Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 20 — Chapter 92

AV 20 92.1

अभि प्र गोपतिं गिरेन्द्रम् अर्च यथा विदे । सूतुं सत्यस्य सत्पतिम्

abhi pra gopatiṃ girendram arca yathā vide | sūtuṃ satyasya satpatim

Sing forth with your song to Indra, the lord of cows, as (he) is known — the impeller of truth, the lord of the good.

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AV 20 92.2

आ हरयः ससृज्रिरे ऽरुषीर् अधि बर्हिषि । यत्राभि संनवामहे

ā harayaḥ sasṛjrire 'ruṣīr adhi barhiṣi | yatrābhi saṃnavāmahe

The tawny, ruddy (mares) have been let loose upon the barhis, where we shout together.

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AV 20 92.3

इन्द्राय गाव आशिरं दुदुह्रे वज्रिणे मधु । यत् सीम् उपह्वरे विदत्

indrāya gāva āśiraṃ duduhre vajriṇe madhu | yat sīm upahvare vidat

For Indra, the wielder of the vajra, the cows have milked out the milk-admixture, the honey — since he found it in the hiding-place.

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AV 20 92.4

उद् यद् ब्रध्नस्य विष्टपं गृहम् इन्द्रश् च गन्वहि । मध्वः पीत्वा सचेवहि त्रिः सप्त सख्युः पदे

ud yad bradhnasya viṣṭapaṃ gṛham indraś ca ganvahi | madhvaḥ pītvā sacevahi triḥ sapta sakhyuḥ pade

When Indra and I shall go up to the crest of the ruddy one, to (his) house, then, having drunk of the honey, may we two keep company in the thrice-seven place of the friend.

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AV 20 92.5

अर्चत प्रार्चत प्रियमेधासो अर्चत । अर्चन्तु पुत्रका उत पुरं न धृष्ण्व् अर्चत

arcata prārcata priyamedhāso arcata | arcantu putrakā uta puraṃ na dhṛṣṇv arcata

Sing, sing forth, O Priyamedhas, sing; let the little boys sing too; sing boldly, like (praising) a stronghold.

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AV 20 92.6

अव स्वराति गर्गरो गोधा परि सनिष्वणत् । पिङ्गा परि चनिष्कदद् इन्द्राय ब्रह्मोद्यतम्

ava svarāti gargaro godhā pari saniṣvaṇat | piṅgā pari caniṣkadad indrāya brahmodyatam

The gargara sounds down, the godhā twangs all about, the piṅgā leaps around: to Indra a chant is raised.

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AV 20 92.7

आ यत् पतन्त्य् एन्यः सुदुघा अनपस्फुरः । अपस्फुरं गृभायत सोमम् इन्द्राय पातवे

ā yat patanty enyaḥ sudughā anapasphuraḥ | apasphuraṃ gṛbhāyata somam indrāya pātave

When the dappled ones, good milkers, that do not kick, fly hither — take hold of the struggling Soma, for Indra to drink.

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AV 20 92.8

अपाद् इन्द्रो अपाद् अग्निर् विश्वे देवा अमत्सत । वरुण इद् इह क्षयत् तम् आपो अभ्य् अनूषत वत्सं संशिश्वरीर् इव

apād indro apād agnir viśve devā amatsata | varuṇa id iha kṣayat tam āpo abhy anūṣata vatsaṃ saṃśiśvarīr iva

Indra has drunk, Agni has drunk, all the gods have grown exhilarated; Varuṇa alone shall dwell here. To him the waters have cried out, like mothers with young to their calf.

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AV 20 92.9

सुदेवो असि वरुण यस्य ते सप्त सिन्धवः । अनुक्षरन्ति काकुदं सूर्यं सुषिराम् इव

sudevo asi varuṇa yasya te sapta sindhavaḥ | anukṣaranti kākudaṃ sūryaṃ suṣirām iva

You are a good god, Varuṇa, you whose seven rivers flow along the throat as into a hollow.

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AV 20 92.10

यो व्यतीꣳर् अफाणयत् सुयुक्ताꣳ उप दाशुषे । तक्वो नेता तद् इद् वपुर् उपमा यो अमुच्यत

yo vyatīṁr aphāṇayat suyuktāṁ upa dāśuṣe | takvo netā tad id vapur upamā yo amucyata

He who made the well-yoked mares run for the worshipper — a swift leader; that indeed is the wonder, the highest, which was set free.

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AV 20 92.11

अतीद् उ शक्र ओहत इन्द्रो विश्वा अति द्विषः । भिनत् कनीन ओदनं पच्यमानं परो गिरा

atīd u śakra ohata indro viśvā ati dviṣaḥ | bhinat kanīna odanaṃ pacyamānaṃ paro girā

Indeed the mighty one reckons himself beyond — Indra beyond all hatreds; as a boy he split the porridge that was cooking beyond the mountain.

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AV 20 92.12

अर्भको न कुमारको ऽधि तिष्ठन्न् अवं रथम् । स पक्षन् महिषं मृगं पित्रे मात्रे विभुक्रतुम्

arbhako na kumārako 'dhi tiṣṭhann avaṃ ratham | sa pakṣan mahiṣaṃ mṛgaṃ pitre mātre vibhukratum

Like a very small boy standing upon the chariot below, he cooked the buffalo, the wild beast, of wide-reaching power, for father and for mother.

