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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 80

AV 6 80.1

अन्तरिक्षेण पतति विश्वा भूतावचाकशत् । शुनो दिव्यस्य यन् महस् तेना ते हविषा विधेम

antarikṣeṇa patati viśvā bhūtāvacākaśat | śuno divyasya yan mahas tenā te haviṣā vidhema

He flies through the mid-air, looking down upon all beings: what is the greatness of the heavenly dog—with that, with the oblation, may we worship you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

He flieth in the firmament observing all the things that be: We with this offering will adore the greatness of the Heavenly Hound.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 80.2

ये त्रयः कालकाञ्जा दिवि देवा इव श्रिताः । तान्त् सर्वान् अह्व ऊतये ऽस्मा अरिष्टतातये

ye trayaḥ kālakāñjā divi devā iva śritāḥ | tānt sarvān ahva ūtaye 'smā ariṣṭatātaye

The three Kālakāñjas who are fixed in heaven like gods—all those I have called for help, for this one's freedom from harm.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

The three, the Kālakānjas, set aloft in heaven as they were Gods All these I call to be our help and keep this man secure from harm.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 80.3

अप्सु ते जन्म दिवि ते सधस्थं समुद्रे अन्तर् महिमा ते पृथिव्याम् । शुनो दिव्यस्य यन् महस् तेना ते हविषा विधेम

apsu te janma divi te sadhasthaṃ samudre antar mahimā te pṛthivyām | śuno divyasya yan mahas tenā te haviṣā vidhema

In the waters is your birth, in heaven your seat, in the ocean, within; your greatness is on the earth. What is the greatness of the heavenly dog—with that, with the oblation, may we worship you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

In waters is thy birth, in heaven thy station, thy majesty on earth and in the ocean. We with this offering will adore the greatness of the Heavenly Hound.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)