Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·20·20.41

Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka) 20.41

इन्द्रो दधीचो अस्थभिर् वृत्राण्य् अप्रतिष्कुतः । जघान नवतीर् नव ॥१॥

indro dadhīco asthabhir vṛtrāṇy apratiṣkutaḥ | jaghāna navatīr nava ||1||

With bones of Dadhyac for his arms, Indra, resistless in attack, Struck nine-and-ninety Vrtras dead.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 1.84.13; the wording of this text may differ in places.

इछन् अश्वस्य यच् छिरः पर्वतेष्व् अपश्रितम् । तद् विदच् छर्यणावति ॥२॥

ichan aśvasya yac chiraḥ parvateṣv apaśritam | tad vidac charyaṇāvati ||2||

He, searching for the horse's head, removed among the mountains, found At Saryanavan what he sought.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 1.84.14; the wording of this text may differ in places.

अत्राह गोर् अमन्वत नाम त्वष्टुर् अपीच्यम् । इत्था चन्द्रमसो गृहे ॥३॥

atrāha gor amanvata nāma tvaṣṭur apīcyam | itthā candramaso gṛhe ||3||

Then verily they recognized the essential form of Tvastar's Bull, Here in the mansion of the Moon.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 1.84.15; the wording of this text may differ in places.