Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 78
AV 6 78.1
तेन भूतेन हविषायम् आ प्यायतां पुनः । जायाम् याम् अस्मा आवाक्षुस् ताम् रसेनाभि वर्धताम्
tena bhūtena haviṣāyam ā pyāyatāṃ punaḥ | jāyām yām asmā āvākṣus tām rasenābhi vardhatām
By this oblation that has come to be, let this man swell out again; the wife whom they have brought for him — let him increase her with sap.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Let this man be again bedewed with this presented sacrifice. And comfort with the sap of life the bride whom they have brought to him.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 6 78.2
अभि वर्धतां पयसाभि राष्ट्रेण वर्धताम् । रय्या सहस्रवर्चसेमौ स्ताम् अनुपक्षितौ
abhi vardhatāṃ payasābhi rāṣṭreṇa vardhatām | rayyā sahasravarcasemau stām anupakṣitau
Let (them) increase with milk, let (them) increase with kingdom; with wealth of a thousandfold splendour let these two be undiminished.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
With life's sap let him comfort her, and raise her high with princely sway. In wealth that hath a thousand powers, this pair be inexhausti- ble!
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 6 78.3
त्वष्टा जायाम् अजनयत् त्वष्टास्यै त्वां पतिम् । त्वष्टा सहस्रम् आयुंषि दीर्घम् आयुः कृणोतु वाम्
tvaṣṭā jāyām ajanayat tvaṣṭāsyai tvāṃ patim | tvaṣṭā sahasram āyuṃṣi dīrgham āyuḥ kṛṇotu vām
Tvaṣṭā begot the wife, Tvaṣṭā (begot) you as her husband; let Tvaṣṭā make for you two a thousand lifetimes, a long life.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Tvashtar formed her to be thy dame, Tvashtar made thee to be her lord. Long life let Tvashtar give you both. Let Tvashtar give a thousand lives.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)