Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·20·20.73

Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka) 20.73

तुभ्येद् इमा सवना शूर विश्वा तुभ्यं ब्रह्माणि वर्धना कृणोमि । त्वं नृभिर् हव्यो विश्वधासि ॥१॥

tubhyed imā savanā śūra viśvā tubhyaṃ brahmāṇi vardhanā kṛṇomi | tvaṃ nṛbhir havyo viśvadhāsi ||1||

All these libations are for thee, O Hero: to thee I offer these my prayers. that strengthen. Ever, in every place, must men invoke thee.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 7.22.7; the wording of this text may differ in places.

AVŚ 20.73.2

नू चिन् नु ते मन्यमानस्य दस्मोद् अश्नुवन्ति महिमानम् उग्र । न वीर्यम् इन्द्र ते न राधः ॥२॥

nū cin nu te manyamānasya dasmod aśnuvanti mahimānam ugra | na vīryam indra te na rādhaḥ ||2||

Never do men attain, O Wonder-Worker, thy greatness, Mighty One, who must be lauded, Nor, Indra, thine heroic power and bounty.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 7.22.8; the wording of this text may differ in places.

AVŚ 20.73.3

प्र वो महे महिवृधे भरध्वं प्रचेतसे प्र सुमतिं कृणुध्वम् । विशः पूर्वीः प्र चरा चर्षणिप्राः ॥३॥

pra vo mahe mahivṛdhe bharadhvaṃ pracetase pra sumatiṃ kṛṇudhvam | viśaḥ pūrvīḥ pra carā carṣaṇiprāḥ ||3||

Bring to the Wise, the Great, who waxeth mighty, your offerings, and make ready your devotion; To many clans he goeth, man's controller.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 7.31.10; the wording of this text may differ in places.

AVŚ 20.73.4

यदा वज्रं हिरण्यम् इद् अथा रथं हरी यमस्य वहतो वि सूरिभिः । आ तिष्ठति मघवा सनश्रुत इन्द्रो वाजस्य दीर्घश्रवसस् पतिः ॥४॥

yadā vajraṃ hiraṇyam id athā rathaṃ harī yamasya vahato vi sūribhiḥ | ā tiṣṭhati maghavā sanaśruta indro vājasya dīrghaśravasas patiḥ ||4||

When, with the Princes, Maghavari, famed of old, comes nigh the thunderbolt of gold, and the Controller's car Which his two Tawny Coursers draw, then Indra is the Sovran Lord of power whose glory spreads afar.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.23.3; the wording of this text may differ in places.

AVŚ 20.73.5

सो चिन् नु वृष्टिर् यूथ्या स्वा सचां इन्द्रः श्मश्रूणि हरिताभि प्रुष्णुते । अव वेति सुक्षयं सुते मधूद् इद् धूणोति वातो यथा वनम् ॥५॥

so cin nu vṛṣṭir yūthyā svā sacāṃ indraḥ śmaśrūṇi haritābhi pruṣṇute | ava veti sukṣayaṃ sute madhūd id dhūṇoti vāto yathā vanam ||5||

With him too is this rain of his that comes like herds: Indra throws drops of moisture on his yellow beard. When the sweet juice is shed he seeks the pleasant place, and stirs the worshipper as wind disturbs the wood.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.23.4; the wording of this text may differ in places.

AVŚ 20.73.6

यो वाचा विवाचो मृध्रवाचः पुरू सहस्राशिवा जघान । तत्तद् इद् अस्य पौंस्यं गृणीमसि पितेव यस् तविषीं वावृधे शवः ॥६॥

yo vācā vivāco mṛdhravācaḥ purū sahasrāśivā jaghāna | tattad id asya pauṃsyaṃ gṛṇīmasi piteva yas taviṣīṃ vāvṛdhe śavaḥ ||6||

We laud and praise his several deeds of valour who, father like, with power hath made us stronger; Who with his voice slew many thousand wicked ones who spake in varied manners with contemptuous cries.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.23.5; the wording of this text may differ in places.