Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 20 — Chapter 57

AV 20 57.1

सुरूपकृत्नुम् ऊतये सुदुघाम् इव गोदुहे । जुहूमसि द्यविद्यवि

surūpakṛtnum ūtaye sudughām iva goduhe | juhūmasi dyavidyavi

Him who works fair forms, for help—as (one calls) a good milch-cow for the cow-milker—we call day after day.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 20 57.2

उप नः सवना गहि सोमस्य सोमपाः पिब । गोदा इद् रेवतो मदः

upa naḥ savanā gahi somasya somapāḥ piba | godā id revato madaḥ

Come to our pressings; drink of the soma, soma-drinker: the exhilaration of the rich one is indeed a giver of cows.

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AV 20 57.3

अथा ते अन्तमानां विद्याम सुमतीनाम् । मा नो अति ख्य आ गहि

athā te antamānāṃ vidyāma sumatīnām | mā no ati khya ā gahi

Then may we know of thy nearest favours; do not overlook us—come here.

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AV 20 57.4

शुष्मिन्तमं न ऊतये द्युम्निनं पाहि जागृविम् । इन्द्र सोमं शतक्रतो

śuṣmintamaṃ na ūtaye dyumninaṃ pāhi jāgṛvim | indra somaṃ śatakrato

Drink, for our aid, the most vigorous, brilliant, wakeful Soma, O Indra of a hundred powers.

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AV 20 57.5

इन्द्रियाणि शतक्रतो या ते जनेषु पञ्चसु । इन्द्र तानि त आ वृणे

indriyāṇi śatakrato yā te janeṣu pañcasu | indra tāni ta ā vṛṇe

The Indra-powers of yours, O Śatakratu, that are among the five peoples — those of yours, Indra, I choose for myself.

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AV 20 57.6

अगन्न् इन्द्र श्रवो बृहद् द्युम्नं दधिष्व दुष्टरम् । उत् ते शुष्मं तिरामसि

agann indra śravo bṛhad dyumnaṃ dadhiṣva duṣṭaram | ut te śuṣmaṃ tirāmasi

Lofty fame has come, O Indra; take on splendour hard to surpass; we raise up your vigour.

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AV 20 57.7

अर्वावतो न आ गह्य् अथो शक्र परावतः । उ लोको यस् ते अद्रिव इन्द्रेह तत आ गहि

arvāvato na ā gahy atho śakra parāvataḥ | u loko yas te adriva indreha tata ā gahi

Come to us from nearby, and also, O Śakra, from afar; whatever place is yours, O wielder of the stone — Indra, come here from there.

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AV 20 57.8

इन्द्रो अङ्ग महद् भयम् अभी षद् अप चुच्यवत् । स हि स्थिरो विचर्षनिः

indro aṅga mahad bhayam abhī ṣad apa cucyavat | sa hi sthiro vicarṣaniḥ

Indra indeed will shake away the great fear that presses upon (us); for he is steady, moving apart (among men).

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

AV 20 57.9

इन्द्रश् च मृलयाति नो न नः पश्चाद् अघं नशत् । भद्रं भवाति नः पुरः

indraś ca mṛlayāti no na naḥ paścād aghaṃ naśat | bhadraṃ bhavāti naḥ puraḥ

And Indra will be gracious to us; let no evil reach us from behind; let it be favourable before us.

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AV 20 57.10

इन्द्र आशाभ्यस् परि सर्वाभ्यो अभयं करत् । जेता शत्रून् विचर्षणिः

indra āśābhyas pari sarvābhyo abhayaṃ karat | jetā śatrūn vicarṣaṇiḥ

Indra will make safety (for us) from all the quarters round about; conqueror of foes, the active one.

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AV 20 57.11

क ईं वेद सुते सचा पिबन्तं कद् वयो दधे । अयं यः पुरो विभिनत्त्य् ओजसा मन्दानः शिप्र्य् अन्धसः

ka īṃ veda sute sacā pibantaṃ kad vayo dadhe | ayaṃ yaḥ puro vibhinatty ojasā mandānaḥ śipry andhasaḥ

Who knows him drinking along with (us) at the pressing? What vigour has he taken on? — this one who splits forts apart with his strength, the fair-jawed one, exhilarated by the juice.

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AV 20 57.12

दाना मृगो न वारणः पुरुत्रा चरथं दधे । नकिष् ट्वा नि यमद् आ सुते गमो महांश् चरस्य् ओजसा

dānā mṛgo na vāraṇaḥ purutrā carathaṃ dadhe | nakiṣ ṭvā ni yamad ā sute gamo mahāṃś carasy ojasā

Like a wild beast (an elephant) in rut, he has set his roaming in many places; no one shall hold you down — come to the pressing; great, you range with might.

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

AV 20 57.13

य उग्रः सन्न् अनिष्टृत स्थिरो रणाय संस्कृतः । यदि स्तोतुर् मघवा शृणवद् धवं नेन्द्रो योषत्य् आ गमत्

ya ugraḥ sann aniṣṭṛta sthiro raṇāya saṃskṛtaḥ | yadi stotur maghavā śṛṇavad dhavaṃ nendro yoṣaty ā gamat

He who, being fierce, is unsubdued, steady, made ready for battle: if the bounteous one hears the call of the praiser, Indra does not hold off — he will come.

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AV 20 57.14

वयं घ त्वा सुतावन्त आपो न वृक्तबर्हिषः । पवित्रस्य प्रस्रवणेषु वृत्रहन् परि स्तोतार आसते

vayaṃ gha tvā sutāvanta āpo na vṛktabarhiṣaḥ | pavitrasya prasravaṇeṣu vṛtrahan pari stotāra āsate

We indeed, with the soma pressed, with the barhis strewn — like waters, in the outflowings of the filter, O Vṛtra-slayer, we praisers sit around you.

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

AV 20 57.15

स्वरन्ति त्वा सुते नरो वसो निरेक उक्थिनः । कदा सुतं तृषाण ओक आ गम इन्द्र स्वब्दीव वंसगः

svaranti tvā sute naro vaso nireka ukthinaḥ | kadā sutaṃ tṛṣāṇa oka ā gama indra svabdīva vaṃsagaḥ

The men cry out to you at the pressing, O Vasu — the uktha-singers, exclusively (to you). When, thirsting, will you come to the pressed drink at (our) dwelling, Indra, like a bellowing bull?

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

AV 20 57.16

कण्वेभिर् धृष्णव् आ धृषद् वाजं दर्षि सहस्रिणम् । पिशङ्गरूपं मघवन् विचर्षणे मक्षू गोमन्तम् ईमहे

kaṇvebhir dhṛṣṇav ā dhṛṣad vājaṃ darṣi sahasriṇam | piśaṅgarūpaṃ maghavan vicarṣaṇe makṣū gomantam īmahe

With the Kaṇvas, O bold one, boldly burst open the thousandfold prize; the ruddy-coloured, cattle-rich (prize) we quickly beg of you, O Maghavan, O active one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition