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Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka) 20.18

वयम् उ त्वा तदितर्था इन्द्र त्वायन्तः सखायः । कण्वा उक्थेभिर् जरन्ते ॥१॥

vayam u tvā taditarthā indra tvāyantaḥ sakhāyaḥ | kaṇvā ukthebhir jarante ||1||

This, even this, O Indra, we implore. as thy devoted friends, The Kanvas praise thee with their hymns.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 8.2.16; the wording of this text may differ in places.

न घेम् अन्यद् आ पपन वज्रिन्न् अपसो नविष्टौ । तवेद् उ स्तोमं चिकेत ॥२॥

na ghem anyad ā papana vajrinn apaso naviṣṭau | taved u stomaṃ ciketa ||2||

Naught else, O Thunderer, have I praised in the skilled singer's eulogy: On thy land only have I thought.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 8.2.17; the wording of this text may differ in places.

इछन्ति देवाः सुन्वन्तं न स्वप्नाय स्पृहयन्ति । यन्ति प्रमादम् अतन्द्राः ॥३॥

ichanti devāḥ sunvantaṃ na svapnāya spṛhayanti | yanti pramādam atandrāḥ ||3||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

वयम् इन्द्र त्वायवो ऽभि प्र णोनुमो वृषन् । विद्धि त्व् अस्य नो वसो ॥४॥

vayam indra tvāyavo 'bhi pra ṇonumo vṛṣan | viddhi tv asya no vaso ||4||

Faithful to thee we loudly sing, heroic Indra, songs to thee: Mark, O Good Lord, this act of ours.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 7.31.4; the wording of this text may differ in places.

मा नो निदे च वक्तवे ऽर्यो रन्धीर् अराव्ने । त्वे अपि क्रतुर् मम ॥५॥

mā no nide ca vaktave 'ryo randhīr arāvne | tve api kratur mama ||5||

Give us not up to man's reproach, to foeman's hateful calumny: In thee alone is all my strength.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 7.31.5; the wording of this text may differ in places.

त्वं वर्मासि सप्रथः पुरोयोधश् च वृत्रहन् । त्वया प्रति ब्रुवे युजा ॥६॥

tvaṃ varmāsi saprathaḥ puroyodhaś ca vṛtrahan | tvayā prati bruve yujā ||6||

Thou art mine ample coat of mail, my Champion, Vrtra-Slayer, thou: With thee for Friend I brave the foe.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 7.31.6; the wording of this text may differ in places.