Atharvaveda 20.124
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 20.124
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- Sanskrit
20.124.1
káyā naś citrá ā́ bhuvad ūtī́ sadā́vr̥dhaḥ sákhā |
káyā śáciṣṭhayā vr̥tā́ ||1||
With what help will he come to us, wonderful, ever-waxing Friend, With what most mighty company?
20.124.2
kás tvā satyó mádānāṃ máṃhiṣṭho matsad ándhasaḥ |
dr̥lhā́ cid ārúje vásu ||2||
What genuine and most liberal draught will spirit thee with juice to burst. Open e'en strongly-guarded wealth?
20.124.3
abhī́ ṣú naḥ sákhīnām avitā́ jaritr̥̄ṇā́m |
śatáṃ bhavāsy ūtíbhiḥ ||3||
Do thou who art protector us thy friends who praise thee With hundred aids approach us.
20.124.4
imā́ nú kaṃ bhúvanā sīṣadhāméndraś ca víśve ca devā́ḥ |
yajñáṃ ca nas tanvàṃ ca prajā́ṃ cādityáir índraḥ sahá cīkl̥pāti ||4||
We will, with Indra and all Gods to help us, bring these existing worlds into subjection. Our sacrifice, our bodies, and our offspring shall Indra form together with the Ādityas.
20.124.5
ādityáir índraḥ ságaṇo marúdbhir asmā́kaṃ bhūtv avitā́ tanū́nām |
hatvā́ya devā́ ásurān yád ā́yan devā́ devatvám abhirákṣamāṇāḥ ||5||
With the Ādityas, with the band of Maruts, may Indra be pro- tector of our bodies. As when the Gods came after they had slaughtered the Asuras, keeping safe their Godlike nature,
20.124.6
pratyáñcam arkám anayaṃ chácībhir ā́d ít svadhā́m iṣirā́m páry apaśyan |
ayā́ vā́jaṃ deváhitaṃ sanema mádema śatáhimāḥ suvī́rāḥ ||6||
Brought the Sun hitherward with mighty powers, and looked about them on their vigorous Godhead. With this may we obtain strength God-appointed, and joy with brave sons through a hundred winters.
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)
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Sarvadevapratiṣṭhāprakāśa — Sanskrit
- Kāṇva — Sanskrit
Discussed in (2)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English