Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 20 — Chapter 11

AV 20 11.1

इन्द्रः पूर्भिद् आतिरद् दासम् अर्कैर् विदद्वसुर् दयमानो वि शत्रून् । ब्रह्मजूतस् तन्वा वावृधानो भूरिदात्र आपृणद् रोदसी उभे

indraḥ pūrbhid ātirad dāsam arkair vidadvasur dayamāno vi śatrūn | brahmajūtas tanvā vāvṛdhāno bhūridātra āpṛṇad rodasī ubhe

Indra the stronghold-breaker overcame the Dāsa with his chants, finding goods, cutting the foes apart; sped by the formula, growing in body, of many gifts, he filled both worlds.

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AV 20 11.2

मखस्य ते तविषस्य प्र जूतिम् इयर्मि वाचम् अमृताय भूषन् । इन्द्र क्षितीनाम् असि मानुषीणां विशां दैवीनाम् उत पूर्वयावा

makhasya te taviṣasya pra jūtim iyarmi vācam amṛtāya bhūṣan | indra kṣitīnām asi mānuṣīṇāṃ viśāṃ daivīnām uta pūrvayāvā

Of you, the lively and mighty one, I set the impulse in motion, adorning speech for the immortal one. Indra, you are the forerunner of human settlements and of divine clans.

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AV 20 11.3

इन्द्रो वृत्रम् अवृणोच् छर्धनीतिः प्र मायिनाम् अमिनाद् वर्पणीतिः । अहन् व्यंसम् उशधग् वनेष्व् आविर् धेना अकृणोद् राम्याणाम्

indro vṛtram avṛṇoc chardhanītiḥ pra māyinām aminād varpaṇītiḥ | ahan vyaṃsam uśadhag vaneṣv āvir dhenā akṛṇod rāmyāṇām

Indra uncovered Vṛtra by the way of might; by the way of forms he broke down the wielders of magic. He struck the shoulderless one, burning eagerly in the woods, and made manifest the voices of the nights.

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AV 20 11.4

इन्द्रः स्वर्षा जनयन्न् अहानि जिगायोशिग्भिः पृतना अभिष्टिः । प्रारोचयन् मनवे केतुम् अह्नाम् अविन्दज् ज्योतिर् बृहते रणाय

indraḥ svarṣā janayann ahāni jigāyośigbhiḥ pṛtanā abhiṣṭiḥ | prārocayan manave ketum ahnām avindaj jyotir bṛhate raṇāya

Indra, winner of the sun, generating the days, victorious with the Uśijs, conquered the battle-lines; making the banner of the days shine forth for Manu, he found the light for the great joy of battle.

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AV 20 11.5

इन्द्रस् तुजो बर्हणा आ विवेश नृवद् दधानो नर्या पुरूणि । अचेतयद् धिय इमा जरित्रे प्रेमं वर्णम् अतिरच् छुक्रम् आसाम्

indras tujo barhaṇā ā viveśa nṛvad dadhāno naryā purūṇi | acetayad dhiya imā jaritre premaṃ varṇam atirac chukram āsām

Indra with might entered into the onslaughts, bestowing, like a man, many manly gifts. He awakened these insights for the singer, and he furthered forward this bright colour of theirs.

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AV 20 11.6

महो महानि पनयन्त्य् अस्येन्द्रस्य कर्म सुकृता पुरूणि । वृजनेन वृजिनान्त् सं पिपेष मायाभिर् दस्यूꣳर् अभिभूत्योजाः

maho mahāni panayanty asyendrasya karma sukṛtā purūṇi | vṛjanena vṛjinānt saṃ pipeṣa māyābhir dasyūṁr abhibhūtyojāḥ

They extol the great (deeds) of him the great one, the many well-wrought works of Indra. With strength he crushed together the crooked ones, with his magical arts the Dasyus, he whose might overpowers.

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AV 20 11.7

युधेन्द्रो मह्ना वरिवश् चकार देवेभ्यः सत्पतिश् चर्षणिप्राः । विवस्वतः सदने अस्य तानि विप्रा उक्थेभिः कवयो गृणन्ति

yudhendro mahnā varivaś cakāra devebhyaḥ satpatiś carṣaṇiprāḥ | vivasvataḥ sadane asya tāni viprā ukthebhiḥ kavayo gṛṇanti

By fighting Indra with his greatness made wide room for the gods, the lord of the true, filler of the peoples. In the seat of Vivasvat the inspired poets, the sages, sing these (deeds) of his with their verses.

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AV 20 11.8

सत्रासाहं वरेण्यं सहोदां ससवांसं स्वर् अपश् च देवीः । ससान यः पृथिवीं द्याम् उतेमाम् इन्द्रं मदन्त्य् अनु धीरणासः

satrāsāhaṃ vareṇyaṃ sahodāṃ sasavāṃsaṃ svar apaś ca devīḥ | sasāna yaḥ pṛthivīṃ dyām utemām indraṃ madanty anu dhīraṇāsaḥ

Him who conquers altogether, the choiceworthy, the giver of strength, who has won the sun and the divine waters, who has won this earth and heaven — Indra the steadfast ones gladden with their praise.

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AV 20 11.9

ससानात्याꣳ उत सूर्यं ससानेन्द्रः ससान पुरुभोजसं गाम् । हिरण्ययम् उत भोगं ससान हत्वी दस्यून् प्रार्यं वर्णम् आवत्

sasānātyāṁ uta sūryaṃ sasānendraḥ sasāna purubhojasaṃ gām | hiraṇyayam uta bhogaṃ sasāna hatvī dasyūn prāryaṃ varṇam āvat

He won the steeds, and he won the sun; Indra won the cow that gives much nourishment; and he won golden wealth to enjoy; having slain the Dasyus he furthered the Aryan colour.

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AV 20 11.10

इन्द्र ओषधीर् असनोद् अहानि वनस्पतीꣳर् असनोद् अन्तरिक्षम् । बिभेद बलं नुनुदे विवाचो ऽथाभवद् दमिताभिक्रतूनाम्

indra oṣadhīr asanod ahāni vanaspatīṁr asanod antarikṣam | bibheda balaṃ nunude vivāco 'thābhavad damitābhikratūnām

Indra won the plants, (won) the days, he won the trees, (won) the midspace. He split Bala, thrust aside those who speak against (us); then he became the tamer of those who set their will against (him).

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AV 20 11.11

शुनं हुवेम मघवानम् इन्द्रम् अस्मिन् भरे नृतमं वाजसातौ । शृण्वन्तम् उग्रम् ऊतये समत्सु घ्नन्तं वृत्राणि संजितं धनानाम्

śunaṃ huvema maghavānam indram asmin bhare nṛtamaṃ vājasātau | śṛṇvantam ugram ūtaye samatsu ghnantaṃ vṛtrāṇi saṃjitaṃ dhanānām

For good fortune let us call Indra the bounteous, most manly, in this contest at the winning of the prize — him who hears, the fierce one, for help in the battles, smiting the Vṛtras, winner of riches.

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