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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 86

AV 6 86.1

वृषेन्द्रस्य वृषा दिवो वृसा पृथिव्या अयम् । वृषा विश्वस्य भूतस्य त्वम् एकवृषो भव

vṛṣendrasya vṛṣā divo vṛsā pṛthivyā ayam | vṛṣā viśvasya bhūtasya tvam ekavṛṣo bhava

This one is the bull of Indra, the bull of heaven, the bull of earth; the bull of all that has come to be — be thou the one and only bull.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

This is the Lord of Indra, this the Lord of Heaven, the Lord of Earth, The Lord of all existing things: the one and only Lord be thou,

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 86.2

समुद्र ईशे स्रवताम् अग्निः पृथिव्या वशी । चन्द्रमा नक्षत्राणाम् ईशे त्वम् एकवृषो भव

samudra īśe sravatām agniḥ pṛthivyā vaśī | candramā nakṣatrāṇām īśe tvam ekavṛṣo bhava

The sea rules over the flowing (waters), Agni is master of the earth, the moon rules over the constellations — be thou the one and only bull.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

The Sea is regent of the floods, Agni is ruler of the land, The Moon is regent of the stars: the one and only Lord be thou.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 86.3

सम्राड् अस्य् असुराणां ककुन् मनुष्यानाम् । देवानाम् अर्धभाग् असि त्वम् एकवृषो भव

samrāḍ asy asurāṇāṃ kakun manuṣyānām | devānām ardhabhāg asi tvam ekavṛṣo bhava

Thou art sovereign of the Asuras, the peak of men; thou art a half-sharer of the gods — be thou the one and only bull.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Thou art the King of Asuras, the crown and summit of man- kind: Thou art the partner of the Gods: the one and only Lord be thou.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)