20. Kāṇḍa 20 — Hymns to Indra and the Kuntāpa

Atharvaveda 20.1 · 3 mantras

20.1.1

इन्द्र त्वा वृषभं वयं सुते सोमे हवामहे ।
स पाहि मध्वो अन्धसः ॥

indra tvā vṛṣabhaṃ vayaṃ sute some havāmahe ।
sa pāhi madhvo andhasaḥ ॥

In this soma-yajna of the creative business of life when the time is ripe, O lord of honour and majesty, Indra, we invoke and invite you, lord of bliss, mighty brave and generous as rain showers. Come, grace the yajna, and protect and promote the honey sweets of food, energy and the joy of life.

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20.1.2

मरुतो यस्य हि क्षये पाथा दिवो विमहसः ।
स सुगोपातमो जनः ॥

maruto yasya hi kṣaye pāthā divo vimahasaḥ ।
sa sugopātamo janaḥ ॥

Maruts, dear as the breath of life, bright as the light of heaven, agents of great and adorable action, the person whose house you visit and bless with protection grows to be the most secure and meritorious person.

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20.1.3

उक्षान्नाय वशान्नाय सोमपृष्ठाय वेधसे ।
स्तोमैर् विधेमाग्नये ॥

ukṣānnāya vaśānnāya somapṛṣṭhāya vedhase ।
stomair vidhemāgnaye ॥

Atharvaveda 20.2 · 4 mantras

20.2.1

मरुतः पोत्रात् सुष्टुभः स्वर्काद् ऋतुना सोमं पिबन्तु ॥

marutaḥ potrāt suṣṭubhaḥ svarkād ṛtunā somaṃ pibantu ॥

Let the leader of the Maruts, stormy warriors, drink the soma from the Maruts’ holy vessel sanctified by the chant of sacred Rks, in accordance with the seasons. (Soma should be interpreted as service, love, loyalty and devotional honour and adoration in perfect faith with total submission which, on the master’s part, would imply love and protection in response.)

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20.2.2

अग्निर् आग्नीध्रात् सुष्टुभः स्वर्काद् ऋतुना सोमं पिबतु ॥

agnir āgnīdhrāt suṣṭubhaḥ svarkād ṛtunā somaṃ pibatu ॥

Let Agni, leading light of life, accept some from the Agnidhra’s, fire kindler’s, holy vessel of the heart sanctified by the chant of sacred Rks, in accordance with the seasons.

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20.2.3

इन्द्रो ब्रह्मा ब्राह्मणात् सुष्टुभः स्वर्काद् ऋतुना सोमं पिबतु ॥

indro brahmā brāhmaṇāt suṣṭubhaḥ svarkād ṛtunā somaṃ pibatu ॥

Let Indra Brahma, the presiding priest of yajna accept soma from the holy vessel of the sagely vedic scholar’s heart sanctified by the chant of sacred Rks, in accordance with the seasons.

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20.2.4

देवो द्रविणोदाः पोत्रात् सुष्टुभः स्वर्काद् ऋतुना सोमं पिबतु ॥

devo draviṇodāḥ potrāt suṣṭubhaḥ svarkād ṛtunā somaṃ pibatu ॥

Let the divine, brilliant and generous Dravinoda, producer and giver of substantial wealth, accept soma from the holy vessel of the pure heart’s love sanctified by the chant of sacred Rks, in accordance with the seasons.

Atharvaveda 20.3 · 3 mantras

20.3.1

आ याहि सुषुमा हि त इन्द्र सोमं पिबा इमम् ।
एदं बर्हिः सदो मम ॥

ā yāhi suṣumā hi ta indra somaṃ pibā imam ।
edaṃ barhiḥ sado mama ॥

Indra, lord omnipotent and omnipresent, we hold the yajna and distil the soma of life in your service. Come, grace this holy seat of my yajna dedicated to you, watch my performance, enjoy the soma, and protect and promote the yajna for the beauty and joy of life.

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20.3.2

आ त्वा ब्रह्मयुजा हरी वहताम् इन्द्र केशिना ।
उप ब्रह्माणि नः शृणु ॥

ā tvā brahmayujā harī vahatām indra keśinā ।
upa brahmāṇi naḥ śṛṇu ॥

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20.3.3

ब्रह्माणस् त्वा वयं युजा सोमपाम् इन्द्र सोमिनः ।
सुतावन्तो हवामहे ॥

brahmāṇas tvā vayaṃ yujā somapām indra sominaḥ ।
sutāvanto havāmahe ॥

Atharvaveda 20.4 · 3 mantras

20.4.1

आ नो याहि सुतावतो ऽस्माकं सुष्टुतीर् उप ।
पिबा सु शिप्रिन्न् अन्धसः ॥

ā no yāhi sutāvato 'smākaṃ suṣṭutīr upa ।
pibā su śiprinn andhasaḥ ॥

O lord of cosmic beauty, come to us, listen to our song of adoration and drink of the soma distilled by us with intense love and devotion.

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20.4.2

आ ते सिञ्चामि कुक्ष्योर् अनु गात्रा वि धावतु ।
गृभाय जिह्वया मधु ॥

ā te siñcāmi kukṣyor anu gātrā vi dhāvatu ।
gṛbhāya jihvayā madhu ॥

I create and pour the soma into the body spaces of your creation, taste the sweets with your tongue and let the exhilaration of honey radiate to every cell of the cosmic body.

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20.4.3

स्वादुष् टे अस्तु संसुदे मधुमान् तन्वे तव ।
सोमः शम् अस्तु ते हृदे ॥

svāduṣ ṭe astu saṃsude madhumān tanve tava ।
somaḥ śam astu te hṛde ॥

May the soma be delicious to your taste, O connoisseur of soma, may the honey sweets be exhilarating to your body, and may the soma bring peace and joy to your heart.

Atharvaveda 20.5 · 7 mantras

20.5.1

अयम् उ त्वा विचर्षणे जनीर् इवाभि संवृतः ।
प्र सोम इन्द्र सर्पतु ॥

ayam u tvā vicarṣaṇe janīr ivābhi saṃvṛtaḥ ।
pra soma indra sarpatu ॥

O lord of cosmic vision, let this soma distilled and seasoned radiate to you from sense to the spirit, inspiring, soothing and beatifying like a bride on top of her beauty and virgin grace.

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20.5.2

तुविग्रीवो वपोदरः सुबाहुर् अन्धसो सदे ।
इन्द्रो वृत्राणि जिघ्नते ॥

tuvigrīvo vapodaraḥ subāhur andhaso sade ।
indro vṛtrāṇi jighnate ॥

In the ecstasy and exhilaration of soma, Indra, lord mighty of head and arms joined at the neck and vast of cosmic belly space, destroys the dark forces of life.

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20.5.3

इन्द्र प्रेहि पुरस् त्वं विश्वस्येशान ओजसा ।
वृत्राणि वृत्रहं जहि ॥

indra prehi puras tvaṃ viśvasyeśāna ojasā ।
vṛtrāṇi vṛtrahaṃ jahi ॥

Indra, ruler and ordainer of the world by your power and splendour, come to us and, O dispeller of darkness, go forward, destroy the evils and adversities of ignorance, injustice and poverty.

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20.5.4

दीर्घस् ते अस्त्व् अङ्कुशो येना वसु प्रयछसि ।
यजमानाय सुन्वते ॥

dīrghas te astv aṅkuśo yenā vasu prayachasi ।
yajamānāya sunvate ॥

Let your arms of law and order be long and far reaching by which you protect and provide peace, prosperity and security for the self-sacrificing performer of yajna who creates soma for the common good.

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20.5.5

अयं त इन्द्र सोमो निपूतो अधि बर्हिषि ।
एहीम् अस्य द्रवा पिब ॥

ayaṃ ta indra somo nipūto adhi barhiṣi ।
ehīm asya dravā piba ॥

Indra, this soma pure and sanctified on the holy grass of yajna vedi, is dedicated to you. Come fast, you would love it, drink and enjoy, and protect and promote it for the good of all.

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20.5.6

शाचिगो शाचिपूजनायं रणाय ते सुतः ।
आखण्डल प्र हूयसे ॥

śācigo śācipūjanāyaṃ raṇāya te sutaḥ ।
ākhaṇḍala pra hūyase ॥

Lord self-refulgent creator of stars and planets, glorious adorable, this cosmic soma of the universe of your creation is for the joy of life. Therefore, O lord imperishable, you are invoked and adored with love and faith.

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20.5.7

यस् ते शृङ्गवृषो नपात् प्रणपात् कुण्डपाय्यः ।
न्य् अस्मिन् दध्र आ मनः ॥

yas te śṛṅgavṛṣo napāt praṇapāt kuṇḍapāyyaḥ ।
ny asmin dadhra ā manaḥ ॥

O lord, the sun on high which neither falls nor allows others, planets and satellites, to fall is your creation and it is the protector and sustainer of the vault of heaven and the firmament. On this we meditate and concentrate our mind.

Atharvaveda 20.6 · 9 mantras

20.6.1

इन्द्र त्वा वृषभं वयं सुते सोमे हवामहे ।
स पाहि मध्वो अन्धसः ॥

indra tvā vṛṣabhaṃ vayaṃ sute some havāmahe ।
sa pāhi madhvo andhasaḥ ॥

In this soma-yajna of the creative business of life when the time is ripe, O lord of honour and majesty. Indra, we invoke and invite you, lord of bliss, mighty brave and generous as rain showers. Come, grace the yajna, and protect and promote the honey sweets of food, energy and the joy of life.

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20.6.2

इन्द्र क्रतुविदं सुतं सोमं हर्य पुरुष्टुत ।
पिबा वृषस्व तातृपिम् ॥

indra kratuvidaṃ sutaṃ somaṃ harya puruṣṭuta ।
pibā vṛṣasva tātṛpim ॥

Indra, lover of life and excellence, sung and celebrated by many, cherish the nectar-sweet of soma distilled and inspiring for the completion of yajna. Drink of the delight of life to the lees, to your heart’s content, grow strong and vigorous, and shower the blessings of Divinity on the celebrants.

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20.6.3

इन्द्र प्र णो धितावानं यज्ञं विश्वेभिर् देवेभिर् ।
तिर स्तवान विश्पते ॥

indra pra ṇo dhitāvānaṃ yajñaṃ viśvebhir devebhir ।
tira stavāna viśpate ॥

Indra, lord of might and majesty, ruler and protector of the people, celebrated defender of truth and rectitude, destroyer of darkness and evil, come with all the nobilities of humanity and promote and perfect this yajna of ours so that it overflows with the bounties of life and nature for all.

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20.6.4

इन्द्र सोमाः सुता इमे तव प्र यन्ति सत्पते ।
क्षयं चन्द्रास इन्दवः ॥

indra somāḥ sutā ime tava pra yanti satpate ।
kṣayaṃ candrāsa indavaḥ ॥

Indra, lord of knowledge, protector of truth and lover of rectitude, all these soma essences of nature, distilled, seasoned and reinforced, soothing sweet and inspiring, trickling in drops and flowing in streams, come to your abode.

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20.6.5

दधिष्वा जठरे सुतं सोमम् इन्द्र वरेण्यम् ।
तव द्युक्षास इन्दवः ॥

dadhiṣvā jaṭhare sutaṃ somam indra vareṇyam ।
tava dyukṣāsa indavaḥ ॥

Indra, lover of life and health a long age, the soma distilled drop by drop in sunlight is selected for you. Take it, bear it in the stomach, and it will give you the vigour and joy of a full life.

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20.6.6

गिर्वणः पाहि नः सुतं मधोर् धाराभिर् अज्यसे ।
इन्द्र त्वादातम् इद् यशः ॥

girvaṇaḥ pāhi naḥ sutaṃ madhor dhārābhir ajyase ।
indra tvādātam id yaśaḥ ॥

Indra, lord of honour, excellence and majesty, honoured by songs of celebration, served and pleased with streams of sweet soma in homage, pray protect and promote our soma-yajna of life and endeavour. By you alone is acknowledged the honour, joy and value of life and karma.

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20.6.7

अभि द्युम्नानि वनिन इन्द्रं सचन्ते अक्षिता ।
पीत्वी सोमस्य वावृधे ॥

abhi dyumnāni vanina indraṃ sacante akṣitā ।
pītvī somasya vāvṛdhe ॥

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20.6.8

अर्वावतो न आ गहि परावतश् च वृत्रहन् ।
इमा जुषस्व नो गिरः ॥

arvāvato na ā gahi parāvataś ca vṛtrahan ।
imā juṣasva no giraḥ ॥

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20.6.9

यद् अन्तरा परावतम् अर्वावतं च हूयसे ।
इन्द्रेह तत आ गहि ॥

yad antarā parāvatam arvāvataṃ ca hūyase ।
indreha tata ā gahi ॥

Atharvaveda 20.7 · 4 mantras

20.7.1

उद् घेद् अभि श्रुतामघं वृषभं नर्यापसम् ।
अस्तारम् एषि सूर्य ॥

ud ghed abhi śrutāmaghaṃ vṛṣabhaṃ naryāpasam ।
astāram eṣi sūrya ॥

O Surya, self-refulgent light of the world, you rise and move in the service of Indra, lord of the wealth of revelation, generous and virile, lover of humanity and dispeller of the darkness and negativities of the mind, soul and the universe. (Indra is interpreted in this Sukta as the omnipotent, self-refulgent lord and light of the universe, as the sublime soul, and as the enlightened mind according to the context of meaning reflected by the intra-structure of the mantra.)

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20.7.2

नव यो नवतिं पुरो बिभेद बाह्वोजसा ।
अहिं च वृत्रहावधीत् ॥

nava yo navatiṃ puro bibheda bāhvojasā ।
ahiṃ ca vṛtrahāvadhīt ॥

Indra who breaks off the nine and ninty strongholds of darkness, ignorance and suffering by the force of his lustrous arms and, as the dispeller of darkness, destroys the crooked serpentine evil of the world:

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20.7.3

स न इन्द्रः शिवः सखाश्वावद् गोमद् यवमत् ।
उरुधारेव दोहते ॥

sa na indraḥ śivaḥ sakhāśvāvad gomad yavamat ।
urudhāreva dohate ॥

That same Indra who is blissful, a gracious friend and companion, commands the wealth of cows and horses, nourishment and achievement, knowledge and enlightenment and distils for us power, honour and excellence from nature such as the torrential showers of rain.

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20.7.4

इन्द्र क्रतुविदं सुतं सोमं हर्य पुरुष्टुत ।
पिबा वृषस्व तातृपिम् ॥

indra kratuvidaṃ sutaṃ somaṃ harya puruṣṭuta ।
pibā vṛṣasva tātṛpim ॥

Atharvaveda 20.8 · 3 mantras

20.8.1

एवा पाहि प्रत्नथा मन्दतु त्वा श्रुधि ब्रह्म वावृधस्वोत गीर्भिः ।
आविः सूर्यं कृणुहि पीपिहीषो जहि शत्रूंर् अभि गा इन्द्र तृन्धि ॥

evā pāhi pratnathā mandatu tvā śrudhi brahma vāvṛdhasvota gīrbhiḥ ।
āviḥ sūryaṃ kṛṇuhi pīpihīṣo jahi śatrūṃr abhi gā indra tṛndhi ॥

Thus protect and promote life and humanity as ever before, and let the adventure give you the pride of pleasure. Listen to the Veda, protect the Word of knowledge, and be exalted by our songs of celebration. Uncover the light of the sun, enjoy food and drink, destroy the hostilities, release the speech of humanity to freedom, and unshackle the lands from bondage into liberty.

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20.8.2

अर्वाङ् एहि सोमकामं त्वाहुर् अयं सुतस् तस्य पिबा मदाय ।
उरुव्यचा जठर आ वृषस्व पितेव नः शृणुहि हूयमानः ॥

arvāṅ ehi somakāmaṃ tvāhur ayaṃ sutas tasya pibā madāya ।
uruvyacā jaṭhara ā vṛṣasva piteva naḥ śṛṇuhi hūyamānaḥ ॥

Indra, come right here and now. They say you love soma. Distilled is the soma of life’s joy, drink of it to your fill for the bliss of life. Lord of great honour and universal reverence, invoked by all with love in faith, listen to our prayers as father and shower the rains of bliss.

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20.8.3

आपूर्णो अस्य कलशः स्वाहा सेक्तेव कोशं सिषिचे पिबध्यै ।
सम् उ प्रिया आववृत्रन् मदाय प्रदक्षिणिद् अभि सोमास इन्द्रम् ॥

āpūrṇo asya kalaśaḥ svāhā sekteva kośaṃ siṣice pibadhyai ।
sam u priyā āvavṛtran madāya pradakṣiṇid abhi somāsa indram ॥

Full to the brim is the cup of life for Indra to drink, filled with the best of thought, perception and action, like the dense cloud of vapours poured in by the sun. Dear friends and admirers, lovers of the soma-joy of life, come close and stand round Indra in homage to join and celebrate the Lord’s gift of life.

Atharvaveda 20.9 · 4 mantras

20.9.1

तं वो दस्मम् ऋतीषहम् वसोर् मन्दानम् अन्धसः ।
अभि वत्सं न स्वसरेषु धेनव इन्द्रं गीर्भिर् नवामहे ॥

taṃ vo dasmam ṛtīṣaham vasor mandānam andhasaḥ ।
abhi vatsaṃ na svasareṣu dhenava indraṃ gīrbhir navāmahe ॥

We invoke and call upon Indra eagerly as cows call for their calves in the stalls, and with songs of adoration over night and day we glorify him, lord glorious, omnipotent power fighting for truth against evil forces, and exhilarated with the bright soma of worship offered by celebrant humanity.

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20.9.2

द्युक्षं सुदानुं तविषीभिर् आवृतं गिरिं न पुरुभोजसम् ।
क्षुमन्तं वाजं शतिनं सहस्रिणं मक्षू गोमन्तम् ईमहे ॥

dyukṣaṃ sudānuṃ taviṣībhir āvṛtaṃ giriṃ na purubhojasam ।
kṣumantaṃ vājaṃ śatinaṃ sahasriṇaṃ makṣū gomantam īmahe ॥

We pray to Indra, lord of light, omnificent, hallowed with heavenly glory, universally generous like clouds of shower, and we ask for food abounding in strength and nourishment and for hundredfold and thousandfold wealth and prosperity abounding in lands, cows and the graces of literature and culture, and we pray for the gift instantly.

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20.9.3

तत् त्वा यामि सुवीर्यं तद् ब्रह्म पूर्वचित्तये ।
येना यतिभ्यो भृगवे धने हिते येन प्रस्कण्वम् आविथ ॥

tat tvā yāmi suvīryaṃ tad brahma pūrvacittaye ।
yenā yatibhyo bhṛgave dhane hite yena praskaṇvam āvitha ॥

O Lord resplendent, I come to you and ask for that vigour and wisdom, that knowledge of reality and divinity, that prime acquisition and awareness of values by which, when the battle rages and money and materials are called for, you provide for the retired holy men, scientists, technologists and the inventors and by which you protect the man of advanced special knowledge.

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20.9.4

येना समुद्रम् असृजो महीर् अपस् तद् इन्द्र वृष्णि ते शवः ।
सद्यः सो अस्य महिमा न संनशे यं क्षोणीर् अनुचक्रदे ॥

yenā samudram asṛjo mahīr apas tad indra vṛṣṇi te śavaḥ ।
sadyaḥ so asya mahimā na saṃnaśe yaṃ kṣoṇīr anucakrade ॥

Indra, lord omnipotent of creation, I pray for the knowledge and experience of that overwhelming power and potential of yours by which you create the mighty waters and the oceans to roll and flow. That mighty power of this lord is not easily to be realised, the heaven and earth obey it, and when they move they celebrate it in the roaring and resounding music of stars and spheres.

Atharvaveda 20.10 · 2 mantras

20.10.1

उद् उ ते मधुमत्तमा गिर स्तोमास ईरते ।
सत्राजितो धनसा अक्षितोतयो वाजयन्तो रथा इव ॥

ud u te madhumattamā gira stomāsa īrate ।
satrājito dhanasā akṣitotayo vājayanto rathā iva ॥

The sweetest of honeyed songs of praise and vibrations of homage rise to you flying like victorious, unviolated and invincible chariots laden with gold heading for higher destinations.

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20.10.2

कण्वा इव भृगवः सूर्या इव विश्वम् इद् धीतम् आनशुः ।
इन्द्रं स्तोमेभिर् महयन्त आयवः प्रियमेधासो अस्वरन् ॥

kaṇvā iva bhṛgavaḥ sūryā iva viśvam id dhītam ānaśuḥ ।
indraṃ stomebhir mahayanta āyavaḥ priyamedhāso asvaran ॥

Atharvaveda 20.11 · 11 mantras

20.11.1

इन्द्रः पूर्भिद् आतिरद् दासम् अर्कैर् विदद्वसुर् दयमानो वि शत्रून् ।
ब्रह्मजूतस् तन्वा वावृधानो भूरिदात्र आपृणद् रोदसी उभे ॥

indraḥ pūrbhid ātirad dāsam arkair vidadvasur dayamāno vi śatrūn ।
brahmajūtas tanvā vāvṛdhāno bhūridātra āpṛṇad rodasī ubhe ॥

Indra, lord ruler of the world, overcomes the hostile forces with light and thought and the power of persuasion. He opens and expands the cities bound in the dark and, abundant and charitable as he is, relieves and rehabilitates the helpless poor. Inspired by divinity and universal vision, rising and expanding in body and mind with plenty and prosperity, merciful and freely giving, he fills both heaven and earth with light and joy.

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20.11.2

मखस्य ते तविषस्य प्र जूतिम् इयर्मि वाचम् अमृताय भूषन् ।
इन्द्र क्षितीनाम् असि मानुषीणां विशां दैवीनाम् उत पूर्वयावा ॥

makhasya te taviṣasya pra jūtim iyarmi vācam amṛtāya bhūṣan ।
indra kṣitīnām asi mānuṣīṇāṃ viśāṃ daivīnām uta pūrvayāvā ॥

Indra, lord of life and giver of light, I arise and receive the inspiration of the power and generosity of your yajna, glorifying the divine voice for the sake of immortality. Lord of power and ruler of the world, you are the leader and pioneer of the nations of the world, ordinary people, specialized groups and exceptional people of brilliance and generosity.

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20.11.3

इन्द्रो वृत्रम् अवृणोच् छर्धनीतिः प्र मायिनाम् अमिनाद् वर्पणीतिः ।
अहन् व्यंसम् उशधग् वनेष्व् आविर् धेना अकृणोद् राम्याणाम् ॥

indro vṛtram avṛṇoc chardhanītiḥ pra māyinām aminād varpaṇītiḥ ।
ahan vyaṃsam uśadhag vaneṣv āvir dhenā akṛṇod rāmyāṇām ॥

Indra, heroic warrior of exploits, master of tactics, overwhelms the demon of darkness and, passionate for action, counters the magical moves of the crafty enemies and overthrows the crippled monster. Thus does he set free the cows confined in the forests, voices suppressed in silence, and the streams of water locked up in the cloud and sunrays.

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20.11.4

इन्द्रः स्वर्षा जनयन्न् अहानि जिगायोशिग्भिः पृतना अभिष्टिः ।
प्रारोचयन् मनवे केतुम् अह्नाम् अविन्दज् ज्योतिर् बृहते रणाय ॥

indraḥ svarṣā janayann ahāni jigāyośigbhiḥ pṛtanā abhiṣṭiḥ ।
prārocayan manave ketum ahnām avindaj jyotir bṛhate raṇāya ॥

Indra, lord of the showers of joy, reveals and brightens the days, fights the battles alongwith his commandos, and comes out victorious. May he then unfurl the flag of the day’s light and victory and win the light for the mighty battle of life as a whole in the

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20.11.5

इन्द्रस् तुजो बर्हणा आ विवेश नृवद् दधानो नर्या पुरूणि ।
अचेतयद् धिय इमा जरित्रे प्रेमं वर्णम् अतिरच् छुक्रम् आसाम् ॥

indras tujo barhaṇā ā viveśa nṛvad dadhāno naryā purūṇi ।
acetayad dhiya imā jaritre premaṃ varṇam atirac chukram āsām ॥

Indra, like a manly hero, commanding, overwhelming, the forces of battle, blazing with the mighty thunderbolt, breaks through the thick of enemy lines. He enlightens these thoughts and minds for the celebrant and augments this pure and unsullied light of these within.

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20.11.6

महो महानि पनयन्त्य् अस्येन्द्रस्य कर्म सुकृता पुरूणि ।
वृजनेन वृजिनान्त् सं पिपेष मायाभिर् दस्यूंर् अभिभूत्योजाः ॥

maho mahāni panayanty asyendrasya karma sukṛtā purūṇi ।
vṛjanena vṛjinānt saṃ pipeṣa māyābhir dasyūṃr abhibhūtyojāḥ ॥

Many great and good acts of this mighty Indra, ruler and warrior, are worthy of admiration. Lord of might and splendour, hero of victory, he crushes the guiles and evils of the wicked with his strength, and eliminates the thieves and robbers of society by the force of his tactics and intelligence.

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20.11.7

युधेन्द्रो मह्ना वरिवश् चकार देवेभ्यः सत्पतिश् चर्षणिप्राः ।
विवस्वतः सदने अस्य तानि विप्रा उक्थेभिः कवयो गृणन्ति ॥

yudhendro mahnā varivaś cakāra devebhyaḥ satpatiś carṣaṇiprāḥ ।
vivasvataḥ sadane asya tāni viprā ukthebhiḥ kavayo gṛṇanti ॥

Indra, lover and favourite of humanity, protector and promoter of truth, reality and the good people, with his fight and force of strength and intelligence does great good deeds for the noble powers of nature and humanity. And those great exploits of his, brilliant poets and scholars celebrate with their songs of homage, the waves and echoes of which rise and resound in the house of the sun.

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20.11.8

सत्रासाहं वरेण्यं सहोदां ससवांसं स्वर् अपश् च देवीः ।
ससान यः पृथिवीं द्याम् उतेमाम् इन्द्रं मदन्त्य् अनु धीरणासः ॥

satrāsāhaṃ vareṇyaṃ sahodāṃ sasavāṃsaṃ svar apaś ca devīḥ ।
sasāna yaḥ pṛthivīṃ dyām utemām indraṃ madanty anu dhīraṇāsaḥ ॥

People of intelligence, patience and intelligence may please and share the pleasure with Indra, lord of the world, who upholds truth and challenges untruth, who is worthy of choice, giver of strength and courage, who distinguishes between good and evil, and gives happiness, pranic energy and divine bliss, and who creates, gives and shares the gifts and beauty of this earth and heaven with us.

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20.11.9

ससानात्यां उत सूर्यं ससानेन्द्रः ससान पुरुभोजसं गाम् ।
हिरण्ययम् उत भोगं ससान हत्वी दस्यून् प्रार्यं वर्णम् आवत् ॥

sasānātyāṃ uta sūryaṃ sasānendraḥ sasāna purubhojasaṃ gām ।
hiraṇyayam uta bhogaṃ sasāna hatvī dasyūn prāryaṃ varṇam āvat ॥

Indra gives us the horses and other modes of fast travel. He gives us the sun and enlightenment. He gives us the cow for milk, land and speech, and golden wealth for the sustenance of all. He destroys evil and the wicked and protects the good and virtuous people for the joy of all.

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20.11.10

इन्द्र ओषधीर् असनोद् अहानि वनस्पतींर् असनोद् अन्तरिक्षम् ।
बिभेद बलं नुनुदे विवाचो ऽथाभवद् दमिताभिक्रतूनाम् ॥

indra oṣadhīr asanod ahāni vanaspatīṃr asanod antarikṣam ।
bibheda balaṃ nunude vivāco 'thābhavad damitābhikratūnām ॥

Indra gives us herbs and tonics everyday. He gives us waters of the firmament. He opens up the sources of strength and energy. He stimulates the organs of speech and inspires articulation and the growth of various languages. And he is the controller of the men of impetuous action to a steady state of balance in thought and will.

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20.11.11

शुनं हुवेम मघवानम् इन्द्रम् अस्मिन् भरे नृतमं वाजसातौ ।
शृण्वन्तम् उग्रम् ऊतये समत्सु घ्नन्तं वृत्राणि संजितं धनानाम् ॥

śunaṃ huvema maghavānam indram asmin bhare nṛtamaṃ vājasātau ।
śṛṇvantam ugram ūtaye samatsu ghnantaṃ vṛtrāṇi saṃjitaṃ dhanānām ॥

We invoke, invite and celebrate Indra, auspicious lord of wealth, honour and excellence, friend of the good and controller of the wicked. In this battle of life, we call upon him, best and highest of men and leaders, for victory. We call upon him in all our struggles for protection, promotion and progress, for he listens to us, destroys the evils of darkness and ignorance, and wins, preserves and promotes the wealth, honour and excellence of life and culture. Great is he, mighty

Atharvaveda 20.12 · 7 mantras

20.12.1

उद् उ ब्रह्माण्य् ऐरत श्रवस्येन्द्रं समर्ये महया वसिष्ठ ।
आ यो विश्वानि शवसा ततानोपश्रोता म ईवतो वचांसि ॥

ud u brahmāṇy airata śravasyendraṃ samarye mahayā vasiṣṭha ।
ā yo viśvāni śavasā tatānopaśrotā ma īvato vacāṃsi ॥

O brilliant sage of divine vision settled in peace, raise your voice and sing songs of celebration in honour of Indra, mighty ruler of the world. In the battle business of life, glorify him who pervades the wide worlds by his might, and as I approach him he listens close by so that my words of prayer reverberate across the spaces.

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20.12.2

अयामि घोष इन्द्र देवजामिर् इरज्यन्त यच् छुरुधो विवाचि ।
नहि स्वम् आयुश् चिकिते जनेषु तानीद् अंहांस्य् अति पर्ष्य् अस्मान् ॥

ayāmi ghoṣa indra devajāmir irajyanta yac churudho vivāci ।
nahi svam āyuś cikite janeṣu tānīd aṃhāṃsy ati parṣy asmān ॥

I come, lord Indra, the sound of prayer rises like a battle cry with the divine waves of nature, charming, mastering, the notes resounding in the tumultuous roar. No one knows the thread of his span of life in humanity. O lord, cleanse us of those sins which pollute us to darkness.

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20.12.3

युजे रथं गवेषणं हरिभ्याम् उप ब्रह्माणि जुजुषाणम् अस्थुः ।
वि बाधिष्ट स्य रोदसी महित्वेन्द्रो वृत्राण्य् अप्रती जघन्वान् ॥

yuje rathaṃ gaveṣaṇaṃ haribhyām upa brahmāṇi jujuṣāṇam asthuḥ ।
vi bādhiṣṭa sya rodasī mahitvendro vṛtrāṇy apratī jaghanvān ॥

I ride the chariot of worship in pursuit of the light of truth, harnessing the two carriers of mind and intellect alongwith the senses. My prayers reach the lord of love who accepts the supplicant with grace. The lord pervades both heaven and earth with his might, prevents evil, and destroys the demons of sin and darkness which we cannot even perceive with our human eyes of ordinary vision.

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20.12.4

आपश् चित् पिप्यु स्तर्यो न गावो नक्षन्न् ऋतं जरितारस् त इन्द्र ।
याहि वायुर् न नियुतो नो अछा त्वं हि धीभिर् दयसे वि वाजान् ॥

āpaś cit pipyu staryo na gāvo nakṣann ṛtaṃ jaritāras ta indra ।
yāhi vāyur na niyuto no achā tvaṃ hi dhībhir dayase vi vājān ॥

Indra, lord of light and action, just as waters flow and rays of light radiate over darkness, so let your celebrants, men of holy action, rise and attain to the light of truth. O lord of the cosmic chariot, come like the wind to your servants of action with grace since you bless us with mercy and with gifts of intelligence, vision and the light of divinity.

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20.12.5

ते त्वा मदा इन्द्र मादयन्तु शुष्मिणं तुविराधसं जरित्रे ।
एको देवत्रा दयसे हि मर्तान् अस्मिन् छूर सवने मादयस्व ॥

te tvā madā indra mādayantu śuṣmiṇaṃ tuvirādhasaṃ jaritre ।
eko devatrā dayase hi martān asmin chūra savane mādayasva ॥

Indra, lord of might, mercy, magnanimity and giver of all round success, may the devotees blest with joy and vision of action win your pleasure and favour for the gift of strength and power, sure success and excellence in all fields to bless the celebrant. You, the one adorable lord, bless the mortals with love and mercy. Come and share our celebrations of yajnic ecstasy with us in this session.

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20.12.6

एवेद् इन्द्रं वृषणं वज्रबाहुं वसिष्ठासो अभ्य् अर्चन्त्य् अर्कैः ।
स न स्तुतो वीरवद् धातु गोमद् यूयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः ॥

eved indraṃ vṛṣaṇaṃ vajrabāhuṃ vasiṣṭhāso abhy arcanty arkaiḥ ।
sa na stuto vīravad dhātu gomad yūyaṃ pāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ ॥

Thus do brilliant poets of vision and heroes of action settled and settlers at peace with homage and adorations celebrate Indra, lord ruler and commander of world forces, giver of showers of joy and wielder of thunder arms for the world order. The lord commands forces of the youthful brave and prosperity of the world’s commonwealth. Praised and celebrated thus, may the lord protect and promote us. O lord, O men of vision and potent action, protect and promote us all time with all modes of happiness and well being.

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20.12.7

ऋजीषी वज्री वृषभस् तुराषाट् छुष्मी राजा वृत्रहा सोमपावा ।
युक्त्वा हरिभ्याम् उप यासद् अर्वाङ् माध्यंदिने सवने मत्सद् इन्द्रः ॥

ṛjīṣī vajrī vṛṣabhas turāṣāṭ chuṣmī rājā vṛtrahā somapāvā ।
yuktvā haribhyām upa yāsad arvāṅ mādhyaṃdine savane matsad indraḥ ॥

Atharvaveda 20.13 · 4 mantras

20.13.1

इन्द्रश् च सोमं पिबतं बृहस्पते ऽस्मिन् यज्ञे मन्दसाना वृषण्वसू ।
आ वां विशन्त्व् इन्दवः स्वाभुवो ऽस्मे रयिं सर्ववीरं नि यछतम् ॥

indraś ca somaṃ pibataṃ bṛhaspate 'smin yajñe mandasānā vṛṣaṇvasū ।
ā vāṃ viśantv indavaḥ svābhuvo 'sme rayiṃ sarvavīraṃ ni yachatam ॥

Brhaspati, master of the knowledge of omniscience, and Indra, lord ruler of the world, both rejoicing and giving showers of wealth and comfort to the people, drink the soma of bliss in this yajna of human excellence. O lords of glory in your own right, may the majesty and sublimity of divinity bless you both and may you create and give us the wealth and honour of a brave and perfect nation with a brave young generation.

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20.13.2

आ वो वहन्तु सप्तयो रघुष्यदो रघुपत्वानः प्र जिगात बाहुभिः ।
सीदता बर्हिर् उरु वः सदस् कृतं मादयध्वं मरुतो मध्वो अन्धसः ॥

ā vo vahantu saptayo raghuṣyado raghupatvānaḥ pra jigāta bāhubhiḥ ।
sīdatā barhir uru vaḥ sadas kṛtaṃ mādayadhvaṃ maruto madhvo andhasaḥ ॥

Mamts, may superfast vehicles transport you here and everywhere. May the flying planes at top speed take you anywhere by the force of their arms. Come, the chamber is made ready for you. Come and be comfortable in the seats. Enjoy yourselves with honey sweets of food and drink.

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20.13.3

इमं स्तोमम् अर्हते जातवेदसे रथम् इव सं महेमा मनीषया ।
भद्रा हि नः प्रमतिर् अस्य संसद्य् अग्ने सख्ये मा रिषामा वयं तव ॥

imaṃ stomam arhate jātavedase ratham iva saṃ mahemā manīṣayā ।
bhadrā hi naḥ pramatir asya saṃsady agne sakhye mā riṣāmā vayaṃ tava ॥

This song of celebration and worship in honour of venerable Jataveda, Agni, omnipresent in the created world and lord omniscient, we sing in praise of his glory with our mind and soul in sincerity and offer it to him as a joyous holiday chariot fit for his majesty. Blessed is our mind in his company, while we sit in the assembly of devotees. Agni, lord of light and knowledge, we pray, may we never come to suffering while we enjoy your company and friendship.

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20.13.4

ऐभिर् अग्ने सरथं याह्य् अर्वाङ् नानारथं वा विभवो ह्य् अश्वाः ।
पत्नीवतस् त्रिंशतं त्रींश् च देवान् अनुष्वधम् आ वह मादयस्व ॥

aibhir agne sarathaṃ yāhy arvāṅ nānārathaṃ vā vibhavo hy aśvāḥ ।
patnīvatas triṃśataṃ trīṃś ca devān anuṣvadham ā vaha mādayasva ॥

Atharvaveda 20.14 · 4 mantras

20.14.1

वयम् उ त्वाम् अपूर्व्य स्थूरं न कच् चिद् भरन्तो ऽवस्यवः ।
वाजे चित्रं हवामहे ॥

vayam u tvām apūrvya sthūraṃ na kac cid bharanto 'vasyavaḥ ।
vāje citraṃ havāmahe ॥

O lord sublime, eternal, first and most excellent, we, bearing almost nothing substantial but praying for protection and advancement, invoke you in our battle of life for food, energy, knowledge and ultimate victory.

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20.14.2

उप त्वा कर्मन्न् ऊतये स नो युवोग्रश् चक्राम यो धृषत् ।
त्वाम् इद् ध्य् अवितारं ववृमहे सखाय इन्द्र सानसिम् ॥

upa tvā karmann ūtaye sa no yuvograś cakrāma yo dhṛṣat ।
tvām id dhy avitāraṃ vavṛmahe sakhāya indra sānasim ॥

We approach you for protection and success in every undertaking. O lord youthful and blazing brave who can challenge and subdue any difficulty, pray come to our help. Indra, friends and admirers of yours, we depend on you alone as our sole saviour and victorious lord and choose to pray to you only as the lord supreme.

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20.14.3

यो न इदमिदं पुरा प्र वस्य आनिनाय तम् उ व स्तुषे ।
सखाय इन्द्रम् ऊतये ॥

yo na idamidaṃ purā pra vasya ānināya tam u va stuṣe ।
sakhāya indram ūtaye ॥

O friends, for the peace, freedom, progress and protection of you all, I pray to the same Indra, Lord Almighty, who has provided this beautiful world of joy for us since the very time of creation.

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20.14.4

हर्यश्वं सत्पतिं चर्षणीसहं स हि ष्मा यो अमन्दत ।
आ तु नः स वयति गव्यम् अश्व्यं स्तोतृभ्यो मघवा शतम् ॥

haryaśvaṃ satpatiṃ carṣaṇīsahaṃ sa hi ṣmā yo amandata ।
ā tu naḥ sa vayati gavyam aśvyaṃ stotṛbhyo maghavā śatam ॥

He alone is happy indeed and prospers who glorifies Indra, lord of the moving universe, protector and promoter of truth and reality and ruler and justicier of humanity, who. Lord Almighty, weaves for us this web of a hundredfold variety of earthly provision and all attainable possibility for the celebrants.

Atharvaveda 20.15 · 6 mantras

20.15.1

प्र मंहिष्ठाय बृहते बृहद्रये सत्यशुष्माय तवसे मतिं भरे ।
अपाम् इव प्रवणे यस्य दुर्धरं राधो विश्वायु शवसे अपावृतम् ॥

pra maṃhiṣṭhāya bṛhate bṛhadraye satyaśuṣmāya tavase matiṃ bhare ।
apām iva pravaṇe yasya durdharaṃ rādho viśvāyu śavase apāvṛtam ॥

To the most generous lord of the world, Indra, great, awfully wealthy, truly fragrant, blissful, and mighty strong, I offer my homage of faith and celebration. His universal gift of wealth, knowledge and efficiency of karma, released and open to all for strength and enlightenment, flows freely like streams of water rushing down to the sea.

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20.15.2

अध ते विश्वम् अनु हासद् इष्टय आपो निम्नेव सवना हविष्मतः ।
यत् पर्वते न समशीत हर्यत इन्द्रस्य वज्रः श्नथिता हिरण्ययः ॥

adha te viśvam anu hāsad iṣṭaya āpo nimneva savanā haviṣmataḥ ।
yat parvate na samaśīta haryata indrasya vajraḥ śnathitā hiraṇyayaḥ ॥

Just as the golden glorious thunderbolt of Indra struck at the cloud reaches to the heart of the vapours and the treasure streams of water flow down to the sea, so may the fruits of the holy works of yajnic people and the wealth of the world flow to you like streams of water for your fulfilment and freedom. (The ruler is the nation’s centre and chief yajamana of the nation’s yajnic activity.)

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20.15.3

अस्मै भीमाय नमसा सम् अध्वर उषो न शुभ्र आ भरा पनीयसे ।
यस्य धाम श्रवसे नामेन्द्रियं ज्योतिर् अकारि हरितो नायसे ॥

asmai bhīmāya namasā sam adhvara uṣo na śubhra ā bharā panīyase ।
yasya dhāma śravase nāmendriyaṃ jyotir akāri harito nāyase ॥

O man of knowledge, come to the auspicious yajna like the glorious dawn, bearing gifts of food, power and energy for this awful lord of majesty and charity, whose house, famous for gold and chant of the Word, emanates the light and power of science and knowledge like the spaces in the morning reflecting the light and glory of the dawn.

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20.15.4

इमे त इन्द्र ते वयं पुरुष्टुत ये त्वारभ्य चरामसि प्रभूवसो ।
नहि त्वद् अन्यो गिर्वणो गिरः सधत् क्षोणीर् इव प्रति नो हर्य तद् वचः ॥

ime ta indra te vayaṃ puruṣṭuta ye tvārabhya carāmasi prabhūvaso ।
nahi tvad anyo girvaṇo giraḥ sadhat kṣoṇīr iva prati no harya tad vacaḥ ॥

These are yours, Indra, we are yours, O lord praised and celebrated by all. Beginning with you we go about the business of living, lord of existence and shelter of life. Other than you there is no one else. Lord of holy Word, who would listen to our prayer. Hear our prayer as the voice of earth and humanity and respond with grace.

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20.15.5

भूरि त इन्द्र वीर्यं तव स्मस्य् अस्य स्तोतुर् मघवन् कामम् आ पृण ।
अनु ते द्यौर् बृहती वीर्यं मम इयं च ते पृथिवी नेम ओजसे ॥

bhūri ta indra vīryaṃ tava smasy asya stotur maghavan kāmam ā pṛṇa ।
anu te dyaur bṛhatī vīryaṃ mama iyaṃ ca te pṛthivī nema ojase ॥

Great is your power and splendour, Indra. We are yours, under your law and shelter. Lord of glory, listen to this devotee and grant his prayer. The vast

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20.15.6

त्वं तम् इन्द्र पर्वतं महाम् उरुं वज्रेण वज्रिन् पर्वशश् चकर्तिथ ।
अवासृजो निवृताः सर्तवा अपः सत्रा विश्वं दधिषे केवलं सहः ॥

tvaṃ tam indra parvataṃ mahām uruṃ vajreṇa vajrin parvaśaś cakartitha ।
avāsṛjo nivṛtāḥ sartavā apaḥ satrā viśvaṃ dadhiṣe kevalaṃ sahaḥ ॥

Atharvaveda 20.16 · 12 mantras

20.16.1

उदप्रुतो न वयो रक्षमाणा वावदतो अभ्रियस्येव घोषाः ।
गिरिभ्रजो नोर्मयो मदन्तो बृहस्पतिम् अभ्य् अर्का अनावन् ॥

udapruto na vayo rakṣamāṇā vāvadato abhriyasyeva ghoṣāḥ ।
giribhrajo normayo madanto bṛhaspatim abhy arkā anāvan ॥

Like aquatic birds playing on water, like watchful guards raising their voice, like the rolling rumble of rain clouds, like rippling streams flowing down mountain slopes, the celebrants raise their hymns of adoration to Brhaspati. 1. Like aquatic birds playing on water, like watchful guards raising their voice, like the rolling rumble of rain clouds, like rippling streams flowing down mountain slopes, the celebrants raise their hymns of adoration to Brhaspati.

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20.16.2

सं गोभिर् अङ्गिरसो नक्षमाणो भग इवेद् अर्यमणं निनाय ।
जने मित्रो न दम्पती अनक्ति बृहस्पते वाजयाशूंर् इवाजौ ॥

saṃ gobhir aṅgiraso nakṣamāṇo bhaga ived aryamaṇaṃ nināya ।
jane mitro na dampatī anakti bṛhaspate vājayāśūṃr ivājau ॥

Just as Angirasa, enlightened disciple of the sage of living knowledge, as Bhaga, divine lord of light and grandeur, leads his friend to knowledge and prosperity, as a friend leads a couple in the community to come together in marriage, so O Brhaspati, inspire and energise the aspirants to go forward and win their goal by the light and words of divinity.2. Just as Angirasa, enlightened disciple of the sage of living knowledge, like Bhaga, divine lord of light and grandeur, leads his friend to knowledge and prosperity, as a friend leads a couple in the community to come together in marriage, so O Brhaspati, inspire and energise the aspirants to go forward and win their goal by the light and words of divinity.

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20.16.3

साध्वर्या अतिथिनीर् इषिरा स्पार्हाः सुवर्णा अनवद्यरूपाः ।
बृहस्पतिः पर्वतेभ्यो वितूर्या निर् गा ऊपे यवम् इव स्थिविभ्यः ॥

sādhvaryā atithinīr iṣirā spārhāḥ suvarṇā anavadyarūpāḥ ।
bṛhaspatiḥ parvatebhyo vitūryā nir gā ūpe yavam iva sthivibhyaḥ ॥

Replete with pure, living energy, ever on the move, loved, coveted, brilliant golden, beautiful in form, such are the rays of light and vitality which Brhaspati, the sun, recovers from the deep caverns of darkness and sends them down to clouds and earth as a farmer sows the seeds of barley in the field.3. Replete with pure, living energy, ever on the move, loved, coveted, brilliant golden, beautiful in form, such are the rays of light and vitality which Brhaspati, the sun, recovers from the deep caverns of darkness and sends them down to clouds and earth as a farmer sows the seeds of barley in the field.

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20.16.4

आप्रुषायन् मधुना ऋतस्य योनिम् अवक्षिपन्न् अर्क उल्काम् इव द्योः ।
बृहस्पतिर् उद्धरन्न् अश्मनो गा भूम्या उद्नेव वि त्वचं बिभेद ॥

āpruṣāyan madhunā ṛtasya yonim avakṣipann arka ulkām iva dyoḥ ।
bṛhaspatir uddharann aśmano gā bhūmyā udneva vi tvacaṃ bibheda ॥

Sprinkling the womb of life with honey sweets of vitality like the sun radiating the rays of light from the regions of heaven, Brhaspati recovers the showers of life from the clouds and, as showers of water seep into the crust of earth, so the seeds of life are vested and borne in the earth. Sprinkling the womb of life with the honey sweets of vitality like the sun radiating the rays of light from the regions of heaven, Brhaspati recovers the showers of life from the clouds and, as showers of water seep into the crust of earth, so the seeds of life are vested and borne in the earth.

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20.16.5

अप ज्योतिषा तमो अन्तरिक्षद् उद्नः शीपालम् इव वात आजत् ।
बृहस्पतिर् अनुमृश्या वलस्याभ्रम् इव वात आ चक्र आ गाः ॥

apa jyotiṣā tamo antarikṣad udnaḥ śīpālam iva vāta ājat ।
bṛhaspatir anumṛśyā valasyābhram iva vāta ā cakra ā gāḥ ॥

As the sun removes darkness with light from the middle regions, as the wind removes the cover of moss and grass from the surface of water, so does Brhaspati, lord of the expansive universe, with deep thought, remove the cover of the darkness of nescience and sets in motion the dynamics of nature’s creativity in circuits of energy as the motions of the wind.5. As the sun removes darkness with light from the middle regions, as the wind removes the cover of moss and grass from the surface of water, so does Brhaspati, lord of the expansive universe, with deep thought, remove the cover of the darkness of nescience and sets in motion the dynamics of nature’s creativity in circuits of energy as the motions of the wind.

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20.16.6

यदा वलस्य पीयतो जसुं भेद् बृहस्पतिर् अग्नितपोभिर् अर्कैः ।
दद्भिर् न जिह्वा परिविष्टम् आदद् आविर् निधींर् अकृणोद् उस्रियाणाम् ॥

yadā valasya pīyato jasuṃ bhed bṛhaspatir agnitapobhir arkaiḥ ।
dadbhir na jihvā pariviṣṭam ādad āvir nidhīṃr akṛṇod usriyāṇām ॥

When Brhaspati, with the flames of fire and rays of the light of his creative will, breaks through the darkness of nescience covering the primeval potential existence and takes it over as the tongue takes over the food crushed by teeth, then he opens up and reveals the vast reservoir of his energies of the dynamics of creative nature.6. When Brhaspati with the flames of fire and rays of the light of his creative will breaks through the darkness of nescience covering the primeval potential existence and takes it over as the tongue takes over the food crushed by teeth, then he opens up and reveals the vast reservoir of his energies of the dynamics of creative nature.

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20.16.7

बृहस्पतिर् अमत हि त्यद् आसां नाम स्वरीणां सदने गुहा यत् ।
आण्डेव भित्वा शकुनस्य गर्भम् उद् उस्रियाः पर्वतस्य त्मनाजत् ॥

bṛhaspatir amata hi tyad āsāṃ nāma svarīṇāṃ sadane guhā yat ।
āṇḍeva bhitvā śakunasya garbham ud usriyāḥ parvatasya tmanājat ॥

Brhaspati knows the name and identity of these voluble facts and processes of existence which are present but hidden in the deep womb of nature and which, radiating like rays of light and flowing like streams, grow and come into being as chicks on maturity break the bird’s egg and spring into full life.7. Brhaspati knows the name and identity of these voluble facts and processes of existence which are present but hidden in the deep womb of nature and which, radiating like rays of light and flowing like streams, grow and come into being as chicks on maturity break the bird’s egg and spring into full life.

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20.16.8

अश्नापिनद्धं मधु पर्य् अपश्यन् मत्स्यं न दीन उदनि क्षियन्तम् ।
निष् टज् जभार चमसं न वृक्षाद् बृहस्पतिर् विरवेणा विकृत्य ॥

aśnāpinaddhaṃ madhu pary apaśyan matsyaṃ na dīna udani kṣiyantam ।
niṣ ṭaj jabhāra camasaṃ na vṛkṣād bṛhaspatir viraveṇā vikṛtya ॥

Brhaspati sees the sweetness and beauty of human life caught up in the bonds of pleasure and sufferance in the body like a fish caught up in shallow waters, and he raises and refines it like a cup of soma for the divinities, crafted from rough wood, having refined and blest it by the resounding voice of revelation.8. Brhaspati sees the sweetness and beauty of human life caught up in the bonds of pleasure and sufferance in the body like a fish caught up in shallow waters, and he raises and refines it like a cup of soma for the divinities, crafted from rough wood, having refined and blest it by the resounding voice of revelation.

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20.16.9

सोषाम् अविन्दत् स स्वः सो अग्निं सो अर्केण वि बबाधे तमांसि ।
बृहस्पतिर् गोवपुषो वलस्य निर् मज्जानं न पर्वणो जभार ॥

soṣām avindat sa svaḥ so agniṃ so arkeṇa vi babādhe tamāṃsi ।
bṛhaspatir govapuṣo valasya nir majjānaṃ na parvaṇo jabhāra ॥

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20.16.10

हिमेव पर्णा मुषिता वनानि बृहस्पतिनाकृपयद् वलो गाः ।
अनानुकृत्यम् अपुनश् चकार यात् सूर्यामासा मिथ उच्चरातः ॥

himeva parṇā muṣitā vanāni bṛhaspatinākṛpayad valo gāḥ ।
anānukṛtyam apunaś cakāra yāt sūryāmāsā mitha uccarātaḥ ॥

Just as the leaves of forest trees are made to fall by winter, so darkness is dispelled and light is created, so is ignorance dispelled and the light of Vedic revelation revealed by Brhaspati, and that is an act he does unparalleled and unrepeated as long as the sun and moon shine together and illuminate the days and nights. 10. Just as the leaves of forest trees are made to fall by winter, so darkness is dispelled and light is created, so is ignorance dispelled and the light of Vedic revelation revealed by Brhaspati, and that is an act he does unparallelled and unrepeated as long as the sun and moon shine together and illuminate the days and nights.

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20.16.11

अभि श्यावं न कृशनेभिर् अश्वं नक्षत्रेभिः पितरो द्याम् अपिंशन् ।
रात्र्यां तमो अदधुर् ज्योतिर् अहन् बृहस्पतिर् भिनद् अद्रिं विदद् गाः ॥

abhi śyāvaṃ na kṛśanebhir aśvaṃ nakṣatrebhiḥ pitaro dyām apiṃśan ।
rātryāṃ tamo adadhur jyotir ahan bṛhaspatir bhinad adriṃ vidad gāḥ ॥

Like a dark horse adorned with golden trappings, the rays of light adorn the heavens with stars. Brhaspati vests darkness in the night and light in the day, breaks the cloud, releases the light and showers recovering the light of existence from the night of annihilation, and enlightens the heart of darkness with revelations of the light of Divinity. 11. Like a dark horse adorned with golden trappings, the rays of light adorn the heavens with stars. Brhaspati vests darkness in the night and light in the day, breaks the cloud, releases the light and showers recovering the light of existence from the night of annihilation, and enlightens the heart of darkness with revelations of the light of divinity.

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20.16.12

इदम् अकर्म नमो अभ्रियाय यः पूर्वीर् अन्व् आनोनवीति ।
बृहस्पतिः स हि गोभिः सो अश्वैः स वीरेभिः स नृभिर् नो वयो धात् ॥

idam akarma namo abhriyāya yaḥ pūrvīr anv ānonavīti ।
bṛhaspatiḥ sa hi gobhiḥ so aśvaiḥ sa vīrebhiḥ sa nṛbhir no vayo dhāt ॥

This homage we offer to Brhaspati, lord of living waters and thunder, who reveals the eternal words of divine knowledge. May that lord bless us with good health and long age with lands, cows and the light of knowledge, horses, transport and advancement, brave progeny, leading lights and enlightened people.

Atharvaveda 20.17 · 12 mantras

20.17.1

अछा म इन्द्रं मतयः स्वर्विदः सध्रीचीर् विश्वा उशतीर् अनूषत ।
परि ष्वजन्ते जनयो यथा पतिं मर्यं न शुन्ध्युं मघवानम् ऊतये ॥

achā ma indraṃ matayaḥ svarvidaḥ sadhrīcīr viśvā uśatīr anūṣata ।
pari ṣvajante janayo yathā patiṃ maryaṃ na śundhyuṃ maghavānam ūtaye ॥

All my thoughts, words and actions, all together in perfect unison concentrated on the love and light of divinity, ecstatically adore and celebrate Indra, Lord Almighty of existence. Just as wives with love embrace their human lover, protector and husband, so do my prayers centre on Indra, lord of glory, power and purity, for all round protection, promotion and well being. 1. All my thoughts, words and actions, all together in perfect unison concentrated on the love and light of divinity, ecstatically adore and celebrate Indra, lord almighty of existence. Just as wives with love embrace their human lover, protector and husband, so do my prayers centre on Indra, lord of glory, power and purity, for all round protection, promotion and well being.

