Atharvaveda 20.93
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 20.93
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- Sanskrit
20.93.1
út tvā mandantu stómāḥ kr̥ṇuṣvá rā́dho adrivaḥ |
áva brahmadvíṣo jahi ||1||
May our hymns give thee great delight. Display thy bounty,
Thunderer.
Drive off the enemies of prayer.
20.93.2
padā́ paṇī́m̐r arādháso ní bādhasva mahā́m̐ asi |
nahí tvā káś caná práti ||2||
Crush with thy foot the niggard churls who bring no gifts.
Might art thou:
There is not one to equal thee.
20.93.3
tvám īśiṣe sutā́nām índra tvám ásutānām |
tváṃ rā́jā jánānām ||3||
Thou art the Lord of Soma pressed, Soma unpressed is also thine,
Thou art the Sovran of the folk.
20.93.4
īṅkháyantīr apasyúva índraṃ jātám úpāsate |
bhejānā́saḥ suvī́ryam ||4||
Swaying about the active Ones came nigh to Indra at his birth,
And shared his great heroic might.
20.93.5
tvám indra bálād ádhi sáhaso jātá ójasaḥ |
tváṃ vr̥ṣan vŕ̥ṣéd asi ||5||
Based upon strength and victory and power, O Indra is thy birth.
Thou, Mighty One, art strong indeed.
20.93.6
tvám indrāsi vr̥trahā́ vy àntárikṣam átiraḥ |
úd dyā́m astabhnā ójasā ||6||
Thou art the Vritra-slayer, thou, Indra, hast spread the firmament:
Thou hast with might upheld the heavens.
20.93.7
tvám indra sajóṣasam arkáṃ bibharṣi bāhvóḥ |
vájraṃ śíśāna ójasā ||7||
Thou, Indra, bearest in thine arms the lightning that accords with thee,
Whetting thy thunderbolt with might.
20.93.8
tvám indrābhibhúr asi víśvā jātā́ny ójasā |
sá víśvā bhúva ā́bhavaḥ ||8||
Thou, Indra, art pre-eminent over all creatures in thy strength:
Thou hast pervaded every place.
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)
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Ārṣika — Sanskrit
- Āgneyagāna — Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English