Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 81
AV 6 81.1
यन्तासि यछसे हस्ताव् अप रक्षांसि सेधसि । प्रजां धनं च गृह्णानः परिहस्तो अभूद् अयम्
yantāsi yachase hastāv apa rakṣāṃsi sedhasi | prajāṃ dhanaṃ ca gṛhṇānaḥ parihasto abhūd ayam
You are a restrainer, you hold back (the) hands, you drive away the demons; grasping offspring and wealth, this has become an encircler-of-the-hand (amulet).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Thou art a grasper, holding fast both hands: drivest fiends away. A holder both of progeny and riches hath this Ring become.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 6 81.2
परिहस्त वि धारय योनिं गर्भाय धातवे । मर्यादे पुत्रम् आ धेहि तं त्वम् आ गमयागमे
parihasta vi dhāraya yoniṃ garbhāya dhātave | maryāde putram ā dhehi taṃ tvam ā gamayāgame
O hand-amulet, hold the womb apart for the embryo to be placed; O you within the bounds, set a son (here)—make him come, for coming.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Prepare accordantly, O Ring, the mother for the infant's birth. On the right way bring forth the boy. Make him come hither. I am here.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 6 81.3
यं परिहस्तम् अबिभर् अदितिः पुत्रकाम्या । त्वष्टा तम् अस्या आ बध्नाद् यथा पुत्रं जनाद्
yaṃ parihastam abibhar aditiḥ putrakāmyā | tvaṣṭā tam asyā ā badhnād yathā putraṃ janād
The hand-amulet which Aditi wore out of desire for a son—that let Tvaṣṭā bind on this woman, so that she may bring forth a son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
The Amulet which Aditi wore when desirous of a son, Tvashtar hath bound upon this dame and said, Be mother of a boy.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)