Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 20 — Chapter 107

AV 20 107.1

सम् अस्य मन्यवे विशो विश्वा नमन्त कुष्टयः । समुद्रायेव सिन्धवः

sam asya manyave viśo viśvā namanta kuṣṭayaḥ | samudrāyeva sindhavaḥ

Before his wrath all the clans, the settlements, bow down together, as the rivers to the sea.

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AV 20 107.2

ओजस् तद् अस्य तित्विष उभे यत् समवर्तयत् । इन्द्रश् चर्मेव रोदसी

ojas tad asya titviṣa ubhe yat samavartayat | indraś carmeva rodasī

That might of his blazed out, when Indra rolled the two — heaven and earth — together like a hide.

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AV 20 107.3

वि चिद् वृत्रस्य दोधतो वज्रेण शतपर्वणा । शिरो बिभेद् वृष्णिना

vi cid vṛtrasya dodhato vajreṇa śataparvaṇā | śiro bibhed vṛṣṇinā

With the hundred-jointed, bull-like vajra he split apart the head of raging Vṛtra.

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AV 20 107.4

तद् इद् आस भुवनेषु ज्येष्ठं यतो जज्ञ उग्रस् त्वेषनृम्णः । सद्यो जज्ञानो नि रिणाति शत्रून् अनु यद् एनं मदन्ति विश्व ऊमाः

tad id āsa bhuvaneṣu jyeṣṭhaṃ yato jajña ugras tveṣanṛmṇaḥ | sadyo jajñāno ni riṇāti śatrūn anu yad enaṃ madanti viśva ūmāḥ

That indeed was the greatest among the worlds, from which the fierce one of blazing manliness was born; born on that very day he makes the enemies run off, when all the helpers exult after him.

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AV 20 107.5

वावृधानः शवसा भूर्योजाः शत्रुर् दासाय भियसं दधाति । अव्यनच् च व्यनच् च सस्नि सं ते नवन्त प्रभृता मदेषु

vāvṛdhānaḥ śavasā bhūryojāḥ śatrur dāsāya bhiyasaṃ dadhāti | avyanac ca vyanac ca sasni saṃ te navanta prabhṛtā madeṣu

Grown strong by power, of abundant might, as an enemy he lays fear upon the Dāsa; both what does not breathe and what breathes, (he is) the winner — they roared together toward you, (the offerings) brought forward amid the intoxicating draughts.

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AV 20 107.6

त्वे क्रतुम् अपि पृञ्चन्ति भूरि द्विर् यद् एते त्रिर् भवन्त्य् ऊमाः । स्वादोः स्वादीयः स्वादुना सृजा सम् अदः सु मधु मधुनाभि योधीः

tve kratum api pṛñcanti bhūri dvir yad ete trir bhavanty ūmāḥ | svādoḥ svādīyaḥ svādunā sṛjā sam adaḥ su madhu madhunābhi yodhīḥ

In you they mix abundant resolve, when these helpers become twofold, threefold; sweeter than the sweet, pour (it) together with the sweet: that honey indeed — with honey win the fight.

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AV 20 107.7

यदि चिन् नु त्वा धना जयन्तं रणेरणे अनुमदन्ति विप्राः । ओजीयः शुष्मिन्त् स्थिरम् आ तनुष्व मा त्वा दभन् दुरेवासः कशोकाः

yadi cin nu tvā dhanā jayantaṃ raṇeraṇe anumadanti viprāḥ | ojīyaḥ śuṣmint sthiram ā tanuṣva mā tvā dabhan durevāsaḥ kaśokāḥ

If indeed the inspired singers cheer you on as you win prizes in fight after fight, then, O impetuous one, stretch out something firmer, mightier; let not the ill-dealing kaśokas deceive you.

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AV 20 107.8

त्वया वयं शाशद्महे रणेषु प्रपश्यन्तो युधेन्यानि भूरि । चोदयामि त आयुधा वचोभिः सं ते शिशामि ब्रह्मणा वयांसि

tvayā vayaṃ śāśadmahe raṇeṣu prapaśyanto yudhenyāni bhūri | codayāmi ta āyudhā vacobhiḥ saṃ te śiśāmi brahmaṇā vayāṃsi

Through you we prevail in the battles, looking out upon many things to be fought for; I urge on your weapons with my words, I sharpen your vigours with sacred formula.

