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Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka) 20.89

अस्तेव सु प्रतरं लायम् अस्यन् भूषन्न् इव प्र भरा स्तोमम् अस्मै । वाचा विप्रास् तरत वाचम् अर्यो नि रामय जरितः सोम इन्द्रम् ॥१॥

asteva su prataraṃ lāyam asyan bhūṣann iva pra bharā stomam asmai | vācā viprās tarata vācam aryo ni rāmaya jaritaḥ soma indram ||1||

Even as an archer shoots afar his arrow, offer the laud to him with meet adornment. Quell with your voice the wicked's voice, O sages. Singer, make Indra rest beside the Soma.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.42.1; the wording of this text may differ in places.

AVŚ 20.89.2

दोहेन गाम् उप शिक्षा सखायं प्र बोधय जरितर् जारम् इन्द्रम् । कोशं न पूर्णं वसुना न्यृष्टम् आ च्यावय मघदेयाय शूरम् ॥२॥

dohena gām upa śikṣā sakhāyaṃ pra bodhaya jaritar jāram indram | kośaṃ na pūrṇaṃ vasunā nyṛṣṭam ā cyāvaya maghadeyāya śūram ||2||

Draw thy Friend to thee like a cow at milking: O Singer, wake up Indra as a lover. Make thou the Hero haste to give us riches even as a vessel filled brimful with treasure.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.42.2; the wording of this text may differ in places.

AVŚ 20.89.3

किम् अङ्ग त्वा मघवन् भोजम् आहुः शिशीहि मा शिशयं त्वा शृणोमि । अप्नस्वती मम धीर् अस्तु शक्र वसुविदं भगम् इन्द्रा भरा नः ॥३॥

kim aṅga tvā maghavan bhojam āhuḥ śiśīhi mā śiśayaṃ tvā śṛṇomi | apnasvatī mama dhīr astu śakra vasuvidaṃ bhagam indrā bharā naḥ ||3||

Why, Maghavan, do they call thee Bounteous; Giver? Quicken me: thou, I hear, art he who quickens. Sakra, let my intelligence be active, and bring us luck that finds great wealth, O Indra.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.42.3; the wording of this text may differ in places.

AVŚ 20.89.4

त्वां जना ममसत्येष्व् इन्द्र संतस्थाना वि ह्वयन्ते समीके । अत्रा युजं कृणुते यो हविष्मान् नासुन्वता सख्यं वष्टि शूरः ॥४॥

tvāṃ janā mamasatyeṣv indra saṃtasthānā vi hvayante samīke | atrā yujaṃ kṛṇute yo haviṣmān nāsunvatā sakhyaṃ vaṣṭi śūraḥ ||4||

Standing, in battle for their rights, together, the people, Indra, in the fray invoke thee. Him who brings gifts the Hero makes his comrade: with him who pours no juice he seeks not friendship.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.42.4; the wording of this text may differ in places.

AVŚ 20.89.5

धनं न स्पन्द्रं बहुलं यो अस्मै तीव्रान्त् सोमां आसुनोति प्रयस्वान् । तस्मै शत्रून्त् सुतुकान् प्रातर् अह्नो नि स्वष्ट्रान् युवति हन्ति वृत्रम् ॥५॥

dhanaṃ na spandraṃ bahulaṃ yo asmai tīvrānt somāṃ āsunoti prayasvān | tasmai śatrūnt sutukān prātar ahno ni svaṣṭrān yuvati hanti vṛtram ||5||

Whoso with plenteous food for him expresses strong Somas as much quickly-coming treasure, For him he overthrows in early morning his swift well-weaponed foes, and slays the tyrant.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.42.5; the wording of this text may differ in places.

AVŚ 20.89.6

यस्मिन् वयं दधिमा शंसम् इन्द्रे यः शिश्राय मघवा कामम् अस्मे । आराच् चित् सन् भयताम् अस्य शत्रुर् न्य् अस्मै द्युम्ना जन्या नमन्ताम् ॥६॥

yasmin vayaṃ dadhimā śaṃsam indre yaḥ śiśrāya maghavā kāmam asme | ārāc cit san bhayatām asya śatrur ny asmai dyumnā janyā namantām ||6||

He unto whom we offer praises, Indra, Maghavan, who hath joined to ours his wishes,- Before him even afar the foe must tremble: low before him must bow all human glories.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.42.6; the wording of this text may differ in places.

AVŚ 20.89.7

आराच् छत्रुम् अप बाधस्व दूरम् उग्रो यः शम्बः पुरुहूत तेन । अस्मे धेहि यवमद् गोमद् इन्द्र कृधी धियं जरित्रे वाजरत्नाम् ॥७॥

ārāc chatrum apa bādhasva dūram ugro yaḥ śambaḥ puruhūta tena | asme dhehi yavamad gomad indra kṛdhī dhiyaṃ jaritre vājaratnām ||7||

With thy fierce bolt, O God invoked of many, drive to a distance from afar the foeman. O Indra, give us wealth in corn and cattle, and make thy singer's prayer gain strength and riches.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.42.7; the wording of this text may differ in places.

AVŚ 20.89.8

प्र यम् अन्तर् वृषसवासो अज्मन् तीव्राः सोमा बहुलान्तास इन्द्रम् । नाह दामानं मघवा नि यंसन् नि सुन्वते वहति भूरि वामम् ॥८॥

pra yam antar vṛṣasavāso ajman tīvrāḥ somā bahulāntāsa indram | nāha dāmānaṃ maghavā ni yaṃsan ni sunvate vahati bhūri vāmam ||8||

Indra, the swallower of strong libations rich in the boons they bring, the potent Somas, He, Maghavan, will not restrict his bounty he brings much wealth unto the Soma-presser.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.42.8; the wording of this text may differ in places.

AVŚ 20.89.9

उत प्रहाम् अतिदीवा जयति कृतम् इव श्वघ्नी वि चिनोति काले । यो देवकामो न धनं रुणद्धि सम् इत् तं रायः सृजति स्वधाभिः ॥९॥

uta prahām atidīvā jayati kṛtam iva śvaghnī vi cinoti kāle | yo devakāmo na dhanaṃ ruṇaddhi sam it taṃ rāyaḥ sṛjati svadhābhiḥ ||9||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

AVŚ 20.89.10

गोभिष् टरेमामतिं दुरेवां यवेन वा क्षुधं पुरुहूत विश्वे । वयं राजसु प्रथमा धनान्य् अरिष्टासो वृजनीभिर् जयेम ॥१०॥

gobhiṣ ṭaremāmatiṃ durevāṃ yavena vā kṣudhaṃ puruhūta viśve | vayaṃ rājasu prathamā dhanāny ariṣṭāso vṛjanībhir jayema ||10||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

AVŚ 20.89.11

बृहस्पतिर् नः परि पातु पश्चाद् उतोत्तरस्माद् अधराद् अघयोः । इन्द्रः पुरस्ताद् उत मध्यतो नः सखा सखिभ्यो वरीयः कृणोतु ॥११॥

bṛhaspatir naḥ pari pātu paścād utottarasmād adharād aghayoḥ | indraḥ purastād uta madhyato naḥ sakhā sakhibhyo varīyaḥ kṛṇotu ||11||

Brhaspati protect us from the rearward, and from above, and from below, from sinners! May Indra from the front, and from the centre, as Friend to friends, vouchsafe us room and freedom.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.42.11; the wording of this text may differ in places.