Atharvaveda 20.42
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 20.42
- Language
- Sanskrit
20.42.1
vā́cam aṣṭā́padīm aháṃ návasraktim r̥taspŕ̥śam |
índrāt pári tanvàm mame ||1||
From Indra have I measured an eight-footed and nine-cornered. song, Delicate, faithful to the Law.
20.42.2
ánu tvā ródasī ubhé krákṣamāṇam akr̥petām |
índra yád dasyuhā́bhavaḥ ||2||
Indra, both worlds complained to thee when uttering thy fearful roar, What time thou smotest Dasyus dead.
20.42.3
uttiṣṭhann ójasā sahá pītvī́ śípre avepayaḥ |
sómam indra camū́ sutám ||3||
Arising in thy might thy jaws thou shookest, Indra, having quaffed The Soma poured into the bowls.
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
- Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 — Sharma 1958, English