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20.17.2

न घा त्वद्रिग् अप वेति मे मनस् त्वे इत् कामं पुरुहूत शिश्रय ।
राजेव दस्म नि षदो ऽधि बर्हिष्य् अस्मिन्त् सु सोमे ऽवपानम् अस्तु ते ॥

na ghā tvadrig apa veti me manas tve it kāmaṃ puruhūta śiśraya ।
rājeva dasma ni ṣado 'dhi barhiṣy asmint su some 'vapānam astu te ॥

Indra, lord universally invoked and celebrated, may my mind and soul having surrendered its love and ambition to you, never go astray from the presence such as yours. O lord beatific and glorious, you abide on my vedi and in my heart as the sovereign ruling presence. May your divine love, joy and protection ever abide in this mind and soul and bless it with peace and joy in your presence.2. Indra, lord universally invoked and celebrated, may my mind and soul having surrendered its love and ambition to you, never go astray from the presence such as yours. O lord beatific and glorious, you abide on my vedi and in my heart as the sovereign ruling presence. May your divine love, joy and protection ever abide in this mind and soul and bless it with peace and joy in your presence.

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20.17.3

विषूवृद् इन्द्रो अमुतेर् उत क्षुधः स इद् रायो मघवा वस्व ईशते ।
तस्येद् इमे प्रवणे सप्त सिन्धवो वयो वर्धन्ति वृषभस्य शुष्मिणः ॥

viṣūvṛd indro amuter uta kṣudhaḥ sa id rāyo maghavā vasva īśate ।
tasyed ime pravaṇe sapta sindhavo vayo vardhanti vṛṣabhasya śuṣmiṇaḥ ॥

Indra, lord of all power and glory, dynamic presence all round in the world, dispels hunger and ignorance, he rules and dispenses wealth, power and peace of shelter and settlement. Indeed, under the rule of this mighty generous master, all these seven streams of nature, life and living energy flow on and evolve to perfection. (This is true of both the external world of nature under the law of the cosmic spirit and of the internal world of mind and pranic energy under the will of the spirit within.)3. Indra, lord of all power and glory, dynamic presence all round in the world, dispels hunger and ignorance, rules and dispenses wealth, power and peace of shelter and settlement. Indeed, under the rule of this mighty generous master, all these seven streams of nature, life and living energy flow on and evolve to perfection. (This is true of both the external world of nature under the law of the cosmic spirit and of the internal world of mind and pranic energy under the rule of the spirit within.)

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20.17.4

वयो न वृक्षं सुपलाशम् आसदन्त् सोमास इन्द्रं मन्दिनश् चमूषदः ।
प्रैषाम् अनीकं शवसा दविद्युतद् विदत् स्वर् मनवे ज्योतिर् आर्यम् ॥

vayo na vṛkṣaṃ supalāśam āsadant somāsa indraṃ mandinaś camūṣadaḥ ।
praiṣām anīkaṃ śavasā davidyutad vidat svar manave jyotir āryam ॥

Just as birds take to the tree of rich foliage for rest and replenishment of life energy, so does the soma cheer and energy of the sevenfold fluent streams of cosmic and individual systems take to Indra, the soul, for life and peace and joy. Then the expressive face of these shines with the splendour of Indra, and thus the living light of divinity descends in showers for the bliss of man. Just as birds take to the tree of rich foliage for rest and replenishment of life energy, so the soma cheer and energy of the sevenfold fluent streams of cosmic and individual systems take to Indra, the soul, for life and peace and joy. Then the expressive face of these shines with the splendour of Indra, and thus the living light of divinity descends in showers for the bliss of man.

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20.17.5

कृतं न श्वघ्नी वि चिनोति देवने संवर्गं यन् मघवा सूर्यं जयत् ।
न तत् ते अन्यो अनु वीर्यं शकन् न पुराणो मघवन् नोत नूतनः ॥

kṛtaṃ na śvaghnī vi cinoti devane saṃvargaṃ yan maghavā sūryaṃ jayat ।
na tat te anyo anu vīryaṃ śakan na purāṇo maghavan nota nūtanaḥ ॥

Just as a player in the game casts the die and wins and piles up his gains, so does Indra, lord omnipotent and omnificent, in this pleasure garden of the dynamics of existence, win over the sun and the rain bearing cloud. O Lord Almighty, no one else can possibly equal your might, no one old or new. Just as a player in the game casts the die and wins and piles up his gains, so does Indra, lord onmipotent and omnificent, in this pleasure garden of the dynamics of existence win over the sun and the rain bearing cloud. O lord

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20.17.6

विशंविशं मघवा पर्य् अशायत जनानां धेना अवचाकशद् वृषा ।
यस्याह शक्रः सवनेषु रण्यति स तीव्रैः सोमैः सहते पृतन्यतः ॥

viśaṃviśaṃ maghavā pary aśāyata janānāṃ dhenā avacākaśad vṛṣā ।
yasyāha śakraḥ savaneṣu raṇyati sa tīvraiḥ somaiḥ sahate pṛtanyataḥ ॥

The Lord of glory abides with all people of the world whosoever they be. The generous lord knows, listens and grants all prayers of the people. Whosoever the devotee whose yajnas the mighty one joins and enjoys, that celebrant wins over all his rivals and adversaries by the power of his ardent soma offerings of holy action in yajna. The lord of glory abides with all people of the world whosoever they be. The generous lord knows, listens and grants all prayers of the people. Whosoever the devotee whose yajnas the mighty one joins and enjoys, that celebrant wins over all his rivals and adversaries by the power of his ardent soma offerings of holy action in yajna.

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20.17.7

आपो न सिन्धुम् अभि यत् समक्षरन्त् सोमास इन्द्रं कुल्या इव ह्रदम् ।
वर्धन्ति विप्रा महो अस्य सादने यवं न वृष्टिर् दिव्येन दानुना ॥

āpo na sindhum abhi yat samakṣarant somāsa indraṃ kulyā iva hradam ।
vardhanti viprā maho asya sādane yavaṃ na vṛṣṭir divyena dānunā ॥

As rivers flow into the sea, as streams of rain flow into the lake, so do the beauties of faith and pleasure in soma yajnas concentrate on Indra, glory of the world. As showers of rain with profuse divine generosity raise the crops of barley and the plants grow up in ecstasy, so in the homely presence of this generous lord of sublimity, saints and sages rise and shine in moral and spiritual grandeur. As rivers flow into the sea, as streams of rain flow into the lake, so do the beauties of faith and pleasure in soma yajnas concentrate on Indra, glory of the world. As showers of rain with profuse divine generosity raise the crops of barley and the plants grow up in ecstasy, so in the homely presence of this generous lord of sublimity, saints and sages rise and shine in moral and spiritual grandeur.

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20.17.8

वृषा न क्रुद्धः पतयद् रजःस्व् आ यो अर्यपत्नीर् अकृणोद् इमा अपः ।
स सुन्वते मघवा जीरदानवे ऽविन्दज् ज्योतिर् मनवे हविष्मते ॥

vṛṣā na kruddhaḥ patayad rajaḥsv ā yo aryapatnīr akṛṇod imā apaḥ ।
sa sunvate maghavā jīradānave 'vindaj jyotir manave haviṣmate ॥

Just as the swelling cloud causes the vapours of water in the skies to be released of itself and lets these showers of rain fall upon the earth, so does Indra, lord of glorious generosity, bring showers of light and bliss for the generous man of charity who offers the homage of soma to the lord for humanity. 8. Just as the swelling cloud causes the vapours of water in the skies to be released of itself and lets these showers of rain fall upon the earth, so does Indra, lord of glorious generosity, bring showers of light and bliss for the generous man of charity who offers the homage of soma to the lord for humanity.

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20.17.9

उज् जायतां परशु ज्योतिषा सह भूया ऋतस्य सुदुघा पुराणवत् ।
वि रोचताम् अरुषो भानुना शुचिः स्वर् न शुक्रं शुशुचीत सत्पतिः ॥

uj jāyatāṃ paraśu jyotiṣā saha bhūyā ṛtasya sudughā purāṇavat ।
vi rocatām aruṣo bhānunā śuciḥ svar na śukraṃ śuśucīta satpatiḥ ॥

Let the thunderbolt of power and justice rise, let the voice of truth and law divine be generous, creative and fruitful as ever before, let the bright sun rise with its immaculate light and glory, may the lord protector and promoter of the good reveal the light and power of divinity as the bliss of heaven.9. Let the thunderbolt of power and justice arise, let the voice of truth and law divine be generous, creative and fruitful as ever before, let the bright sun rise with its immaculate light and glory, may the lord protector and promoter of the good reveal the light and power of divinity as the bliss of heaven.

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20.17.10

गोभिष् टरेमामतिं दुरेवां यवेन क्षुधं पुरुहूत विश्वाम् ।
वयं राजभिः प्रथमा धनान्य् अस्माकेन वृजनेना जयेम ॥

gobhiṣ ṭaremāmatiṃ durevāṃ yavena kṣudhaṃ puruhūta viśvām ।
vayaṃ rājabhiḥ prathamā dhanāny asmākena vṛjanenā jayema ॥

Let us dispel the darkness of ignorance with the communication of universal knowledge, let us remove the world’s hunger with food production, let us reclaim our original wealth of knowledge, power and prosperity with our innate lights and enlightened actions. Let us dispel the darkness of ignorance with the communication of universal knowledge, let us remove the world’s hunger with food production, let us reclaim our original wealth of knowledge, power and prosperity with our innate lights and enlightened actions.

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20.17.11

बृहस्पतिर् नः परि पातु पश्चाद् उतोत्तरस्माद् अधराद् अघायोः ।
इन्द्रः पुरस्ताद् उत मध्यतो नः सखा सखिभ्यः वरिवः कृणोतु ॥

bṛhaspatir naḥ pari pātu paścād utottarasmād adharād aghāyoḥ ।
indraḥ purastād uta madhyato naḥ sakhā sakhibhyaḥ varivaḥ kṛṇotu ॥

May Brhaspati, Lord of Infinity and the master of knowledge, protect us against the violence of sin and sinners upfront, behind, above or below. May Indra, ruler and friend of humanity, create and lead us to the wealth of life for us and our friends, all at present and in our midst. 11. May Brhaspati, lord of Infinity and the master of knowledge protect us against the violence of sin and sinners upfront, behind, above or below. May Indra, ruler and friend of humanity, create and lead us to the wealth of life for us and our friends, all at present and in our midst.

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20.17.12

बृहस्पते युवम् इन्द्रश् च वस्वो दिव्यस्येशाथे उत पार्थिवस्य ।
धत्तं रयिं स्तुवते कीरये चिद् यूयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः ॥

bṛhaspate yuvam indraś ca vasvo divyasyeśāthe uta pārthivasya ।
dhattaṃ rayiṃ stuvate kīraye cid yūyaṃ pāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ ॥

Brhaspati, lord of this vast universe, and Indra, you are lords omnipotent of the glory and majesty of the world, you rule and order the light of heaven and the wealths of the earth. Pray bear and bring the light of divinity and wealth of the world to bless the celebrant and the worshipper. O lords and divinities of nature and humanity, protect and promote us with all modes and means of peace, prosperity and excellence all ways all time.

Atharvaveda 20.18 · 6 mantras

20.18.1

वयम् उ त्वा तदितर्था इन्द्र त्वायन्तः सखायः ।
कण्वा उक्थेभिर् जरन्ते ॥

vayam u tvā taditarthā indra tvāyantaḥ sakhāyaḥ ।
kaṇvā ukthebhir jarante ॥

Indra, we too have the same aims and objectives as you. We are your friends and admirers. We know and wish to achieve, and with all words of praise and appreciation, we adore you as others, wise devotees, do.

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20.18.2

न घेम् अन्यद् आ पपन वज्रिन्न् अपसो नविष्टौ ।
तवेद् उ स्तोमं चिकेत ॥

na ghem anyad ā papana vajrinn apaso naviṣṭau ।
taved u stomaṃ ciketa ॥

Indra, lord of thunder and justice, in the beginning of a new plan, action or programme of holiness, I adore none else but you. I know only one song of adoration and that is for you alone.

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20.18.3

इछन्ति देवाः सुन्वन्तं न स्वप्नाय स्पृहयन्ति ।
यन्ति प्रमादम् अतन्द्राः ॥

ichanti devāḥ sunvantaṃ na svapnāya spṛhayanti ।
yanti pramādam atandrāḥ ॥

Divines of brilliance and holy action love those engaged in creative actions of piety. They care not for dreams and love no dreamers. Active, wakeful and realistic beyond illusion, they achieve the joy of success in life.

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20.18.4

वयम् इन्द्र त्वायवो ऽभि प्र णोनुमो वृषन् ।
विद्धि त्व् अस्य नो वसो ॥

vayam indra tvāyavo 'bhi pra ṇonumo vṛṣan ।
viddhi tv asya no vaso ॥

Indra, generous and valorous lord ruler, giver of settlement, peace and progress, we are your admirers, and we stand for you. O lord, know this of us, for us and for the nation.

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20.18.5

मा नो निदे च वक्तवे ऽर्यो रन्धीर् अराव्ने ।
त्वे अपि क्रतुर् मम ॥

mā no nide ca vaktave 'ryo randhīr arāvne ।
tve api kratur mama ॥

O lord ruler of the nation, leave us not to the reviler, malignant scandaliser, and the selfish miser. My strength, intelligence and action sustains in you and flows from there.

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20.18.6

त्वं वर्मासि सप्रथः पुरोयोधश् च वृत्रहन् ।
त्वया प्रति ब्रुवे युजा ॥

tvaṃ varmāsi saprathaḥ puroyodhaś ca vṛtrahan ।
tvayā prati bruve yujā ॥

You are the celebrated armour of defence and all round protection, front rank warrior, destroyer of evil, darkness and want: committed to you in covenant, I say so and bind myself.

Atharvaveda 20.19 · 7 mantras

20.19.1

वार्त्रहत्याय शवसे पृतनाषाह्याय च ।
इन्द्र त्वा वर्तयामसि ॥

vārtrahatyāya śavase pṛtanāṣāhyāya ca ।
indra tvā vartayāmasi ॥

Indra, lord of honour and valour, commander of the forces of life and freedom, we pledge to abide by you and exhort you for breaking of the clouds of rain, for the destruction of darkness and evil, for rousing courage and valour, and for challenging and beating back the enemy in battle. And we pray, inspire and exhort us too with full power and preparation.

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20.19.2

अर्वाचीनं सु ते मन उत चक्षुः शतक्रतो ।
इन्द्र कृण्वन्तु वाघतः ॥

arvācīnaṃ su te mana uta cakṣuḥ śatakrato ।
indra kṛṇvantu vāghataḥ ॥

Indra, lord destroyer of evil and enemies, hero of a hundred acts of yajnic creation and development, may the sages of vision, imagination and effective communication refresh and update your mind and eye with foresight so that you face the challenges of the present time successfully.

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20.19.3

नामानि ते शतक्रतो विश्वाभिर् गीर्भिर् ईमहे ।
इन्द्राभिमातिषाह्ये ॥

nāmāni te śatakrato viśvābhir gīrbhir īmahe ।
indrābhimātiṣāhye ॥

Indra, lord ruler excellent and honourable, hero of a hundred acts of imaginative vision, with all our best words, thoughts and resolutions, we pray and exhort you to realise your names and attributes in action so that under your leadership we may face the challenges of the time successfully against the arrogant and proud enemies.

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20.19.4

पुरुष्टुतस्य धामभिः शतेन महयामसि ।
इन्द्रस्य चर्षणीधृतः ॥

puruṣṭutasya dhāmabhiḥ śatena mahayāmasi ।
indrasya carṣaṇīdhṛtaḥ ॥

We exhort and exalt Indra, universally admired ruler of the world and sustainer of his people, by hundredfold celebrations of his names, attributes and brilliant exploits of heroism.

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20.19.5

इन्द्रं वृत्राय हन्तवे पुरुहूतम् उप ब्रुवे ।
भरेषु वाजसातये ॥

indraṃ vṛtrāya hantave puruhūtam upa bruve ।
bhareṣu vājasātaye ॥

I invoke Indra, invoked and worshipped by all, for the destruction of evil and victory in life’s battles for food, energy, prosperity and progress.

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20.19.6

वाजेषु सासहिर् भव त्वाम् ईमहे शतक्रतो ।
इन्द्र वृत्राय हन्तवे ॥

vājeṣu sāsahir bhava tvām īmahe śatakrato ।
indra vṛtrāya hantave ॥

Indra, be the challenger, warrior and winner of battles for prosperity and progress. O lord of a hundred creative actions, we invoke, exhort and exalt you for break up of the cloud into rain and elimination of the demon of darkness, ignorance, injustice and poverty.

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20.19.7

द्युम्नेषु पृतनाज्ये पृत्सुतूर्षु श्रवःसु च ।
इन्द्र साक्ष्वाभिमातिषु ॥

dyumneṣu pṛtanājye pṛtsutūrṣu śravaḥsu ca ।
indra sākṣvābhimātiṣu ॥

In the battles of forces in plans and programmes of development for prosperity and excellence, in the contests of forces positive and negative for good and evil, in the onslaughts of stormy troops of hostility in the efforts for growth in food, energy and enlightenment, in the struggles for self-realisation against pride and arrogance, Indra, O spirit of the soul, voice of conscience, genius of the nation, and invincible strength of character, tolerate, endure, challenge, fight and throw out the enemies of life’s light and joy.

Atharvaveda 20.20 · 7 mantras

20.20.1

शुष्मिन्तमं न ऊतये द्युम्निनं पाहि जागृविम् ।
इन्द्र सोमं शतक्रतो ॥

śuṣmintamaṃ na ūtaye dyumninaṃ pāhi jāgṛvim ।
indra somaṃ śatakrato ॥

Indra, lord ruler of the world, protector of life and humanity, leader of a hundred noble actions and master of knowledge, for our protection and progress, protect, defend, govern and promote the strongest and most prosperous, most brilliant and honourable, and the most wakeful and vigilant powers and people, and thus defend and safeguard the honour, happiness and excellence of the nation.

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20.20.2

इन्द्रियाणि शतक्रतो या ते जनेषु पञ्चसु ।
इन्द्र तानि त आ वृणे ॥

indriyāṇi śatakrato yā te janeṣu pañcasu ।
indra tāni ta ā vṛṇe ॥

Indra, ruler of the world, master of a hundred noble acts of governance, your powers and organs of perception operating among all the five classes of people, i.e., teachers and intellectuals, ruling powers and defence forces, producers and business men, ancillaries, and others, I accept and honour all these as powers and forces of yours.

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20.20.3

अगन्न् इन्द्र श्रवो बृहद् द्युम्नं दधिष्व दुष्टरम् ।
उत् ते शुष्मं तिरामसि ॥

agann indra śravo bṛhad dyumnaṃ dadhiṣva duṣṭaram ।
ut te śuṣmaṃ tirāmasi ॥

Indra, ruler and protector of the world, the assets of the dominion are high and rising. Hold and govern this formidable wealth, honour and excellence of the nation. And let us all, we pray, raise and exalt your courage and power, honour and glory.

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20.20.4

अर्वावतो न आ गह्य् अथो शक्र परावतः ।
उ लोको यस् ते अद्रिव इन्द्रेह तत आ गहि ॥

arvāvato na ā gahy atho śakra parāvataḥ ।
u loko yas te adriva indreha tata ā gahi ॥

Indra, lord of might, ruler of the clouds, wielder of the thunderbolt and refulgent as the sun, come to us from far and from near, wherever you are. And whatever or wherever your abode, from there come to us here and now.

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20.20.5

इन्द्रो अङ्गं महद् भयम् अभि षद् अप चुच्यवत् ।
स हि स्थिरो विचर्षणिः ॥

indro aṅgaṃ mahad bhayam abhi ṣad apa cucyavat ।
sa hi sthiro vicarṣaṇiḥ ॥

Indra, light of life, dear as breath of vitality, mighty great, blazing as the sun which is stable in its orbit and enlightens and watches us all as it moves, may, we pray, remove all fear and give us freedom.

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20.20.6

इन्द्रश् च मृलयाति नो न नः पश्चाद् अघं नशत् ।
भद्रं भवाति नः पुरः ॥

indraś ca mṛlayāti no na naḥ paścād aghaṃ naśat ।
bhadraṃ bhavāti naḥ puraḥ ॥

May Indra, lord omnipotent, and the sun bless us with peace and comfort, and may sin and evil, we pray, never touch us either before or after, and may good alone be our share and fortune for all time.

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20.20.7

इन्द्र आशाभ्यस् परि सर्वाभ्यो अभयं करत् ।
जेता शत्रून् विचर्षणिः ॥

indra āśābhyas pari sarvābhyo abhayaṃ karat ।
jetā śatrūn vicarṣaṇiḥ ॥

Atharvaveda 20.21 · 11 mantras

20.21.1

न्य् ऊ षु वाचं प्र महे भरामहे गिर इन्द्राय सदने विवस्वतः ।
नू चिद् धि रत्नं ससताम् इवाविदन् न दुष्टुतिर् द्रविणोदेषु शस्यते ॥

ny ū ṣu vācaṃ pra mahe bharāmahe gira indrāya sadane vivasvataḥ ।
nū cid dhi ratnaṃ sasatām ivāvidan na duṣṭutir draviṇodeṣu śasyate ॥

In this great yajnic house of Vivasvan, lord of light, we raise our voice of celebrations in honour of Indra, lord of power and action, for the sake of honour and prosperity. Rarely is the jewel obtained by the lazy loons asleep. And slander finds no favour among the givers of wealth.

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20.21.2

दुरो अश्वस्य दुर इन्द्र गोर् असि दुरो यवस्य वसुन इनस् पतिः ।
शिक्षानरः प्रदिवो अकामकर्शनः सखा सखिभ्यस् तम् इदं गृणीमसि ॥

duro aśvasya dura indra gor asi duro yavasya vasuna inas patiḥ ।
śikṣānaraḥ pradivo akāmakarśanaḥ sakhā sakhibhyas tam idaṃ gṛṇīmasi ॥

Indra, lord of knowledge, wealth and power, you are the gateway to speed and fast advancement. You are the giver of divine speech and wealth of cows, earth and prosperity of life. You are the treasure house of food and energy. You are the lord giver of wealth and Splendour. You are the leading light of education and scholarship. You are the refulgent lord of light. You are the chastiser of the lazy, an inspiration for the ambitious. And you are the friend of friends. Such is Indra whom we praise and celebrate in song.

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20.21.3

शचीव इन्द्र पुरुकृद् द्युमत्तम तवेद् इदम् अभितश् चेकिते वसु ।
अतः संगृभ्याभिभूत आ भर मा त्वायतो जरितुः कामम् ऊनयीः ॥

śacīva indra purukṛd dyumattama taved idam abhitaś cekite vasu ।
ataḥ saṃgṛbhyābhibhūta ā bhara mā tvāyato jarituḥ kāmam ūnayīḥ ॥

Indra, lord of power and glory, wisdom. Word, and action, versatile giver of success and victory, most brilliant and omniscient, the wealth all round is yours, you know. Therefore, O lord of victory, take that up and bear it along to bless us. Neglect not the desire and ambition of your celebrant, discount him not.

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20.21.4

एभिर् द्युभिर् सुमना एभिर् इन्दुभिर् निरुन्धानो अमतिं गोभिर् अश्विना ।
इन्द्रेण दस्युं दरयन्त इन्दुभिर् युतद्वेषसः सम् इषा रभेमहि ॥

ebhir dyubhir sumanā ebhir indubhir nirundhāno amatiṃ gobhir aśvinā ।
indreṇa dasyuṃ darayanta indubhir yutadveṣasaḥ sam iṣā rabhemahi ॥

Indra, lord of power and glory, pleased at heart, with these lights of knowledge and these streams of soma, preventing our want and poverty of wealth and knowledge, bless us with cows and horses, gifts of divine speech, lands and wealth of mind and wisdom, and speedy movement in progress, so that, subduing the evil and wicked enemies, and free from the jealous and hateful, we may enjoy and live happily with plenty of food and energy and joyous drinks of soma in a state of power and prosperity.

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20.21.5

सम् इन्द्र राया सम् इषा रभेमहि सं वाजेभिः पुरुश्चन्द्रैर् अभिद्युभिः ।
सं देव्या प्रमत्या वीरशुष्मया गोअग्रयाश्वावत्या रभेमहि ॥

sam indra rāyā sam iṣā rabhemahi saṃ vājebhiḥ puruścandrair abhidyubhiḥ ।
saṃ devyā pramatyā vīraśuṣmayā goagrayāśvāvatyā rabhemahi ॥

Indra, lord of knowledge and power, honour and prosperity, let us begin well, advance, succeed and celebrate with noble wealth and power, food and energy, knowledge and speed, universal beauty and joy and the light of brilliance. Let us advance and enjoy with divine wisdom, forceful arms of the brave, prime lands and cows and sophisticated intelligence, and all this at the top speed of advancement.

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20.21.6

ते त्वा मदा अमदन् तानि वृष्ण्या ते सोमासो वृत्रहत्येषु सत्पते ।
यत् कारवे दश वृत्राण्य् अप्रति बर्हिष्मते नि सहस्राणि बर्हयः ॥

te tvā madā amadan tāni vṛṣṇyā te somāso vṛtrahatyeṣu satpate ।
yat kārave daśa vṛtrāṇy aprati barhiṣmate ni sahasrāṇi barhayaḥ ॥

Lord of truth and protector of the people of truth and piety, when in the battles against Vrtra, demon of darkness and evil, for the defence of the hero of yajnic action you resolutely overthrow tens of thousands of the forces of darkness, then those joyous and generous fighters and lovers of soma celebrate the victories with you.

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20.21.7

युधा युधम् उप घेद् एषि धृष्णुया पुरा पुरं सम् इदं हंस्य् ओजसा ।
नम्या यद् इन्द्र सख्या परावति निबर्हयो नमुचिं नाम मायिनम् ॥

yudhā yudham upa ghed eṣi dhṛṣṇuyā purā puraṃ sam idaṃ haṃsy ojasā ।
namyā yad indra sakhyā parāvati nibarhayo namuciṃ nāma māyinam ॥

With the courage and arms of a mighty warrior you go forward, engage the enemy and with your valour and splendour destroy the hostile fort yonder. With your friends and disciplined warriors, in the far off country, you uproot the guileful adversary who, otherwise, is a constant challenge and terror to humanity.

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20.21.8

त्वं करञ्जम् उत पर्णयं वधीस् तेजिष्ठयातिथिग्वस्य वर्तनी ।
त्वं शता वङ्गृदस्याभिनत् पुरो ऽनानुदः परिषूता ऋजिश्वना ॥

tvaṃ karañjam uta parṇayaṃ vadhīs tejiṣṭhayātithigvasya vartanī ।
tvaṃ śatā vaṅgṛdasyābhinat puro 'nānudaḥ pariṣūtā ṛjiśvanā ॥

By your ardour and brilliance you destroy the man who troubles the pious, who steals others’ money and property, and who waylays the travellers and prevents hospitality. By your own strength you rout a hundred strongholds of the purveyors of poison and exploitation and you protect the good creations and productions of people by disciplined expert masters of management.

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20.21.9

त्वम् एतां जनराज्ञो द्विर् दशाबन्धुना सुश्रवसोपजग्मुषः ।
षष्टिं सहस्रा नवतिं नव श्रुतो नि चक्रेण रथ्या दुष्पदावृणक् ॥

tvam etāṃ janarājño dvir daśābandhunā suśravasopajagmuṣaḥ ।
ṣaṣṭiṃ sahasrā navatiṃ nava śruto ni cakreṇa rathyā duṣpadāvṛṇak ॥

Indra, mighty sovereign, far and wide is your fame. Twenty are these rulers of the republics in need of help and they too are of noble fame come here for protection. Sixty thousand ninety-nine are their people. Save them from violence and loss of freedom with the strong chariot wheel of your sovereignty.

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20.21.10

त्वम् आविथ सुश्रवसं तवोतिभिस् तव त्रामभिर् इन्द्र तूर्वयाणम् ।
त्व अस्मै कुत्सम् अतिथिग्वम् आयुं महे राज्ञे यूने अरन्धनायः ॥

tvam āvitha suśravasaṃ tavotibhis tava trāmabhir indra tūrvayāṇam ।
tva asmai kutsam atithigvam āyuṃ mahe rājñe yūne arandhanāyaḥ ॥

Indra, lord of power and force of divinity, with your modes of protection and your modes of sustenance you cover and protect the man of noble fame and fast motion and, with your power of fulfilment and prosperity, you grant good health and full age, love of hospitality and the mighty thunderbolt of arms and justice to this great and youthful ruler commanding honour and brilliance.

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20.21.11

य उदृचीन्द्र देवगोपाः सखायस् ते शिवतमा असाम ।
त्वां स्तोषाम त्वया सुवीरा द्राघीय आयुः प्रतरं दधानाः ॥

ya udṛcīndra devagopāḥ sakhāyas te śivatamā asāma ।
tvāṃ stoṣāma tvayā suvīrā drāghīya āyuḥ prataraṃ dadhānāḥ ॥

Indra, lord omnipotent of the world, dedicated as we are to the light of the Rks, we are protected by the divinities. All friends of yours, we pray, may we be at perfect peace in holy comfort and sing in praise of your glory. And by your grace, may we be blest with noble children and live a long, full and happy life.

Atharvaveda 20.22 · 6 mantras

20.22.1

अभि त्वा वृषभा सुते सुतं सृजामि पीतये ।
तृम्पा व्य् अश्नुही मदम् ॥

abhi tvā vṛṣabhā sute sutaṃ sṛjāmi pītaye ।
tṛmpā vy aśnuhī madam ॥

Lord of generous and creative power, when the yajna is on and soma is distilled, I prepare the cup and offer you the drink. Pray accept, drink to your heart’s content and enjoy the ecstasy of bliss divine.

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20.22.2

मा त्वा मूरा अविष्यवो मोपहस्वान आ दभन् ।
माकीं ब्रह्मद्विषो वनः ॥

mā tvā mūrā aviṣyavo mopahasvāna ā dabhan ।
mākīṃ brahmadviṣo vanaḥ ॥

Let the fools and scoffers never get round you, even if they profess that they are keen to please you, for protection and support. Never support the negationists of knowledge, piety, existence and divinity.

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20.22.3

इह त्वा गोपरीणसा महे मन्दन्तु राधसे ।
सरो गौरो यथा पिब ॥

iha tvā goparīṇasā mahe mandantu rādhase ।
saro gauro yathā piba ॥

Here may the lovers of cows entertain you with milk and soma for the achievement of great competence and success so that you may drink like the thirsty stag drinking at the pool.

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20.22.4

अभि प्र गोपतिं गिरेन्द्रम् अर्च यथा विदे ।
सूनुं सत्यस्य सत्पतिम् ॥

abhi pra gopatiṃ girendram arca yathā vide ।
sūnuṃ satyasya satpatim ॥

To the best of your knowledge and culture and with the best of your language, worship and adore Indra, protector of stars and planets, lands and cows, language and culture, creator of the dynamics of existence and protector of its constancy.

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20.22.5

आ हरयः ससृज्रिरे ऽरुषीर् अधि बर्हिषि ।
यत्राभि संनवामहे ॥

ā harayaḥ sasṛjrire 'ruṣīr adhi barhiṣi ।
yatrābhi saṃnavāmahe ॥

Let the vibrations of divinity, like crimson rays of dawn which bring the sun to the earth, bring Indra on to our sacred grass where we humans meet and pray and celebrate the lord in song together.

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20.22.6

इन्द्राय गाव आशिरं दुदुह्रे वज्रिणे मधु ।
यत् सीम् उपह्वरे विदत् ॥

indrāya gāva āśiraṃ duduhre vajriṇe madhu ।
yat sīm upahvare vidat ॥

Lands and cows, suns and planets, indeed all objects in motion, exude for Indra, wielder of thunder, the ichor of emotional adoration seasoned with ecstasy like honey sweet milk mixed with soma which he receives close at hand and cherishes.

Atharvaveda 20.23 · 9 mantras

20.23.1

आ तू न इन्द्र मद्र्यग् घुवानः सोमपीतये ।
हरिभ्यां याह्य् अद्रिवः ॥

ā tū na indra madryag ghuvānaḥ somapītaye ।
haribhyāṃ yāhy adrivaḥ ॥

Come lord of clouds and mountains, Indra, illustrious as the sun, invoked and invited, come straight to us, wholly without reserve, come for a drink of soma by horses fast as wings of the winds.

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20.23.2

सत्तो होता न ऋत्वियस् तिस्तिरे बर्हिर् आनुषक् ।
अयुज्रन् प्रातर् अद्रयः ॥

satto hotā na ṛtviyas tistire barhir ānuṣak ।
ayujran prātar adrayaḥ ॥

The yajaka is seated for our yajna according to the season, the seats are fixed and spread in order, the stones have been used for the morning libations.

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20.23.3

इमा ब्रह्म ब्रह्मवाहः क्रियन्त आ बर्हिः सीद ।
वीहि शूर पुरोलाशम् ॥

imā brahma brahmavāhaḥ kriyanta ā barhiḥ sīda ।
vīhi śūra purolāśam ॥

These hymns are sung in honour of Divinity. O Spirit Divine, come and grace the sacred grass. O lord of power and majesty, come and enjoy the delicious offering.

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20.23.4

रारन्धि सवनेषु ण एषु स्तोमेषु वृत्रहन् ।
उक्थेष्व् इन्द्र गिर्वणः ॥

rārandhi savaneṣu ṇa eṣu stomeṣu vṛtrahan ।
uktheṣv indra girvaṇaḥ ॥

Indra, lord of honour and excellence, destroyer of darkness and evil, breaker of clouds and harbinger of showers, celebrated in song, abide and rejoice in these celebrations of the season’s prosperity in our yajnas, in these hymns of divinity and in these holy chants of mantras.

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20.23.5

मतयः सोमपाम् उरुं रिहन्ति शवसस् पतिम् ।
इन्द्रं वत्सं न मातरः ॥

matayaḥ somapām uruṃ rihanti śavasas patim ।
indraṃ vatsaṃ na mātaraḥ ॥

Intelligent people love Indra, great and broad minded, lover of soma and protector of honour and prosperity, and commander of strength and power, just the same way as cows love their calf.

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20.23.6

स मन्दस्वा ह्य् अन्धसो राधसे तन्वा महे ।
न स्तोतारं निदे करः ॥

sa mandasvā hy andhaso rādhase tanvā mahe ।
na stotāraṃ nide karaḥ ॥

Indra, lord lover of soma and commander of power, rejoice at heart with your whole personality for the realisation of food, energy and wealth of life. Let not your devotee and celebrant face an occasion of embarrassment, blame, insult or contempt.

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20.23.7

वयम् इन्द्र त्वायवो हविष्मन्तो जरामहे ।
उत त्वम् अस्मयुर् वसो ॥

vayam indra tvāyavo haviṣmanto jarāmahe ।
uta tvam asmayur vaso ॥

Indra, lord of love and power, we, your devotees and admirers, bearing gifts of homage, sing and celebrate your honour. And you love us too, our very shelter and home.

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20.23.8

मारे अस्मद् वि मुमुचो हरिप्रियार्वाङ् याहि ।
इन्द्र स्वधावो मत्स्वेह ॥

māre asmad vi mumuco haripriyārvāṅ yāhi ।
indra svadhāvo matsveha ॥

Indra, lord lover of speed and progress, forsake us not, leave us not, go not far away, come hither close to us. Lord self-sufficient and self-refulgent, be here with us. Rejoice.

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20.23.9

अर्वाञ्चं त्वा सुखे रथे वहताम् इन्द्र केशिना ।
घृतस्नू बर्हिर् आसदे ॥

arvāñcaṃ tvā sukhe rathe vahatām indra keśinā ।
ghṛtasnū barhir āsade ॥

May two carriers with flames of fire, fed on clarified and bright burning fuel, carry you forward, up and down, in a comfortable car and reach you to the heights of the sky.

Atharvaveda 20.24 · 9 mantras

20.24.1

उप नः सुतम् आ गहि सोमम् इन्द्र गवाशिरम् ।
हरिभ्यां यस् ते अस्मयुः ॥

upa naḥ sutam ā gahi somam indra gavāśiram ।
haribhyāṃ yas te asmayuḥ ॥

Indra, lord of power and honour, come hither to our soma yajna and taste our soma seasoned with cow’s milk. Come by your chariot drawn by horses, self-programmed to reach us.

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20.24.2

तम् इन्द्र मदम् आ गहि बर्हिष्ठां ग्रावभिः सुतम् ।
कुविन् न्व् अस्य तृप्णवः ॥

tam indra madam ā gahi barhiṣṭhāṃ grāvabhiḥ sutam ।
kuvin nv asya tṛpṇavaḥ ॥

Indra, lord of power, honour and prosperity, come taste this pleasure of soma floating in the skies and distilled by the clouds. Great are the virtues of this soma, highly soothing, satisfying and inspiring.

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20.24.3

इन्द्रम् इत्था गिरो ममाछागुर् इषिता इतः ।
आवृते सोमपीतये ॥

indram itthā giro mamāchāgur iṣitā itaḥ ।
āvṛte somapītaye ॥

Let my words of adoration thus inspired rise up from here and reach across the sky beyond the clouds to share the ecstasy of soma with Indra.

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20.24.4

इन्द्रं सोमस्य पीतये स्तोमैर् इह हवामहे ।
उक्थेभिः कुविद् आगमत् ॥

indraṃ somasya pītaye stomair iha havāmahe ।
ukthebhiḥ kuvid āgamat ॥

We invoke and invite Indra, lord of energy and knowledge, here, with songs of adoration and words of sacred speech, to have a drink of soma, and we pray he may come again and again.

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20.24.5

इन्द्र सोमाः सुता इमे तान् दधिष्व शतक्रतो ।
जथरे वाजिनीवसो ॥

indra somāḥ sutā ime tān dadhiṣva śatakrato ।
jathare vājinīvaso ॥

Indra, father of morning freshness, lord of a hundred acts of yajna, distilled are these soma essences. Take these, hold them safe in the treasury of this world for a fresh lease of life’s energy.

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20.24.6

विद्मा हि त्वा धनंजयं वाजेषु दधृषं कवे ।
अधा ते सुम्नम् ईमहे ॥

vidmā hi tvā dhanaṃjayaṃ vājeṣu dadhṛṣaṃ kave ।
adhā te sumnam īmahe ॥

We know you for sure, O lord of knowledge and vision, winner of wealth and bold fighter of battles for health and energy. And now we pray to you for the gift of peace and comfort of well-being.

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20.24.7

इमम् इन्द्र गवाशिरं यवाशिरं च नः पिब ।
आगत्या वृषभिः सुतम् ॥

imam indra gavāśiraṃ yavāśiraṃ ca naḥ piba ।
āgatyā vṛṣabhiḥ sutam ॥

Indra, lord of power, honour and energy, come

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20.24.8

तुभ्येद् इन्द्र स्व ओक्ये सोमं चोदामि पीतये ।
एष रारन्तु ते हृदि ॥

tubhyed indra sva okye somaṃ codāmi pītaye ।
eṣa rārantu te hṛdi ॥

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20.24.9

त्वां सुतस्य पीतये प्रत्नम् इन्द्र हवामहे ।
कुशिकासो अवस्यवः ॥

tvāṃ sutasya pītaye pratnam indra havāmahe ।
kuśikāso avasyavaḥ ॥

Atharvaveda 20.25 · 7 mantras

20.25.1

अश्वावति प्रथमो गोषु गछति सुप्रावीर् इन्द्र मर्त्यस् तवोतिभिः ।
तम् इत् पृणक्षि वसुना भवीयसा सिन्धुम् आपो यथाभितो विचेतसः ॥

aśvāvati prathamo goṣu gachati suprāvīr indra martyas tavotibhiḥ ।
tam it pṛṇakṣi vasunā bhavīyasā sindhum āpo yathābhito vicetasaḥ ॥

O Indra, lord ruler and protector, in a horsepowered chariot the pioneer goes forward first over lands and oceans in the world, man of zeal and courage as he is, protected by all your means of safety and defence. And him you bless with abundant wealth and fame which come to him as prominent rivers from all round join and flow into the sea.

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20.25.2

आपो न देवीर् उप यन्ति होत्रियम् अवः पश्यन्ति विततं यथा रजः ।
प्राचैर् देवासः प्र णयन्ति देवयुं ब्रह्मप्रियं जोषयन्ते वरा इव ॥

āpo na devīr upa yanti hotriyam avaḥ paśyanti vitataṃ yathā rajaḥ ।
prācair devāsaḥ pra ṇayanti devayuṃ brahmapriyaṃ joṣayante varā iva ॥

Just as holy waters go to the sea and the vapours concentrate in the cloud, so do holy people go to yajna and to Indra, lord of yajna, and as they see the yajna spread around from the vedi as shelter of life’s protection, so they conduct themselves in the tradition of ancient scholars and go forward to the holiest of the holies of existence and, like the best people of knowledge, action and devotion, love the divine lord and the divine lore as the highest boon of life.

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20.25.3

अधि द्वयोर् अदधा उक्थ्यं वचो यतस्रुचा मिथुना या सपर्यतः ।
असंयत्तो व्रते ते क्षेति पुष्यति भद्रा शक्तिर् यजमानाय सुन्वते ॥

adhi dvayor adadhā ukthyaṃ vaco yatasrucā mithunā yā saparyataḥ ।
asaṃyatto vrate te kṣeti puṣyati bhadrā śaktir yajamānāya sunvate ॥

Indra, lord of yajna, just as you accept the offerings held in the ladles raised by the wedded couple, so graciously listen and accept the holy prayers of the two, ancients and moderns, teacher and disciple, husband and wife, parent and child, for the good of both. Even the loose and the wanton, under your care, find shelter and protection and grow. The gracious power of yajna creates and offers everything for the yajamana.

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20.25.4

आद् अङ्गिराः प्रथमं दधिरे वय इद्धाग्नयः शम्या ये सुकृत्यया ।
सर्वं पणेः सम् अविन्दन्त भोजनम् अश्वावन्तं गोमन्तम् आ पशुं नरः ॥

ād aṅgirāḥ prathamaṃ dadhire vaya iddhāgnayaḥ śamyā ye sukṛtyayā ।
sarvaṃ paṇeḥ sam avindanta bhojanam aśvāvantaṃ gomantam ā paśuṃ naraḥ ॥

And then the scientists of fire and energy, leaders of mankind who light the fires and who first offer the libations into the fire with holy acts of love and peace, win their share of praise and fame with the reward of horses, speed and motion, wealth of cows, sensitivity of mind and senses and the joy of life and celestial vision.

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20.25.5

यज्ञैर् अथर्वा प्रथमः पथस् तते ततः सूर्यो व्रतपा वेन आजनि ।
आ गा आजद् उशना काव्यः सचा यमस्य जातम् अमृतं यजामहे ॥

yajñair atharvā prathamaḥ pathas tate tataḥ sūryo vratapā vena ājani ।
ā gā ājad uśanā kāvyaḥ sacā yamasya jātam amṛtaṃ yajāmahe ॥

As Atharva, scholar of sustained constancy like energy in stasis, discovers and creates the prime path of motion by yajnic research, the noble solar scientist brilliant as the sun dedicated to his vow rises in knowledge and discovers the path of the earth. Then the poetic sage prophetically inspired sings of the beauty of Venus and satellites bom of the sun. And we meditate and pray for immortality of the state of moksha.

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20.25.6

बर्हिर् वा यत् स्वपत्याय वृज्यते ऽर्को वा श्लोकम् आघोषते दिवि ।
ग्रावा यत्र वदति करुर् उक्थ्यस् तस्येद् इन्द्रो अभिपित्वेषु रण्यति ॥

barhir vā yat svapatyāya vṛjyate 'rko vā ślokam āghoṣate divi ।
grāvā yatra vadati karur ukthyas tasyed indro abhipitveṣu raṇyati ॥

Where knowledge and science is collected like holy grass of yajna for the sake of noble posterity, where holy verses illuminating as the sun in heaven are chanted, where the artist carves around the vedi and holy mantras resound as thunder of the clouds, there in the blessed foods and offerings, Indra, lord of yajna, rejoices and speaks.

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20.25.7

प्रोग्रां पीतिं वृष्ण इयर्मि सत्यां प्रयै सुतस्य हर्यश्व तुभ्यम् ।
इन्द्र धेनाभिर् इह मादयस्व धीभिर् विश्वाभिः शच्या गृणानः ॥

progrāṃ pītiṃ vṛṣṇa iyarmi satyāṃ prayai sutasya haryaśva tubhyam ।
indra dhenābhir iha mādayasva dhībhir viśvābhiḥ śacyā gṛṇānaḥ ॥

O lord of showers and nature’s radiant rays, I move this prayer and offer this soma drink distilled so true and exalting for your pleasure. Indra, adored and exalted by all our songs, thoughts and holy actions here, pray rejoice and exalt us too.

Atharvaveda 20.26 · 6 mantras

20.26.1

योगेयोगे तवस्तरं वाजेवाजे हवामहे ।
सखाय इन्द्रम् ऊतये ॥

yogeyoge tavastaraṃ vājevāje havāmahe ।
sakhāya indram ūtaye ॥

Friends together and friends of Indra ever stronger and mightier, in every act of production and progress and in every battle for protection and preservation, we call upon Indra for defence and victory for well-being.

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20.26.2

आ घा गमद् यदि श्रवत् सहस्रिणीभिर् ऊतिभिः ।
वाजेभिर् उप नो हवम् ॥

ā ghā gamad yadi śravat sahasriṇībhir ūtibhiḥ ।
vājebhir upa no havam ॥

If Indra hears our call, let Him come, we pray, with a thousand ways of protection and progress of prosperity and well-being.

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20.26.3

अनु प्रत्नस्यौकसो हुवे तुविप्रतिं नरम् ।
यं ते पूर्वं पिता हुवे ॥

anu pratnasyaukaso huve tuvipratiṃ naram ।
yaṃ te pūrvaṃ pitā huve ॥

I invoke and call upon the Primeval Man, eternal father, who creates this multitudinous existence from the eternal womb of nature, the same whom our original forefathers invoked and worshipped.

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20.26.4

युञ्जन्ति ब्रध्नम् अरुषं चरन्तं परि तस्थुषः ।
रोचन्ते रोचना दिवि ॥

yuñjanti bradhnam aruṣaṃ carantaṃ pari tasthuṣaḥ ।
rocante rocanā divi ॥

Pious souls in meditation commune with the great and gracious lord of existence immanent in the steady universe and transcendent beyond. Brilliant are they with the lord of light and they shine in the heaven of bliss.

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20.26.5

युञ्जन्ति अस्य काम्या हरी विपक्षसा रथे ।
शोणा धृष्णू नृवाहसा ॥

yuñjanti asya kāmyā harī vipakṣasā rathe ।
śoṇā dhṛṣṇū nṛvāhasā ॥

Scholars of science dedicated to Indra study and meditate on the lord’s omnipotence of light, fire and wind, and harness the energy like two horses to a chariot, both beautiful, equal and complementary as positivenegative currents, fiery red, powerful and carriers of people.

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20.26.6

केतुं कृण्वन्न् अकेतवे पेशो मर्या अपेशसे ।
सम् उषद्भिर् अजायथाः ॥

ketuṃ kṛṇvann aketave peśo maryā apeśase ।
sam uṣadbhir ajāyathāḥ ॥

Children of the earth, know That who creates light and knowledge for the ignorant in darkness and gives form and beauty to the formless and chaotic, and regenerate yourselves by virtue of the men of knowledge and passion for action.

Atharvaveda 20.27 · 6 mantras

20.27.1

यद् इन्द्राहं यथा त्वम् ईशीय वस्व एक इत् ।
स्तोता मे गोषखा स्यात् ॥

yad indrāhaṃ yathā tvam īśīya vasva eka it ।
stotā me goṣakhā syāt ॥

Indra, lord of universal knowledge, power and prosperity, if I were, like you, the sole master of wealth, wisdom and power in my field, then pray may my dependent and celebrant also be blest with wealth and wisdom of the world. (Let all of us together be blest with abundance of wealth and wisdom under the social dispensation of our system of government and administration.)

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20.27.2

शिक्षेयम् अस्मै दित्सेयं शचीपते मनीषिणे ।
यद् अहं गोपतिः स्याम् ॥

śikṣeyam asmai ditseyaṃ śacīpate manīṣiṇe ।
yad ahaṃ gopatiḥ syām ॥

O lord and master of world power and prosperity, Indra, if I were master of knowledge and controller of power, I would love to share and give wealth and knowledge to this noble minded person of vision and wisdom.

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20.27.3

धेनुष् ट इन्द्र सूनृता यजमानाय सुन्वते ।
गाम् अश्वं पिप्युषी दुहे ॥

dhenuṣ ṭa indra sūnṛtā yajamānāya sunvate ।
gām aśvaṃ pipyuṣī duhe ॥

Indra, the divine voice of your omniscience, omnipotence and bliss overflows with universal truth and rectitude of the law of existence and showers the abundance of prosperity and advancement upon the dedicated yajamana who distils and creates the soma of joy for the world.

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20.27.4

न ते वर्तास्ति राधस इन्द्र देवो न मर्त्यः ।
यद् दित्ससि स्तुतो मघम् ॥

na te vartāsti rādhasa indra devo na martyaḥ ।
yad ditsasi stuto magham ॥

Indra, when you are pleased to bless the celebrant with power, prosperity and excellence, then neither mortal nor immortal can restrain the abundant flow of your grace and generosity.

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20.27.5

यज्ञ इन्द्रम् अवर्धयद् यद् भूमिं व्य् अवर्तयत् ।
चक्राण ओपशं दिवि ॥

yajña indram avardhayad yad bhūmiṃ vy avartayat ।
cakrāṇa opaśaṃ divi ॥

Yajna, joint creative endeavour which protects and replenishes the earth and environment, pleases and elevates Indra, the ruler, and creates a place of bliss in the light of heaven for the doer.

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20.27.6

वावृधानस्य ते वयं विश्वा धनानि जिग्युषः ।
ऊतिम् इन्द्रा वृणीमहे ॥

vāvṛdhānasya te vayaṃ viśvā dhanāni jigyuṣaḥ ।
ūtim indrā vṛṇīmahe ॥

Indra, we pray for your power and protection.

Atharvaveda 20.28 · 4 mantras

20.28.1

व्य् अन्तरिक्षम् अतिरन् मदे सोमस्य रोचना ।
इन्द्रो यद् अभिनद् वलम् ॥

vy antarikṣam atiran made somasya rocanā ।
indro yad abhinad valam ॥

When Indra, lord omnipotent and blissful, eliminates all obstructions and negativities from our paths of progress, then we see the entire space in existence shines with light and overflows with the joy of soma bliss.

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20.28.2

उद् गा आजद् अङ्गिरोभ्य आविष् क्र्ण्वन् गुहा सतीः ।
अर्वाञ्चं नुनुदे वलम् ॥

ud gā ājad aṅgirobhya āviṣ krṇvan guhā satīḥ ।
arvāñcaṃ nunude valam ॥

When the lord shakes up our psychic energies to the depths and throws out our darkness and negativities, then he sharpens our senses along with pranic energies and opens out our spiritual potential hidden in the cave of the heart.

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20.28.3

इन्द्रेण रोचना दिवो दृल्हानि दृंहितानि च ।
स्थिराणि न पराणुदे ॥

indreṇa rocanā divo dṛlhāni dṛṃhitāni ca ।
sthirāṇi na parāṇude ॥

The bright and beautiful, blessed and blissful stars and planets of refulgent space, expansive, firm and constant by virtue of the omnipotence of Indra, no one can shake or dislodge from their position of stability.

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20.28.4

अपाम् ऊर्मिर् मदन्न् इव स्तोम इन्द्राजिरायते ।
वि ते मदा अराजिषुः ॥

apām ūrmir madann iva stoma indrājirāyate ।
vi te madā arājiṣuḥ ॥

Like exulting waves of the sea, this hymn of adoration rises and reaches you, and the vibrations of your joyous response too emanate and pervade everywhere.

Atharvaveda 20.29 · 5 mantras

20.29.1

त्वं हि स्तोमवर्धन इन्द्रास्य् उक्थवर्धनः ।
स्तोतॄणाम् उत भद्रकृत् ॥

tvaṃ hi stomavardhana indrāsy ukthavardhanaḥ ।
stotṝṇām uta bhadrakṛt ॥

By you the songs of praise and adoration thrive and exalt, by you the songs of celebration and prayer vibrate and fructify. Indeed, you do all the good to the celebrants.

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20.29.2

इन्द्रम् इत् केशिना हरी सोमपेयाय वक्षतः ।
उप यज्ञं सुराधसम् ॥

indram it keśinā harī somapeyāya vakṣataḥ ।
upa yajñaṃ surādhasam ॥

Radiations of light with expansive vibrations. herbs and trees with branches, leaves and filaments carry the spirit of divinity and nature’s energy to the creative centres of life’s bounty.

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20.29.3

अपां फेनेन नमुचेः शिर इन्द्रोद् अवर्तयः ।
विश्वा यद् अजय स्पृधः ॥

apāṃ phenena namuceḥ śira indrod avartayaḥ ।
viśvā yad ajaya spṛdhaḥ ॥

When you fight out the adversaries of life and humanity, you crush the head of the demon of drought and famine with the sea mist and the cloud.

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20.29.4

मायाभिर् उत्सिसृप्सत इन्द्र द्याम् आरुरुक्षतः ।
अव दस्यूंर् अधूनुथाः ॥

māyābhir utsisṛpsata indra dyām ārurukṣataḥ ।
ava dasyūṃr adhūnuthāḥ ॥

With your mysterious powers and tactics, you destroy the crafty thieves and saboteurs roaming around even if they have risen to the heights of clouds.

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20.29.5

असुन्वाम् इन्द्र संसदं विषूचीं व्य् अनाशयः ।
सोमपा उत्तरो भवन् ॥

asunvām indra saṃsadaṃ viṣūcīṃ vy anāśayaḥ ।
somapā uttaro bhavan ॥

Indra, protector of the creative joy and prosperity of life and humanity in a state of peace, you being the better and higher of all others, you frustrate, dismiss and dissolve the factious assembly which has failed to be creative and cooperative as a corporate body.