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AV 20 92.13

आ तू सुशिप्र दंपते रथं तिष्ठा हिरण्ययम् । अध द्युक्षं सचेवहि सहस्रपादम् अरुषं स्वस्तिगाम् अनेहसम्

ā tū suśipra daṃpate rathaṃ tiṣṭhā hiraṇyayam | adha dyukṣaṃ sacevahi sahasrapādam aruṣaṃ svastigām anehasam

Come now, fair-lipped lord of the house, mount the golden chariot; then may we two keep company with the heaven-dwelling, thousand-footed, ruddy one, who goes to well-being, who is without a rival.

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AV 20 92.14

तम् घेम् इत्था नमस्विन उप स्वराजम् आसते । अर्थं चिद् अस्य सुधितं यद् एतवे आवर्तयन्ति दावने

tam ghem itthā namasvina upa svarājam āsate | arthaṃ cid asya sudhitaṃ yad etave āvartayanti dāvane

Him indeed, the self-ruling one, the reverent men thus attend; and his purpose is well established, which they turn about so that he may come, so that he may give.

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AV 20 92.15

अनु प्रत्नस्यौकसः प्रियमेधास एषाम् । पूर्वाम् अनु प्रयतिं वृक्तबर्हिषो हितप्रयस आशत

anu pratnasyaukasaḥ priyamedhāsa eṣām | pūrvām anu prayatiṃ vṛktabarhiṣo hitaprayasa āśata

Following the ancient abode, the Priyamedhas among these, having twisted (strewn) the barhis, having set out the offerings, have reached their former presentation.

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AV 20 92.16

यो राजा चर्षणीनां याता रथेभिर् अध्रिगुः । विश्वासां तरुता पृतनानां ज्येष्ठो यो वृत्रहा गृणे

yo rājā carṣaṇīnāṃ yātā rathebhir adhriguḥ | viśvāsāṃ tarutā pṛtanānāṃ jyeṣṭho yo vṛtrahā gṛṇe

He who is king of the peoples, who goes with chariots, the unchecked one, the overcomer of all battles — he who is sung as the greatest, as the Vṛtra-slayer.

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AV 20 92.17

इन्द्रं तं शुम्भ पुरुहन्मन्न् अवसे यस्य द्विता विधर्तरि । हस्ताय वज्रः प्रति धायि दर्शतो महो दिवे न सूर्यः

indraṃ taṃ śumbha puruhanmann avase yasya dvitā vidhartari | hastāya vajraḥ prati dhāyi darśato maho dive na sūryaḥ

Adorn that Indra, O Puruhanman, for (his) aid, in whose sustaining hand it lies doubly; upon his arm the vajra was laid, fair to see, great, like the sun in heaven.

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AV 20 92.18

नकिष् टं कर्मणा नशद् यश् चकार सदावृधम् । इन्द्रं न यज्ञैर् विश्वगूर्तम् ऋभ्वसम् अधृष्टं धृष्ण्वोजसम्

nakiṣ ṭaṃ karmaṇā naśad yaś cakāra sadāvṛdham | indraṃ na yajñair viśvagūrtam ṛbhvasam adhṛṣṭaṃ dhṛṣṇvojasam

No one has reached him by (his) deed, whoever has done (worship to) the ever-increasing one, nor (reached) Indra by sacrifices — him who is welcomed by all, skilful, unassailable, of bold strength.

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AV 20 92.19

अषाल्हम् उग्रं पृतनासु सासहिं यस्मिन् महीर् उरुज्रयः । सं धेनवो जायमाने अनोनवुर् द्यावः क्षामो अनोनवुः

aṣālham ugraṃ pṛtanāsu sāsahiṃ yasmin mahīr urujrayaḥ | saṃ dhenavo jāyamāne anonavur dyāvaḥ kṣāmo anonavuḥ

(Praise) the unconquerable, the formidable, the overpowering one in battles, in whom (are) the great wide-ranging (waters?) — at whose birth the milk-cows bellowed together, the heavens and the earths bellowed.

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AV 20 92.20

यद् द्याव इन्द्र ते शतं शतं भूमीर् उत स्युः । न त्वा वज्रिन्त् सहस्रं सूर्या अनु न जातम् अष्ट रोदसी

yad dyāva indra te śataṃ śataṃ bhūmīr uta syuḥ | na tvā vajrint sahasraṃ sūryā anu na jātam aṣṭa rodasī

If, Indra, a hundred heavens were thine, and a hundred earths, not a thousand suns would match thee, O vajra-bearer, nor the two world-halves (match) thee at thy birth.

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AV 20 92.21

आ पप्राथ महिना वृष्ण्या वृषन् विश्वा शविष्ठ शवसा । अस्माꣳ अव मघवन् गोमति व्रजे वज्रिं चित्राभिर् ऊतिभिः

ā paprātha mahinā vṛṣṇyā vṛṣan viśvā śaviṣṭha śavasā | asmāṁ ava maghavan gomati vraje vajriṃ citrābhir ūtibhiḥ

With greatness thou hast filled all things, with bull-power, O bull, O mightiest one, with might; help us, O bounteous one, in the cattle-rich pen, O vajra-bearer, with thy bright aids.

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