛṣaṇyata striyāṃ nihanyate manaḥ | evā te aghnye mano 'dhi vatse ni hanyatām

As the elephant sets foot to foot after the she-elephant; as the mind of a lusting man is fixed upon a woman — so, O cow, let your mind be fixed upon the calf.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 6 70.3

यथा प्रधिर् यथोपधिर् यथा नभ्यं प्रधाव् अधि । यथा पुंसो वृषण्यत स्त्रियां निहन्यते मनः । एवा ते अघ्न्ये मनो ऽधि वत्से नि हन्यताम्

yathā pradhir yathopadhir yathā nabhyaṃ pradhāv adhi | yathā puṃso vṛṣaṇyata striyāṃ nihanyate manaḥ | evā te aghnye mano 'dhi vatse ni hanyatām

As the felly, as the spoke-piece, as the nave-band upon the felly; as the mind of a lusting man is fixed upon a woman — so, O cow, let your mind be fixed upon the calf.

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