Atharvaveda 20.30 · 5 mantras

20.30.1

प्र ते महे विदथे शंसिषं हरी प्र ते वन्वे वनुषो हर्यतं मदम् ।
घृतं न यो हरिभिश् चारु सेचत आ त्वा विशन्तु हरिवर्पसं गिरः ॥

pra te mahe vidathe śaṃsiṣaṃ harī pra te vanve vanuṣo haryataṃ madam ।
ghṛtaṃ na yo haribhiś cāru secata ā tvā viśantu harivarpasaṃ giraḥ ॥

O lord omnipotent, Hari, in your great cosmic yajna, I adore your forces of Rtam and Satyam. Lord of beauty, glory and bliss, I pray for the joy of your ecstatic bliss, which, beautiful and beatific with showers of joy, blesses life on earth as ghrta exalts the sacred fire. May our words of adoration and prayer reach your blissful presence immanent in the universe.

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20.30.2

हरिं हि योनिम् अभि ये समस्वरन् हिन्वन्तो हरी दिव्यं यथा सदः ।
आ यं पृणन्ति हरिभिर् न धेनव इन्द्राय शूशं हरिवन्तम् अर्चत ॥

hariṃ hi yonim abhi ye samasvaran hinvanto harī divyaṃ yathā sadaḥ ।
ā yaṃ pṛṇanti haribhir na dhenava indrāya śūśaṃ harivantam arcata ॥

You, in concert, adore and exalt Hari, omnipotent original cause of the universe as he pervades the divine spatial home, whom hymns of Veda and rays of the sun please and fulfil with their vibrations and radiations as cows fulfil the yajna with ghrta and milk, whose powers of Rtam and Satyam with their centrifugal and centripetal forces you praise: Please study and honour that power of his which bears the burden of the world of nature and humanity. Do so for the sake of the honour and excellence of life on the way forward.

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20.30.3

सो अस्य वज्रो हरितो य आयसो हरिर् निकामो हरिर् आ गभस्त्योः ।
द्युम्नी सुशिप्रो हरिमन्युसायक इन्द्रे नि रूपा हरिता मिमिक्षिरे ॥

so asya vajro harito ya āyaso harir nikāmo harir ā gabhastyoḥ ।
dyumnī suśipro harimanyusāyaka indre ni rūpā haritā mimikṣire ॥

That power of Hari, omnipotent Indra, is the thunderbolt, and the thunderbolt is electric, magnetic, unfailing in aim and desire and it is home in the hands of centrifugal and centripetal forces. It is bright and blazing, mighty passionate, punitive and destructive for the evil. Indeed in Indra as in the sun, all forms, all colours and all beauties are integrated.

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20.30.4

दिवि न केतुर् अधि धायि हर्यतो विव्यचद् वज्रो हरितो न रंह्या ।
तुदद् अहिं हरिशिप्रो य आयसः सहस्रशोका अभवद् धरिम्भरः ॥

divi na ketur adhi dhāyi haryato vivyacad vajro harito na raṃhyā ।
tudad ahiṃ hariśipro ya āyasaḥ sahasraśokā abhavad dharimbharaḥ ॥

The power of Indra, the Bajra, is held as the sun blazing in heaven. It expands and pervades like the bright rays radiating all over space. Destroying evil, breaking the clouds of darkness, glorious and mighty, the adamantine Bajra of a thousand flames shines as the symbol of the power of omnipotence.

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20.30.5

त्वंत्वम् अहर्यथा उपस्तुतः पूर्वेभिर् इन्द्र हरिकेश यज्वभिः ।
त्वं हर्यसि तव विश्वम् उक्थ्यम् असामि राधो हरिजात हर्यतम् ॥

tvaṃtvam aharyathā upastutaḥ pūrvebhir indra harikeśa yajvabhiḥ ।
tvaṃ haryasi tava viśvam ukthyam asāmi rādho harijāta haryatam ॥

Indra, lord of light and knowledge, self-manifested universal spirit of light, love and beauty, loved and adored by the earliest celebrant sages, you alone received, acknowledged and blest the adorations of the past, and you alone are the sole, unique, beloved, universally adorable giver of success and fulfillment, you who love, receive, acknowledge and bless the gifts of adoration and yajna offered to you.

Atharvaveda 20.31 · 5 mantras

20.31.1

ता वज्रिणं मन्दिनं स्तोम्यं मद इन्द्रं रथे वहतो हर्यता हरी ।
पुरूण्य् अस्मै सवनानि हर्यत इन्द्राय सोमा हरयो दधन्विरे ॥

tā vajriṇaṃ mandinaṃ stomyaṃ mada indraṃ rathe vahato haryatā harī ।
purūṇy asmai savanāni haryata indrāya somā harayo dadhanvire ॥

Those adorable carriers, centrifugal and centripetal forces of divine nature, bear and sustain the power and presence of the thunder armed, joyous, adorable Indra in the divine blissful chariot, the universe of existence. For this Indra, blissful lord, many yajna sessions, soma oblations and beautiful gifts of homage are prepared and offered.

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20.31.2

अरं कामाय हरयो दधमिरे स्थिराय हिन्वन् हरयो हरी तुरा ।
अर्वद्भिर् यो हरिभिर् जोषम् ईयते सो अस्य कामं हरिवन्तम् आनशे ॥

araṃ kāmāya harayo dadhamire sthirāya hinvan harayo harī turā ।
arvadbhir yo haribhir joṣam īyate so asya kāmaṃ harivantam ānaśe ॥

The dynamics of divine nature sustain the refulgent Indra for its holy solar purpose. The same powers energise the gravitational forces to hold the sun in balanced orbit. By these energy forces does Indra’s presence vibrate in the universe with love. And through these very forces does Indra fulfil his dear divine purpose.

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20.31.3

हरिश्मशारुर् हरिकेश आयसस् तुरस्पेये यो हरिपा अवर्धत ।
अर्वद्भिर् यो हरिभिर् वाजिनीवसुर् अति विश्वा दुरिता पारिषद् धरी ॥

hariśmaśārur harikeśa āyasas turaspeye yo haripā avardhata ।
arvadbhir yo haribhir vājinīvasur ati viśvā duritā pāriṣad dharī ॥

The world’s greenery is his hair, golden rays of light, his locks. Wielding thunder and gravitation, his radiation enters waters of the earth and vapours of space. He expands in power and presence, and with powers of instant radiation, he shines as lord of abundant earth and overcomes all evils of disease and darkness with his catalytic forces.

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20.31.4

श्रुवेव यस्य हरिणी विपेततुः शिप्रे वाजाय हरिणी दविध्वतः ।
प्र यत् कृते चमसे मर्मृजद् धरी पीत्वा मदस्य हर्यतस्यान्धसः ॥

śruveva yasya hariṇī vipetatuḥ śipre vājāya hariṇī davidhvataḥ ।
pra yat kṛte camase marmṛjad dharī pītvā madasya haryatasyāndhasaḥ ॥

His golden eyes, sun and moon, move and radiate light as two ladles of ghrta feed and exalt the fire, and the heaven and earth like his golden jaws move for the food, energy and advancement of life. In his created world, having tasted of the delicious and inspiring food and drink, man refines and exalts his will and understanding.

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20.31.5

उत स्म सद्न हर्यतस्य पस्त्योर् अत्यो न वाजं हरिवां अचिक्रदत् ।
मही चिद् धि धिषणाहर्यद् ओजसा बृहद् वयो दधिषे हर्यतस् चिद् आ ॥

uta sma sadna haryatasya pastyor atyo na vājaṃ harivāṃ acikradat ।
mahī cid dhi dhiṣaṇāharyad ojasā bṛhad vayo dadhiṣe haryatas cid ā ॥

Potent and charming Indra pervades the regions of heaven and earth as his home and with his power and presence roars like a hero going to war. With his might he wields both the great earth and the refulgent heaven, loves them and bears abundant food, strength and joy for life there.

Atharvaveda 20.32 · 3 mantras

20.32.1

आ रोदसी हर्यमाणो महित्वा नव्यंनव्यं हर्यसि मन्म नु प्रियम् ।
प्र पस्त्यम् असुर हर्यतं गोर् आविष् कृधि हरये सूर्याय ॥

ā rodasī haryamāṇo mahitvā navyaṃnavyaṃ haryasi manma nu priyam ।
pra pastyam asura haryataṃ gor āviṣ kṛdhi haraye sūryāya ॥

Lord of love and beauty, loved and loving all. you beautify and beatify the heaven and earth with new and newer favours, you love and create fresh and rising thoughts of admiration and adoration. O lord of vital energy and inspiration, pray open the homely state of earth and humanity to the illumination of the sun and light divine.

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20.32.2

आ त्वा हर्यन्तं प्रयुजो जनानां रथे वहन्तु हरिशिप्रम् इन्द्र ।
पिबा यथा प्रतिभृतस्य मध्वो हर्यन् यज्ञं सधमादे दशोणिम् ॥

ā tvā haryantaṃ prayujo janānāṃ rathe vahantu hariśipram indra ।
pibā yathā pratibhṛtasya madhvo haryan yajñaṃ sadhamāde daśoṇim ॥

Indra, may the radiations of your light bear and bring you, glorious lord of golden visor, by your cosmic chariot to the people so that you, loving the yajna, drink of the honey sweet soma extracted and prepared with utmost dexterity of hand and care in the hall of yajna.

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20.32.3

अपाः पूर्वेषां हरिवः सुतानाम् अथो इदं सवनं केवलं ते ।
ममद्धि सोमं मधुमन्तम् इन्द्र सत्रा वृषं जथर आ वृषस्व ॥

apāḥ pūrveṣāṃ harivaḥ sutānām atho idaṃ savanaṃ kevalaṃ te ।
mamaddhi somaṃ madhumantam indra satrā vṛṣaṃ jathara ā vṛṣasva ॥

Indra, lord of light divine and solar radiations, you have drunk of the soma of the ancients of earliest sessions. This yajna session and the soma extracted in here is only for you. O lord of generous showers in this session, pray, drink of the honey sweet soma of our love and faith and let the showers of bliss flow and fill the skies and space unto the depth of our heart.

Atharvaveda 20.33 · 3 mantras

20.33.1

अप्सु धूतस्य हरिवः पिबेह नृभिः सुतस्य जठरं पृणस्व ।
मिमिक्षुर् यम् अद्रय इन्द्र तुभ्यं तेभिर् वर्धस्व मदम् उक्थवाहः ॥

apsu dhūtasya harivaḥ pibeha nṛbhiḥ sutasya jaṭharaṃ pṛṇasva ।
mimikṣur yam adraya indra tubhyaṃ tebhir vardhasva madam ukthavāhaḥ ॥

Indra, lord omnipotent, Hariva, saviour from suffering and commander of nature’s forces, drink of the ecstatic soma created and seasoned in the joyous currents of our karma at heart in the soul by enlightened sages. Pray accept, protect and promote this soma of joy showered by clouds and seasoned by sages for you, and feel exalted with them all to your full satisfaction and ever increase the joy.

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20.33.2

प्रोग्रां पीतिं वृष्ण इयर्मि सत्यां प्रयै सुतस्य हर्यश्व तुभ्यम् ।
इन्द्र धेनाभिर् इह मादयस्व धीभिर् विश्वाभिः शच्या गृणानः ॥

progrāṃ pītiṃ vṛṣṇa iyarmi satyāṃ prayai sutasya haryaśva tubhyam ।
indra dhenābhir iha mādayasva dhībhir viśvābhiḥ śacyā gṛṇānaḥ ॥

O lord of showers and nature’s radiant rays, I move this prayer and offer this soma drink distilled so true and exalting for your pleasure. Indra, adored and exalted by all our songs, thoughts and holy actions here, pray rejoice and exalt us too.

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20.33.3

ऊती शचीवस् तव वीर्येण वयो दधाना उशिज ऋतज्ञाः ।
प्रजावद् इन्द्र मंसो दुरोणे तस्थुर् गृणन्तः सधमाद्यासः ॥

ūtī śacīvas tava vīryeṇa vayo dadhānā uśija ṛtajñāḥ ।
prajāvad indra maṃso duroṇe tasthur gṛṇantaḥ sadhamādyāsaḥ ॥

Atharvaveda 20.34 · 18 mantras

20.34.1

यो जात एव प्रथमो मनस्वान् देवो देवान् क्रतुना पर्यमूषत् ।
यस्य शुष्माद् रोदसी अभ्यसेतां नृम्णस्य मह्ना स जनास इन्द्रः ॥

yo jāta eva prathamo manasvān devo devān kratunā paryamūṣat ।
yasya śuṣmād rodasī abhyasetāṃ nṛmṇasya mahnā sa janāsa indraḥ ॥

Ye men and women of the world, Indra is the generous self-refulgent lord omnipotent and omniscient who, first manifested, creates and adorns the generous earth and brilliant stars. It is by the grandeur of his mighty wealth and power of action that the heaven and earth and the middle regions of the skies move around in orbit.

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20.34.2

यः पृथिवीं व्यथमानाम् अदृंहद् यः पर्वतान् प्रकुपितां अरम्णात् ।
यो अन्तरिक्षं विममे वरीयो यो द्याम् अस्तभ्नात् स जनास इन्द्रः ॥

yaḥ pṛthivīṃ vyathamānām adṛṃhad yaḥ parvatān prakupitāṃ aramṇāt ।
yo antarikṣaṃ vimame varīyo yo dyām astabhnāt sa janāsa indraḥ ॥

O people of the world, it is Indra, lord omnipotent, who establishes the moving earth in balance in orbit and silences the angry volcanoes and roaring clouds, who encompasses the vast skies and holds up the high heavens of light.(Such is Indra, universal energy.)

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20.34.3

यो हत्वाहिम् अरिणात् सप्त सिन्धून् यो गा उदाजद् अपधा वलस्य ।
यो अश्मनोर् अन्तर् अग्निं जजान संवृक् समत्सु स जनास इन्द्रः ॥

yo hatvāhim ariṇāt sapta sindhūn yo gā udājad apadhā valasya ।
yo aśmanor antar agniṃ jajāna saṃvṛk samatsu sa janāsa indraḥ ॥

People of the world, it is Indra who breaks the cloud into showers and makes the seven rivers and seven seas flow, who makes the moving stars and planets such as earth and satellites such as moon dance around in order, who wields and controls the entire energy of the universe, who creates the fire at the centre of the stone and the cloud and controls the making and breaking of the elements in the cosmic dynamics.

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20.34.4

येनेमा विश्वा च्यवना कृतानि यो दासं वर्णम् अधरं गुहाकः ।
श्वघ्नीव यो जिगीवां लक्षम् आदद् अर्यः पुष्टानि स जनास इन्द्रः ॥

yenemā viśvā cyavanā kṛtāni yo dāsaṃ varṇam adharaṃ guhākaḥ ।
śvaghnīva yo jigīvāṃ lakṣam ādad aryaḥ puṣṭāni sa janāsa indraḥ ॥

Who makes all these moving objects of the moving world of existence, who conceives and fixes the emergent form deep in the cavern of the mind, who takes on the target like an unfailing hunter, all those in course of time which are created and nurtured by him: Such is Indra, O people of the world.

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20.34.5

यं स्मा पृछन्ति कुह सेति घोरम् उतेम् आहुर् नैषो अस्तीत्य् एनम् ।
सो अर्यः पुष्टीर् विज इवा मिनाति श्रद् अस्मै धत्त स जनास इन्द्रः ॥

yaṃ smā pṛchanti kuha seti ghoram utem āhur naiṣo astīty enam ।
so aryaḥ puṣṭīr vija ivā mināti śrad asmai dhatta sa janāsa indraḥ ॥

Of whom they often ask: Where is he? He is terrible, say they. He is everywhere, say some. He is nowhere, say others. He is the master and lord of all, and like a terror he shoots down the thriving ones: Such, O people, is Indra. Know him well in truth, and have faith.

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20.34.6

यो रध्रस्य चोदिता यः कृशस्य यो ब्रह्मणो नाधमानस्य कीरेः ।
युक्तग्राव्णो यो ऽविता सुशिप्रः सुतसोमस्य स जनास इन्द्रः ॥

yo radhrasya coditā yaḥ kṛśasya yo brahmaṇo nādhamānasya kīreḥ ।
yuktagrāvṇo yo 'vitā suśipraḥ sutasomasya sa janāsa indraḥ ॥

He is inspirer of the obedient worshipper, support of the weak and emaciated, promoter of knowledge and Veda, saviour of the poor and destitute, and strength of the celebrant; he is protector of the person who is dedicated to learning and soma-yajna, commands knowledge and creates the joy of soma in society: Such is Indra, O people of the world.

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20.34.7

यस्याश्वासः प्रदिशि यस्य गावो यस्य ग्रामा यस्य विश्वे रथासः ।
यः सूर्यं य उषसं जजान यो अपां नेता स जनास इन्द्रः ॥

yasyāśvāsaḥ pradiśi yasya gāvo yasya grāmā yasya viśve rathāsaḥ ।
yaḥ sūryaṃ ya uṣasaṃ jajāna yo apāṃ netā sa janāsa indraḥ ॥

His are the waves of energy pervading in the directions and sub-directions of space. His are the horses and the cows, his the earths and the rays of light. His are the villages and all the chariots of the world. He creates the sun and the dawn, revealing them every day anew. He is the mover and guide of the waters and spatial energy. Such, O people, is Indra, universal energy.

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20.34.8

यं क्रन्दसी संयती विह्वयेते परे ऽवरे उभया अमित्राः ।
समानं चिद् रथम् आतस्थिवांसा नाना हवेते स जनास इन्द्रः ॥

yaṃ krandasī saṃyatī vihvayete pare 'vare ubhayā amitrāḥ ।
samānaṃ cid ratham ātasthivāṃsā nānā havete sa janāsa indraḥ ॥

Whom the heaven and earth wheeling, whirling, humming the celestial music of the spheres together and vying each other in homage, invoke, whom the highest and farthest as well as lowest and nearest, all, friends and non-friends, worship alike as riding the same chariot, invoke and worship in various ways: that, O people of the world, is Indra, lord of power over all.

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20.34.9

यस्मान् न ऋते विजयन्ते जनासो यं युध्यमाना अवसे हवन्ते ।
यो विश्वस्य प्रतिमानं बभूव यो अच्युतच्युत् स जनास इन्द्रः ॥

yasmān na ṛte vijayante janāso yaṃ yudhyamānā avase havante ।
yo viśvasya pratimānaṃ babhūva yo acyutacyut sa janāsa indraḥ ॥

Without whom the people win no victories, on whom the warriors depend for protection, who is the comprehending measure of the universe and the unmoved mover of the cosmic dynamics: he, O people of the world, is Indra.

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20.34.10

यः शस्वतो मह्य् एनो दधानान् अमन्यमानां छर्वा जघान ।
यः शर्धते नानुददाति शृध्यां यो दस्योर् हन्ता स जनास इन्द्रः ॥

yaḥ śasvato mahy eno dadhānān amanyamānāṃ charvā jaghāna ।
yaḥ śardhate nānudadāti śṛdhyāṃ yo dasyor hantā sa janāsa indraḥ ॥

He who holds and governs the eternal constituents of existence, who with his power of justice and punishment destroys the disreputables taking recourse to great sins and crimes, who disapproves, scotches and silences the evil tongue of the maligner, and who eliminates the wicked exploiter: such, O people, is Indra.

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20.34.11

यः शम्भरं पर्वतेषु क्षियन्तं चत्वारिंश्यां शरद्य् अन्वविन्दत् ।
ओजायमानं यो अहिं जघान दानुं शयानं स जनास इन्द्रः ॥

yaḥ śambharaṃ parvateṣu kṣiyantaṃ catvāriṃśyāṃ śarady anvavindat ।
ojāyamānaṃ yo ahiṃ jaghāna dānuṃ śayānaṃ sa janāsa indraḥ ॥

He who finds the vapours of water hidden in the cloud on the fortieth day of autumn (or in the fortieth autumn) and breaks the cloud, heavy with water for showers yet sleeping like a giant, thus releasing the rainshowers: such, O people, is Indra, the mighty Sun.

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20.34.12

यः शम्भरं पर्यतरत् कसीभिर् यो ऽचारुकास्नापिबत् सुतस्य ।
अन्तर् गिरौ यजमानं बहुं जनं यस्मिन्न् आमूर्छत् स जनास इन्द्रः ॥

yaḥ śambharaṃ paryatarat kasībhir yo 'cārukāsnāpibat sutasya ।
antar girau yajamānaṃ bahuṃ janaṃ yasminn āmūrchat sa janāsa indraḥ ॥

O people, know that omnipotent Indra who, with terrible strikes of thunder, breaks the dark giant cloud and releases. He also blesses the yajamana and the people at large in whose innermost heart of peace and love he pervades. Such is Indra, gracious and mighty.

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20.34.13

यः सप्तरश्मिर् वृषभस् तुविष्मान् अवासृजत् सर्तवे सप्त सिन्धून् ।
यो रौहिणम् अस्फुरद् वज्रबाहुर् द्याम् आरोहन्तं स जनास इन्द्रः ॥

yaḥ saptaraśmir vṛṣabhas tuviṣmān avāsṛjat sartave sapta sindhūn ।
yo rauhiṇam asphurad vajrabāhur dyām ārohantaṃ sa janāsa indraḥ ॥

Who shines bright with seven-colour rays of light, mightily generous, immensely full of energy and power, and, breaking the clouds to rain showers, releases the seven floods of water, rivers and seas rolling and flowing, and who energises the moon and the cloud ascending towards the sun under the Rohini asterism, that, dear people, is Indra, the Sun, mighty with his arms of thunder and adamant.

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20.34.14

द्यावा चिद् अस्मै पृथिवी ममेते शुष्माच् चिद् अस्य पर्वता भयन्ते ।
यः सोमपा निचितो वज्रबाहुर् यो वज्रहस्तः स जनास इन्द्रः ॥

dyāvā cid asmai pṛthivī mamete śuṣmāc cid asya parvatā bhayante ।
yaḥ somapā nicito vajrabāhur yo vajrahastaḥ sa janāsa indraḥ ॥

Heaven and earth bow to him in homage. Clouds cower and mountains quake for fear of his power. He is the creator, preserver and promoter of the soma nectar and ecstasy of life, knowledge concentrate and power both, thunder-armed for punishment and protection, flower-handed with kusha grass for blessing and benediction. Such is Indra, lord of light and might and life of life, O children of the earth.

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20.34.15

यः सुन्वन्तम् अवति यः पचन्तं यः शंसन्तं यः शशमानम् ऊती ।
यस्य ब्रह्म वर्धनं यस्य सोमो यस्येदं राधः स जनास इन्द्रः ॥

yaḥ sunvantam avati yaḥ pacantaṃ yaḥ śaṃsantaṃ yaḥ śaśamānam ūtī ।
yasya brahma vardhanaṃ yasya somo yasyedaṃ rādhaḥ sa janāsa indraḥ ॥

He who protects the creative man of yajnic action, who promotes the man struggling for perfection, and who, with all his modes of protection and progress, advances the prayerful celebrant pilgrim on way to Dharma, piety and charity. He is Indra, know ye all children of the earth. The Veda glorifies him, the somajoy of the world celebrates him, the beauty and perfection of this creation proclaims his art and presence. Such is Indra, dear children of Divinity.

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20.34.16

जातो व्य् अख्यत् पित्रोर् उपस्थे भुवो न वेद जनितुः परस्य ।
स्तविष्यमाणो नो यो अस्मद् व्रता देवानां स जनास इन्द्रः ॥

jāto vy akhyat pitror upasthe bhuvo na veda janituḥ parasya ।
staviṣyamāṇo no yo asmad vratā devānāṃ sa janāsa indraḥ ॥

He that shines in the innocence of the new bom baby and proclaims his presence in the partner’s lap, who knows no other creator of the world of existence than himself, and who, adored and celebrated by us, fulfils our obligations of piety to the divinities through ourselves, that is Indra.

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20.34.17

यः सोमकामो हर्यश्वः सूरिर् यस्माद् रेजन्ते भुवनानि विश्वा ।
यो जघान शम्बरं यश् च शुष्णं य एकवीरः स जनास इन्द्रः ॥

yaḥ somakāmo haryaśvaḥ sūrir yasmād rejante bhuvanāni viśvā ।
yo jaghāna śambaraṃ yaś ca śuṣṇaṃ ya ekavīraḥ sa janāsa indraḥ ॥

He that loves the soma of love and peace, whom the sun rays radiate, who is great and wise, by whom all worlds of existence shine, blaze, and yet shake with awe, who breaks giant clouds of darkness and shatters mighty mountains, who is all potent and the sole one unique hero without a parallel, that is Indra.

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20.34.18

यः सुन्वते पचते दुध्र आ चिद् वाजं दर्दर्षि स किलासि सत्यः ।
वयं त इन्द्र विश्वह प्रियासः सुवीरासो विदथम् आ वदेम ॥

yaḥ sunvate pacate dudhra ā cid vājaṃ dardarṣi sa kilāsi satyaḥ ।
vayaṃ ta indra viśvaha priyāsaḥ suvīrāso vidatham ā vadema ॥

Atharvaveda 20.35 · 16 mantras

20.35.1

अस्मा इद् उ प्र तवसे तुराय प्रयो न हर्मि स्तोमं माहिनाय ।
ऋचीषमायाध्रिगव ओहम् इन्द्राय ब्रह्माणि राततमा ॥

asmā id u pra tavase turāya prayo na harmi stomaṃ māhināya ।
ṛcīṣamāyādhrigava oham indrāya brahmāṇi rātatamā ॥

In honour of this lord Indra, mighty power, great leader, holy celebrity and commander of the brave, informidable to the enemies, I offer an excellent song of praise in adoration and holiest offerings of the most spontaneous and liberal homage.

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20.35.2

अस्मा इद् उ प्रय इव प्र यंसि भराम्य् आन्गूषं बाधे सुवृक्ति ।
इन्द्राय हृदा मनसा मनीषा प्रत्नाय पत्ये धियो मर्जयन्त ॥

asmā id u praya iva pra yaṃsi bharāmy āngūṣaṃ bādhe suvṛkti ।
indrāya hṛdā manasā manīṣā pratnāya patye dhiyo marjayanta ॥

You offer to this Indra, lord of life and power, libations of homage and reverence like gifts of dainty food. So do I bear and offer to him songs of praise well-structured and formulaic modes of defence and protection against the enemies of humanity. Come ye all, cleanse your mind honestly by heart, mind and soul for Indra, ancient and eternal lord of life and light, and serve him.

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20.35.3

अस्मा इद् उ त्यम् उपमं स्वर्षां भराम्य् आङ्गूषम् आस्येन ।
मंहिष्ठम् अछोक्तिभिर् मतीनां सुवृक्तिभिः सूरिं वावृधध्यै ॥

asmā id u tyam upamaṃ svarṣāṃ bharāmy āṅgūṣam āsyena ।
maṃhiṣṭham achoktibhir matīnāṃ suvṛktibhiḥ sūriṃ vāvṛdhadhyai ॥

For the sake of the advancement of Agni, the ruler, and of the people of knowledge and wisdom, I speak noble and powerfully persuasive words in support of this exemplary, generous, revered and magnanimous hero, a great man of wisdom and piety of conduct.

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20.35.4

अस्मा इद् उ स्तोमं सं हिनोमि रथं न तष्टेव तत्सिनाय ।
गिरश् च गिर्वाहसे सुवृक्तीन्द्राय विश्वमिन्वं मेधिराय ॥

asmā id u stomaṃ saṃ hinomi rathaṃ na taṣṭeva tatsināya ।
giraś ca girvāhase suvṛktīndrāya viśvaminvaṃ medhirāya ॥

For this Indra, ruling lord of knowledge and power, master promoter of divine speech and veteran of wisdom, I create and float a song of praise of universal and persuasive purport and use words of discriminating wisdom to strengthen his power and control over the land and people just as an engineer creates a strong structure for the chassis of the master’s chariot.

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20.35.5

अस्मा इद् उ सप्तिम् इव श्रवस्येन्द्रायार्कं जुह्वा सम् अञ्जे ।
वीरम् दानौकसं वन्दध्यै पुरां गूर्तश्रवसं दर्माणम् ॥

asmā id u saptim iva śravasyendrāyārkaṃ juhvā sam añje ।
vīram dānaukasaṃ vandadhyai purāṃ gūrtaśravasaṃ darmāṇam ॥

As a driver yokes the horse to the master’s chariot to drive him on, so, in honour of Indra and in order to celebrate and exalt him, brave hero as he is, treasure home of charity and destroyer of enemy strongholds, whose fame rings far and wide, I compose a song in my own words and offer it as a libation to him with my own ladle in homage.

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20.35.6

अस्मा इद् उ त्वष्टा तक्षद् वज्रं स्वपस्तमं स्वर्यं रणाय ।
वृत्रस्य चिद् विदद् येन मर्म तुजन्न् ईशानस् तुजता कियेधाः ॥

asmā id u tvaṣṭā takṣad vajraṃ svapastamaṃ svaryaṃ raṇāya ।
vṛtrasya cid vidad yena marma tujann īśānas tujatā kiyedhāḥ ॥

Let Tvashta, the Maker, design and form for this Indra, ruling Lord of power and defence, the thunderbolt of lightning force blazing for the battle so that he (Indra), striking with this fatal weapon, taking many enemies on, may reach the mortal centrespot of Vrtra, the cloud of darkness and ignorance (and release the showers of rain and prosperity and the light of knowledge).

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20.35.7

अस्येद् उ मातुः सवनेषु सद्यो महः पितुं पपिवां चार्व् अन्ना ।
मुषायद् विष्णुः पचतं सहीयान् विध्यद् वराहं तिरो अद्रिम् अस्ता ॥

asyed u mātuḥ savaneṣu sadyo mahaḥ pituṃ papivāṃ cārv annā ।
muṣāyad viṣṇuḥ pacataṃ sahīyān vidhyad varāhaṃ tiro adrim astā ॥

In the yajnic programmes of this Indra, lord of rule and power, who measures everything to size, Vishnu, the great sun pervading everything with its light, drinks up the delicious holy foods prepared and sent up sanctified from the yajna, and then, challenging the mountainous cloud hoarding up the wealth of the same yajnic foods in the form of vapours, breaks up the cloud and throws it down (releasing the showers of rain).

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20.35.8

अस्मा इद् उ ग्नाश् चिद् देवपत्नीर् इन्द्रायार्कम् अहिहत्य ऊवुः ।
परि द्यावापृथिवी जभ्र उर्वी नास्य ते महिमानं परि ष्टः ॥

asmā id u gnāś cid devapatnīr indrāyārkam ahihatya ūvuḥ ।
pari dyāvāpṛthivī jabhra urvī nāsya te mahimānaṃ pari ṣṭaḥ ॥

For this Indra, blazing as the sun with light and grandeur, holy voices served and preserved by noble sages and scholars composed hymns of praise and offered homage to Indra on the breakup of the cloud. Indra holds both the vast heaven and earth, but these two do not comprehend his grandeur and greatness (which exceeds heaven and earth both).

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20.35.9

अस्येद् एव प्र रिरिचे महित्वं दिवस् पृथिव्याः पर्य् अन्तरिक्षात् ।
स्वराल् इन्द्रो दम आ विश्वगूर्तः स्वरिर् अमत्रो ववक्षे रणाय ॥

asyed eva pra ririce mahitvaṃ divas pṛthivyāḥ pary antarikṣāt ।
svarāl indro dama ā viśvagūrtaḥ svarir amatro vavakṣe raṇāya ॥

Surely the greatness and grandeur of this Indra exceeds the heaven, skies and earth. The self-refulgent hero, universal warrior, brilliant and brave, infinitely strong and bold, resounds in the universe for battle against evil and negation.

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20.35.10

अस्येद् एव शवसा शुशन्तं वि वृश्चद् वज्रेण वृत्रम् इन्द्रः ।
गा न व्राणा अवनीर् अमुञ्चद् अभि श्रवो दावने सचेताः ॥

asyed eva śavasā śuśantaṃ vi vṛścad vajreṇa vṛtram indraḥ ।
gā na vrāṇā avanīr amuñcad abhi śravo dāvane sacetāḥ ॥

O lord of power and law, with the strength and rectitude of this Indra, the universal force of Divinity uproots the exploitative forces, just as the sun breaks down the cloud which holds up the rain and scorches the earth. And just as held up cows are released from the stalls, so the ruler releases the streams of life on the earth, enlightened hero as he is, who releases food and justice for the powers of generosity.

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20.35.11

अस्येद् उ त्वेषसा रन्त सिन्धवः परि यद् वज्रेण सीम् अयछत् ।
ईशानकृद् दाशुषे दशस्यन् तुर्वीतये गाधं तुर्वणिः कः ॥

asyed u tveṣasā ranta sindhavaḥ pari yad vajreṇa sīm ayachat ।
īśānakṛd dāśuṣe daśasyan turvītaye gādhaṃ turvaṇiḥ kaḥ ॥

By the might and splendour of this Indra, the rivers flow and seas roll at will since he gives the blow (to Vrtra and releases the waters below). Ruler, controller, and giver of power and honour, instantly victorious, giving liberally to the generous, he creates firm standing ground for the speedy success of generosity all round.

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20.35.12

अस्मा इद् उ प्र भरा तूतुजानो वृत्राय वज्रम् ईशानः कियेधाः ।
गोर् न पर्व वि रदा तिरश्चेष्यन्न् अर्णांस्य् अपां चरध्यै ॥

asmā id u pra bharā tūtujāno vṛtrāya vajram īśānaḥ kiyedhāḥ ।
gor na parva vi radā tiraśceṣyann arṇāṃsy apāṃ caradhyai ॥

Indra, ruling lord of manifold power, fast and impetuous, wields the thunderbolt of sunrays for this Vrtra, cloud of vapours and darkness, and releasing the waters for the streams to flow on earth, breaks the layers of vapours with the thunderbolt as lightning breaks things into pieces bit by bit.

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20.35.13

अस्येद् उ प्र ब्रूहि पूर्व्याणि तुरस्य कर्माणि नव्य उक्थैः ।
युधे यद् इष्णान आयुधान्य् ऋघायमाणो निरिणाति शत्रून् ॥

asyed u pra brūhi pūrvyāṇi turasya karmāṇi navya ukthaiḥ ।
yudhe yad iṣṇāna āyudhāny ṛghāyamāṇo niriṇāti śatrūn ॥

Sing and celebrate the old and new exploits of this fast and powerful Indra in songs of praise, Indra who, passionate and tempestuous, updating and wielding the weapons for battle, strikes and destroys the enemies.

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20.35.14

अस्येद् उ भिया गिरयश् च दृल्हा द्यावा च भूमा जनुषस् तुजेते ।
उपो वेनस्य जोगुवान ओणिं सद्यो भुवद् वीर्याय नोधाः ॥

asyed u bhiyā girayaś ca dṛlhā dyāvā ca bhūmā januṣas tujete ।
upo venasya joguvāna oṇiṃ sadyo bhuvad vīryāya nodhāḥ ॥

By the power and holy fear of this omnipotent Indra, the mountains stay firm and fixed, and the heaven and earth and the people shake with awe. The leader, abiding in the protective shade of this intelligent and handsome power and chanting words of praise, immediately rises and grows capable of great action.

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20.35.15

अस्मा इद् उ त्यद् अनु दाय्य् एषाम् एको यद् वव्ने भूरेर् ईशानः ।
प्रैतशं सूर्ये पस्पृधानं सौवश्व्ये सुष्विम् आवद् इन्द्रः ॥

asmā id u tyad anu dāyy eṣām eko yad vavne bhūrer īśānaḥ ।
praitaśaṃ sūrye paspṛdhānaṃ sauvaśvye suṣvim āvad indraḥ ॥

Indra, sole one lord of himself, is the absolute ruler of many. Whatever he wills of these and commands, the same is rendered in reverence and obedience. And Indra himself advances and protects the hero of power and honour who, fighting for victory in the battle of horse, spurs on his steed in the direction of the sun.

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20.35.16

एवा ते हारियोजना सुवृक्तीन्द्र ब्रह्माणि गोतमासो अक्रन् ।
ऐषु विश्वपेशसं धियं धाः प्रातर् मक्षू धियावसुर् जगम्यात् ॥

evā te hāriyojanā suvṛktīndra brahmāṇi gotamāso akran ।
aiṣu viśvapeśasaṃ dhiyaṃ dhāḥ prātar makṣū dhiyāvasur jagamyāt ॥

Indra, O Lord of sunbeams, these are the songs divine, purest and serene, offered by the highest souls of faith and vision. Bless these souls with universal brilliance of vision and intelligence, lord omniscient. Lord Omnificent, reveal your presence in our mind instantly with the light of the dawn.

Atharvaveda 20.36 · 11 mantras

20.36.1

य एक इद् धव्यश् चर्षणीनाम् इन्द्रं तं गीर्भिर् अभ्य् अर्च आभिः ।
यः पत्यते वृषभो वृष्ण्यावान्त् सत्यः सत्वा पुरुमायः सहस्वान् ॥

ya eka id dhavyaś carṣaṇīnām indraṃ taṃ gīrbhir abhy arca ābhiḥ ।
yaḥ patyate vṛṣabho vṛṣṇyāvānt satyaḥ satvā purumāyaḥ sahasvān ॥

The one sole lord of humanity worthy of yajnic homage is Indra, whom I adore with these words of praise. He it is, lord generous, giver of showers of strength and bliss, eternal, imperishable, omnificent, omnipotent and forbearing, who protects and sustains life as supreme father and guardian.

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20.36.2

तम् उ नः पूर्वे पितरो नवग्वाः सप्त विप्रासो अभि वाजयन्तः ।
नक्षद्दाभं ततुरिं पर्वतेष्ठाम् अद्रोघवाचं मतिभिः शविष्ठम् ॥

tam u naḥ pūrve pitaro navagvāḥ sapta viprāso abhi vājayantaḥ ।
nakṣaddābhaṃ taturiṃ parvateṣṭhām adroghavācaṃ matibhiḥ śaviṣṭham ॥

Him our ancient forefathers and the seven sages, like our five senses, mind and intellect, along with their fellow men, have celebrated and glorified, the lord that is the tamer and controller of opposition, saviour from suffering, pervasive in clouds and over mountains, sweet of tongue and strongest in force and power.

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20.36.3

तम् ईमहे इन्द्रम् अस्य रायः पुरुवीरस्य नृवतः पुरुक्षोः ।
यो अष्कृधोयुर् अजरः स्वर्वान् तम् आ भर हरिवो मादयध्यै ॥

tam īmahe indram asya rāyaḥ puruvīrasya nṛvataḥ purukṣoḥ ।
yo aṣkṛdhoyur ajaraḥ svarvān tam ā bhara harivo mādayadhyai ॥

We pray to Indra for his gifts of wealth, happy progeny, man power and generous abundance which he, lord of unlimited potential, ageless and blissful, commanding men and transport, would, we hope, bring us for his joy and ours.

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20.36.4

तन् नो वि वोचो यदि ते पुरा चिज् जरितार आनशुः सुम्नम् इन्द्र ।
कस् ते भागः किं वयो दुध्र खिदुः पुरुहूत पुरूवसो ऽसुरघ्नः ॥

tan no vi voco yadi te purā cij jaritāra ānaśuḥ sumnam indra ।
kas te bhāgaḥ kiṃ vayo dudhra khiduḥ puruhūta purūvaso 'suraghnaḥ ॥

Indra, speak to us how the ancient celebrants of yours were blest with the gift of peace and joy. Say what is your share and contribution therein, what joy and ecstasy of being, O lord irresistible, forceful, universally invoked, commanding immense riches, destroyer of evil and the wicked.

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20.36.5

तं पृछन्ती वज्रहस्तं रथेष्ठाम् इन्द्रं वेपी वक्वरी यस्य नू गीः ।
तुविग्राभं तुविकूर्मिं रभोदां गातुम् इषे नक्षते तुम्रम् अछ ॥

taṃ pṛchantī vajrahastaṃ ratheṣṭhām indraṃ vepī vakvarī yasya nū gīḥ ।
tuvigrābhaṃ tuvikūrmiṃ rabhodāṃ gātum iṣe nakṣate tumram acha ॥

If the voice and words of a person are vibrant with devotion and eloquent with enquiry in right earnest about Indra, lord of power, honour and excellence, wielder of the thunderbolt in hand, riding the chariot of life, strong with iron grasp, bold in action, giver of tempestuous strength and commander of cosmic force, then such a person wins the lord’s favour of dominion over land for food, energy and the happiness of his heart’s desire.

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20.36.6

अया ह त्यं मायया वावृधानं मनोजुवा स्वतवः पर्वतेन ।
अच्युता चिद् वीलिता स्वोजो रुजो वि दृल्हा धृषता विरप्शिन् ॥

ayā ha tyaṃ māyayā vāvṛdhānaṃ manojuvā svatavaḥ parvatena ।
acyutā cid vīlitā svojo rujo vi dṛlhā dhṛṣatā virapśin ॥

O lord of your own essential strength and splendour, divine and exuberant, with this thunder force of yours fast as mind, imperishable and indomitable, pray shatter that stronghold of evil, growing by illusion firmly fixed and even reinforced by deceptive reason.

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20.36.7

तम् वो धिया नव्यस्या शविष्ठम् प्रत्नं प्रत्नवत् परितंसयध्यै ।
स नो वक्षद् अनिमानः सुवह्नेन्द्रो विश्वान्य् अति दुर्गहाणि ॥

tam vo dhiyā navyasyā śaviṣṭham pratnaṃ pratnavat paritaṃsayadhyai ।
sa no vakṣad animānaḥ suvahnendro viśvāny ati durgahāṇi ॥

May Indra, lord of infinite knowledge and power, bless us and you all with the best and latest vision and intelligence in order that we may adore and glorify the omnipotent eternal lord as ever, and may the lord saviour of the celestial chariot bring us universal Strength of action, otherwise unattainable, and take us across all impassable impediments.

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20.36.8

आ जनाय द्रुह्वणे पार्थिवानि दिव्यानि दीपयो ऽन्तरिक्षा ।
तपा वृषन् विश्वतः शोचिषा तान् ब्रह्मद्विषे शोचय क्षाम् अपश् च ॥

ā janāya druhvaṇe pārthivāni divyāni dīpayo 'ntarikṣā ।
tapā vṛṣan viśvataḥ śociṣā tān brahmadviṣe śocaya kṣām apaś ca ॥

O lord of generous showers of light and purity of peace, light up and reveal the blazing magnificence of the regions of earth, firmament and heaven for people stricken with hate, jealousy and enmity against life, humanity, divinity and revelation of the glory of existence. Let them feel the heat and light of the blaze from all sides, heat up even the green earth and cool waters for them, and thus let them be cleansed through suffering and penitence.

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20.36.9

भुवो जनस्य दिव्यस्य राजा पार्थिवस्य जगतस् त्वेषसंदृक् ।
धिष्व वज्रं दक्षिण इन्द्र हस्ते विश्वा अजुर्य दयसे वि मायाः ॥

bhuvo janasya divyasya rājā pārthivasya jagatas tveṣasaṃdṛk ।
dhiṣva vajraṃ dakṣiṇa indra haste viśvā ajurya dayase vi māyāḥ ॥

Indra, self-refulgent ruler of earth and the world of light, of humanity and the moving world, ageless lord of light and justice, take the thunderbolt of light and justice in the right hand, destroy the wiles of the wicked and give the light of knowledge to the seekers.

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20.36.10

आ संयतम् इन्द्र णः स्वस्तिं शत्रुतूर्याय बृहतीम् अमृध्राम् ।
यया दासान्य् आर्याणि वृत्रा करो वज्रिन्त् सुतुका नाहुषाणि ॥

ā saṃyatam indra ṇaḥ svastiṃ śatrutūryāya bṛhatīm amṛdhrām ।
yayā dāsāny āryāṇi vṛtrā karo vajrint sutukā nāhuṣāṇi ॥

Indra, lord of adamantine will and power, ruler of the world, bring in that wide ranging and inviolable peace and well being in a state of constant vigilance and dynamism to win over enmity and opposition, by which darkness and ignorance can be replaced by light and knowledge and the lower and average orders of society can be raised to higher state of enlightenment and action.

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20.36.11

स नो नियुद्भिः पुरुहूत वेधो विश्ववाराभिर् आ गहि प्रयज्यो ।
न या अदेवो वरते न देव आभिर् याहि तूयम् आ मद्र्यद्रिक् ॥

sa no niyudbhiḥ puruhūta vedho viśvavārābhir ā gahi prayajyo ।
na yā adevo varate na deva ābhir yāhi tūyam ā madryadrik ॥

O lord all wise and worshipful, universally adored and invited, come to us by well controlled and well directed modes and means of advancement with those laws and policies of universal interest and value and application, which neither the impious obstruct nor the pious camouflage. Come straight here to us with these without delay.

Atharvaveda 20.37 · 11 mantras

20.37.1

यस् तिग्मशृङ्गो वृषभो न भीमः एकः कृष्टीश् च्यवयति प्र विश्वाः ।
यः शश्वतो अदाशुषो गयस्य प्रयन्तासि सुष्वितराय वेदः ॥

yas tigmaśṛṅgo vṛṣabho na bhīmaḥ ekaḥ kṛṣṭīś cyavayati pra viśvāḥ ।
yaḥ śaśvato adāśuṣo gayasya prayantāsi suṣvitarāya vedaḥ ॥

Indra, lord commander of weapons sharp and blazing as rays of light, virile, generous and yet fearsome as a bull, is the one supreme who guides, controls, rules and inspires the world community, and he is the one who always is the supporting power of the house and children of the indigent who cannot afford to pay for education and development. O lord, you are the guide and giver of wealth and knowledge to the man dedicated to the yajnic development of humanity.

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20.37.2

त्वं ह त्यद् इन्द्र कुत्सम् आवः शुश्रूषमाणस् तन्वा समर्ये ।
दासं यच् शुष्णम् कुयवं न्य् अस्मा अरन्धय आर्जुनेयाय शिक्षन् ॥

tvaṃ ha tyad indra kutsam āvaḥ śuśrūṣamāṇas tanvā samarye ।
dāsaṃ yac śuṣṇam kuyavaṃ ny asmā arandhaya ārjuneyāya śikṣan ॥

Indra, brilliant ruler, you govern and strike your thunderbolt of justice and punishment, listen to the voice of the people in the battle business of life and protect the sagely man of judgement and discretion with your force when you fight the demon of drought, punish the selfish exploiter and food polluter and help and arrange for the education of the children of noble mothers all for our sake.

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20.37.3

त्वं धृष्णो धृषता वीतहव्यं प्रावो विश्वाभिर् ऊतिभिः सुदासम् ।
प्र पौरुकुत्सिं त्रसदस्युम् आवः क्षेत्रसाता वृत्रहत्येषु पूरुम् ॥

tvaṃ dhṛṣṇo dhṛṣatā vītahavyaṃ prāvo viśvābhir ūtibhiḥ sudāsam ।
pra paurukutsiṃ trasadasyum āvaḥ kṣetrasātā vṛtrahatyeṣu pūrum ॥

O bold and determined ruler, with all your power and determination, and with all your methods and tactics of defence and offence, protect and preserve the assets of the nation acquired, support the commander of services, guard the wielders of high class weapons and protect their families, defend the powers of law and order against crime, and in the battle against want and darkness and for victory in the battle field of defence and development, protect the supply line and citizens of the land.

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20.37.4

त्वं नृभिर् नृमणो देववीतौ भूरीणि वृत्रा हर्यश्व हंसि ।
त्वं नि दस्युं चुमुरिं धुनिं चास्वापयो दभीतये सुहन्तु ॥

tvaṃ nṛbhir nṛmaṇo devavītau bhūrīṇi vṛtrā haryaśva haṃsi ।
tvaṃ ni dasyuṃ cumuriṃ dhuniṃ cāsvāpayo dabhītaye suhantu ॥

O leader and commander equipped with transport, communications and armoured fighting forces, cherished and honoured ruler of the heart of the nation, in the battle business of the protection and advancement of the divinities of nature and humanity, you fight out and eliminate the cumulated forces of darkness and destruction with the assistance and cooperation of the leading people. You lay to sleep and totally destroy the violent criminal, the thief and the terrorist in order to suppress and root out the forces of negation and destruction.

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20.37.5

तव च्यौत्नानि वज्रहस्त तानि नव यत् पुरो नवतिं च सद्यः ।
निवेशने शततमाविवेषीर् अहं च वृत्रं नमुचिम् उताहन् ॥

tava cyautnāni vajrahasta tāni nava yat puro navatiṃ ca sadyaḥ ।
niveśane śatatamāviveṣīr ahaṃ ca vṛtraṃ namucim utāhan ॥

O wielder of the thunderbolt, those frightful forces of yours which instantly destroy nintynine citadels of want and darkness and hundreds more for the entry of light and justice, pray demolish the unbreakable walls of the forts of impenetrable ignorance, superstition, prejudice, hatred and violence.

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20.37.6

सना ता त इन्द्र भोजनानि रातहव्याय दाशुषे सुदासे ।
वृष्णे ते हरी वृषणा युनज्मि व्यन्तु ब्रह्माणि पुरुशाक वाजम् ॥

sanā tā ta indra bhojanāni rātahavyāya dāśuṣe sudāse ।
vṛṣṇe te harī vṛṣaṇā yunajmi vyantu brahmāṇi puruśāka vājam ॥

Indra, lord of light and power, those permanent gifts and protections of the world of existence you have created and granted for the oblation bearing yajaka, for the generous man of charity, and for the commander of the protective forces of humanity, and those mighty motive forces of life’s power and generosity which I harness in your service may, O lord of all ruling power, we pray, bring us all voices of Divinity, all means and modes of sustenance, and all success and progress in our life.

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20.37.7

मा ते अस्यां सहसावन् परिष्टाव् अघाय भूम हरिवः परादौ ।
त्रायस्व नो ऽवृकेभिर् वरूथैस् तव प्रियासः सूरिषु स्याम ॥

mā te asyāṃ sahasāvan pariṣṭāv aghāya bhūma harivaḥ parādau ।
trāyasva no 'vṛkebhir varūthais tava priyāsaḥ sūriṣu syāma ॥

O lord of peace, patience and justice, ruler of dynamic powers and people, in this social order of your governance, let us not be exposed to a state of throw away sin and crime. Save us by virtue of the company of non-violent, best and wisest protective people. Let us abide among your dearest favourites and loved ones, among the brave, the wise and the virtuous.

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20.37.8

प्रियास इत् ते मघवन्न् अभिष्टौ नरो मदेम शरणे सखायः ।
नि तुर्वशं नि याद्वं शिशीह्य् अतिथिग्वाय शंस्यं करिष्यन् ॥

priyāsa it te maghavann abhiṣṭau naro madema śaraṇe sakhāyaḥ ।
ni turvaśaṃ ni yādvaṃ śiśīhy atithigvāya śaṃsyaṃ kariṣyan ॥

Lord of wealth, honour and excellence, let us all, leaders and friends of yours, abide and rejoice as your dearest in the protective shelter of your love and good will for our desired aims. Inspire and refine the nearest settled neighbour as well as the traveller on the move, raising the generous host in honour and praise for hospitality.

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20.37.9

सद्यश् चिन् नु ते मघवन्न् अभिष्टौ नरः शंसन्त्य् उक्थशास उक्था ।
ये ते हवेभिर् वि पणींर् अदाशन्न् अस्मान् वृणीष्व युज्याय तस्मै ॥

sadyaś cin nu te maghavann abhiṣṭau naraḥ śaṃsanty ukthaśāsa ukthā ।
ye te havebhir vi paṇīṃr adāśann asmān vṛṇīṣva yujyāya tasmai ॥

O lord of light, honour and excellence of generosity, select us for dedication to that holy work which, under the protection of your love and goodwill, leading scholars and interpreters of the Divine Word relentlessly pursue, reciting and teaching the Vedic songs of divinity and, by recitation and exhortation, converting even hard headed businessmen to generous givers of charity in the service of Divinity.

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20.37.10

एते स्तोमा नरां नृतम तुभ्यम् अस्मद्र्यञ्चो ददतो मघानि ।
तेषाम् इन्द्र वृत्रहत्ये शिवो भूः सखा च शूरो ऽविता च नृणाम् ॥

ete stomā narāṃ nṛtama tubhyam asmadryañco dadato maghāni ।
teṣām indra vṛtrahatye śivo bhūḥ sakhā ca śūro 'vitā ca nṛṇām ॥

These songs of adoration offered to you, O highest leader of the leaders of men, in fact, come back to us, giving wealth, honours and excellence of life. O lord, in these people’s battle against darkness, want and injustice, be their friend, wise protector and kind defender.

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20.37.11

नू इन्द्र शूर स्तवमान ऊती ब्रह्मजूतस् तन्वा वावृधस्व ।
उप नो वाजान् मिमीह्य् उप स्तीन् युयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः ॥

nū indra śūra stavamāna ūtī brahmajūtas tanvā vāvṛdhasva ।
upa no vājān mimīhy upa stīn yuyaṃ pāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ ॥

Indra, wise and brave leader and ruler of the world celebrated in song, exhorting the brave, commanding the defence and protection and the wealth of power, prosperity, food, energy and divine wisdom, grow in body, mind and soul by your body politic, and help us grow as a united commonwealth blest with honour, excellence and prosperity, and let there be no alliances of opposition and enmity against humanity. O lord and leaders of the world, protect and promote us in a state of honourable peace, prosperity and all round well being for all time.

Atharvaveda 20.38 · 6 mantras

20.38.1

आ याहि सुषुमा हि त इन्द्र सोमं पिबा इमम् ।
एदं बर्हिः सदो मम ॥

ā yāhi suṣumā hi ta indra somaṃ pibā imam ।
edaṃ barhiḥ sado mama ॥

Indra, lord omnipotent and omnipresent, we hold the yajna and distil the soma of life in your service. Come, grace this holy seat of my yajna dedicated to you, watch my performance, enjoy the soma, and protect and promote the yajna for the beauty and joy of life.

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20.38.2

आ त्वा ब्रह्मयुजा हरी वहताम् इन्द्र केशिना ।
उप ब्रह्माणि नः शृणु ॥

ā tvā brahmayujā harī vahatām indra keśinā ।
upa brahmāṇi naḥ śṛṇu ॥

Let the radiant waves of cosmic energy engaged in the service of divinity bring you here. Pray listen to our songs of prayer and adoration.

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20.38.3

ब्रह्माणस् त्वा वयं युजा सोमपाम् इन्द्र सोमिनः ।
सुतावन्तो हवामहे ॥

brahmāṇas tvā vayaṃ yujā somapām indra sominaḥ ।
sutāvanto havāmahe ॥

Dedicated to divinity and the divine voice, meditating on the divine presence with concentrated mind and soul, living in truth the beauty of life and ex-pressing the ecstasy of soma, we invoke and wait for Indra, original maker and lover of soma, to come and bless us.

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20.38.4

इन्द्रम् इद् गाथिनो बृहद् इन्द्रम् अर्केभिर् अर्किणः ।
इन्द्रं वाणीर् अनूषत ॥

indram id gāthino bṛhad indram arkebhir arkiṇaḥ ।
indraṃ vāṇīr anūṣata ॥

The singers of Vedic hymns worship Indra, infinite lord of the expansive universe, Indra, the Sun, lord of light, Indra, Vayu, Maruts, currents of energy, and Indra, the universal Divine voice, with prayers, mantras, actions and scientific research.

