Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 20 — Chapter 21

AV 20 21.1

न्य् ऊ षु वाचं प्र महे भरामहे गिर इन्द्राय सदने विवस्वतः । नू चिद् धि रत्नं ससताम् इवाविदन् न दुष्टुतिर् द्रविणोदेषु शस्यते

ny ū ṣu vācaṃ pra mahe bharāmahe gira indrāya sadane vivasvataḥ | nū cid dhi ratnaṃ sasatām ivāvidan na duṣṭutir draviṇodeṣu śasyate

We bring forward speech well for the great one, songs for Indra in the seat of Vivasvat. For never has one found a treasure as (one finds it) among the sleeping: bad praise is not approved among the givers of wealth.

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AV 20 21.2

दुरो अश्वस्य दुर इन्द्र गोर् असि दुरो यवस्य वसुन इनस् पतिः । शिक्षानरः प्रदिवो अकामकर्शनः सखा सखिभ्यस् तम् इदं गृणीमसि

duro aśvasya dura indra gor asi duro yavasya vasuna inas patiḥ | śikṣānaraḥ pradivo akāmakarśanaḥ sakhā sakhibhyas tam idaṃ gṛṇīmasi

Thou art the bestower of the horse, the bestower of the cow, O Indra, the bestower of barley, the mighty lord of goods, the one willing to help men, from of old, who does not stint desire, a friend to friends—him we here praise.

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AV 20 21.3

शचीव इन्द्र पुरुकृद् द्युमत्तम तवेद् इदम् अभितश् चेकिते वसु । अतः संगृभ्याभिभूत आ भर मा त्वायतो जरितुः कामम् ऊनयीः

śacīva indra purukṛd dyumattama taved idam abhitaś cekite vasu | ataḥ saṃgṛbhyābhibhūta ā bhara mā tvāyato jarituḥ kāmam ūnayīḥ

O Indra, rich in power, doer of many deeds, most brilliant one, this wealth is seen on every side as thine. From it, gathering it together, bring (it), O overpowerer; do not make lacking the desire of the singer who strives toward thee.

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AV 20 21.4

एभिर् द्युभिर् सुमना एभिर् इन्दुभिर् निरुन्धानो अमतिं गोभिर् अश्विना । इन्द्रेण दस्युं दरयन्त इन्दुभिर् युतद्वेषसः सम् इषा रभेमहि

ebhir dyubhir sumanā ebhir indubhir nirundhāno amatiṃ gobhir aśvinā | indreṇa dasyuṃ darayanta indubhir yutadveṣasaḥ sam iṣā rabhemahi

Well-disposed through these days, through these soma-drops, shutting out destitution with cows and horses—shattering the Dasyu with Indra, with the drops, with hatreds removed, may we lay hold together of refreshment.

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AV 20 21.5

सम् इन्द्र राया सम् इषा रभेमहि सं वाजेभिः पुरुश्चन्द्रैर् अभिद्युभिः । सं देव्या प्रमत्या वीरशुष्मया गोअग्रयाश्वावत्या रभेमहि

sam indra rāyā sam iṣā rabhemahi saṃ vājebhiḥ puruścandrair abhidyubhiḥ | saṃ devyā pramatyā vīraśuṣmayā goagrayāśvāvatyā rabhemahi

With riches, O Indra, with refreshment may we lay hold, with prizes abounding in brilliance and reaching to heaven; may we lay hold of divine forethought that has the might of heroes, that is headed by cattle and rich in horses.

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AV 20 21.6

ते त्वा मदा अमदन् तानि वृष्ण्या ते सोमासो वृत्रहत्येषु सत्पते । यत् कारवे दश वृत्राण्य् अप्रति बर्हिष्मते नि सहस्राणि बर्हयः

te tvā madā amadan tāni vṛṣṇyā te somāso vṛtrahatyeṣu satpate | yat kārave daśa vṛtrāṇy aprati barhiṣmate ni sahasrāṇi barhayaḥ

Those raptures exhilarated thee, those bullish powers, those somas, in the Vṛtra-slayings, O lord of the good—when for the singer, the strewer of the sacred grass, thou didst lay low ten thousand unmatched Vṛtras.

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AV 20 21.7

युधा युधम् उप घेद् एषि धृष्णुया पुरा पुरं सम् इदं हंस्य् ओजसा । नम्या यद् इन्द्र सख्या परावति निबर्हयो नमुचिं नाम मायिनम्

yudhā yudham upa ghed eṣi dhṛṣṇuyā purā puraṃ sam idaṃ haṃsy ojasā | namyā yad indra sakhyā parāvati nibarhayo namuciṃ nāma māyinam

Fight after fight thou goest to boldly; fort after fort thou dost here smash with thy strength—when, O Indra, with thy friend Namī, far away thou didst lay low the crafty one, Namuci by name.

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AV 20 21.8

त्वं करञ्जम् उत पर्णयं वधीस् तेजिष्ठयातिथिग्वस्य वर्तनी । त्वं शता वङ्गृदस्याभिनत् पुरो ऽनानुदः परिषूता ऋजिश्वना

tvaṃ karañjam uta parṇayaṃ vadhīs tejiṣṭhayātithigvasya vartanī | tvaṃ śatā vaṅgṛdasyābhinat puro 'nānudaḥ pariṣūtā ṛjiśvanā

Thou didst slay Karañja and Parṇaya with the sharpest track of Atithigva; unyielding, thou didst split the hundred forts of Vaṅgṛda, which had been beset by Ṛjiśvan.

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AV 20 21.9

त्वम् एतां जनराज्ञो द्विर् दशाबन्धुना सुश्रवसोपजग्मुषः । षष्टिं सहस्रा नवतिं नव श्रुतो नि चक्रेण रथ्या दुष्पदावृणक्

tvam etāṃ janarājño dvir daśābandhunā suśravasopajagmuṣaḥ | ṣaṣṭiṃ sahasrā navatiṃ nava śruto ni cakreṇa rathyā duṣpadāvṛṇak

You (struck down) these twice ten kings of the people who had come against Suśravas when he was without kin; you, the renowned one, hurled down with the chariot-wheel the sixty thousand and ninety-nine who were hard to withstand.

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AV 20 21.10

त्वम् आविथ सुश्रवसं तवोतिभिस् तव त्रामभिर् इन्द्र तूर्वयाणम् । त्व अस्मै कुत्सम् अतिथिग्वम् आयुं महे राज्ञे यूने अरन्धनायः

tvam āvitha suśravasaṃ tavotibhis tava trāmabhir indra tūrvayāṇam | tva asmai kutsam atithigvam āyuṃ mahe rājñe yūne arandhanāyaḥ

You helped Suśravas with your aids, Tūrvayāṇa with your protections, Indra; for him you subjected Kutsa, Atithigva and Āyu to the great young king.

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AV 20 21.11

य उदृचीन्द्र देवगोपाः सखायस् ते शिवतमा असाम । त्वां स्तोषाम त्वया सुवीरा द्राघीय आयुः प्रतरं दधानाः

ya udṛcīndra devagopāḥ sakhāyas te śivatamā asāma | tvāṃ stoṣāma tvayā suvīrā drāghīya āyuḥ prataraṃ dadhānāḥ

At the close, Indra, may we be your friends, guarded by the gods, most kindly; we would praise you, having good men through you, extending our life-span longer and further.

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