Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 20 — Chapter 126

AV 20 126.1

वि हि सोतोर् असृक्षत नेन्द्रं देवम् अमंसत । यत्रामदद् वृषाकपिर् अर्यः पुष्टेषु मत्सखा विश्वस्माद् इन्द्र उत्तरः

vi hi sotor asṛkṣata nendraṃ devam amaṃsata | yatrāmadad vṛṣākapir aryaḥ puṣṭeṣu matsakhā viśvasmād indra uttaraḥ

For they have poured out (the soma) from the pressing, and have not reckoned Indra a god — where Vṛṣākapi, my friend, revelled among the goods of the rival. Indra is higher than all.

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AV 20 126.2

परा हीन्द्र धावसि वृषाकपेर् अति व्यथिः । नो अह प्र विन्दस्य् अन्यत्र सोमपीतये विश्वस्माद् इन्द्र उत्तरः

parā hīndra dhāvasi vṛṣākaper ati vyathiḥ | no aha pra vindasy anyatra somapītaye viśvasmād indra uttaraḥ

For thou runnest away, Indra, past the tossing of Vṛṣākapi; nor dost thou find anywhere else for the soma-drinking. Indra is higher than all.

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AV 20 126.3

किम् अयं त्वां वृषाकपिश् चकार हरितो मृगः । यस्मा इरस्यसीद् उ न्व् अर्यो वा पुष्टिमद् वसु विश्वस्माद् इन्द्र उत्तरः

kim ayaṃ tvāṃ vṛṣākapiś cakāra harito mṛgaḥ | yasmā irasyasīd u nv aryo vā puṣṭimad vasu viśvasmād indra uttaraḥ

What has this Vṛṣākapi done to thee, the tawny beast, that thou art jealous on his account — or indeed of the rival's thriving wealth? Indra is higher than all.

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AV 20 126.4

यम् इमं त्वं वृषाकपिं प्रियम् इन्द्राभिरक्षसि । श्वा न्व् अस्य जम्भिषद् अपि कर्णे वराहयुर् विश्वस्माद् इन्द्र उत्तरः

yam imaṃ tvaṃ vṛṣākapiṃ priyam indrābhirakṣasi | śvā nv asya jambhiṣad api karṇe varāhayur viśvasmād indra uttaraḥ

This dear Vṛṣākapi whom thou, Indra, guardest — let the dog, the boar-hunter, snap at his ear. Indra is higher than all.

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AV 20 126.5

प्रिया तष्टानि मे कपिर् व्यक्ता व्य् अदूदुषत् । शिरो न्व् अस्य राविषं न सुगं दुष्कृते भुवं विश्वस्माद् इन्द्र उत्तरः

priyā taṣṭāni me kapir vyaktā vy adūduṣat | śiro nv asya rāviṣaṃ na sugaṃ duṣkṛte bhuvaṃ viśvasmād indra uttaraḥ

The ape has befouled my dear carved and decorated things. I will indeed smash his head; I shall not be an easy road for the evil-doer. Indra is higher than all.

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AV 20 126.6

न मत् स्त्री सुभसत्तरा न सुयाशुतरा भुवत् । न मत् प्रतिच्यवीयसी न सक्थ्य् उद्यमीयसी विश्वस्माद् इन्द्र उत्तरः

na mat strī subhasattarā na suyāśutarā bhuvat | na mat praticyavīyasī na sakthy udyamīyasī viśvasmād indra uttaraḥ

No woman is better-buttocked than I, none more ready to yield; none more thrusting forward than I, none more lifting up her thigh. Indra is higher than all.

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AV 20 126.7

उवे अम्ब सुलाभिके यथेवाङ्गं भविष्यति । भसन् मे अम्ब सक्थि मे शिरो मे वीव हृष्यति विश्वस्माद् इन्द्र उत्तरः

uve amba sulābhike yathevāṅgaṃ bhaviṣyati | bhasan me amba sakthi me śiro me vīva hṛṣyati viśvasmād indra uttaraḥ

Oho, mother, easy-to-get one, so indeed will it be with the limb! My pudendum, mother, my thigh, my head — each, as it were, is aquiver. Indra is higher than all.

