Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 7 — Chapter 1
AV 7 1.1
धीती वा ये अनयन् वाचो अग्रं मनसा वा ये ऽवदन्न् ऋतानि । तृतीयेन ब्रह्मणा वावृधानास् तुरीयेणामन्वत नाम धेनोः
dhītī vā ye anayan vāco agraṃ manasā vā ye 'vadann ṛtāni | tṛtīyena brahmaṇā vāvṛdhānās turīyeṇāmanvata nāma dhenoḥ
Those who by insight led forward the foremost point of speech, or who with the mind spoke the truths (ṛta) — growing strong through the third brahman, by the fourth they conceived the name of the milch-cow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
They who by thought have guided all that Speech hath best, or they who with their heart have uttered words of truth, Made stronger by the strength which the third prayer bestows, have by the fourth prayer learned the nature of the Cow.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 7 1.2
स वेद पुत्रः पितरं स मातरं स सूनुर् भुवत् स भुवत् पुनर्मघः । स द्याम् और्णोद् अन्तरिक्षं स्वः स इदं विश्वम् अभवत् स आभरत्
sa veda putraḥ pitaraṃ sa mātaraṃ sa sūnur bhuvat sa bhuvat punarmaghaḥ | sa dyām aurṇod antarikṣaṃ svaḥ sa idaṃ viśvam abhavat sa ābharat
He as son knows the father, he the mother; he became the offspring, he became the one who gives again. He uncovered the sky, the midspace, the sun; he became this whole (world), he brought (it) here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Well knows this son his sire, he knows his mother well: he hath been son, and he hath been illiberal. He hath encompassed heaven, and air's mid-realm, and sky; he hath become this All; he hath come nigh to us.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)