Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 20 — Chapter 27
AV 20 27.1
यद् इन्द्राहं यथा त्वम् ईशीय वस्व एक इत् । स्तोता मे गोषखा स्यात्
yad indrāhaṃ yathā tvam īśīya vasva eka it | stotā me goṣakhā syāt
If, Indra, I were master of wealth as you are, alone indeed, then my praiser would be one possessed of cattle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
If I, O Indra, were, like thee, the single sovran of all wealth. My worshipper should be rich in kine.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 20 27.2
शिक्षेयम् अस्मै दित्सेयं शचीपते मनीषिणे । यद् अहं गोपतिः स्याम्
śikṣeyam asmai ditseyaṃ śacīpate manīṣiṇe | yad ahaṃ gopatiḥ syām
I would aid him, I would wish to give to the thoughtful one, O lord of might, if I were a lord of cattle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
I should be fain, O Lord of Might, to strengthen and enrich the sage, Were I the lord of herds of kine,
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 20 27.3
धेनुष् ट इन्द्र सूनृता यजमानाय सुन्वते । गाम् अश्वं पिप्युषी दुहे
dhenuṣ ṭa indra sūnṛtā yajamānāya sunvate | gām aśvaṃ pipyuṣī duhe
Your milch-cow, Indra, is bounty; for the sacrificer who presses (soma) she, swelling with milk, yields cow and horse.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
To worshippers who press the juice thy goodness, Indra, is a cow. Yielding in plenty kine and steeds.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 20 27.4
न ते वर्तास्ति राधस इन्द्र देवो न मर्त्यः । यद् दित्ससि स्तुतो मघम्
na te vartāsti rādhasa indra devo na martyaḥ | yad ditsasi stuto magham
There is no restrainer of your bounty, Indra, neither god nor mortal, when, being praised, you wish to give a gift.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
None is there, Indra, God or man, to hinder thy munificence, The wealth which, lauded, thou wilt give.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 20 27.5
यज्ञ इन्द्रम् अवर्धयद् यद् भूमिं व्य् अवर्तयत् । चक्राण ओपशं दिवि
yajña indram avardhayad yad bhūmiṃ vy avartayat | cakrāṇa opaśaṃ divi
The sacrifice strengthened Indra when he rolled out the earth, making for himself a headdress in the sky.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
The sacrifice made Indra strong when he unrolled the earth and made Himself a diaden in heaven.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 20 27.6
वावृधानस्य ते वयं विश्वा धनानि जिग्युषः । ऊतिम् इन्द्रा वृणीमहे
vāvṛdhānasya te vayaṃ viśvā dhanāni jigyuṣaḥ | ūtim indrā vṛṇīmahe
Of you, grown strong, who have won all prizes, we choose the help, O Indra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Thine aid we claim, O Indra, thine who after thou hast waxen great. Hast won all treasures for thine own.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)