Atharvaveda · Sūkta 20.36
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20.36.1
य एक इद्धव्यश्चर्षणीनामिन्द्रं तं गीर्भिरभ्यर्च आभिः ।
यः पत्यते वृषभो वृष्ण्यावान्त्सत्यः सत्वा पुरुमायः सहस्वान् ॥ २०.३६.१ ॥
I praise with these songs that Indra alone, worthy of invocation among the peoples, who rules as a bull, virile, true, strong, of many wiles, and victorious.
20.36.2
तमु नः पूर्वे पितरो नवग्वाः सप्त विप्रासो अभि वाजयन्तः ।
नक्षद्दाभं ततुरिं पर्वतेष्ठामद्रोघवाचं मतिभिः शविष्ठम् ॥ २०.३६.२ ॥
Our former fathers, the nine-herd lineage, and the seven inspired seers desiring strength, reached him: the mountain-dwelling, guileless-speaking slayer of the Dasa, swift and most mighty, they attained him with their thoughts.
20.36.3
तमीमहे इन्द्रमस्य रायः पुरुवीरस्य नृवतः पुरुक्षोः ।
यो अष्कृधोयुरजरः स्वर्वान् तमा भर हरिवो मादयध्यै ॥ २०.३६.३ ॥
We beseech Indra for his wealth, of many heroes, rich in men and in many possessions; the unassailable, ageless, sun-possessing one — bring him here, O lord of tawny steeds, to make us rejoice.
20.36.4
तन् नो वि वोचो यदि ते पुरा चिज्जरितार आनशुः सुम्नमिन्द्र ।
कस्ते भागः किं वयो दुध्र खिदुः पुरुहूत पुरूवसोऽसुरघ्नः ॥ २०.३६.४ ॥
Declare to us, Indra, whether singers before us ever won your favour: what is your share, what is your food, O unconquerable one, much-invoked, rich in goods, slayer of demons?
20.36.5
तं पृच्छन्ती वज्रहस्तं रथेष्ठामिन्द्रं वेपी वक्वरी यस्य नू गीः ।
तुविग्राभं तुविकूर्मिं रभोदां गातुमिषे नक्षते तुम्रमच्छ ॥ २०.३६.५ ॥
Asking Indra, the thunderbolt-handed one who dwells in his chariot, trembling and speaking, whose song now rings out, it reaches toward him of strong grasp, of great might, giver of joy, the swift one, for path and food.
20.36.6
अया ह त्यं मायया वावृधानं मनोजुवा स्वतवः पर्वतेन ।
अच्युता चिद्वीलिता स्वोजो रुजो वि दृल्हा धृषता विरप्शिन् ॥ २०.३६.६ ॥
Thus he grows by his wondrous power, swift as thought, strong by his own nature, along with the mountain. O Virapśin, with your unshaken and firmly bound own vigour, you boldly break apart the firm strongholds.
20.36.7
तं वो धिया नव्यस्या शविष्ठं प्रत्नं प्रत्नवत्परितंसयध्यै ।
स नो वक्षदनिमानः सुवह्नेन्द्रो विश्वान्यति दुर्गहाणि ॥ २०.३६.७ ॥
With new devotion, call upon him, the most mighty, ancient as of old, to be tested in battle. May that boundless Indra, with good steeds, carry us across all hard passes.
20.36.8
आ जनाय द्रुह्वणे पार्थिवानि दिव्यानि दीपयोऽन्तरिक्षा ।
तपा वृषन् विश्वतः शोचिषा तान् ब्रह्मद्विषे शोचय क्षामपश्च ॥ २०.३६.८ ॥
For the malicious man, kindle the earthly and heavenly worlds and the atmosphere. O mighty bull, scorch them on all sides with your flame; for the hater of the sacred word, set ablaze even the earth and the waters.
20.36.9
भुवो जनस्य दिव्यस्य राजा पार्थिवस्य जगतस्त्वेषसंदृक् ।
धिष्व वज्रं दक्षिण इन्द्र हस्ते विश्वा अजुर्य दयसे वि मायाः ॥ २०.३६.९ ॥
You are king of the heavenly and earthly, of the moving world and of mankind, of blazing aspect. O Indra, grasp the thunderbolt in your right hand; O undecaying one, you scatter all wiles.
20.36.10
आ संयतमिन्द्र णः स्वस्तिं शत्रुतूर्याय बृहतीममृध्राम् ।
यया दासान्यार्याणि वृत्रा करो वज्रिन्त्सुतुका नाहुषाणि ॥ २०.३६.१० ॥
O Indra, bring us well-ordered, vast, unfailing welfare, for overcoming enemies, by which, O wielder of the thunderbolt, you easily subdue the servile foes, the obstructors, and the mortal Nāhuṣa foes for the noble ones.
20.36.11
स नो नियुद्भिः पुरुहूत वेधो विश्ववाराभिरा गहि प्रयज्यो ।
न या अदेवो वरते न देव आभिर्याहि तूयमा मद्र्यद्रिक् ॥ २०.३६.११ ॥
O much-invoked one, maker, desired by all, worthy of worship, come to us with those teams of horses. With these, swiftly come, O joy-giver, to the one that a non-god obstructs and that a god does not obstruct.