Atharvaveda 20.97
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 20.97
- Language
- Sanskrit
20.97.1
vayám enam idā́ hyópīpemehá vajríṇam |
tásmā u adyá samanā́ sutáṃ bharā́ nūnáṃ bhūṣata śruté ||1||
Here verily yesterday we let the Thunder-wielder drink his fill.
So in like manner, offer him the juice to day. Now range you.
by the Glorious One.
20.97.2
vŕ̥kaś cid asya vāraṇá urāmáthir ā́ vayúneṣu bhūṣati |
sémáṃ naḥ stómaṃ jujuṣāṇá ā́ gahī́ndra prá citráyā dhiyā́ ||2||
Even the wolf, the savage beast that rends the sheep, follows the path of his decrees.
So, India, graciously accepting this our praise, with wondrous.
thought come forth to us.
20.97.3
kád u nv àsyā́kr̥tam índrasyāsti páuṃsyam |
kéno nú kaṃ śrómatena ná śuśruve janúṣaḥ pári vr̥trahā́ ||3||
What manly deed of vigour now remains that Indra hath not done?
Who hath not heard his glorious title and his fame, the Vritra- slayer from his birth?
Translations (1)
- The Hymns of the Atharvaveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1895, English
Commentaries (2)
- Atharvavedabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English