Atharvaveda 20.18
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 20.18
- Language
- Sanskrit
20.18.1
vayám u tvā tadítarthā índra tvāyántaḥ sákhāyaḥ |
káṇvā ukthébhir jarante ||1||
This, even this, O Indra, we implore: as thy devoted friends,
The Kanvas praise thee with their hymns.
20.18.2
ná ghem anyád ā́ papana vájrinn apáso náviṣṭau |
távéd u stómaṃ ciketa ||2||
Naught else, O Thunderer, have I praised in the skilled singer's eulogy:
On thy laud only have I thought.
20.18.3
ichánti devā́ḥ sunvántaṃ ná svápnāya spr̥hayanti |
yánti pramā́dam átandrāḥ ||3||
The Gods seek him who presses out the Soma; they desire not sleep:
Incessantly they punish sloth.
20.18.4
vayám indra tvāyávo 'bhí prá ṇonumo vr̥ṣan |
viddhí tv àsyá no vaso ||4||
Faithful to thee we loudly sing, heroic Indra, songs to thee.
Mark, gracious Lord, this act of ours.
20.18.5
mā́ no nidé ca váktave 'ryó randhīr árāvne |
tvé ápi krátur máma ||5||
Give us not up to man's reproach, to foeman's hateful calumny:
In thee alone is all my strength.
20.18.6
tváṃ vármāsi sapráthaḥ puroyodháś ca vr̥trahan |
tváyā práti bruve yujā́ ||6||
Thou art mine ample coat of mail, my champion, Vritra-slayes, thou.
With thee for Friend I brave the foe.
Translations (1)
- The Hymns of the Atharvaveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1895, English
Commentaries (2)
- Atharvavedabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit
Linked texts (5)
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Vedārthaprakāśa (Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya) — Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya, Sanskrit
- Sāmavedīmantra — Sanskrit
- Ārṣika — Sanskrit
- Chandasikā — Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English