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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 20 — Chapter 121

AV 20 121.1

अभि त्वा शूर नोनुमो ऽदुग्धा इव धेनवः । ईशानम् अस्य जगतः स्वर्दृशम् ईशानम् इन्द्र तस्थुषः

abhi tvā śūra nonumo 'dugdhā iva dhenavaḥ | īśānam asya jagataḥ svardṛśam īśānam indra tasthuṣaḥ

To you, hero, we bellow, like cows unmilked — to you who rule this moving world, who behold the sunlight, who rule what stands still, Indra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Over the three great distances, past the Five Peoples go thy way, O Indra, noticing our voice.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 20 121.2

न त्वावाꣳ अन्यो दिव्यो न पार्थिवो न जातो न जनिष्यते । अश्वायन्तो मघवन्न् इन्द्र वाजिनो गव्यन्तस् त्वा हवामहे

na tvāvāṁ anyo divyo na pārthivo na jāto na janiṣyate | aśvāyanto maghavann indra vājino gavyantas tvā havāmahe

No other like you, heavenly or earthly, has been born nor will be born. Seeking horses, seeking prizes, seeking cows, O bounteous Indra, we call upon you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Send forth thy ray like Sūrya: let my songs attract thee hither- ward. Like waters gathering to the vale.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)