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20.38.5

इन्द्र इद् धर्योः सचा संमिश्ल आ वचोयुजा ।
इन्द्रो वज्री हिरण्ययः ॥

indra id dharyoḥ sacā saṃmiśla ā vacoyujā ।
indro vajrī hiraṇyayaḥ ॥

Indra, the omnipresent Spirit, Indra, the universal energy of vayu or maruts, and Indra, the solar energy, the bond of unity and sustenance in things, co-existent synthesis of equal and opposite complementarities of positive and negative, activiser of speech, lord of the thunderbolt and the golden light of the day and the year.

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20.38.6

इन्द्रो दीर्घाय चक्षस आ सूर्यं रोहयद् दिवि ।
वि गोभिर् अद्रिम् ऐरयत् ॥

indro dīrghāya cakṣasa ā sūryaṃ rohayad divi ।
vi gobhir adrim airayat ॥

Indra, lord omnipotent, raised the sun high up in the heavens for expansive light and vision. With the rays of the sun, He forms and moves the cloud for rain.

Atharvaveda 20.39 · 5 mantras

20.39.1

इन्द्रं वो विश्वतस् परि हवामहे जनेभ्यः ।
अस्माकम् अस्तु केवलः ॥

indraṃ vo viśvatas pari havāmahe janebhyaḥ ।
asmākam astu kevalaḥ ॥

For the sake of you all of humanity, we invoke and worship Indra, the one lord ruler over the universe, and we pray He may be with us in vision in a state of absolute bliss.

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20.39.2

व्य् अन्तरिक्षम् अतिरन् मदे सोमस्य रोचना ।
इन्द्रो यद् अभिनद् वलम् ॥

vy antarikṣam atiran made somasya rocanā ।
indro yad abhinad valam ॥

When Indra, lord omnipotent and blissful, eliminates all obstructions and negativities from our paths of progress, then we see the entire space in existence shines with light and overflows with the joy of soma bliss.

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20.39.3

उद् गा आजद् अङ्गिरोभ्य आविष् कृण्वन् गुहा सतीः ।
अर्वाञ्चं नुनुदे वलम् ॥

ud gā ājad aṅgirobhya āviṣ kṛṇvan guhā satīḥ ।
arvāñcaṃ nunude valam ॥

When the lord shakes up our psychic energies to the depths and throws out our darkness and negativities, then he sharpens our senses along with pranic energies and opens out our spiritual potential hidden in the cave of the heart.

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20.39.4

इन्द्रेण रोचना दिवो दृल्हानि दृंहितानि च ।
स्थिराणि न पराणुदे ॥

indreṇa rocanā divo dṛlhāni dṛṃhitāni ca ।
sthirāṇi na parāṇude ॥

The bright and beautiful, blessed and blissful stars and planets of refulgent space, expansive, firm and constant by virtue of the omnipotence of Indra, no one can shake or dislodge from their position of stability.

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20.39.5

अपाम् ऊर्मिर् मदन्न् इव स्तोम इन्द्राजिरायते ।
वि ते मदा अराजिषुः ॥

apām ūrmir madann iva stoma indrājirāyate ।
vi te madā arājiṣuḥ ॥

Like exulting waves of the sea, this hymn of adoration rises and reaches you, and the vibrations of your joyous response too emanate and pervade everywhere.

Atharvaveda 20.40 · 3 mantras

20.40.1

इन्द्रेण सं हि दृक्षसे संजग्मानो अबिभ्युषा ।
मन्दू समानवर्चसा ॥

indreṇa saṃ hi dṛkṣase saṃjagmāno abibhyuṣā ।
mandū samānavarcasā ॥

Mamt, wind energy, is seen while moving alongwith the indomitable sun, both beautiful and joyous, divinities coexistent, equal in splendour by virtue of omnipresent Indra, Lord Supreme.

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20.40.2

अनवद्यैर् अभिद्युभिर् मखः सहस्वद् अर्चति ।
गणैर् इन्द्रस्य काम्यैः ॥

anavadyair abhidyubhir makhaḥ sahasvad arcati ।
gaṇair indrasya kāmyaiḥ ॥

The yajnic dynamics of nature’s currents of energy, Maruts, so potent and effective, illuminates the world and does homage to the Lord of creation with the immaculate blazing radiations of glorious sun light.

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20.40.3

आद् अह स्वधाम् अनु पुनर् गर्भत्वम् एरिरे ।
दधाना नाम यज्ञियम् ॥

ād aha svadhām anu punar garbhatvam erire ।
dadhānā nāma yajñiyam ॥

Bearing the sacred vapours of yajna as is their wont and nature, the winds rise to the sky, hold the clouds in their womb, and after the rain carry on the cycle with the sun-rays and yajna-fire.

Atharvaveda 20.41 · 3 mantras

20.41.1

इन्द्रो दधीचो अस्थभिर् वृत्राण्य् अप्रतिष्कुतः ।
जघान नवतीर् नव ॥

indro dadhīco asthabhir vṛtrāṇy apratiṣkutaḥ ।
jaghāna navatīr nava ॥

Indra, lord of light and space, unchallenged and unchallengeable, wields the thunderbolt and, with weapons of winds, light and thunder, breaks the clouds of ninty-nine orders of water and electricity for the sake of humanity and the earth.

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20.41.2

इछन् अश्वस्य यच् छिरः पर्वतेष्व् अपश्रितम् ।
तद् विदच् छर्यणावति ॥

ichan aśvasya yac chiraḥ parvateṣv apaśritam ।
tad vidac charyaṇāvati ॥

Just as the sun reaches and breaks the densest concentrations of vapours in the clouds fast moving in the regions of the sky, so should the ruler know the best part of his fastest forces stationed on the mountains and of the enemy forces lurking around and in the forests if he desires victory.

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20.41.3

अत्राह गोर् अमन्वत नाम त्वष्टुर् अपीच्यम् ।
इत्था चन्द्रमसो गृहे ॥

atrāha gor amanvata nāma tvaṣṭur apīcyam ।
itthā candramaso gṛhe ॥

Just as here on the surface of the earth and in its environment, we know, there is the beautiful light of the sun penetrating and reaching everywhere, similarly, let all know, it is there on the surface of the moon. (Just as the sun holds and illuminates the earth and the moon, so should the ruler with his light of justice and power hold and brighten every home in the land.)

Atharvaveda 20.42 · 3 mantras

20.42.1

वाचम् अष्टापदीम् अहं नवस्रक्तिम् ऋतस्पृशम् ।
इन्द्रात् परि तन्वम् ममे ॥

vācam aṣṭāpadīm ahaṃ navasraktim ṛtaspṛśam ।
indrāt pari tanvam mame ॥

Indra, lord of the universe, rising with your might and majesty, protect and energise both heaven and earth and promote the soma of life’s vitality created in both heaven and earth by nature and humanity by yajna.

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20.42.2

अनु त्वा रोदसी उभे क्रक्षमाणम् अकृपेताम् ।
इन्द्र यद् दस्युहाभवः ॥

anu tvā rodasī ubhe krakṣamāṇam akṛpetām ।
indra yad dasyuhābhavaḥ ॥

Indra, when you stimulate and energise the soma vitality of life created by nature and humanity, and when you rise as the destroyer of the negativities of the counterforce, then both heaven and earth vibrate and celebrate your majesty in awe with admiration.

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20.42.3

उत्तिष्ठन्न् ओजसा सह पीत्वी शिप्रे अवेपयः ।
सोमम् इन्द्र चमू सुतम् ॥

uttiṣṭhann ojasā saha pītvī śipre avepayaḥ ।
somam indra camū sutam ॥

Atharvaveda 20.43 · 3 mantras

20.43.1

भिन्धि विश्वा अप द्विषः बाधो जही मृधः ।
वसु स्पार्हं तद् आ भर ॥

bhindhi viśvā apa dviṣaḥ bādho jahī mṛdhaḥ ।
vasu spārhaṃ tad ā bhara ॥

Break off all the jealous adversaries, remove all obstacles, eliminate the enemies and violence and fill the world with cherished wealth, honour and prosperity.

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20.43.2

यद् वीलाव् इन्द्र यत् स्थिरे यत् पर्शाने पराभृतम् ।
वसु स्पार्हं तद् आ भर ॥

yad vīlāv indra yat sthire yat parśāne parābhṛtam ।
vasu spārhaṃ tad ā bhara ॥

Whatever wanted wealth hidden in solid mountains, concealed in secret and trust worthy sources or covered in caverns and deep in the clouds, bring that out in the open for the society.

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20.43.3

यस्य ते विश्वमानुषो भूरेर् दत्तस्य वेदति ।
वसु स्पार्हं तद् आ भर ॥

yasya te viśvamānuṣo bhūrer dattasya vedati ।
vasu spārhaṃ tad ā bhara ॥

That immense wealth discovered by you and collected, of which the people of the world know, bring that cherished treasure into the open and fill the world with it for all.

Atharvaveda 20.44 · 3 mantras

20.44.1

प्र सम्राजं चर्षणीनाम् इन्द्रं स्तोता नव्यं गीर्भिः ।
नरं नृषाहं मंहिष्ठम् ॥

pra samrājaṃ carṣaṇīnām indraṃ stotā navyaṃ gīrbhiḥ ।
naraṃ nṛṣāhaṃ maṃhiṣṭham ॥

With songs of celebration glorify Indra, refulgent ruler of humanity, worthy of adoration, leader, destroyer of evil people, the greatest and most munificent.

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20.44.2

यस्मिन्न् उक्थानि रण्यन्ति विश्वानि च श्रवस्य ।
अपाम् अवो न समुद्रे ॥

yasminn ukthāni raṇyanti viśvāni ca śravasya ।
apām avo na samudre ॥

Unto him all songs of adoration return, to him all honours and fame of the world reach, in him they rejoice like streams and rivers reaching and rejoicing in the sea.

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20.44.3

तं सुष्टुत्या विवासे ज्येष्ठराजं भरे कृत्नुम् ।
महो वाजिनं सनिभ्यः ॥

taṃ suṣṭutyā vivāse jyeṣṭharājaṃ bhare kṛtnum ।
maho vājinaṃ sanibhyaḥ ॥

Atharvaveda 20.45 · 3 mantras

20.45.1

अयम् उ ते सम् अतसि कपोत इव गर्भधिम् ।
वचस् तच् चिन् न ओहसे ॥

ayam u te sam atasi kapota iva garbhadhim ।
vacas tac cin na ohase ॥

Indra, light and power of existence, this creation is yours for sure. Just as a pigeon flies into the nest to meet its mate, so do you pervade and impregnate nature to create the world of forms, and listen to our words of praise and prayer.

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20.45.2

स्तोत्रं राधानां पते गिर्वाहो वीर यस्य ते ।
विभूतिर् अस्तु सूनृता ॥

stotraṃ rādhānāṃ pate girvāho vīra yasya te ।
vibhūtir astu sūnṛtā ॥

Indra, celebrated in the divine voice of revelation, creator and guardian of the world and its wealth, mighty lord of omnipotence, great and true is your glory, and may our praise and prayer to you be truly realised for our strength and joy of life.

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20.45.3

ऊर्ध्वस् तिष्ठा न ऊतये ऽस्मिन् वाजे शतक्रतो ।
सम् अन्येषु ब्रवावहै ॥

ūrdhvas tiṣṭhā na ūtaye 'smin vāje śatakrato ।
sam anyeṣu bravāvahai ॥

Indra, hero of a hundred great acts of yajnic creation, rise and stay high for our defence and protection in this battle of life. And we would sing your praises in prayer with joy in other battles too together with you.

Atharvaveda 20.46 · 3 mantras

20.46.1

प्रणेतारम् वस्यो अछा कर्तारं ज्योतिः समत्सु ।
सासह्वांसम् युधामित्रान् ॥

praṇetāram vasyo achā kartāraṃ jyotiḥ samatsu ।
sāsahvāṃsam yudhāmitrān ॥

All people, communities and nations adore and exalt Indra who brings wealth, peace and prosperity to humanity, creates light and hope for their battles of life, and challenges and destroys enemies by fighting them out.

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20.46.2

स नः पप्रिः पारयाति स्वस्ति नावा पुरुहूतः ।
इन्द्रो विश्वा अति द्विषः ॥

sa naḥ papriḥ pārayāti svasti nāvā puruhūtaḥ ।
indro viśvā ati dviṣaḥ ॥

He, Indra, lord of deliverance and giver of fulfilment, invoked and adored by all, pilots us across

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20.46.3

स त्वं न इन्द्र वाजोभिर् दशस्या च गातुया च ।
अछा च नः सुम्नं नेषि ॥

sa tvaṃ na indra vājobhir daśasyā ca gātuyā ca ।
achā ca naḥ sumnaṃ neṣi ॥

Atharvaveda 20.47 · 21 mantras

20.47.1

तम् इन्द्रं वाजयामसि महे वृत्राय हन्तवे ।
स वृषा वृषभो भुवत् ॥

tam indraṃ vājayāmasi mahe vṛtrāya hantave ।
sa vṛṣā vṛṣabho bhuvat ॥

That Indra, dynamic and enlightened mind and intelligence, we cultivate and strengthen for the elimination of the great waste, deep ignorance and suffering prevailing in the world. May that light and mind be exuberant and generous for us with showers of enlightenment.

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20.47.2

इन्द्रः स दामने कृत ओजिष्ठः स मदे हितः ।
द्युम्नी श्लोकी स सोम्यः ॥

indraḥ sa dāmane kṛta ojiṣṭhaḥ sa made hitaḥ ।
dyumnī ślokī sa somyaḥ ॥

Indra, mind and intelligence, was created for enlightenment and for giving enlightenment. Most lustrous and powerful, it is engaged in the creation of joy. It is rich in the wealth of knowledge, praise-worthy, and cool, gentle and at peace in the state of enlightenment.

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20.47.3

गिरा वज्रो न संभृतः सबलो अनपच्युतः ।
ववक्ष ऋष्वो अस्तृतः ॥

girā vajro na saṃbhṛtaḥ sabalo anapacyutaḥ ।
vavakṣa ṛṣvo astṛtaḥ ॥

Held in and by the voice of divinity like the roar of thunder and like the flood of sun-rays, it is powerful, unfallen, irrepressible and lofty with thought, so let it express itself freely.

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20.47.4

इन्द्रम् इद् गाथिनो बृहद् इन्द्रम् अर्केभिर् अर्किणः ।
इन्द्रं वाणीर् अनूषत ॥

indram id gāthino bṛhad indram arkebhir arkiṇaḥ ।
indraṃ vāṇīr anūṣata ॥

The singers of Vedic hymns worship Indra, infinite lord of the expansive universe, Indra, the sun, lord of light, Indra, vayu, maruts, currents of energy, and Indra, the universal divine voice, with prayers, mantras, actions and scientific research.

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20.47.5

इन्द्र इद् धर्योः सचा संमिश्ल आ वचोयुजा ।
इन्द्रो वज्री हिरण्ययः ॥

indra id dharyoḥ sacā saṃmiśla ā vacoyujā ।
indro vajrī hiraṇyayaḥ ॥

Indra, the omnipresent Spirit, Indra, the universal energy of vayu or maruts, and Indra, the solar energy, the bond of unity and sustenance in things, co-existent synthesis of equal and opposite complementarities of positive and negative, activiser of speech, lord of the thunderbolt and the golden light of the day and the year.

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20.47.6

इन्द्रो दीर्घाय चक्षस आ सूर्यं रोहयद् दिवि ।
वि गोभिर् अद्रिम् ऐरयत् ॥

indro dīrghāya cakṣasa ā sūryaṃ rohayad divi ।
vi gobhir adrim airayat ॥

Indra, lord omnipotent, raised the sun high up in the heavens for expansive light and vision. With the rays of the sun. He forms and moves the cloud for rain.

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20.47.7

आ याहि सुषुमा हि त इन्द्र सोमं पिबा इमम् ।
एदं बर्हिः सदो मम ॥

ā yāhi suṣumā hi ta indra somaṃ pibā imam ।
edaṃ barhiḥ sado mama ॥

Indra, lord omnipotent and omnipresent, we hold the yajna and distil the soma of life in your service. Come, grace this holy seat of my yajna dedicated to you, watch my performance, enjoy the soma, and protect and promote the yajna for the beauty and joy of life.

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20.47.8

आ त्वा ब्रह्मयुजा हरी वहताम् इन्द्र केशिना ।
उप ब्रह्माणि नः शृणु ॥

ā tvā brahmayujā harī vahatām indra keśinā ।
upa brahmāṇi naḥ śṛṇu ॥

Let the radiant waves of cosmic energy engaged in the service of divinity bring you here. Pray listen to our songs of prayer and adoration.

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20.47.9

ब्रह्माणस् त्वा वयं युजा सोमपाम् इन्द्र सोमिनः ।
सुतावन्तो हवामहे ॥

brahmāṇas tvā vayaṃ yujā somapām indra sominaḥ ।
sutāvanto havāmahe ॥

Dedicated to divinity and the divine voice, meditating on the divine presence with concentrated mind and soul, living in truth the beauty of life and ex-pressing the ecstasy of soma, we invoke and wait for Indra, original maker and lover of soma, to come and bless us.

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20.47.10

युञ्जन्ति ब्रध्नम् अरुषं चरन्तं परि तस्थुषः ।
रोचन्ते रोचना दिवि ॥

yuñjanti bradhnam aruṣaṃ carantaṃ pari tasthuṣaḥ ।
rocante rocanā divi ॥

Pious souls in meditation commune with the great and gracious lord of existence immanent in the steady universe and transcendent beyond. Brilliant are they with the lord of light and they shine in the heaven of bliss.

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20.47.11

युञ्जन्त्य् अस्य काम्या हरी विपक्षसा रथे ।
शोणा धृष्णू नृवाहसा ॥

yuñjanty asya kāmyā harī vipakṣasā rathe ।
śoṇā dhṛṣṇū nṛvāhasā ॥

Scholars of science dedicated to Indra study and meditate on the lord’s omnipotence of light, fire and wind, and harness the energy like two horses to a chariot, both beautiful, equal and complementary as positivenegative currents, fiery red, powerful and carriers of people.

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20.47.12

केतुं कृण्वन्न् अकेतवे पेशो मर्या अपेशसे ।
सम् उषद्भिर् अजायथाः ॥

ketuṃ kṛṇvann aketave peśo maryā apeśase ।
sam uṣadbhir ajāyathāḥ ॥

Children of the earth, know That who creates light and knowledge for the ignorant in darkness and gives form and beauty to the formless and chaotic, and regenerate yourselves by virtue of the men of knowledge and passion for action.

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20.47.13

उद् उ त्यं जातवेदसं देवं वहन्ति केतवः ।
दृशे विश्वाय सूर्यम् ॥

ud u tyaṃ jātavedasaṃ devaṃ vahanti ketavaḥ ।
dṛśe viśvāya sūryam ॥

The rays of the sun (like the banners of a mighty monarch) carry the brilliance of light, revealing the omnipresence of the omniscient Lord Supreme of the universe.

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20.47.14

अप त्ये तायवो यथा नक्षत्रा यन्त्य् अक्तुभिः ।
सूराय विश्वचक्षसे ॥

apa tye tāyavo yathā nakṣatrā yanty aktubhiḥ ।
sūrāya viśvacakṣase ॥

And, as thieves of the night steal away at dawn, so do all those stars steal away alongwith the darkness of the night so that the world may see only the sun, lord supreme of the heavens.

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20.47.15

अदृश्रन्न् अस्य केतवो वि रश्मयो जनां अनु ।
भ्राजन्तो अग्नयो यथा ॥

adṛśrann asya ketavo vi raśmayo janāṃ anu ।
bhrājanto agnayo yathā ॥

O that I could see the banners of the Lord of sunbeams, the rays of the sun, alongwith other people, blazing like the explosions of fire in heaven.

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20.47.16

तरणिर् विश्वदर्शतो ज्योतिष्कृद् असि सूर्य ।
विश्वम् आ भासि रोचन ॥

taraṇir viśvadarśato jyotiṣkṛd asi sūrya ।
viśvam ā bhāsi rocana ॥

O Sun, light of the world, creator of light and Light Itself, it is you alone who light the lights of the universe and reveal the worlds. You are the saviour, you are the redeemer, taking us across the seas of existence.

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20.47.17

प्रत्यङ् देवानां विशः प्रत्यङ्ङ् उद् एषि मानुषीः ।
प्रत्यङ् विश्वं स्वर् दृशे ॥

pratyaṅ devānāṃ viśaḥ pratyaṅṅ ud eṣi mānuṣīḥ ।
pratyaṅ viśvaṃ svar dṛśe ॥

Lord Light of the world, to the noblest powers of nature and humanity, to the people in the business of life, to the people in general, you rise directly and reveal your presence directly in their heart and soul so that the world may see the light divine directly through their experience.

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20.47.18

येना पावक चक्षसा भुरण्यन्तं जनां अनु ।
त्वं वरुण पश्यसि ॥

yenā pāvaka cakṣasā bhuraṇyantaṃ janāṃ anu ।
tvaṃ varuṇa paśyasi ॥

Lord purifier and sanctifier, with the eye with which you watch the mighty world of dynamic activity and humanity holding everything in equipoise, with the same kind and benign eye pray watch and bless us.

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20.47.19

वि द्याम् एषि रजस् पृथ्व् अहर् मिमानो अक्तुभिः ।
पश्यं जन्मानि सूर्य ॥

vi dyām eṣi rajas pṛthv ahar mimāno aktubhiḥ ।
paśyaṃ janmāni sūrya ॥

O sun, watching the species of various forms and traversing and measuring the wide worlds of existence by days and nights, you move to the regions of light and heaven. So may the Lord of Light Supreme, we pray, watch us, guard us and sustain in measure our life and actions through successive lives and births.

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20.47.20

सप्त त्वा हरितो रथे वहन्ति देव सूर्य ।
शोचिष्केशम् विचक्षणम् ॥

sapta tvā harito rathe vahanti deva sūrya ।
śociṣkeśam vicakṣaṇam ॥

O sun, self-refulgent lord of blazing flames and universal illumination, seven are the colourful lights of glory which like seven horses draw your chariot of time across the spaces. In the same way, seven are the chhandas, metres, which reveal the light of Divinity in the sacred voice of the Veda.

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20.47.21

अयुक्त सप्त शुन्ध्युवः सूरो रथस्य नप्त्यः ।
ताभिर् याति स्वयुक्तिभिः ॥

ayukta sapta śundhyuvaḥ sūro rathasya naptyaḥ ।
tābhir yāti svayuktibhiḥ ॥

The sun, bright and illuminant, yokes the seven pure, immaculate, purifying and infallible sunbeams like horses to his chariot of motion, and with these self-yoked powers, moves on across the spaces to the regions of light. So does the Lord of the Universe with His laws and powers of Prakrti move the world like His own chariot of creative manifestation.

Atharvaveda 20.48 · 6 mantras

20.48.1

अभि त्वा वर्चसा गिरः सिञ्चन्त्य् आ चरण्युवः ।
अभि वत्सं न धेनवः ॥

abhi tvā varcasā giraḥ siñcanty ā caraṇyuvaḥ ।
abhi vatsaṃ na dhenavaḥ ॥

O Sun, moving words of adoration flow and rise in love and worship to you with celebration of your splendour, like mother cows moving to their calf with love and overflowing milk.

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20.48.2

ता अर्षन्ति शुभ्रियः पृञ्चतीर् वर्चसा पयः ।
जातं जनिर् यथा हृदा ॥

tā arṣanti śubhriyaḥ pṛñcatīr varcasā payaḥ ।
jātaṃ janir yathā hṛdā ॥

Loving, pure and vibrant voices of adoration rise to you and join with your splendour as mothers embrace and join their new born baby with their heart overflowing with love.

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20.48.3

वज्रापवसाध्यः कीर्तिर् म्रियमाणम् आवहन् ।
मह्यम् आयुर् घृतं पयः ॥

vajrāpavasādhyaḥ kīrtir mriyamāṇam āvahan ।
mahyam āyur ghṛtaṃ payaḥ ॥

Words of divine adoration and the discipline of diamond purity, thunder power and razor edge dedication have blest the mortal me with good health and full age, liquid refinement of love and courtesy and the life-giving milk of mother Veda.

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20.48.4

आयं गौः पृश्निर् अक्रमीद् असदन् मातरं पुरः ।
पितरं च प्रयन्त् स्वः ॥

āyaṃ gauḥ pṛśnir akramīd asadan mātaraṃ puraḥ ।
pitaraṃ ca prayant svaḥ ॥

This earth moves round and round eastward abiding in its mother waters of the firmament and revolves round and round its father sustainer, the sun in heaven.

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20.48.5

अन्तश् चरति रोचना अस्य प्राणाद् अपानतः ।
व्य् अख्यन् महिषः स्वः ॥

antaś carati rocanā asya prāṇād apānataḥ ।
vy akhyan mahiṣaḥ svaḥ ॥

The light of this sun radiates from morning till evening like the prana and apana of the cosmic body, illuminating the mighty heaven and filling the space between heaven and earth.

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20.48.6

त्रिंशद् धामा वि राजति वाक् पतङ्गो अशिश्रियत् ।
प्रति वस्तोर् अहर् द्युभिः ॥

triṃśad dhāmā vi rājati vāk pataṅgo aśiśriyat ।
prati vastor ahar dyubhiḥ ॥

Thirty stages of the day from every morning to evening does the sun rule with the rays of its light while songs of adoration are raised and offered to the mighty ‘Bird’ of heavenly space.

Atharvaveda 20.49 · 7 mantras

20.49.1

यच् छक्रा वाचम् आरुहन्न् अन्तरिक्षं सिषासथः ।
सं देवा अमदन् वृषा ॥

yac chakrā vācam āruhann antarikṣaṃ siṣāsathaḥ ।
saṃ devā amadan vṛṣā ॥

When veteran saints and sages of firm conviction and dedicated will rise on the wings of vision and imagination and send up their voice of divine adoration in space, the divinities rejoice with them and the lord omnificent sends down showers of bliss.

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20.49.2

शक्रो वाचम् अधृष्टायोर् उवाचो अधृष्णुहि ।
मंहिष्ठ आ मदर्दिवि ॥

śakro vācam adhṛṣṭāyor uvāco adhṛṣṇuhi ।
maṃhiṣṭha ā madardivi ॥

The lord is great and most generous. O man, send up your voice and words of adoration with sweetness, without pride and deception, let them resound in space for the lord of love and grace, and rejoice in the heaven of bliss.

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20.49.3

शक्रो वाचम् अधृष्णुहि धामधर्मन् वि राजति ।
विमदन् बर्हिर् आसरन् ॥

śakro vācam adhṛṣṇuhi dhāmadharman vi rājati ।
vimadan barhir āsaran ॥

O man cleanse your voice and words, let there be no pride or deception. The lord is great and kind. He shines in every nook and comer of the world and in every form of Dharma. And as your words of prayer move, he rejoices and seeps into your heart and soul bit by bit unto completion and perfection.

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20.49.4

तं वो दस्मम् ऋतीषहं वसोर् मन्दानम् अन्धसः ।
अभि वत्सं न स्वसरेषु धेनव इन्द्रं गीर्भिर् नवामहे ॥

taṃ vo dasmam ṛtīṣahaṃ vasor mandānam andhasaḥ ।
abhi vatsaṃ na svasareṣu dhenava indraṃ gīrbhir navāmahe ॥

We invoke and call upon Indra eagerly as cows call for their calves in the stalls, and, with songs of adoration over night and day, we glorify him, lord glorious, omnipotent power fighting for truth against evil forces, and exhilarated with the bright soma of worship offered by celebrant humanity.

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20.49.5

द्युक्षं सुदानुं तविषीभिर् आवृतम् गिरिं न पुरुभोजसम् ।
क्षुमन्तं वाजं शतिनं सहस्रिणं मक्षू गोमन्तम् ईमहे ॥

dyukṣaṃ sudānuṃ taviṣībhir āvṛtam giriṃ na purubhojasam ।
kṣumantaṃ vājaṃ śatinaṃ sahasriṇaṃ makṣū gomantam īmahe ॥

We pray to Indra, lord of light, omnificent, hallowed with heavenly glory, universally generous like clouds of shower, and we ask for food abounding in strength and nourishment and for hundredfold and thousandfold wealth and prosperity abounding in lands, cows and the graces of literature and culture, and we pray for the gift instantly.

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20.49.6

तत् त्वा यामि सुवीर्यं तद् ब्रह्म पूर्वचित्तये ।
येना यतिभ्यो भृगवे धने हिते येन प्रस्कण्वम् आविथ ॥

tat tvā yāmi suvīryaṃ tad brahma pūrvacittaye ।
yenā yatibhyo bhṛgave dhane hite yena praskaṇvam āvitha ॥

O lord resplendent, I come to you and ask for that vigour and wisdom, that knowledge of reality and divinity, that prime acquisition and awareness of values by which, when the battle rages and money and materials are called for, you provide for the retired holy men, scientists, technologists and the inventors and by which you protect the man of advanced special knowledge.

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20.49.7

येना समुद्रम् असृजो महीर् अपस् तद् इन्द्र वृष्णि ते शवः ।
सद्यः सो अस्य महिमा न संनशे यं क्षोणीर् अनुचक्रदे ॥

yenā samudram asṛjo mahīr apas tad indra vṛṣṇi te śavaḥ ।
sadyaḥ so asya mahimā na saṃnaśe yaṃ kṣoṇīr anucakrade ॥

Indra, lord omnipotent of creation, I pray for the knowledge and experience of that overwhelming

Atharvaveda 20.50 · 2 mantras

20.50.1

कन् नव्यो अतसीनां तुरो गृणीत मर्त्यः ।
नही न्व् अस्य महिमानम् इन्द्रियं स्वर् गृणन्त आनशुः ॥

kan navyo atasīnāṃ turo gṛṇīta martyaḥ ।
nahī nv asya mahimānam indriyaṃ svar gṛṇanta ānaśuḥ ॥

Who among mortals, even the most ardent of constant celebrants, can offer a new song of homage and adoration? Even those who have been singing in praise of Indra have not been able to comprehend his sublime majesty.

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20.50.2

कद् उ स्तुवन्त ऋतयन्त देवत ऋषिः को विप्र ओहते ।
कदा हवं मघवन्न् इन्द्र सुन्वतः कद् उ स्तुवत आ गमः ॥

kad u stuvanta ṛtayanta devata ṛṣiḥ ko vipra ohate ।
kadā havaṃ maghavann indra sunvataḥ kad u stuvata ā gamaḥ ॥

Who is the seer and scholar among those who adore you, honour you by yajna, or do homage to your refulgence, that can deliberate on you and understand you? When would you, O lord of honour and glory, Indra, respond to the call of the sage who presses the soma for you? When would you grace the yajnic home of the celebrant?

Atharvaveda 20.51 · 4 mantras

20.51.1

अभि प्र वः सुराधसम् इन्द्रम् अर्च यथा विदे ।
यो जरितृभ्यो मघवा पुरूवसुः सहस्रेणेव शिक्षति ॥

abhi pra vaḥ surādhasam indram arca yathā vide ।
yo jaritṛbhyo maghavā purūvasuḥ sahasreṇeva śikṣati ॥

To the best of your intention and purpose and for whatever you wish to achieve, pray to Indra, lord of glory, world power and promotion and means of success, who gives a thousandfold wealth, honour and excellence to his celebrants.

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20.51.2

शतानीकेव प्र जिगाति धृष्णुया हन्ति वृत्राणि दाशुषे ।
गिरेर् इव प्र रसा अस्य पिन्विरे दत्राणि पुरुभोजसः ॥

śatānīkeva pra jigāti dhṛṣṇuyā hanti vṛtrāṇi dāśuṣe ।
girer iva pra rasā asya pinvire datrāṇi purubhojasaḥ ॥

Like the commander of a hundred armies, with his power and force, Indra rushes forward to fight and win, and he destroys the demons of darkness and want for the charitable giver. The gifts of this universal giver of food and sustenance feed and support humanity like streams flowing down from the mountains.

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20.51.3

प्र सु श्रुतं सुराधसम् अर्चा शक्रम् अभिष्टये ।
यः सुन्वते स्तुवते काम्यं वसु सहस्रेणेव मंहते ॥

pra su śrutaṃ surādhasam arcā śakram abhiṣṭaye ।
yaḥ sunvate stuvate kāmyaṃ vasu sahasreṇeva maṃhate ॥

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20.51.4

शतानीका हेतयो अस्य दुष्टरा इन्द्रस्य समिषो महीः ।
गिरिर् न भुज्मा मघत्सु पिन्वते यद् ईं सुता अमन्दिषुः ॥

śatānīkā hetayo asya duṣṭarā indrasya samiṣo mahīḥ ।
girir na bhujmā maghatsu pinvate yad īṃ sutā amandiṣuḥ ॥

Atharvaveda 20.52 · 3 mantras

20.52.1

वयं घ त्वा सुतावन्त आपो न वृक्तबर्हिषः ।
पवित्रस्य प्रस्रवणेषु वृत्रहन् परि स्तोतार आसते ॥

vayaṃ gha tvā sutāvanta āpo na vṛktabarhiṣaḥ ।
pavitrasya prasravaṇeṣu vṛtrahan pari stotāra āsate ॥

Indra, destroyer of evil, darkness and suffering, we, your celebrants, having distilled the soma, spread and occupied the holy grass, sit and wait on the vedi for your presence in the flux of life as holy performers, while the flow of pure immortality continues all round in the dynamics of existence.

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20.52.2

स्वरन्ति त्वा सुते नरो वसो निरेक उक्थिनः ।
कदा सुतं तृषाण ओक आ गम इन्द्र स्वब्दीव वंसगः ॥

svaranti tvā sute naro vaso nireka ukthinaḥ ।
kadā sutaṃ tṛṣāṇa oka ā gama indra svabdīva vaṃsagaḥ ॥

Indra, Vasu, giver of peace and security in self-settlement, while the soma of faith and love has been distilled in the heart and the devotees sing and celebrate your honour in hymns of praise, when would you, keen to join us at the celebration, come to the yajnic hall thirsting to meet the people you love and admire.

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20.52.3

कण्वेभिर् धृष्णव् आ धृसद् वाजं दर्षि सहस्रिणम् ।
पिशङ्गरूपं मघवन् विचर्षणे मक्षू गोमन्तम् ईमहे ॥

kaṇvebhir dhṛṣṇav ā dhṛsad vājaṃ darṣi sahasriṇam ।
piśaṅgarūpaṃ maghavan vicarṣaṇe makṣū gomantam īmahe ॥

Indra, lord of universal vision, resolute will and irresistible action, ruler and commander of the world’s wealth, power and force, we pray, conceive, plan and bring about for the intelligent people of action and ambition a social order of golden beauty and progressive achievement, full of a hundred-fold prosperity of lands and cows, education and culture, and invincible will.

Atharvaveda 20.53 · 3 mantras

20.53.1

क ईं वेद सुते सचा पिबन्तं कद् वयो दधे ।
अयं यः पुरो विभिनत्त्य् ओजसा मन्दानः शिप्र्य् अन्धसः ॥

ka īṃ veda sute sacā pibantaṃ kad vayo dadhe ।
ayaṃ yaḥ puro vibhinatty ojasā mandānaḥ śipry andhasaḥ ॥

Who would for certain know Indra in this created world of beauty and glory, how much power and force he wields while he rules and sustains it, Indra who wears the helmet and breaks down the strongholds of negativities with his lustrous might, the lord who shares and enjoys the soma of his own creation?

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20.53.2

दाना मृगो न वारणः पुरुत्रा चरथं दधे ।
नकिष् ट्वा नि यमद् आ सुते गमो महाश् चरस्य् ओजसा ॥

dānā mṛgo na vāraṇaḥ purutrā carathaṃ dadhe ।
nakiṣ ṭvā ni yamad ā sute gamo mahāś carasy ojasā ॥

Indra is generously giving, preventive, counteractive and invincible like a lion, and holds and rules the world of immense variety in motion. O lord of grandeur and majesty, as you move around everywhere by your might and lustre, pray come, bless our yajna and taste the soma of our creation. No one can restrain you, no one counter your will.

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20.53.3

य उग्रः सन्न् अनिष्टृत स्थिरो रणाय संस्कृतः ।
यदि स्तोतुर् मघवा शृणवद् धवं नेन्द्रो योषत्य् आ गमत् ॥

ya ugraḥ sann aniṣṭṛta sthiro raṇāya saṃskṛtaḥ ।
yadi stotur maghavā śṛṇavad dhavaṃ nendro yoṣaty ā gamat ॥

Indra who is blazing strong, uncountered and irresistible, constant and unshakable, is ever in perfect harness for the human’s battle of existence, and if he hears the call of the celebrant, the lord of might and majesty never forsakes him, he comes, he saves, he blesses.

Atharvaveda 20.54 · 3 mantras

20.54.1

विश्वाः पृतना अभिभूतरं नरं सजूस् ततक्षुर् इन्द्रं जजनुश् च राजसे ।
क्रत्वा वरिष्ठं वर आमुरिम् उतोग्रम् ओजिष्ठं तवसं तरस्विनम् ॥

viśvāḥ pṛtanā abhibhūtaraṃ naraṃ sajūs tatakṣur indraṃ jajanuś ca rājase ।
kratvā variṣṭhaṃ vara āmurim utogram ojiṣṭhaṃ tavasaṃ tarasvinam ॥

All the citizens together, in order to elect an equal for the purpose of governance, create and shape Indra, the ruler, the leader who is superior to others in all battles of life, highest by noble creative action, eliminator of negative and frustrative opposition, illustrious, most vigorous and emphatic in expression, courageous and passionate in action.

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20.54.2

सम् ईं रेभासो अस्वरन्न् इन्द्रं सोमस्य पीतये ।
स्वर्पतिं यद् ईं वृधे धृतव्रतो ह्य् ओजसा सम् ऊतिभिः ॥

sam īṃ rebhāso asvarann indraṃ somasya pītaye ।
svarpatiṃ yad īṃ vṛdhe dhṛtavrato hy ojasā sam ūtibhiḥ ॥

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20.54.3

नेमिं नमन्ति चक्षसा मेषं विप्रा अभिस्वरा ।
सुदीतयो वो अद्रुहो ऽपि कर्णे तरस्विनः सम् ऋक्वभिः ॥

nemiṃ namanti cakṣasā meṣaṃ viprā abhisvarā ।
sudītayo vo adruho 'pi karṇe tarasvinaḥ sam ṛkvabhiḥ ॥

Atharvaveda 20.55 · 3 mantras

20.55.1

तम् इन्द्रं जोहवीमि मघवानम् उग्रं सत्रा दधानम् अप्रतिष्कुतं शवांसि ।
मंहिष्ठो गीर्भिर् आ च यज्ञियो ववर्तद् राये नो विश्वा सुपथा कृणोतु वज्री ॥

tam indraṃ johavīmi maghavānam ugraṃ satrā dadhānam apratiṣkutaṃ śavāṃsi ।
maṃhiṣṭho gīrbhir ā ca yajñiyo vavartad rāye no viśvā supathā kṛṇotu vajrī ॥

That Indra, ruler of the world, I invoke and address, illustrious, pious and true, wielder of unopposed powers, and I pray may the most generous and adorable lord of thunderous power, in response to our voice, turn to us constantly and clear our paths of advancement for the achievement of wealth, power, honour and excellence of the world.

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20.55.2

या इन्द्र भुज आभरः स्वर्वां असुरेभ्यः ।
स्तोतारम् इन् मघवन्न् अस्य वर्धय ये च त्वे वृक्तबर्हिषः ॥

yā indra bhuja ābharaḥ svarvāṃ asurebhyaḥ ।
stotāram in maghavann asya vardhaya ye ca tve vṛktabarhiṣaḥ ॥

Indra, lord of bliss and omnipotence, the food, energy and vitality which you bear and bring from the sources of pranic energy such as sun, air, cloud and cosmic intelligence is great and admirable. O lord of power and glory, pray advance the devotees who appreciate, develop and celebrate this energy and spread the holy grass of yajna in gratitude to you, offer homage to you and develop your gifts.

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20.55.3

यम् इन्द्र दधिषे त्वम् अश्वं गां भागम् अव्ययम् ।
यजमाने सुन्वति दक्षिणावति तस्मिन् तं धेहि मा पणौ ॥

yam indra dadhiṣe tvam aśvaṃ gāṃ bhāgam avyayam ।
yajamāne sunvati dakṣiṇāvati tasmin taṃ dhehi mā paṇau ॥

Atharvaveda 20.56 · 6 mantras

20.56.1

इन्द्रो मदाय वावृधे शवसे वृत्रहा नृभिः ।
तम् इन् महत्स्व् आजिषूतेम् अर्भे हवामहे स वाजेषु प्र नो ऽविषत् ॥

indro madāya vāvṛdhe śavase vṛtrahā nṛbhiḥ ।
tam in mahatsv ājiṣūtem arbhe havāmahe sa vājeṣu pra no 'viṣat ॥

Indra, the hero who destroys Vrtra, the cloud of want and suffering, and releases the showers of plenty and prosperity, goes forward with the people for the achievement of strength and joy of the land of freedom and self-government. And him we invoke and exhort in the battles of life, great and small, so that he may defend and advance us in all our struggles for progress and lead us to victory.

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20.56.2

असि हि वीर सेन्यो ऽसि भूरि पराददिः ।
असि दभ्रस्य चिद् वृधो यजमानाय शिक्षसि सुन्वते भूरि ते वसु ॥

asi hi vīra senyo 'si bhūri parādadiḥ ।
asi dabhrasya cid vṛdho yajamānāya śikṣasi sunvate bhūri te vasu ॥

Indra, you are the valiant hero. You are the warrior taking on many enemies and oppositions at a time. Even the small, you raise to greatness. You lead the creative and generous yajamana to knowledge and power. Hero of the battles of existence, may your wealth, power and honour grow higher and higher.

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20.56.3

यद् उदीरत आजयो धृष्णवे धीयते धना ।
युक्ष्वा मदच्युता हरी कं हनः कं वसौ दधो ऽस्मां इन्द्र वसौ दधः ॥

yad udīrata ājayo dhṛṣṇave dhīyate dhanā ।
yukṣvā madacyutā harī kaṃ hanaḥ kaṃ vasau dadho 'smāṃ indra vasau dadhaḥ ॥

When battles confront the nation, means and money are raised and prizes won for the brave. Commander of the forces, yoke the forces exuberant and raging for war. Destroy the enemy. Settle the victorious in wealth and peace. Indra, pray settle us in peace and comfort.

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20.56.4

मदेमदे हि नो ददिर् यूथा गवाम् ऋजुक्रतुः ।
सं गृभाय पुरु शतोभयाहस्त्या वसु शिशीहि राय आ भर ॥

mademade hi no dadir yūthā gavām ṛjukratuḥ ।
saṃ gṛbhāya puru śatobhayāhastyā vasu śiśīhi rāya ā bhara ॥

Indra, lord of wealth, power and generosity, in every joy of life, you are the giver. You are the giver of plenty of cows and abundance of light and sense. Lord of simple, natural and divine action of yajna, may he provide hundreds of kinds of wealth for us and bless us with both of his hands generously. Lord of wealth and glory, bring us the wealth of joy, dignity and glory and let us shine with honour.

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20.56.5

मादयस्व सुते सचा शवसे शूर राधसे ।
विद्मा हि त्वा पुरूवसुम् उप कामान्त् ससृज्महे ऽथा नो ऽविता भव ॥

mādayasva sute sacā śavase śūra rādhase ।
vidmā hi tvā purūvasum upa kāmānt sasṛjmahe 'thā no 'vitā bhava ॥

Brave hero, be with us in this holy yajnic programme of the land of freedom and sovereignty for the creation of wealth, power and joy. Join us and let us celebrate together. Lord of abundant wealth, power and joy you are. May we, we pray, know you and be with you at the closest. Be our saviour, our protector, our promoter, so that we may creatively realise all our desires and ambitions.

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20.56.6

एते त इन्द्र जन्तवो विश्वं पुष्यन्ति वार्यम् ।
अन्तर् हि ख्यो जनानाम् अर्यो वेदो अदाशुषां तेषां नो वेद आ भर ॥

ete ta indra jantavo viśvaṃ puṣyanti vāryam ।
antar hi khyo janānām aryo vedo adāśuṣāṃ teṣāṃ no veda ā bhara ॥

Indra, lord of life and spirit, these living beings, yours all, do homage to you and augment the wealth and glory of the entire world. Lord and master of the people, you know the very heart of them inside out. Bring us the wealth of knowledge and spirit. Restore the wealth and knowledge of those ungenerous miserables who have lost it.

Atharvaveda 20.57 · 16 mantras

20.57.1

सुरूपकृत्नुम् ऊतये सुदुघाम् इव गोदुहे ।
जुहूमसि द्यविद्यवि ॥

surūpakṛtnum ūtaye sudughām iva goduhe ।
juhūmasi dyavidyavi ॥

Just as the generous mother cow is milked for the person in need of nourishment, so every day for the sake of light and knowledge we invoke and worship Indra, lord omnipotent of light and life, maker of beautiful forms of existence and giver of protection and progress.

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20.57.2

उप नः सवना गहि सोमस्य सोमपाः पिब ।
गोदा इद् रेवतो मदः ॥

upa naḥ savanā gahi somasya somapāḥ piba ।
godā id revato madaḥ ॥

Indra, lord of light, protector of yajnic joy, promoter of sense and mind, come to our yajna, accept our homage of soma and give us the light and ecstasy of the soul.

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20.57.3

अथा ते अन्तमानां विद्याम सुमतीनाम् ।
मा नो अति ख्य आ गहि ॥

athā te antamānāṃ vidyāma sumatīnām ।
mā no ati khya ā gahi ॥

Indra, lord of light and knowledge, come, so that we know you at the closest of those who are established in you and hold you in their heart and vision. Come, lord of life, come close, forsake us not.

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20.57.4

शुष्मिन्तमं न ऊतये द्युम्निनं पाहि जागृविम् ।
इन्द्र सोमं शतक्रतो ॥

śuṣmintamaṃ na ūtaye dyumninaṃ pāhi jāgṛvim ।
indra somaṃ śatakrato ॥

Indra, lord ruler of the world, protector of life and humanity, leader of a hundred noble actions and master of knowledge, for our protection and progress, protect, defend, govern and promote the strongest and most prosperous, most brilliant and honourable, and the most wakeful and vigilant powers and people, and thus defend and safeguard the honour, happiness and excellence of the nation.

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20.57.5

इन्द्रियाणि शतक्रतो या ते जनेषु पञ्चसु ।
इन्द्र तानि त आ वृणे ॥

indriyāṇi śatakrato yā te janeṣu pañcasu ।
indra tāni ta ā vṛṇe ॥

Indra, ruler of the world, master of a hundred noble acts of governance, your powers and organs of perception are operating among all the five classes of people, i.e., teachers and intellectuals, ruling powers and defence forces, producers and business men, ancillaries, and others, I accept and honour all these as powers and forces of yours.

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20.57.6

अगन्न् इन्द्र श्रवो बृहद् द्युम्नं दधिष्व दुष्टरम् ।
उत् ते शुष्मं तिरामसि ॥

agann indra śravo bṛhad dyumnaṃ dadhiṣva duṣṭaram ।
ut te śuṣmaṃ tirāmasi ॥

Indra, ruler and protector of the world, the assets of the dominion are high and rising. Hold and govern this formidable wealth, honour and excellence of the nation. And let us all, we pray, raise and exalt your courage and power, honour and glory.

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20.57.7

अर्वावतो न आ गह्य् अथो शक्र परावतः ।
उ लोको यस् ते अद्रिव इन्द्रेह तत आ गहि ॥

arvāvato na ā gahy atho śakra parāvataḥ ।
u loko yas te adriva indreha tata ā gahi ॥

Indra, lord of might, ruler of the clouds, wielder of the thunderbolt and refulgent as the sun, come to us from far and from near, wherever you are. And whatever or wherever your abode, from there come to us here and now.

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20.57.8

इन्द्रो अङ्ग महद् भयम् अभी षद् अप चुच्यवत् ।
स हि स्थिरो विचर्षनिः ॥

indro aṅga mahad bhayam abhī ṣad apa cucyavat ।
sa hi sthiro vicarṣaniḥ ॥

Indra, light of life, dear as breath of vitality, mighty great, blazing as the sun which is stable in its orbit and enlightens and watches us all as it moves, may, we pray, remove all fear and give us freedom.

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20.57.9

इन्द्रश् च मृलयाति नो न नः पश्चाद् अघं नशत् ।
भद्रं भवाति नः पुरः ॥

indraś ca mṛlayāti no na naḥ paścād aghaṃ naśat ।
bhadraṃ bhavāti naḥ puraḥ ॥

May Indra, lord omnipotent, and the sun bless US with peace and comfort, and may sin and evil, we pray, never touch us either before or after, and may good alone be our share and fortune for all time.

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20.57.10

इन्द्र आशाभ्यस् परि सर्वाभ्यो अभयं करत् ।
जेता शत्रून् विचर्षणिः ॥

indra āśābhyas pari sarvābhyo abhayaṃ karat ।
jetā śatrūn vicarṣaṇiḥ ॥

May Indra, lord omnipotent beyond all fear and violence, grant us freedom from all quarters of space. He watches all and he is the supreme victor over all enemies and contrarieties.

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20.57.11

क ईं वेद सुते सचा पिबन्तं कद् वयो दधे ।
अयं यः पुरो विभिनत्त्य् ओजसा मन्दानः शिप्र्य् अन्धसः ॥

ka īṃ veda sute sacā pibantaṃ kad vayo dadhe ।
ayaṃ yaḥ puro vibhinatty ojasā mandānaḥ śipry andhasaḥ ॥

Who would for certain know Indra in this created world of beauty and glory, how much power and force he wields while he rules and sustains it, Indra who wears the helmet and breaks down the strongholds of negativities with his lustrous might, the lord who shares and enjoys the soma of his own creation?

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20.57.12

दाना मृगो न वारणः पुरुत्रा चरथं दधे ।
नकिष् ट्वा नि यमद् आ सुते गमो महांश् चरस्य् ओजसा ॥

dānā mṛgo na vāraṇaḥ purutrā carathaṃ dadhe ।
nakiṣ ṭvā ni yamad ā sute gamo mahāṃś carasy ojasā ॥

Indra is generously giving, preventive, counteractive and invincible like a lion, and holds and rules the world of immense variety in motion. O lord of grandeur and majesty, as you move around everywhere by your might and lustre, pray come, bless our yajna and taste the soma of our creation. No one can restrain you, no one counter your will.

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20.57.13

य उग्रः सन्न् अनिष्टृत स्थिरो रणाय संस्कृतः ।
यदि स्तोतुर् मघवा शृणवद् धवं नेन्द्रो योषत्य् आ गमत् ॥

ya ugraḥ sann aniṣṭṛta sthiro raṇāya saṃskṛtaḥ ।
yadi stotur maghavā śṛṇavad dhavaṃ nendro yoṣaty ā gamat ॥

Indra who is blazing strong, uncountered and irresistible, constant and unshakable, is ever in perfect harness for the human’s battle of existence, and if he hears the call of the celebrant, the lord of might and majesty never forsakes him, he comes, he saves, he blesses.

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20.57.14

वयं घ त्वा सुतावन्त आपो न वृक्तबर्हिषः ।
पवित्रस्य प्रस्रवणेषु वृत्रहन् परि स्तोतार आसते ॥

vayaṃ gha tvā sutāvanta āpo na vṛktabarhiṣaḥ ।
pavitrasya prasravaṇeṣu vṛtrahan pari stotāra āsate ॥

Indra, destroyer of evil, darkness and suffering, we, your celebrants, have distilled the soma, spread and occupied the holy grass, we sit and wait on the vedi for your presence in the flux of life as holy performers, while the flow of pure immortality continues all round in the dynamics of existence.

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20.57.15

स्वरन्ति त्वा सुते नरो वसो निरेक उक्थिनः ।
कदा सुतं तृषाण ओक आ गम इन्द्र स्वब्दीव वंसगः ॥

svaranti tvā sute naro vaso nireka ukthinaḥ ।
kadā sutaṃ tṛṣāṇa oka ā gama indra svabdīva vaṃsagaḥ ॥

Indra, Vasu, giver of peace and security in self-settlement, while the soma of faith and love has been distilled in the heart and the devotees sing and celebrate your honour in hymns of praise, when would you, keen to join us at the celebration, come to the yajnic hall thirsting to meet the people you love and admire?

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20.57.16

कण्वेभिर् धृष्णव् आ धृषद् वाजं दर्षि सहस्रिणम् ।
पिशङ्गरूपं मघवन् विचर्षणे मक्षू गोमन्तम् ईमहे ॥

kaṇvebhir dhṛṣṇav ā dhṛṣad vājaṃ darṣi sahasriṇam ।
piśaṅgarūpaṃ maghavan vicarṣaṇe makṣū gomantam īmahe ॥

Indra, lord of universal vision, resolute will and irresistible action, ruler and commander of the world’s wealth, power and force, we pray, conceive, plan and bring about for the intelligent people of action and ambition a social order of golden beauty and progressive achievement, full of a hundred-fold prosperity of lands and cows, education and culture, and invincible will, strength and advancement free from indecision and delay in action.

Atharvaveda 20.58 · 4 mantras

20.58.1

श्रायन्त इव सूर्यं विश्वेद् इन्द्रस्य भक्षत ।
वसूनि जाते जनमान ओजसा प्रति भागं न दीधिम ॥

śrāyanta iva sūryaṃ viśved indrasya bhakṣata ।
vasūni jāte janamāna ojasā prati bhāgaṃ na dīdhima ॥

Just as the rays of light share and diffuse the radiance of the sun, so you too share and reflect the golden glories of Indra, the cosmic soul. Let us meditate on the divine presence and for our share enjoy the ecstasy of bliss vibrating in the world of past and future creation by virtue of Indra’s omnipresent majesty.

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20.58.2

अनर्शरातिं वसुदाम् उप स्तुहि भद्रा इन्द्रस्य रातयः ।
सो अस्य कामं विधतो न रोषति मनो दानाय चोदयन् ॥

anarśarātiṃ vasudām upa stuhi bhadrā indrasya rātayaḥ ।
so asya kāmaṃ vidhato na roṣati mano dānāya codayan ॥

Adore and meditate on Indra, giver of wealth, honour, excellence and bliss. Infinite is his generosity, unsatiating, auspicious his gifts. He does not displease the devotee, does not hurt his desire and prayer, he inspires his mind for the reception of divine gifts.

