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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 90

AV 6 90.1

यां ते रुद्र इषुम् आस्यद् अङ्गेभ्यो हृदयाय च । इदं ताम् अद्य त्वद् वयं विषूचीं वि वृहामसि

yāṃ te rudra iṣum āsyad aṅgebhyo hṛdayāya ca | idaṃ tām adya tvad vayaṃ viṣūcīṃ vi vṛhāmasi

The arrow that Rudra shot at thy limbs and at thy heart — that one, turned away, we now tear out of thee today.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

The shaft that Rudra hath shot forth against thy members and thy heart, Here do we draw from thee to-day, and turn it hence to every side.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 90.2

यास् ते शतं धमनयो ऽङ्गान्य् अनु विष्ठिताः । तासां ते सर्वासाम् वयं निर् विषाणि ह्वयामसि

yās te śataṃ dhamanayo 'ṅgāny anu viṣṭhitāḥ | tāsāṃ te sarvāsām vayaṃ nir viṣāṇi hvayāmasi

Thy hundred vessels that are set along thy limbs — from all of these of thine we call out the poisons.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

From all the hundred vessels spread throughout the members of thy frame. From all those vessels and canals we call the poisonous matter forth.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 90.3

नमस् ते रुद्रास्यते नमः प्रतिहितायै । नमो विसृज्यमानायै नमो निपतितायै

namas te rudrāsyate namaḥ pratihitāyai | namo visṛjyamānāyai namo nipatitāyai

Homage to thee, Rudra, as thou shootest; homage to the arrow laid on (the bow); homage to it as it is let loose; homage to it as it has fallen down.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Worship to thee, the archer, and O Rudra, to thy levelled shaft! Yea, worship to thine arrow when it left the bow, and when it fell!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)