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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)