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20.58.3

बण् महां असि सूर्य बड् आदित्य महां असि ।
महस् ते सतो महिमा पनस्यते ऽद्धा देव महां असि ॥

baṇ mahāṃ asi sūrya baḍ āditya mahāṃ asi ।
mahas te sato mahimā panasyate 'ddhā deva mahāṃ asi ॥

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20.58.4

बट् सूर्य श्रवसा महां असि सत्रा देव महां असि ।
मह्ना देवानाम् असुर्यः पुरोहितो विभु ज्योतिर् अदाभ्यम् ॥

baṭ sūrya śravasā mahāṃ asi satrā deva mahāṃ asi ।
mahnā devānām asuryaḥ purohito vibhu jyotir adābhyam ॥

Atharvaveda 20.59 · 4 mantras

20.59.1

उद् उ त्ये मधु मत्तमा गिर स्तोमास ईरते ।
सत्राजितो धनसा अक्षितोतयो वाजयन्तो रथा इव ॥

ud u tye madhu mattamā gira stomāsa īrate ।
satrājito dhanasā akṣitotayo vājayanto rathā iva ॥

The sweetest of honeyed songs of praise and vibrations of homage rise to you flying like victorious, unviolated and invincible chariots laden with gold heading for higher destinations.

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20.59.2

कण्वा इव भृगवः सूर्य इव विश्वम् इद् धीतम् आनशुः ।
इन्द्रं स्तोमेभिर् महयन्त आयवः प्रियमेधासो अस्वरन् ॥

kaṇvā iva bhṛgavaḥ sūrya iva viśvam id dhītam ānaśuḥ ।
indraṃ stomebhir mahayanta āyavaḥ priyamedhāso asvaran ॥

Brilliant scholars and sages as well as brave heroes of the human nation and loving and intelligent citizens of the land, praising and exalting Indra in one vaulting voice, rise and reach the presence of the lord in a world their own like rays of the sun filling the world of space they know.

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20.59.3

उद् इन् न्व् अस्य रिच्यते ऽंशो धनं न जिग्युसः ।
य इन्द्रो हरिवान् न दभन्ति तं रिपो दक्षं दधाति सोमिनि ॥

ud in nv asya ricyate 'ṃśo dhanaṃ na jigyusaḥ ।
ya indro harivān na dabhanti taṃ ripo dakṣaṃ dadhāti somini ॥

High rises the victor’s share of excellence as his wealth of life increases when Indra, guardian protector of the brave, vests his love of victory and soma-sublimity with the will and expertise of yajnic living. And then no enemies can ever defeat and destroy him.

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20.59.4

मन्त्रम् अखर्वं सुधितं सुपेशसं दधात यज्ञियेष्व् आ ।
पूर्वीश् चन प्रसितयस् तरन्ति तं य इन्द्रे कर्मणा भुवत् ॥

mantram akharvaṃ sudhitaṃ supeśasaṃ dadhāta yajñiyeṣv ā ।
pūrvīś cana prasitayas taranti taṃ ya indre karmaṇā bhuvat ॥

Offer perfect, well structured and graceful mantric thoughts, adorations and actions to the divinities in yajnic programmes of creativity and development. Then even the oldest bounds of will and passion take

Atharvaveda 20.60 · 6 mantras

20.60.1

एवा ह्य् असि वीरयुर् एवा शूर उत स्थिरः ।
एवा ते राध्यं मनः ॥

evā hy asi vīrayur evā śūra uta sthiraḥ ।
evā te rādhyaṃ manaḥ ॥

You love and honour the brave, you are brave yourself, you are definite in intention and undisturbed in attitude. You are now ripe for the perfection of mind to experience the soul’s beatitude in divine presence.

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20.60.2

एवा रातिस् तुवीमघ विश्वेभिर् धायि धातृभिः ।
अघा चिद् इन्द्र मे सचा ॥

evā rātis tuvīmagha viśvebhir dhāyi dhātṛbhiḥ ।
aghā cid indra me sacā ॥

Indra, generous lord of the wealth and glory of the world, thus by practice and meditation, is divine generosity cultivated and achieved by all those who bear and bring the offerings to you. O lord of power and immense generosity, be my friend and companion.

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20.60.3

मो षु ब्रह्मेव तन्द्रयुर् भुवो वाजानां पते ।
मत्स्वा सुतस्य गोमतः ॥

mo ṣu brahmeva tandrayur bhuvo vājānāṃ pate ।
matsvā sutasya gomataḥ ॥

O ruler, protector and promoter of the honour and excellence of life, just as a vibrant scholar of divine knowledge never slackens into sloth from wakefulness, so you too should never be slothful and half asleep. Be ever wakeful, enjoy and guard the distilled essence of knowledge and creative achievement of wealth, honour and excellence.

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20.60.4

एवा ह्य् अस्य सूनृता विरप्शी गोमती मही ।
पक्वा शाखा न दाशुषे ॥

evā hy asya sūnṛtā virapśī gomatī mahī ।
pakvā śākhā na dāśuṣe ॥

Verily the divine voice of Indra, Supreme Lord of Omniscience, is Shabda Brahma, the richest treasure of eternal truth, generous mother of the language of existence, and great. It is an abundant branch of the divine tree laden with ripe fruit for the faithful devotee and yajnic giver. (The other branch is Jag ad Brahma, Existence Itself on its own. Parama Brahma is the Tree.)

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20.60.5

एवा हि ते विभूतय ऊतय इन्द्र मावते ।
सद्यश् चित् सन्ति दाशुषे ॥

evā hi te vibhūtaya ūtaya indra māvate ।
sadyaś cit santi dāśuṣe ॥

Indra, lord omnipresent, omniscient and omnipotent, such are your wondrous works and attributes, such are your powers, protections and promotions, of life, knowledge and happiness for a person like me. They are ever abundant for the faithful and generous devotee dedicated to love and service.

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20.60.6

एवा ह्य् अस्य काम्या स्तोम उक्थं च शंस्या ।
इन्द्राय सोमपीतये ॥

evā hy asya kāmyā stoma ukthaṃ ca śaṃsyā ।
indrāya somapītaye ॥

Atharvaveda 20.61 · 6 mantras

20.61.1

तं ते मदं गृणीमसि वृषणं पृत्सु सासहिम् ।
उ लोककृत्नुम् अद्रिवो हरिश्रियम् ॥

taṃ te madaṃ gṛṇīmasi vṛṣaṇaṃ pṛtsu sāsahim ।
u lokakṛtnum adrivo hariśriyam ॥

Indra, lord of adamantine will and generous disposition like clouds of rain, we celebrate and glorify that power and heavenly joy of yours which is virile and generous, heroic in battles and steadfast against challenges, creative in the worlds of existence and gracious in advancement and gifts of bliss.

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20.61.2

येन ज्योतीम्ष्य् आयवे मनवे च विवेदिथ ।
मन्दानो अस्य बर्हिषो वि राजसि ॥

yena jyotīmṣy āyave manave ca viveditha ।
mandāno asya barhiṣo vi rājasi ॥

We celebrate and adore that power and divine joy of yours by which you reveal the light of life to the mortals from generation to generation and, exalted by which, you shine and rule over the yajnic dynamics of this universe.

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20.61.3

तद् अद्या चित् त उक्थिनो ऽनु ष्टुवन्ति पूर्वथा ।
वृषपत्नीर् अपो जया दिवेदिवे ॥

tad adyā cit ta ukthino 'nu ṣṭuvanti pūrvathā ।
vṛṣapatnīr apo jayā divedive ॥

That divine power and joyous generosity of yours, today, saints and scholars of the holy Word and song sing and celebrate as ever before. O lord, conquer and control the waters of space collected in the mighty clouds and let them flow day by day.

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20.61.4

तम् व् अभि प्र गायत पुरुहूतं पुरुष्टुतम् ।
इन्द्रं गीर्भिस् तविषम् आ विवासत ॥

tam v abhi pra gāyata puruhūtaṃ puruṣṭutam ।
indraṃ gīrbhis taviṣam ā vivāsata ॥

O celebrants, glorify Indra, universally invoked and praised, the lord who blazes with light and power, serve him with words and actions and let him shine forth in your life and achievement.

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20.61.5

यस्य द्विबर्हसो बृहत् सहो दाधार रोदसी ।
गिरींर् अज्रां अपः स्वर् वृषत्वना ॥

yasya dvibarhaso bṛhat saho dādhāra rodasī ।
girīṃr ajrāṃ apaḥ svar vṛṣatvanā ॥

Glorify Indra, who sustains the cosmic yajna in the two worlds, your life here and hereafter, whose cosmic potential sustains heaven, earth and the middle regions, who moves and controls the mighty gusts of winds and motions of mountainous clouds, and who gives us heavenly showers of rain for joy and vital energies.

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20.61.6

स राजसि पुरुष्टुतं एको वृत्राणि जिघ्नसे ।
इन्द्र जैत्रा श्रवस्य च यन्तवे ॥

sa rājasi puruṣṭutaṃ eko vṛtrāṇi jighnase ।
indra jaitrā śravasya ca yantave ॥

Atharvaveda 20.62 · 10 mantras

20.62.1

वयम् उ त्वाम् अपूर्व्य स्थूरं न कच् चिद् भरन्तो ऽवस्यवः ।
वाजे चित्रं हवामहे ॥

vayam u tvām apūrvya sthūraṃ na kac cid bharanto 'vasyavaḥ ।
vāje citraṃ havāmahe ॥

O lord sublime, eternal, first and most excellent, we, bearing almost nothing substantial but praying for protection and advancement, invoke you in our battle of life for food, energy, knowledge and ultimate victory.

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20.62.2

उप त्वा कर्मन्न् ऊतये स नो युवोग्रश् चक्राम यो धृषत् ।
त्वाम् इद् ध्य् अवितारं ववृमहे सखाय इन्द्र सानसिम् ॥

upa tvā karmann ūtaye sa no yuvograś cakrāma yo dhṛṣat ।
tvām id dhy avitāraṃ vavṛmahe sakhāya indra sānasim ॥

We approach you for protection and success in every undertaking. O lord youthful and blazing brave who can challenge and subdue any difficulty, pray come to our help. Indra, friends and admirers of yours, we depend on you alone as our sole saviour and victorious lord and choose to pray to you only as the lord supreme.

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20.62.3

यो न इदमिदं पुरा प्र वस्य आनिनाय तम् उ व स्तुषे ।
सखाय इन्द्रम् ऊतये ॥

yo na idamidaṃ purā pra vasya ānināya tam u va stuṣe ।
sakhāya indram ūtaye ॥

O friends, for the peace, freedom, progress and protection of you all, I pray to the same Indra, lord almighty, who has provided this beautiful world of joy for us since the very time of creation.

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20.62.4

हर्यश्वं सत्पतिं चर्षणीसहं स हि ष्मा यो अमन्दत ।
आ तु नः स वयति गव्यम् अश्व्यं स्तोतृभ्यो मघवा शतम् ॥

haryaśvaṃ satpatiṃ carṣaṇīsahaṃ sa hi ṣmā yo amandata ।
ā tu naḥ sa vayati gavyam aśvyaṃ stotṛbhyo maghavā śatam ॥

He alone is happy indeed and prospers who glorifies Indra, lord of the moving universe, protector and promoter of truth and reality and ruler and justicier of humanity, who, lord almighty, weaves for us this web of a hundredfold variety of earthly provision and all attainable possibility for the celebrants.

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20.62.5

इन्द्राय साम गायत विप्राय बृहते बृहत् ।
धर्मकृते विपश्चिते पनस्यवे ॥

indrāya sāma gāyata viprāya bṛhate bṛhat ।
dharmakṛte vipaścite panasyave ॥

Sing Brhatsama hymns in adoration of Indra, vibrant spirit of the universe and giver of fulfilment, grand and infinite, source ordainer and keeper of the law of universal Dharma, giver and protector of knowledge and karma, the lord adorable.

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20.62.6

त्वम् इन्द्राभिभूर् असि त्वं सूर्यम् अरोचयः ।
विश्वकर्मा विश्वदेवो महां असि ॥

tvam indrābhibhūr asi tvaṃ sūryam arocayaḥ ।
viśvakarmā viśvadevo mahāṃ asi ॥

Indra, you are the lord supreme dominant over all, you give light to the sun, you are the maker of the universe, you are the one adorable light and spirit of the world, you are the one great and glorious life of the world.

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20.62.7

विभ्राजं ज्योतिषा स्वर् अगछो रोचनं दिवः ।
देवास् त इन्द्र सख्याय येमिरे ॥

vibhrājaṃ jyotiṣā svar agacho rocanaṃ divaḥ ।
devās ta indra sakhyāya yemire ॥

Refulgent with your own light you pervade the regions of bliss and beatify the glory of heaven. Indra, the lights and divinities of the world vye and struggle for friendship with you.

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20.62.8

तम् व् अभि प्र गायत पुरुहूतं पुरुष्टुतम् ।
इन्द्रं गीर्भिस् तविषम् आ विवासत ॥

tam v abhi pra gāyata puruhūtaṃ puruṣṭutam ।
indraṃ gīrbhis taviṣam ā vivāsata ॥

O celebrants, glorify Indra, universally invoked and praised, the lord who blazes with light and power. serve him with words and actions and let him shine forth in your life and achievement.

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20.62.9

यस्य द्विबर्हसो बृहत् सहो दाधार रोदसी ।
गिरींर् अज्रां अपः स्वर् वृषत्वना ॥

yasya dvibarhaso bṛhat saho dādhāra rodasī ।
girīṃr ajrāṃ apaḥ svar vṛṣatvanā ॥

Glorify Indra, who sustains the cosmic yajna in the two worlds, your life here and the life hereafter, whose cosmic potential sustains heaven, earth and the middle regions, who moves and controls the mighty gusts of winds and motions of mountainous clouds, and who gives us heavenly showers of rain for joy and vital energies.

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20.62.10

स राजसि पुरुष्टुतं एको वृत्राणि जिघ्नसे ।
इन्द्र जैत्र श्रवस्य च यन्तवे ॥

sa rājasi puruṣṭutaṃ eko vṛtrāṇi jighnase ।
indra jaitra śravasya ca yantave ॥

Indra, universally praised and celebrated, you rule and shine alone, one, unique, without an equal, to destroy darkness, ignorance and adversities, to control and contain what is won and to manage what is heard and what ought to be heard.

Atharvaveda 20.63 · 9 mantras

20.63.1

इमा नु कं भुवना सीषधामेन्द्रश् च विश्वे च देवाः ।
यज्ञं च नस् तन्वं च प्रजां चादित्यैर् इन्द्रः सह चीकॢपाति ॥

imā nu kaṃ bhuvanā sīṣadhāmendraś ca viśve ca devāḥ ।
yajñaṃ ca nas tanvaṃ ca prajāṃ cādityair indraḥ saha cīkḷpāti ॥

Let us proceed and win our goals across these regions of the world and let all divine forces of nature and nobilities of humanity be favourable to us. Indra, the sun, the wind, and electric energy of the firmament with all year’s phases of the sun supports, strengthens and promotes our yajna, our body’s health and our future generations.

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20.63.2

आदित्यैर् इन्द्रः सगणो मरुद्भिर् अस्माकं भूत्व् अविता तनूनाम् ।
हत्वाय देवा असुरान् यद् आयन् देवा देवत्वम् अभिरक्षमाणाः ॥

ādityair indraḥ sagaṇo marudbhir asmākaṃ bhūtv avitā tanūnām ।
hatvāya devā asurān yad āyan devā devatvam abhirakṣamāṇāḥ ॥

May Indra, ruling power of the world, with all natural and human forces, winds and stormy troops, across the suns phases over the year, be the protector and promoter of our health of body and social organizations. Divine forces of nature and nobilities of humanity attain to their divine positivity when they come together to preserve, protect and promote the forces of creativity and destroy the demonic forces of negativity and destruction.

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20.63.3

प्रत्यञ्चम् अर्कम् अनयं छचीभिर् आद् इत् स्वधाम् इषिरां पर्य् अपश्यन् ।
अया वाजं देवहितं सनेम मदेम शतहिमाः सुवीराः ॥

pratyañcam arkam anayaṃ chacībhir ād it svadhām iṣirāṃ pary apaśyan ।
ayā vājaṃ devahitaṃ sanema madema śatahimāḥ suvīrāḥ ॥

When the divinities and nobilities of nature offer their yajnic homage at their best to Indra, then they see and experience divine inspiration and vigour descending on them from Divinity through nature to humanity. Thus may we too offer adoration and seek to share divine favour and inspiration fit for dedicated humanity and live a full happy hundred years blest with noble and heroic generations of progeny.

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20.63.4

य एक इद् विदयते वसु मर्ताय दाशुषे ।
ईशानो अप्रतिष्कुत इन्द्रो अङ्ग ॥

ya eka id vidayate vasu martāya dāśuṣe ।
īśāno apratiṣkuta indro aṅga ॥

Dear friend, the one sole lord who gives everything in life to the man of charity and generosity is Indra, supreme ruler of the world, who is constant, unmoved and unchallenged.

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20.63.5

कदा मर्तम् अराधसं पदा क्षुम्पम् इव स्फुरत् ।
कदा नः शुश्रवद् गिर इन्द्रो अङ्ग ॥

kadā martam arādhasaṃ padā kṣumpam iva sphurat ।
kadā naḥ śuśravad gira indro aṅga ॥

Dear friend, when would Indra, lord of wealth, power and justice, shake the miserly, uncreative, ungenerous and selfish person like a weed? Who knows? And would he listen to our prayers? Any time!

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20.63.6

यश् चिद् धि त्वा बहुभ्य आ सुतावां आविवासति ।
उग्रं तत् पत्यते शव इन्द्रो अङ्ग ॥

yaś cid dhi tvā bahubhya ā sutāvāṃ āvivāsati ।
ugraṃ tat patyate śava indro aṅga ॥

Dear friend, it is Indra, creator of energy, vitality and the joy of soma, who, for the sake of many, does special favours to you and makes you shine, and it is he, again, who controls violent force, that which could be anywhere.

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20.63.7

य इन्द्र सोमपातमो मदः शविष्ठ चेतति ।
येना हंसि न्य् अत्त्रिणं तम् ईमहे ॥

ya indra somapātamo madaḥ śaviṣṭha cetati ।
yenā haṃsi ny attriṇaṃ tam īmahe ॥

Indra, lord most potent, highest protector and promoter of the beauty and joy of life, that ecstatic passion of yours which universally pervades, manifests and reveals your might and glory and by which you destroy the negative forces of life, we adore and pray for.

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20.63.8

येना दशग्वम् अध्रिगुं वेपयन्तं स्वर्णरम् ।
येना समुद्रम् आविथा तम् ईमहे ॥

yenā daśagvam adhriguṃ vepayantaṃ svarṇaram ।
yenā samudram āvithā tam īmahe ॥

That omnipotent passion and ecstasy of yours by which you protect and promote the individual soul working with ten faculties of perception and volition, the unchallengeable wind and electric energy, the solar radiation which shakes and vibrates, and the ocean of water on earth and in space, that we adore, that we pray for.

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20.63.9

येन सिन्धुं महीर् अपो रथां इव प्रचोदयः ।
पन्थाम् ऋतस्य यातवे तम् ईमहे ॥

yena sindhuṃ mahīr apo rathāṃ iva pracodayaḥ ।
panthām ṛtasya yātave tam īmahe ॥

That power and passion of ecstasy by which you energise and move the river and the sea, the earths and waters like rolling chariots to flow and follow the path of the divine law of nature, that we adore, that we pray for, to follow the path of truth and yajna ourselves too.

Atharvaveda 20.64 · 6 mantras

20.64.1

एन्द्र नो गधि प्रियः सत्राजिद् अगोह्यः ।
गिरिर् न विश्वतस् पृथुः पतिर् दिवः ॥

endra no gadhi priyaḥ satrājid agohyaḥ ।
girir na viśvatas pṛthuḥ patir divaḥ ॥

Indra, come, take us over as your own. Dear and giver of fulfilment you are, all dominant by nature, character and action, inconceivably open and bright, expansive and unbounded all round like a cloud of vapour, lord and master of the light of heaven.

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20.64.2

अभि हि सत्य सोमपा उभे बभूथ रोदसी ।
इन्द्रासि सुन्वतो वृधः पतिर् दिवः ॥

abhi hi satya somapā ubhe babhūtha rodasī ।
indrāsi sunvato vṛdhaḥ patir divaḥ ॥

Lord eternal and ever true, lover, protector and promoter of the beauty and joy of existence, you are higher and greater than both heaven and earth. Indra, omnipotent lord and master of the light of heaven, you are the inspirer and giver of advancement to the pursuer of the knowledge, beauty and power of the soma reality

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20.64.3

त्वं हि शश्वतीनाम् इन्द्र दर्ता पुराम् असि ।
हन्ता दस्योर् मनोर् वृधः पतिर् दिवः ॥

tvaṃ hi śaśvatīnām indra dartā purām asi ।
hantā dasyor manor vṛdhaḥ patir divaḥ ॥

Indra, you are catalyser, breaker and maker, of the eternal forms of existence in cosmic dynamics, destroyer of the destroyer and promoter of thoughtful people. You are the guardian of the light of life, sustainer of the heavens of joy.

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20.64.4

एद् उ मध्वो मदिन्तरं सिञ्च वाध्वर्यो अन्धसः ।
एवा हि वीर स्तवते सदावृधः ॥

ed u madhvo madintaraṃ siñca vādhvaryo andhasaḥ ।
evā hi vīra stavate sadāvṛdhaḥ ॥

And O high priest of the creative yajna of love and non-violence, offer the most delightful and ever exhilarating of honey sweets of the soma of faith and devotion to Indra, since thus is how the mighty hero is served and worshipped.

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20.64.5

इन्द्र स्थातर् हरीणां नकिष् ते पूर्व्यस्तुतिम् ।
उद् आनंश शवसा न भन्दना ॥

indra sthātar harīṇāṃ nakiṣ te pūrvyastutim ।
ud ānaṃśa śavasā na bhandanā ॥

Indra, glorious lord president of the moving worlds of existence, no one ever by might or by commanding adoration has been able to equal, much less excel, the prime worship offered to you.

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20.64.6

तं वो वाजानां पतिम् अहूमहि श्रवस्यवः ।
अप्रायुभिर् यज्ञेभिर् वावृधेन्यम् ॥

taṃ vo vājānāṃ patim ahūmahi śravasyavaḥ ।
aprāyubhir yajñebhir vāvṛdhenyam ॥

O people, we, seekers of honour and fame, invoke and adore the protector and promoter of your food, energies and victories by assiduous congregations of yajna and thereby exalt the splendour and glory of the lord supreme.

Atharvaveda 20.65 · 3 mantras

20.65.1

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

eto nv indraṃ stavāma sakhāya stomyaṃ naram ।
kuṣṭīr yo viśvā abhy asty eka it ॥

Come friends all together and let us adore Indra, lord and leader worthy of joint worship and exaltation, who, by himself alone, rules over all peoples of the world.

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20.65.2

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

agorudhāya gaviṣe dyukṣāya dasmyaṃ vacaḥ ।
ghṛtāt svādīyo madhunaś ca vocata ॥

Sing delightful songs of adoration in words more delicious than the taste of ghrta and sweetness of honey in honour of Indra, heavenly lord of light, who loves sweet speech and never feels satiated with songs of

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20.65.3

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

yasyāmitāni vīryā na rādhaḥ paryetave ।
jyotir na viśvam abhy asti dakṣiṇā ॥

Atharvaveda 20.66 · 3 mantras

20.66.1

स्तुहीन्द्रं व्यश्ववद् अनूर्मिं वाजिनं यमम् ।
अर्यो गयं मंहमानं वि दाशुषे ॥

stuhīndraṃ vyaśvavad anūrmiṃ vājinaṃ yamam ।
aryo gayaṃ maṃhamānaṃ vi dāśuṣe ॥

Like the sage of perfect mental and moral discipline, worship Indra, constant lord of eternity without fluctuation, omnipresent power over universal energy, controller and guide of the evolution of the universe, omnificent lord giver of a prosperous household to the generous devotees of yajna.

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20.66.2

एवा नूनम् उप स्तुहि वैयश्व दशमं नवम् ।
सुविद्वांसं चर्कृत्यं चरणीनाम् ॥

evā nūnam upa stuhi vaiyaśva daśamaṃ navam ।
suvidvāṃsaṃ carkṛtyaṃ caraṇīnām ॥

O child of the holy sage of mental and moral discipline, verily worship Indra only, the lord ever new though eternal, worshipped as the tenth supreme over all among humans, lord omniscient solely worthy of the worship of dynamic humanity.

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20.66.3

वेत्था हि निरृतीनां वज्रहस्त परिवृजम् ।
अहरहः शुन्ध्युः परिपदाम् इव ॥

vetthā hi nirṛtīnāṃ vajrahasta parivṛjam ।
aharahaḥ śundhyuḥ paripadām iva ॥

O lord of the thunderbolt of justice and right action, you know and wield the counter-active measures against adversities just as the sun, purifier of nature’s impurities, has the capacity to counter them day by day.

Atharvaveda 20.67 · 7 mantras

20.67.1

वनोति हि सुन्वन् क्षयं परीणसः सुन्वानो हि ष्मा यजत्य् अव द्विषो देवानाम् अव द्विषः ।
सुन्वान इत् सिषासति सहस्रा वाज्य् अवृतः ।
सुन्वानायेन्द्रो ददात्य् आभुवं रयिं ददात्य् आभुवम् ॥

vanoti hi sunvan kṣayaṃ parīṇasaḥ sunvāno hi ṣmā yajaty ava dviṣo devānām ava dviṣaḥ ।
sunvāna it siṣāsati sahasrā vājy avṛtaḥ ।
sunvānāyendro dadāty ābhuvaṃ rayiṃ dadāty ābhuvam ॥

The yajamana who performs yajna and distils the soma prays for a home and gets one. Organising the yajna and the distillation of the soma of joy and prosperity, he drives away many envious enemies by yajna, drives the enemies of noble people away. The organiser of yajna, fast, intelligent and wise, open, free and fearless, wants to create a hundred things, and Indra, lord of creation, power and generosity, creates and gives blissful wealth for the yajnic people, yes, the lord blesses with the gift of wealth, peace and joy.

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20.67.2

मो षु वो अस्मद् अभि तानि पौंस्या सना भूवन् द्युम्नानि मोत जारिषुर् अस्मत् पुरोत जारिषुः ।
यद् वश् चित्रं युगेयुगे नव्यं घोषाद् अमर्त्यम् ।
अस्मासु तन् मरुतो यच् च दुष्टरं दिधृता यच् च दुष्टरम् ॥

mo ṣu vo asmad abhi tāni pauṃsyā sanā bhūvan dyumnāni mota jāriṣur asmat purota jāriṣuḥ ।
yad vaś citraṃ yugeyuge navyaṃ ghoṣād amartyam ।
asmāsu tan maruto yac ca duṣṭaraṃ didhṛtā yac ca duṣṭaram ॥

O Maruts, brave heroes of earth and space vibrant as waves of energy, may your ancient and eternal powers and potentials and ours, and our honour and fame never wear away outmoded, and never forsake us. Whatever is yours, wondrous and excellent, ancient and yet ever new from age to age, what is imperishable from the eternal Voice and your proclamations, fix that within us deep in the mind, so it is difficult to surpass, unchallengeable.

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20.67.3

अग्निं होतारम् मन्ये दास्वन्तं वसुं सूनुं सहसो जातवेदसं विप्रं न जातवेदसम् ।
य ऊर्ध्वया स्वध्वरो देवो देवाच्या कृपा ।
घृतस्य विभ्राष्टिम् अनु वष्टि शोचिषाजुह्वानस्य सर्पिषः ॥

agniṃ hotāram manye dāsvantaṃ vasuṃ sūnuṃ sahaso jātavedasaṃ vipraṃ na jātavedasam ।
ya ūrdhvayā svadhvaro devo devācyā kṛpā ।
ghṛtasya vibhrāṣṭim anu vaṣṭi śociṣājuhvānasya sarpiṣaḥ ॥

I worship, serve and meditate on Agni, lord of light and knowledge, spirit of life and heat and inspiration of noble action, yajaka, generous giver, treasure of wealth and universal shelter, inspirer and creator of courage and courageous action as the sun, omniscient lord of all that is bom in existence, master of knowledge as the supreme scholar of the Veda, organiser of yajna with love and non-violence with divine knowledge and awareness, refulgent with heavenly light and power, loving and consuming with flames of fire, and light, the blaze of the purest and most powerful ghrta offered into the fire of yajna, physical, mental and spiritual all.

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20.67.4

यज्ञैः संमिश्लाः पृषतीभिर् ऋष्टिभिर् यामं छुभ्रासो अञ्जिषु प्रिया उत ।
आसद्या बर्हिर् भरतस्य सूनवः पोत्राद् आ सोमं पिबता दिवो नरः ॥

yajñaiḥ saṃmiślāḥ pṛṣatībhir ṛṣṭibhir yāmaṃ chubhrāso añjiṣu priyā uta ।
āsadyā barhir bharatasya sūnavaḥ potrād ā somaṃ pibatā divo naraḥ ॥

O Maruts, children of the Lord sustainer of the world, powers natural and divine, leaders of humanity united by yajna, moving by the right path at the right time at speed of the winds, creating and achieving the objects of desire, crystalline pure and lovely in colours of beauty, seating yourselves on the holy grass of the vedi, drink the soma distilled from the purest light of heaven.

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20.67.5

आ वक्षि देवां इह विप्र यक्षि चोशन् होतर् नि षदा योनिषु त्रिषु ।
प्रति वीहि प्रस्थितं सोम्यं मधु पिबाग्नीध्रात् तव भागस्य तृस्णुहि ॥

ā vakṣi devāṃ iha vipra yakṣi cośan hotar ni ṣadā yoniṣu triṣu ।
prati vīhi prasthitaṃ somyaṃ madhu pibāgnīdhrāt tava bhāgasya tṛsṇuhi ॥

Agni, ‘vipra’, brilliant scholar of the dynamics of nature and human society, speak of the laws of nature and psycho-social dynamics and inaugurate and direct the yajna of creation and production here. Inspired and passionate for holy action, be seated on the vedi, establish yourself in the three fields of earth, sky and space and be sure and specific on description, application and valuation of knowledge human and divine with prayer and gratitude to the Lord Omniscient. Achieve the planned targets of blissful creativity and development, taste the sweets of yajnic success and be happy that you have played your part of life’s action for your people.

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20.67.6

एष स्य ते तन्वो नृम्णवर्धनः सह ओजः प्रदिवि बाह्वोर् हितः ।
तुभ्यं सुतो मघवन् तुभ्यम् आभृतस् त्वम् अस्य ब्राह्मणाद् आ तृपत् पिब ॥

eṣa sya te tanvo nṛmṇavardhanaḥ saha ojaḥ pradivi bāhvor hitaḥ ।
tubhyaṃ suto maghavan tubhyam ābhṛtas tvam asya brāhmaṇād ā tṛpat piba ॥

Indra, lord of wealth and power, ruler of the world, this soma is such that it would strengthen and augment the wealth and power of your body and soul. It is the very patience and fortitude and the lustre of your personality, as broad and clear as daylight, collected and consecrated in your very arms. It is distilled, seasoned, preserved and served for you only. Drink of it as a gift from the Brahmana, expert of science and bio-technology, and be happy.

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20.67.7

यम् उ पूर्वम् अहुवे तम् इदं हुवे सेद् उ हव्यो ददिर् यो नाम पत्यते ।
अध्वर्युभिः प्रस्थितं सोम्यं मधु पोत्रात् सोमं द्रविणोदः पिब ऋतुभिः ॥

yam u pūrvam ahuve tam idaṃ huve sed u havyo dadir yo nāma patyate ।
adhvaryubhiḥ prasthitaṃ somyaṃ madhu potrāt somaṃ draviṇodaḥ piba ṛtubhiḥ ॥

Whom I ever invoke and worship, him alone I invoke and serve and worship now. He alone is the giver, he alone is the master, he alone is the ruler, he alone for sure is the lord worthy of invocation, invitation, service, yajna and worship. O lord giver of the wealth of life, abundant and infinite, receive and drink this honey sweet of soma prepared and refined by the loving, faithful and non-violent priests according to the seasons. Take it from the sacred cup and drink to your heart’s desire.

Atharvaveda 20.68 · 12 mantras

20.68.1

सुरूपकृत्नुम् ऊतये सुदुघाम् इव गोदुहे ।
जुहूमसि द्यविद्यवि ॥

surūpakṛtnum ūtaye sudughām iva goduhe ।
juhūmasi dyavidyavi ॥

Just as the generous mother cow is milked for the person in need of nourishment, so every day for the sake of light and knowledge we invoke and worship Indra, lord omnipotent of light and life, maker of beautiful forms of existence and giver of protection and progress.

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20.68.2

उप नः सवना गहि सोमस्य सोमपाः पिब ।
गोदा इद् रेवतो मदः ॥

upa naḥ savanā gahi somasya somapāḥ piba ।
godā id revato madaḥ ॥

Indra, lord of light, protector of yajnic joy, promoter of sense and mind, come to our yajna, accept our homage of soma and give us the light and ecstasy of the soul.

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20.68.3

अथा ते अन्तमानां विद्याम सुमतीनाम् ।
मा नो अति ख्य आ गहि ॥

athā te antamānāṃ vidyāma sumatīnām ।
mā no ati khya ā gahi ॥

Indra, lord of light and knowledge, come, so that we know you at the closest of those who are established in you and hold you in their heart and vision. Come, lord of life, come close, forsake us not.

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20.68.4

परेहि विग्रम् अस्तृतम् इन्द्रं पृछा विपश्चितम् ।
यस् ते सखिभ्य आ वरम् ॥

parehi vigram astṛtam indraṃ pṛchā vipaścitam ।
yas te sakhibhya ā varam ॥

Keep off the malicious maligner. Go even far, farthest to Indra, lord of divine knowledge, love and kindness, light and vision, experience and wisdom, who is good and the best choice for you and me and your friends. Go, ask, and pray.

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20.68.5

उत ब्रुवन्तु नो निदो निर् अन्यतश् चिद् आरत ।
दधाना इन्द्र इद् दुवः ॥

uta bruvantu no nido nir anyataś cid ārata ।
dadhānā indra id duvaḥ ॥

Indra, lord of light and bliss, may the wise and visionaries who cherish the divine in their heart speak to us. Let the others, ignorant, malicious and maligners be off from here.

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20.68.6

उत नः सुभगां अरिर् वोचेयुर् दस्म कृष्टयः ।
स्यामेद् इन्द्रस्य शर्मणि ॥

uta naḥ subhagāṃ arir voceyur dasma kṛṣṭayaḥ ।
syāmed indrasya śarmaṇi ॥

Let us pray and seek the protection of Indra, lord of might unchallengeable, so that men of knowledge and wisdom bring us the voice of divinity and even those who oppose appreciate and speak well of us.

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20.68.7

एम् आशुम् आशवे भर यज्ञश्रियं नृमादनम् ।
पतयन् मन्दयत्सखम् ॥

em āśum āśave bhara yajñaśriyaṃ nṛmādanam ।
patayan mandayatsakham ॥

Indra, lord of knowledge and power, give us the secret of the speed of motion for the giant leap forward in progress. Bless us with the wealth of the nation’s yajna exciting for the people and joyous for our friends.

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20.68.8

अस्य पीत्वा शतक्रतो घनो वृत्राणाम् अभवः ।
प्रावो वाजेषु वाजिनम् ॥

asya pītvā śatakrato ghano vṛtrāṇām abhavaḥ ।
prāvo vājeṣu vājinam ॥

Hero of a hundred yajnic projects, having accomplished the programme and having drunk the soma of success, concentrate and consolidate as the light of the sun and be the breaker of the clouds of rain, and then advance and promote the wealth and defence of the nation through the battles of progress.

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20.68.9

तं त्वा वाजेषु वाजिनं वाजयामः शतक्रतो ।
धनानाम् इन्द्र सातये ॥

taṃ tvā vājeṣu vājinaṃ vājayāmaḥ śatakrato ।
dhanānām indra sātaye ॥

Indra, lord of light and power, hero of a hundred yajnic creations, we celebrate your glory of speed and success in the battles of humanity for the achievement of the wealth of life and prosperity of the people.

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20.68.10

यो रायो ऽवनिर् महान्त् सुपारः सुन्वतः सखा ।
तस्मा इन्द्राय गायत ॥

yo rāyo 'vanir mahānt supāraḥ sunvataḥ sakhā ।
tasmā indrāya gāyata ॥

People of the land and children of Indra, sing and celebrate the glories of Indra, lord supreme of life and light, great and glorious, creator and protector of wealth, saviour pilot across the seas, and friend of the makers of soma.

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20.68.11

आ त्व् एता नि षीदतेन्द्रम् अभि प्र गायत ।
सखाय स्तोमवाहसः ॥

ā tv etā ni ṣīdatendram abhi pra gāyata ।
sakhāya stomavāhasaḥ ॥

Friends and celebrants of song divine, come, sit together and join to meditate (on life, divinity, humanity, science and spirituality, and freedom), and sing in thankful praise of Indra, lord of life and energy.

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20.68.12

पुरूतमं पुरूणाम् ईशानं वार्याणाम् ।
इन्द्रं सोमे सचा सुते ॥

purūtamaṃ purūṇām īśānaṃ vāryāṇām ।
indraṃ some sacā sute ॥

Friends and comrades in study and meditation, when you have distilled the essence of soma, life and spirit present at the heart of things, then sing in praise of Indra, closest at hand of things in heaven and earth, and ruler dispenser of the fruits of love and desire.

Atharvaveda 20.69 · 12 mantras

20.69.1

स घा नो योग आ भुवत् स राये स पुरंध्याम् ।
गमद् वाजेभिर् आ स नः ॥

sa ghā no yoga ā bhuvat sa rāye sa puraṃdhyām ।
gamad vājebhir ā sa naḥ ॥

Indra, life and energy of the universe, is at the heart of our meditation. That is the spirit and secret of the wealth of the world. That is the inspiration at the centre of our thought and intelligence. May that lord of life and energy come and bless us with gifts of knowledge and power in our joint endevours.

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20.69.2

यस्य संस्थे न वृण्वते हरी समत्सु शत्रवः ।
तस्मा इन्द्राय गायत ॥

yasya saṃsthe na vṛṇvate harī samatsu śatravaḥ ।
tasmā indrāya gāyata ॥

Sing in honour of that Indra in the field of whose power and force no enemies can have the courage to stand in opposition and sustain themselves.

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20.69.3

सुतपाव्ने सुता इमे शुचयो यन्ति वीतये ।
सोमासो दध्याशिरः ॥

sutapāvne sutā ime śucayo yanti vītaye ।
somāso dadhyāśiraḥ ॥

All these bright and pure creations of the somayajna of science and meditation, sweet and vitalising as nectar-sweet delicacies of milk and curds (are created by Indra through His light and wind energy) and flow for the beneficiary, humanity, for their pleasure, protection and promotion.

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20.69.4

त्वं सुतस्य पीतये सद्यो वृद्धो अजायथाः ।
इन्द्र ज्यैष्ठ्याय सुक्रतो ॥

tvaṃ sutasya pītaye sadyo vṛddho ajāyathāḥ ।
indra jyaiṣṭhyāya sukrato ॥

Indra, noble soul of purity and yajnic meditation, hero of a hundred acts of goodness, for a drink of the soma of Lord Indra’s creation, rising to new honour and grandeur every day, take a new birth into higher knowledge every moment.

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20.69.5

आ त्वा विशन्त्व् आशवः सोमास इन्द्र गिर्वणः ।
शं ते सन्तु प्रचेतसे ॥

ā tvā viśantv āśavaḥ somāsa indra girvaṇaḥ ।
śaṃ te santu pracetase ॥

Indra, noble soul, high-priest of yajna and the divine voice, may all these brilliant creations of lightning speed be good and beneficial to you and humanity. May they bring bliss and peace to you, prince of knowledge and grandeur.

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20.69.6

त्वां स्तोमा अवीवृधन् त्वाम् उक्था शतक्रतो ।
त्वां वर्धन्तु नो गिरः ॥

tvāṃ stomā avīvṛdhan tvām ukthā śatakrato ।
tvāṃ vardhantu no giraḥ ॥

Indra, supreme lord of omnipotence and majesty, the Stoma hymns of the Veda celebrate your glory. Lord infinite of countless acts of creation, the Uktha hymns sing of your power and action. So may all our songs of devotion and homage light up your presence and grandeur all round.

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20.69.7

अक्षितोतिः सनेद् इमं वाजम् इन्द्रः सहस्रिणम् ।
यस्मिन् विश्वानि पौंस्या ॥

akṣitotiḥ saned imaṃ vājam indraḥ sahasriṇam ।
yasmin viśvāni pauṃsyā ॥

Indra, whose omnipotence and protection is infinite and imperishable, may, we pray, bless us with this thousand-fold knowledge and power of science in which are contained all the secrets of nature’s vitality.

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20.69.8

मा नो मर्ता अभि द्रुहन् तनूनाम् इन्द्र गिर्वणः ।
ईशानो यवया वधम् ॥

mā no martā abhi druhan tanūnām indra girvaṇaḥ ।
īśāno yavayā vadham ॥

Indra, lord adorable in sacred song, let no mortal hate or injure our body and mind from anywhere. Keep off hate, violence and murder far away from us. You are the ruler, ordainer and dispenser of justice and punishment.

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20.69.9

युञ्जन्ति ब्रध्नम् अरुषम् चरन्तं परि तस्थुषः ।
रोचन्ते रोचना दिवि ॥

yuñjanti bradhnam aruṣam carantaṃ pari tasthuṣaḥ ।
rocante rocanā divi ॥

Pious souls in meditation commune with the great and gracious lord of existence immanent in the steady universe and transcendent beyond. Brilliant are they with the lord of light and they shine in the heaven of bliss.

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20.69.10

युञ्जन्त्य् अस्य काम्या हरी विपक्षसा रथे ।
शोणा धृष्णू नृवाहसा ॥

yuñjanty asya kāmyā harī vipakṣasā rathe ।
śoṇā dhṛṣṇū nṛvāhasā ॥

Scholars of science dedicated to Indra study and meditate on the lord’s omnipotence of light, fire and wind, and harness the energy like two horses to a chariot, both beautiful, equal and complementary as positivenegative currents, fiery red, powerful and carriers of people.

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20.69.11

केतुं कृण्वन्न् अकेतवे पेशो मर्या अपेशसे ।
सम् उषद्भिर् अजायथाः ॥

ketuṃ kṛṇvann aketave peśo maryā apeśase ।
sam uṣadbhir ajāyathāḥ ॥

Children of the earth, know That who creates light and knowledge for the ignorant in darkness and gives form and beauty to the formless and chaotic, and regenerate yourselves by virtue of the men of knowledge and passion for action.

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20.69.12

आद् अह स्वधाम् अनु पुनर् गर्भत्वम् एरिरे ।
दधाना नाम यज्ञियम् ॥

ād aha svadhām anu punar garbhatvam erire ।
dadhānā nāma yajñiyam ॥

Bearing the sacred vapours of yajna as is their wont and nature, the winds rise to the sky, hold the clouds in their womb, and after the rain carry on the cycle with the sun-rays and yajna-fire.

Atharvaveda 20.70 · 20 mantras

20.70.1

वीलु चिद् आरुजत्नुभिर् गुहा चिद् इन्द्र वह्निभिः ।
अविन्द उस्रिया अनु ॥

vīlu cid ārujatnubhir guhā cid indra vahnibhiḥ ।
avinda usriyā anu ॥

The mighty sun with its piercing rays breaks down things in the sky, and the wind with its currents after the sunbeams reconstructs and replaces new forms of things in the sky.

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20.70.2

देवयन्तो यथा मतिम् अछा विदद्वसुं गिरः ।
महाम् अनूषत श्रुतम् ॥

devayanto yathā matim achā vidadvasuṃ giraḥ ।
mahām anūṣata śrutam ॥

Just as noble scholars develop and brighten up their generous mind and intelligence after the principles of Vedic revelation, so do the Maruts, currents of energy, intensify, magnify and adorn the sound that is produced and heard.

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20.70.3

इन्द्रेण सं हि दृक्षसे संजग्मानो अबिभ्युषा ।
मन्दू समानवर्चसा ॥

indreṇa saṃ hi dṛkṣase saṃjagmāno abibhyuṣā ।
mandū samānavarcasā ॥

Marut, wind energy, is seen while moving alongwith the indomitable sun, both beautiful and joyous, divinities coexistent, equal in splendour by virtue of omnipresent Indra, Lord Supreme.

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20.70.4

अनवद्यैर् अभिद्युभिर् मखः सहस्वद् अर्चति ।
गणैर् इन्द्रस्य काम्यैः ॥

anavadyair abhidyubhir makhaḥ sahasvad arcati ।
gaṇair indrasya kāmyaiḥ ॥

The yajnic dynamics of nature’s currents of energy, Maruts, so potent and effective, illuminate the world and do homage to the Lord of creation with the immaculate blazing radiations of glorious sun light.

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20.70.5

अतः परिज्मन्न् आ गहि दिवो वा रोचनाद् अधि ।
सम् अस्मिन्न् ऋञ्जते गिरः ॥

ataḥ parijmann ā gahi divo vā rocanād adhi ।
sam asminn ṛñjate giraḥ ॥

The currents of energy, Maruts, travel up from here, the earth, to the region of the sun, and from up there down to the earth. And in this space they sustain all the objects of the world and all the voices divine and human.

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20.70.6

इतो वा सातिम् ईमहे दिवो वा पार्थिवाद् अधि ।
इन्द्रं महो वा रजसः ॥

ito vā sātim īmahe divo vā pārthivād adhi ।
indraṃ maho vā rajasaḥ ॥

From here we rise to the sun, and to Indra, lord omnipotent blazing in the sun, with prayers, with homage and oblations, Indra who is greater and higher than the earth, the skies and the heavens and rules over all these.

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20.70.7

इन्द्रम् इद् गथिनो बृहद् इन्द्रम् अर्केभिर् अर्किणः ।
इन्द्रं वाणीर् अनूषत ॥

indram id gathino bṛhad indram arkebhir arkiṇaḥ ।
indraṃ vāṇīr anūṣata ॥

The singers of Vedic hymns worship Indra, infinite lord of the expansive universe, Indra, the sun, lord of light, Indra, vayu, maruts, currents of energy, and Indra, the universal divine voice, with prayers, mantras, actions and scientific research.

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20.70.8

इन्द्र इद् धर्योः सचा संमिश्ल आ वचोयुजा ।
इन्द्रो वज्री हिरण्ययः ॥

indra id dharyoḥ sacā saṃmiśla ā vacoyujā ।
indro vajrī hiraṇyayaḥ ॥

Indra, the omnipresent Spirit, Indra, the universal energy of vayu or maruts, and Indra, the solar energy, the bond of unity and sustenance in things, co-existent synthesis of equal and opposite complementarities of positive and negative, activiser of speech, lord of the thunderbolt and the golden light of the day and the year.

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20.70.9

इन्द्रो दीर्घाय चक्षस आ सूर्यं रोहयद् दिवि ।
वि गोभिर् इन्द्रम् ऐरयत् ॥

indro dīrghāya cakṣasa ā sūryaṃ rohayad divi ।
vi gobhir indram airayat ॥

Indra, lord omnipotent, raised the sun high up in the heavens for expansive light and vision. With the rays of the sun. He forms and moves the cloud for rain.

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20.70.10

इन्द्र वाजेषु नो ऽव सहस्रप्रधनेषु च ।
उग्र उग्राभिर् ऊतिभिः ॥

indra vājeṣu no 'va sahasrapradhaneṣu ca ।
ugra ugrābhir ūtibhiḥ ॥

Indra, lord of light and omnipotence, in a thousand battles of life and prize contests, pray protect us with bright blazing ways of protection and advancement.

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20.70.11

इन्द्रं वयं महाधन इन्द्रम् अर्भे हवामहे ।
युजं वृत्रेषु वज्रिणम् ॥

indraṃ vayaṃ mahādhana indram arbhe havāmahe ।
yujaṃ vṛtreṣu vajriṇam ॥

In battles great and small, we invoke Indra, lord omnipotent, we call upon sun and wind, Indra, mighty breaker of the clouds, friend in darkness, wielder of the thunderbolt.

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20.70.12

स नो वृषन्न् अमुं चरुं सत्रादावन्न् अपा वृधि ।
अस्मभ्यम् अप्रतिष्कुतः ॥

sa no vṛṣann amuṃ caruṃ satrādāvann apā vṛdhi ।
asmabhyam apratiṣkutaḥ ॥

Indra, lord of the universe, light of the world, generous lord of wealth, irresistible wielder of power, generous giver of showers, grant us the yajnic prosperity of life and open the doors of freedom and salvation at the end.

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20.70.13

तुञ्जेतुञ्जे य उत्तरे स्तोमा इन्द्रस्य वज्रिणः ।
न विन्धे अस्य सुष्टुतिम् ॥

tuñjetuñje ya uttare stomā indrasya vajriṇaḥ ।
na vindhe asya suṣṭutim ॥

On success in battle after battle, follow songs of celebration in honour of Indra, lord wielder of the thunderbolt, and I love to go on and on with the song without end.

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20.70.14

वृषा यूथेव वंसगः कृष्टीर् इयर्त्य् ओजसा ।
ईशानो अप्रतिष्कुतः ॥

vṛṣā yūtheva vaṃsagaḥ kṛṣṭīr iyarty ojasā ।
īśāno apratiṣkutaḥ ॥

As the virile bull leads the herd it rules, so does Indra, generous lord indomitable and ruler of the world, inspire and lead His children to joy and freedom.

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20.70.15

य एकश् चर्षणीनां वसूनाम् इरज्यति ।
इन्द्रः पञ्च क्षितीनाम् ॥

ya ekaś carṣaṇīnāṃ vasūnām irajyati ।
indraḥ pañca kṣitīnām ॥

One and only one without a second is Indra, lord supreme of the universe, the lord who rules and guides humanity, showers treasures of wealth, and sustains and ultimately disposes the five orders of the universe.

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20.70.16

इन्द्रं वो विश्वतस् परि हवामहे जनेभ्यः ।
अस्माकम् अस्तु केवलः ॥

indraṃ vo viśvatas pari havāmahe janebhyaḥ ।
asmākam astu kevalaḥ ॥

For the sake of you all of humanity, we invoke and worship Indra, the one lord ruler over the universe, and we pray He may be with us in vision in a state of absolute bliss.

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20.70.17

एन्द्र सानसिं रयिं सजित्वानं सदासहम् ।
वर्षिष्ठम् ऊतये भर ॥

endra sānasiṃ rayiṃ sajitvānaṃ sadāsaham ।
varṣiṣṭham ūtaye bhara ॥

Indra, lord supreme of power and glory, bless us with the wealth of life and well-being that gives us the superiority of action over sufferance, delight and victory, courage and endurance, excellence and generosity, and leads us on way to progress under divine protection.

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20.70.18

नि येन मुष्टिहत्यया नि वृत्रा रुणधामहै ।
त्वोतासो न्य् अर्वता ॥

ni yena muṣṭihatyayā ni vṛtrā ruṇadhāmahai ।
tvotāso ny arvatā ॥

Indra, lord of power and glory, give us that strength of life and character whereby, under your blessed protection, we may hold back the enemy, evil and darkness with less than a blow of the fist and less than a dart of the lance.

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20.70.19

इन्द्र त्वोतासो आ वयं वज्रं घना ददीमहि ।
जयेम सं युधि स्पृधः ॥

indra tvotāso ā vayaṃ vajraṃ ghanā dadīmahi ।
jayema saṃ yudhi spṛdhaḥ ॥

Indra, lord of might and splendour, under your divine protection, may we develop, we pray, strong and sophisticated weapons of defence so that fighting battles of mutual contest we may win the prize of victory.

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20.70.20

वयं शूरेभिर् अस्तृभिर् इन्द्र त्वया युजा वयम् ।
सासह्याम पृतन्यतः ॥

vayaṃ śūrebhir astṛbhir indra tvayā yujā vayam ।
sāsahyāma pṛtanyataḥ ॥

Indra, lord of might, protection and progress, joined as we are with you in spirit, may we, with our heroes, shotsmen and missiles, challenge, fight out and win over our contestants in battle.

Atharvaveda 20.71 · 16 mantras

20.71.1

महां इन्द्रः परश् च नु महित्वम् अस्तु वज्रिणे ।
द्यौर् न प्रथिना शवः ॥

mahāṃ indraḥ paraś ca nu mahitvam astu vajriṇe ।
dyaur na prathinā śavaḥ ॥

Indra is great, supreme and transcendent, self-refulgent like the sun, extensive like space and more. May all the power and grandeur be for the lord of justice and the thunderbolt. May all be dedicated to Him.

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20.71.2

समोहे वा य आशत नरस् तोकस्य सनितौ ।
विप्रासो वा धियायवः ॥

samohe vā ya āśata naras tokasya sanitau ।
viprāso vā dhiyāyavaḥ ॥

Men of valour and heroism engage in battles, men of knowledge and piety, in learned gatherings and in the training of youth.

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20.71.3

यः कुक्षिः सोमपातमः समुद्र इव पिन्वते ।
उर्वीर् आपो न काकुदः ॥

yaḥ kukṣiḥ somapātamaḥ samudra iva pinvate ।
urvīr āpo na kākudaḥ ॥

Indra, the sun, is the womb of life, it feeds and promotes the life-giving vegetation. Just as the sea and the space-ocean of vapours augment the waters, the wide earth generates and promotes life, the throat cavity sustains prana, and prana promotes speech, so does the sun nourish and promote life, soma and joy.

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20.71.4

एवा ह्य् अस्य सूनृता विरप्शी गोमती मही ।
पक्वा शाखा न दाशुषे ॥

evā hy asya sūnṛtā virapśī gomatī mahī ।
pakvā śākhā na dāśuṣe ॥

Verily the Divine Voice of Indra, Supreme Lord of Omniscience, is Shabda Brahma, the richest treasure of eternal truth, generous mother of the language of existence and great. It is an abundant branch of the divine tree laden with ripe fruit for the faithful devotee and yajnic giver.

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20.71.5

एवा हि ते विभूतय ऊतय इन्द्र मावते ।
सद्यश् चित् सन्ति दाशुषे ॥

evā hi te vibhūtaya ūtaya indra māvate ।
sadyaś cit santi dāśuṣe ॥

Indra, lord omnipresent, omniscient and omnipotent, such are your wondrous works and attributes, such are your powers, protections and promotions, of life, knowledge and happiness for a person like me. They are ever abundant for the faithful and generous devotee dedicated to love and service.

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20.71.6

एवा ह्य् अस्य काम्या स्तोम उक्थं च शंस्या ।
इन्द्राय सोमपीतये ॥

evā hy asya kāmyā stoma ukthaṃ ca śaṃsyā ।
indrāya somapītaye ॥

Such are the songs of praise, adoration and celebration of this lord of life, light and power, sweet, enchanting and elevating, offered in honour of Indra, creator, protector and promoter of life and its joy.

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20.71.7

इन्द्रेहि मत्स्य् अन्धसो विश्वेभिः सोमपर्वभिः ।
महां अभिष्टिर् ओजसा ॥

indrehi matsy andhaso viśvebhiḥ somaparvabhiḥ ।
mahāṃ abhiṣṭir ojasā ॥

Indra, lord of light and life, come with all the soma-celebrations of food, energy and joy, great as you are with majesty, power and splendour omnipresent, and give us the ecstasy of living with enlightenment.

