Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 20 — Chapter 94

AV 20 94.1

आ यात्व् इन्द्रः स्वपतिर् मदाय यो धर्मणा तूतुजानस् तुविष्मान् । प्रत्वक्षाणो अति विश्वा सहांस्य् अपारेण महता वृष्ण्येन

ā yātv indraḥ svapatir madāya yo dharmaṇā tūtujānas tuviṣmān | pratvakṣāṇo ati viśvā sahāṃsy apāreṇa mahatā vṛṣṇyena

Let Indra come, the good lord, to the intoxication — he who by his ordinance is impelling and full of power, overwhelming, past all overpowering forces, with his boundless great bull-might.

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

AV 20 94.2

सुष्ठामा रथः सुयमा हरी ते मिम्यक्ष वज्रो नृपते गभस्तौ । शीभं राजन् सुपथा याह्य् अर्वाङ् वर्धाम ते पपुसो वृष्ण्यानि

suṣṭhāmā rathaḥ suyamā harī te mimyakṣa vajro nṛpate gabhastau | śībhaṃ rājan supathā yāhy arvāṅ vardhāma te papuso vṛṣṇyāni

Well-standing is thy chariot, well-guided thy two bay horses; the vajra has fastened in thy hand, O lord of men; quickly, O king, come hither by a good path; we would magnify thy bull-powers when thou hast drunk.

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AV 20 94.3

एन्द्रवाहो नृपतिं वज्रबाहुम् उग्रम् उग्रासस् तविषास एनम् । प्रत्वक्षसं वृषभं सत्यशुष्मम् एम् अस्मत्रा सधमादो वहन्तु

endravāho nṛpatiṃ vajrabāhum ugram ugrāsas taviṣāsa enam | pratvakṣasaṃ vṛṣabhaṃ satyaśuṣmam em asmatrā sadhamādo vahantu

Let Indra's draught-horses bring him — the lord of men, the vajra-armed, the formidable one; let the formidable, powerful ones bring him, the overwhelming bull of true fury, here to us, (us) his fellow-revellers.

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AV 20 94.4

एवा पतिं द्रोणसाचं सचेतसम् ऊर्ज स्कम्भं धरुण आ वृषायसे । ओजः कृष्व सं गृभाय त्वे अप्य् असो यथा केनिपानाम् इनो वृधे

evā patiṃ droṇasācaṃ sacetasam ūrja skambhaṃ dharuṇa ā vṛṣāyase | ojaḥ kṛṣva saṃ gṛbhāya tve apy aso yathā kenipānām ino vṛdhe

So (thou), the lord who abides in the wooden vessel, of like mind, the pillar of nourishment, on the support thou behavest as a bull; make strength, grasp it together, so that in thee there may be the mighty one for the increase of the wise.

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AV 20 94.5

गमन्न् अस्मे वसून्य् आ हि शंसिषं स्वाशिषं भरम् आ याहि सोमिनः । त्वम् ईशिषे सास्मिन्न् आ सत्सि बर्हिष्य् अनाधृष्या तव पात्राणि धर्मणा

gamann asme vasūny ā hi śaṃsiṣaṃ svāśiṣaṃ bharam ā yāhi sominaḥ | tvam īśiṣe sāsminn ā satsi barhiṣy anādhṛṣyā tava pātrāṇi dharmaṇā

May goods come to us; for I have voiced a good invocation (and) an offering; come to the soma-presser. Thou hast the power: sit down here on this barhis; thy vessels are, by ordinance, not to be assailed.

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

AV 20 94.6

पृथक् प्रायन् प्रथमा देवहूतयो ऽकृण्वत श्रवस्यानि दुष्टरा । न ये शेकुर् यज्ञियां नावम् आरुहम् इर्मैव ते न्य् अविशन्त केपयः

pṛthak prāyan prathamā devahūtayo 'kṛṇvata śravasyāni duṣṭarā | na ye śekur yajñiyāṃ nāvam āruham irmaiva te ny aviśanta kepayaḥ

Separately did the first invocations of the gods go forth; they performed glorious deeds hard to surpass. Those who were not able to climb aboard the sacrificial ship sank down on the spot, the tremblers.

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AV 20 94.7

एवैवापाग् अपरे सन्तु दूध्यो ऽश्वा येषां दुर्युग आयुयुज्रे । इत्था ये प्राग् उपरे सन्ति दावने पुरूणि यत्र वयुनानि भोजना

evaivāpāg apare santu dūdhyo 'śvā yeṣāṃ duryuga āyuyujre | itthā ye prāg upare santi dāvane purūṇi yatra vayunāni bhojanā

Even so let those others be off westward/downward, the ill-minded, whose horses have been yoked in an evil yoking; while those (others) are thus in front, close at hand for giving, where there are many tokens of knowledge and many enjoyments.

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AV 20 94.8

गिरीꣳर् अज्रान् रेजमानाꣳ अधारयद् द्यौः क्रन्दद् अन्तरिक्षाणि कोपयत् । समीचीने धिषणे वि ष्कभायति वृष्णः पीत्वा मद उक्थानि शंसति

girīṁr ajrān rejamānāṁ adhārayad dyauḥ krandad antarikṣāṇi kopayat | samīcīne dhiṣaṇe vi ṣkabhāyati vṛṣṇaḥ pītvā mada ukthāni śaṃsati

He held fast the mountains and the plains as they trembled; the sky roared, he made the midspaces quake. He props apart the two joined dhiṣaṇās (world-halves); having drunk of the bull, the intoxication recites the hymns.

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

AV 20 94.9

इमं बिभर्मि सुकृतं ते अङ्कुशं येनारुजासि मघवं छफारुजः । अस्मिन्त् सु ते सवने अस्त्व् ओक्त्यं सुत इष्टौ मघवन् बोध्य् आभगः

imaṃ bibharmi sukṛtaṃ te aṅkuśaṃ yenārujāsi maghavaṃ chaphārujaḥ | asmint su te savane astv oktyaṃ suta iṣṭau maghavan bodhy ābhagaḥ

This well-made hook of yours I carry, with which, Maghavan, you break apart the hoof-breakers. At this pressing of yours let there be (fit) utterance; at the pressed (soma), at the offering, Maghavan, be minded to share.

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AV 20 94.10

गोभिष् टरेमामतिं दुरेवां यवेन क्षुधं पुरुहूत विश्वाम् । वयं राजभिः प्रथमा धनान्य् अस्माकेन वृजनेना जयेम

gobhiṣ ṭaremāmatiṃ durevāṃ yavena kṣudhaṃ puruhūta viśvām | vayaṃ rājabhiḥ prathamā dhanāny asmākena vṛjanenā jayema

With cows may we cross over evil-coursing want, with barley all hunger, O much-invoked one; we, foremost with kings, may we win riches by our own war-band.

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AV 20 94.11

बृहस्पतिर् नः परि पातु पश्चाद् उतोत्तरस्माद् अधराद् अघयोः । इन्द्रः पुरस्ताद् उत मध्यतो नः सखा सखिभ्यो वरिवः कृणोतु

bṛhaspatir naḥ pari pātu paścād utottarasmād adharād aghayoḥ | indraḥ purastād uta madhyato naḥ sakhā sakhibhyo varivaḥ kṛṇotu

May Bṛhaspati guard us round about from behind, and from above, from below, from the malevolent one; Indra from in front and from the middle — as a friend for friends, let him make free space.

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