Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 4 — Chapter 22
AV 4 22.1
इमम् इन्द्र वर्धय क्षत्रियं मे इमं विशाम् एकवृषं कृणु त्वम् । निर् अमित्रान् अक्ष्णुह्य् अस्य सर्वांस् तान् रन्धयास्मा अहमुत्तरेषु
imam indra vardhaya kṣatriyaṃ me imaṃ viśām ekavṛṣaṃ kṛṇu tvam | nir amitrān akṣṇuhy asya sarvāṃs tān randhayāsmā ahamuttareṣu
Strengthen this man for me, O Indra, this kṣatriya; make him the sole bull of the clans. Cut away all his enemies; make them subject to him in the contests to come.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Exalt and strengthen this my Prince, O Indra, Make him sole lord and leader of the people. Scatter his foes, deliver all his rivals into his hand in struggles for precedence.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 4 22.2
एमं भज ग्रामे अश्वेषु गोषु निष् टं भज यो अमित्रो अस्य । वर्ष्म क्षत्राणाम् अयम् अस्तु राजेन्द्र शत्रुं रन्धय सर्वम् अस्मै
emaṃ bhaja grāme aśveṣu goṣu niṣ ṭaṃ bhaja yo amitro asya | varṣma kṣatrāṇām ayam astu rājendra śatruṃ randhaya sarvam asmai
Give him a portion in the village, in horses, in cattle; deprive of a portion him who is his enemy. Let this king be the highest of kṣatriyas; O Indra, make every foe subject to him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Give him a share in village, kine, and horses, and leave his enemy without a portion. Let him as King be head and chief of Princes, Give up to him, O Indra, every foeman.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 4 22.3
अयम् अस्तु धनपतिर् धनानाम् अयं विशां विश्पतिर् अस्तु राजा । अस्मिन्न् इन्द्र महि वर्चांसि धेह्य् अवर्चसं कृणुहि शत्रुम् अस्य
ayam astu dhanapatir dhanānām ayaṃ viśāṃ viśpatir astu rājā | asminn indra mahi varcāṃsi dhehy avarcasaṃ kṛṇuhi śatrum asya
Let him be the wealth-lord of wealths; let this king be the clan-lord of the clans. O Indra, place great splendours in him; make his rival without splendour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Let him be treasure-lord of goodly treasures, let him as King be master of the people. Grant unto him great power and might, O Indra, and strip his enemy of strength and vigour.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 4 22.4
अस्मै द्यावापृथिवी भूरि वामं दुहाथां घर्मदुघे इव धेनू । अयं राजा प्रिय इन्द्रस्य भूयात् प्रियो गवाम् ओषधीनां पशूनाम्
asmai dyāvāpṛthivī bhūri vāmaṃ duhāthāṃ gharmadughe iva dhenū | ayaṃ rājā priya indrasya bhūyāt priyo gavām oṣadhīnāṃ paśūnām
For him let Heaven and Earth yield abundant good, like two milch-cows yielding the hot draught. May this king be dear to Indra, dear to cows, to plants, to cattle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Like milch-kine yielding milk for warm libations, pour, Heaven and Earth! on him full many a blessing. May he as King be Indra's well-beloved, the darling of the kine, the plants, the cattle.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 4 22.5
युनज्मि त उत्तरावन्तम् इन्द्रं येन जयन्ति न पराजयन्ते । यस् त्वा करद् एकवृषं जनानाम् उत राज्ञाम् उत्तमं मानवानाम्
yunajmi ta uttarāvantam indraṃ yena jayanti na parājayante | yas tvā karad ekavṛṣaṃ janānām uta rājñām uttamaṃ mānavānām
I yoke for you Indra, who holds the upper place, by whom men conquer and are not conquered — who shall make you the sole bull of the peoples and the highest of kings, of the descendants of Manu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
I join in league with thee victorious Indra, with whom men conquer and are ne'er defeated. He shall make thee the folk's sole lord and leader, shall make thee highest of all human rulers.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 4 22.6
उत्तरस् त्वम् अधरे ते सपत्ना ये के च राजन् प्रतिशत्रवस् ते । एकवृष इन्द्रसखा जिगीवां छत्रूयताम् आ भरा भोजनानि
uttaras tvam adhare te sapatnā ye ke ca rājan pratiśatravas te | ekavṛṣa indrasakhā jigīvāṃ chatrūyatām ā bharā bhojanāni
You are the upper one, your rivals the lower ones, whoever, O king, are your counter-adversaries. Sole bull, comrade of Indra, victorious, bring here the sustenance of those who show enmity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Supreme art thou, beneath thee are thy rivals, and all, O King, who were thine adversaries. Sole lord and leader and allied with Indra, bring, conqueror, thy foremen's goods and treasures.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 4 22.7
सिंहप्रतीको विशो अद्धि सर्वा व्याघ्रप्रतीको ऽव बाधस्व शत्रून् । एकवृष इन्द्रसखा जिगीवां छत्रूयताम् आ खिदा भोजनानि
siṃhapratīko viśo addhi sarvā vyāghrapratīko 'va bādhasva śatrūn | ekavṛṣa indrasakhā jigīvāṃ chatrūyatām ā khidā bhojanāni
With a lion's face devour all the clans; with a tiger's face beat down the enemies. Sole bull, comrade of Indra, victorious, tear away the sustenance of those who show enmity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Consume, with lion aspect, all their hamlets, with tiger aspect, drive away thy foemen. Sole lord and leader and allied with Indra, seize, conqueror, thine enemies' possessions.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)