Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 84
AV 6 84.1
यस्यास् त आसनि घोरे जुहोम्य् एषां बद्धानाम् अवसर्जनाय कम् । भूमिर् इति त्वाभिप्रमन्वते जना निरृतिर् इति त्वाहं परि वेद सर्वतः
yasyās ta āsani ghore juhomy eṣāṃ baddhānām avasarjanāya kam | bhūmir iti tvābhipramanvate janā nirṛtir iti tvāhaṃ pari veda sarvataḥ
(You) into whose dread mouth I pour (this) for the release of these bound ones: people think of you as "Earth," but I know you all around as Nirṛti.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Thou in whose dread mouth I present oblation, that these bound victims may obtain their freedom, The people deem that thou art Earth: I know thee thoroughly, and I say thou art Destruction.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 6 84.2
भूते हविष्मती भवैष ते भागो यो अस्मासु । मुञ्चेमान् अमून् एनसः स्वाहा
bhūte haviṣmatī bhavaiṣa te bhāgo yo asmāsu | muñcemān amūn enasaḥ svāhā
O being, be possessed of the oblation; this is your portion, which is among us. Release these (and) those from guilt—svāhā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Be thou enriched, O Welfare, with oblations, here among us is thine allotted portion. Free—Hail to thee!—from sin those here and yonder.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 6 84.3
एवो ष्व् अस्मन् निरृते ऽनेहा त्वम् अयस्मयान् वि चृता बन्धपाशान् । यमो मह्यं पुनर् इत् त्वां ददाति तस्मै यमाय नमो अस्तु मृत्यवे
evo ṣv asman nirṛte 'nehā tvam ayasmayān vi cṛtā bandhapāśān | yamo mahyaṃ punar it tvāṃ dadāti tasmai yamāya namo astu mṛtyave
So then, O Nirṛti, away from us — do thou, unrivalled, untie the iron bonds and fetters. Yama gives thee back again to me; to that Yama, to Death, be homage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Do thou, Destruction, thus, without a rival, release us from the iron bonds that hind us. To me doth Yama verily restore thee. To him, to Yama, yea, to Death be worship!
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 6 84.4
अयस्मये द्रुपदे बेधिष इहाभिहितो मृत्युभिर् ये सहस्रम् । यमेन त्वं पितृभिः संविदान उत्तमं नाकम् अधि रोहयेमम्
ayasmaye drupade bedhiṣa ihābhihito mṛtyubhir ye sahasram | yamena tvaṃ pitṛbhiḥ saṃvidāna uttamaṃ nākam adhi rohayemam
Thou wast bound here to an iron post, tied down by the deaths that are a thousand. Do thou, in accord with Yama and with the fathers, make this man mount to the highest firmament.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Thou hast been fastened to an iron pillar, here compassed with a thousand deaths around thee. In full accord with Yama and the Fathers, send this man up- ward to the loftiest heaven.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)