Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·6·6.49
नहि ते अग्ने तन्वः क्रूरम् आनंश मर्त्यः । कपिर् बभस्ति तेजनं स्वं जरायु गौर् इव ॥१॥
nahi te agne tanvaḥ krūram ānaṃśa martyaḥ | kapir babhasti tejanaṃ svaṃ jarāyu gaur iva ||1||
Surely no mortal, O Agni, hath attained the cruelty of thy self (tanū́). The ape gnaws (bhas) the shaft (téjana), as a cow her own after-birth.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
मेष इव वै सं च वि चोर्व् अच्यसे यद् उत्तरद्राव् उपरश् च खादतः । शीर्ष्णा शिरो ऽप्ससाप्सो अर्दयन्न् अंशून् बभस्ति हरितेभिर् आसभिः ॥२॥
meṣa iva vai saṃ ca vi corv acyase yad uttaradrāv uparaś ca khādataḥ | śīrṣṇā śiro 'psasāpso ardayann aṃśūn babhasti haritebhir āsabhiḥ ||2||
Like a ram, thou art bent both together and wide apart, when in the upper wood [the upper] and the lower stone devour; exciting (ard) head with head, breast (ápsas) with breast, he gnaws the soma-stalks (aṅçu) with green mouths.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
सुपर्णा वाचम् अक्रतोप द्यव्य् आखरे कृष्णा इषिरा अनर्तिषुः । नि यन् नियन्ति उपरस्य निष्कृतिं पुरू रेतो दधिरे सूर्यश्रितः ॥३॥
suparṇā vācam akratopa dyavy ākhare kṛṣṇā iṣirā anartiṣuḥ | ni yan niyanti uparasya niṣkṛtiṃ purū reto dadhire sūryaśritaḥ ||3||
The eagles have uttered (kṛ) their voice close in the sky; in the lair (ākhará) the black lively ones have danced; when they come down to the removal of the lower [stone], they have assumed much seed, they that resort to the sun.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)