Atharvaveda 20.26
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 20.26
- Language
- Sanskrit
20.26.1
yógeyoge tavástaraṃ vā́jevāje havāmahe |
sákhāya índram ūtáye ||1||
In every need, in every fray we call, as friends, to succour us
Indra the mightiest of all.
20.26.2
ā́ ghā gamad yádi śrávat sahasríṇībhir ūtíbhiḥ |
vā́jebhir úpa no hávam ||2||
If he will hear us let him come with succour of a thousand kinds,
And all that strengthens, to our call.
20.26.3
ánu pratnásyáukaso huvé tuvipratíṃ náram |
yáṃ te pū́rvaṃ pitā́ huvé ||3||
I call him, mighty to resist, the Hero of our ancient home,
Thee whom my sire invoked of old.
20.26.4
yuñjánti bradhnám aruṣáṃ cárantaṃ pári tasthúṣaḥ |
rócante rocanā́ diví ||4||
They who stand round him as he moves harness the bright, the ruddy steed:
The lights are shining in the sky.
20.26.5
yuñjánti asya kā́myā hárī vípakṣasā ráthe |
śóṇā dhr̥ṣṇū́ nr̥vā́hasā ||5||
On both sides of the car they yoke the two bay coursers dear to him,
Bold, tawny, bearers of the thief.
20.26.6
ketúṃ kr̥ṇvánn aketáve péśo maryā apeśáse |
sám uṣádbhir ajāyathāḥ ||6||
Thou, making light where no light was, and form, O Men!
where form was not,
Wast born together with the Dawns.
Translations (1)
- The Hymns of the Atharvaveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1895, English
Commentaries (2)
- Atharvavedabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English