Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 20 — Chapter 14
AV 20 14.1
वयम् उ त्वाम् अपूर्व्य स्थूरं न कच् चिद् भरन्तो ऽवस्यवः । वाजे चित्रं हवामहे
vayam u tvām apūrvya sthūraṃ na kac cid bharanto 'vasyavaḥ | vāje citraṃ havāmahe
We, O one without precedent, bearing something as it were solid, seeking help, call upon thee, the brilliant one, at the winning of the prize.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
We call on thee, O peerless One. We, seeking help, possessing nothing firm ourselves, Call on thee wonderful in fight.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 20 14.2
उप त्वा कर्मन्न् ऊतये स नो युवोग्रश् चक्राम यो धृषत् । त्वाम् इद् ध्य् अवितारं ववृमहे सखाय इन्द्र सानसिम्
upa tvā karmann ūtaye sa no yuvograś cakrāma yo dhṛṣat | tvām id dhy avitāraṃ vavṛmahe sakhāya indra sānasim
(We call) upon thee for help at the rite: he, the young, the fierce one, who dares, has strode forth for us. For it is thee, O Indra, that we friends have chosen as helper, the winner.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
On thee for aid in sacrifice. This youth of ours, the bold, the mighty, hath gone forth. We, therefore, we thy friends, Indra, have chosen thee, free- giver, as our guardian God.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 20 14.3
यो न इदमिदं पुरा प्र वस्य आनिनाय तम् उ व स्तुषे । सखाय इन्द्रम् ऊतये
yo na idamidaṃ purā pra vasya ānināya tam u va stuṣe | sakhāya indram ūtaye
He who in former times brought us forward, again and again, to greater good — him indeed I praise for you: O friends, (I praise) Indra for (our) help.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Him who of old hath brought to us this and that blessing, him I magnify for you, Even Indra, O my friends, for help:
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 20 14.4
हर्यश्वं सत्पतिं चर्षणीसहं स हि ष्मा यो अमन्दत । आ तु नः स वयति गव्यम् अश्व्यं स्तोतृभ्यो मघवा शतम्
haryaśvaṃ satpatiṃ carṣaṇīsahaṃ sa hi ṣmā yo amandata | ā tu naḥ sa vayati gavyam aśvyaṃ stotṛbhyo maghavā śatam
(I praise) the lord of bay horses, the true lord, the overpowerer of the peoples — for it is he who took delight. Let him then weave out for us a hundred (gifts) of cattle and of horses, the bounteous one, for his praisers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Borne by bay steeds, the Lord of heroes, ruling men, for it is he who takes delight. The Bounteous Lord bestows on us his worshippers hundreds of cattle and of steeds.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)