Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 20 — Chapter 35

AV 20 35.1

अस्मा इद् उ प्र तवसे तुराय प्रयो न हर्मि स्तोमं माहिनाय । ऋचीषमायाध्रिगव ओहम् इन्द्राय ब्रह्माणि राततमा

asmā id u pra tavase turāya prayo na harmi stomaṃ māhināya | ṛcīṣamāyādhrigava oham indrāya brahmāṇi rātatamā

To him, indeed, the strong, the swift, the mighty, I bring praise forward as (one brings) food: to Indra, ṛcīṣama, adhrigu, the shout of praise, the prayers most freely given.

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AV 20 35.2

अस्मा इद् उ प्रय इव प्र यंसि भराम्य् आन्गूषं बाधे सुवृक्ति । इन्द्राय हृदा मनसा मनीषा प्रत्नाय पत्ये धियो मर्जयन्त

asmā id u praya iva pra yaṃsi bharāmy āngūṣaṃ bādhe suvṛkti | indrāya hṛdā manasā manīṣā pratnāya patye dhiyo marjayanta

To him, indeed, I extend (it) as though (offering) food; I bring my loud song, a fine hymn, at the pressing (?); for Indra, the ancient lord, with heart, with mind, with insight, they have burnished their thoughts.

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AV 20 35.3

अस्मा इद् उ त्यम् उपमं स्वर्षां भराम्य् आङ्गूषम् आस्येन । मंहिष्ठम् अछोक्तिभिर् मतीनां सुवृक्तिभिः सूरिं वावृधध्यै

asmā id u tyam upamaṃ svarṣāṃ bharāmy āṅgūṣam āsyena | maṃhiṣṭham achoktibhir matīnāṃ suvṛktibhiḥ sūriṃ vāvṛdhadhyai

To him, indeed, I bring with my mouth that highest, sun-winning song of praise — to make the most generous one, the patron, grow strong with invocations of thoughts, with fine hymns.

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AV 20 35.4

अस्मा इद् उ स्तोमं सं हिनोमि रथं न तष्टेव तत्सिनाय । गिरश् च गिर्वाहसे सुवृक्तीन्द्राय विश्वमिन्वं मेधिराय

asmā id u stomaṃ saṃ hinomi rathaṃ na taṣṭeva tatsināya | giraś ca girvāhase suvṛktīndrāya viśvaminvaṃ medhirāya

To him, indeed, I dispatch a praise-song, as a carpenter (does) a chariot, for ... (tatsina); and songs, a fine hymn, all-impelling, for Indra who is borne by songs, the wise one.

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AV 20 35.5

अस्मा इद् उ सप्तिम् इव श्रवस्येन्द्रायार्कं जुह्वा सम् अञ्जे । वीरम् दानौकसं वन्दध्यै पुरां गूर्तश्रवसं दर्माणम्

asmā id u saptim iva śravasyendrāyārkaṃ juhvā sam añje | vīram dānaukasaṃ vandadhyai purāṃ gūrtaśravasaṃ darmāṇam

To him, indeed, as (one grooms) a steed for glory, I anoint with my tongue the chant for Indra — to extol the hero whose dwelling is giving, of praised fame, the shatterer of strongholds.

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AV 20 35.6

अस्मा इद् उ त्वष्टा तक्षद् वज्रं स्वपस्तमं स्वर्यं रणाय । वृत्रस्य चिद् विदद् येन मर्म तुजन्न् ईशानस् तुजता कियेधाः

asmā id u tvaṣṭā takṣad vajraṃ svapastamaṃ svaryaṃ raṇāya | vṛtrasya cid vidad yena marma tujann īśānas tujatā kiyedhāḥ

For him, indeed, Tvaṣṭar fashioned the thunderbolt, most skilfully wrought, resounding, for the fight; with it he found the vital spot of Vṛtra, striking — the ruler, holding much, with the striking (weapon).

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AV 20 35.7

अस्येद् उ मातुः सवनेषु सद्यो महः पितुं पपिवां चार्व् अन्ना । मुषायद् विष्णुः पचतं सहीयान् विध्यद् वराहं तिरो अद्रिम् अस्ता

asyed u mātuḥ savaneṣu sadyo mahaḥ pituṃ papivāṃ cārv annā | muṣāyad viṣṇuḥ pacataṃ sahīyān vidhyad varāhaṃ tiro adrim astā

At his mother's pressings, indeed, at once having drunk the great draught, the pleasant foods — Viṣṇu the stronger stole the cooked (offering); the archer pierced the boar right through the rock.

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AV 20 35.8

अस्मा इद् उ ग्नाश् चिद् देवपत्नीर् इन्द्रायार्कम् अहिहत्य ऊवुः । परि द्यावापृथिवी जभ्र उर्वी नास्य ते महिमानं परि ष्टः

asmā id u gnāś cid devapatnīr indrāyārkam ahihatya ūvuḥ | pari dyāvāpṛthivī jabhra urvī nāsya te mahimānaṃ pari ṣṭaḥ

For him, indeed, for Indra, even the divine wives, the gnās, wove the chant at the slaying of the serpent. He encompassed the wide heaven and earth; those two do not encompass his greatness.

