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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 20 — Chapter 74

AV 20 74.1

यच् चिद् धि सत्य सोमपा अनाशस्ता इव स्मसि । आ तू न इन्द्र शंसय गोष्व् अश्वेषु शुभ्रिषु सहस्रेषु तुवीमघ

yac cid dhi satya somapā anāśastā iva smasi | ā tū na indra śaṃsaya goṣv aśveṣu śubhriṣu sahasreṣu tuvīmagha

Even though, O true one, O soma-drinker, we are as if unpraised — yet do thou, Indra, make us praised (win us renown) in cattle, in horses, in shining thousands, O thou of mighty bounty.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

O Soma-drinker, ever true, utterly hopeless though we be, Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine, In thousands, O most wealthy One.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 20 74.2

शिप्रिन् वाजानां पते शचीवस् तव दंसना । आ तू न इन्द्र शंसय गोष्व् अश्वेषु शुभ्रिषु सहस्रेषु तुवीमघ

śiprin vājānāṃ pate śacīvas tava daṃsanā | ā tū na indra śaṃsaya goṣv aśveṣu śubhriṣu sahasreṣu tuvīmagha

O helmeted one, lord of prizes, O powerful one, thine are the wondrous deeds — yet do thou, Indra, make us praised in cattle, in horses, in shining thousands, O thou of mighty bounty.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

O Lord of strength, whose jaws are strong, great deeds are thine, the powerful: Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine, In thousands, O most wealthy One.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 20 74.3

नि ष्वापया मिथूदृशा सस्ताम् अबुध्यमाने । आ तू न इन्द्र शंसय गोष्व् अश्वेषु शुभ्रिषु सहस्रेषु तुवीमघ

ni ṣvāpayā mithūdṛśā sastām abudhyamāne | ā tū na indra śaṃsaya goṣv aśveṣu śubhriṣu sahasreṣu tuvīmagha

Put to sleep the two of false aspect; let them lie asleep, not waking — yet do thou, Indra, make us praised in cattle, in horses, in shining thousands, O thou of mighty bounty.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Lull thou asleep, to wake no more, the pair who on each other look: Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine, In thousands, O most wealthy One.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 20 74.4

ससन्तु त्या अरातयो बोधन्तु शूर रातयः । आ तू न इन्द्र शंसय गोष्व् अश्वेषु शुभ्रिषु सहस्रेषु तुवीमघ

sasantu tyā arātayo bodhantu śūra rātayaḥ | ā tū na indra śaṃsaya goṣv aśveṣu śubhriṣu sahasreṣu tuvīmagha

Let those hostile grudgings sleep; let the givings awake, O hero — yet do thou, Indra, make us praised in cattle, in horses, in shining thousands, O thou of mighty bounty.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Hero, let hostile spirits sleep, and every gentler Genius wake: Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine, In thousands, O most wealthy One.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 20 74.5

सम् इन्द्र गर्दभं मृण नुवन्तं पपयामुया । आ तू न इन्द्र शंसय गोष्व् अश्वेषु शुभ्रिषु सहस्रेषु तुवीमघ

sam indra gardabhaṃ mṛṇa nuvantaṃ papayāmuyā | ā tū na indra śaṃsaya goṣv aśveṣu śubhriṣu sahasreṣu tuvīmagha

Crush utterly, Indra, the braying donkey with that (wretched drink?) — yet do thou, Indra, make us praised in cattle, in horses, in shining thousands, O thou of mighty bounty.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Destroy this ass, O Indra, who in tones discordant brays to thee: Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine, In thousands, O most wealthy One.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 20 74.6

पताति कुण्डृणाच्या दूरं वातो वनाद् अधि । आ तू न इन्द्र शंसय गोष्व् अश्वेषु शुभ्रिषु सहस्रेषु तुवीमघ

patāti kuṇḍṛṇācyā dūraṃ vāto vanād adhi | ā tū na indra śaṃsaya goṣv aśveṣu śubhriṣu sahasreṣu tuvīmagha

Let the wind fly far off from the wood with the kuṇḍṛṇācī — yet do thou, Indra, make us praised in cattle, in horses, in shining thousands, O thou of mighty bounty.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Far distant on the forest fall the tempest in a circling course; Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine, In thousands, O most wealthy One.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 20 74.7

सर्वं परिक्रोशं जहि जम्भया कृकदाश्वम् । आ तू न इन्द्र शंसय गोष्व् अश्वेषु शुभ्रिषु सहस्रेषु तुवीमघ

sarvaṃ parikrośaṃ jahi jambhayā kṛkadāśvam | ā tū na indra śaṃsaya goṣv aśveṣu śubhriṣu sahasreṣu tuvīmagha

Slay all the howling around; crush with thy jaws the kṛkadāśu — yet do thou, Indra, make us praised in cattle, in horses, in shining thousands, O thou of mighty bounty.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Slay each reviler and destroy him who in secret injures us: Do thou, O Indra, give us thope of beauteous horses and of kine, In thousands, O most wealthy One.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)