Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·20·20.44
प्र सम्राजं चर्षणीनाम् इन्द्रं स्तोता नव्यं गीर्भिः । नरं नृषाहं मंहिष्ठम् ॥१॥
pra samrājaṃ carṣaṇīnām indraṃ stotā navyaṃ gīrbhiḥ | naraṃ nṛṣāhaṃ maṃhiṣṭham ||1||
Praise Indra whom our songs must laud, sole Sovran of mankind, the Chief Most liberal who controlleth men.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 8.16.1; the wording of this text may differ in places.
यस्मिन्न् उक्थानि रण्यन्ति विश्वानि च श्रवस्य । अपाम् अवो न समुद्रे ॥२॥
yasminn ukthāni raṇyanti viśvāni ca śravasya | apām avo na samudre ||2||
In whom the hymns of praise delight, and all the glory-giving songs. Like the floods' longing for the sea.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 8.16.2; the wording of this text may differ in places.
तं सुष्टुत्या विवासे ज्येष्ठराजं भरे कृत्नुम् । महो वाजिनं सनिभ्यः ॥३॥
taṃ suṣṭutyā vivāse jyeṣṭharājaṃ bhare kṛtnum | maho vājinaṃ sanibhyaḥ ||3||
Him I invite with eulogy, best King, effective in the fight, Strong for the gain of mighty spoil.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 8.16.3; the wording of this text may differ in places.