Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 20 — Chapter 68

AV 20 68.1

सुरूपकृत्नुम् ऊतये सुदुघाम् इव गोदुहे । जुहूमसि द्यविद्यवि

surūpakṛtnum ūtaye sudughām iva goduhe | juhūmasi dyavidyavi

Him who makes fair forms we invoke for help day after day, as one calls a good milch-cow for the cow-milker.

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AV 20 68.2

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 rapture of the rich one is indeed a giver of cattle.

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AV 20 68.3

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 come to know your closest favours; do not pass us over — come here.

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AV 20 68.4

परेहि विग्रम् अस्तृतम् इन्द्रं पृछा विपश्चितम् । यस् ते सखिभ्य आ वरम्

parehi vigram astṛtam indraṃ pṛchā vipaścitam | yas te sakhibhya ā varam

Go forth, ask the vigorous, the unsubdued Indra, the discerning one, who is the best for your companions.

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AV 20 68.5

उत ब्रुवन्तु नो निदो निर् अन्यतश् चिद् आरत । दधाना इन्द्र इद् दुवः

uta bruvantu no nido nir anyataś cid ārata | dadhānā indra id duvaḥ

And let our scorners say: "Go away, out from somewhere else too!" — while we set our homage on Indra alone.

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

AV 20 68.6

उत नः सुभगाꣳ अरिर् वोचेयुर् दस्म कृष्टयः । स्यामेद् इन्द्रस्य शर्मणि

uta naḥ subhagāṁ arir voceyur dasma kṛṣṭayaḥ | syāmed indrasya śarmaṇi

And may the stranger, may the peoples call us fortunate, O wondrous one; may we be in Indra's shelter.

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AV 20 68.7

एम् आशुम् आशवे भर यज्ञश्रियं नृमादनम् । पतयन् मन्दयत्सखम्

em āśum āśave bhara yajñaśriyaṃ nṛmādanam | patayan mandayatsakham

Bring the swift (soma) here for the swift one, the adornment of the sacrifice, the gladdener of men, flying, whose comrade it makes glad.

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

AV 20 68.8

अस्य पीत्वा शतक्रतो घनो वृत्राणाम् अभवः । प्रावो वाजेषु वाजिनम्

asya pītvā śatakrato ghano vṛtrāṇām abhavaḥ | prāvo vājeṣu vājinam

Having drunk of this, O Śatakratu, you became the smasher of the Vṛtras; you helped forward the prize-winner in the contests.

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AV 20 68.9

तं त्वा वाजेषु वाजिनं वाजयामः शतक्रतो । धनानाम् इन्द्र सातये

taṃ tvā vājeṣu vājinaṃ vājayāmaḥ śatakrato | dhanānām indra sātaye

You, the prize-winner in the contests, we urge on to the prize, O Śatakratu, for the winning of riches, O Indra.

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AV 20 68.10

यो रायो ऽवनिर् महान्त् सुपारः सुन्वतः सखा । तस्मा इन्द्राय गायत

yo rāyo 'vanir mahānt supāraḥ sunvataḥ sakhā | tasmā indrāya gāyata

He who is the riverbed of riches, great, easy to cross, the comrade of the man who presses (soma) — sing to that Indra.

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AV 20 68.11

आ त्व् एता नि षीदतेन्द्रम् अभि प्र गायत । सखाय स्तोमवाहसः

ā tv etā ni ṣīdatendram abhi pra gāyata | sakhāya stomavāhasaḥ

Come here, sit down, sing forth to Indra, O comrades who bring the song of praise.

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AV 20 68.12

पुरूतमं पुरूणाम् ईशानं वार्याणाम् । इन्द्रं सोमे सचा सुते

purūtamaṃ purūṇām īśānaṃ vāryāṇām | indraṃ some sacā sute

(Sing to) Indra, the most bountiful of the many, the master of desirable goods, together with the soma when it is pressed.

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