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20.71.8

एम् एनं सृजता सुते मन्दिम् इन्द्राय मन्दिने ।
चक्रिं विश्वानि चक्रये ॥

em enaṃ sṛjatā sute mandim indrāya mandine ।
cakriṃ viśvāni cakraye ॥

Scholars of eminence, in this world of Indra’s yajnic creation, come up for the sake of joyous humanity and accomplish all those works of creation and construction which are needed for its prosperity and well-being.

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20.71.9

मत्स्वा सुशिप्र मन्दिभि स्तोमेभिर् विश्वचर्षणे ।
सचैषु सवनेष्व् आ ॥

matsvā suśipra mandibhi stomebhir viśvacarṣaṇe ।
sacaiṣu savaneṣv ā ॥

Indra, Lord omniscient of universal presence, light and vision, with joyous songs of praise and celebration we invoke you and dedicate ourselves to you as our constant friend and guide. Come lord, and give us the bliss of existence in our yajnic acts of creation.

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20.71.10

असृग्रम् इन्द्र ते गिरः प्रति त्वाम् उद् अहासत ।
अजोषा वृषभं पतिम् ॥

asṛgram indra te giraḥ prati tvām ud ahāsata ।
ajoṣā vṛṣabhaṃ patim ॥

Indra, lord of light and splendour, the songs of divinity reveal and manifest you in your glory, protector of the universe and generous rain-giver of favours and kindness. And I too, in response, celebrate your magnificence and magnanimity without satiety.

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20.71.11

सम् चोदय चित्रम् अर्वाग् राध इन्द्र वरेण्यम् ।
असद् इत् ते विभु प्रभु ॥

sam codaya citram arvāg rādha indra vareṇyam ।
asad it te vibhu prabhu ॥

Indra, lord of light and glory, creator giver of wondrous beauty, wealth and joy, infinite, mighty and supreme, whatever is worthy of choice in the world of your creation, grant us here and now.

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20.71.12

अस्मान्त् सु तत्र चोदयेन्द्र राये रभस्वतः ।
तुविद्युम्न यशस्वतः ॥

asmānt su tatra codayendra rāye rabhasvataḥ ।
tuvidyumna yaśasvataḥ ॥

Indra, lord of light and infinite power, guide and inspire us on way to the wealth of life and divinity, zealous seekers of love, honour and excellence as we are.

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20.71.13

सं गोमद् इन्द्र वाजवद् अस्मे पृथु श्रवो बृहत् ।
विश्वायुर् धेह्य् अक्षितम् ॥

saṃ gomad indra vājavad asme pṛthu śravo bṛhat ।
viśvāyur dhehy akṣitam ॥

Indra, infinite lord of life and light, wealth and honour, grant us a full life of knowledge and divine speech, wealth of food and energy, great reputation, high and inexhaustible honour, and the vision of Infinity.

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20.71.14

अस्मे धेहि श्रवो बृहद् द्युम्नं सहस्रसातमम् ।
इन्द्र ता रथिनीर् इषः ॥

asme dhehi śravo bṛhad dyumnaṃ sahasrasātamam ।
indra tā rathinīr iṣaḥ ॥

Indra, lord of honour, wealth and power, grant us great honour and knowledge, wealth and happiness of a thousand sort, a strong economy and a mighty force of chariots (moving on land and sea and in the air).

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20.71.15

वसोर् इन्द्रम् वसुपतिं गीर्भिर् गृणन्त ऋग्मियम् ।
होम गन्तारम् ऊतये ॥

vasor indram vasupatiṃ gīrbhir gṛṇanta ṛgmiyam ।
homa gantāram ūtaye ॥

For our defence, protection and advancement, we invoke and celebrate in song with homage, Indra, lord protector of wealth, ruler of the earth, fire, breath and other sustainers of life, self-revealed and honoured in Rks, and the immanent ruler and mover of everything.

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20.71.16

सुतेसुते न्योकसे बृहद् बृहत एद् अरिः ।
इन्द्राय शूषम् अर्चति ॥

sutesute nyokase bṛhad bṛhata ed ariḥ ।
indrāya śūṣam arcati ॥

Even if a person is opposed to faith in Indra and is an enemy of the pious, but (on repentance) offers sincere homage to Him, Great Lord and universal home and haven of everything of the world, worshipped in every act of piety, he is saved. (ii) The pious, and even impious, if one offers homage to Him, Great Lord who is the haven and home of everything in the world, worshipped in every act of piety, he is saved.

Atharvaveda 20.72 · 3 mantras

20.72.1

विश्वेषु हि त्वा सवनेषु तुञ्जते समानम् एकं वृषमण्यवः पृथक् स्वः सनिष्यवः पृथक् ।
तं त्वा नावं न पर्षणिं शूषस्य धुरि धीमहि ।
इन्द्रं न यज्ञैश् चतयन्त आयव स्तोमेभिर् इन्द्रम् आयवः ॥

viśveṣu hi tvā savaneṣu tuñjate samānam ekaṃ vṛṣamaṇyavaḥ pṛthak svaḥ saniṣyavaḥ pṛthak ।
taṃ tvā nāvaṃ na parṣaṇiṃ śūṣasya dhuri dhīmahi ।
indraṃ na yajñaiś catayanta āyava stomebhir indram āyavaḥ ॥

In all their yajnic projects of creation and development and in their acts of piety, all the liberal minded people and all seekers of heavenly bliss, individually as well as together, serve you and abide by you, sole one universal lord of existence. To the same one lord, we too belong, and we too love, meditate on and serve you. Lord, with faith as the very centre of cosmic energy and as the saviour ship for crossing over the ocean of existence. All the people bom and living on earth in their mortal existence and all the stars and planets in their songs and dance of adoration serve and worship the Lord as Indra, light of the world like the sun.

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20.72.2

वि त्वा ततस्रे मिथुना अवस्यवो व्रजस्य साता गव्यस्य निःसृजः सक्षन्त इन्द्र निःसृजः ।
यद् गव्यन्ता द्वा जना स्वर् यन्ता समूहसि ।
आविष् करिक्रद् वृषणं सचाभुवं वज्रम् इन्द्र सचाभुवम् ॥

vi tvā tatasre mithunā avasyavo vrajasya sātā gavyasya niḥsṛjaḥ sakṣanta indra niḥsṛjaḥ ।
yad gavyantā dvā janā svar yantā samūhasi ।
āviṣ karikrad vṛṣaṇaṃ sacābhuvaṃ vajram indra sacābhuvam ॥

Indra, lord of might and prosperity, wedded couples, keen for protection and advancement, united with you and going out in pursuit of their efforts to promote the wealth of cows, development of land and related knowledge, extend your glory and eliminate their want and suffering, since you inspire and exhort both men and women going out and achieving the light and joy of life, when you open out and wield for action the thunderbolt of justice and protection, so generous, promotive and friendly to you and the people.

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20.72.3

उतो नो अस्या उषसो जुषेत ह्य् अर्कस्य बोधि हविषो हवीमभिः स्वर्षाता हवीमभिः ।
यद् इन्द्र हन्तवे मृघो वृषा वज्रिं चिकेतसि ।
आ मे अस्य वेधसो नवीयसो मन्म श्रुधि नवीयसः ॥

uto no asyā uṣaso juṣeta hy arkasya bodhi haviṣo havīmabhiḥ svarṣātā havīmabhiḥ ।
yad indra hantave mṛgho vṛṣā vajriṃ ciketasi ।
ā me asya vedhaso navīyaso manma śrudhi navīyasaḥ ॥

Indra, lord of light, now listen and accept this our joyous celebration of the light of the dawn, know this prayer and, O shower of light and joy, accept our invocation and holy offerings since, O wielder of the thunderbolt, lord of generosity, you keep awake for us for the elimination of violence. Listen to this newest prayer of mine made in full knowledge in worship, listen and accept this latest thought and petition.

Atharvaveda 20.73 · 6 mantras

20.73.1

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

tubhyed imā savanā śūra viśvā tubhyaṃ brahmāṇi vardhanā kṛṇomi ।
tvaṃ nṛbhir havyo viśvadhāsi ॥

O lord of honour and excellence, wise and brave, all these yajnic acts of service and adoration are for you. All these acts of holy creation and development for progress I do, are for your honour and majesty. You are the ruler and sustainer of the world, accepted and adorable for the leading people of the world.

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20.73.2

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

nū cin nu te manyamānasya dasmod aśnuvanti mahimānam ugra ।
na vīryam indra te na rādhaḥ ॥

Indra, lord of blazing splendour, destroyer of suffering and darkness, adored by the world, the people of the world acknowledge your grandeur but they comprehend it not, much less equal and surpass. Nor can they surpass, equal or even comprehend your power and potential or your munificence.

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20.73.3

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

pra vo mahe mahivṛdhe bharadhvaṃ pracetase pra sumatiṃ kṛṇudhvam ।
viśaḥ pūrvīḥ pra carā carṣaṇiprāḥ ॥

Bear and bring homage, assistance and cooperation and offer positive thoughts and advice to Indra, your leader and ruler. Great is he, promoter of great people and the common wealth, and a leader wideawake with deep and distant foresight. O leader and ruler of the land, be good to the settled ancient people and take care of the farming communities and other professionals so that all feel happy and fulfilled without frustration.

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20.73.4

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

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

When Indra, glorious lord ruler of the world rides his golden chariot of state which complementary forces draw on the course with the energy of solar rays in nature and the light and loyalty of leading citizens in society, then he is celebrated as universal master of the common wealth and the ruler and protector of lasting power, prosperity and honour of the world.3. When Indra, glorious lord ruler of the world rides his golden chariot of state which complementary forces draw on the course with the energy of solar rays in nature and the light and loyalty of leading citizens in society, then he is celebrated as universal master of the common wealth and the ruler and protector of lasting power, prosperity and honour of the world.

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20.73.5

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

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

The real shower is that when with his own essential lustre and with his complementary forces Indra sprinkles and fills the waving greenery on earth with life energy, when the divine presence pervades happy homes and weaves them into a happy web of life on earth with sweets of life, vibrates with power and shakes contradictory forces as the storm shakes the forest.4. The real shower is that when with his own essential lustre and with his complementary forces Indra sprinkles and fills the waving greenery on earth with life energy, when the divine presence pervades happy homes and weaves them into a happy web of life on earth with sweets of life, vibrates with power and shakes contradictory forces as the storm shakes the forest.

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20.73.6

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

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

Atharvaveda 20.74 · 7 mantras

20.74.1

यच् चिद् धि सत्य सोमपा अनाशस्ता इव स्मसि ।
आ तू न इन्द्र शंसय गोष्व् अश्वेषु शुभ्रिषु सहस्रेषु तुवीमघ ॥

yac cid dhi satya somapā anāśastā iva smasi ।
ā tū na indra śaṃsaya goṣv aśveṣu śubhriṣu sahasreṣu tuvīmagha ॥

Indra, lord of glory, eternal and imperishable, protector and promoter of soma, beauty and prosperity of life, if ever we are found wanting (for our acts of omission or commission), graciously help us repair, rehabilitate and re-establish in a splendid world of a thousand cows and horses (in a state of good health and a sound economy of plenty and progress).

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20.74.2

शिप्रिन् वाजानां पते शचीवस् तव दंसना ।
आ तू न इन्द्र शंसय गोष्व् अश्वेषु शुभ्रिषु सहस्रेषु तुवीमघ ॥

śiprin vājānāṃ pate śacīvas tava daṃsanā ।
ā tū na indra śaṃsaya goṣv aśveṣu śubhriṣu sahasreṣu tuvīmagha ॥

Indra, lord of glory, giver of secular and sacred wealth and well-being, protector and supporter of our struggle for progress and prosperity, master of man-power and great action, by virtue of the divine voice and under your presence and protection, bless us to rise to a splendid state of thousand-fold good health of sound sense and knowledge and speedy progress in prosperity, transport and communication.

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20.74.3

नि ष्वापया मिथूदृशा सस्ताम् अबुध्यमाने ।
आ तू न इन्द्र शंसय गोष्व् अश्वेषु शुभ्रिषु सहस्रेषु तुवीमघ ॥

ni ṣvāpayā mithūdṛśā sastām abudhyamāne ।
ā tū na indra śaṃsaya goṣv aśveṣu śubhriṣu sahasreṣu tuvīmagha ॥

Indra, glorious lord of vitality, vision and will to live, eliminate the phantom of illusion and sloth of body and mind which mislead and depress, and let us awake and rise to a splendid state of a thousand-fold brilliance of knowledge, generous prosperity and fast advancement.

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20.74.4

ससन्तु त्या अरातयो बोधन्तु शूर रातयः ।
आ तू न इन्द्र शंसय गोष्व् अश्वेषु शुभ्रिषु सहस्रेषु तुवीमघ ॥

sasantu tyā arātayo bodhantu śūra rātayaḥ ।
ā tū na indra śaṃsaya goṣv aśveṣu śubhriṣu sahasreṣu tuvīmagha ॥

Indra, lord of glory, heroic strength and courage, let adversities go to sleep and breathe out, let good fortunes awake and prosper, and let us advance and establish in an admirable state of thousand-fold wealth and generosity, cows and horses.

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20.74.5

सम् इन्द्र गर्दभं मृण नुवन्तं पपयामुया ।
आ तू न इन्द्र शंसय गोष्व् अश्वेषु शुभ्रिषु सहस्रेषु तुवीमघ ॥

sam indra gardabhaṃ mṛṇa nuvantaṃ papayāmuyā ।
ā tū na indra śaṃsaya goṣv aśveṣu śubhriṣu sahasreṣu tuvīmagha ॥

Indra, glorious lord of justice and power, upholder of truth and Dharma, discriminate and throw out that boaster shouting his praises with that vile intention of his and help us establish ourselves in a splendid state of thousand-fold purity and truth with wealth of cows and horses.

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20.74.6

पताति कुण्डृणाच्या दूरं वातो वनाद् अधि ।
आ तू न इन्द्र शंसय गोष्व् अश्वेषु शुभ्रिषु सहस्रेषु तुवीमघ ॥

patāti kuṇḍṛṇācyā dūraṃ vāto vanād adhi ।
ā tū na indra śaṃsaya goṣv aśveṣu śubhriṣu sahasreṣu tuvīmagha ॥

The wind blows over the forest and clusters of lotus, over and across the world and soars high with the rays of light in waves up and down. Indra, lord of light and winds, commanding the wealth of the worlds, inspire and establish us in a splendid state of thousand beauties, generosities of the cow and mother earth and the speed of winds.

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20.74.7

सर्वं परिक्रोशं जहि जम्भया कृकदाश्वम् ।
आ तू न इन्द्र शंसय गोष्व् अश्वेषु शुभ्रिषु सहस्रेषु तुवीमघ ॥

sarvaṃ parikrośaṃ jahi jambhayā kṛkadāśvam ।
ā tū na indra śaṃsaya goṣv aśveṣu śubhriṣu sahasreṣu tuvīmagha ॥

Indra, lord of the world’s wealth and glory, silence the wail of lamentations, crush the spirit of evil, and inspire and establish us in a splendid state of thousand-fold purity of conduct, free dominion over the earth and meteoric speed of progress and attainment.

Atharvaveda 20.75 · 3 mantras

20.75.1

वि त्वा ततस्रे मिथुना अवस्यवो व्रजस्य साता गव्यस्य निःसृजः सक्षन्त इन्द्र निःसृजः ।
यद् गव्यन्त द्वा जना स्वर् यन्ता समूहसि ।
आविष् करिक्रद् वृषणं सचाभुवं वज्रम् इन्द्र सचाभुवम् ॥

vi tvā tatasre mithunā avasyavo vrajasya sātā gavyasya niḥsṛjaḥ sakṣanta indra niḥsṛjaḥ ।
yad gavyanta dvā janā svar yantā samūhasi ।
āviṣ karikrad vṛṣaṇaṃ sacābhuvaṃ vajram indra sacābhuvam ॥

Indra, lord of might and prosperity, wedded couples, keen for protection and advancement, united with you and going out in pursuit of their efforts to promote the wealth of cows, development of land and related knowledge, extend your glory and eliminate their want and suffering, since you inspire and exhort both men and women going out and achieving the light and joy of life when you open out and wield for action the thunderbolt of justice and protection, so generous, promotive and friendly to you and the people.

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20.75.2

विदुष् टे अस्य वीर्यस्य पूरवः पुरो यद् इन्द्र शारदीर् अवातिरः सासहानो अवातिरः ।
शासस् तम् इन्द्र मर्त्यम् अयजुं शवसस् पते ।
महीम् अमुष्णाः पृथिवीम् इमा अपो मन्दसान इमा अपः ॥

viduṣ ṭe asya vīryasya pūravaḥ puro yad indra śāradīr avātiraḥ sāsahāno avātiraḥ ।
śāsas tam indra martyam ayajuṃ śavasas pate ।
mahīm amuṣṇāḥ pṛthivīm imā apo mandasāna imā apaḥ ॥

Indra, lord of power and management, the people would know and realise your usual power and valour when you, bold and challenging, would overcome the autumnal and wintry problems of life and society, reclaim the habitations, control the rivers, and restore total civic normalcy after rains, when, O lord of law and power, you tame the man who is selfish, possessive, uncreative, uncooperative and unyajnic, and when, happy at heart and creating the pleasure and joy of life, you release the great earth, release these waters and relieve these creative and cooperative people.

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20.75.3

आद् इत् ते अस्य वीर्यस्य चर्किरन् मदेषु वृषन्न् उशिजो यद् आविथ सखीयतो यद् आविथ ।
चकर्थ कारम् एभ्यः पृतनासु प्रवन्तवे ।
ते अन्यामन्यां नद्यं सनिष्णत श्रवस्यन्तः सनिष्णत ॥

ād it te asya vīryasya carkiran madeṣu vṛṣann uśijo yad āvitha sakhīyato yad āvitha ।
cakartha kāram ebhyaḥ pṛtanāsu pravantave ।
te anyāmanyāṃ nadyaṃ saniṣṇata śravasyantaḥ saniṣṇata ॥

Indra, lord of generosity, people loving and dedicated to you in their moods of joy praise and celebrate this valour and justice of yours, since you protect and promote them, yes, promote and advance them, so friendly to you and to all as they are. You work wonders for them in their battles of life and production for proper distribution and participation while they, desiring their share of food and wealth, rightfully hope to gain one thing after another of the flow of national wealth.

Atharvaveda 20.76 · 8 mantras

20.76.1

वने न वा यो न्य् अधायि चाक्रं छुचिर् वां स्तोमो भुरणाव् अजीगः ।
यस्येद् इन्द्रः पुरुदिनेषु होता नृणां नर्वो नृतमः क्षपावान् ॥

vane na vā yo ny adhāyi cākraṃ chucir vāṃ stomo bhuraṇāv ajīgaḥ ।
yasyed indraḥ purudineṣu hotā nṛṇāṃ narvo nṛtamaḥ kṣapāvān ॥

Like the baby bird placed in the nest on the tree, waiting and watching for the mother bird, and the mother bird arriving, may this song of love and purity reach you, O complementary powers of light, Ashvins, the song, of which Indra, ruler of the world, is the inspirer and deity, manliest leader of men, who rules over the day and night of human activity. 1. Like the baby bird placed in the nest on the tree, waiting and watching for the mother bird, and the mother bird arriving, may this song of love and purity reach you, O complementary powers of light, Ashvins, the song, of which Indra, ruler of the world, is the inspirer and deity, manliest leader of men, who rules over the day and night of human activity.

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20.76.2

प्र ते अस्या उषसः प्रापरस्या नृतौ स्याम नृतम् अस्य नृणाम् ।
अनु त्रिशोकः शतम् आवहन् नॄन् कुत्सेन रथो यो असत् ससवान् ॥

pra te asyā uṣasaḥ prāparasyā nṛtau syāma nṛtam asya nṛṇām ।
anu triśokaḥ śatam āvahan nṝn kutsena ratho yo asat sasavān ॥

Indra, ruler of the world, manliest leader of the leaders of humanity, lord of triple splendour of knowledge, action and spiritual advancement, who command a hundred heroes by virtue of power and thunder, source of peace, advancement and bliss, may we ever abide in the light and joy of the dawn of today and of other days to come in our course of life.2. Indra, ruler of the world, manliest leader of the leaders of humanity, lord of triple splendour of knowledge, action and spiritual advancement, who command a hundred heroes by virtue of power and thunder, source of peace, advancement and bliss, may we ever abide in the light and joy of the dawn of today and of other days to come in our course of life.

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20.76.3

कस् ते मद इन्द्र रन्त्यो भूद् दुरो गिरो अभ्य् उग्रो वि धाव ।
कद् वाहो अर्वाग् उप मा मनीषा आ त्वा शक्याम् उपमम् राधो अन्नैः ॥

kas te mada indra rantyo bhūd duro giro abhy ugro vi dhāva ।
kad vāho arvāg upa mā manīṣā ā tvā śakyām upamam rādho annaiḥ ॥

What is the most exhilarating song of prayer and presentation dear to you? O lustrous lord of force and power, come to us by the doors of yajna in response to our songs of invocation. Harbinger of power and peace, when shall I see you face to face? When will my prayer be fruitful? When shall I be able to regale you with homage and adoration, most eminent master and ruler? What is the most exhilarating song of prayer and presentation dear to you? O lustrous lord of force and power, come to us by the doors of yajna in response to our songs of invocation. Harbinger of power and peace, when shall I see you face to face? When will my prayer be fruitful? When shall I be able to regale you with homage and adoration, most eminent master and ruler?

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20.76.4

कद् उ द्युम्नम् इन्द्र त्वावतो नॄन् कया धिया करसे कन् न आगन् ।
मित्रो न सत्य उरुगाय भृत्या अन्ने समस्य यद् असन् मनीषाः ॥

kad u dyumnam indra tvāvato nṝn kayā dhiyā karase kan na āgan ।
mitro na satya urugāya bhṛtyā anne samasya yad asan manīṣāḥ ॥

Indra, when shall we have the light, power and honour of prosperity in life? What is that order of intelligence by which you transform humans to divine consciousness of your presence? When would you reveal your presence to us in direct experience? O lord adorable ever true as friend, when would our thoughts and actions be fruitful and win your favour of food, sustenance and stability for all mankind in peace and prosperity? Indra, when shall we have the light, power and honour of prosperity in life? What is that order of intelligence by which you transform humans to divine consciousness of your presence? When would you reveal your presence to us in direct experience? O lord adorable ever true as friend, when would our thoughts and actions be fruitful and win your favour of food, sustenance and stability for all mankind in peace and

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20.76.5

प्रेरय सूरो अर्थं न पारं ये अस्य कामं जनिधा इव ग्मन् ।
गिरश् च ये ते तुविजात पूर्वीर् नर इन्द्र प्रतिशिक्षन्त्य् अन्नैः ॥

preraya sūro arthaṃ na pāraṃ ye asya kāmaṃ janidhā iva gman ।
giraś ca ye te tuvijāta pūrvīr nara indra pratiśikṣanty annaiḥ ॥

Indra, like the sun that leads from darkness to light, inspire and lead humanity to the attainment of their desire for freedom across the world, all who entertain this ambition like their love for home life earlier. O lord of infinite manifestation, bless all those people who adore you with songs of universal exhortation, who guide others to sing and pray with universal voice, and who offer homage to divinity with foods and charity in various forms. Indra, like the sun that leads from darkness to light, inspire and lead humanity to the attainment of their desire for freedom across the world, all who entertain this ambition like their love for home life earlier. O lord of infinite manifestation, bless all those people who adore you with songs of universal exhortation, who guide others to sing and pray with universal voice, and who offer homage to divinity with foods and charity in various forms.

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20.76.6

मात्रे नु ते सुमिते इन्द्र पूर्वी द्यौर् मज्मना पृथिवी काव्येन ।
वराय ते घृतवन्तः सुतासः स्वाद्नन् भवन्तु पीतये मधूनि ॥

mātre nu te sumite indra pūrvī dyaur majmanā pṛthivī kāvyena ।
varāya te ghṛtavantaḥ sutāsaḥ svādnan bhavantu pītaye madhūni ॥

O Indra, lord omniscient and omnipotent, Mother Earth and the heaven of light, both ancient and eternal in the existential cycle, are created in excellent measure of form and function by your vision and power. May the delicious and refined honey drinks of soma and sumptuous foods gifted by sun and earth be exhilarating and delightful for noble humanity and for their yajnic homage to you. O Indra, lord omniscient and omnipotent, mother earth and the heaven of light, both ancient and eternal in the existential cycle, are created in excellent measure of form and function by your vision and power. May the delicious and refined honey drinks of soma and sumptuous foods gifted by sun and earth be exhilarating and delightful for noble humanity and for their yajnic homage to you.

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20.76.7

आ मध्वो अस्मा असिचन्न् अमत्रम् इन्द्राय पूर्णं स हि सत्यराधाः ।
स वावृधे वरिमन्न् आ पृथिव्या अभि क्रत्वा नर्यः पौंस्यैश् च ॥

ā madhvo asmā asicann amatram indrāya pūrṇaṃ sa hi satyarādhāḥ ।
sa vāvṛdhe varimann ā pṛthivyā abhi kratvā naryaḥ pauṃsyaiś ca ॥

Let us offer the honey sweet bowl of our heart and soul overflowing with love and faith to Indra who is truly magnificent and munificent. He is the benevolent guide of humanity and supreme leader of leaders and by his powers, potentials and creative actions manifests higher and exalted over the expansive earth and space. Let us offer the honey sweet bowl of our heart and soul overflowing with love and faith to Indra who is truly magnificent and munificent. He is the benevolent guide of humanity and supreme leader of leaders and by his powers, potentials and creative actions manifests higher and exalted over the expansive earth and space.

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20.76.8

व्य् आनळ् इन्द्रः पृतनाः स्वोजा आस्मै यतन्ते सख्याय पूर्वीः ।
आ स्मा रथं न पृतनासु तिष्ठ यं भद्रया सुमत्या चोदयासे ॥

vy ānaḷ indraḥ pṛtanāḥ svojā āsmai yatante sakhyāya pūrvīḥ ।
ā smā rathaṃ na pṛtanāsu tiṣṭha yaṃ bhadrayā sumatyā codayāse ॥

Indra, lord of holy light and lustre, pervades the peoples’ heart and soul within and joins them in their struggles in the world outside. The best of people since time immemorial try to win his love and friendship with homage, prayer and meditation. O lord of cosmic chariot, ruler of the world, come to us to bless us and our social order like a master of the chariot among people whom you inspire and bless with clear intelligence, noble ambition and holy enthusiasm in the right direction. Indra, lord of holy light and lustre, pervades the peoples’ heart and soul within and joins them in their struggles in the world outside. The best of people since time immemorial try to win his love and friendship with homage, prayer and meditation. O lord of cosmic chariot, ruler of the world, come to us to bless us and our social order like a master of the chariot among people whom you inspire and bless with clear intelligence, noble ambition and holy enthusiasm in the right direction.

Atharvaveda 20.77 · 8 mantras

20.77.1

आ सत्यो यातु मघवां ऋजीषी द्रवन्त्व् अस्य हरय उप नः ।
तस्मा इद् अन्धः सुषुमा सुदक्षम् इहाभिपित्वं करते गृणानः ॥

ā satyo yātu maghavāṃ ṛjīṣī dravantv asya haraya upa naḥ ।
tasmā id andhaḥ suṣumā sudakṣam ihābhipitvaṃ karate gṛṇānaḥ ॥

May Indra, lord ruler of the world, ever true, mighty bounteous and ever righteous in natural ways, come to us. May his men and powers hasten to us to help and bless. For his sake we produce energising food and distil exciting soma. Praised and appreciated and praising and appreciating, he provides us all with sustenance and protection in this world order.

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20.77.2

अव स्य शूराध्वनो नान्ते ऽस्मिन् नो अद्य सवने मन्दध्यै ।
शंसात्य् उक्थम् उशनेव वेधाश् चिकितुषे असुर्याय मन्म ॥

ava sya śūrādhvano nānte 'smin no adya savane mandadhyai ।
śaṃsāty uktham uśaneva vedhāś cikituṣe asuryāya manma ॥

Indra, such as you are, guard us in this yajnic programme of holy living so that we may enjoy life and you too be happy with us. Guard us, pray, O Ruler, as you would the boundaries of the path of progress. Forsake us not till the end. The wise celebrant like a poet and lover sings songs of adoration and speaks words of wisdom to enlighten the simple innocents eager to learn and pray.

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20.77.3

कविर् न निण्यं विदथानि साधन् वृषा यत् सेकं विपिपानो अर्चात् ।
दिव इत्था जीजनत् सप्त कारून् अह्ना चिच् चक्रुर् वयुना गृणन्तः ॥

kavir na niṇyaṃ vidathāni sādhan vṛṣā yat sekaṃ vipipāno arcāt ।
diva itthā jījanat sapta kārūn ahnā cic cakrur vayunā gṛṇantaḥ ॥

The generous man of might and vision accomplishing the performance of various yajnas of science, like a poet, receiving mysteriously but surely the shower of light from above, preserving it with reverence and advancing it, creates knowledge from the light above, and then the scholars, admiring and pursuing it further by day, create seven kinds of science and technology and raise seven orders of scientists and technologists. (The mantra suggests the science of spectrum and development of light technology.)

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20.77.4

स्वर् यद् वेदि सुदृशीकम् अर्कैर् महि ज्योती रुरुचुर् यद् ध वस्तोः ।
अन्धा तमांसि दुधिता विचक्षे नृभ्यश् चकार नृतमो अभिष्टौ ॥

svar yad vedi sudṛśīkam arkair mahi jyotī rurucur yad dha vastoḥ ।
andhā tamāṃsi dudhitā vicakṣe nṛbhyaś cakāra nṛtamo abhiṣṭau ॥

The heavenly light and paradisal bliss that is revealed by the reflections of knowledge and radiations of the sun, the greatness and sublimity of ultimate reality that is revealed and shines as the dawn of the day, the impenetrable layers of darkness that are laid open and bare, all that, Indra, the best of men and highest of leaders and divinities, does for the sake of humanity for their highest good so that all may see and admire.

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20.77.5

ववक्ष इन्द्रो अमितम् ऋजिष्य् उभे आ पप्रौ रोदसी महित्वा ।
अतश् चिद् अस्य महिमा वि रेच्य् अभि यो विश्वा भुवना बभूव ॥

vavakṣa indro amitam ṛjiṣy ubhe ā paprau rodasī mahitvā ।
ataś cid asya mahimā vi recy abhi yo viśvā bhuvanā babhūva ॥

Indra, lord supreme of nature and Rtam, the law of nature, wields and sustains both heaven and earth, immeasurable though they are. He pervades both and transcends them with his power and grandeur. For this very reason, his power and grandeur too exceeds everything else of the universe since he pervades, transcends and presides over all the regions of the universe in existence.

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20.77.6

विश्वानि शक्रो नर्याणि विद्वान् अपो रिरेच सखिभिर् निकामैः ।
अश्मानं चिद् ये बिभिदुर् वचोभिर् व्रजम् गोमन्तम् उशिजो वि वव्रुः ॥

viśvāni śakro naryāṇi vidvān apo rireca sakhibhir nikāmaiḥ ।
aśmānaṃ cid ye bibhidur vacobhir vrajam gomantam uśijo vi vavruḥ ॥

Indra, world ruler, commanding knowledge and power, exhausts all the possibilities of human action with his dedicated friends who, even with words of command, break down adamantine resistance and, passionate for action, open up and reveal the hidden treasures of wealth and energy of nations, like cowherds releasing cows from the stalls or winds breaking the clouds and releasing the waters.

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20.77.7

अपो वृत्रं वव्रिवांसं पराहन् प्रावत् ते वज्रं पृथिवी सचेताः ।
प्रार्णांसि समुद्रियाण्य् ऐनोः पतिर् भवं छवसा शूर धृष्णो ॥

apo vṛtraṃ vavrivāṃsaṃ parāhan prāvat te vajraṃ pṛthivī sacetāḥ ।
prārṇāṃsi samudriyāṇy ainoḥ patir bhavaṃ chavasā śūra dhṛṣṇo ॥

Indra, ruler of the world, just as, when thunderous rays of the sun break the dark cloud holding waters of rain, the earth rejoices and rivers flow to the sea, so O mighty one, all-aware and intrepidable hero, be the master protector and promoter ruler with your strength and power and, by virtue of the centrifugal force of your power and law, break open the dark strongholds of energy and action, and let the freedom and vitality of humanity flow in action unto the ocean of eternal Divinity.

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20.77.8

अपो यद् अद्रिं पुरुहूत दर्दर् आविर् भुवत् सरमा पूर्व्यं ते ।
स नो नेता वाजम् आ दर्षि भूरिं गोत्रा रुजन्न् अङ्गिरोभिर् गृणानः ॥

apo yad adriṃ puruhūta dardar āvir bhuvat saramā pūrvyaṃ te ।
sa no netā vājam ā darṣi bhūriṃ gotrā rujann aṅgirobhir gṛṇānaḥ ॥

Indra, universal celebrity, when you break the cloud of hoarded potentials and your simple and straight policy of governance and administration comes into full view on earth, then you, such leader and commander of ours, sung and celebrated by scholars and scientists, manifest your power and policy further and break open the many centre-holds of human intelligence and social energy.

Atharvaveda 20.78 · 3 mantras

20.78.1

तद् वो गाय सुते सचा पुरुहूताय सत्वने ।
शं यद् गवे न शाकिने ॥

tad vo gāya sute sacā puruhūtāya satvane ।
śaṃ yad gave na śākine ॥

In your soma yajna in the business of the world of the lord’s creation, sing together songs of homage in honour of the universally adored, ever true and eternal almighty Indra, songs which may be as pleasing to the mighty lord as to the seeker and the celebrant.

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20.78.2

न घा वसुर् नि यमते दानं वाजस्य गोमतः ।
यत् सीम् उप श्रवद् गिरः ॥

na ghā vasur ni yamate dānaṃ vājasya gomataḥ ।
yat sīm upa śravad giraḥ ॥

And surely the lord giver of settlement and gifts of knowledge, power and speedy progress does not withhold the gifts since he closely hears the prayers of the devotee and responds.

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20.78.3

कुवित्सस्य प्र हि व्रजं गोमन्तं दस्युहा गमत् ।
शचीभिर् अप नो वरत् ॥

kuvitsasya pra hi vrajaṃ gomantaṃ dasyuhā gamat ।
śacībhir apa no varat ॥

May the lord destroyer of evil, negativity and poverty visit the homestead of the prayerful devotee blest with lands, cows and divine knowledge and open up the flood gates of wealth, power and divine grace for us with his vision and powers.

Atharvaveda 20.79 · 2 mantras

20.79.1

इन्द्र क्रतुं न आ भर पिता पुत्रेभ्यो यथा ।
शिक्षा णो अस्मिन् पुरुहूत यामनि जीवा ज्योतिर् अशीमहि ॥

indra kratuṃ na ā bhara pitā putrebhyo yathā ।
śikṣā ṇo asmin puruhūta yāmani jīvā jyotir aśīmahi ॥

Bring us the divine vision, will and intelligence as father does for his children. O lord universally invoked and worshipped, instruct us as a teacher at this present time so that we, ordinary souls, may have the new light of life and living experience of Divinity.

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20.79.2

मा नो अज्ञाता वृजना दुराध्यो माशिवासो अव क्रमुः ।
त्वया वयं प्रवतः शश्वतीर् अपो ऽति शूर तरामसि ॥

mā no ajñātā vṛjanā durādhyo māśivāso ava kramuḥ ।
tvayā vayaṃ pravataḥ śaśvatīr apo 'ti śūra tarāmasi ॥

O Lord Almighty beyond fear, let not the ignorant and unknown, crooked intriguers, evil designers, and malevolent opponents in ambush attack us on way to you. May we, guided, directed and protected by you, cross the universal streams of life rushing down the slopes of time.

Atharvaveda 20.80 · 2 mantras

20.80.1

इन्द्र ज्येष्ठं न आ भरं ओजिष्ठं पपुरि श्रवः ।
येनेमे चित्र वज्रहस्त रोदसी ओभे सुशिप्र प्राः ॥

indra jyeṣṭhaṃ na ā bharaṃ ojiṣṭhaṃ papuri śravaḥ ।
yeneme citra vajrahasta rodasī obhe suśipra prāḥ ॥

Indra, lord of noblest virtue and knowledge, bear and bring us that best and most lustrous food for the nourishment of body and mind by which, O wondrous hero of golden helmet and wielder of thunder in hand, you may reach both this earth and this sky upto the heaven.

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20.80.2

त्वाम् उग्रम् अवसे चर्षणीसहं राजन् देवेषु हूमहे ।
विश्वा सु नो विथुरा पिब्दना वसो ऽमित्रान् सुषहान् कृधि ॥

tvām ugram avase carṣaṇīsahaṃ rājan deveṣu hūmahe ।
viśvā su no vithurā pibdanā vaso 'mitrān suṣahān kṛdhi ॥

For our defence and protection, O ruler, of all the brilliant, generous and mighty powers, we invoke you, illustrious challenger of the enemies of humanity. O lord giver of peace and settlement in security, crush and scatter the obdurate negative forces within and outside, and turn the opponents into friends and unquestionable supporters.

Atharvaveda 20.81 · 2 mantras

20.81.1

यद् द्याव इन्द्र ते शतं शतं भूमिर् उत स्युः ।
न त्वा वज्रिन्त् सहस्रं सूर्या अनु न जातम् अष्ट रोदसी ॥

yad dyāva indra te śataṃ śataṃ bhūmir uta syuḥ ।
na tvā vajrint sahasraṃ sūryā anu na jātam aṣṭa rodasī ॥

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20.81.2

आ पप्राथ महिना कृष्ण्या वृषन् विश्वा शविष्ठ शवसा ।
अस्मां अव मघवन् गोमति व्रजे वज्रिम् चित्राभिर् ऊतिभिः ॥

ā paprātha mahinā kṛṣṇyā vṛṣan viśvā śaviṣṭha śavasā ।
asmāṃ ava maghavan gomati vraje vajrim citrābhir ūtibhiḥ ॥

Atharvaveda 20.82 · 2 mantras

20.82.1

यद् इन्द्र यावतस् त्वम् एतावद् अहम् ईशीय ।
स्तोतारम् इद् दिधिषेय रदावसो न पापत्वाय रासीय ॥

yad indra yāvatas tvam etāvad aham īśīya ।
stotāram id didhiṣeya radāvaso na pāpatvāya rāsīya ॥

Indra, lord ruler of the world, giver of wealth and excellence, as much as you grant, so much I wish I should control and rule. I would hold it only to support the devotees of divinity and would not spend it away for those who indulge in sin and evil.

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20.82.2

शिक्षेयम् इन् महयते दिवेदिवे राय आ कुहचिद्विदे ।
नहि त्वद् अन्यन् मघवन् न आप्यं वस्यो अस्ति पिता चन ॥

śikṣeyam in mahayate divedive rāya ā kuhacidvide ।
nahi tvad anyan maghavan na āpyaṃ vasyo asti pitā cana ॥

Every day I would wish to give wealth and support for the person who seeks to rise for enlightenment wherever he be. O lord of wealth, power and honour, there is none other than you worthy of love and attainment as our own, as father indeed.

Atharvaveda 20.83 · 2 mantras

20.83.1

इन्द्र त्रिधातु शरणं त्रिवरूथं स्वस्तिमत् ।
छर्दिर् यछ मघवद्भ्यश् च मह्यं च यावया दिद्युम् एभ्यः ॥

indra tridhātu śaraṇaṃ trivarūthaṃ svastimat ।
chardir yacha maghavadbhyaś ca mahyaṃ ca yāvayā didyum ebhyaḥ ॥

Indra, lord ruler of the wealth of nations, for the men of wealth, power, honour and generosity of heart, and for me too, give a home made of three metals and materials, comfortable in three seasons of summer, winter and rains, a place of rest, peace and security for complete well being. Give the light for them, keep off the blaze from them.

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20.83.2

ये गव्यता मनसा शत्रुम् आदभुर् अभिप्रघ्नन्ति धृष्णुया ।
अघ स्मा नो मघवन्न् इन्द्र गिर्वणस् तनूपा अन्तमो भव ॥

ye gavyatā manasā śatrum ādabhur abhipraghnanti dhṛṣṇuyā ।
agha smā no maghavann indra girvaṇas tanūpā antamo bhava ॥

Atharvaveda 20.84 · 3 mantras

20.84.1

इन्द्रा याहि चित्रभानो सुता इमे त्वायवः ।
अण्वीभिस् तना पूतासः ॥

indrā yāhi citrabhāno sutā ime tvāyavaḥ ।
aṇvībhis tanā pūtāsaḥ ॥

Indra, Lord Supreme of wondrous light and power, come and bless us. All these sacred objects in existence, created, energised and extended over spaces from the subtlest causes by you are sustained in your divine power.

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20.84.2

इन्द्रा याहि धियेषितो विप्रजुतः सुतावतः ।
उप ब्रह्माणि वाघतः ॥

indrā yāhi dhiyeṣito viprajutaḥ sutāvataḥ ।
upa brahmāṇi vāghataḥ ॥

Indra, Lord Supreme of light and life, meditated within by the pure at heart, realised by the enlightened, distilled from the Veda and the world of existence by the visionaries, come and inspire the chant of the dedicated yajakas.

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20.84.3

इन्द्रा याहि तूतुजान उप ब्रह्माणि हरिवः ।
सुते दधिष्व नश् चनः ॥

indrā yāhi tūtujāna upa brahmāṇi harivaḥ ।
sute dadhiṣva naś canaḥ ॥

Indra, lord and breath of life, energy and speech, come fast at the speed of light, vitalise our songs of praise in yajna and bless us with food for the body, mind and soul.

Atharvaveda 20.85 · 4 mantras

20.85.1

मा चिद् अन्यद् वि शंसत सखायो मा रिषण्यत ।
इन्द्रम् इत् स्तोता वृषणं सचा सुते मुहुर् उक्था च शंसत ॥

mā cid anyad vi śaṃsata sakhāyo mā riṣaṇyata ।
indram it stotā vṛṣaṇaṃ sacā sute muhur ukthā ca śaṃsata ॥

O friends, do not worship any other but One, be firm, never remiss, worship only Indra, sole lord absolute, omnipotent and infinitely generous, and when you have realised the bliss of the lord’s presence, sing songs of divine adoration spontaneously, profusely, again and again.

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20.85.2

अवक्रक्षिणं वृषभं यथाजुरम् गां न चर्षणीसहम् ।
विद्वेषणं संवननोभयंकरं मंहिष्ठम् उभयाविनम् ॥

avakrakṣiṇaṃ vṛṣabhaṃ yathājuram gāṃ na carṣaṇīsaham ।
vidveṣaṇaṃ saṃvananobhayaṃkaraṃ maṃhiṣṭham ubhayāvinam ॥

Worship Indra only, who most spontaneously rushes to the devotee for protection and upon the evil for punishment, correction or destruction. He is profusely and potently generous, free from age and decay, patient and forbearing giver of peace and nourishment to people like the meek cow and motherly earth, saviour from hate and jealousy, most adorable, giver of both material well being (abhyudaya) and spiritual freedom (nihshreyas), most munificent and majestic, and lord ruler and protector of both nature and the soul.

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20.85.3

यच् चिद् धि त्वा जना इमे नाना हवन्त ऊतये ।
अस्माकं ब्रह्मेदम् इन्द्र भूतु ते ऽहा विश्वा च वर्धनम् ॥

yac cid dhi tvā janā ime nānā havanta ūtaye ।
asmākaṃ brahmedam indra bhūtu te 'hā viśvā ca vardhanam ॥

Although these many people invoke you and pray for protection and progress for themselves in many different ways, yet, we pray, our adoration and prayers and all this wealth, honour and excellence bestowed upon us by you be dedicated to you and always, day and night, exalt your munificence and glory.

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20.85.4

वि तर्तूर्यन्ते मघवन् विपश्चितो ऽर्यो विपो जनानाम् ।
उप क्रमस्व पुरुरूपम् आ भर वाजं नेदिष्ठम् ऊतये ॥

vi tartūryante maghavan vipaścito 'ryo vipo janānām ।
upa kramasva pururūpam ā bhara vājaṃ nediṣṭham ūtaye ॥

O lord of might and majesty, the wise, the noble and the vibrant leaders of the people, by your grace. cross over all obstacles of their struggle for life and success, whenever they face any. Pray, come lord, and give us instant energy of versatile form for our protection and victory at the earliest.

Atharvaveda 20.86 · 1 mantras

20.86.1

ब्रह्मणा ते ब्रह्मयुजा युनज्मि हरी सखाया सधमाद आशू ।
स्थिरं रथं सुखम् इन्द्राधितिष्ठन् प्रजानन् विद्वां उप याहि सोमम् ॥

brahmaṇā te brahmayujā yunajmi harī sakhāyā sadhamāda āśū ।
sthiraṃ rathaṃ sukham indrādhitiṣṭhan prajānan vidvāṃ upa yāhi somam ॥

By word I yoke the horse powers which sense and obey the word of command. Friendly they are, extremely fast to reach the yajnic destination. Indra, lord of knowledge and power, riding the chariot which is steady and comfortable, knowing and discovering further, go close to the moon and bring the nectar of magical powers.

Atharvaveda 20.87 · 7 mantras

20.87.1

अध्वर्यवो ऽरुणं दुग्धम् अंशुं जुहोतन वृषभाय क्षितीनाम् ।
गौराद् वेदीयां अवपानम् इन्द्रो विश्वाहेद् याति सुतसोमम् इछन् ॥

adhvaryavo 'ruṇaṃ dugdham aṃśuṃ juhotana vṛṣabhāya kṣitīnām ।
gaurād vedīyāṃ avapānam indro viśvāhed yāti sutasomam ichan ॥

O devotees of creative yajna, at the dawn of the fiery sun, offer refined and energised soma and milk into the fire of yajna in honour of Indra, generous omnipotent ruler of the worlds. Having received exhilarating soma inspiration from the sacred vedi of light, Indra, the ruler, the scholar, the human soul, proceeds to the day’s activity with passion for consecrated action every new day.

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20.87.2

यद् दधिषे प्रदिवि चार्व् अन्नं दिवेदिवे पीतिम् इद् अस्य वक्षि ।
उत हृदोत मनसा जुषाण उशन्न् इन्द्र प्रस्थितान् पाहि सोमान् ॥

yad dadhiṣe pradivi cārv annaṃ divedive pītim id asya vakṣi ।
uta hṛdota manasā juṣāṇa uśann indra prasthitān pāhi somān ॥

Indra, since you have received and internalised the exhilarating soma of the mission of life at the vedi in earlier days, and love to live the taste and message of it every day, then, loving the soma by heart and soul and passionately anxious for action, take the soma offered, and inspire and exhort these yajakas for the appointed tasks of the day.

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20.87.3

जज्ञानः सोमं सहसे पपाथ प्र ते माता महिमानम् उवाच ।
एन्द्र पप्राथोर्व् अन्तरिक्षं युधा देवेभ्यो वरिवश् चकर्थ ॥

jajñānaḥ somaṃ sahase papātha pra te mātā mahimānam uvāca ।
endra paprāthorv antarikṣaṃ yudhā devebhyo varivaś cakartha ॥

Aware of the self, knowing your tasks in life, recognising your powers and potentials, dedicated to your yajna and your yajnic performers, you drank the soma of initiation for the realisation of your power. patience and passion, and Mother Nature spoke to you and dedicated you to the Infinite and Omnipotent. You fought with courage and fortitude, achieved wondrous peace and prosperity with your warriors for noble humanity, and rose to the skies with honour and fame.

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20.87.4

यद् योधया महतो मन्यमानान् साक्षाम तान् बाहुभिः शाशदानान् ।
यद् वा नृभिर् वृत इन्द्राभियुध्यास् तं त्वयाजिं सौश्रवसं जयेम ॥

yad yodhayā mahato manyamānān sākṣāma tān bāhubhiḥ śāśadānān ।
yad vā nṛbhir vṛta indrābhiyudhyās taṃ tvayājiṃ sauśravasaṃ jayema ॥

When you fight against those who attack, believing they are great, we shall fight out those violent enemies with arms even in hand to hand fight. And when in formation with your warring heroes around, you engage in contests, then with you we shall win that contest with honour and fame.

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20.87.5

प्रेन्द्रस्य वोचं प्रथमा कृतानि प्र नूतना मघवा या चकार ।
यदेद् अदेवीर् असहिष्ट माया अथाभवत् केवलः सोमो अस्य ॥

prendrasya vocaṃ prathamā kṛtāni pra nūtanā maghavā yā cakāra ।
yaded adevīr asahiṣṭa māyā athābhavat kevalaḥ somo asya ॥

Let me thus proclaim and celebrate the exploits of Indra, those accomplished earlier and the latest which the illustrious hero has achieved, when he challenged and frustrated the evil designs of the crafty enemies and became the sole winner of the soma of honour and fame.

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20.87.6

तवेदं विश्वम् अभितः पशव्यं यत् पश्यसि चक्षसा सूर्यस्य ।
गवाम् असि गोपतिर् एक इन्द्र भक्षीमहि ते प्रयतस्य वस्वः ॥

tavedaṃ viśvam abhitaḥ paśavyaṃ yat paśyasi cakṣasā sūryasya ।
gavām asi gopatir eka indra bhakṣīmahi te prayatasya vasvaḥ ॥

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20.87.7

बृहस्पते युवम् इन्द्रश् च वस्वो दिव्यस्येशाथे उत पार्थिवस्य ।
धत्तं रयिं स्तुवते कीरये चिद् यूयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः ॥

bṛhaspate yuvam indraś ca vasvo divyasyeśāthe uta pārthivasya ।
dhattaṃ rayiṃ stuvate kīraye cid yūyaṃ pāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ ॥

Atharvaveda 20.88 · 6 mantras

20.88.1

यस् तस्तम्भ सहसा वि ज्मो अन्तान् बृहस्पतिस् त्रिषधस्थो रवेण ।
तं प्रत्नास ऋषयो दीध्यानाः पुरो विप्रा दधिरे मन्द्रजिह्वम् ॥

yas tastambha sahasā vi jmo antān bṛhaspatis triṣadhastho raveṇa ।
taṃ pratnāsa ṛṣayo dīdhyānāḥ puro viprā dadhire mandrajihvam ॥

Brhaspati, the sun, which, positioned in the midst of the three regions of earth, skies and heaven, sustains the earth and other planets to the ends with its force and its rays of light and gravitation; Or, the Lord of mighty universe who is omnipresent in the worlds of earth, skies and the heavens of light and rules the universe to the ends of it with his omnipotence and Word of revelation; Or, the ruler, who, self-established in knowledge, action, and prayer, rules the world to the ends of the earth with his power and word and force of law; Or, the eminent scholar, who, master of the three realms of knowledge. Divinity, Prakrti, and the soul with the word of the Veda, rules the heart and intellect of the people to the ends of the earth with his knowledge that is power and his word: Him, lord of sweet voice and vibrations of communication and gravitation, the ancient seers, shining since the first moments of human existence, vibrant with living knowledge and holy desire, sing, celebrate and advance in human consciousness.

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20.88.2

धुनेतयः सुप्रकेतं मदन्तो बृहस्पते अभि ये नस् ततस्रे ।
पृषन्तं सृप्रम् अदब्धम् ऊर्वं बृहस्पते रक्षताद् अस्य योनिम् ॥

dhunetayaḥ supraketaṃ madanto bṛhaspate abhi ye nas tatasre ।
pṛṣantaṃ sṛpram adabdham ūrvaṃ bṛhaspate rakṣatād asya yonim ॥

O Brhaspati, vibrant scholars and heroes are they who inspire the holy and brilliant man of knowledge and centres of advancement, and help us progress in culture and achievement. O lord of progress and advancement, protect and promote the home and profession of every such person and institution, creative, brilliant, fearless, and generous and extensive in possibilities.

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20.88.3

बृहस्पते या परमा परावद् अत आ ते ऋतस्पृशो नि षेदुः ।
तुभ्यं खाता अवता अद्रिदुग्धा मध्व श्चोतन्त्य् अभितो विरप्शम् ॥

bṛhaspate yā paramā parāvad ata ā te ṛtaspṛśo ni ṣeduḥ ।
tubhyaṃ khātā avatā adridugdhā madhva ścotanty abhito virapśam ॥

Brhaspati, far off and most high is your seat of majesty whence travel and ever abide your rays of light and Law which then touch the oceans of water to break them into vapours so that, like deep dug wells and clouds laden with milky showers of honey sweets, they pour down in abundant rain in your service for you and your people.

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20.88.4

बृहस्पतिः प्रथमं जायमानो महो ज्योतिषः परमे व्योमन् ।
सप्तास्यस् तुविजातो रवेण वि सप्तरश्मिर् अधमत् तमांसि ॥

bṛhaspatiḥ prathamaṃ jāyamāno maho jyotiṣaḥ parame vyoman ।
saptāsyas tuvijāto raveṇa vi saptaraśmir adhamat tamāṃsi ॥

Brhaspati, the cosmic sun, first born of the supreme light of existence in the highest heaven, with seven mouths for consumption of materials and seven rays of light for creation of energy, born among many the mightiest, dispels the darknesses from the world with the thunder and lightning power of its majesty. (So should the ruler and the scholar be in knowledge and power.)

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20.88.5

स सुष्टुभा स ऋक्वता गणेन वलं रुरोज फलिगं रवेन ।
बृहस्पतिर् उस्रिया हव्यसूदः कनिक्रदद् वावशतीर् उद् आजत् ॥

sa suṣṭubhā sa ṛkvatā gaṇena valaṃ ruroja phaligaṃ ravena ।
bṛhaspatir usriyā havyasūdaḥ kanikradad vāvaśatīr ud ājat ॥

With a mighty jubilant roar of thunder and terrible shower of electric energy, Brhaspati breaks the crooked cloud, releases the showers, activates the production of food for holy offerings and wins the gratitude of the green earth, fertile cows and rejoicing humanity.

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20.88.6

एवा पित्रे विश्वदेवाय वृष्णे यज्ञैर् विधेम नमसा हविर्भिः ।
बृहस्पते सुप्रजा वीरवन्तो वयं स्याम पतयो रयीणाम् ॥

evā pitre viśvadevāya vṛṣṇe yajñair vidhema namasā havirbhiḥ ।
bṛhaspate suprajā vīravanto vayaṃ syāma patayo rayīṇām ॥

Thus do we, O lord Brhaspati, offer homage to the father, divine giver of light and rain showers, with food, and salutations, yajnas and oblations of fragrant havis, and we pray that we may be blest with noble and brave progeny, and we may be masters of the wealths of life.

