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Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka) 20.53

क ईं वेद सुते सचा पिबन्तं कद् वयो दधे । अयं यः पुरो विभिनत्त्य् ओजसा मन्दानः शिप्र्य् अन्धसः ॥१॥

ka īṃ veda sute sacā pibantaṃ kad vayo dadhe | ayaṃ yaḥ puro vibhinatty ojasā mandānaḥ śipry andhasaḥ ||1||

Who knows what vital power he wins, drinking beside the flowing juice? This is the fair-checked God who, joying in the draught, breaks down the castles in his strength.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 8.33.7; the wording of this text may differ in places.

दाना मृगो न वारणः पुरुत्रा चरथं दधे । नकिष् ट्वा नि यमद् आ सुते गमो महाश् चरस्य् ओजसा ॥२॥

dānā mṛgo na vāraṇaḥ purutrā carathaṃ dadhe | nakiṣ ṭvā ni yamad ā sute gamo mahāś carasy ojasā ||2||

As a wild elephant rushes on this way and that way, mad with heat,' None may compel thee, yet come hither to the draught: thou movest mighty in thy power.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 8.33.8; the wording of this text may differ in places.

य उग्रः सन्न् अनिष्टृत स्थिरो रणाय संस्कृतः । यदि स्तोतुर् मघवा शृणवद् धवं नेन्द्रो योषत्य् आ गमत् ॥३॥

ya ugraḥ sann aniṣṭṛta sthiro raṇāya saṃskṛtaḥ | yadi stotur maghavā śṛṇavad dhavaṃ nendro yoṣaty ā gamat ||3||

When he, the Mighty, ne'er o'erthrown, steadfast, made ready for the fight, When Indra Maghavan lists to his praiser's call, he will not stand aloof, but come.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 8.33.9; the wording of this text may differ in places.