Atharvaveda 20.38
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 20.38
- Language
- Sanskrit
20.38.1
ā́ yāhi suṣumā́ hí ta índra sómaṃ píbā imám |
édáṃ barhíḥ sado máma ||1||
Come, we have pressed the juice for thee. O Indra, drink the
Soma here.
Sit thou on this my sacred grass.
20.38.2
ā́ tvā brahmayújā hárī váhatām indra keśínā |
úpa bráhmāṇi naḥ śr̥ṇu ||2||
O Indra, let thy long-maned Bays, yoked by prayer, bring thee hitherward.
Give ear and listen to our prayers.
20.38.3
brahmā́ṇas tvā vayáṃ yujā́ somapā́m indra somínaḥ |
sutā́vanto havāmahe ||3||
We, Soma-bearing Brāhmans, call thee, Soma-drinker, with thy friend,
We, Indra, bringing juice expressed.
20.38.4
índram íd gāthíno br̥hád índram arkébhir arkíṇaḥ |
índraṃ vā́ṇīr anūṣata ||4||
Indra the singers with high praise, Indra reciters with their lauds,
Indra the choirs have glorified.
20.38.5
índra íd dháryoḥ sácā sáṃmiśla ā́ vacoyújā |
índro vajrī́ hiraṇyáyaḥ ||5||
Indra hath ever close to him his two bay steeds and word-yoked:
car,
Indra, the golden, Thunder-armed.
20.38.6
índro dīrghā́ya cákṣasa ā́ sū́ryaṃ rohayad diví |
ví góbhir ádrim airayat ||6||
Indra hath raised the Sun aloft in heaven that he may see afar.
He burst the mountain for the kine.
Translations (1)
- The Hymns of the Atharvaveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1895, English
Commentaries (2)
- Atharvavedabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English