Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 20 — Chapter 42
AV 20 42.1
वाचम् अष्टापदीम् अहं नवस्रक्तिम् ऋतस्पृशम् । इन्द्रात् परि तन्वम् ममे
vācam aṣṭāpadīm ahaṃ navasraktim ṛtaspṛśam | indrāt pari tanvam mame
I have measured out from Indra speech eight-footed, nine-cornered, touching ṛta — (measured it) as a body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
From Indra have I measured an eight-footed and nine-cornered. song, Delicate, faithful to the Law.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 20 42.2
अनु त्वा रोदसी उभे क्रक्षमाणम् अकृपेताम् । इन्द्र यद् दस्युहाभवः
anu tvā rodasī ubhe krakṣamāṇam akṛpetām | indra yad dasyuhābhavaḥ
Both worlds yielded to you as you roared, Indra, when you became the slayer of the Dasyu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Indra, both worlds complained to thee when uttering thy fearful roar, What time thou smotest Dasyus dead.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 20 42.3
उत्तिष्ठन्न् ओजसा सह पीत्वी शिप्रे अवेपयः । सोमम् इन्द्र चमू सुतम्
uttiṣṭhann ojasā saha pītvī śipre avepayaḥ | somam indra camū sutam
Rising up with your might, having drunk, you made your jaws quiver — the Soma, Indra, pressed in the two bowls.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Arising in thy might thy jaws thou shookest, Indra, having quaffed The Soma poured into the bowls.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)