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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 7 — Chapter 114

AV 7 114.1

आ ते ददे वक्षणाभ्य आ ते ऽहं हृदयाद् ददे । आ ते मुखस्य सङ्काशात् सर्वं ते वर्च आ ददे

ā te dade vakṣaṇābhya ā te 'haṃ hṛdayād dade | ā te mukhasya saṅkāśāt sarvaṃ te varca ā dade

I take away from thy flanks, I take away from thy heart, I take away from the look of thy face — all thy splendour do I take away.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

I have extracted from thy sides, I have extracted from thy heart, I have extracted from thy face the strength and splendour that were thine.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 7 114.2

प्रेतो यन्तु व्याध्यः प्रानुध्याः प्रो अशस्तयः । अग्नी रक्षस्विनीर् हन्तु सोमो हन्तु दुरस्यतीः

preto yantu vyādhyaḥ prānudhyāḥ pro aśastayaḥ | agnī rakṣasvinīr hantu somo hantu durasyatīḥ

Let the diseases go forth from here, forth the thrusts(?), forth the ill-speakings; let Agni slay the women possessed by demons, let Soma slay those who work harm.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Let pain and suffering pass away, let cares and curses vanish. hence. Let Agni slay the fiendish hags, Soma kill bags who trouble us.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)