Atharvaveda 20.20
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 20.20
- Language
- Sanskrit
20.20.1
śuṣmíntamaṃ na ūtáye dyumnínaṃ pāhi jā́gr̥vim |
índra sómaṃ śatakrato ||1||
Drink thou the Soma for our help, bright, vigilant, exceeding strong, O Indra, Lord of Hundred Powers.
20.20.2
indriyā́ṇi śatakrato yā́ te jáneṣu pañcásu |
índra tā́ni ta ā́ vr̥ṇe ||2||
O Satakratu, powers which thou mid the Five Races hast dis- played These, Indra, do I claim of thee.
20.20.3
ágann indra śrávo br̥hád dyumnáṃ dadhiṣva duṣṭáram |
út te śúṣmaṃ tirāmasi ||3||
Indra, great glory hast thou gained. Win splendid fame which none may mar: We make thy might perpetual.
20.20.4
arvāváto na ā́ gahy átho śakra parāvátaḥ |
u lokó yás te adriva índrehá táta ā́ gahi ||4||
Come to us either from anear, or, Sakra, come from far away. Indra, wherever be thy home, come to us thence, O Thunder- armed.
20.20.5
índro aṅgáṃ mahád bhayám abhí ṣád ápa cucyavat |
sá hí sthiró vícarṣaṇiḥ ||5||
Verily Indra, conquering all, driveth even mighty fear away; For firm is he and swift to act.
20.20.6
índraś ca mr̥láyāti no ná naḥ paścā́d agháṃ naśat |
bhadráṃ bhavāti naḥ puráḥ ||6||
Indra be gracious unto us: sin shall not reach us afterward. And good shall be before us still,
20.20.7
índra ā́śābhyas pári sárvābhyo ábhayaṃ karat |
jétā śátrūn vícarṣaṇiḥ ||7||
From all the regions of the world let Indra send security. The foe-subduer, swift to act.
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)
- Śākala — Sanskrit
- Vaikhānasamantrapraśna — Sanskrit
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Vedārthaprakāśa (Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya) — Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya, Sanskrit
Discussed in (2)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 — Sharma 1958, English