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AV 20 35.9

अस्येद् एव प्र रिरिचे महित्वं दिवस् पृथिव्याः पर्य् अन्तरिक्षात् । स्वराल् इन्द्रो दम आ विश्वगूर्तः स्वरिर् अमत्रो ववक्षे रणाय

asyed eva pra ririce mahitvaṃ divas pṛthivyāḥ pary antarikṣāt | svarāl indro dama ā viśvagūrtaḥ svarir amatro vavakṣe raṇāya

His greatness alone has exceeded heaven, earth, and the mid-space beyond; self-ruling Indra, praised by all in his own house, resounding, matchless, has grown strong for the fight.

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AV 20 35.10

अस्येद् एव शवसा शुशन्तं वि वृश्चद् वज्रेण वृत्रम् इन्द्रः । गा न व्राणा अवनीर् अमुञ्चद् अभि श्रवो दावने सचेताः

asyed eva śavasā śuśantaṃ vi vṛścad vajreṇa vṛtram indraḥ | gā na vrāṇā avanīr amuñcad abhi śravo dāvane sacetāḥ

By his might alone Indra cut down the hissing Vṛtra with the thunderbolt; he released the streams that were penned like cows, minded toward the giving of glory.

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AV 20 35.11

अस्येद् उ त्वेषसा रन्त सिन्धवः परि यद् वज्रेण सीम् अयछत् । ईशानकृद् दाशुषे दशस्यन् तुर्वीतये गाधं तुर्वणिः कः

asyed u tveṣasā ranta sindhavaḥ pari yad vajreṇa sīm ayachat | īśānakṛd dāśuṣe daśasyan turvītaye gādhaṃ turvaṇiḥ kaḥ

At his fierce blaze the rivers stood still, when he hemmed them about with the thunderbolt; making himself lord, showing favour to the worshipper, the overcomer made a ford for Turvīti.

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AV 20 35.12

अस्मा इद् उ प्र भरा तूतुजानो वृत्राय वज्रम् ईशानः कियेधाः । गोर् न पर्व वि रदा तिरश्चेष्यन्न् अर्णांस्य् अपां चरध्यै

asmā id u pra bharā tūtujāno vṛtrāya vajram īśānaḥ kiyedhāḥ | gor na parva vi radā tiraśceṣyann arṇāṃsy apāṃ caradhyai

For him indeed bring forth the thunderbolt, hastening, against Vṛtra, you who are master and of great capacity. Cleave (the channels) crosswise, as (one cuts) the joint of a cow, sending forth the floods of the waters to flow.

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AV 20 35.13

अस्येद् उ प्र ब्रूहि पूर्व्याणि तुरस्य कर्माणि नव्य उक्थैः । युधे यद् इष्णान आयुधान्य् ऋघायमाणो निरिणाति शत्रून्

asyed u pra brūhi pūrvyāṇi turasya karmāṇi navya ukthaiḥ | yudhe yad iṣṇāna āyudhāny ṛghāyamāṇo niriṇāti śatrūn

Proclaim his former deeds, (the deeds) of the swift one, anew with hymns — when, speeding his weapons for battle, raging, he destroys his foes.

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AV 20 35.14

अस्येद् उ भिया गिरयश् च दृल्हा द्यावा च भूमा जनुषस् तुजेते । उपो वेनस्य जोगुवान ओणिं सद्यो भुवद् वीर्याय नोधाः

asyed u bhiyā girayaś ca dṛlhā dyāvā ca bhūmā januṣas tujete | upo venasya joguvāna oṇiṃ sadyo bhuvad vīryāya nodhāḥ

Through fear of him both the firm mountains and heaven and earth have trembled since (their) birth. Calling loudly upon the shelter of Vena, Nodhas was at once (there) for the deed of valour.

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AV 20 35.15

अस्मा इद् उ त्यद् अनु दाय्य् एषाम् एको यद् वव्ने भूरेर् ईशानः । प्रैतशं सूर्ये पस्पृधानं सौवश्व्ये सुष्विम् आवद् इन्द्रः

asmā id u tyad anu dāyy eṣām eko yad vavne bhūrer īśānaḥ | praitaśaṃ sūrye paspṛdhānaṃ sauvaśvye suṣvim āvad indraḥ

To him indeed was that granted of theirs, since he alone, being master, won (it) out of abundance. Indra helped Etaśa, who was contending with Sūrya, the soma-presser, in the contest for good horses.

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AV 20 35.16

एवा ते हारियोजना सुवृक्तीन्द्र ब्रह्माणि गोतमासो अक्रन् । ऐषु विश्वपेशसं धियं धाः प्रातर् मक्षू धियावसुर् जगम्यात्

evā te hāriyojanā suvṛktīndra brahmāṇi gotamāso akran | aiṣu viśvapeśasaṃ dhiyaṃ dhāḥ prātar makṣū dhiyāvasur jagamyāt

Thus, O Indra who yokes the bays, have the Gotamas made for you well-turned praises, (their) sacred formulas. Set among them an insight of every form; may he whose wealth is insight come swiftly in the early morning.

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