Atharvaveda 20.39
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 20.39
- Language
- Sanskrit
20.39.1
índraṃ vo viśvátas pári hávāmahe jánebhyaḥ |
asmā́kam astu kévalaḥ ||1||
For you, from every side, we call Indra away from other men:
Ours, and none others,’ let him be.
20.39.2
vy àntárikṣam atiran máde sómasya rocanā́ |
índro yád ábhinad valám ||2||
In Soma's ecstasy Indra spread the firmament and realms of light.
When he cleft Vala limb from limb.
20.39.3
úd gā́ ājad áṅgirobhya āvíṣ kr̥ṇván gúhā satī́ḥ |
arvā́ñcaṃ nunude valám ||3||
Showing the hidden cows he draye them forth for the Angirases,
And Vala he cast headlong down.
20.39.4
índreṇa rocanā́ divó dr̥lhā́ni dr̥ṃhitā́ni ca |
sthirā́ṇi ná parāṇúde ||4||
By Indra were the luminous realms of heaven established and secured,
Firm and immovable from their place.
20.39.5
apā́m ūrmír mádann iva stóma indrājirāyate |
ví te mádā arājiṣuḥ ||5||
Indra, thy laud moves quickly like a joyous wave of waters:
bright.
Have shone the drops that gladden thee.
Translations (1)
- The Hymns of the Atharvaveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1895, English
Commentaries (2)
- Atharvavedabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit
Linked texts (2)
- Gopathabrāhmaṇa (ed. Gaastra 1919) — Sanskrit
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
Discussed in (2)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- Die Kosmographie der Inder nach den Quellen dargestellt — Kirfel 1920, German