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
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
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
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
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
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
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
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
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
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
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)