Atharvaveda 20.89 · 11 mantras

20.89.1

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

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

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20.89.2

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

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

O celebrant, with constant churning of the mind, refine and energise your voice of adoration, send it in to your friend Indra, the soul within, and, like a treasurehold overflowing with wealth of light, stir it, wake up the brave soul for the gift of excellence and grandeur. O celebrant, with constant churning of the mind, refine and energise your voice of adoration, send it in to your friend Indra, the soul within, and, like a treasurehold overflowing with wealth of light, stir it, wake up the brave soul for the gift of excellence and grandeur.

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20.89.3

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

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

Indra, mighty soul, dear as breath of life, grand and sublime, don’t they say you are the giver of all pleasure and glory of life? Pray bless me too with the wealth of light and grandeur. I hear you are the all omnificent lord. O Lord Almighty, refine and sharpen my vision and understanding to the efficiency of divine attainment. Indra, pray bring us glory and good fortune full of wealth, power and peace.3. Indra, mighty soul, dear as breath of life, grand and sublime, don’t they say you are the giver of all pleasure and glory of life? Pray bless me too with the wealth of light and grandeur. I hear you are the all omnificent lord. O Lord Almighty, refine and sharpen my vision and understanding to the efficiency of divine attainment. Indra, pray bring us glory and good fortune full of wealth, power and peace.

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20.89.4

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

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

Indra, people invoke you for help in contests of righteousness and call upon you while they march to the battle. Here too, however, he alone wins his help who offers faith and yajna, because the mighty one does not love, nor recognise, the friendship of the selfish and the non-performer of Soma-yajna. Indra, people invoke you for help in contests of righteousness and call upon you while they march to the battle. Here too, however, he alone wins his help who offers faith and yajna, because the mighty one does not love, nor recognise, the friendship of the selfish and the non-performer of Soma-yajna.

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20.89.5

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

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

Whoever the man of discipline and practice that offers precious gifts of holy and plenteous value and performs effective and powerful soma yajna of peace and pleasure for this divine Indra, ruling lord of humanity, for him Indra dispels all darkness and evil and eliminates all his enemies at the very outset of the day, howsoever strong, violent and well-armed the enemies might be. Whoever the man of discipline and practice that offers precious gifts of holy and plenteous value and performs effective and powerful soma yajna of peace and pleasure for this divine Indra, ruling lord of humanity, for him Indra dispels all darkness and evil and eliminates all his enemies at the very outset of the day, howsoever strong, violent and well-armed the enemies might be.

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20.89.6

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

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

Indra, the ruler in whom we repose our faith with admiration and who assures our fulfilment in all we want and aspire for, is great and all powerful. His enemies, even though they be far off, cower with fear and flee, and to him all the wealth and powers bom and produced in the land submit in reverence and loyalty. Indra, the ruler in whom we repose our faith with admiration and who assures our fulfilment in all we want and aspire for, is great and all powerful. His enemies, even though they be far off cower with fear and flee, and to him all the wealth and powers bom and produced in the land submit in reverence and loyalty.

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20.89.7

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

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

Indra, ruler of the world, invoked and celebrated by all, by that thunderbolt of power and justice which is lustrous and awful, throw out and keep off from us all social and environmental enemies. Give us abundance of grain, lands and cows, and for the celebrative yajna create an environment of enlightened action productive of the jewel wealth of life. Indra, ruler of the world, invoked and celebrated by all, by that thunderbolt of power and justice which is lustrous and awful, throw out and keep off from us all social and environmental enemies. Give us abundance of grain, lands and cows, and for the celebrant yajna create an environment of enlightened action productive of the jewel wealth of life.

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20.89.8

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

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

The ruler to whom powerful creations of generous and imaginative artists and inspiring somaic achievements of peaceful projects are offered and dedicated from within the land for highly generative purposes and social values, that ruler, commanding wealth, power and majesty, does not impose any restrictions upon such veteran and generous artists, instead he provides manifold inspiring incentives to the creative minds. The ruler to whom powerful creations of generous and imaginative artists and inspiring somaic achievements of peaceful projects are offered and dedicated from within the land for highly generative purposes and social values, that ruler, commanding wealth, power and majesty, does not impose any restrictions upon such veteran and generous artists, instead he provides manifold inspiring incentives to the creative minds.

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20.89.9

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

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

A veteran winner, he counters an attack and wins the opponent just as an expert player or hunter rounds up his prey and chooses the right time to strike and win. He does not restrict or restrain the philanthropist who loves divinity and spends on yajnic projects, instead, master, protector and promoter of wealth and power as he is, he blesses the giver with more and more of wealth. A veteran winner, he counters an attack and wins the opponent just as an expert player or hunter rounds up his prey and chooses the right time to strike and win. He does not restrict or restrain the philanthropist who loves divinity and spends on yajnic projects, instead, master, protector and promoter of wealth and power as he is, he blesses the giver with more and more of wealth.

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20.89.10

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

gobhiṣ ṭaremāmatiṃ durevāṃ yavena vā kṣudhaṃ puruhūta viśve ।
vayaṃ rājasu prathamā dhanāny ariṣṭāso vṛjanībhir jayema ॥

O ruler of the world, invoked and celebrated by all humanity, let us solve the difficult problem of poverty and mental and cultural backwardness by cow development, land development and proper education, and the problem of hunger, by food production across the world. Let us take the initiative first to win wealth by cooperation with other rulers, and ultimately win our goals by our own power and effort. 10. O ruler of the world invoked and celebrated by all humanity, let us solve the difficult problem of poverty and mental and cultural backwardness by cow development, land development and proper education, and the problem of hunger, by food production across the world. Let us take the initiative first to win wealth by cooperation with other rulers, and ultimately win our goals by our own power and effort.

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20.89.11

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

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

May Brhaspati, omniscient lord of divine voice, protect us from sins and negative legacies of the past, from doubts and fears from above and below. May Indra, mighty ruler, be our friend and protect us from difficulties facing upfront. May he promote us on and on. May he place us at the centre of life’s problems, protect and promote us and create the wealth of honour and excellence for us, his friends. 11. May Brhaspati, omniscient lord of divine voice, protect us from sins and negative legacies of the past, from doubts and fears from above and below. May Indra, mighty ruler, be our friend and protect us from difficulties facing upfront. May he promote us on and on. May he place us at the centre of life’s problems, protect and promote us and create the wealth of honour and excellence for us, his friends.

Atharvaveda 20.90 · 3 mantras

20.90.1

यो अद्रिभित् प्रथमजा ऋतावा बृहस्पतिर् आङ्गिरसो हविष्मान् ।
द्विबर्हज्मा प्राघर्मसत् पिता न आ रोदसी वृषभो रोरवीति ॥

yo adribhit prathamajā ṛtāvā bṛhaspatir āṅgiraso haviṣmān ।
dvibarhajmā prāgharmasat pitā na ā rodasī vṛṣabho roravīti ॥

Breaking the clouds and shattering mountains, first self-manifested among things born, the very embodiment of universal law and the truth of existence, Brhaspati, lord creator, ruler, protector and promoter of the expansive universe is the very essence of the life and breath of existence who wields and governs all matters and materials of the world. Lord and master of the earth by virtue of knowledge and power of action, illustrious with the light and fire of life, he is our father generator who, like the mighty thunder, proclaims his power and presence across heaven and earth.

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20.90.2

जनाय चिद् य ईवते उ लोकं बृहस्पतिर् देवहूतौ चकार ।
घ्नन् वृत्राणि वि पुरो दर्दरीति जयं छत्रूंर् अमित्रान् पृत्सु साहन् ॥

janāya cid ya īvate u lokaṃ bṛhaspatir devahūtau cakāra ।
ghnan vṛtrāṇi vi puro dardarīti jayaṃ chatrūṃr amitrān pṛtsu sāhan ॥

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20.90.3

बृहस्पतिः सम् अजयद् वसूनि महो व्रजान् गोमते देव एषः ।
अपः सिषासन्त् स्वर् अप्रतीतो बृहस्पतिर् हन्त्य् अमित्रम् अर्कैः ॥

bṛhaspatiḥ sam ajayad vasūni maho vrajān gomate deva eṣaḥ ।
apaḥ siṣāsant svar apratīto bṛhaspatir hanty amitram arkaiḥ ॥

Atharvaveda 20.91 · 12 mantras

20.91.1

इमां धियं सप्तशीर्ष्णीं पिता न ऋतप्रजातां बृहतीम् अविन्दत् ।
तुरीयं स्विज् जनयद् विश्वजन्यो ऽयास्य उक्थम् इन्द्राय शंसन् ॥

imāṃ dhiyaṃ saptaśīrṣṇīṃ pitā na ṛtaprajātāṃ bṛhatīm avindat ।
turīyaṃ svij janayad viśvajanyo 'yāsya uktham indrāya śaṃsan ॥

Our father creator, omniscient lord divine, revealed for us this universal voice of knowledge spontaneously. Structured in seven metres, it is born of the lord’s awareness of Satyam and Rtam, i.e., the eternal and mutable truth of existence and its laws of evolution, sustenance and involution. He, the original source of the birth of the universe and its knowledge and language, also revealed the fourth and silent mode of existence in the transcendent state of Moksha beyond the earlier three of Dharma, Artha and Kama without effort and spoke it for Indra, the soul. Our father creator, omniscient lord divine, revealed for us this universal voice of knowledge spontaneously. Structured in seven metres, it is born of the lord’s awareness of Satyam and Rtam, i.e., the eternal and mutable truth of existence and its laws of evolution, sustenance and involution. He, the original source of the birth of the universe and its knowledge and language, also revealed the fourth and silent mode of existence in the transcendent state of Moksha beyond the earlier three of Dharma, Artha and Kama without effort and spoke it for Indra, the soul.

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20.91.2

ऋतं शंसन्त ऋजु दीध्याना दिवस् पुत्रासो असुरस्य वीराः ।
विप्रं पदम् अङ्गिरसो दधाना यज्ञस्य धाम प्रथमं मनन्त ॥

ṛtaṃ śaṃsanta ṛju dīdhyānā divas putrāso asurasya vīrāḥ ।
vipraṃ padam aṅgiraso dadhānā yajñasya dhāma prathamaṃ mananta ॥

Speaking the Word of eternal knowledge, meditating on the natural, eternal spirit of omniscience, the Rshis, children of light, brave offsprings of divine virility, self-disciplined souls established in the position of vibrant sages among humanity, realise in direct experience the first and original presence of the adorable lord Supreme. Speaking the Word of eternal knowledge, meditating on the natural, eternal spirit of omniscience, the Rshis, children of light, brave offsprings of divine virility, self-disciplined souls established in the position of vibrant sages among humanity, realise in direct experience the first and original presence of the adorable lord Supreme.

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20.91.3

हंसैर् इव सखिभिर् वावदद्भिर् अश्मन्मयानि नहना व्यस्यन् ।
बृहस्पतिर् अभिकनिक्रदद् गा उत प्रास्तौद् उच् च विद्वां अगायत् ॥

haṃsair iva sakhibhir vāvadadbhir aśmanmayāni nahanā vyasyan ।
bṛhaspatir abhikanikradad gā uta prāstaud uc ca vidvāṃ agāyat ॥

Chanting with friends as with hansa-like simple sinless souls of purity, breaking the adamantine chains of karmic bondage, loudly proclaiming the divine Word of omniscience, Brhaspati, master celebrant of the Infinite Spirit, blest with knowledge and vision divine, sings and adores the lord divine. Chanting with friends as with hansa-like simple sinless souls of purity, breaking the adamantine chains of karmic bondage, loudly proclaiming the divine Word of omniscience, Brhaspati, master celebrant of the Infinite Spirit, blest with knowledge and vision divine, sings and adores the lord divine.

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20.91.4

अवो द्वाभ्यां पर एकया गा गुहा तिष्ठन्तीर् अनृतस्य सेतौ ।
बृहस्पतिस् तमसि ज्योतिर् इछन् उद् उस्रा आकर् वि हि तिस्र आवः ॥

avo dvābhyāṃ para ekayā gā guhā tiṣṭhantīr anṛtasya setau ।
bṛhaspatis tamasi jyotir ichan ud usrā ākar vi hi tisra āvaḥ ॥

Brhaspati, master of language, wishing for the light of knowledge and expression in the midst of the darkness of the web of the world of mutability, expresses the two upper levels of language, i.e., madhyama and vaikhari, which he expresses by two media of thought and word, and the one hidden below, i.e., Pashyanti, he apprehends through one, the deeper mind in meditation. Thus he reveals the three modes of language. (The fourth is Para, the silent mode of language in its originality beyond the world of mutability which can be realised in the highest state of Samadhi.) Brhaspati, master of language, wishing for the light of knowledge and expression in the midst of the darkness of the web of the world of mutability, expresses the two upper levels of language, i.e., madhyama and vaikhari, which he expresses by two media of thought and word, and the one hidden below, i.e., Pashyanti, he apprehends through one, the deeper mind in meditation. Thus he reveals the three modes of language. (The fourth is Para, the silent mode of language in its originality beyond the world of mutability which can be realised in the highest state of Samadhi.)

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20.91.5

विभिद्या पुरं शयथेम् अपाचीं निस् त्रीणि साकम् उदधेर् अकृन्तत् ।
बृहस्पतिर् उषसं सूर्यं गाम् अर्कं विवेद स्तनयन्न् इव द्यौः ॥

vibhidyā puraṃ śayathem apācīṃ nis trīṇi sākam udadher akṛntat ।
bṛhaspatir uṣasaṃ sūryaṃ gām arkaṃ viveda stanayann iva dyauḥ ॥

Brhaspati, the seeker of light, in the state of turiya beyond deep sleep, breaks through the three bonds of the city of darkness of the mutable world like thunder and lightning breaking the dark cloud and directly realises the dawn, the sun rays, the sun and the light beyond the sun. Brhaspati, the seeker of light, in the state of turiya beyond deep sleep, breaks through the three bonds of the city of darkness of the mutable world like thunder and lightning breaking the dark cloud and directly realises the dawn, the sun rays, the sun and the light beyond the sun.

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20.91.6

इन्द्रो वलं रक्षितारं दुघानां करेणेव वि चकर्ता रवेण ।
स्वेदाञ्जिभिर् आशिरम् इछमानो ऽरोदयत् पणिम् आ गा अमुष्णात् ॥

indro valaṃ rakṣitāraṃ dughānāṃ kareṇeva vi cakartā raveṇa ।
svedāñjibhir āśiram ichamāno 'rodayat paṇim ā gā amuṣṇāt ॥

Indra, mighty ruling soul, wishing to taste the sweetness of milk mixed with soma, i.e., divine ecstasy with vibrations of grace, removes the veil of darkness covering the light of knowledge and divine speech with an act of will as if with a stroke of thunder and lightning, throws the demon away lamenting, recovers and enjoys the light of knowledge with the voice of divinity and showers of bliss in a state of clairvoyance. Indra, mighty ruling soul, wishing to taste the sweetness of milk mixed with soma, i.e., divine ecstasy with vibrations of grace, removes the veil of darkness covering the light of knowledge and divine speech with an act of will as if with a stroke of thunder and lightning, throws the demon away lamenting, recovers and enjoys the light of knowledge with the voice of divinity and showers of bliss in a state of clairvoyance.

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20.91.7

स ईं सत्येभिः सखिभिः शुचद्भिर् गोधायसं वि धनसैर् अदर्दः ।
ब्रह्मणस् पतिर् वृषभिर् वराहैर् घर्मस्वेदेभिर् द्रविणं व्य् आनट् ॥

sa īṃ satyebhiḥ sakhibhiḥ śucadbhir godhāyasaṃ vi dhanasair adardaḥ ।
brahmaṇas patir vṛṣabhir varāhair gharmasvedebhir draviṇaṃ vy ānaṭ ॥

Brahmanaspati, master, protector, promoter and ruler of the world of existence, blest with divine light, vision and speech breaks down the thief of cows, i.e., hoarders, exploiters and destroyers of the wealth of life. He breaks them down with the help and cooperation of friends and associates who are generous, self-fulfilled, fervently dedicated to truth, purity of conduct, laws of Dharma and rectitude, and blest with ample means and materials for the achievement of their goal. Thus does he recover and establish wealth and common wealth for the individual and the society. Brahmanaspati, master, protector, promoter and ruler of the world of existence, blest with divine light, vision and speech breaks down the thief of cows, i.e., hoarders, exploiters and destroyers of the wealth of life. He breaks them down with the help and cooperation of friends and associates who are generous, self-fulfilled, fervently dedicated to truth, purity of conduct, laws of Dharma and rectitude, and blest with ample means and materials for the achievement of their goal. Thus does he recover and establish wealth and common wealth for the individual and the society.

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20.91.8

ते सत्येन मनसा गोपतिं गा इयानास इषणयन्त धीभिः ।
बृहस्पतिर् मिथोअवद्यपेभिर् उद् उस्रिया असृजत स्वयुग्भिः ॥

te satyena manasā gopatiṃ gā iyānāsa iṣaṇayanta dhībhiḥ ।
bṛhaspatir mithoavadyapebhir ud usriyā asṛjata svayugbhiḥ ॥

They, friends and associates, with dedication to truth and with honest mind, intentions, thoughts and actions, wishing to promote the cows, i.e., the wealth and culture of the nation as a system, approach the ‘gopati’, i.e., the head of the commonwealth, and he, Brhaspati, master, protector and ruler of the expansive system, together with his associates at his full command, with safeguards against negativity, scandal and calamity, creates and organises a nation of freedom and progress ranging over the earth in peace and joy. They, friends and associates, with dedication to truth and with honest mind, intentions, thoughts and actions, wishing to promote the cows, i.e., the wealth and culture of the nation as a system, approach the ‘gopati’, i.e., the head of the commonwealth, and he, Brhaspati, master, protector and ruler of the expansive system, together with his associates at his full command, with safeguards against negativity, scandal and calamity, creates and organises a nation of freedom and progress ranging over the earth in peace and joy.

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20.91.9

तं वर्धयन्तो मतिभिः शिवाभिः सिंहम् इव नानदतं सधस्थे ।
बृहस्पतिं वृषणं शूरसातौ भरेभरे अनु मदेम जिष्णुम् ॥

taṃ vardhayanto matibhiḥ śivābhiḥ siṃham iva nānadataṃ sadhasthe ।
bṛhaspatiṃ vṛṣaṇaṃ śūrasātau bharebhare anu madema jiṣṇum ॥

Exalting him with our thoughts and actions dedicated to peace, freedom and all round well being of life, supporting him, waxing and roaring victorious as a lion, in the world’s hall of yajnic freedom and progress, let us join Brhaspati, mighty and generous protector, for the sake of victory in every battle worthy of the brave, and win our goals and enjoy life with him. Exalting him with our thoughts and actions dedicated to peace, freedom and all round well being of life, supporting him waxing and roaring victorious as a lion in the world’s hall of yajnic freedom and progress, let us join Brhaspati, mighty and generous protector, for the sake of victory in every battle worthy of the brave, and win our goals and enjoy life with him.

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20.91.10

यदा वाजम् असनद् विश्वरूपम् आ द्याम् अरुक्षद् उत्तराणि सद्म ।
बृहस्पतिं वृषणं वर्धयन्तो नाना सन्तो बिभ्रतो ज्योतिर् आसा ॥

yadā vājam asanad viśvarūpam ā dyām arukṣad uttarāṇi sadma ।
bṛhaspatiṃ vṛṣaṇaṃ vardhayanto nānā santo bibhrato jyotir āsā ॥

When Brhaspati achieves food, energy and victories and higher possibilities of universal order and, like the sun, reaches and illuminates the heavens with light, then those who receive and shine with light like the planets, being many and various, exalt the mighty generous master ruler with words of adoration. 10. When Brhaspati achieves food, energy and victories and higher possibilities of universal order and, like the sun, reaches and illuminates the heavens with light, then those who receive and shine with light like the planets, being many and various, exalt the mighty generous master ruler with words of adoration.

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20.91.11

सत्यम् आशिषं कृणुता वयोधै कीरिं चिद् ध्य् अवथ स्वेभिर् एवैः ।
पश्चा मृधो अप भवन्तु विश्वास् तद् रोदसी शृणुतं विश्वमिन्वे ॥

satyam āśiṣaṃ kṛṇutā vayodhai kīriṃ cid dhy avatha svebhir evaiḥ ।
paścā mṛdho apa bhavantu viśvās tad rodasī śṛṇutaṃ viśvaminve ॥

O Brhaspati, O leading lights of humanity, for food and energy, good health and age, fulfil the hopes and ambitions of the people and justify your words of purpose to the point of truth without compromise. Protect the cooperator and celebrant with your own power and security. Then let all violence, enmity and sabotage be overcome and cast off totally far away. And may the heaven and earth, givers of universal fulfillment, listen to our prayer and adoration. O Brhaspati, O leading lights of humanity, for food and energy, good health and age, fulfil the hopes and ambitions of the people and justify your words of purpose to the point of truth without compromise. Protect the cooperator and celebrant with your own power and security. Then let all violence, enmity and sabotage be overcome and cast off totally far away. And may the heaven and earth, givers of universal fulfilment listen to our prayer and adoration.

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20.91.12

इन्द्रो मह्ना महतो अर्णवस्य वि मूर्धानम् अभिनद् अर्बुदस्य ।
अहन्न् अहिम् अरिणात् सप्त सिन्धून् देवैर् द्यावापृथिवी प्रावतं नः ॥

indro mahnā mahato arṇavasya vi mūrdhānam abhinad arbudasya ।
ahann ahim ariṇāt sapta sindhūn devair dyāvāpṛthivī prāvataṃ naḥ ॥

Indra with his might breaks the top of the great ocean of waters in space and, breaking the dark cloud, releases the seven seas and sets the rivers aflow. May the heaven and earth protect us by the divinities. Indra with his might breaks the top of the great ocean of waters in space and, breaking the dark cloud, releases the seven seas and sets the rivers aflow. May the heaven and earth protect us by the divinities. (The metaphor has been explained also as revelation of the Vedas in seven metres at the time of the creation of humanity. The revelation breaks through the darkness of ignorance and releases the light of knowledge to radiate in seven chhandas of the Vedas.) (The metaphor has been explained also as revelation of the Vedas in seven metres at the time of the creation of humanity. The revelation breaks through the darkness of ignorance and releases the light of knowledge to radiate in seven chhandas of the Vedas.)

Atharvaveda 20.92 · 21 mantras

20.92.1

अभि प्र गोपतिं गिरेन्द्रम् अर्च यथा विदे ।
सूतुं सत्यस्य सत्पतिम् ॥

abhi pra gopatiṃ girendram arca yathā vide ।
sūtuṃ satyasya satpatim ॥

To the best of your knowledge and culture and with the best of your language, worship and adore Indra, protector of stars and planets, lands and cows, language and culture, creator of the dynamics of existence and protector of its constancy.

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20.92.2

आ हरयः ससृज्रिरे ऽरुषीर् अधि बर्हिषि ।
यत्राभि संनवामहे ॥

ā harayaḥ sasṛjrire 'ruṣīr adhi barhiṣi ।
yatrābhi saṃnavāmahe ॥

Let the vibrations of divinity, like crimson rays of dawn which bring the sun to the earth, bring Indra on to our sacred grass where we humans meet and pray and celebrate the lord in song together.

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20.92.3

इन्द्राय गाव आशिरं दुदुह्रे वज्रिणे मधु ।
यत् सीम् उपह्वरे विदत् ॥

indrāya gāva āśiraṃ duduhre vajriṇe madhu ।
yat sīm upahvare vidat ॥

Lands and cows, suns and planets, indeed all objects in motion, exude for Indra, wielder of thunder, the ichor of emotional adoration seasoned with ecstasy like honey sweet milk mixed with soma which he receives close at hand and cherishes.

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20.92.4

उद् यद् ब्रध्नस्य विष्टपं गृहम् इन्द्रश् च गन्वहि ।
मध्वः पीत्वा सचेवहि त्रिः सप्त सख्युः पदे ॥

ud yad bradhnasya viṣṭapaṃ gṛham indraś ca ganvahi ।
madhvaḥ pītvā sacevahi triḥ sapta sakhyuḥ pade ॥

Up let us rise on top of the sun and vast spaces, reach the abode of Indra, and, having drunk the soma sweet of ecstasy, let us be together across and over the thrice seven stages of being in evolution in the purely spiritual state of the lord’s presence as a friend. (The thrice seven are the steps of physical, mental and pychic evolutionary phases of existence in three qualitative modes of being in the process of becoming. The seven states of evolution in descending order from pure being are: mahat, Ahankara and the five elements, akasha, vayu, agni, apah and prthivi. The three qualitative modes are sattva, rajas and tamas or thought, energy and matter. Another way to explain the twenty one is: five elements, five pranic energies, five perceptive organs and five organs of volition, the twenty-first is antahkarana or psychic self. When the psychic self or the soul in the existential state wishes to rise back to the purely spiritual state, it has to cross the twenty one stages and then be in the company of Indra, the cosmic self, and even later, in the transcendental state of absolute Being, the Spirit, the Brahmic state. This is set out in detail in the Sankhya, Yoga and Vedanta philosophy.)

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20.92.5

अर्चत प्रार्चत प्रियमेधासो अर्चत ।
अर्चन्तु पुत्रका उत पुरं न धृष्ण्व् अर्चत ॥

arcata prārcata priyamedhāso arcata ।
arcantu putrakā uta puraṃ na dhṛṣṇv arcata ॥

O lovers of Yajna, lovers of union and communion with the divine, adore and worship Indra, adore and worship again, worship again and again. Worship along with your children and grand children, just as the citizens adore and exalt a great city and the glorious ruler of the celestial city.

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20.92.6

अव स्वराति गर्गरो गोधा परि सनिष्वणत् ।
पिङ्गा परि चनिष्कदद् इन्द्राय ब्रह्मोद्यतम् ॥

ava svarāti gargaro godhā pari saniṣvaṇat ।
piṅgā pari caniṣkadad indrāya brahmodyatam ॥

The drum booms aloud, the bow string (of Pranava) strikes the arm guard, the string bells jingle, let the hymns rise in honour of Indra.

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20.92.7

आ यत् पतन्त्य् एन्यः सुदुघा अनपस्फुरः ।
अपस्फुरं गृभायत सोमम् इन्द्राय पातवे ॥

ā yat patanty enyaḥ sudughā anapasphuraḥ ।
apasphuraṃ gṛbhāyata somam indrāya pātave ॥

When the dynamic senses of perception and volition, controlled, unagitating and calmly withdrawn, concentrate in the inner mind, then you receive the showers of soma nectar of spiritual ananda for Indra, the soul.

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20.92.8

अपाद् इन्द्रो अपाद् अग्निर् विश्वे देवा अमत्सत ।
वरुण इद् इह क्षयत् तम् आपो अभ्य् अनूषत वत्सं संशिश्वरीर् इव ॥

apād indro apād agnir viśve devā amatsata ।
varuṇa id iha kṣayat tam āpo abhy anūṣata vatsaṃ saṃśiśvarīr iva ॥

Indra, the soul, seeking honour, fame and power, loves the soma of ananda. Agni, leading scholar advancing into the light of knowledge, loves the soma of ananda. All brilliancies of nature and humanity love the ecstasy of soma. Varuna, powers of love and justice, all abide in the ecstasy of soma. All seekers of yajnic action and divine dedication love the soma of spiritual ananda of their creation like the mother loving her child.

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20.92.9

सुदेवो असि वरुण यस्य ते सप्त सिन्धवः ।
अनुक्षरन्ति काकुदं सूर्यं सुषिराम् इव ॥

sudevo asi varuṇa yasya te sapta sindhavaḥ ।
anukṣaranti kākudaṃ sūryaṃ suṣirām iva ॥

Varuna, master scholar and teacher, you are divinely brilliant and generous whose seven streams of knowledge and wisdom flow forth in words from the master’s voice to the seekers, like water flowing from a stream into many channels.

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20.92.10

यो व्यतींर् अफाणयत् सुयुक्तां उप दाशुषे ।
तक्वो नेता तद् इद् वपुर् उपमा यो अमुच्यत ॥

yo vyatīṃr aphāṇayat suyuktāṃ upa dāśuṣe ।
takvo netā tad id vapur upamā yo amucyata ॥

That soul is Indra, man of self control and self power, who withdraws his scattered powers of senses and mind, turns them inward and engages them into meditation for the sake of generosity of the spirit, and then as their patient master and leader, with the power and grace of his self-possession, releases and relaxes them in the state of peace. He is the sovereign soul.

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20.92.11

अतीद् उ शक्र ओहत इन्द्रो विश्वा अति द्विषः ।
भिनत् कनीन ओदनं पच्यमानं परो गिरा ॥

atīd u śakra ohata indro viśvā ati dviṣaḥ ।
bhinat kanīna odanaṃ pacyamānaṃ paro girā ॥

Indra, the sovereign soul of self-power, transcends all jealousy, malignity and enmity and, blest with top handsomeness and grace of the spirit, breaks open into words the mature knowledge and self-realised spiritual food for the seekers.

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20.92.12

अर्भको न कुमारको ऽधि तिष्ठन्न् अवं रथम् ।
स पक्षन् महिषं मृगं पित्रे मात्रे विभुक्रतुम् ॥

arbhako na kumārako 'dhi tiṣṭhann avaṃ ratham ।
sa pakṣan mahiṣaṃ mṛgaṃ pitre mātre vibhukratum ॥

Neither a child nor an adolescent, the man of mature mind abiding in a healthy body practices meditation and realises the great, supreme, omnipotent cosmic soul of universal holy action for the enlightenment of all about Mother Nature and the father of creation.

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20.92.13

आ तू सुशिप्र दंपते रथं तिष्ठा हिरण्ययम् ।
अध द्युक्षं सचेवहि सहस्रपादम् अरुषं स्वस्तिगाम् अनेहसम् ॥

ā tū suśipra daṃpate rathaṃ tiṣṭhā hiraṇyayam ।
adha dyukṣaṃ sacevahi sahasrapādam aruṣaṃ svastigām anehasam ॥

O lord of golden grace, father and sustainer of the house-hold of the universe, come and seat yourself in the golden chariot of this human body and, together as friends and companions, we shall ride this chariot of heavenly light, thousand wheeled, invincible and immaculate, moving on the road to peace and ultimate good.

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20.92.14

तम् घेम् इत्था नमस्विन उप स्वराजम् आसते ।
अर्थं चिद् अस्य सुधितं यद् एतवे आवर्तयन्ति दावने ॥

tam ghem itthā namasvina upa svarājam āsate ।
arthaṃ cid asya sudhitaṃ yad etave āvartayanti dāvane ॥

Thus do yajnic and meditative souls holding havis for homage adore and worship self-refulgent Indra when, in order to realise the nature, character and generosity, indeed the very presence of the lord, they turn their self-controlled mind to the Divine Soul in order to reach him.

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20.92.15

अनु प्रत्नस्यौकसः प्रियमेधास एषाम् ।
पूर्वाम् अनु प्रयतिं वृक्तबर्हिषो हितप्रयस आशत ॥

anu pratnasyaukasaḥ priyamedhāsa eṣām ।
pūrvām anu prayatiṃ vṛktabarhiṣo hitaprayasa āśata ॥

Of these devotees of yajna and lovers of meditative communion, those who sit on the holy grass with a clean mind and offer oblations of spiritual love in the style of the sages of old as ever achieve union with the universal presence of the eternal Spirit.

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20.92.16

यो राजा चर्षणीनां याता रथेभिर् अध्रिगुः ।
विश्वासां तरुता पृतनानां ज्येष्ठो यो वृत्रहा गृणे ॥

yo rājā carṣaṇīnāṃ yātā rathebhir adhriguḥ ।
viśvāsāṃ tarutā pṛtanānāṃ jyeṣṭho yo vṛtrahā gṛṇe ॥

I adore Indra, lord supreme, who rules the people, and who is the irresistible and universal mover by waves of cosmic energy, saviour of all humanity, supreme warrior and winner of cosmic battles of the elemental forces and who destroys the evil, darkness and poverty of the world.

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20.92.17

इन्द्रं तं शुम्भ पुरुहन्मन्न् अवसे यस्य द्विता विधर्तरि ।
हस्ताय वज्रः प्रति धायि दर्शतो महो दिवे न सूर्यः ॥

indraṃ taṃ śumbha puruhanmann avase yasya dvitā vidhartari ।
hastāya vajraḥ prati dhāyi darśato maho dive na sūryaḥ ॥

O man of universal devotion, exalt and glorify that omnipotent Indra for protection and progress in whom, as ruler and controller of the world, both justice and mercy abide simultaneously, who holds the thunderbolt of power in hand, and who is great and glorious like the sun in heaven.

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20.92.18

नकिष् टं कर्मणा नशद् यश् चकार सदावृधम् ।
इन्द्रं न यज्ञैर् विश्वगूर्तम् ऋभ्वसम् अधृष्टं धृष्ण्वोजसम् ॥

nakiṣ ṭaṃ karmaṇā naśad yaś cakāra sadāvṛdham ।
indraṃ na yajñair viśvagūrtam ṛbhvasam adhṛṣṭaṃ dhṛṣṇvojasam ॥

No one can equal merely by action, much less hurt even by yajnas, that person who has won the favour and grace of Indra, lord divine who is rising as well as raising his devotees high, who is universally adored, universal genius, redoubtable and invincibly illustrious.

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20.92.19

अषाल्हम् उग्रं पृतनासु सासहिं यस्मिन् महीर् उरुज्रयः ।
सं धेनवो जायमाने अनोनवुर् द्यावः क्षामो अनोनवुः ॥

aṣālham ugraṃ pṛtanāsu sāsahiṃ yasmin mahīr urujrayaḥ ।
saṃ dhenavo jāyamāne anonavur dyāvaḥ kṣāmo anonavuḥ ॥

Unchallengeable, awful, victorious in cosmic dynamics, in whose pervasive presence great and tempestuous stars and planets, earths and heavens, all in unison move in order and do homage in reverence, such is Indra.

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20.92.20

यद् द्याव इन्द्र ते शतं शतं भूमीर् उत स्युः ।
न त्वा वज्रिन्त् सहस्रं सूर्या अनु न जातम् अष्ट रोदसी ॥

yad dyāva indra te śataṃ śataṃ bhūmīr uta syuḥ ।
na tvā vajrint sahasraṃ sūryā anu na jātam aṣṭa rodasī ॥

Indra, lord of thunder, if there were a hundred heavens, and if there were a hundred earths, they would not be able to rival you. Not a thousand suns, nor heavens, earths and skies together would match you at the rise in manifestation.

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20.92.21

आ पप्राथ महिना वृष्ण्या वृषन् विश्वा शविष्ठ शवसा ।
अस्मां अव मघवन् गोमति व्रजे वज्रिं चित्राभिर् ऊतिभिः ॥

ā paprātha mahinā vṛṣṇyā vṛṣan viśvā śaviṣṭha śavasā ।
asmāṃ ava maghavan gomati vraje vajriṃ citrābhir ūtibhiḥ ॥

O lord of the thunderbolt, master and controller of world’s wealth, honour and power, most potent and lord of showers of generosity, with your generous and creative power and grandeur you pervade the universe. Pray protect, guide and promote us by your various and wondrous modes of protection and progress in our search for development of lands and cows, knowledge, language and culture.

Atharvaveda 20.93 · 8 mantras

20.93.1

उत् त्वा मन्दन्तु स्तोमाः कृणुष्व राधो अद्रिवः ।
अव ब्रह्मद्विषो जहि ॥

ut tvā mandantu stomāḥ kṛṇuṣva rādho adrivaḥ ।
ava brahmadviṣo jahi ॥

and inspirer of clouds, mountains and great men of generosity, may our hymns of adoration win your pleasure. Pray create and provide means and methods of sustenance and progress in life, and cast off jealousies and enmities against divinity, knowledge and prayer, our bond between human and divine.

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20.93.2

पदा पणींर् अराधसो नि बाधस्व महां असि ।
नहि त्वा कश् चन प्रति ॥

padā paṇīṃr arādhaso ni bādhasva mahāṃ asi ।
nahi tvā kaś cana prati ॥

Keep off, down under foot the haves who hoard and share not. You are great, simply great, the only one. There is none equal, alike or more.

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20.93.3

त्वम् ईशिषे सुतानाम् इन्द्र त्वम् असुतानाम् ।
त्वं राजा जनानाम् ॥

tvam īśiṣe sutānām indra tvam asutānām ।
tvaṃ rājā janānām ॥

You rule over the creative and cooperative men of positive action. You rule over the uncreative and destructive men of negative action as well. Indra, you are the ruler, the ultimate ordainer of good and evil both.

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20.93.4

ईङ्खयन्तीर् अपस्युव इन्द्रं जातम् उपासते ।
भेजानासः सुवीर्यम् ॥

īṅkhayantīr apasyuva indraṃ jātam upāsate ।
bhejānāsaḥ suvīryam ॥

Active, expressive and eloquent people, conscious of their rights and duties, serve and abide by the ruling power of the system, Indra, as it arises and advances, and while they do so they enjoy good health, honour and prosperity of life for themselves and their progeny.

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20.93.5

त्वम् इन्द्र बलाद् अधि सहसो जात ओजसः ।
त्वं वृषन् वृषेद् असि ॥

tvam indra balād adhi sahaso jāta ojasaḥ ।
tvaṃ vṛṣan vṛṣed asi ॥

Ruling power, Indra, you have risen high by virtue of your strength, patient courage, and grandeur of personality. Generous as showers of blissful rain, you are mighty, excellent and refulgent as the sun.

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20.93.6

त्वम् इन्द्रासि वृत्रहा व्य् अन्तरिक्षम् अतिरः ।
उद् द्याम् अस्तभ्ना ओजसा ॥

tvam indrāsi vṛtrahā vy antarikṣam atiraḥ ।
ud dyām astabhnā ojasā ॥

You, Indra, are destroyer of evil and demonic darkness of the system, breaker of the clouds for rain, you cross the skies and, like the sun sustaining the regions of light by its self-refulgence, you sustain the rule of light and law by your own charismatic grandeur of character and personality.

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20.93.7

त्वम् इन्द्र सजोषसम् अर्कं बिभर्षि बाह्वोः ।
वज्रं शिशान ओजसा ॥

tvam indra sajoṣasam arkaṃ bibharṣi bāhvoḥ ।
vajraṃ śiśāna ojasā ॥

You, Indra, bear a united and participative

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20.93.8

त्वम् इन्द्राभिभुर् असि विश्वा जातान्य् ओजसा ।
स विश्वा भुव आभवः ॥

tvam indrābhibhur asi viśvā jātāny ojasā ।
sa viśvā bhuva ābhavaḥ ॥

Atharvaveda 20.94 · 11 mantras

20.94.1

आ यात्व् इन्द्रः स्वपतिर् मदाय यो धर्मणा तूतुजानस् तुविष्मान् ।
प्रत्वक्षाणो अति विश्वा सहांस्य् अपारेण महता वृष्ण्येन ॥

ā yātv indraḥ svapatir madāya yo dharmaṇā tūtujānas tuviṣmān ।
pratvakṣāṇo ati viśvā sahāṃsy apāreṇa mahatā vṛṣṇyena ॥

May Indra, lord ruler of his world of reality, come, arise in view, in our consciousness, for the joy of his devotees. Mighty is he, loving, bright and accepting by his own essential nature and the laws of life, and, by his boundless grandeur and generosity, he takes on all challenges of counterforces and reduces them to naught for his people. (The mantra may be applied to Divinity or to the ruling power). May Indra, lord ruler of his world of reality, come, arise in view, in our consciousness, for the joy of his devotees. Mighty is he, loving, bright and accepting by his own essential nature and the laws of life, and, by his boundless grandeur and generosity, he takes on all challenges of counterforces and reduces them to naught for his people. (The mantra may be applied to Divinity or to the ruling power).

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20.94.2

सुष्ठामा रथः सुयमा हरी ते मिम्यक्ष वज्रो नृपते गभस्तौ ।
शीभं राजन् सुपथा याह्य् अर्वाङ् वर्धाम ते पपुसो वृष्ण्यानि ॥

suṣṭhāmā rathaḥ suyamā harī te mimyakṣa vajro nṛpate gabhastau ।
śībhaṃ rājan supathā yāhy arvāṅ vardhāma te papuso vṛṣṇyāni ॥

Stable, strong and perfectly directed is your chariot, controlled and accurate your dual powers of motion. O refulgent ruler and protector of the people, in your hands you hold the controls of the thunder power of force and justice. Pray come at the fastest by the safest and straightest path to us right here. We celebrate and exalt your powers and generosity, and you love to protect and promote your celebrants. Stable, strong and perfectly directed is your chariot, controlled and accurate your dual powers of motion. O refulgent ruler and protector of the people, in your hands you hold the controls of the thunder power of force and justice. Pray come at the fastest by the safest and straighest path to us right here. We celebrate and exalt your powers and generosity, and you love to protect and promote your celebrants.

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20.94.3

एन्द्रवाहो नृपतिं वज्रबाहुम् उग्रम् उग्रासस् तविषास एनम् ।
प्रत्वक्षसं वृषभं सत्यशुष्मम् एम् अस्मत्रा सधमादो वहन्तु ॥

endravāho nṛpatiṃ vajrabāhum ugram ugrāsas taviṣāsa enam ।
pratvakṣasaṃ vṛṣabhaṃ satyaśuṣmam em asmatrā sadhamādo vahantu ॥

May the mighty, blazing, penetrating, vigorous and refining radiations of this Indra, protector and promoter of humanity, thunder armed, virile and generous, indomitable upholder of truth, come in unison with inspiring strength and bring him to us for our social and spiritual good. May the mighty, blazing, penetrating, vigorous and refining radiations of this Indra, protector and promoter of humanity, thunder armed, virile and generous, indomitable upholder of truth, come in unison with inspiring strength and bring him to us for our social and spiritual good.

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20.94.4

एवा पतिं द्रोणसाचं सचेतसम् ऊर्ज स्कम्भं धरुण आ वृषायसे ।
ओजः कृष्व सं गृभाय त्वे अप्य् असो यथा केनिपानाम् इनो वृधे ॥

evā patiṃ droṇasācaṃ sacetasam ūrja skambhaṃ dharuṇa ā vṛṣāyase ।
ojaḥ kṛṣva saṃ gṛbhāya tve apy aso yathā kenipānām ino vṛdhe ॥

Thus do solar radiations transmit the presence of Indra, lord protector and ruler pervasive in the world of humanity, all aware, the pillar of universal energy, strength and power. Thus do we exalt and celebrate Indra. O lord, you are the shower of power and generosity in the all-sustaining world of yours. Pray create and give us the strength of life, hold us in your power and presence for our promotion and progress since you are the ultimate lord and master of the dedicated aspirants for light. Thus do solar radiations transmit the presence of Indra, lord protector and ruler pervasive in the world of humanity, all aware, the pillar of universal energy, strength and power. Thus do we exalt and celebrate Indra. O lord, you are the shower of power and generosity in the all-sustaining world of yours. Pray create and give us the strength of life, hold us in your power and presence for our promotion and progress since you are the ultimate lord and master of the dedicated aspirants for light.

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20.94.5

गमन्न् अस्मे वसून्य् आ हि शंसिषं स्वाशिषं भरम् आ याहि सोमिनः ।
त्वम् ईशिषे सास्मिन्न् आ सत्सि बर्हिष्य् अनाधृष्या तव पात्राणि धर्मणा ॥

gamann asme vasūny ā hi śaṃsiṣaṃ svāśiṣaṃ bharam ā yāhi sominaḥ ।
tvam īśiṣe sāsminn ā satsi barhiṣy anādhṛṣyā tava pātrāṇi dharmaṇā ॥

Indra, may wealths, peace and honours of the world come to us, I wish and pray. Come, accept the homage of the celebrant’s song of praise. You rule all, come and abide in this holy seat of yajna and love of the heart. Bold and undaunted, we are your celebrants by the nature and Dharma of our being. Indra, may wealths, peace and honours of the world come to us, I wish and pray. Come, accept the homage of the celebrant’s song of praise. You rule all, come and abide in this holy seat of yajna and love of the heart. Bold and undaunted, we are your celebrants by the nature and Dharma of our being.

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20.94.6

पृथक् प्रायन् प्रथमा देवहूतयो ऽकृण्वत श्रवस्यानि दुष्टरा ।
न ये शेकुर् यज्ञियां नावम् आरुहम् इर्मैव ते न्य् अविशन्त केपयः ॥

pṛthak prāyan prathamā devahūtayo 'kṛṇvata śravasyāni duṣṭarā ।
na ye śekur yajñiyāṃ nāvam āruham irmaiva te ny aviśanta kepayaḥ ॥

People of the first order dedicated to divinity and yajnic piety go forward by holy paths of the first order and perform admirable acts of the most difficult kind. But those who cannot board the ark of yajnic order and divine love, men of unclean character, doubtful mind and crooked ways, lie about here in the lower and lowest orders of being. People of the first order dedicated to divinity and yajnic piety go forward by holy paths of the first order and perform admirable acts of the most difficult order. But those who cannot board the ark of yajnic order and divine love, men of unclean character, doubtful mind and crooked ways, lie about here in the lower and lowest orders of being.

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20.94.7

एवैवापाग् अपरे सन्तु दूध्यो ऽश्वा येषां दुर्युग आयुयुज्रे ।
इत्था ये प्राग् उपरे सन्ति दावने पुरूणि यत्र वयुनानि भोजना ॥

evaivāpāg apare santu dūdhyo 'śvā yeṣāṃ duryuga āyuyujre ।
itthā ye prāg upare santi dāvane purūṇi yatra vayunāni bhojanā ॥

Thus do people of evil disposition keep wallowing piteously in low states of existence whose mind and senses are engaged in wrong things like restive horses. And thus do others of the first and higher disposition fare admirably who are dedicated here itself to the higher omnificent divinity in which infinite gifts of freedom, peace and happiness abound. Thus do people of evil disposition keep wallowing in low states of existence whose mind and senses are engaged in wrong things like restive horses. And thus do others of the first and higher disposition fare who are dedicated here itself to the higher omnificent divinity in which infinite gifts of freedom, peace and happiness abound.

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20.94.8

गिरींर् अज्रान् रेजमानां अधारयद् द्यौः क्रन्दद् अन्तरिक्षाणि कोपयत् ।
समीचीने धिषणे वि ष्कभायति वृष्णः पीत्वा मद उक्थानि शंसति ॥

girīṃr ajrān rejamānāṃ adhārayad dyauḥ krandad antarikṣāṇi kopayat ।
samīcīne dhiṣaṇe vi ṣkabhāyati vṛṣṇaḥ pītvā mada ukthāni śaṃsati ॥

He wields the dynamics of nature, fixes the mountains and moves the roaring clouds. He holds the raging heavens and shakes the violent skies. He holds both earth and heaven together and, the glorious sun having drunk up the vapours, showers down the rains in joy like the overflow of divine ecstasy in the music of song. He wields the dynamics of nature, fixes the mountains and moves the roaring clouds. He holds the raging heavens and shakes the violent skies. He holds both earth and heaven together and, the glorious sun having drunk up the vapours, showers down the rains in joy like the overflow of divine ecstasy in the music of song.

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20.94.9

इमं बिभर्मि सुकृतं ते अङ्कुशं येनारुजासि मघवं छफारुजः ।
अस्मिन्त् सु ते सवने अस्त्व् ओक्त्यं सुत इष्टौ मघवन् बोध्य् आभगः ॥

imaṃ bibharmi sukṛtaṃ te aṅkuśaṃ yenārujāsi maghavaṃ chaphārujaḥ ।
asmint su te savane astv oktyaṃ suta iṣṭau maghavan bodhy ābhagaḥ ॥

I happily abide by this law and discipline of yours, Indra, which is divinely maintained and sustained, the law by which, O lord of power and glory, you punish those who strike life by their hoof and claw. May your presence abide in this holy seat of my yajna in the heart and soul. May your divine majesty, O lord of glory, know and fulfil our desire in this cherished act of love and faith. I happily abide by this law and discipline of yours, Indra, which is divinely maintained and sustained, the law by which, O lord of power and glory, you punish those who strike life by their hoof and claw. May your presence abide in this holy seat of my yajna in the heart and soul. May your divine majesty, O lord of glory, know and fulfil our desire in this cherished act of love and faith.

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20.94.10

गोभिष् टरेमामतिं दुरेवां यवेन क्षुधं पुरुहूत विश्वाम् ।
वयं राजभिः प्रथमा धनान्य् अस्माकेन वृजनेना जयेम ॥

gobhiṣ ṭaremāmatiṃ durevāṃ yavena kṣudhaṃ puruhūta viśvām ।
vayaṃ rājabhiḥ prathamā dhanāny asmākena vṛjanenā jayema ॥

O lord universally invoked and celebrated, let us overcome the difficult problems of the want of moral and spiritual vision and knowledge by the Vedic voice, and the problem of world hunger by cooperative production of food. And let us on top win wealth, honour and excellence by our own brilliance of intelligence and our own persistent effort. O lord universally invoked and celebrated, let us overcome the difficult problems of want, of moral and spiritual vision and knowledge, by the Vedic voice, and the problem of world hunger by cooperative production of food. And let us on top win wealth, honour and excellence by our own brilliance of intelligence and our own persistent effort.

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20.94.11

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

bṛhaspatir naḥ pari pātu paścād utottarasmād adharād aghayoḥ ।
indraḥ purastād uta madhyato naḥ sakhā sakhibhyo varivaḥ kṛṇotu ॥

May Brhaspati protect and promote us all round from behind, from above and from below against sin and evil. May Indra, our friend and ruler, create and give wealth, honour and excellence for us and for the entire fraternity of the world from within at the centre of humanity and may he continue the same into the future. May Brhaspati protect and promote us all round from behind, from above and from below against sin and evil. May Indra, our friend and ruler, create and give wealth, honour and excellence for us and for the entire fraternity of the world from within at the centre of humanity and may he continue the same into the future.

Atharvaveda 20.95 · 4 mantras

20.95.1

त्रिकद्रुकेषु महिषो यवाशिरं तुविशुष्मस् तृपत् सोमम् अपिबद् विष्णुना सुतं यथावशत् ।
स ईं ममाद महि कर्म कर्तवे महाम् उरुं सैनं सश्चद् देवो देवं सत्यम् इन्द्रं सत्य इन्दुः ॥

trikadrukeṣu mahiṣo yavāśiraṃ tuviśuṣmas tṛpat somam apibad viṣṇunā sutaṃ yathāvaśat ।
sa īṃ mamāda mahi karma kartave mahām uruṃ sainaṃ saścad devo devaṃ satyam indraṃ satya induḥ ॥

The great and powerful sun drinks up the soma, essence of vital juices reinforced with herbal elixir, matured in three containers, i.e., the earth, the sky and the heaven of light, and distilled by light and wind while it shines and energises the essences. He who delights in energising this sun, greatest of the great in nature, to do great things, who blesses and continues to bless this blazing power of light is the eternal, ever true, self-refulgent Lord Supreme, blissful as the moon. And he who would love to do great things vast and worthy of the great, he, true and bright as the moon, should serve and meditate on this lord of unbounded light and energy.

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20.95.2

प्रो ष्व् अस्मै पुरोरथम् इन्द्राय शूषम् अर्चत ।
अभीके चिद् उ लोककृत् संगे समत्सु वृत्रहास्माकं बोधि चोदिता नभन्ताम् अन्यकेषां ज्याका अधि धन्वसु ॥

pro ṣv asmai puroratham indrāya śūṣam arcata ।
abhīke cid u lokakṛt saṃge samatsu vṛtrahāsmākaṃ bodhi coditā nabhantām anyakeṣāṃ jyākā adhi dhanvasu ॥

Offer a song of abundant praise in honour of this ruling lord Indra for his mighty force and front rank chariot. He, destroyer of darkness and evil, inspires us in our battles of life at the closest and enlightens us in our struggle for universal freedom. Let the strings of the alien enemy bows be snapped by the strike of the forces of Indra.

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20.95.3

त्वं सिन्धूंर् अवासृजो ऽधराचो अहन्न् अहिम् ।
अशत्रुर् इन्द्र जज्ञिषे विश्वं पुष्यसि वार्यं तं त्वा परि ष्वजामहे नभन्ताम् अन्यकेषां ज्याका अधि धन्वसु ॥

tvaṃ sindhūṃr avāsṛjo 'dharāco ahann ahim ।
aśatrur indra jajñiṣe viśvaṃ puṣyasi vāryaṃ taṃ tvā pari ṣvajāmahe nabhantām anyakeṣāṃ jyākā adhi dhanvasu ॥

Indra, you release the floods of rivers to flow down on the earth. You destroy the demon of darkness, evil, want and ignorance. You are bom without an equal, adversary and enemy, and you promote the choicest wealth and excellence of the world. Such as you are we love and embrace you as our closest loving friend and companion. Let the alien strings of the enemy bows snap upon their bows.

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20.95.4

वि षु विश्वा अरातयो ऽर्यो नशन्त नो धियः ।
अस्तासि शत्रवे वधं यो न इन्द्र जिघांसति या ते रातिर् ददिर् वसु ।
नभन्ताम् अन्यकेषां ज्यका अधि धन्वसु ॥

vi ṣu viśvā arātayo 'ryo naśanta no dhiyaḥ ।
astāsi śatrave vadhaṃ yo na indra jighāṃsati yā te rātir dadir vasu ।
nabhantām anyakeṣāṃ jyakā adhi dhanvasu ॥

Indra, may the facts and forces of enmity, adversity and ungenerosity be eliminated from life and the world. May all our thoughts and actions be inspired by love and generosity. You strike the thunderbolt of justice and punishment upon the enemy who wants to destroy us or frustrate our love and generosity. May your grace and generosity bring us wealth, honour and

Atharvaveda 20.96 · 23 mantras

20.96.1

तीव्रस्याभिवयसो अस्य पाहि सर्वरथा वि हरी इह मुञ्च ।
इन्द्र मा त्वा यजमानासो अन्ये नि रीरमन् तुभ्यम् इमे सुतासः ॥

tīvrasyābhivayaso asya pāhi sarvarathā vi harī iha muñca ।
indra mā tvā yajamānāso anye ni rīraman tubhyam ime sutāsaḥ ॥

O ruler of the world, Indra, take on, protect and promote this vibrant youthful social order, release all the versatile and abundant resources of development here for this purpose, let no other programme or programmers distract your attention. For you and your purpose all these natural and human resources are ready, trained and matured to the full.

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20.96.2

तुभ्यं सुतास् तुभ्यम् उ सोत्वासस् त्वां गिरः श्वात्र्या आ ह्वयन्ति ।
इन्द्रेदम् अद्य सवनं जुषाणो विश्वस्य विद्वां इह पाहि सोमम् ॥

tubhyaṃ sutās tubhyam u sotvāsas tvāṃ giraḥ śvātryā ā hvayanti ।
indredam adya savanaṃ juṣāṇo viśvasya vidvāṃ iha pāhi somam ॥

To you are these resources dedicated, those that are ripe and ready and those that are being prepared. Voices of sincere devotion call on you. Indra, knowing well, loving and fully dedicated to this world programme of development, take it on here and now, protect, promote and raise the world to the heights of attainment.

