Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 20 — Chapter 34

AV 20 34.1

यो जात एव प्रथमो मनस्वान् देवो देवान् क्रतुना पर्यमूषत् । यस्य शुष्माद् रोदसी अभ्यसेतां नृम्णस्य मह्ना स जनास इन्द्रः

yo jāta eva prathamo manasvān devo devān kratunā paryamūṣat | yasya śuṣmād rodasī abhyasetāṃ nṛmṇasya mahnā sa janāsa indraḥ

He who, as soon as born, the first, possessed of mind, a god, surpassed the gods by (his) resolve; at whose fury the two worlds trembled, through the greatness of his manly power — he, O people, is Indra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 20 34.2

यः पृथिवीं व्यथमानाम् अदृंहद् यः पर्वतान् प्रकुपिताꣳ अरम्णात् । यो अन्तरिक्षं विममे वरीयो यो द्याम् अस्तभ्नात् स जनास इन्द्रः

yaḥ pṛthivīṃ vyathamānām adṛṃhad yaḥ parvatān prakupitāṁ aramṇāt | yo antarikṣaṃ vimame varīyo yo dyām astabhnāt sa janāsa indraḥ

He who made firm the shaking earth, who settled the quaking mountains; who measured out the midspace more widely, who propped up the sky — he, O people, is Indra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 20 34.3

यो हत्वाहिम् अरिणात् सप्त सिन्धून् यो गा उदाजद् अपधा वलस्य । यो अश्मनोर् अन्तर् अग्निं जजान संवृक् समत्सु स जनास इन्द्रः

yo hatvāhim ariṇāt sapta sindhūn yo gā udājad apadhā valasya | yo aśmanor antar agniṃ jajāna saṃvṛk samatsu sa janāsa indraḥ

He who, having slain the serpent, made the seven rivers flow, who drove out the cows by removing Vala('s barrier); who generated fire between two stones, a plunderer in battles — he, O people, is Indra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 20 34.4

येनेमा विश्वा च्यवना कृतानि यो दासं वर्णम् अधरं गुहाकः । श्वघ्नीव यो जिगीवां लक्षम् आदद् अर्यः पुष्टानि स जनास इन्द्रः

yenemā viśvā cyavanā kṛtāni yo dāsaṃ varṇam adharaṃ guhākaḥ | śvaghnīva yo jigīvāṃ lakṣam ādad aryaḥ puṣṭāni sa janāsa indraḥ

By whom all these shakings have been made, who put down the Dāsa colour into hiding; who, like a winning gambler, has taken the stake — the prosperities of the stranger — he, O people, is Indra.

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AV 20 34.5

यं स्मा पृछन्ति कुह सेति घोरम् उतेम् आहुर् नैषो अस्तीत्य् एनम् । सो अर्यः पुष्टीर् विज इवा मिनाति श्रद् अस्मै धत्त स जनास इन्द्रः

yaṃ smā pṛchanti kuha seti ghoram utem āhur naiṣo astīty enam | so aryaḥ puṣṭīr vija ivā mināti śrad asmai dhatta sa janāsa indraḥ

Him, the terrible one, whom they ask about, 'where is he?', and of whom they say, 'he does not exist'; he diminishes the prosperities of the stranger like stakes at play — put faith in him: he, O people, is Indra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 20 34.6

यो रध्रस्य चोदिता यः कृशस्य यो ब्रह्मणो नाधमानस्य कीरेः । युक्तग्राव्णो यो ऽविता सुशिप्रः सुतसोमस्य स जनास इन्द्रः

yo radhrasya coditā yaḥ kṛśasya yo brahmaṇo nādhamānasya kīreḥ | yuktagrāvṇo yo 'vitā suśipraḥ sutasomasya sa janāsa indraḥ

He who is the urger of the weak, of the lean, of the brahman, of the needy, poor singer; the fair-jawed one who is the helper of him whose pressing-stones are set and whose soma is pressed — he, O people, is Indra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 20 34.7

यस्याश्वासः प्रदिशि यस्य गावो यस्य ग्रामा यस्य विश्वे रथासः । यः सूर्यं य उषसं जजान यो अपां नेता स जनास इन्द्रः

yasyāśvāsaḥ pradiśi yasya gāvo yasya grāmā yasya viśve rathāsaḥ | yaḥ sūryaṃ ya uṣasaṃ jajāna yo apāṃ netā sa janāsa indraḥ

In whose command are horses, whose are cows, whose the villages, whose all the chariots; who begot the sun, who the dawn, who is the leader of the waters — he, O people, is Indra.

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AV 20 34.8

यं क्रन्दसी संयती विह्वयेते परे ऽवरे उभया अमित्राः । समानं चिद् रथम् आतस्थिवांसा नाना हवेते स जनास इन्द्रः

yaṃ krandasī saṃyatī vihvayete pare 'vare ubhayā amitrāḥ | samānaṃ cid ratham ātasthivāṃsā nānā havete sa janāsa indraḥ

Whom the two clashing armies call upon severally, the far and the near, the foes on both sides; even the two who have mounted the same chariot call on him separately — he, O people, is Indra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 20 34.9

यस्मान् न ऋते विजयन्ते जनासो यं युध्यमाना अवसे हवन्ते । यो विश्वस्य प्रतिमानं बभूव यो अच्युतच्युत् स जनास इन्द्रः

yasmān na ṛte vijayante janāso yaṃ yudhyamānā avase havante | yo viśvasya pratimānaṃ babhūva yo acyutacyut sa janāsa indraḥ

Without whom people do not conquer, whom they call on for help when fighting; who became the counterweight of everything, who shakes the unshakable — he, O people, is Indra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 20 34.10