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AV 20 126.8

किं सुबाहो स्वङ्गुरे पृथुष्टो पृथुजाघने । किं शूरपत्नि नस् त्वम् अभ्य् अमीषि वृषाकपिं विश्वस्माद् इन्द्र उत्तरः

kiṃ subāho svaṅgure pṛthuṣṭo pṛthujāghane | kiṃ śūrapatni nas tvam abhy amīṣi vṛṣākapiṃ viśvasmād indra uttaraḥ

What (ails you), fair-armed one, fair-fingered one, broad-braided (or broad-hipped) one, broad-buttocked one? What, O wife of the hero, are you attacking our Vṛṣākapi for? Indra is higher than all.

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AV 20 126.9

अवीराम् इव माम् अयं शरारुर् अभि मन्यते । उताहम् अस्मि वीरिणीन्द्रपत्नी मरुत्सखा विश्वस्माद् इन्द्र उत्तरः

avīrām iva mām ayaṃ śarārur abhi manyate | utāham asmi vīriṇīndrapatnī marutsakhā viśvasmād indra uttaraḥ

This mischief-maker thinks of me as if I were without a hero; yet I am one who has a hero, wife of Indra, companion of the Maruts. Indra is higher than all.

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AV 20 126.10

संहोत्रं स्म पुरा नारी समनं वाव गछति । वेधा ऋतस्य वीरिणीन्द्रपत्नी महीयते विश्वस्माद् इन्द्र उत्तरः

saṃhotraṃ sma purā nārī samanaṃ vāva gachati | vedhā ṛtasya vīriṇīndrapatnī mahīyate viśvasmād indra uttaraḥ

In former times the woman would go to the joint sacrifice, indeed to the assembly. She, the ordainer of the ṛta, having a hero, the wife of Indra, is magnified. Indra is higher than all.

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AV 20 126.11

इन्द्राणीम् आसु नारिषु सुभगाम् अहम् अश्रवम् । नह्य् अस्या अपरं चन जरसा मरते पतिर् विश्वस्माद् इन्द्र उत्तरः

indrāṇīm āsu nāriṣu subhagām aham aśravam | nahy asyā aparaṃ cana jarasā marate patir viśvasmād indra uttaraḥ

Among these women I have heard Indrāṇī to be the fortunate one, for her husband does not die of old age at any later time. Indra is higher than all.

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AV 20 126.12

नाहम् इन्द्राणि रारण सख्युर् वृषाकपेर् ऋते । यस्येदम् अप्यं हविः प्रियं देवेषु गछति विश्वस्माद् इन्द्र उत्तरः

nāham indrāṇi rāraṇa sakhyur vṛṣākaper ṛte | yasyedam apyaṃ haviḥ priyaṃ deveṣu gachati viśvasmād indra uttaraḥ

I have taken no delight, Indrāṇī, without my friend Vṛṣākapi, whose watery oblation here goes, dear, to the gods. Indra is higher than all.

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AV 20 126.13

वृसाकपायि रेवति सुपुत्र आद् उ सुस्नुषे । घसत् त इन्द्र उक्षणः प्रियं काचित्करं हविर् विश्वस्माद् इन्द्र उत्तरः

vṛsākapāyi revati suputra ād u susnuṣe | ghasat ta indra ukṣaṇaḥ priyaṃ kācitkaraṃ havir viśvasmād indra uttaraḥ

O wife of Vṛṣākapi, rich one, having a good son and then a good daughter-in-law — let Indra eat your oxen, the dear oblation that works effectively. Indra is higher than all.

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AV 20 126.14

उक्ष्णो हि मे पञ्चदश साकं पचन्ति विंसतिम् । उताहम् अद्मि पीव इद् उभा कुक्षी पृणन्ति मे विश्वस्माद् इन्द्र उत्तरः

ukṣṇo hi me pañcadaśa sākaṃ pacanti viṃsatim | utāham admi pīva id ubhā kukṣī pṛṇanti me viśvasmād indra uttaraḥ

For they cook fifteen, twenty oxen for me at once; and I eat only the fat, and both my flanks they fill. Indra is higher than all.

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AV 20 126.15

वृषभो न तिग्मशृङ्गो ऽन्तर् यूथेषु रोरुवत् । मन्थस् त इन्द्र शं हृदे यं ते सुनोति भावयुर् विश्वस्माद् इन्द्र उत्तरः

vṛṣabho na tigmaśṛṅgo 'ntar yūtheṣu roruvat | manthas ta indra śaṃ hṛde yaṃ te sunoti bhāvayur viśvasmād indra uttaraḥ

Like a sharp-horned bull bellowing among the herds — sweet to your heart, Indra, is the stirred draught which the well-wisher presses for you. Indra is higher than all.

