Atharvaveda 20.53
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 20.53
- Language
- Sanskrit
20.53.1
ká īṃ veda suté sácā píbantaṃ kád váyo dadhe |
ayáṃ yáḥ púro vibhinátty ójasā mandānáḥ śipry ándhasaḥ ||1||
Who knows what vital power he wins, drinking beside the flowing juice?
This is the fair-cheeked God who, joying in the draught, breaks down the castles in his strength.
20.53.2
dānā́ mr̥gó ná vāraṇáḥ purutrā́ caráthaṃ dadhe |
nákiṣ ṭvā ní yamad ā́ suté gamo mahā́ś carasy ójasā ||2||
As a wild elephant rushes on, this way and that way, mad with heat.
None may restrain thee; yet come hither to the draught: thou movest mighty in thy power.
20.53.3
yá ugráḥ sánn ániṣṭr̥ta sthiró ráṇāya sáṃskr̥taḥ |
yádi stotúr maghávā śr̥ṇávad dhávaṃ néndro yoṣaty ā́ gamat ||3||
When he, the mighty, ne'er o'erthrown, stedfast, made ready for the fight.
When Indra, Bounteous Lord, lists to his praiser's call, he will not stand aloof, but come.
Translations (1)
- The Hymns of the Atharvaveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1895, English
Commentaries (2)
- Atharvavedabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English