Atharvaveda 20.63
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 20.63
- Language
- Sanskrit
20.63.1
imā́ nú kaṃ bhúvanā sīṣadhāméndraś ca víśve ca devā́ḥ |
yajñáṃ ca nas tanvàṃ ca prajā́ṃ cādityáir indraḥ sahá cīkl̥pāti ||1||
We will, with Indra, and all Gods to aid us, bring these existing. worlds into subjection. Our sacrifice, our bodies, and our offspring, let Indra form to- gether with the Ādityas.
20.63.2
ādityáir índraḥ ságaṇo marúdbhir asmā́kaṃ bhūtv avitā́ tanū́nām |
hatvā́ya devā́ ásurān yád ā́yan devā́ devatvám abhirákṣamāṇāḥ ||2||
With the Ādityas with the band of Maruts, may Indra be pro- tector of our bodies; As when the Gods came, after they had slaughtered the Asuras,. keeping safe their godlike nature,
20.63.3
pratyáñcam arkám anayaṃ chácībhir ā́d ít svadhā́m iṣirā́ṃ páry apaśyan |
ayā́ vā́jaṃ deváhitaṃ sanema mádema śatáhimāḥ suvī́rāḥ ||3||
Brought the Sun hitherward with mighty powers, and looked! about them on their vigorous God-head. With this may we obtain strength God-appointed, and brave sons gladden us through a hundred winters.
20.63.4
yá éka íd vidáyate vásu mártāya dāśúṣe |
ī́śāno ápratiṣkuta índro aṅgá ||4||
He who alone bestoweth might on mortal man who offereth gifts, The ruler of resistless power, is Indra, sure.
20.63.5
kadā́ mártam arādhásaṃ padā́ kṣúmpam iva sphurat |
kadā́ naḥ śuśravad gíra índro aṅgá ||5||
When will he trample like a weed the man who hath no gift for him? When verily will Indra hear our songs of praise?
20.63.6
yáś cid dhí tvā bahúbhya ā́ sutā́vām̐ āvívāsati |
ugráṃ tát patyate śáva índro aṅgá ||6||
He who with Soma juice prepared among the many harbours. thee, Verily Indra gains thereby tremendous might.
20.63.7
yá indra somapā́tamo mádaḥ śaviṣṭha cétati |
yénā háṃsi ny àttríṇaṃ tám īmahe ||7||
Joy, mightiest Indra, known and marked, sprung most from Soma draughts, wherewith Thou smitest down the greedy fiend, for that we pray.
20.63.8
yénā dáśagvam ádhriguṃ vepáyantaṃ svàrṇaram |
yénā samudrám ā́vithā tám īmahe ||8||
Wherewith thou helpest Adhrigu, the great Dasagva, and the God Who stirs the sunlight, and Sea, for that we pray.
20.63.9
yéna síndhuṃ mahī́r apó ráthām̐ iva pracodáyaḥ |
pánthām r̥tásya yā́tave tám īmahe ||9||
Wherewith thou dravest forth like cars Sindhu and all the mighty floods. To go the way ordained by Law, for that we pray.
Translations (1)
- The Hymns of the Atharvaveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1895, English
Commentaries (2)
- Atharvavedabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit
Linked texts (4)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Die Kosmographie der Inder nach den Quellen dargestellt — Willibald Kirfel, German