Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 20 — Chapter 137

AV 20 137.1

यद् ध प्राचीर् अजगन्तोरो मण्डूरधाणिकीः । हता इन्द्रस्य शत्रवः सर्वे बुद्बुदयाशवः

yad dha prācīr ajagantoro maṇḍūradhāṇikīḥ | hatā indrasya śatravaḥ sarve budbudayāśavaḥ

When indeed you (fem. pl.) came eastward, ye great ones (?), rust-coloured vessels (?) — | slain are Indra's foes, all of them swift as bubbles.

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AV 20 137.2

कपृन् नरः कपृथम् उद् दधातन चोदयत खुदत वाजसातये । निष्टिग्र्यः पुत्रम् आ च्यावयोतय इन्द्रं सबाध इह सोमपीतये

kapṛn naraḥ kapṛtham ud dadhātana codayata khudata vājasātaye | niṣṭigryaḥ putram ā cyāvayotaya indraṃ sabādha iha somapītaye

O men, raise up the member, the male organ; drive it, thrust it, for the winning of the prize. | Make the son of Niṣṭigrī come down to help: (bring) Indra, ye hard-pressed ones, here for the soma-drinking.

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AV 20 137.3

दधिक्राव्णो अकारिषं जिष्णोर् अश्वस्य वाजिनः । सुरभि नो मुखा करत् प्र ण आयूंषि तारिषत्

dadhikrāvṇo akāriṣaṃ jiṣṇor aśvasya vājinaḥ | surabhi no mukhā karat pra ṇa āyūṃṣi tāriṣat

I have made (praise) of Dadhikrāvan, the victorious, prize-winning steed. | May he make our mouths fragrant; may he extend our lifetimes.

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AV 20 137.4

सुतासो मधुमत्तमाः सोमा इन्द्राय मन्दिनः । पवित्रवन्तो अक्षरन् देवान् गछन्तु वो मदाः

sutāso madhumattamāḥ somā indrāya mandinaḥ | pavitravanto akṣaran devān gachantu vo madāḥ

The pressed somas, most rich in sweetness, gladdening, are for Indra. | Passing through the strainers they have flowed: let your intoxicating draughts go to the gods.

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AV 20 137.5

इन्दुर् इन्द्राय पवत इति देवासो अब्रुवन् । वाचस् पतिर् मखस्यते विश्वस्येशान ओजसा

indur indrāya pavata iti devāso abruvan | vācas patir makhasyate viśvasyeśāna ojasā

"The drop flows clear for Indra" — so said the gods. | The lord of speech shows his might, ruling over all with his power.

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AV 20 137.6

सहस्रधारः पवते समुद्रो वाचमीङ्खयः । सोमः पती रयीणां सखेन्द्रस्य दिवेदिवे

sahasradhāraḥ pavate samudro vācamīṅkhayaḥ | somaḥ patī rayīṇāṃ sakhendrasya divedive

With a thousand streams he flows clear, an ocean, setting speech in motion: | Soma, lord of riches, the friend of Indra day after day.

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AV 20 137.7

अव द्रप्सो अंशुमतीम् अतिष्ठद् इयानः कृष्णो दशभिः सहस्रैः । आवत् तम् इन्द्रः शच्या धमन्तम् अप स्नेहितीर् नृमणा अधत्त

ava drapso aṃśumatīm atiṣṭhad iyānaḥ kṛṣṇo daśabhiḥ sahasraiḥ | āvat tam indraḥ śacyā dhamantam apa snehitīr nṛmaṇā adhatta

The drop came down upon the Aṃśumatī, Kṛṣṇa going with ten thousands. | Indra with his might came upon him as he blew (snorted); manly-minded, he took away the treacherous ones.

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AV 20 137.8

द्रप्सम् अपश्यं विषुणे चरन्तम् उपह्वरे नद्यो अंशुमत्याः । नभो न कृष्णम् अवतस्थिवांसम् इष्यामि वो वृषणो युध्यताजौ

drapsam apaśyaṃ viṣuṇe carantam upahvare nadyo aṃśumatyāḥ | nabho na kṛṣṇam avatasthivāṃsam iṣyāmi vo vṛṣaṇo yudhyatājau

I saw the drop roaming apart in the hidden place of the river Aṃśumatī, | black like a cloud, having taken his stand there. I urge you on, O bulls: fight in the battle!

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AV 20 137.9

अध द्रप्सो अंशुमत्या उपस्थे ऽधारयत् तन्वं तित्विषाणः । विशो अदेवीर् अभ्य् आचरन्तीर् बृहस्पतिना युजेन्द्रः ससाहे

adha drapso aṃśumatyā upasthe 'dhārayat tanvaṃ titviṣāṇaḥ | viśo adevīr abhy ācarantīr bṛhaspatinā yujendraḥ sasāhe

Then the drop, flashing, held its body in the lap of the Aṃśumatī. | The godless tribes advancing against (him) — Indra, with Bṛhaspati as his yoke-fellow, overcame them.

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AV 20 137.10

त्वं ह त्यत् सप्तभ्यो जायमानो ऽशत्रुभ्यो अभवः शत्रुर् इन्द्र । गूल्हे द्यावापृथिवी अन्व् अविन्दो विभुमद्भ्यो भुवनेभ्यो रणं धाः

tvaṃ ha tyat saptabhyo jāyamāno 'śatrubhyo abhavaḥ śatrur indra | gūlhe dyāvāpṛthivī anv avindo vibhumadbhyo bhuvanebhyo raṇaṃ dhāḥ

You indeed, as you were being born, became an enemy to the seven enemyless ones, O Indra. | You found out Heaven and Earth when they were hidden; you gave joy to the wide-spreading worlds.

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AV 20 137.11

त्वं ह त्यद् अप्रतिमानम् ओजो वज्रेण वज्रिन् धृषितो जघन्थ । त्वं शुष्णस्यावातिरो वधत्रैस् त्वं गा इन्द्र शच्येद् अविन्दः

tvaṃ ha tyad apratimānam ojo vajreṇa vajrin dhṛṣito jaghantha | tvaṃ śuṣṇasyāvātiro vadhatrais tvaṃ gā indra śacyed avindaḥ

You, O bearer of the vajra, boldly smote with the vajra that incomparable force. | With your deadly weapons you brought down Śuṣṇa's (power); you, Indra, found the cows by your might.

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AV 20 137.12

तम् इन्द्रं वाजयामसि महे वृत्राय हन्तवे । स वृषा वृषभो भुवत्

tam indraṃ vājayāmasi mahe vṛtrāya hantave | sa vṛṣā vṛṣabho bhuvat

That Indra we urge on to strength, for the slaying of great Vṛtra. | May he be the virile one, the bull.

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AV 20 137.13

इन्द्रः स दामने कृत ओजिष्ठः स मदे हितः । द्युम्नी श्लोकी स सोम्यः

indraḥ sa dāmane kṛta ojiṣṭhaḥ sa made hitaḥ | dyumnī ślokī sa somyaḥ

That Indra is made for giving; he, the mightiest, is set in the rapture: | splendid, resounding, fond of soma.

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AV 20 137.14

गिरा वज्रो न संभृतः सबलो अनपच्युतः । ववक्ष ऋष्वो अस्तृतः

girā vajro na saṃbhṛtaḥ sabalo anapacyutaḥ | vavakṣa ṛṣvo astṛtaḥ

Like a vajra fashioned by song, strong, not to be dislodged — | he has waxed great, lofty, unoverthrown.

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