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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 20 — Chapter 66

AV 20 66.1

स्तुहीन्द्रं व्यश्ववद् अनूर्मिं वाजिनं यमम् । अर्यो गयं मंहमानं वि दाशुषे

stuhīndraṃ vyaśvavad anūrmiṃ vājinaṃ yamam | aryo gayaṃ maṃhamānaṃ vi dāśuṣe

Praise Indra as Vyaśva did — the surgeless one, the prize-winner, the controller, who bestows the stranger's homestead upon the worshipper.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

As Vyasva did, praise Indra, praise the strong unfluctuating guide. Who gives the foe's possessions to the worshipper.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 20 66.2

एवा नूनम् उप स्तुहि वैयश्व दशमं नवम् । सुविद्वांसं चर्कृत्यं चरणीनाम्

evā nūnam upa stuhi vaiyaśva daśamaṃ navam | suvidvāṃsaṃ carkṛtyaṃ caraṇīnām

So now, O son of Vyaśva, praise the tenth, the new one, the well-knowing, the one to be celebrated among the peoples.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Now, son of Vyasva, praise thou him who to the tenth time still is new. The very wise, whom living men must glorify.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 20 66.3

वेत्था हि निरृतीनां वज्रहस्त परिवृजम् । अहरहः शुन्ध्युः परिपदाम् इव

vetthā hi nirṛtīnāṃ vajrahasta parivṛjam | aharahaḥ śundhyuḥ paripadām iva

For thou knowest, O thou with the mace in hand, the way to escape calamities, day by day, as the bright bird (escapes) the snares.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Thou knowest, Indra, thunder-armed, how to avoid destructive Powers, As one secure from pitfalls each succeeding day.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)