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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 7 — Chapter 96

AV 7 96.1

असदन् गावः सदने ऽपप्तद् वसतिं वयः । आस्थाने पर्वता अस्थुः स्थाम्नि वृक्काव् अतिष्ठिपम्

asadan gāvaḥ sadane 'paptad vasatiṃ vayaḥ | āsthāne parvatā asthuḥ sthāmni vṛkkāv atiṣṭhipam

The cattle have settled in their settling-place, the bird has flown to its nest; the mountains have stood in their standing-place; in its station I have set the two kidneys.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

The kine are resting in the stall, home to her nest hath flown the bird, The hills are firmly rooted: I have fixed the kidneys in their place.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)