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Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka) 20.65

एतो न्व् इन्द्रं स्तवाम सखाय स्तोम्यं नरम् । कुष्टीर् यो विश्वा अभ्य् अस्त्य् एक इत् ॥१॥

eto nv indraṃ stavāma sakhāya stomyaṃ naram | kuṣṭīr yo viśvā abhy asty eka it ||1||

Come, sing we praise to Indra, friends, the Hero who deserves the laud, Him who with none to aid o'ercomes all tribes of men.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 8.24.19; the wording of this text may differ in places.

अगोरुधाय गविषे द्युक्षाय दस्म्यं वचः । घृतात् स्वादीयो मधुनश् च वोचत ॥२॥

agorudhāya gaviṣe dyukṣāya dasmyaṃ vacaḥ | ghṛtāt svādīyo madhunaś ca vocata ||2||

To him who wins the kine, who keeps no cattle back, Celestial God, Speak wondrous speech more sweet than butter and than meath.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 8.24.20; the wording of this text may differ in places.

यस्यामितानि वीर्या न राधः पर्येतवे । ज्योतिर् न विश्वम् अभ्य् अस्ति दक्षिणा ॥३॥

yasyāmitāni vīryā na rādhaḥ paryetave | jyotir na viśvam abhy asti dakṣiṇā ||3||

Whose hero powers are measureless, whose bounty ne'er may be surpassed, Whose liberality, like light, is over all.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 8.24.21; the wording of this text may differ in places.