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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 20 — Chapter 114

AV 20 114.1

अभ्रातृव्योऽअना त्वम् अनापिर् इन्द्र जनुषा सनाद् असि । युधेद् आपित्वम् इछसे

abhrātṛvyo'anā tvam anāpir indra januṣā sanād asi | yudhed āpitvam ichase

Without a rival, without a companion(?), without a kinsman you are, Indra, by birth, from of old; only through battle do you seek kinship.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

O Indra, from all ancient time rivalless ever and companionless art thou: In war thou seekest comradeship.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 20 114.2

नकी रेवन्तं सख्याय विन्दसे पीयन्ति ते सुराश्वः । यदा कृणोषि नदनुं सम् ऊहस्य् आद् इत् पितेव हूयसे

nakī revantaṃ sakhyāya vindase pīyanti te surāśvaḥ | yadā kṛṇoṣi nadanuṃ sam ūhasy ād it piteva hūyase

You do not find the rich man for friendship: your liquor-drunk ones revile you. But when you make the roar, you gather (them) in, and then you are called upon like a father.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Thou findest not the wealthy man to be thy friend: those scorn thee who are flown with wine. What time thou thunderest and gatherest, then thou, even as a father, art invoked.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)