Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 20 — Chapter 23

AV 20 23.1

आ तू न इन्द्र मद्र्यग् घुवानः सोमपीतये । हरिभ्यां याह्य् अद्रिवः

ā tū na indra madryag ghuvānaḥ somapītaye | haribhyāṃ yāhy adrivaḥ

Come now to us, Indra, turned our way, being called, for the soma-drinking; drive here with your two bays, O wielder of the stone.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 20 23.2

सत्तो होता न ऋत्वियस् तिस्तिरे बर्हिर् आनुषक् । अयुज्रन् प्रातर् अद्रयः

satto hotā na ṛtviyas tistire barhir ānuṣak | ayujran prātar adrayaḥ

Our hotṛ has sat down at the proper season, the barhis is strewn in due order, the pressing stones were harnessed at dawn.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 20 23.3

इमा ब्रह्म ब्रह्मवाहः क्रियन्त आ बर्हिः सीद । वीहि शूर पुरोलाशम्

imā brahma brahmavāhaḥ kriyanta ā barhiḥ sīda | vīhi śūra purolāśam

These sacred words are being made, O you who are conveyed by sacred word; sit on the barhis; enjoy the sacrificial cake, O hero.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 20 23.4

रारन्धि सवनेषु ण एषु स्तोमेषु वृत्रहन् । उक्थेष्व् इन्द्र गिर्वणः

rārandhi savaneṣu ṇa eṣu stomeṣu vṛtrahan | uktheṣv indra girvaṇaḥ

Take pleasure in our pressings, in these praises, O slayer of Vṛtra, in the recitations, O Indra who delights in songs.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 20 23.5

मतयः सोमपाम् उरुं रिहन्ति शवसस् पतिम् । इन्द्रं वत्सं न मातरः

matayaḥ somapām uruṃ rihanti śavasas patim | indraṃ vatsaṃ na mātaraḥ

The thoughts lick the wide soma-drinker, the lord of power, Indra, as mothers lick a calf.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 20 23.6

स मन्दस्वा ह्य् अन्धसो राधसे तन्वा महे । न स्तोतारं निदे करः

sa mandasvā hy andhaso rādhase tanvā mahe | na stotāraṃ nide karaḥ

So take your fill of the plant-juice, with your body, for great bounty; do not deliver the praiser over to scorn.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 20 23.7

वयम् इन्द्र त्वायवो हविष्मन्तो जरामहे । उत त्वम् अस्मयुर् वसो

vayam indra tvāyavo haviṣmanto jarāmahe | uta tvam asmayur vaso

We, Indra, devoted to you, bearing oblations, sing our praise; and you, O good one, be well-disposed to us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 20 23.8

मारे अस्मद् वि मुमुचो हरिप्रियार्वाङ् याहि । इन्द्र स्वधावो मत्स्वेह

māre asmad vi mumuco haripriyārvāṅ yāhi | indra svadhāvo matsveha

Do not unyoke far from us, O lover of the bays; drive hither; Indra, possessor of your own power, be exhilarated here.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 20 23.9

अर्वाञ्चं त्वा सुखे रथे वहताम् इन्द्र केशिना । घृतस्नू बर्हिर् आसदे

arvāñcaṃ tvā sukhe rathe vahatām indra keśinā | ghṛtasnū barhir āsade

May the two long-maned ones, dripping with ghee, carry you hither, Indra, on the easy-running chariot, to sit on the barhis.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition