Atharvaveda 2.5
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 2.5
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.5.1
índra juṣásva prá vahā́ yāhi śūra háribhyām |
píbā sutásya matér ihá madhóś cakānáś cā́rur mádāya ||1||
O Indra, enjoy thou—drive on;—come, O hero—with thy two bays;—drink of the pressed [soma]—intoxicated here—loving the sweet [draught], fair one, unto intoxication.
2.5.2
índra jaṭháraṃ navyó ná pr̥ṇásva mádhor divó ná |
asyá sutásya svàr ṇópa tvā mádāḥ suvā́co aguḥ ||2||
O Indra, [thy] belly—like one to be praised—fill thou with the sweet [draught]—like the heavens—with this soma—like the sky (svàr)—; unto thee have gone the well-voiced intoxications.
2.5.3
índras turāṣā́ṇ mitró vr̥tráṃ yó jaghā́na yatī́r ná |
bibhéda valáṃ bhŕ̥gur ná sasahe śátrūn máde sómasya ||3||
Indra, a swiftly-overcoming friend, who slew Vritra—like moving [streams]—, [who] split Vala—like Bhṛgu—, who overpowered his foes in the intoxication of soma.
2.5.4
ā́ tvā viśantu sutā́sa indra pr̥ṇásva kukṣī́ viḍḍhí śakra dhiyéhy ā́ naḥ |
śrudhī́ hávaṃ gíro me juṣasvéndra svayúgbhir mátsvehá mahé ráṇāya ||4||
Let the pressed [somas] enter thee, O Indra; fill thy (two) paunches; help, O mighty one! for our prayer (dhī́) come to us; hear [my] call, enjoy my songs; hither, O Indra, with self-harnessed [steeds]; revel here unto great joy.
2.5.5
índrasya nú prá vocaṃ vīryā̀ṇi yā́ni cakā́ra prathamā́ni vajrī́ |
áhann áhim ánu apás tatarda prá vakṣáṇā abhinat párvatānām ||5||
Now will I proclaim the heroisms of Indra, which first he of the thunderbolt (vajrín) did; he slew the dragon (áhi); he penetrated to the waters; he split ⌊forth⌋ the bellies (vakṣáṇā) of the mountains.
2.5.6
áhann áhiṃ párvate śiśriyāṇáṃ tváṣṭāsmai vájraṃ svaryàṃ tatakṣa |
vāśrā́ iva dhenávaḥ syándamānā áñjaḥ samudrám áva jagmur ā́paḥ ||6||
He slew the dragon that had resorted (çri) to the mountain; Tvashṭar fashioned for him the whizzing (?) thunderbolt; like lowing kine, flowing (syand), at once the waters went down to the ocean.
2.5.7
vr̥ṣāyámāṇo avr̥ṇīta sómaṃ tríkadrukeṣu apibat sutásya |
ā́ sā́yakaṃ maghávādatta vájram áhann enaṃ prathamajā́m áhīnām ||7||
Acting like a bull, he chose the soma; he drank of the pressed [draught] in the tríkadrukas; the bounteous one (maghávan) took his missile thunderbolt; he slew that first-born of dragons.
Translations (2)
- Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8) — William Dwight Whitney 1905, English
- The Hymns of the Atharvaveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1895, English
Commentaries (2)
- Atharvavedabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit
Linked texts (5)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English