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Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka) 6.38

सिंहे व्याघ्र उत या पृदाकौ त्विषिर् अग्नौ ब्राह्मणे सूर्ये या । इन्द्रं या देवी सुभगा जजान सा न ऐतु वर्चसा संविदाना ॥१॥

siṃhe vyāghra uta yā pṛdākau tviṣir agnau brāhmaṇe sūrye yā | indraṃ yā devī subhagā jajāna sā na aitu varcasā saṃvidānā ||1||

What brilliancy (tvíṣi) is in lion, in tiger, and what in adder, in fire, in the Brāhman, what in the sun: the fortunate goddess that gave birth to Indra—let her come to us, in union with splendor.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

या हस्तिनि द्वीपिनि या हिरण्ये त्विषिर् अप्सु गोषु या पुरुषेषु । इन्द्रं या देवी सुभगा जजान सा न ऐतु वर्चसा संविदाना ॥२॥

yā hastini dvīpini yā hiraṇye tviṣir apsu goṣu yā puruṣeṣu | indraṃ yā devī subhagā jajāna sā na aitu varcasā saṃvidānā ||2||

What brilliancy is in elephant, in leopard, what in gold, in waters, in kine, what in men (púruṣa): the fortunate goddess etc. etc.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

रथे अक्षेष्व् ऋषभस्य वाजे वाते पर्जन्ये वरुणस्य शुष्मे । इन्द्रम् या देवी सुभगा जजान सा न ऐतु वर्चसा संविदाना ॥३॥

rathe akṣeṣv ṛṣabhasya vāje vāte parjanye varuṇasya śuṣme | indram yā devī subhagā jajāna sā na aitu varcasā saṃvidānā ||3||

In chariot, in dice, in the bull's strength (vā́ja), in wind, in rain-god, in Varuṇa's vehemence (çúṣma): the fortunate goddess etc. etc.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

राजन्ये दुन्दुभाव् आयतायाम् अश्वस्य वाजे पुरुषस्य मायौ । इन्द्रम् या देवी सुभगा जजान सा न ऐतु वर्चसा सम्विदाना ॥४॥

rājanye dundubhāv āyatāyām aśvasya vāje puruṣasya māyau | indram yā devī subhagā jajāna sā na aitu varcasā samvidānā ||4||

In a noble (rājanyà), in the drum, in the drawn [arrow], in the horse's vigor, in man's roar (?): the fortunate goddess etc. etc.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)