Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 20 — Chapter 100
AV 20 100.1
अधा हीन्द्र गिर्वण उप त्वा कामान् महः ससृज्महे । उदेव यन्त उदभिः
adhā hīndra girvaṇa upa tvā kāmān mahaḥ sasṛjmahe | udeva yanta udabhiḥ
So then, Indra, lover of songs, we have let loose our desires toward you, (desires) for greatness — like men going down to the water with waters.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Now have we, Indra, Friend of Song, sent our great wishes forth to thee. Coming like floods that follow floods.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 20 100.2
वार् ण त्वा यव्याभिर् वर्धन्ति शूर ब्रह्माणि । वावृध्वांसं चिद् अद्रिवो दिवेदिवे
vār ṇa tvā yavyābhir vardhanti śūra brahmāṇi | vāvṛdhvāṃsaṃ cid adrivo divedive
As waters (swell) with river-channels, so the sacred formulas strengthen you, O hero, though you are already grown strong, O wielder of the stone, day by day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
As rivers swell the ocean, so, Hero, our prayers increase thy might, Though of thyself, O Thunderer, waxing day by day.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 20 100.3
युञ्जन्ति हरी इषिरस्य गाथयोरौ रथ उरुयुगे । इन्द्रवाहा वचोयुजा
yuñjanti harī iṣirasya gāthayorau ratha uruyuge | indravāhā vacoyujā
With song they yoke the two bay horses of the impetuous one to the broad chariot with its wide yoke — the two that draw Indra, yoked by a word.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
With holy song they bind to the broad wide-yoked car the bay steeds of the rapid God, Bearers of India, yoked by prayer.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)