Atharvaveda 20.27
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 20.27
- Language
- Sanskrit
20.27.1
yád indrāháṃ yáthā tvám ī́śīya vásva éka ít |
stotā́ me góṣakhā syāt ||1||
If I, O Indra, were, like thee, the single sovran of all wealth.
My worshipper should be rich in kine.
20.27.2
śíkṣeyam asmai dítseyaṃ śácīpate manīṣíṇe |
yád aháṃ gópatiḥ syā́m ||2||
I should be fain, O Lord of Might, to strengthen and enrich the sage,
Were I the lord of herds of kine,
20.27.3
dhenúṣ ṭa indra sūnŕ̥tā yájamānāya sunvaté |
gā́m áśvaṃ pipyúṣī duhe ||3||
To worshippers who press the juice thy goodness, Indra, is a cow.
Yielding in plenty kine and steeds.
20.27.4
ná te vartā́sti rā́dhasa índra devó ná mártyaḥ |
yád dítsasi stutó maghám ||4||
None is there, Indra, God or man, to hinder thy munificence,
The wealth which, lauded, thou wilt give.
20.27.5
yajñá índram avardhayad yád bhū́miṃ vy àvartayat |
cakrāṇá opaśáṃ diví ||5||
The sacrifice made Indra strong when he unrolled the earth and made
Himself a diaden in heaven.
20.27.6
vāvr̥dhānásya te vayáṃ víśvā dhánāni jigyúṣaḥ |
ūtím indrā́ vr̥ṇīmahe ||6||
Thine aid we claim, O Indra, thine who after thou hast waxen great.
Hast won all treasures for thine own.
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)
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
Discussed in (2)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena — Oldenberg 1888, German