Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 7 — Chapter 109

AV 7 109.1

इदम् उग्राय बभ्रवे नमो यो अक्षेषु तनूवशी । घृतेन कलिं शिक्षामि स नो मृडातीदृशे

idam ugrāya babhrave namo yo akṣeṣu tanūvaśī | ghṛtena kaliṃ śikṣāmi sa no mṛḍātīdṛśe

This homage to the mighty brown one who among the dice is master of (his own) body. With ghee I seek to win Kali; may he be gracious to us in such a case.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 7 109.2

घृतम् अप्सराभ्यो वह त्वम् अग्ने पांसून् अक्षेभ्यः सिकता अपश् च । यथाभगं हव्यदातिं जुषाणा मदन्ति देवा उभयानि हव्या

ghṛtam apsarābhyo vaha tvam agne pāṃsūn akṣebhyaḥ sikatā apaś ca | yathābhagaṃ havyadātiṃ juṣāṇā madanti devā ubhayāni havyā

Bring ghee for the Apsarases, O Agni, dust for the dice, sand and waters. Delighting in the gift of oblation each according to his portion, the gods rejoice in both oblations.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 7 109.3

अप्सरसः सधमादं मदन्ति हविर्धानम् अन्तरा सूर्यं च । ता मे हस्तौ सं सृजन्तु घृतेन सपत्नं मे कितवम् रन्धयन्तु

apsarasaḥ sadhamādaṃ madanti havirdhānam antarā sūryaṃ ca | tā me hastau saṃ sṛjantu ghṛtena sapatnaṃ me kitavam randhayantu

The Apsarases revel in a joint feast between the oblation-cart and the sun. Let them anoint my hands with ghee; let them deliver up to me my rival, the gambler.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 7 109.4

आदिनवं प्रतिदीव्ने घृतेनास्माꣳ अभि क्षर । वृक्षम् इवाशन्या जहि यो अस्मान् प्रतिदीव्यति

ādinavaṃ pratidīvne ghṛtenāsmāṁ abhi kṣara | vṛkṣam ivāśanyā jahi yo asmān pratidīvyati

(Pour) ruin upon the one who plays against (me); flow upon us with ghee. Strike him down as (one strikes) a tree with a thunderbolt — him who plays against us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 7 109.5

यो नो द्युवे धनम् इदं चकार यो अक्षाणां ग्लहनं शेषणं च । स नो देवो हविर् इदं जुषाणो गन्धर्वेभिः सधमादं मदेम

yo no dyuve dhanam idaṃ cakāra yo akṣāṇāṃ glahanaṃ śeṣaṇaṃ ca | sa no devo havir idaṃ juṣāṇo gandharvebhiḥ sadhamādaṃ madema

He who has made this wealth (to be) for the gambling, who (has made) the staking of the dice and the remainder — may that god, taking pleasure in this oblation, (be with us); together with the Gandharvas let us rejoice in common revelry.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 7 109.6

संवसव इति वो नामधेयम् उग्रंपश्या राष्ट्रभृतो ह्य् अक्षाः । तेभ्यो व इन्दवो हविषा विधेम वयं स्याम पतयो रयीणाम्

saṃvasava iti vo nāmadheyam ugraṃpaśyā rāṣṭrabhṛto hy akṣāḥ | tebhyo va indavo haviṣā vidhema vayaṃ syāma patayo rayīṇām

"Dwellers-together" is your name-title; for the dice are fierce-looking, upholders of the realm. To those of you, O drops, would we do homage with an oblation; may we be lords of riches.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 7 109.7

देवान् यन् नाथितो हुवे ब्रह्मचर्यं यद् ऊषिम । अक्षान् यद् बभ्रून् आलभे ते नो मृडन्त्व् ईदृशे

devān yan nāthito huve brahmacaryaṃ yad ūṣima | akṣān yad babhrūn ālabhe te no mṛḍantv īdṛśe

That, being in distress, I call upon the gods; that we have practised the brahman-discipline; that I take hold of the brown dice — let them be gracious to us in such a case.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain