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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 20 — Chapter 41

AV 20 41.1

इन्द्रो दधीचो अस्थभिर् वृत्राण्य् अप्रतिष्कुतः । जघान नवतीर् नव

indro dadhīco asthabhir vṛtrāṇy apratiṣkutaḥ | jaghāna navatīr nava

Indra, unchecked, with the bones of Dadhyañc smote nine and ninety Vṛtras.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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With bones of Dadhyach for his arms, Indra, resistless in attack, Struck nine-and-ninety Vritras dead,

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 20 41.2

इछन् अश्वस्य यच् छिरः पर्वतेष्व् अपश्रितम् । तद् विदच् छर्यणावति

ichan aśvasya yac chiraḥ parvateṣv apaśritam | tad vidac charyaṇāvati

Seeking the head of the horse that was hidden away among the mountains, he found it in Śaryaṇāvat.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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He, searching for the horse's head, removed among the moun- tains, found At Saryanāvān what he sought.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 20 41.3

अत्राह गोर् अमन्वत नाम त्वष्टुर् अपीच्यम् । इत्था चन्द्रमसो गृहे

atrāha gor amanvata nāma tvaṣṭur apīcyam | itthā candramaso gṛhe

Then indeed they thought out the hidden name of the cow, of Tvaṣṭṛ — thus, in the house of the moon.

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

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Then verily they recognized the essential form of Tvashtar's Bull. Here in the mansion of the Moon.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)