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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 20 — Chapter 1

AV 20 1.1

इन्द्र त्वा वृषभं वयं सुते सोमे हवामहे । स पाहि मध्वो अन्धसः

indra tvā vṛṣabhaṃ vayaṃ sute some havāmahe | sa pāhi madhvo andhasaḥ

Indra, we call you, the bull, at the pressed soma; drink of the sweet juice.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Thee, Indra, we invoke, the Bull, what time the Soma hath been pressed. Drink of the sweetly-flavoured juice.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 20 1.2

मरुतो यस्य हि क्षये पाथा दिवो विमहसः । स सुगोपातमो जनः

maruto yasya hi kṣaye pāthā divo vimahasaḥ | sa sugopātamo janaḥ

For in whose dwelling you, O Maruts of boundless greatness, drink of the sky — that man is best guarded.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

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The best of guardian hath the man within whose dwelling-place ye drink, O Maruts, giants of the sky.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 20 1.3

उक्षान्नाय वशान्नाय सोमपृष्ठाय वेधसे । स्तोमैर् विधेमाग्नये

ukṣānnāya vaśānnāya somapṛṣṭhāya vedhase | stomair vidhemāgnaye

To him whose food is bulls, whose food is barren cows, who is soma-backed, the ordainer — let us honour Agni with praises.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Let us serve Agni with our hyms, Sage who consumeth ox and cow, Who beareth Soma on his back.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)