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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 98

AV 6 98.1

इन्द्रो जयाति न परा जयाता अधिराजो राजसु राजयातै । चर्कृत्य ईड्यो वन्द्यश् चोपसद्यो नमस्य्श् भवेह

indro jayāti na parā jayātā adhirājo rājasu rājayātai | carkṛtya īḍyo vandyaś copasadyo namasyś bhaveha

Indra shall conquer, he shall not be conquered; as overking he shall rule among kings. May he be here one to be celebrated, to be invoked, to be lauded, to be approached, to be revered.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Indra be victor, never to be vanquished, to reign among the Kings as sovran ruler! Here be thou meet for praise and supplication, to be revered and waited on and worshipped.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 98.2

त्वम् इन्द्राधिराजः श्रवस्युस् त्वं भूर् अभिभूतिर् जनानाम् । त्वं दैवीर् विश इमा वि राजायुष्मत् क्षत्रम् अजरं ते अस्तु

tvam indrādhirājaḥ śravasyus tvaṃ bhūr abhibhūtir janānām | tvaṃ daivīr viśa imā vi rājāyuṣmat kṣatram ajaraṃ te astu

You, Indra, are the overking, the glory-seeking one; you have become the overpowerer of peoples. Rule over these divine clans; let your dominion be long-lived and unaging.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Thou fain for glory, an imperial ruler, hast won dominion over men, O Indra, Of these celestial tribes be thou the sovran: long-lasting be thy sway and undecaying!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 98.3

प्राच्या दिशस् त्वम् इन्द्रासि राजोतोदीच्या दिशो वृत्रहन् छत्रुहो ऽसि । यत्र यन्ति स्रोत्यास् तज् जितं ते दक्षिणतो वृषभ एषि हव्यः

prācyā diśas tvam indrāsi rājotodīcyā diśo vṛtrahan chatruho 'si | yatra yanti srotyās taj jitaṃ te dakṣiṇato vṛṣabha eṣi havyaḥ

You, Indra, are king of the eastern quarter and of the northern quarter, O Vṛtra-slayer, you are the slayer of enemies. Where the streams go, that is won by you; from the south you come, a bull, to be invoked.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Thou governest the north and eastern regions, Indra! fiend- slayer! thou destroycst foemen. Thou hast won all, far as the rivers wander. Bull, called to help, on our right hand thou goest.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)