Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 20 — Chapter 36

AV 20 36.1

य एक इद् धव्यश् चर्षणीनाम् इन्द्रं तं गीर्भिर् अभ्य् अर्च आभिः । यः पत्यते वृषभो वृष्ण्यावान्त् सत्यः सत्वा पुरुमायः सहस्वान्

ya eka id dhavyaś carṣaṇīnām indraṃ taṃ gīrbhir abhy arca ābhiḥ | yaḥ patyate vṛṣabho vṛṣṇyāvānt satyaḥ satvā purumāyaḥ sahasvān

He who alone is to be invoked among the peoples — that Indra praise with these songs; who holds sway, a bull possessed of bull-strength, true, a warrior, of many devices, full of might.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 20 36.2

तम् उ नः पूर्वे पितरो नवग्वाः सप्त विप्रासो अभि वाजयन्तः । नक्षद्दाभं ततुरिं पर्वतेष्ठाम् अद्रोघवाचं मतिभिः शविष्ठम्

tam u naḥ pūrve pitaro navagvāḥ sapta viprāso abhi vājayantaḥ | nakṣaddābhaṃ taturiṃ parvateṣṭhām adroghavācaṃ matibhiḥ śaviṣṭham

Him our forefathers, the Navagvas, the seven inspired singers, urged on with (their) thoughts — him who overtakes the deceitful, the victorious one, dwelling on the mountain, of guileless speech, the mightiest.

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

AV 20 36.3

तम् ईमहे इन्द्रम् अस्य रायः पुरुवीरस्य नृवतः पुरुक्षोः । यो अष्कृधोयुर् अजरः स्वर्वान् तम् आ भर हरिवो मादयध्यै

tam īmahe indram asya rāyaḥ puruvīrasya nṛvataḥ purukṣoḥ | yo aṣkṛdhoyur ajaraḥ svarvān tam ā bhara harivo mādayadhyai

Him, Indra, we entreat for this wealth, rich in heroes, rich in men, rich in cattle — which is undiminished, unaging, bringing the sunlight: bring that here, O lord of the bays, for (our) rejoicing.

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AV 20 36.4

तन् नो वि वोचो यदि ते पुरा चिज् जरितार आनशुः सुम्नम् इन्द्र । कस् ते भागः किं वयो दुध्र खिदुः पुरुहूत पुरूवसो ऽसुरघ्नः

tan no vi voco yadi te purā cij jaritāra ānaśuḥ sumnam indra | kas te bhāgaḥ kiṃ vayo dudhra khiduḥ puruhūta purūvaso 'suraghnaḥ

Declare this to us, if even formerly the singers obtained your favour, Indra. What is your portion, what your refreshment, O stubborn one, O crusher(?), much-invoked, rich in goods, slayer of the asuras?

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

AV 20 36.5

तं पृछन्ती वज्रहस्तं रथेष्ठाम् इन्द्रं वेपी वक्वरी यस्य नू गीः । तुविग्राभं तुविकूर्मिं रभोदां गातुम् इषे नक्षते तुम्रम् अछ

taṃ pṛchantī vajrahastaṃ ratheṣṭhām indraṃ vepī vakvarī yasya nū gīḥ | tuvigrābhaṃ tuvikūrmiṃ rabhodāṃ gātum iṣe nakṣate tumram acha

Seeking him, the thunderbolt-handed, the chariot-standing Indra — whose song now is trembling and rolling forth — the strong-grasping, strong-working, strength-giving one: (the song) goes toward the sturdy one, seeking a way.

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AV 20 36.6

अया ह त्यं मायया वावृधानं मनोजुवा स्वतवः पर्वतेन । अच्युता चिद् वीलिता स्वोजो रुजो वि दृल्हा धृषता विरप्शिन्

ayā ha tyaṃ māyayā vāvṛdhānaṃ manojuvā svatavaḥ parvatena | acyutā cid vīlitā svojo rujo vi dṛlhā dhṛṣatā virapśin

Thus indeed, O self-strong one, (you smote) with this magic, with the thought-swift mountain, him who had grown great. You of good strength boldly broke apart even the unshakable, the toughened, the firm things, O exuberant one.

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

AV 20 36.7

तम् वो धिया नव्यस्या शविष्ठम् प्रत्नं प्रत्नवत् परितंसयध्यै । स नो वक्षद् अनिमानः सुवह्नेन्द्रो विश्वान्य् अति दुर्गहाणि

tam vo dhiyā navyasyā śaviṣṭham pratnaṃ pratnavat paritaṃsayadhyai | sa no vakṣad animānaḥ suvahnendro viśvāny ati durgahāṇi

Him, the mightiest, the ancient one, (I am) to encompass for you with a newer thought, as of old. May he, the immeasurable, the good conveyor, Indra, carry us across all hard passages.

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

AV 20 36.8

आ जनाय द्रुह्वणे पार्थिवानि दिव्यानि दीपयो ऽन्तरिक्षा । तपा वृषन् विश्वतः शोचिषा तान् ब्रह्मद्विषे शोचय क्षाम् अपश् च

ā janāya druhvaṇe pārthivāni divyāni dīpayo 'ntarikṣā | tapā vṛṣan viśvataḥ śociṣā tān brahmadviṣe śocaya kṣām apaś ca

Set ablaze against the deceitful folk the earthly and the heavenly regions and the mid-airs. Burn them, O bull, from every side with your flame; for the brahman-hater burn the earth and the waters.

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AV 20 36.9

भुवो जनस्य दिव्यस्य राजा पार्थिवस्य जगतस् त्वेषसंदृक् । धिष्व वज्रं दक्षिण इन्द्र हस्ते विश्वा अजुर्य दयसे वि मायाः

bhuvo janasya divyasya rājā pārthivasya jagatas tveṣasaṃdṛk | dhiṣva vajraṃ dakṣiṇa indra haste viśvā ajurya dayase vi māyāḥ

You became king of the heavenly folk and of the earthly moving world, of fierce aspect. Take the thunderbolt in your right hand, Indra; unaging, you tear apart all the magic arts.

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AV 20 36.10

आ संयतम् इन्द्र णः स्वस्तिं शत्रुतूर्याय बृहतीम् अमृध्राम् । यया दासान्य् आर्याणि वृत्रा करो वज्रिन्त् सुतुका नाहुषाणि

ā saṃyatam indra ṇaḥ svastiṃ śatrutūryāya bṛhatīm amṛdhrām | yayā dāsāny āryāṇi vṛtrā karo vajrint sutukā nāhuṣāṇi

Bring us, Indra, unbroken well-being, lofty and unfailing, for the overcoming of foes — by which, O thunderbolt-bearer, you make the Dāsa and the Ārya obstacles, the Nāhuṣa ones, swiftly (destroyed).

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AV 20 36.11

स नो नियुद्भिः पुरुहूत वेधो विश्ववाराभिर् आ गहि प्रयज्यो । न या अदेवो वरते न देव आभिर् याहि तूयम् आ मद्र्यद्रिक्

sa no niyudbhiḥ puruhūta vedho viśvavārābhir ā gahi prayajyo | na yā adevo varate na deva ābhir yāhi tūyam ā madryadrik

So come, O much-invoked ordainer, with your niyut-teams that bring all good things, O you worthy of foremost worship — those whom neither a non-god nor a god holds back: with them come quickly here toward me.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition