Atharvaveda 20.9
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 20.9
- Language
- Sanskrit
20.9.1
táṃ vo dasmám r̥tīṣáham vásor mandānám ándhasaḥ |
abhí vatsáṃ ná svásareṣu dhenáva índraṃ gīrbhír navāmahe ||1||
As cows low to their calves in stalls, so with our songs we glorify
This Indra, even your wondrous God who checks attack, who joys in the delicious juice.
20.9.2
dyukṣáṃ sudā́nuṃ táviṣībhir ā́vr̥taṃ giríṃ ná purubhójasam |
kṣumántaṃ vā́jaṃ śatínaṃ sahasríṇaṃ makṣū́ gómantam īmahe ||2||
Celestial, bounteous Giver, girt about with might, rich, moun- tain-like, in precious things
Him swift we seek for foodful booty rich in kine, brought hundredfold and thousandfold.
20.9.3
tát tvā yāmi suvī́ryaṃ tád bráhma pūrvácittaye |
yénā yátibhyo bhŕ̥gave dháne hité yéna práskaṇvam ā́vitha ||3||
I crave of thee that hero strength, that thou mayst first regard this prayer,
Wherewith thou helpest Bhrigu and the Yatis and Praskanva when the prize was staked.
20.9.4
yénā samudrám ásr̥jo mahī́r apás tád indra vŕ̥ṣṇi te śávaḥ |
sadyáḥ só asya mahimā́ ná saṃnáśe yáṃ kṣoṇī́r anucakradé ||4||
Wherewith thou sentest mighty waters to the sea, that, Indra, is.
thy hero strength.
For ever unattainable is this power of him to whom the worlds.
have called aloud.
Translations (1)
- The Hymns of the Atharvaveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1895, English
Commentaries (2)
- Atharvavedabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit
Linked texts (2)
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Vedārthaprakāśa (Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya) — Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya, Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English