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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 20 — Chapter 65

AV 20 65.1

एतो न्व् इन्द्रं स्तवाम सखाय स्तोम्यं नरम् । कुष्टीर् यो विश्वा अभ्य् अस्त्य् एक इत्

eto nv indraṃ stavāma sakhāya stomyaṃ naram | kuṣṭīr yo viśvā abhy asty eka it

Come now, friends, let us praise Indra, the man worthy of praise, who alone surpasses all the peoples.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Come, sing we praise to Indra, friends! the Hero who deserves the laud, Him who with none to aid o'ercomes all tribes of men.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 20 65.2

अगोरुधाय गविषे द्युक्षाय दस्म्यं वचः । घृतात् स्वादीयो मधुनश् च वोचत

agorudhāya gaviṣe dyukṣāya dasmyaṃ vacaḥ | ghṛtāt svādīyo madhunaś ca vocata

To him who does not withhold cattle, who seeks cattle, who dwells in heaven, speak a wondrous word, sweeter than ghee and than honey.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

To him who wins the kine, who keeps no cattle back, celestial God, Speak wondrous speech more sweet than butter and than mead.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 20 65.3

यस्यामितानि वीर्या न राधः पर्येतवे । ज्योतिर् न विश्वम् अभ्य् अस्ति दक्षिणा

yasyāmitāni vīryā na rādhaḥ paryetave | jyotir na viśvam abhy asti dakṣiṇā

Whose heroic powers are unmeasured, whose bounty is not to be gone around (i.e. not to be encompassed); like light, his gift (dakṣiṇā) reaches over all.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Whose hero powers are measureless, whose bounty ne'er may be surpassed, Whose liberality, like light, is over all.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)