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Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka) 4.38

उद्भिन्दतीं संजयन्तीम् अप्सरां साधुदेविनीम् । ग्लहे कृतानि कृण्वानाम् अप्सरां ताम् इह हुवे ॥१॥

udbhindatīṃ saṃjayantīm apsarāṃ sādhudevinīm | glahe kṛtāni kṛṇvānām apsarāṃ tām iha huve ||1||

The up-shooting, all-conquering, successfully-playing Apsaras, that wins (kṛ) the winnings in the pool (? gláha)—that Apsaras I call on here.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

विचिन्वतीम् आकिरन्तीम् अप्सरां साधुदेविनीम् । ग्लहे कृतानि गृह्णानाम् अप्सरां ताम् इह हुवे ॥२॥

vicinvatīm ākirantīm apsarāṃ sādhudevinīm | glahe kṛtāni gṛhṇānām apsarāṃ tām iha huve ||2||

The distributing (vi-ci), on-strewing (ā-kir), successfully-playing Apsaras, that seizes (grah) the winnings in the pool—that Apsaras I call on here.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यायैः परिनृत्यत्य् आददाना कृतं ग्लहात् । सा नः कृतानि सीषती प्रहाम् आप्नोतु मायया । सा नः पयस्वत्य् ऐतु मा नो जैषुर् इदं धनम् ॥३॥

yāyaiḥ parinṛtyaty ādadānā kṛtaṃ glahāt | sā naḥ kṛtāni sīṣatī prahām āpnotu māyayā | sā naḥ payasvaty aitu mā no jaiṣur idaṃ dhanam ||3||

She who dances about with the dice (? áya), taking to herself the winning from the pool—let her, trying to gain (?) for us the winnings, obtain the stake (? prahā́) by magic (māyā́); let her come to us rich in milk; let them not conquer from us this riches.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

या अक्षेषु प्रमोदन्ते शुचं क्रोधं च बिभ्रती । आनन्दिनीं प्रमोदिनीम् अप्सरां ताम् इह हुवे ॥४॥

yā akṣeṣu pramodante śucaṃ krodhaṃ ca bibhratī | ānandinīṃ pramodinīm apsarāṃ tām iha huve ||4||

She who delights (pra-mud) in the dice (akṣá), bringing (bhṛ) pain and anger—the rejoicing, the dehghting one: that Apsaras I call on here.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

सूर्यस्य रश्मीन् अनु याः सञ्चरन्ति मरीचीर् वा या अनुसञ्चरन्ति । यासाम् ऋषभो दूरतो वाजिनीवान्त् सद्यः सर्वान् लोकान् पर्येति रक्षन् । स न ऐतु होमम् इमं जुसाणो ऽन्तरिक्षेण सह वाजिनीवान् ॥५॥

sūryasya raśmīn anu yāḥ sañcaranti marīcīr vā yā anusañcaranti | yāsām ṛṣabho dūrato vājinīvānt sadyaḥ sarvān lokān paryeti rakṣan | sa na aitu homam imaṃ jusāṇo 'ntarikṣeṇa saha vājinīvān ||5||

They who (f.) go about (sam-car) after the rays of the sun, or who go about after [its] beams (márīci); of whom the mighty (? vājínīvant) bull from afar moves around (pari-i) at once all the worlds, defending—let him come unto us, enjoying this libation, together with the atmosphere, he the mighty one.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

अन्तरिक्षेन सह वाजिनीवन् कर्कीं वत्साम् इह रक्ष वाजिन् । इमे ते स्तोका बहुला एह्य् अर्वाङ् इयं ते कर्कीह ते मनो ऽस्तु ॥६॥

antarikṣena saha vājinīvan karkīṃ vatsām iha rakṣa vājin | ime te stokā bahulā ehy arvāṅ iyaṃ te karkīha te mano 'stu ||6||

Together with the atmosphere, O mighty one; defend thou here the karkī́ calf, O vigorous one (vājín); here are abundant drops (stoká) for thee; come hitherward; this is thy karkī́; here be thy mind.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

अन्तरिक्षेण सह वाजिनीवन् कर्कीं वत्साम् इह रक्ष वाजिन् । अयं घासो अयं व्रज इह वत्सां नि बध्नीमः । यथानाम व ईश्महे स्वाहा ॥७॥

antarikṣeṇa saha vājinīvan karkīṃ vatsām iha rakṣa vājin | ayaṃ ghāso ayaṃ vraja iha vatsāṃ ni badhnīmaḥ | yathānāma va īśmahe svāhā ||7||

Together with the atmosphere, O mighty one; defend thou here the karkī́ calf, O vigorous one; this is fodder; this is the pen; here we bind (ni-bandh) the calf; according to name we master you: hail!

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)