Atharvaveda 20.69

20.69.1

sá ghā no yóga ā́ bhuvat sá rāyé sá púraṃdhyām |
gámad vā́jebhir ā́ sá naḥ ||1||

May he stand by us in our need and in abundance for our wealth:
With riches may he come to us;

20.69.2

yásya saṃsthé ná vr̥ṇváte hárī samátsu śátravaḥ |
tásmā índrāya gāyata ||2||

Whose pair of tawny horses yoked in battles foemen challenge not:
To him, to Indra, sing your song.

20.69.3

sutapā́vne sutā́ imé śúcayo yanti vītáye |
sómāso dádhyāśiraḥ ||3||

Nigh to the Soma-drinker come, for his enjoyment, these bright drops,
The Somas mingled with the curd.

20.69.4

tváṃ sutásya pītáye sadyó vr̥ddhó ajāyathāḥ |
índra jyáiṣṭhyāya sukrato ||4||

Thou, grown at once to perfect strength, wast born to drink the
Soma juice, strong Indra, for preeminence.

20.69.5

ā́ tvā viśantv āśávaḥ sómāsa indra girvaṇaḥ |
śáṃ te santu prácetase ||5||

O Indra, lover of the song, may these quick Somas enter thee:
May they bring bliss to thee the Sage.

20.69.6

tvā́ṃ stómā avīvr̥dhan tvā́m ukthā́ śatakrato |
tvā́ṃ vardhantu no gíraḥ ||6||

O Lord of Hundred Powers, our chants of praise and lauds have strengthened thee:
So strengthen thee the songs we sing!

20.69.7

ákṣitotiḥ saned imáṃ vā́jam índraḥ sahasríṇam |
yásmin víśvāni páuṃsyā ||7||

Indra, whose succour never fails, accept this treasure thousand- fold,
Wherein all manly powers abide.

20.69.8

mā́ no mártā abhí druhan tanū́nām indra girvaṇaḥ |
ī́śāno yavayā vadhám ||8||

O Indra, thou who lovest song, let no man hurt our bodies, keep.
Slaughter far from us, for thou canst.

20.69.9

yuñjánti bradhnám aruṣám cárantaṃ pári tasthúṣaḥ |
rócante rocanā́ diví ||9||

20.69.10

yuñjánty asya kā́myā hárī vípakṣasā ráthe |
śóṇā dhr̥ṣṇū́ nr̥vā́hasā ||10||

20.69.11

ketúṃ kr̥ṇvánn aketáve péśo maryā apeśáse |
sám uṣádbhir ajāyathāḥ ||11||

20.69.12

ā́d áha svadhā́m ánu púnar garbhatvám eriré |
dádhānā nā́ma yajñíyam ||12||

Thereafter they, as is their wont, threw off the state of babes urborn,
Taking their sacrificial name.