यः शस्वतो मह्य् एनो दधानान् अमन्यमानां छर्वा जघान । यः शर्धते नानुददाति शृध्यां यो दस्योर् हन्ता स जनास इन्द्रः

yaḥ śasvato mahy eno dadhānān amanyamānāṃ charvā jaghāna | yaḥ śardhate nānudadāti śṛdhyāṃ yo dasyor hantā sa janāsa indraḥ

Who struck down with his weapon the many who were committing great sin, unaware (of him); who grants no defiance to the defiant — he, O people, is Indra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 20 34.11

यः शम्भरं पर्वतेषु क्षियन्तं चत्वारिंश्यां शरद्य् अन्वविन्दत् । ओजायमानं यो अहिं जघान दानुं शयानं स जनास इन्द्रः

yaḥ śambharaṃ parvateṣu kṣiyantaṃ catvāriṃśyāṃ śarady anvavindat | ojāyamānaṃ yo ahiṃ jaghāna dānuṃ śayānaṃ sa janāsa indraḥ

Who found out Śambhara dwelling in the mountains in the fortieth autumn; who slew the serpent as it flexed its force, Dānu lying (there) — he, O people, is Indra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 20 34.12

यः शम्भरं पर्यतरत् कसीभिर् यो ऽचारुकास्नापिबत् सुतस्य । अन्तर् गिरौ यजमानं बहुं जनं यस्मिन्न् आमूर्छत् स जनास इन्द्रः

yaḥ śambharaṃ paryatarat kasībhir yo 'cārukāsnāpibat sutasya | antar girau yajamānaṃ bahuṃ janaṃ yasminn āmūrchat sa janāsa indraḥ

Who crossed over Śambhara with his ... (kasi-s); who drank abundantly of the pressed (soma); in whom the many folk sacrificing within the mountain (?) gathered strength — he, O people, is Indra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 20 34.13

यः सप्तरश्मिर् वृषभस् तुविष्मान् अवासृजत् सर्तवे सप्त सिन्धून् । यो रौहिणम् अस्फुरद् वज्रबाहुर् द्याम् आरोहन्तं स जनास इन्द्रः

yaḥ saptaraśmir vṛṣabhas tuviṣmān avāsṛjat sartave sapta sindhūn | yo rauhiṇam asphurad vajrabāhur dyām ārohantaṃ sa janāsa indraḥ

Who, the seven-reined mighty bull, released the seven rivers to run; who, with the thunderbolt in his arm, hurled off Rauhiṇa as he climbed to heaven — he, O people, is Indra.

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AV 20 34.14

द्यावा चिद् अस्मै पृथिवी ममेते शुष्माच् चिद् अस्य पर्वता भयन्ते । यः सोमपा निचितो वज्रबाहुर् यो वज्रहस्तः स जनास इन्द्रः

dyāvā cid asmai pṛthivī mamete śuṣmāc cid asya parvatā bhayante | yaḥ somapā nicito vajrabāhur yo vajrahastaḥ sa janāsa indraḥ

For him even Heaven and Earth bow low; at his fury even the mountains are afraid; who is the soma-drinker, firm of purpose, thunderbolt-armed, who has the thunderbolt in his hand — he, O people, is Indra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 20 34.15

यः सुन्वन्तम् अवति यः पचन्तं यः शंसन्तं यः शशमानम् ऊती । यस्य ब्रह्म वर्धनं यस्य सोमो यस्येदं राधः स जनास इन्द्रः

yaḥ sunvantam avati yaḥ pacantaṃ yaḥ śaṃsantaṃ yaḥ śaśamānam ūtī | yasya brahma vardhanaṃ yasya somo yasyedaṃ rādhaḥ sa janāsa indraḥ

Who helps the presser, who the cooker, who the reciter, who the one who has labored (at the rite), with his aid; whose strengthening is the sacred word, whose is the soma, whose is this bounty — he, O people, is Indra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 20 34.16

जातो व्य् अख्यत् पित्रोर् उपस्थे भुवो न वेद जनितुः परस्य । स्तविष्यमाणो नो यो अस्मद् व्रता देवानां स जनास इन्द्रः

jāto vy akhyat pitror upasthe bhuvo na veda janituḥ parasya | staviṣyamāṇo no yo asmad vratā devānāṃ sa janāsa indraḥ

Born, he looked out in the lap of his two parents; ... he does not know the beings of the higher begetter (?); who, when he is about to be praised, (upholds) for us the ordinances of the gods — he, O people, is Indra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 20 34.17

यः सोमकामो हर्यश्वः सूरिर् यस्माद् रेजन्ते भुवनानि विश्वा । यो जघान शम्बरं यश् च शुष्णं य एकवीरः स जनास इन्द्रः

yaḥ somakāmo haryaśvaḥ sūrir yasmād rejante bhuvanāni viśvā | yo jaghāna śambaraṃ yaś ca śuṣṇaṃ ya ekavīraḥ sa janāsa indraḥ

Who, soma-loving, with tawny horses, a patron, from whom all the worlds tremble; who slew Śambara and Śuṣṇa, who is the one and only hero — he, O people, is Indra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 20 34.18

यः सुन्वते पचते दुध्र आ चिद् वाजं दर्दर्षि स किलासि सत्यः । वयं त इन्द्र विश्वह प्रियासः सुवीरासो विदथम् आ वदेम

yaḥ sunvate pacate dudhra ā cid vājaṃ dardarṣi sa kilāsi satyaḥ | vayaṃ ta indra viśvaha priyāsaḥ suvīrāso vidatham ā vadema

For him who presses, for him who cooks, you, the unyielding one, burst open the prize: truly you are real. May we, Indra, always dear to you, rich in heroes, speak forth at the assembly.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition