Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 20 — Chapter 49

AV 20 49.1

यच् छक्रा वाचम् आरुहन्न् अन्तरिक्षं सिषासथः । सं देवा अमदन् वृषा

yac chakrā vācam āruhann antarikṣaṃ siṣāsathaḥ | saṃ devā amadan vṛṣā

When, O mighty ones, they mounted speech — you two seek to win the midspace — the gods, the bull, rejoiced together.

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AV 20 49.2

शक्रो वाचम् अधृष्टायोर् उवाचो अधृष्णुहि । मंहिष्ठ आ मदर्दिवि

śakro vācam adhṛṣṭāyor uvāco adhṛṣṇuhi | maṃhiṣṭha ā madardivi

The mighty one spoke speech ... of the unassailed one: be not assailed! The most generous one ... rejoiced in heaven.

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AV 20 49.3

शक्रो वाचम् अधृष्णुहि धामधर्मन् वि राजति । विमदन् बर्हिर् आसरन्

śakro vācam adhṛṣṇuhi dhāmadharman vi rājati | vimadan barhir āsaran

The mighty one — speech, be not assailed! — shines out, holding the stations in place; ... they have run to the barhis.

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AV 20 49.4

तं वो दस्मम् ऋतीषहं वसोर् मन्दानम् अन्धसः । अभि वत्सं न स्वसरेषु धेनव इन्द्रं गीर्भिर् नवामहे

taṃ vo dasmam ṛtīṣahaṃ vasor mandānam andhasaḥ | abhi vatsaṃ na svasareṣu dhenava indraṃ gīrbhir navāmahe

Him, your wondrous one who withstands attacks, who takes delight in the good juice — as milch-cows (low) to the calf at the pastures, so we call out to Indra with our songs.

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AV 20 49.5

द्युक्षं सुदानुं तविषीभिर् आवृतम् गिरिं न पुरुभोजसम् । क्षुमन्तं वाजं शतिनं सहस्रिणं मक्षू गोमन्तम् ईमहे

dyukṣaṃ sudānuṃ taviṣībhir āvṛtam giriṃ na purubhojasam | kṣumantaṃ vājaṃ śatinaṃ sahasriṇaṃ makṣū gomantam īmahe

Him who dwells in heaven, the good giver, encompassed by powers, who like a mountain gives food to many — from him we quickly ask for prize-winnings full of cattle, hundredfold, thousandfold, rich in livestock.

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AV 20 49.6

तत् त्वा यामि सुवीर्यं तद् ब्रह्म पूर्वचित्तये । येना यतिभ्यो भृगवे धने हिते येन प्रस्कण्वम् आविथ

tat tvā yāmi suvīryaṃ tad brahma pūrvacittaye | yenā yatibhyo bhṛgave dhane hite yena praskaṇvam āvitha

For that I approach you, for that good manly strength, for that formulation, that (you may) think of (us) first — (the strength) with which (you helped) the Yatis, (and) Bhṛgu when the stake was set, with which you helped Praskaṇva.

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AV 20 49.7

येना समुद्रम् असृजो महीर् अपस् तद् इन्द्र वृष्णि ते शवः । सद्यः सो अस्य महिमा न संनशे यं क्षोणीर् अनुचक्रदे

yenā samudram asṛjo mahīr apas tad indra vṛṣṇi te śavaḥ | sadyaḥ so asya mahimā na saṃnaśe yaṃ kṣoṇīr anucakrade

That with which you let loose the sea, the great waters — that, Indra, is your bullish might. All at once — that greatness of his is not to be reached — he after whom the lands roared.

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