Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·19·19.30
यत् ते दर्भ जरामृत्यु शतं वर्मसु वर्म ते । तेनेमं वर्मिणं कृत्वा सपत्नां जहि वीर्यैः ॥१॥
yat te darbha jarāmṛtyu śataṃ varmasu varma te | tenemaṃ varmiṇaṃ kṛtvā sapatnāṃ jahi vīryaiḥ ||1||
What thou hast that brings death in old age, O darbhá, that has hundred-fold defense, good defense, therewith having made this man defended (varmín), smite thou my rivals by thy heroisms.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
शतं ते दर्भ वर्माणि सहस्रं वीर्याणि ते । तम् अस्मै विश्वे त्वां देवा जरसे भर्तवा अदुः ॥२॥
śataṃ te darbha varmāṇi sahasraṃ vīryāṇi te | tam asmai viśve tvāṃ devā jarase bhartavā aduḥ ||2||
A hundred are thy defenses, O darbhá, a thousand thy heroisms; as such, all the gods have given thee to this man to wear, in order to [attain] old age.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
त्वाम् आहुर् देववर्म त्वां दर्भ ब्रह्मणस् पतिम् । त्वाम् इन्द्रस्याहुर् वर्म त्वं राष्ट्राणि रक्षसि ॥३॥
tvām āhur devavarma tvāṃ darbha brahmaṇas patim | tvām indrasyāhur varma tvaṃ rāṣṭrāṇi rakṣasi ||3||
Thee they call the gods' defense, thee, O darbhá, Brahmaṇaspati; thee they call Indra's defense; thou defendest kingdoms.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
सपत्नक्षयणं दर्भ द्विषतस् तपनं हृदः । मणिं क्षत्रस्य वर्धनं तनूपानं कृणोमि ते ॥४॥
sapatnakṣayaṇaṃ darbha dviṣatas tapanaṃ hṛdaḥ | maṇiṃ kṣatrasya vardhanaṃ tanūpānaṃ kṛṇomi te ||4||
A destroyer of our rivals, O darbhá, burner of the heart of our hater—an amulet, increaser of dominion, protector of thy body, I make for thee.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यत् समुद्रो अभ्यक्रन्दत् पर्जन्यो विद्युता सह । ततो हिरन्ययो बिन्दुस् ततो दर्भो अजायत ॥५॥
yat samudro abhyakrandat parjanyo vidyutā saha | tato hiranyayo bindus tato darbho ajāyata ||5||
What the ocean roared (krand) against, [and] Parjanya with the lightning, therefrom was born the golden drop (bindú), therefrom the darbhá.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)