Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 20 — Chapter 25

AV 20 25.1

अश्वावति प्रथमो गोषु गछति सुप्रावीर् इन्द्र मर्त्यस् तवोतिभिः । तम् इत् पृणक्षि वसुना भवीयसा सिन्धुम् आपो यथाभितो विचेतसः

aśvāvati prathamo goṣu gachati suprāvīr indra martyas tavotibhiḥ | tam it pṛṇakṣi vasunā bhavīyasā sindhum āpo yathābhito vicetasaḥ

The mortal well helped by your aids, O Indra, goes first in (the contest) rich in horses, (first) among the cows; him indeed you fill with ever more abundant wealth, as the discerning waters (fill) the river from every side.

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AV 20 25.2

आपो न देवीर् उप यन्ति होत्रियम् अवः पश्यन्ति विततं यथा रजः । प्राचैर् देवासः प्र णयन्ति देवयुं ब्रह्मप्रियं जोषयन्ते वरा इव

āpo na devīr upa yanti hotriyam avaḥ paśyanti vitataṃ yathā rajaḥ | prācair devāsaḥ pra ṇayanti devayuṃ brahmapriyaṃ joṣayante varā iva

Like divine waters they come to the hotṛ's (office); downward they look, as on the outspread space. Forward the gods lead the god-loving one; like suitors they take pleasure in the one dear to the brahman.

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AV 20 25.3

अधि द्वयोर् अदधा उक्थ्यं वचो यतस्रुचा मिथुना या सपर्यतः । असंयत्तो व्रते ते क्षेति पुष्यति भद्रा शक्तिर् यजमानाय सुन्वते

adhi dvayor adadhā ukthyaṃ vaco yatasrucā mithunā yā saparyataḥ | asaṃyatto vrate te kṣeti puṣyati bhadrā śaktir yajamānāya sunvate

Upon the two you placed the recitation-worthy speech, upon the pair who with outstretched ladle do worship. Unopposed he dwells in your observance and prospers; auspicious is (your) power for the sacrificer who presses (the soma).

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AV 20 25.4

आद् अङ्गिराः प्रथमं दधिरे वय इद्धाग्नयः शम्या ये सुकृत्यया । सर्वं पणेः सम् अविन्दन्त भोजनम् अश्वावन्तं गोमन्तम् आ पशुं नरः

ād aṅgirāḥ prathamaṃ dadhire vaya iddhāgnayaḥ śamyā ye sukṛtyayā | sarvaṃ paṇeḥ sam avindanta bhojanam aśvāvantaṃ gomantam ā paśuṃ naraḥ

Then the Aṅgirases first obtained vigour, they who had kindled the fires by ritual labour with good workmanship; the men found together all the sustenance of Paṇi, the cattle rich in horses and in cows.

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AV 20 25.5

यज्ञैर् अथर्वा प्रथमः पथस् तते ततः सूर्यो व्रतपा वेन आजनि । आ गा आजद् उशना काव्यः सचा यमस्य जातम् अमृतं यजामहे

yajñair atharvā prathamaḥ pathas tate tataḥ sūryo vratapā vena ājani | ā gā ājad uśanā kāvyaḥ sacā yamasya jātam amṛtaṃ yajāmahe

By sacrifices Atharvan first stretched out the paths; thereafter Sūrya, the guardian of the observance, Vena, was born. Uśanā Kāvya drove the cows hither along with (him); let us worship the immortal one born of Yama.

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AV 20 25.6

बर्हिर् वा यत् स्वपत्याय वृज्यते ऽर्को वा श्लोकम् आघोषते दिवि । ग्रावा यत्र वदति करुर् उक्थ्यस् तस्येद् इन्द्रो अभिपित्वेषु रण्यति

barhir vā yat svapatyāya vṛjyate 'rko vā ślokam āghoṣate divi | grāvā yatra vadati karur ukthyas tasyed indro abhipitveṣu raṇyati

Or when the barhis is twisted for the sake of good offspring, or the chant sounds forth its cadence in heaven, where the pressing-stone speaks, the maker of the recitation—it is in his (rites), at the evening approaches, that Indra takes delight.

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AV 20 25.7

प्रोग्रां पीतिं वृष्ण इयर्मि सत्यां प्रयै सुतस्य हर्यश्व तुभ्यम् । इन्द्र धेनाभिर् इह मादयस्व धीभिर् विश्वाभिः शच्या गृणानः

progrāṃ pītiṃ vṛṣṇa iyarmi satyāṃ prayai sutasya haryaśva tubhyam | indra dhenābhir iha mādayasva dhībhir viśvābhiḥ śacyā gṛṇānaḥ

I set in motion for the bull a lofty, true drinking, for the offering of the pressed (soma) to you, O lord of the bay horses. Indra, be exhilarated here with the streams (of song), praised with all thoughts, with skill.

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