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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 20 — Chapter 97

AV 20 97.1

वयम् एनम् इदा ह्योपीपेमेह वज्रिणम् । तस्मा उ अद्य समना सुतं भरा नूनं भूषत श्रुते

vayam enam idā hyopīpemeha vajriṇam | tasmā u adya samanā sutaṃ bharā nūnaṃ bhūṣata śrute

We have just now made him, the wielder of the bolt, drink his fill here. For him today likewise bring the pressed (soma); be ready now, at (his) renown.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Here verily yesterday we let the Thunder-wielder drink his fill. So in like manner, offer him the juice to day. Now range you. by the Glorious One.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 20 97.2

वृकश् चिद् अस्य वारण उरामथिर् आ वयुनेषु भूषति । सेमं नः स्तोमं जुजुषाण आ गहीन्द्र प्र चित्रया धिया

vṛkaś cid asya vāraṇa urāmathir ā vayuneṣu bhūṣati | semaṃ naḥ stomaṃ jujuṣāṇa ā gahīndra pra citrayā dhiyā

Even the wolf, the wild one, the ram-slayer, is ready at his appointed times. Delighting in this praise-song of ours, come here, Indra, with brilliant thought.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Even the wolf, the savage beast that rends the sheep, follows the path of his decrees. So, India, graciously accepting this our praise, with wondrous. thought come forth to us.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 20 97.3

कद् उ न्व् अस्याकृतम् इन्द्रस्यास्ति पौंस्यम् । केनो नु कं श्रोमतेन न शुश्रुवे जनुषः परि वृत्रहा

kad u nv asyākṛtam indrasyāsti pauṃsyam | keno nu kaṃ śromatena na śuśruve januṣaḥ pari vṛtrahā

What manly deed of this Indra is still undone? By what renown has the Vṛtra-slayer not been heard of, from his very birth?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

What manly deed of vigour now remains that Indra hath not done? Who hath not heard his glorious title and his fame, the Vritra- slayer from his birth?

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)