Atharvaveda 20.8
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 20.8
- Language
- Sanskrit
20.8.1
evā́ pāhi pratnáthā mándatu tvā śrudhí bráhma vāvr̥dhásvotá gīrbhíḥ |
āvíḥ sū́ryaṃ kr̥ṇuhí pīpihī́ṣo jahí śátrūm̐r abhí gā́ indra tr̥ndhi ||1||
Drink as of old, and let the draught delight thee: hear thou my prayer and let our songs exalt thee.
Make the Sun visible, make food abundant: slaughter the foes,.
pierce through and free the cattle.
20.8.2
arvā́ṅ éhi sómakāmaṃ tvāhur ayáṃ sutás tásya pibā mádāya |
uruvyácā jaṭhára ā́ vr̥ṣasva pitéva naḥ śr̥ṇuhi hūyámānaḥ ||2||
Come to us; they have called thee Soma-lover. Here is the pressed juice: drink thereof for rapture.
Widely-capacious, pour it down within thee, and invocated hear us like a father.
20.8.3
ā́pūrṇo asya kaláśaḥ svā́hā sékteva kóśaṃ siṣice píbadhyai |
sám u priyā́ ā́vavr̥tran mádāya pradakṣiṇíd abhí sómāsa índram ||3||
Full is his chalice. Blessing! Like a pourer I have filled up the vessel for his drinking.
Presented on the right, dear Soma juices have brought us Indra,.
to rejoice him, hither.
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
- Vedārthaprakāśa (Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya) — Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya, Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English