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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 7 — Chapter 11

AV 7 11.1

यस् ते पृथु स्तनयित्नुर् य ऋष्वो दैवः केतुर् विश्वम् आभूषतीदम् । मा नो वधीर् विद्युता देव सस्यं मोत वधी रश्मिभिः सूर्यस्य

yas te pṛthu stanayitnur ya ṛṣvo daivaḥ ketur viśvam ābhūṣatīdam | mā no vadhīr vidyutā deva sasyaṃ mota vadhī raśmibhiḥ sūryasya

That broad thunder of yours which is lofty, the divine banner that pervades all this — do not slay our grain with the lightning, O god, and do not slay it with the rays of the sun.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

That far-spread thunder, sent from thee, which cometh on all this world, a high celestial signal Strike not, O God, our growing corn with lightning, not kill it with the burning rays of Sūrya.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)