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AV 20 126.16

न सेशे यस्य रम्बते ऽन्तरा सक्थ्या कपृत् । सेदीशे यस्य रोमशं निषेदुषो विजृम्भते विश्वस्माद् इन्द्र उत्तरः

na seśe yasya rambate 'ntarā sakthyā kapṛt | sedīśe yasya romaśaṃ niṣeduṣo vijṛmbhate viśvasmād indra uttaraḥ

He is not potent whose member hangs down between his thighs; he is potent whose hairy (member), as he sits, stretches out. Indra is higher than all.

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AV 20 126.17

न सेशे यस्य रोमशं निषेदुषो विजृम्भते । सेदीशे यस्य रम्बते ऽन्तरा सक्थ्या कपृत् विश्वस्माद् इन्द्र उत्तरः

na seśe yasya romaśaṃ niṣeduṣo vijṛmbhate | sedīśe yasya rambate 'ntarā sakthyā kapṛt viśvasmād indra uttaraḥ

He is not potent whose hairy (member), as he sits, stretches out; he is potent whose member hangs down between his thighs. Indra is higher than all.

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AV 20 126.18

अयम् इन्द्र वृषाकपिः परस्वन्तं हतं विदत् । असिं सूनां नवं चरुम् आद् एधस्यान आचितं विश्वस्माद् इन्द्र उत्तरः

ayam indra vṛṣākapiḥ parasvantaṃ hataṃ vidat | asiṃ sūnāṃ navaṃ carum ād edhasyāna ācitaṃ viśvasmād indra uttaraḥ

This Vṛṣākapi, Indra, has found a slain wild beast — a knife, a cutting-board, a new pot, and a wagon-load of firewood. Indra is higher than all.

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AV 20 126.19

अयम् एमि विचाकशद् विचिन्वन् दासम् आर्यम् । पिबामि पाकसुत्वनो ऽभि धीरम् अचाकशं विश्वस्माद् इन्द्र उत्तरः

ayam emi vicākaśad vicinvan dāsam āryam | pibāmi pākasutvano 'bhi dhīram acākaśaṃ viśvasmād indra uttaraḥ

Here I go, gazing about, distinguishing the Dāsa from the Ārya. I drink of the simple presser's (soma); I have looked upon the wise one. Indra is higher than all.

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AV 20 126.20

धन्व च यत् कृन्तत्रं च कति स्वित् ता वि योजना । नेदीयसो वृषाकपे ऽस्तम् एहि गृहाꣳ उप विश्वस्माद् इन्द्र उत्तरः

dhanva ca yat kṛntatraṃ ca kati svit tā vi yojanā | nedīyaso vṛṣākape 'stam ehi gṛhāṁ upa viśvasmād indra uttaraḥ

The desert and the ravine — how many leagues are they apart? Come home to the nearer ones, Vṛṣākapi, come to the houses. Indra is higher than all.

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AV 20 126.21

पुनर् एहि वृषाकपे सुविता कल्पयावहै । य एष स्वप्ननंशनो ऽस्तम् एषि पथा पुनर् विश्वस्माद् इन्द्र उत्तरः

punar ehi vṛṣākape suvitā kalpayāvahai | ya eṣa svapnanaṃśano 'stam eṣi pathā punar viśvasmād indra uttaraḥ

Come back, Vṛṣākapi; let us two arrange things well. You who are this sleep-destroyer, you go home again by the path. Indra is higher than all.

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AV 20 126.22

यद् उदञ्चो वृषाकपे गृहम् इन्द्राजगन्तन । क्व स्य पुल्वघो मृगः कम् अगं जनयोपनो विश्वस्माद् इन्द्र उत्तरः

yad udañco vṛṣākape gṛham indrājagantana | kva sya pulvagho mṛgaḥ kam agaṃ janayopano viśvasmād indra uttaraḥ

When, Vṛṣākapi, you (two) went northward to the house, Indra, — where was that much-devouring beast? To what man did he go, the one who arouses people? Indra is higher than all.

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AV 20 126.23

पर्शुर् ह नाम मानवी साकं ससूव विंशतिम् । भद्रं भल त्यस्या अभूद् यस्या उदरम् आमयद् विश्वस्माद् इन्द्र उत्तरः

parśur ha nāma mānavī sākaṃ sasūva viṃśatim | bhadraṃ bhala tyasyā abhūd yasyā udaram āmayad viśvasmād indra uttaraḥ

Parśu by name, the daughter of Manu, bore twenty at once. Truly, good fortune came to her whose belly was in pain. Indra is higher than all.

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