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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 20 — Chapter 20

AV 20 20.1

शुष्मिन्तमं न ऊतये द्युम्निनं पाहि जागृविम् । इन्द्र सोमं शतक्रतो

śuṣmintamaṃ na ūtaye dyumninaṃ pāhi jāgṛvim | indra somaṃ śatakrato

Drink, for our aid, the soma most full of vigour, brilliant, wakeful, O Indra of a hundred powers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Drink thou the Soma for our help, bright, vigilant, exceeding strong, O Indra, Lord of Hundred Powers.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 20 20.2

इन्द्रियाणि शतक्रतो या ते जनेषु पञ्चसु । इन्द्र तानि त आ वृणे

indriyāṇi śatakrato yā te janeṣu pañcasu | indra tāni ta ā vṛṇe

The Indra-powers of thine, O (thou) of a hundred powers, that are among the five peoples—those of thine, O Indra, I choose for myself.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

O Satakratu, powers which thou mid the Five Races hast dis- played These, Indra, do I claim of thee.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 20 20.3

अगन्न् इन्द्र श्रवो बृहद् द्युम्नं दधिष्व दुष्टरम् । उत् ते शुष्मं तिरामसि

agann indra śravo bṛhad dyumnaṃ dadhiṣva duṣṭaram | ut te śuṣmaṃ tirāmasi

Lofty fame has come (to thee), O Indra; take to thyself splendour hard to surpass. We raise up thy might.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Indra, great glory hast thou gained. Win splendid fame which none may mar: We make thy might perpetual.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 20 20.4

अर्वावतो न आ गह्य् अथो शक्र परावतः । उ लोको यस् ते अद्रिव इन्द्रेह तत आ गहि

arvāvato na ā gahy atho śakra parāvataḥ | u loko yas te adriva indreha tata ā gahi

Come to us from near, and also, O mighty one, from afar; whatever place is thine, O wielder of the stone, from there, O Indra, come hither.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Come to us either from anear, or, Sakra, come from far away. Indra, wherever be thy home, come to us thence, O Thunder- armed.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 20 20.5

इन्द्रो अङ्गं महद् भयम् अभि षद् अप चुच्यवत् । स हि स्थिरो विचर्षणिः

indro aṅgaṃ mahad bhayam abhi ṣad apa cucyavat | sa hi sthiro vicarṣaṇiḥ

Indra indeed has shaken away the great fear that was upon (us); for he is steadfast, active among the peoples.

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

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Verily Indra, conquering all, driveth even mighty fear away; For firm is he and swift to act.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 20 20.6

इन्द्रश् च मृलयाति नो न नः पश्चाद् अघं नशत् । भद्रं भवाति नः पुरः

indraś ca mṛlayāti no na naḥ paścād aghaṃ naśat | bhadraṃ bhavāti naḥ puraḥ

And may Indra be gracious to us; may no evil reach us from behind; may what is before us be auspicious.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Indra be gracious unto us: sin shall not reach us afterward . And good shall be before us still,

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 20 20.7

इन्द्र आशाभ्यस् परि सर्वाभ्यो अभयं करत् । जेता शत्रून् विचर्षणिः

indra āśābhyas pari sarvābhyo abhayaṃ karat | jetā śatrūn vicarṣaṇiḥ

May Indra make safety (for us) from all the quarters round about—he who conquers foes, active among the peoples.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

From all the regions of the world let Indra send security. The foe-subduer, swift to act.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)