Atharvaveda 20.29
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 20.29
- Language
- Sanskrit
20.29.1
tváṃ hí stomavárdhana índrā́sy ukthavárdhanaḥ |
stotr̥̄ṇā́m utá bhadrakŕ̥t ||1||
For thou, O Indra, art the God whom hymns and praises magnify:
Thou blessest those who worship thee.
20.29.2
índram ít keśínā hárī somapéyāya vakṣataḥ |
úpa yajñáṃ surā́dhasam ||2||
Bay horses with their long manes bring Indra to drink the
Soma juice,
The Bountiful to our sacrifice.
20.29.3
apā́ṃ phénena námuceḥ śíra indród avartayaḥ |
víśvā yád ájaya spŕ̥dhaḥ ||3||
With waters' foam thou torest off, Indra, the head of Namuchi,
Subduing all contending hosts.
20.29.4
māyā́bhir utsísr̥psata indra dyā́m ārúrukṣataḥ |
áva dásyūm̐r adhūnuthāḥ ||4||
The Dasyus, when they fain would climb by magic arts and mount to heaven,
Thou, Indra, castest down to earth.
20.29.5
asunvā́m indra saṃsádaṃ víṣūcīṃ vy ànāśayaḥ |
somapā́ úttaro bhávan ||5||
As Soma-drinker conquering all, thou scatteredst to every side
Their band who poured no gifts to thee.
Translations (1)
- The Hymns of the Atharvaveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1895, English
Commentaries (2)
- Atharvavedabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit
Linked texts (2)
- 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