Atharvaveda 20.118
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 20.118
- Language
- Sanskrit
20.118.1
śagdhy ū ṣú śacīpata índra víśvābhir ūtíbhiḥ |
bhágaṃ ná hí tvā yaśásaṃ vasuvídam ánu śūra cárāmasi ||1||
Indra with all thy saving helps give us assistance, Lord of Power
For after thee we follow even as glorious bliss, thee, Hero, finder-out of wealth.
20.118.2
pauró áśvasya purukŕ̥d gávām asy útso deva hiraṇyáyaḥ |
nákir hí dā́naṃ parimárdhiṣat tvé yádyad yā́mi tád ā́ bhara ||2||
Increaser of our steeds and multiplying kine, a golden well, O
God, art thou;
For no one may impair the gifts laid up in thee, Bring me what- ever thing I ask.
20.118.3
índram íd devátātaye índraṃ prayaty àdhvaré |
índraṃ samīké vaníno havāmaha índraṃ dhánasya sātáye ||3||
Indra for worship of the Gods, Indra while sacrifice proceeds,
Indra as warriors in the battle-shock we call, Indra that we may win the spoil.
20.118.4
índro mahnā́ ródasī paprathac cháva índraḥ sū́ryam arocayat |
índre ha víśvā bhúvanāni yemira índre suvānā́sa índavaḥ ||4||
With might hath Indra spread out heaven and earth, with power hath Indra lighted up the Sun.
In Indra are all creatures closely held; in him meet the distilling
Soma drops.
Translations (1)
- The Hymns of the Atharvaveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1895, English
Commentaries (2)
- Atharvavedabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit
Linked texts (4)
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Sāmavedasaṃhitā (ed. Theodor Benfey) — Sanskrit
- Sāmavedapāda — Sanskrit
- Subodhinīpaddhati — Śivarāma 1615, Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English