Atharvaveda 20.74
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 20.74
- Language
- Sanskrit
20.74.1
yác cid dhí satya somapā anāśastā́ iva smási |
ā́ tū́ na indra śaṃsaya góṣv áśveṣu śubhríṣu sahásreṣu tuvīmagha ||1||
O Soma-drinker, ever true, utterly hopeless though we be, Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine, In thousands, O most wealthy One.
20.74.2
śíprin vājānāṃ pate śácīvas táva daṃsánā |
ā́ tū́ na indra śaṃsaya góṣv áśveṣu śubhríṣu sahásreṣu tuvīmagha ||2||
O Lord of strength, whose jaws are strong, great deeds are thine, the powerful: Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine, In thousands, O most wealthy One.
20.74.3
ní ṣvāpayā mithūdŕ̥śā sastā́m ábudhyamāne |
ā́ tū́ na indra śaṃsaya góṣv áśveṣu śubhríṣu sahásreṣu tuvīmagha ||3||
Lull thou asleep, to wake no more, the pair who on each other look: Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine, In thousands, O most wealthy One.
20.74.4
sasántu tyā́ árātayo bódhantu śūra rātáyaḥ |
ā́ tū́ na indra śaṃsaya góṣv áśveṣu śubhríṣu sahásreṣu tuvīmagha ||4||
Hero, let hostile spirits sleep, and every gentler Genius wake: Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine, In thousands, O most wealthy One.
20.74.5
sám indra gardabháṃ mr̥ṇa nuvántaṃ papáyāmuyā́ |
ā́ tū́ na indra śaṃsaya góṣv áśveṣu śubhríṣu sahásreṣu tuvīmagha ||5||
Destroy this ass, O Indra, who in tones discordant brays to thee: Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine, In thousands, O most wealthy One.
20.74.6
pátāti kuṇḍr̥ṇā́cyā dūráṃ vā́to vánād ádhi |
ā́ tū́ na indra śaṃsaya góṣv áśveṣu śubhríṣu sahásreṣu tuvīmagha ||6||
Far distant on the forest fall the tempest in a circling course; Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine, In thousands, O most wealthy One.
20.74.7
sárvaṃ parikrośáṃ jahi jambháyā kr̥kadāśvàm |
ā́ tū́ na indra śaṃsaya góṣv áśveṣu śubhríṣu sahásreṣu tuvīmagha ||7||
Slay each reviler and destroy him who in secret injures us: Do thou, O Indra, give us thope of beauteous horses and of kine, In thousands, O most wealthy One.
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