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AV 20 107.9

नि तद् दधिषे ऽवरे परे च यस्मिन्न् आविथावसा दुरोणे । आ स्थापयत मातरं जिगत्नुम् अत इन्वत कर्वराणि भूरि

ni tad dadhiṣe 'vare pare ca yasminn āvithāvasā duroṇe | ā sthāpayata mātaraṃ jigatnum ata invata karvarāṇi bhūri

You have set that down for the lower and for the higher — (that) house in which you helped with your aid; set firm the moving mother, thence speed on many deeds.

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AV 20 107.10

स्तुष्व वर्ष्मन् पुरुवर्त्मानं सम् ऋभ्वाणम् इनतमम् आप्तम् आप्त्यानाम् । आ दर्शति शवसा भूर्योजाः प्र सक्षति प्रतिमानं पृथिव्याः

stuṣva varṣman puruvartmānaṃ sam ṛbhvāṇam inatamam āptam āptyānām | ā darśati śavasā bhūryojāḥ pra sakṣati pratimānaṃ pṛthivyāḥ

Praise, on the height, the one of many courses, the deft, the most forceful, the attained one among the Āptyas; he of abundant might will burst (them) open with his power, he will overcome the counterpart of the earth.

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AV 20 107.11

इमा ब्रह्म बृहद्दिवः कृणवद् इन्द्राय शूषम् अग्नियः स्वर्षाः । महो गोत्रस्य क्षयति स्वराजा तुरश् चिद् विश्वम् अर्णवत् तपस्वान्

imā brahma bṛhaddivaḥ kṛṇavad indrāya śūṣam agniyaḥ svarṣāḥ | maho gotrasya kṣayati svarājā turaś cid viśvam arṇavat tapasvān

These formulas Bṛhaddiva made, and the strength for Indra — he of Agni, the winner of the sun; self-ruling, he rules over the great cattle-pen; swift and glowing with heat, he shall make everything stream.

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AV 20 107.12

एवा महान् बृहद्दिवो अथर्वावोचत् स्वां तन्वम् इन्द्रम् एव । स्वसारौ मातरिभ्वरी अरिप्रे हिन्वन्ति चैने शवसा वर्धयन्ति च

evā mahān bṛhaddivo atharvāvocat svāṃ tanvam indram eva | svasārau mātaribhvarī aripre hinvanti caine śavasā vardhayanti ca

Thus the great Bṛhaddiva, the Atharvan, spoke to his own body, to Indra himself; the two stainless sisters, dwelling with their mother, urge him on and increase him with power.

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AV 20 107.13

चित्रं देवानां केतुर् अनीकं ज्योतिष्मान् प्रदिशः सूर्य उद्यन् । दिवाकरो ऽति द्युम्नैस् तमांसि विश्वातारीद् दुरितानि शुक्रः

citraṃ devānāṃ ketur anīkaṃ jyotiṣmān pradiśaḥ sūrya udyan | divākaro 'ti dyumnais tamāṃsi viśvātārīd duritāni śukraḥ

The bright banner, the face of the gods, full of light — Sūrya, rising, (fills) the directions; the day-maker with his splendours has crossed over the darknesses, the shining one over all difficulties.

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AV 20 107.14

चित्रं देवानाम् उद् अगाद् अनीकं चक्षुर् मित्रस्य वरुणस्याग्नेः । आप्राद् द्यावापृथिवी अन्तरिक्षं सूर्य आत्मा जगतस् तस्थुषश् च

citraṃ devānām ud agād anīkaṃ cakṣur mitrasya varuṇasyāgneḥ | āprād dyāvāpṛthivī antarikṣaṃ sūrya ātmā jagatas tasthuṣaś ca

The bright face of the gods has risen up, the eye of Mitra, of Varuṇa, of Agni; he has filled heaven and earth and the mid-space — Sūrya, the breath of what moves and what stands still.

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AV 20 107.15

सूर्यो देवीम् उषसं रोचमानां मर्यो न योषाम् अभ्य् एति पश्चात् । यत्रा नरो देवयन्तो युगानि वितन्वते प्रति भद्राय भद्रम्

sūryo devīm uṣasaṃ rocamānāṃ maryo na yoṣām abhy eti paścāt | yatrā naro devayanto yugāni vitanvate prati bhadrāya bhadram

Sūrya goes after the shining goddess Dawn from behind, as a young man after a maiden, there where god-seeking men stretch out the yokings, good for the good.

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