Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 7 — Chapter 83
AV 7 83.1
अप्सु ते राजन् वरुण गृहो हिरण्ययो मितः । ततो धृतव्रतो राजा सर्वा धामानि मुञ्चतु
apsu te rājan varuṇa gṛho hiraṇyayo mitaḥ | tato dhṛtavrato rājā sarvā dhāmāni muñcatu
In the waters, O king Varuṇa, your golden house is built. From there let the king whose ordinances are upheld release all the fetters.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Stablished amid the waters is, King Varuna, thy golden home. Thence let the Sovran who maintains the statutes loose all bind- ing cords.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 7 83.2
दाम्नोदाम्नो राजन्न् इतो वरुण मुञ्च नः । यद् आपो अघ्न्या इति वरुणेति यद् ऊचिम ततो वरुण मुञ्च नः
dāmnodāmno rājann ito varuṇa muñca naḥ | yad āpo aghnyā iti varuṇeti yad ūcima tato varuṇa muñca naḥ
From every fetter, O king Varuṇa, release us from here. If we have said "O waters, you are not to be slain" (or) "O Varuṇa"—from that, O Varuṇa, release us.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Hence free thou us, King Varuna, from each successive bond and tie. As we have cried, O Varuna! have said, The Waters, they are kine, thence set us free, O Varuna.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 7 83.3
उद् उत्तमं वरुण पाशम् अस्मद् अवाधमं वि मध्यमं श्रथाय । अधा वयम् आदित्य व्रते तवानागसो अदितये स्याम
ud uttamaṃ varuṇa pāśam asmad avādhamaṃ vi madhyamaṃ śrathāya | adhā vayam āditya vrate tavānāgaso aditaye syāma
Loosen the uppermost fetter from us, O Varuṇa, the lowest away, the middle one apart. Then, O Āditya, in your ordinance may we be guiltless before Aditi.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Loosen the bonds, O Varuna, that hold us, loosen the bond. above, between, and under. So before Aditi may we be sinless under thy favouring auspices, Āditya!
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 7 83.4
प्रास्मत् पाशान् वरुण मुञ्च सर्वान् य उत्तमा अधमा वारुणा ये । दुष्वप्न्यं दुरितं नि ष्वास्मद् अथ गछेम सुकृतस्य लोकम्
prāsmat pāśān varuṇa muñca sarvān ya uttamā adhamā vāruṇā ye | duṣvapnyaṃ duritaṃ ni ṣvāsmad atha gachema sukṛtasya lokam
Release from us, O Varuṇa, all the fetters forward, those that are uppermost, and the lowest, Varuṇa's own. Drive away from us bad dreams and difficulty; then may we go to the world of the well-doer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Varuna, free us from all snares that bind us, Varuna's bonds, the upper and the lower. Drive from us evil dream, drive off misfortune: then let us pass into the world of virtue.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)