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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 20 — Chapter 106

AV 20 106.1

तव त्यद् इन्द्रियं बृहत् तव शुष्मम् उत क्रतुम् । वज्रं शिशाति धिषणा वरेण्यम्

tava tyad indriyaṃ bṛhat tava śuṣmam uta kratum | vajraṃ śiśāti dhiṣaṇā vareṇyam

That lofty Indra-power of yours, your fury and your resolve — Dhiṣaṇā sharpens (them, and) the choice vajra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

That lofty energy of thine, thy strength and thine intelligence, Thy thunderbolt for which we long, our wish makes keen.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 20 106.2

तव द्यौर् इन्द्र पौंस्यं पृथिवी वर्धति श्रवः । त्वाम् आपः पर्वतासश् च हिन्विरे

tava dyaur indra pauṃsyaṃ pṛthivī vardhati śravaḥ | tvām āpaḥ parvatāsaś ca hinvire

Heaven (increases) your manliness, Indra, the earth increases your fame; the waters and the mountains have urged you on.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

O Indra, heaven and earth augment thy manly power and thy renown, The waters and the mountains stir and urge thee on.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 20 106.3

त्वां विष्णुर् बृहन् क्षयो मित्रो गृणाति वरुणः । त्वां शर्धो मदत्य् अनु मारुतम्

tvāṃ viṣṇur bṛhan kṣayo mitro gṛṇāti varuṇaḥ | tvāṃ śardho madaty anu mārutam

You does Viṣṇu, the lofty dwelling, you does Mitra praise, and Varuṇa; the Marut host exults after you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Vishnu, the lofty Ruling Power, Varuna, Mitra sing thy praise: In thee the Maruts' company hath great delight.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)