Atharvaveda 20.23
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 20.23
- Language
- Sanskrit
20.23.1
ā́ tū́ na indra madryàg ghuvānáḥ sómapītaye |
háribhyāṃ yāhy adrivaḥ ||1||
Invoked to drink the Soma juice come with thy bay steeds, Thunder-armed! Come, Indra, hitherward, to me.
20.23.2
sattó hótā na r̥tvíyas tistiré barhír ānuṣák |
áyujran prātár ádrayaḥ ||2||
Our priest is seated true to time; the grass is regularly strewn; The pressing-stones were set at morn.
20.23.3
imā́ bráhma brahmavāhaḥ kriyánta ā́ barhíḥ sīda |
vīhí śūra purolā́śam ||3||
These prayers, O thou who bearest prayer, are offered. Seat thee on the grass. Hero, enjoy the offered cake.
20.23.4
rārandhí sávaneṣu ṇa eṣú stómeṣu vr̥trahan |
ukthéṣv indra girvaṇaḥ ||4||
O Vritra-slayer, be thou pleased with these libations, with these hymns, Song-loving Indra, with our lauds.
20.23.5
matáyaḥ somapā́m urúṃ rihánti śávasas pátim |
índraṃ vatsáṃ ná mātáraḥ ||5||
Our hymns caress the Lord of Strength, vast, drinker of the Soma's juice, Indra, as mother-cows their calf.
20.23.6
sá mandasvā hy ándhaso rā́dhase tanvā̀ mahé |
ná stotā́raṃ nidé karaḥ ||6||
Delight thee with the juice we pour for thine own great munificence: Yield not thy singer to reproach.
20.23.7
vayám indra tvāyávo havíṣmanto jarāmahe |
utá tvám asmayúr vaso ||7||
We, Indra, dearly loving thee, bearing oblation, sing thee hymns: Thou, Vasu, nearly lovest us.
20.23.8
mā́ré asmád ví mumuco háripriyārvā́ṅ yāhi |
índra svadhāvo mátsvehá ||8||
O thou to whom thy Bays are dear, loose not thy horses far from us: Here glad thee, Indra, Lord Divine.
20.23.9
arvā́ñcaṃ tvā sukhé ráthe váhatām indra keśínā |
ghr̥tásnū barhír āsáde ||9||
May long-maned courses, dropping oil, bring thee on swift car hitherward. Indra, to seat thee on the grass.
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)
- Śākala — Sanskrit
- Vedārthaprakāśa (Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya) — Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya, Sanskrit
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English