Atharvaveda 20.12
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 20.12
- Language
- Sanskrit
20.12.1
úd u bráhmāṇy airata śravasyéndraṃ samaryé mahayā vasiṣṭha |
ā́ yó víśvāni śávasā tatā́nopaśrotā́ ma ī́vato vácāṃsi ||1||
Prayers have been offered up through love of glory: Vasishtha, honour Indra in the battle.
He who with might extends through all existence hears words which I, his faithful servant, utter.
20.12.2
áyāmi ghóṣa indra devájāmir irajyánta yác churúdho vívāci |
nahí svám ā́yuś cikité jáneṣu tā́nī́d áṃhāṃsy áti parṣy asmā́n ||2||
A cry was raised which reached the Gods, O Indra, a cry to them to send us strength in combat.
None among men knows his own life's duration: bear us in safety over these our troubles.
20.12.3
yujé ráthaṃ gavéṣaṇaṃ háribhyām úpa bráhmāṇi jujuṣāṇám asthuḥ |
ví bādhiṣṭa syá ródasī mahitvéndro vr̥trā́ṇy apratī́ jaghanvā́n ||3||
The Bays, the booty-seeking car I harness: my prayers have reached him who accepts them gladly.
Indra, when he had slain resistless Vritras, forced with his might the two world-halves asunder.
20.12.4
ā́paś cit pipyu staryò ná gā́vo nákṣann r̥táṃ jaritā́ras ta indra |
yāhí vāyúr ná niyúto no áchā tváṃ hí dhībhír dáyase ví vā́jān ||4||
Like barren cows, moreover, swelled the waters: the singers sought thy holy rite, O Indra.
Come unto us as with his team comes Vāyu: thou, through our solemn hymns, bestowest booty.
20.12.5
té tvā mádā indra mādayantu śuṣmíṇaṃ tuvirā́dhasaṃ jaritré |
éko devatrā́ dáyase hí mártān asmín chūra sávane mādayasva ||5||
So may these gladdening draughts rejoice thee, Indra, the Mighty, very bounteous to the singer.
Alone among the Gods thou pitiest mortals: O Hero, make thee glad at this libation.
20.12.6
evéd índraṃ vŕ̥ṣaṇaṃ vájrabāhuṃ vásiṣṭhāso abhy àrcanty arkáiḥ |
sá na stutó vīrávad dhātu gómad yūyáṃ pāta svastíbhiḥ sádā naḥ ||6||
Thus the Vasishthas glorify with praises Indra, the Mighty One, whose arm wields thunder.
Praised, may he guard our wealth in kine and heroes. Ye Gods,.
preserve us evermore with blessings.
20.12.7
r̥jīṣī́ vajrī́ vr̥ṣabhás turāṣā́ṭ chuṣmī́ rā́jā vr̥trahā́ somapā́vā |
yuktvā́ háribhyām úpa yāsad arvā́ṅ mā́dhyaṃdine sávane matsad índraḥ ||7||
Impetuous, Thunderer, strong, quelling the mighty, King, potent,
Vritra-slayer, Soma-drinker,
May he come hither with his yoked bay horses. May Indra glad- den him at noon libation.
Translations (1)
- The Hymns of the Atharvaveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1895, English
Commentaries (2)
- Atharvavedabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit
Linked texts (7)
- Mādhyandina — Sanskrit
- Maitrāyaṇīsaṃhitā — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Vedārthaprakāśa (Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya) — Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya, Sanskrit
- Ārṣika — Sanskrit
- Nighaṇṭu — Yāska, Sanskrit