Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·20·20.17
अछा म इन्द्रं मतयः स्वर्विदः सध्रीचीर् विश्वा उशतीर् अनूषत । परि ष्वजन्ते जनयो यथा पतिं मर्यं न शुन्ध्युं मघवानम् ऊतये ॥१॥
achā ma indraṃ matayaḥ svarvidaḥ sadhrīcīr viśvā uśatīr anūṣata | pari ṣvajante janayo yathā patiṃ maryaṃ na śundhyuṃ maghavānam ūtaye ||1||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
न घा त्वद्रिग् अप वेति मे मनस् त्वे इत् कामं पुरुहूत शिश्रय । राजेव दस्म नि षदो ऽधि बर्हिष्य् अस्मिन्त् सु सोमे ऽवपानम् अस्तु ते ॥२॥
na ghā tvadrig apa veti me manas tve it kāmaṃ puruhūta śiśraya | rājeva dasma ni ṣado 'dhi barhiṣy asmint su some 'vapānam astu te ||2||
Directed unto thee my spirit never strays, for I have set my hopes on thee, O Much-invoked! Sit, Wonderful! as King upon the sacred grass, and let thy drinking-place be by the Soma juice.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.43.2; the wording of this text may differ in places.
विषूवृद् इन्द्रो अमुतेर् उत क्षुधः स इद् रायो मघवा वस्व ईशते । तस्येद् इमे प्रवणे सप्त सिन्धवो वयो वर्धन्ति वृषभस्य शुष्मिणः ॥३॥
viṣūvṛd indro amuter uta kṣudhaḥ sa id rāyo maghavā vasva īśate | tasyed ime pravaṇe sapta sindhavo vayo vardhanti vṛṣabhasya śuṣmiṇaḥ ||3||
From indigence and hunger Indra turns away: Maghavan hath dominion over precious wealth. These the Seven Rivers flowing on their downward path increase the vital vigour of the potent Steer.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.43.3; the wording of this text may differ in places.
वयो न वृक्षं सुपलाशम् आसदन्त् सोमास इन्द्रं मन्दिनश् चमूषदः । प्रैषाम् अनीकं शवसा दविद्युतद् विदत् स्वर् मनवे ज्योतिर् आर्यम् ॥४॥
vayo na vṛkṣaṃ supalāśam āsadant somāsa indraṃ mandinaś camūṣadaḥ | praiṣām anīkaṃ śavasā davidyutad vidat svar manave jyotir āryam ||4||
As on the fair-leafed tree rest birds, to Indra flow the gladdening Soma juices that the bowls contain. Their face that glows with splendour through their mighty power hath found the shine of heaven for man, the Aryas' light.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.43.4; the wording of this text may differ in places.
कृतं न श्वघ्नी वि चिनोति देवने संवर्गं यन् मघवा सूर्यं जयत् । न तत् ते अन्यो अनु वीर्यं शकन् न पुराणो मघवन् नोत नूतनः ॥५॥
kṛtaṃ na śvaghnī vi cinoti devane saṃvargaṃ yan maghavā sūryaṃ jayat | na tat te anyo anu vīryaṃ śakan na purāṇo maghavan nota nūtanaḥ ||5||
As in the game a gambler piles his winnings, so Maghavan, sweeping all together, gained the Sun This mighty deed of thine none other could achieve, none, Maghavan, before thee, none in recent time.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.43.5; the wording of this text may differ in places.
विशंविशं मघवा पर्य् अशायत जनानां धेना अवचाकशद् वृषा । यस्याह शक्रः सवनेषु रण्यति स तीव्रैः सोमैः सहते पृतन्यतः ॥६॥
viśaṃviśaṃ maghavā pary aśāyata janānāṃ dhenā avacākaśad vṛṣā | yasyāha śakraḥ savaneṣu raṇyati sa tīvraiḥ somaiḥ sahate pṛtanyataḥ ||6||
Maghavan came by turns to all the tribes of men: the Steer took notice of the people's songs of praise. The man in whose libations Sakra hath delight by means of potent Somas vanquisheth his foes.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.43.6; the wording of this text may differ in places.
