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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 82

AV 6 82.1

आगछत आगतस्य नाम गृह्णाम्य् आयतः । इन्द्रस्य वृत्रघ्नो वन्वे वासवस्य शतक्रतोः

āgachata āgatasya nāma gṛhṇāmy āyataḥ | indrasya vṛtraghno vanve vāsavasya śatakratoḥ

Of (her) who is coming, of (her) who has come, I take the name, of (her) who is approaching; I win (it) by Indra the Vṛtra-slayer, the Vasu's (son?), of a hundred powers.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

I call the name of him who comes, hath come, and still draws- nigh to us. Foe-slaying Indra's name I love, the Vasus' friend with hundred powers.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 82.2

येन सूर्यां सावित्रीम् अश्विनोहतुः पथा । तेन माम् अब्रवीद् भगो जयाम् आ वहताद् इति

yena sūryāṃ sāvitrīm aśvinohatuḥ pathā | tena mām abravīd bhago jayām ā vahatād iti

By what path the two Aśvins brought Sūryā, the daughter of Savitṛ—by that Bhaga said to me: "You shall bring home a wife."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Thus Bhaga spake to me: Let him bring thee a consort by the path. Whereon the Asvins brought the bride Sūryā the child of Savitar.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 82.3

यस् ते ऽङ्कुशो वसुदानो बृहन्न् इन्द्र हिरण्ययः । तेना जनियते जायां मह्यं धेहि शचीपते

yas te 'ṅkuśo vasudāno bṛhann indra hiraṇyayaḥ | tenā janiyate jāyāṃ mahyaṃ dhehi śacīpate

That hook of yours, wealth-giving, lofty, O Indra, made of gold—with that, O lord of might, bestow a wife on me who desires a wife.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Great, Indra. is that hook of thine, bestowing treasure, wrought of gold: Therewith, O Lord of Might, bestow a wife on me who long to wed.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)