Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·6·6.42
अव ज्याम् इव धन्वनो मन्युं तनोमि ते हृदः । यथा संमनसौ भूत्वा सखायाव् इव सचावहै ॥१॥
ava jyām iva dhanvano manyuṃ tanomi te hṛdaḥ | yathā saṃmanasau bhūtvā sakhāyāv iva sacāvahai ||1||
As the string from the bow, do I relax (ava-tan) fury from thy heart, that, becoming like-minded, we (two) may hold together (sac) like friends.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
सखायाव् इव सचावहा अव मन्युं तनोमि ते । अधस् ते अश्मनो मन्युम् उपास्यामसि यो गुरुः ॥२॥
sakhāyāv iva sacāvahā ava manyuṃ tanomi te | adhas te aśmano manyum upāsyāmasi yo guruḥ ||2||
We (two) will hold together like friends; I relax thy fury; we cast in thy fury under a stone that is heavy.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अभि तिष्ठामि ते मन्युं पार्ष्ण्या प्रपदेन च । यथावशो न वादिषो मम चित्तम् उपायसि ॥३॥
abhi tiṣṭhāmi te manyuṃ pārṣṇyā prapadena ca | yathāvaśo na vādiṣo mama cittam upāyasi ||3||
I trample upon (abhi-sthā) thy fury, with heel and with front foot, that thou mayest speak not uncontrolled, mayest come unto my intent.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)