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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 20 — Chapter 61

AV 20 61.1

तं ते मदं गृणीमसि वृषणं पृत्सु सासहिम् । उ लोककृत्नुम् अद्रिवो हरिश्रियम्

taṃ te madaṃ gṛṇīmasi vṛṣaṇaṃ pṛtsu sāsahim | u lokakṛtnum adrivo hariśriyam

That exhilaration of yours we proclaim — bullish, overpowering in battles, making room, O wielder of the stone, splendid with the bay horses.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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We sing this strong and wild delight of thine which conquers in the fray, Which, Caster of the Stone, gives room and shine like gold.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 20 61.2

येन ज्योतीम्ष्य् आयवे मनवे च विवेदिथ । मन्दानो अस्य बर्हिषो वि राजसि

yena jyotīmṣy āyave manave ca viveditha | mandāno asya barhiṣo vi rājasi

By which you discovered the lights for Āyu and for Manu; gladdened, you rule over this barhis.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Wherewith thou also foundest lights for Āyu and for Manu's sake: Now joying in!!this sacred grass thou beamest forth.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 20 61.3

तद् अद्या चित् त उक्थिनो ऽनु ष्टुवन्ति पूर्वथा । वृषपत्नीर् अपो जया दिवेदिवे

tad adyā cit ta ukthino 'nu ṣṭuvanti pūrvathā | vṛṣapatnīr apo jayā divedive

Even today the hymn-makers chant that after you as of old; win, day after day, the waters whose husband is the bull.

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

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This day to singers of the hymn praise, as of old, this, might of thine. Win thou the waters, day by day, thralls of the strong.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 20 61.4

तम् व् अभि प्र गायत पुरुहूतं पुरुष्टुतम् । इन्द्रं गीर्भिस् तविषम् आ विवासत

tam v abhi pra gāyata puruhūtaṃ puruṣṭutam | indraṃ gīrbhis taviṣam ā vivāsata

Sing forth to him, the much-invoked, the much-praised; with songs seek to win Indra the mighty.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Sing forth to him whom many men invoke, to him whom many laud: Invite the potent Indra with your songs of praise;

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 20 61.5

यस्य द्विबर्हसो बृहत् सहो दाधार रोदसी । गिरीꣳर् अज्राꣳ अपः स्वर् वृषत्वना

yasya dvibarhaso bṛhat saho dādhāra rodasī | girīṁr ajrāṁ apaḥ svar vṛṣatvanā

Whose great strength — his, of doubly firm power — has upheld the two worlds, the mountains, the plains, the waters, the sun, by bull-nature.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Whose lofty might—for doubly strong is he—supports the heaven and earth. And hills and plains and floods and light with manly power.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 20 61.6

स राजसि पुरुष्टुतꣳ एको वृत्राणि जिघ्नसे । इन्द्र जैत्रा श्रवस्य च यन्तवे

sa rājasi puruṣṭutaṁ eko vṛtrāṇi jighnase | indra jaitrā śravasya ca yantave

You rule, much-praised one; alone you smite the obstacles; and (that is) for you, Indra, to bring victorious things and glory.

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

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Such, praised by many! thou art King: alone thou smitest foe- men dead, To gain, O Indra, spoils of war and high renown.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)