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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 7 — Chapter 68

AV 7 68.1

सरस्वति व्रतेषु ते दिव्येषु देवि धामसु । जुषस्व हव्यम् आहुतं प्रजाम् देवि ररास्व नः

sarasvati vrateṣu te divyeṣu devi dhāmasu | juṣasva havyam āhutaṃ prajām devi rarāsva naḥ

O Sarasvatī, in thy observances, O goddess, in (thy) heavenly abodes, enjoy the oblation poured out; grant us offspring, O goddess.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Sarasvati, in thy decrees, Goddess, in thy celestial laws, Accept the offered sacrifice, and, Goddess, grant us progeny.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 7 68.2

इदं ते हव्यं घृतवत् सरस्वतीदं पितॄणां हविर् आस्यं यत् । इमानि त उदिता शम्तमानि तेभिर् वयं मधुमन्तः स्याम

idaṃ te havyaṃ ghṛtavat sarasvatīdaṃ pitṝṇāṃ havir āsyaṃ yat | imāni ta uditā śamtamāni tebhir vayaṃ madhumantaḥ syāma

This ghee-rich oblation is thine, Sarasvatī; this is the oblation of the Fathers, which is food for the mouth; these most beneficent (words) have been uttered for thee — by them may we be possessed of sweetness.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Here is, Sarasvati, thy fat libation, this sacrifice passing to the mouth of Fathers. These most auspicious offerings have ascended to thee: through, these may we be full of sweetness.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 7 68.3

शिवा नः शंतमा भव सुमृडीका सरस्वति । मा ते युयोम संदृशः

śivā naḥ śaṃtamā bhava sumṛḍīkā sarasvati | mā te yuyoma saṃdṛśaḥ

Be kind to us, most beneficent, very gracious, Sarasvatī; may we not be parted from the sight of thee.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Be kind and most auspicious, be gracious to us, Sarasvati, May we be ever in thy sight.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)