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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 87

AV 6 87.1

आ त्वाहार्षम् अन्तर् अभूर् ध्रुवस् तिष्ठाविचाचलत् । विशस् त्वा सर्वा वाञ्छन्तु मा त्वद् राष्ट्रम् अधि भ्रशत्

ā tvāhārṣam antar abhūr dhruvas tiṣṭhāvicācalat | viśas tvā sarvā vāñchantu mā tvad rāṣṭram adhi bhraśat

I have brought thee here; thou hast come within. Stand firm, unwavering. Let all the clans desire thee; let the kingship not fall away from thee.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Here art thou: I have chosen thee. Stand stedfast and immov- able. Let all the clans desire thee: let not thy kingdom fall away.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 87.2

इहैवैधि माप च्योष्ठाः पर्वत इवाविचाचलत् । इन्द्र इवेह ध्रुवस् तिष्ठेह राष्ट्रम् उ धारय

ihaivaidhi māpa cyoṣṭhāḥ parvata ivāvicācalat | indra iveha dhruvas tiṣṭheha rāṣṭram u dhāraya

Be just here; do not stir away, unwavering like a mountain. Stand firm here like Indra, and hold the kingship here.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Be even here: fall not away: be like a mountain unremoved. Stand stedfast here like Indra's self, and hold the kingship in the grasp.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 87.3

इन्द्र एतम् अदीधरत् ध्रुवं ध्रुवेण हविषा । तस्मै सोमो अधि ब्रवद् अयं च ब्रह्मणस् पतिः

indra etam adīdharat dhruvaṃ dhruveṇa haviṣā | tasmai somo adhi bravad ayaṃ ca brahmaṇas patiḥ

Indra has held this man fast, firm, with a firm oblation. For him let Soma speak up, and this Brahmaṇaspati.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

This man hath Indra stablished, made secure by constant sacri- fice. Soma, and Brāhmanaspati here present bless and comfort him!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)