Atharvaveda 20.24
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 20.24
- Language
- Sanskrit
20.24.1
úpa naḥ sutám ā́ gahi sómam indra gávāśiram |
háribhyāṃ yás te asmayúḥ ||1||
Come to the juice that we have pressed, to Soma, Indra! blent with milk: Come, favouring us, thy bay-drawn car!
20.24.2
tám indra mádam ā́ gahi barhiṣṭhā́ṃ grā́vabhiḥ sutám |
kuvín nv àsya tr̥pṇávaḥ ||2||
Come, Indra, to this gladdening drink, placed on the grass, pressed out with stones: Wilt thou not drink thy fill thereof?
20.24.3
índram itthā́ gíro mámā́chāgur iṣitā́ itáḥ |
āvŕ̥te sómapītaye ||3||
To Indra have my songs of praise gone forth, thus rapidly sent hence, To turn him to the Soma-draught.
20.24.4
índraṃ sómasya pītáye stómair ihá havāmahe |
ukthébhiḥ kuvíd āgámat ||4||
Hither with songs of praise we call Indra to drink the Soma. juice: Will he not come to us by lauds?
20.24.5
índra sómāḥ sutā́ imé tā́n dadhiṣva śatakrato |
jatháre vājinīvaso ||5||
Indra, these Somas are expressed, Take them within thy belly, Lord Of Hundred Powers, thou Prince of wealth.
20.24.6
vidmā́ hí tvā dhanaṃjayáṃ vā́jeṣu dadhr̥ṣáṃ kave |
ádhā te sumnám īmahe ||6||
We know thee winner of the spoil and resolute in battles, Sage! Therefore thy blessing we implore.
20.24.7
imám indra gávāśiraṃ yávāśiraṃ ca naḥ piba |
āgátyā vŕ̥ṣabhiḥ sutám ||7||
Borne hither by thy stallions, drink, Indra, this juice which we have pressed, Mingled with barley and with milk.
20.24.8
túbhyéd indra svá okyè sómaṃ codāmi pītáye |
eṣá rārantu te hr̥dí ||8||
Indra, for thee in thine own place I urge the Soma for thy draught: Deep in thy heart let it remain.
20.24.9
tvā́ṃ sutásya pītáye pratnám indra havāmahe |
kuśikā́so avasyávaḥ ||9||
We call on thee, the Ancient One, Indra, to drink the Soma juice, We Kusikas who seek thine aid.
Translations (1)
- The Hymns of the Atharvaveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1895, English
Commentaries (2)
- Atharvavedabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit
Linked texts (3)
- Śākala — Sanskrit
- Vedārthaprakāśa (Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya) — Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya, Sanskrit
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English