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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 20 — Chapter 44

AV 20 44.1

प्र सम्राजं चर्षणीनाम् इन्द्रं स्तोता नव्यं गीर्भिः । नरं नृषाहं मंहिष्ठम्

pra samrājaṃ carṣaṇīnām indraṃ stotā navyaṃ gīrbhiḥ | naraṃ nṛṣāhaṃ maṃhiṣṭham

Praise forth with songs Indra, the sovereign of the peoples, ever new, the man, the overpowerer of men, the most generous.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Praise Indra whom our songs must laud, great Sovran of man- kind, the Chief Most liberal who controlleth men.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 20 44.2

यस्मिन्न् उक्थानि रण्यन्ति विश्वानि च श्रवस्य । अपाम् अवो न समुद्रे

yasminn ukthāni raṇyanti viśvāni ca śravasya | apām avo na samudre

In whom the recitations take delight, and all glorious deeds, as the waters' flow (gathers) in the sea.

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

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In whom the hymns of praise delight, and all the glory-giving songs, Like the flood's longing for the sea.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 20 44.3

तं सुष्टुत्या विवासे ज्येष्ठराजं भरे कृत्नुम् । महो वाजिनं सनिभ्यः

taṃ suṣṭutyā vivāse jyeṣṭharājaṃ bhare kṛtnum | maho vājinaṃ sanibhyaḥ

Him I invite with good praise, the highest-ruling one, effective in battle, the great one, strong in prizes, for winnings.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Him I invite with eulogy, best King, effective in the fight, Strong for the gain of mighty spoil.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)