Atharvaveda 20.64
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 20.64
- Language
- Sanskrit
20.64.1
éndra no gadhi priyáḥ satrājíd ágohyaḥ |
girír ná viśvátas pr̥thúḥ pátir diváḥ ||1||
Come unto us, O Indra, dear, still conquering, unconcealable,
Vast as a mountain spread on all sides, Lord of heaven.
20.64.2
abhí hí satya somapā ubhé babhū́tha ródasī |
índrā́si sunvató vr̥dháḥ pátir diváḥ ||2||
O truthful Soma-drinker, thou art mightier than both the worlds.
Thou strengthenest him who pours libation, Lord of heaven.
20.64.3
tváṃ hí śáśvatīnām índra dartā́ purā́m ási |
hantā́ dásyor mánor vr̥dháḥ pátir diváḥ ||3||
For thou art, he, O Indra, who stormest all castles of the foe,
Slayer of Dasyus, man's supporter, Lord of heaven.
20.64.4
éd u mádhvo madíntaraṃ siñcá vādhvaryo ándhasaḥ |
evā́ hí vīrá stávate sadā́vr̥dhaḥ ||4||
O ministering priest, pour out of the sweet juice what gladdens most.
So is the Hero praised who ever prospers us.
20.64.5
índra sthātar harīṇāṃ nákiṣ te pūrvyástutim |
úd ānaṃśa śávasā ná bhandánā ||5||
Indra whom tawny coursers bear, praise such a thine,.
preeminent
None by his power or by his goodness hath attained
20.64.6
táṃ vo vā́jānāṃ pátim áhūmahi śravasyávaḥ |
áprāyubhir yajñébhir vāvr̥dhényam ||6||
We seeking glory, have invoked this Master of all power and' might.
Who must be glorified by constant sacrifice.
Translations (1)
- The Hymns of the Atharvaveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1895, English
Commentaries (2)
- Atharvavedabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit
Linked texts (3)
- Śākala — Sanskrit
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Sāmavedīmantra — 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