आपो न सिन्धुम् अभि यत् समक्षरन्त् सोमास इन्द्रं कुल्या इव ह्रदम् । वर्धन्ति विप्रा महो अस्य सादने यवं न वृष्टिर् दिव्येन दानुना ॥७॥
āpo na sindhum abhi yat samakṣarant somāsa indraṃ kulyā iva hradam | vardhanti viprā maho asya sādane yavaṃ na vṛṣṭir divyena dānunā ||7||
When Soma streams together unto Indra flow like waters to the river, rivulets to the lake, In place of sacrifice sages exalt his might, as the rain swells the corn by moisture sent from heaven.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.43.7; the wording of this text may differ in places.
वृषा न क्रुद्धः पतयद् रजःस्व् आ यो अर्यपत्नीर् अकृणोद् इमा अपः । स सुन्वते मघवा जीरदानवे ऽविन्दज् ज्योतिर् मनवे हविष्मते ॥८॥
vṛṣā na kruddhaḥ patayad rajaḥsv ā yo aryapatnīr akṛṇod imā apaḥ | sa sunvate maghavā jīradānave 'vindaj jyotir manave haviṣmate ||8||
He rushes through the region like a furious Bull, he who hath made these floods the dames of worthy lords. This Maghavan hath found light for the man who brings oblation, sheds the juice, and promptly pours his gifts.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.43.8; the wording of this text may differ in places.
उज् जायतां परशु ज्योतिषा सह भूया ऋतस्य सुदुघा पुराणवत् । वि रोचताम् अरुषो भानुना शुचिः स्वर् न शुक्रं शुशुचीत सत्पतिः ॥९॥
uj jāyatāṃ paraśu jyotiṣā saha bhūyā ṛtasya sudughā purāṇavat | vi rocatām aruṣo bhānunā śuciḥ svar na śukraṃ śuśucīta satpatiḥ ||9||
Let the keen axe come forth together with the light: here be, as erst, the teeming cow of sacrifice. Let the Red God shine bright with his refulgent ray, and let the Lord of heroes glow like heaven's clear sheen.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.43.9; the wording of this text may differ in places.
गोभिष् टरेमामतिं दुरेवां यवेन क्षुधं पुरुहूत विश्वाम् । वयं राजभिः प्रथमा धनान्य् अस्माकेन वृजनेना जयेम ॥१०॥
gobhiṣ ṭaremāmatiṃ durevāṃ yavena kṣudhaṃ puruhūta viśvām | vayaṃ rājabhiḥ prathamā dhanāny asmākena vṛjanenā jayema ||10||
O Much-invoked, may we subdue all famine and evil want with store of grain and cattle. May we allied, as first in rank, with princes obtain possessions by our own exertion.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.42.10; the wording of this text may differ in places.
बृहस्पतिर् नः परि पातु पश्चाद् उतोत्तरस्माद् अधराद् अघायोः । इन्द्रः पुरस्ताद् उत मध्यतो नः सखा सखिभ्यः वरिवः कृणोतु ॥११॥
bṛhaspatir naḥ pari pātu paścād utottarasmād adharād aghāyoḥ | indraḥ purastād uta madhyato naḥ sakhā sakhibhyaḥ varivaḥ kṛṇotu ||11||
Brhaspati protect us from the rearward, and from above, and from below, from sinners! May Indra from the front, and from the centre, as Friend to friends, vouchsafe us room and freedom.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.42.11; the wording of this text may differ in places.
बृहस्पते युवम् इन्द्रश् च वस्वो दिव्यस्येशाथे उत पार्थिवस्य । धत्तं रयिं स्तुवते कीरये चिद् यूयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः ॥१२॥
bṛhaspate yuvam indraś ca vasvo divyasyeśāthe uta pārthivasya | dhattaṃ rayiṃ stuvate kīraye cid yūyaṃ pāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ ||12||
Ye Twain are Lords of wealth in earth and heaven, thou, O Brhaspati, and thou, O Indra. Mean though he be, give wealth to him who lauds you. Preserve us evermore, ye Gods, with blessings.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 7.97.10; the wording of this text may differ in places.