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20.96.3

य उशता मनसा सोमम् अस्मै सर्वहृदा देवकामः सुनोति ।
न गा इन्द्रस् तस्य परा ददाति प्रशस्तम् इच् चारुम् अस्मै कृणोति ॥

ya uśatā manasā somam asmai sarvahṛdā devakāmaḥ sunoti ।
na gā indras tasya parā dadāti praśastam ic cārum asmai kṛṇoti ॥

Whoever is loyal and dedicated with enthusiastic mind and total devotion of heart and soul, and creates and matures the soma of universal value for Indra and the social order, the lord never ignores his words of prayer, never alienates his property and possessions, in fact he recognises his services with honour and makes him feel proud and blest.

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20.96.4

अनुस्पष्टो भवत्य् एषो अस्य यो अस्मै रेवान् न सुनोति सोमम् ।
निर् अरत्नौ मघवा तं दधाति ब्रह्मद्विषो हन्त्य् अनानुदिष्टः ॥

anuspaṣṭo bhavaty eṣo asya yo asmai revān na sunoti somam ।
nir aratnau maghavā taṃ dadhāti brahmadviṣo hanty anānudiṣṭaḥ ॥

The lord keeps in close and direct vicinity the person who, like a generous prosperous man, creates and offers the soma of sincere dedication to him. He, lord of all power and glory, protects him in full security without the shackles, and even without prayer, destroys the enemies of positivity and divinity in the social order.

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20.96.5

अश्वायन्तो गव्यन्तो वाजयन्तो हवामहे त्वोपगन्तवा उ ।
आभूषन्तस् ते सुमतौ नवायां वयम् इन्द्र त्वा शुनं हुवेम ॥

aśvāyanto gavyanto vājayanto havāmahe tvopagantavā u ।
ābhūṣantas te sumatau navāyāṃ vayam indra tvā śunaṃ huvema ॥

Enthusiastic and advancing for progress, prosperity and pride of achievement, we call upon you, Indra, ruling lord of the world, to come close to us and be with us. Winning the graces of life and doing glory to divinity, we pray, let us abide in your favour and adorable good will. We pray for peace and well being, we ask for divine grace.

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20.96.6

मुञ्चामि त्वा हविषा जीवनाय कम् अज्ञातयक्ष्माद् उत राजयक्ष्मात् ।
ग्राहिर् जग्राह यद्य् एतद् तस्या इन्द्राग्नी प्र मुमुक्तम् एनम् ॥

muñcāmi tvā haviṣā jīvanāya kam ajñātayakṣmād uta rājayakṣmāt ।
grāhir jagrāha yady etad tasyā indrāgnī pra mumuktam enam ॥

I cure you and release you from the consumptive killer disease even of the highest severity and immunize you against such disease, known or unknown, with the administration of medicine and tonics by homa so that you may live a full and happy life. And if stroke, atrophy or paralysis has seized this patient, then let Indra, penetrative beams of nature’s energy, and Agni, vital heat of life in the body, light of the sun and magnetic force of the earth cure and release the patient.

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20.96.7

यदि क्षितायुर् यदि वा परेतो यदि मृत्योर् अन्तिकं नीत एव ।
तम् आ हरामि निरृतेर् उपस्थाद् अस्पार्शम् एनं शतशारदाय ॥

yadi kṣitāyur yadi vā pareto yadi mṛtyor antikaṃ nīta eva ।
tam ā harāmi nirṛter upasthād aspārśam enaṃ śataśāradāya ॥

If the patient is extremely debilitated, sunk beyond hope, almost gone to the brink of death, I touch and bring him back from the depth of despair to live his full hundred years of life. (The word ‘asparsham’ suggests the efficacy of touch therapy.)

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20.96.8

सहस्राक्षेण शतवीर्येण शतायुषा हविषाहार्षम् एनम् ।
इन्द्रो यथैनं शरदो नयात्य् अति विश्वस्य दुरितस्य पारम् ॥

sahasrākṣeṇa śatavīryeṇa śatāyuṣā haviṣāhārṣam enam ।
indro yathainaṃ śarado nayāty ati viśvasya duritasya pāram ॥

With medicines, herbs and tonics of a thousandfold efficacy of light power, a hundred year’s vitality capable of sustaining a hundred year span of life, I have brought this patient back to life and health just as Indra, lord of life and his physician version, the doctor, takes this patient across all evils and maladies of the world to a full life of hundred years.

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20.96.9

शतं जीव शरदो वर्धमानः शतं हेमन्तान् छतम् उ वसन्तान् ।
शतं त इन्द्रो अग्निः सविता बृहस्पतिः शतायुषा हविषाहार्षम् एनम् ॥

śataṃ jīva śarado vardhamānaḥ śataṃ hemantān chatam u vasantān ।
śataṃ ta indro agniḥ savitā bṛhaspatiḥ śatāyuṣā haviṣāhārṣam enam ॥

O patient, live a hundred years through autumn, winter and spring seasons, rising, growing and advancing. May Indra, lord of strength, power and glory, Agni, lord of light and fire in the fore front, Savita, lord of life’s generation and sustenance, and Brhaspati, lord of space and radiant knowledge, bless you with hundredfold joy and vest you with hundredfold span of life again with herbs and medications of high order for good health.

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20.96.10

आहार्षम् अविदं त्वा पुनर् आगाः पुनर्णवः ।
सर्वाङ्ग सर्वं ते चक्षुः सर्वम् आयुश् च ते ऽविदम् ॥

āhārṣam avidaṃ tvā punar āgāḥ punarṇavaḥ ।
sarvāṅga sarvaṃ te cakṣuḥ sarvam āyuś ca te 'vidam ॥

I have delivered you from death and disease, brought you back to life. Live life again, renewed, refreshed again, healthy over all in all limbs, organs and systems function. I have brought back your vision and understanding in full, your life and age in full.

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20.96.11

ब्रह्मणाग्निः सम्विदानो रक्षोहा बाधताम् इतः ।
अमीवा यस् ते गर्भं दुर्णामा योनिम् आशये ॥

brahmaṇāgniḥ samvidāno rakṣohā bādhatām itaḥ ।
amīvā yas te garbhaṃ durṇāmā yonim āśaye ॥

May Agni, ‘chitraka’, with Brahma, ‘udumbara’, combined according to the formula in medical literature, destroy the infection and viral pain that has entered, infects and afflicts your foetus, ovary and uterus in the reproductive system.

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20.96.12

यस् ते गर्भम् अमीवा दुर्णामा योनिम् आशये ।
अग्निष् टं ब्रह्मणा सह निष् क्रव्यादम् अनीनशत् ॥

yas te garbham amīvā durṇāmā yonim āśaye ।
agniṣ ṭaṃ brahmaṇā saha niṣ kravyādam anīnaśat ॥

The acute infection that has entered your womb in the reproductive system and consumes your foetus, let Agni, ‘chitraka’, in combination with Brahma, ‘udumbara’, according to the specific formula, destroy and eliminate.

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20.96.13

यस् ते हन्ति पतयन्तं निषत्स्नुं यः सरीसृपम् ।
जातं यस् ते जिघांसति तम् इतो नाशयामसि ॥

yas te hanti patayantaṃ niṣatsnuṃ yaḥ sarīsṛpam ।
jātaṃ yas te jighāṃsati tam ito nāśayāmasi ॥

Whatever afflicts the insemination and fertilisation process or the moving foetus or whatever hurts and damages your new bom baby, we destroy from here.

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20.96.14

यस् त ऊरू विहरत्य् अन्तरा दम्पती शये ।
योनिं यो अन्तर् आरेल्हि तम् इतो नाशयामसि ॥

yas ta ūrū viharaty antarā dampatī śaye ।
yoniṃ yo antar ārelhi tam ito nāśayāmasi ॥

Whatever disturbs your thighs, interferes with the conjugal relation of the wife and husband, disturbs the couple in sleep or destroys the seed and the embryo in the womb, we destroy and eliminate from here.

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20.96.15

यस् त्वा भ्राता पतिर् भूत्वा जारो भूत्वा निपद्यते ।
प्रजां यस् ते जिघांसति तम् इतो नाशयामसि ॥

yas tvā bhrātā patir bhūtvā jāro bhūtvā nipadyate ।
prajāṃ yas te jighāṃsati tam ito nāśayāmasi ॥

Whatever evil and afflication comes as brother, i.e., genetically, or as husband, i.e., through conjugal relationship, or otherwise through love and passion, and hurts, damages or destroys your progeny, we destroy and eliminate from here.

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20.96.16

यस् त्वा स्वप्नेन तमसा मोहयित्वा निपद्यते ।
प्रजां यस् ते जिघांसति तम् इतो नाशयामसि ॥

yas tvā svapnena tamasā mohayitvā nipadyate ।
prajāṃ yas te jighāṃsati tam ito nāśayāmasi ॥

Whoever or whatever approaches you either by creating dreams of reality or in the state of sleep or under veil of darkness or by hypnosis, and hurts or destroys your progeny, that we eliminate from here.

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20.96.17

अक्षीभ्यां ते नासिकाभ्यां कर्णाभ्यां छुबुकाद् अधि ।
यक्ष्मं शीर्षण्यं मस्तिष्काज् जिह्वाया वि वृहामि ते ॥

akṣībhyāṃ te nāsikābhyāṃ karṇābhyāṃ chubukād adhi ।
yakṣmaṃ śīrṣaṇyaṃ mastiṣkāj jihvāyā vi vṛhāmi te ॥

I remove and uproot the worst cancer and consumption from your eyes, nostrils, ears, chin, brain and tongue related to the head area.

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20.96.18

ग्रीवाभ्यस् त उष्णिहाभ्यः कीकसाभ्यो अनूक्यात् ।
यक्ष्मं दोषण्यम् अंसाभ्यां बाहुभ्यां वि वृहामि ते ॥

grīvābhyas ta uṣṇihābhyaḥ kīkasābhyo anūkyāt ।
yakṣmaṃ doṣaṇyam aṃsābhyāṃ bāhubhyāṃ vi vṛhāmi te ॥

I remove and uproot the consumptive, cancerous disease related to the arms, from your neck arteries and veins, nape, collar and chest bones, spine, shoulders and arms.

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20.96.19

हृदयात् ते परि क्लोम्नो हलीक्ष्णात् पार्श्वाभ्याम् ।
यक्ष्मं मतस्नाभ्यां प्लीह्नो यक्नस् ते वि वृहामसि ॥

hṛdayāt te pari klomno halīkṣṇāt pārśvābhyām ।
yakṣmaṃ matasnābhyāṃ plīhno yaknas te vi vṛhāmasi ॥

I remove and uproot the consumptive, cancerous disease from your heart, lungs, gall bladder, sides, kidneys, spleen and liver.

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20.96.20

आन्त्रेभ्यस् ते गुदाभ्यो वनिष्ठोर् उदराद् अधि ।
यक्ष्मं कुक्षिभ्यां प्लाशेर् नाभ्या वि वृहामि ते ॥

āntrebhyas te gudābhyo vaniṣṭhor udarād adhi ।
yakṣmaṃ kukṣibhyāṃ plāśer nābhyā vi vṛhāmi te ॥

I remove and uproot the consumptive, cancerous disease from your intestines, anal area, colon, stomach, flanks, lower abdomen and navel area.

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20.96.21

ऊरुभ्यां ते अष्ठीवद्भ्यां पार्ष्णिभ्यां प्रपदाभ्याम् ।
यक्ष्मं भसद्यं श्रोणिभ्यां भासदं भांससो वि वृहामि ते ॥

ūrubhyāṃ te aṣṭhīvadbhyāṃ pārṣṇibhyāṃ prapadābhyām ।
yakṣmaṃ bhasadyaṃ śroṇibhyāṃ bhāsadaṃ bhāṃsaso vi vṛhāmi te ॥

I remove and uproot the consumptive, cancerous disease from your thighs, knees, heels, fore-feet and toes, hips, lower back and genitalia.

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20.96.23

अङ्गेअङ्गे लोम्निलोम्नि यस् ते पर्वणिपर्वणि ।
यक्षं त्वचस्यं ते वयं कश्यपस्य वीबर्हेण विष्वञ्चं वि वृहामसि ॥

aṅgeaṅge lomnilomni yas te parvaṇiparvaṇi ।
yakṣaṃ tvacasyaṃ te vayaṃ kaśyapasya vībarheṇa viṣvañcaṃ vi vṛhāmasi ॥

The consumptive cancerous disease which has spread all over your skin and body in every part, every pore and hair, and every joint, we remove and uproot with the diagnosis and judicious treatment by the kashyapa, enlightened physician.

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20.96.24

अपेहि मनसस् पते ऽप काम परश् चर ।
परो निरृत्या आ चक्ष्व बहुधा जीवतो मनः ॥

apehi manasas pate 'pa kāma paraś cara ।
paro nirṛtyā ā cakṣva bahudhā jīvato manaḥ ॥

Off with you, hypnosis of the mind, disturb not, get away and wander far around with death and adversity, and there proclaim that I am not for you, I am alive, awake and alert, my mind is wakeful and versatile.

Atharvaveda 20.97 · 3 mantras

20.97.1

वयम् एनम् इदा ह्योपीपेमेह वज्रिणम् ।
तस्मा उ अद्य समना सुतं भरा नूनं भूषत श्रुते ॥

vayam enam idā hyopīpemeha vajriṇam ।
tasmā u adya samanā sutaṃ bharā nūnaṃ bhūṣata śrute ॥

Here today as before we have regaled this lord of the thunderbolt. For him, again, now, all of one mind, bear and bring the distilled soma of homage, and worship him who would, for certain, for joy of the song, grace the celebrants.

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20.97.2

वृकश् चिद् अस्य वारण उरामथिर् आ वयुनेषु भूषति ।
सेमं नः स्तोमं जुजुषाण आ गहीन्द्र प्र चित्रया धिया ॥

vṛkaś cid asya vāraṇa urāmathir ā vayuneṣu bhūṣati ।
semaṃ naḥ stomaṃ jujuṣāṇa ā gahīndra pra citrayā dhiyā ॥

The wolf, its counterforce elephant, and the thief all have to accept and follow the laws of this lord Indra. May he, loving and cherishing this our song of adoration, listen and come with gifts of clear and un-illusive intelligence and understanding.

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20.97.3

कद् उ न्व् अस्याकृतम् इन्द्रस्यास्ति पौंस्यम् ।
केनो नु कं श्रोमतेन न शुश्रुवे जनुषः परि वृत्रहा ॥

kad u nv asyākṛtam indrasyāsti pauṃsyam ।
keno nu kaṃ śromatena na śuśruve januṣaḥ pari vṛtrahā ॥

What wonder work is that which is not the

Atharvaveda 20.98 · 2 mantras

20.98.1

त्वाम् इद् धि हवामहे साता वाजस्य कारवः ।
त्वां वृत्रेष्व् इन्द्र सत्पतिं नरस् त्वां काष्ठास्व् अर्वतः ॥

tvām id dhi havāmahe sātā vājasya kāravaḥ ।
tvāṃ vṛtreṣv indra satpatiṃ naras tvāṃ kāṣṭhāsv arvataḥ ॥

Indra, lord of power and advancement, you alone we invoke and call upon for acquisition of food, energy, honour, excellence and progress. All of us, leading people, makers, poets, artists, artisans and architects of the nation, fast advancing in all directions, invoke and exhort you, protector and promoter of universal truth and values in human struggles for light, goodness and generosity, and the wealth of life.

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20.98.2

स त्वं नश् चित्र वज्रहस्त धृष्णुया मह स्तवानो अद्रिवः ।
गाम् अश्वं रथ्यम् इन्द्र सं किर सत्रा वाजं न जिग्युषे ॥

sa tvaṃ naś citra vajrahasta dhṛṣṇuyā maha stavāno adrivaḥ ।
gām aśvaṃ rathyam indra saṃ kira satrā vājaṃ na jigyuṣe ॥

Indra, lord of wondrous powers and performance, wielding the thunderbolt of justice and punishment in hand, great and glorious, breaker of the clouds and shaker of mountains, invoked and adored in song, with truth and science, power and force, collect, organise and win for us the wealth of lands, cows and rays of the sun, horses, transports and chariots like the victories of wealth and glory for the ambitious nation.

Atharvaveda 20.99 · 2 mantras

20.99.1

अभि त्वा पूर्वपीतय इन्द्र स्तोमेभिर् आयवः ।
समीचीनास ऋभवः सम् अस्वरन् रुद्रा गृणन्त पूर्व्यम् ॥

abhi tvā pūrvapītaya indra stomebhir āyavaḥ ।
samīcīnāsa ṛbhavaḥ sam asvaran rudrā gṛṇanta pūrvyam ॥

Indra, men in general, learned experts of vision and wisdom, illustrious powers of law and order, and fighting warriors of defence and protection all together, raising a united voice of praise, prayer and appreciation, with songs of holiness and acts of piety, invoke and invite you, ancient, nearest and most excellent lord of power and lustre, to inaugurate their yajnic celebration of the soma session of peaceful and exciting programme of development.

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20.99.2

अस्येद् इन्द्रो वावृधे वृष्ण्यं शवो मदे सुतस्य विष्णवि ।
अद्या तम् अस्य महिमानम् आयवो ऽनु ष्टुवन्ति पूर्वथा ॥

asyed indro vāvṛdhe vṛṣṇyaṃ śavo made sutasya viṣṇavi ।
adyā tam asya mahimānam āyavo 'nu ṣṭuvanti pūrvathā ॥

In the ecstasy of this soma success of achievement through the yajnic programme, Indra augments the strength and enthusiasm of this host and

Atharvaveda 20.100 · 3 mantras

20.100.1

अधा हीन्द्र गिर्वण उप त्वा कामान् महः ससृज्महे ।
उदेव यन्त उदभिः ॥

adhā hīndra girvaṇa upa tvā kāmān mahaḥ sasṛjmahe ।
udeva yanta udabhiḥ ॥

And O lord lover of song and celebration, Indra, we send up vaulting voices of adoration and prayer to you like wave on waves of the flood rolling upon the sea.

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20.100.2

वार् ण त्वा यव्याभिर् वर्धन्ति शूर ब्रह्माणि ।
वावृध्वांसं चिद् अद्रिवो दिवेदिवे ॥

vār ṇa tvā yavyābhir vardhanti śūra brahmāṇi ।
vāvṛdhvāṃsaṃ cid adrivo divedive ॥

O lord of clouds and oceans of space, munificent and brave, expansive, boundless, infinite, like streams of water augmenting the sea, our songs of adoration exalt you wave on wave of flood day by day, the knowledge about you is unending.

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20.100.3

युञ्जन्ति हरी इषिरस्य गाथयोरौ रथ उरुयुगे ।
इन्द्रवाहा वचोयुजा ॥

yuñjanti harī iṣirasya gāthayorau ratha uruyuge ।
indravāhā vacoyujā ॥

controlled by word, carry Indra, the soul, in the wide yoked spacious body-chariot by the power of the adorations of the universal mover, Indra, cosmic energy.

Atharvaveda 20.101 · 3 mantras

20.101.1

अग्निं दूतं वृणीमहे होतारं विश्ववेदसम् ।
अस्य यज्ञस्य सुक्रतुम् ॥

agniṃ dūtaṃ vṛṇīmahe hotāraṃ viśvavedasam ।
asya yajñasya sukratum ॥

We choose Agni, the fire, as prime power of social yajna, which carries the fragrance of yajna universally across the earth, the sky and even to the heavens, and which is the chief creator of prosperity and maker of beautiful forms.

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20.101.2

अग्निमग्निं हवीमभिः सदा हवन्त विश्पतिम् ।
हव्यवाहं पुरुप्रियम् ॥

agnimagniṃ havīmabhiḥ sadā havanta viśpatim ।
havyavāhaṃ purupriyam ॥

We choose Agni visible and invisible, and invoke it with faith and holy action, Agni which is the protector of the people, carrier of yajnic fragrance, and favourite of the wise.

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20.101.3

अग्ने देवां इहा वह जज्ञानो वृक्तबर्हिषे ।
असि होता न ईड्यः ॥

agne devāṃ ihā vaha jajñāno vṛktabarhiṣe ।
asi hotā na īḍyaḥ ॥

Atharvaveda 20.102 · 3 mantras

20.102.1

ईलेन्यो नमस्यस् तिरस् तमांसि दर्शतः ।
सम् अग्निर् इध्यते वृषा ॥

īlenyo namasyas tiras tamāṃsi darśataḥ ।
sam agnir idhyate vṛṣā ॥

Agni, worthy of worship, worthy of reverence and salutations, virile and generous, is beautiful, it conquers the darkness of the world and is lighted and raised in yajnas.

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20.102.2

वृषो अग्निः सम् इध्यते ऽश्वो न देववाहनः ।
तं हविष्मन्तः ईलते ॥

vṛṣo agniḥ sam idhyate 'śvo na devavāhanaḥ ।
taṃ haviṣmantaḥ īlate ॥

Virile and generous, Agni is lighted and raised, it shines and blazes. It is the carrier of fragrance to the divinities of heaven and earth. Devotees bearing sacred offerings worship it in yajna.

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20.102.3

वृषणं त्वा वयं वृषन् वृषणः सम् इधीमहि ।
अग्ने दीद्यतं बृहत् ॥

vṛṣaṇaṃ tvā vayaṃ vṛṣan vṛṣaṇaḥ sam idhīmahi ।
agne dīdyataṃ bṛhat ॥

Agni, virile and generous as showers of rain, refulgent lord of light and yajna, we, overflowing at heart with faith and generosity, light the fire of yajna, rising and shining across the vast spaces.

Atharvaveda 20.103 · 3 mantras

20.103.1

अग्निम् ईलिष्वावसे गाथाभिः शीरशोचिषम् ।
अग्निं राये पुरुमील्ह श्रुतं नरो ऽग्निं सुदीतये छर्दिः ॥

agnim īliṣvāvase gāthābhiḥ śīraśociṣam ।
agniṃ rāye purumīlha śrutaṃ naro 'gniṃ sudītaye chardiḥ ॥

Pray to Agni of bright flames with songs and praise for protection and progress. O generous scholar, study and serve Agni for wealth, famous among people, Agni who provides home and happiness for the man of brilliance.

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20.103.2

अग्न आ याह्य् अग्निभिर् होतारं त्वा वृणीमहे ।
आ त्वाम् अनक्तु प्रयता हविष्मती यजिष्ठं बर्हिर् आसदे ॥

agna ā yāhy agnibhir hotāraṃ tvā vṛṇīmahe ।
ā tvām anaktu prayatā haviṣmatī yajiṣṭhaṃ barhir āsade ॥

Agni, universal fire of life, come with other fires such as the sun. We opt to worship you alone, the cosmic yajamana. The yajaka people holding ladlefuls of havi would honour and celebrate you and seat you on the holy grass.

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20.103.3

अछ हि त्वा सहसः सूनो अङ्गिरः स्रुचश् चरन्त्य् अध्वरे ।
ऊर्जो नपातं घृतकेशम् ईमहे ऽग्निं यज्ञेषु पूर्व्यम् ॥

acha hi tvā sahasaḥ sūno aṅgiraḥ srucaś caranty adhvare ।
ūrjo napātaṃ ghṛtakeśam īmahe 'gniṃ yajñeṣu pūrvyam ॥

Atharvaveda 20.104 · 4 mantras

20.104.1

इमा उ त्वा पुरूवसो गिरो वर्धन्तु या मम ।
पावकवर्णाः शुचयो विपश्चितो ऽभि स्तोमैर् अनूषत ॥

imā u tvā purūvaso giro vardhantu yā mama ।
pāvakavarṇāḥ śucayo vipaścito 'bhi stomair anūṣata ॥

O lord of universal wealth, O shelter home of the world, may these words of my divine adoration please you and exalt you. The saints and sages of vision and wisdom and fiery heat and purity of light adore you with songs of celebration.

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20.104.2

अयं सहस्रम् ऋषिभिः सहस्कृतः समुद्र इव पप्रथे ।
सत्यः सो अस्य महिमा गृने शवो यज्ञेषु विप्रराज्ये ॥

ayaṃ sahasram ṛṣibhiḥ sahaskṛtaḥ samudra iva paprathe ।
satyaḥ so asya mahimā gṛne śavo yajñeṣu viprarājye ॥

This Indra, adored and exalted by poets and sages a thousand ways to power and glory, rises like the sea. Ever true and inviolable is he, and I celebrate his might and grandeur expanding in the yajnic programmes of the dominion of the wise.

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20.104.3

आ नो विश्वासु हव्य इन्द्रः समत्सु भूषतु ।
उप ब्रह्माणि सवनानि वृत्रहा परमज्या ऋचीषमः ॥

ā no viśvāsu havya indraḥ samatsu bhūṣatu ।
upa brahmāṇi savanāni vṛtrahā paramajyā ṛcīṣamaḥ ॥

Indra, lord of universal energy, world power and human forces, is worthy of reverence and invocation in all our joint battles of life. May the lord of strongest bow, destroyer of evil and dispeller of darkness and ignorance, great and glorious as sung in the Rks, grace our songs of adoration and faithful efforts with the beauty and glory of success.

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20.104.4

त्वं दाता प्रथमो राघसाम् अस्य् असि सत्य ईशानकृत् ।
तुविद्युम्नस्य युज्या वृणीमहे पुत्रस्य शवसो महः ॥

tvaṃ dātā prathamo rāghasām asy asi satya īśānakṛt ।
tuvidyumnasya yujyā vṛṇīmahe putrasya śavaso mahaḥ ॥

You are the original giver of means of effort and success in all fields of life. You are the maker of leaders and giver of the wealth and honours of life. Of such great lord of glory and power, promoter and protector of strength and power, we pray for wealth, honour and excellence worthy of your glory.

Atharvaveda 20.105 · 5 mantras

20.105.1

त्वम् इन्द्र प्रतूर्तिष्व् अभि विश्वा असि स्पृधः ।
अशस्तिहा जनिता विश्वतूर् असि त्वं तूर्य तरुष्यतः ॥

tvam indra pratūrtiṣv abhi viśvā asi spṛdhaḥ ।
aśastihā janitā viśvatūr asi tvaṃ tūrya taruṣyataḥ ॥

Indra, O inspired soul, in the external conflicts of life and in the internal conflicts of mind, you are the superior over all assailants. You are the destroyer of evil and calumny, creator of goodness and eliminator of impediments. Pray drive off all evil thoughts and oppositions of life and mind.

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20.105.2

अनु ते शुष्मं तुरयन्तम् ईयतुः क्षोणी शिशुं न मातरा ।
विश्वास् ते स्पृधः श्नथयन्त मन्यवे वृत्रं यद् इन्द्र तूर्वसि ॥

anu te śuṣmaṃ turayantam īyatuḥ kṣoṇī śiśuṃ na mātarā ।
viśvās te spṛdhaḥ śnathayanta manyave vṛtraṃ yad indra tūrvasi ॥

Just as mothers follow the desires and interests of children, so do the heaven and earth, all living beings from earth to heaven, think and act in conformity with you, evil destroying power. All oppositions slacken and fall exhausted when you strike and destroy the demons of evil and negativity in the interest of humanity.

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20.105.3

इत ऊती वो अजरं प्रहेतारम् अप्रहितम् ।
आशुं जेतारं हेतारं रथीतमम् अतूर्तं तुग्र्यावृधम् ॥

ita ūtī vo ajaraṃ prahetāram aprahitam ।
āśuṃ jetāraṃ hetāraṃ rathītamam atūrtaṃ tugryāvṛdham ॥

O men and women of the earth, for your protection and progress follow Indra, unaging, all inspirer and mover, himself unmoved and self-inspired, most dynamic, highest victor, thunderer, master of the chariot of life, inviolable augmenter of strength to

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20.105.4

यो राजा चर्षणीनां याता रथेभिर् अध्रिगुः ।
विश्वासां तरुता पृतनानां ज्येष्ठो यो वृत्रहा गृणे ॥

yo rājā carṣaṇīnāṃ yātā rathebhir adhriguḥ ।
viśvāsāṃ tarutā pṛtanānāṃ jyeṣṭho yo vṛtrahā gṛṇe ॥

I adore Indra, lord supreme, who rules the people, and who is the irresistible and universal mover by waves of cosmic energy, saviour of all humanity, supreme warrior and winner of cosmic battles of the elemental forces and who destroys the evil, darkness and poverty of the world.

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20.105.5

इन्द्रं तं शुम्भ पुरुहन्मन्न् अवसे यस्य द्विता विधर्तरि ।
हस्ताय वज्रः प्रति धायि दर्शतो महो दिवे न सूर्यः ॥

indraṃ taṃ śumbha puruhanmann avase yasya dvitā vidhartari ।
hastāya vajraḥ prati dhāyi darśato maho dive na sūryaḥ ॥

O man of universal devotion, exalt and glorify that omnipotent Indra for protection and progress in whom, as ruler and controller of the world, both justice and mercy abide simultaneously, who holds the thunderbolt of power in hand, and who is great and glorious like the sun in heaven.

Atharvaveda 20.106 · 3 mantras

20.106.1

तव त्यद् इन्द्रियं बृहत् तव शुष्मम् उत क्रतुम् ।
वज्रं शिशाति धिषणा वरेण्यम् ॥

tava tyad indriyaṃ bṛhat tava śuṣmam uta kratum ।
vajraṃ śiśāti dhiṣaṇā vareṇyam ॥

That grandeur and majesty of yours, that power and potential, that continuous act of divine generosity, that adamantine will and force of natural justice and dispensation of the thunderbolt which overwhelms our will and choice commands our sense of discrimination, and we glorify it, we sharpen it, we accept it with adoration.

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20.106.2

तव द्यौर् इन्द्र पौंस्यं पृथिवी वर्धति श्रवः ।
त्वाम् आपः पर्वतासश् च हिन्विरे ॥

tava dyaur indra pauṃsyaṃ pṛthivī vardhati śravaḥ ।
tvām āpaḥ parvatāsaś ca hinvire ॥

The light of heaven glorifies your blazing power, the earth augments your honour and fame, and the rolling floods of water and mighty mountains of majesty do awesome homage to you.

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20.106.3

त्वां विष्णुर् बृहन् क्षयो मित्रो गृणाति वरुणः ।
त्वां शर्धो मदत्य् अनु मारुतम् ॥

tvāṃ viṣṇur bṛhan kṣayo mitro gṛṇāti varuṇaḥ ।
tvāṃ śardho madaty anu mārutam ॥

Vishnu, cosmic dynamics of nature’s expansive sustenance, Mitra, loving and life giving sun, Varuna, soothing and energising oceans of the universe, and the power and force of the showers of cosmic energy all exalt you and receive their life and exaltation from you.

Atharvaveda 20.107 · 15 mantras

20.107.1

सम् अस्य मन्यवे विशो विश्वा नमन्त कुष्टयः ।
समुद्रायेव सिन्धवः ॥

sam asya manyave viśo viśvā namanta kuṣṭayaḥ ।
samudrāyeva sindhavaḥ ॥

The people, in fact the entire humanity, bow in homage and surrender to this lord of passion, power and splendour just as rivers flow on down and join into the sea.

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20.107.2

ओजस् तद् अस्य तित्विष उभे यत् समवर्तयत् ।
इन्द्रश् चर्मेव रोदसी ॥

ojas tad asya titviṣa ubhe yat samavartayat ।
indraś carmeva rodasī ॥

When Indra, Lord Almighty, pervades and envelops both heaven and earth in the cover of light, the light that shines is only the lord’s divine splendour that blazes with glory.

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20.107.3

वि चिद् वृत्रस्य दोधतो वज्रेण शतपर्वणा ।
शिरो बिभेद् वृष्णिना ॥

vi cid vṛtrasya dodhato vajreṇa śataparvaṇā ।
śiro bibhed vṛṣṇinā ॥

And when the lord of might and munificence with his thunderbolt of a hundred potentials shatters the head of Vrtra, terror striking demon of darkness, drought and despair, the bolt is nothing but the blazing omnipotence of the lord.

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20.107.4

तद् इद् आस भुवनेषु ज्येष्ठं यतो जज्ञ उग्रस् त्वेषनृम्णः ।
सद्यो जज्ञानो नि रिणाति शत्रून् अनु यद् एनं मदन्ति विश्व ऊमाः ॥

tad id āsa bhuvaneṣu jyeṣṭhaṃ yato jajña ugras tveṣanṛmṇaḥ ।
sadyo jajñāno ni riṇāti śatrūn anu yad enaṃ madanti viśva ūmāḥ ॥

That Indra, Brahma, is the first and highest among all the worlds in existence, of which, as the original cause, is bom the blazing, refulgent potent sun which, always rising every moment, destroys the negativities which damage life and by which all positive and protective powers and people of the world rejoice and celebrate life.

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20.107.5

वावृधानः शवसा भूर्योजाः शत्रुर् दासाय भियसं दधाति ।
अव्यनच् च व्यनच् च सस्नि सं ते नवन्त प्रभृता मदेषु ॥

vāvṛdhānaḥ śavasā bhūryojāḥ śatrur dāsāya bhiyasaṃ dadhāti ।
avyanac ca vyanac ca sasni saṃ te navanta prabhṛtā madeṣu ॥

Growing mighty in strength, immensely lustrous, destroyer of negativities, Indra strikes fear into the heart of forces which cause damage to life and the environment. Bountiful purifier and sustainer of the breathing and non-breathing world, all the people and powers which receive sustenance from you join to do honour to you in their joy and celebration of life.

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20.107.6

त्वे क्रतुम् अपि पृञ्चन्ति भूरि द्विर् यद् एते त्रिर् भवन्त्य् ऊमाः ।
स्वादोः स्वादीयः स्वादुना सृजा सम् अदः सु मधु मधुनाभि योधीः ॥

tve kratum api pṛñcanti bhūri dvir yad ete trir bhavanty ūmāḥ ।
svādoḥ svādīyaḥ svādunā sṛjā sam adaḥ su madhu madhunābhi yodhīḥ ॥

And they all, celebrants of divinity, surrender all actions and prayers to you when they join in couples and grow to three in the family. O lord sweeter than sweetness itself, join the sweets of life with honey and with divine sweetness and bliss create life overflowing with love and ecstasy.

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20.107.7

यदि चिन् नु त्वा धना जयन्तं रणेरणे अनुमदन्ति विप्राः ।
ओजीयः शुष्मिन्त् स्थिरम् आ तनुष्व मा त्वा दभन् दुरेवासः कशोकाः ॥

yadi cin nu tvā dhanā jayantaṃ raṇeraṇe anumadanti viprāḥ ।
ojīyaḥ śuṣmint sthiram ā tanuṣva mā tvā dabhan durevāsaḥ kaśokāḥ ॥

Thus with joy on every happy occasion of life, grateful people and vibrant sages celebrate you, winner, creator and giver of wealth and excellence. Illustrious lord of shattering power, expand the commonwealth of permanent values. Let not the crooked and fiendish forces on the prowl suppress the creative gifts of divine generosity.

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20.107.8

त्वया वयं शाशद्महे रणेषु प्रपश्यन्तो युधेन्यानि भूरि ।
चोदयामि त आयुधा वचोभिः सं ते शिशामि ब्रह्मणा वयांसि ॥

tvayā vayaṃ śāśadmahe raṇeṣu prapaśyanto yudhenyāni bhūri ।
codayāmi ta āyudhā vacobhiḥ saṃ te śiśāmi brahmaṇā vayāṃsi ॥

With your divine inspiration, well knowing the weapons of war, we fight out the enemies of life in the battles of humanity. I strengthen and calibrate the arms and ammunitions for battle by your divine words, and by the same divine formula, I sharpen the target efficacy of the arrows and missiles of defence and offence.

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20.107.9

नि तद् दधिषे ऽवरे परे च यस्मिन्न् आविथावसा दुरोणे ।
आ स्थापयत मातरं जिगत्नुम् अत इन्वत कर्वराणि भूरि ॥

ni tad dadhiṣe 'vare pare ca yasminn āvithāvasā duroṇe ।
ā sthāpayata mātaraṃ jigatnum ata invata karvarāṇi bhūri ॥

You sustain this visible world of physical reality and the other invisible world of meta-physical and spiritual reality in which you maintain and protect everything with your might in their very home. And you hold and stabilise the revolving motherly earth and heaven, inspire many great actions therein and see them accomplished.

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20.107.10

स्तुष्व वर्ष्मन् पुरुवर्त्मानं सम् ऋभ्वाणम् इनतमम् आप्तम् आप्त्यानाम् ।
आ दर्शति शवसा भूर्योजाः प्र सक्षति प्रतिमानं पृथिव्याः ॥

stuṣva varṣman puruvartmānaṃ sam ṛbhvāṇam inatamam āptam āptyānām ।
ā darśati śavasā bhūryojāḥ pra sakṣati pratimānaṃ pṛthivyāḥ ॥

O dedicated celebrant of generous heart, worship and adore the lord of universal presence, self-refulgent, glorious, omniscient wise over all the wise self-realized sages, closer at hand than anything else. That lord of infinite might shines by his own light all round and takes over, symbolically, the image of the vast mother earth, indeed of nature and the expansive universe.

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20.107.11

इमा ब्रह्म बृहद्दिवः कृणवद् इन्द्राय शूषम् अग्नियः स्वर्षाः ।
महो गोत्रस्य क्षयति स्वराजा तुरश् चिद् विश्वम् अर्णवत् तपस्वान् ॥

imā brahma bṛhaddivaḥ kṛṇavad indrāya śūṣam agniyaḥ svarṣāḥ ।
maho gotrasya kṣayati svarājā turaś cid viśvam arṇavat tapasvān ॥

The poet of boundless heavenly light speaks these divine verses in honour of Indra for his own spiritual peace and pleasure. First and foremost among eminent poets, self-illuminant, self-refulgent and self-controlled, he masters the mighty treasure of Vedic wisdom and he opens the flood gates of his own vision of universal light and wisdom.

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20.107.12

एवा महान् बृहद्दिवो अथर्वावोचत् स्वां तन्वम् इन्द्रम् एव ।
स्वसारौ मातरिभ्वरी अरिप्रे हिन्वन्ति चैने शवसा वर्धयन्ति च ॥

evā mahān bṛhaddivo atharvāvocat svāṃ tanvam indram eva ।
svasārau mātaribhvarī aripre hinvanti caine śavasā vardhayanti ca ॥

Thus does the sage of boundless light and vision of wisdom with settled mind address his song of adoration to Indra only, and the pure immaculate fluent streams of speech like motherly creations inspire the world and exalt humanity with strength and enthusiasm.

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20.107.13

चित्रं देवानां केतुर् अनीकं ज्योतिष्मान् प्रदिशः सूर्य उद्यन् ।
दिवाकरो ऽति द्युम्नैस् तमांसि विश्वातारीद् दुरितानि शुक्रः ॥

citraṃ devānāṃ ketur anīkaṃ jyotiṣmān pradiśaḥ sūrya udyan ।
divākaro 'ti dyumnais tamāṃsi viśvātārīd duritāni śukraḥ ॥

Wondrous banner of divinities, life giving, self-refulgent, pure, powerful and radiant harbinger of the day, the inspiring sun, rising over quarters of space, has dispelled all darkness and evils of all the world far out with its radiations of light.

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20.107.14

चित्रं देवानाम् उद् अगाद् अनीकं चक्षुर् मित्रस्य वरुणस्याग्नेः ।
आप्राद् द्यावापृथिवी अन्तरिक्षं सूर्य आत्मा जगतस् तस्थुषश् च ॥

citraṃ devānām ud agād anīkaṃ cakṣur mitrasya varuṇasyāgneḥ ।
āprād dyāvāpṛthivī antarikṣaṃ sūrya ātmā jagatas tasthuṣaś ca ॥

Lo! there rises the sun, wonderful image of Divinity, the very eye of Mitra, heaven, the soothing cool of Varuna, the waters, and the beauty of the moon. It pervades and fills the heaven and earth and the middle regions of the sky. It is indeed the very soul of the moving and the unmoving world.

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20.107.15

सूर्यो देवीम् उषसं रोचमानां मर्यो न योषाम् अभ्य् एति पश्चात् ।
यत्रा नरो देवयन्तो युगानि वितन्वते प्रति भद्राय भद्रम् ॥

sūryo devīm uṣasaṃ rocamānāṃ maryo na yoṣām abhy eti paścāt ।
yatrā naro devayanto yugāni vitanvate prati bhadrāya bhadram ॥

The sun follows the brilliant and beautiful dawn just like a youthful lover who pursues his beloved. And therein, with reference to that, the leading astronomers of the stars extend their noble vision for the calculation of ages for the good of humanity.

Atharvaveda 20.108 · 3 mantras

20.108.1

त्वं न इन्द्रा भरं ओजो नृम्णं शतक्रतो विचर्षणे ।
आ वीरं पृतनाषहम् ॥

tvaṃ na indrā bharaṃ ojo nṛmṇaṃ śatakrato vicarṣaṇe ।
ā vīraṃ pṛtanāṣaham ॥

Indra, lord of vision and hero of a hundred great actions, bring us abundant and illustrious strength, courage and procreative energy by which we may fight out and win many battles of our life.

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20.108.2

त्वं हि नः पिता वसो त्वं माता शतक्रतो बभूविथ ।
अधा ते सुम्नम् ईमहे ॥

tvaṃ hi naḥ pitā vaso tvaṃ mātā śatakrato babhūvitha ।
adhā te sumnam īmahe ॥

O lord of infinite action, shelter home of the world and wealth of existence, you are our father, you our mother, and to you, we pray for love and peace, good will and grace.

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20.108.3

त्वां शुष्मिन् पुरुहूत वाजयन्तम् उप ब्रुवे शतक्रतो ।
स नो रास्व सुवीर्यम् ॥

tvāṃ śuṣmin puruhūta vājayantam upa bruve śatakrato ।
sa no rāsva suvīryam ॥

O lord of cosmic energy universally invoked, hero of infinite acts of kindness and creation, giver of sustenance and victory, we pray in silent sincerity of conscience, bring us and bless us with noble strength and vitality of body and mind and creativity of vision

Atharvaveda 20.109 · 3 mantras

20.109.1

स्वादोर् इत्था विषुवतो मध्वः पिबन्ति गौर्यः ।
या इन्द्रेण सयावरीर् वृष्णा मदन्ति शोभसे वस्वीर् अनु स्वराज्यम् ॥

svādor itthā viṣuvato madhvaḥ pibanti gauryaḥ ।
yā indreṇa sayāvarīr vṛṣṇā madanti śobhase vasvīr anu svarājyam ॥

The golden and brilliant people and forces of the land drink of the delicious, exciting and universal honey sweets of national pride and prestige, and they joyously celebrate their achievements in the company of generous and valorous Indra for the advancement of the honour and glory of the republic, in obedience to the demands and discipline of the freedom and self-government of the nation.

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20.109.2

ता अस्य पृशनायुवः सोमं श्रीणन्ति पृश्नयः ।
प्रिया इन्द्रस्य धेनवो वज्रं हिन्वन्ति सायकं वस्वीर् अनु स्वराज्यम् ॥

tā asya pṛśanāyuvaḥ somaṃ śrīṇanti pṛśnayaḥ ।
priyā indrasya dhenavo vajraṃ hinvanti sāyakaṃ vasvīr anu svarājyam ॥

Those forces of Indra, the ruler, close together in contact and unison, of varied forms and colours, brilliant as sunrays and generous and productive as cows, who are dearest favourites of the ruler, create the soma of joy and national dignity. They hurl the missile of the thunderbolt upon the invader as loyal citizens of the land in accordance with the demands and discipline of freedom and self-government.

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20.109.3

ता अस्य नमसा सहः सपर्यन्ति प्रचेतसः ।
व्रतान्य् अस्य सश्चिरे पुरूणि पूर्वचित्तये वस्वीर् अनु स्वराज्यम् ॥

tā asya namasā sahaḥ saparyanti pracetasaḥ ।
vratāny asya saścire purūṇi pūrvacittaye vasvīr anu svarājyam ॥

Those forces, noble and intelligent, serve and augment the courage and power of this Indra with food, energy and armaments and, as citizens of the land, as a matter of duty to the freedom and discipline of the republic, they predictably join many dedicated projects and programmes of his in anticipation of success.

Atharvaveda 20.110 · 3 mantras

20.110.1

इन्द्राय मदूने सुतं परि ष्टोभन्तु नो गिरः ।
अर्कम् अर्चन्तु कारवः ॥

indrāya madūne sutaṃ pari ṣṭobhantu no giraḥ ।
arkam arcantu kāravaḥ ॥

Let all our voices of admiration flow and intensify the soma for the joy of Indra, and let the poets sing songs of adoration for him and celebrate his achievements.

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20.110.2

यस्मिन् विश्वा अधि श्रियो रणन्ति सप्त संसदः ।
इन्द्रं सुते हवामहे ॥

yasmin viśvā adhi śriyo raṇanti sapta saṃsadaḥ ।
indraṃ sute havāmahe ॥

In our soma yajna of life, in meditation, and in

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20.110.3

त्रिकद्रुकेषु चेतनं देवासो यज्ञम् अत्नत ।
तम् इद् वर्धन्तु नो गिरः ॥

trikadrukeṣu cetanaṃ devāso yajñam atnata ।
tam id vardhantu no giraḥ ॥

Atharvaveda 20.111 · 3 mantras

20.111.1

यत् सोमम् इन्द्र विष्णवि यद् वा घ त्रित आप्त्ये ।
यद् वा मरुत्सु मन्दसे सम् इन्दुभिः ॥

yat somam indra viṣṇavi yad vā gha trita āptye ।
yad vā marutsu mandase sam indubhiḥ ॥

Indra, the soma nectar which you infuse in the sun and in the three worlds of experience, i.e., earth, heaven and firmament and which you infuse in the winds and enjoy to the last drop, we pray for.

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20.111.2

यद् वा शक्र परावति समुद्रे अधि मन्दसे ।
अस्माकम् इत् सुते रणा सम् इन्दुभिः ॥

yad vā śakra parāvati samudre adhi mandase ।
asmākam it sute raṇā sam indubhiḥ ॥

And which, O lord of power, you infuse and energise in the far off sea and in this soma distilled by us and enjoy to the last drop, we pray for.

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20.111.3

यद् वासि सुन्वतो वृधो यजमानस्य सत्पते ।
उक्थे वा यस्य रण्यसि सम् इन्दुभिः ॥

yad vāsi sunvato vṛdho yajamānasya satpate ।
ukthe vā yasya raṇyasi sam indubhiḥ ॥

And you, O lord protector of eternal truth, who lead the yajamana maker of soma to progress in his yajna and songs of adoration and enjoy the soma homage to the last drop, we pray for.

Atharvaveda 20.112 · 3 mantras

20.112.1

यद् अद्य कच् च वृत्रहन्न् उदगा अभि सूर्य ।
सर्वं तद् इन्द्र ते वशे ॥

yad adya kac ca vṛtrahann udagā abhi sūrya ।
sarvaṃ tad indra te vaśe ॥

O sun, dispeller of darkness, whatever the aim and purpose for which you rise today, let that be, O Indra, lord ruler of the world, under your command and control.

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20.112.2

यद् वा प्रवृद्ध सत्पते न मरा इति मन्यसे ।
उतो तत् सत्यम् इत् तव ॥

yad vā pravṛddha satpate na marā iti manyase ।
uto tat satyam it tava ॥

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20.112.3

ये सोमासः परावति ये अर्वावति सुन्विरे ।
सर्वांस् तां इन्द्र गछसि ॥

ye somāsaḥ parāvati ye arvāvati sunvire ।
sarvāṃs tāṃ indra gachasi ॥

Atharvaveda 20.113 · 2 mantras

20.113.1

उभयं शृणवच् च न इन्द्रो अर्वाग् इदं वचः ।
सत्राच्या मघवा सोमपीतये धिया शविष्ठ आ गमत् ॥

ubhayaṃ śṛṇavac ca na indro arvāg idaṃ vacaḥ ।
satrācyā maghavā somapītaye dhiyā śaviṣṭha ā gamat ॥

May Indra, lord omnipotent, master of the world’s wealth and power, directly listen to our joint prayer for worldly and spiritual advancement with attentive ear and sympathetic understanding, and may the lord of supreme power come to protect and promote our yajnic programme and prayer and taste the pleasure

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20.113.2

तं हि स्वराजं वृषभं तम् ओजसे धिषणे निष्टतक्षतुः ।
उतोपमानां प्रथमो नि षीदसि सोमकामं हि ते मनः ॥

taṃ hi svarājaṃ vṛṣabhaṃ tam ojase dhiṣaṇe niṣṭatakṣatuḥ ।
utopamānāṃ prathamo ni ṣīdasi somakāmaṃ hi te manaḥ ॥

That self-ruled, self-refulgent, brave and generous human character and programme, that human republic, the heaven and earth vested with divine will and intelligence conceive, create and fashion forth for self-realisation of innate glory. O man, among similars and comparables, you stand the first and highest, and your mind is dedicated to the love of Soma, peace, pleasure and excellence of life.

Atharvaveda 20.114 · 2 mantras

20.114.1

अभ्रातृव्योऽअना त्वम् अनापिर् इन्द्र जनुषा सनाद् असि ।
युधेद् आपित्वम् इछसे ॥

abhrātṛvyo'anā tvam anāpir indra januṣā sanād asi ।
yudhed āpitvam ichase ॥

Indra, lord of absolute might by nature, since birth of the universe, indeed for eternity, you are without a rival, need no leader, no friend and no comrade, but in the dynamics of human life you do want that the human should be your companion in and for his struggle for self-evolution and social progress.

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20.114.2

नकी रेवन्तं सख्याय विन्दसे पीयन्ति ते सुराश्वः ।
यदा कृणोषि नदनुं सम् ऊहस्य् आद् इत् पितेव हूयसे ॥

nakī revantaṃ sakhyāya vindase pīyanti te surāśvaḥ ।
yadā kṛṇoṣi nadanuṃ sam ūhasy ād it piteva hūyase ॥

Atharvaveda 20.115 · 3 mantras

20.115.1

अहम् इद् धि पितुष् परि मेधाम् ऋतस्य जग्रभ ।
अहं सूर्य इवाजनि ॥

aham id dhi pituṣ pari medhām ṛtasya jagrabha ।
ahaṃ sūrya ivājani ॥

I have received from my father super intelligence of the universal mind and law, I have realised it too in the soul, and I feel reborn like the refulgent sun.

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20.115.2

अहं प्रत्नेन मन्मना गिरः शुम्भामि कण्ववत् ।
येनेन्द्रः शुष्मम् इद् दधे ॥

ahaṃ pratnena manmanā giraḥ śumbhāmi kaṇvavat ।
yenendraḥ śuṣmam id dadhe ॥

With the realisation of ancient and eternal knowledge I sanctify and adorn my words and voice in song like a wise sage, and by that, Indra, lord of light and power, vests me with strength and excellence.

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20.115.3

ये त्वाम् इन्द्र न तुष्टुवुर् ऋषयो ये च तुष्टुवुः ।
ममेद् वर्धस्व सुष्टुतः ॥

ye tvām indra na tuṣṭuvur ṛṣayo ye ca tuṣṭuvuḥ ।
mamed vardhasva suṣṭutaḥ ॥

There are men who do not adore you, and there are sages who adore you, (both ways you are acknowledged and adored by praise or protest). O lord thus adored by me and pleased, pray accept my adoration and let us rise.

Atharvaveda 20.116 · 2 mantras

20.116.1

मा भूम निष्ट्या इवेन्द्र त्वद् अरणा इव ।
वनानि नि प्रजहितान्य् अद्रिवो दुरोषासो अमन्महि ॥

mā bhūma niṣṭyā ivendra tvad araṇā iva ।
vanāni ni prajahitāny adrivo duroṣāso amanmahi ॥

Indra, lord almighty, maker and breaker of clouds and mountains, free from anger and fear we adore you and pray: Give us the grace that we may never be like the lowest of human species with nothing to be proud of, let us never be like the indifferent and the depressed, let us never be reduced to the state of forsaken thickets of dead wood.

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20.116.2

अमन्महीद् अनाशवो ऽनुग्रासश् च वृत्रहन् ।
सुकृत् सु ते महता शूर राधसानु स्तोमं मुदीमहि ॥

amanmahīd anāśavo 'nugrāsaś ca vṛtrahan ।
sukṛt su te mahatā śūra rādhasānu stomaṃ mudīmahi ॥

Atharvaveda 20.117 · 3 mantras

20.117.1

पिबा सोमम् इन्द्र मन्दतु त्वा यं ते सुषाव हर्यश्वाद्रिः ।
सोतुर् बाहुभ्यां सुयतो नार्वा ॥

pibā somam indra mandatu tvā yaṃ te suṣāva haryaśvādriḥ ।
sotur bāhubhyāṃ suyato nārvā ॥

Indra, lord ruler and controller of the dynamic forces of the world, drink this soma of ecstasy which, I am sure, would exhilarate you. The cloud, generative power of nature, has distilled it and showered on you. And just as a horse well controlled by the hands and reins of the driver moves to the right destination, so is this soma generated by the hands of the creator meant to exhort you to take the dominion to its destination.

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20.117.2

यस् ते मदो युजस् चारुर् अस्ति येन वृत्राणि हर्यश्व हंसि ।
स त्वाम् इन्द्र प्रभूवसो ममत्तु ॥

yas te mado yujas cārur asti yena vṛtrāṇi haryaśva haṃsi ।
sa tvām indra prabhūvaso mamattu ॥

That beauty and joy of the governance of your dominion which is agreeable, inspiring and worthy of support and participation, and by which joy, O controller of the dynamic forces of the people, you break the negative forces of darkness, sin and crime, want and ignorance like the sun breaking dark clouds for showers, may that joy, O sovereign lord of power for settlement and prosperity, give you the real pleasure of creative governance and administration.

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20.117.3

बोधा सु मे मघवन् वाचम् एमां यां ते वसिष्ठो अर्चति प्रशस्तिम् ।
इमा ब्रह्म सधमादे जुषस्व ॥

bodhā su me maghavan vācam emāṃ yāṃ te vasiṣṭho arcati praśastim ।
imā brahma sadhamāde juṣasva ॥

O lord of honour, power and magnificence, pray know well this voice of mine which the sage well settled at peace offers you in adoration of your glory. And accept, honour and apply these holy words of vision and wisdom in practice in the assembly house of the wise for governance and administration.

Atharvaveda 20.118 · 4 mantras

20.118.1

शग्ध्य् ऊ षु शचीपत इन्द्र विश्वाभिर् ऊतिभिः ।
भगं न हि त्वा यशसं वसुविदम् अनु शूर चरामसि ॥

śagdhy ū ṣu śacīpata indra viśvābhir ūtibhiḥ ।
bhagaṃ na hi tvā yaśasaṃ vasuvidam anu śūra carāmasi ॥

Indra, lord of omnipotent action and infinitely various victories, with all powers, protections and inspirations, strengthen and energise us for excellent works without delay. As you are the very honour, splendour and treasure-home of the universe, O potent and heroic lord, we live in pursuit of your glory to justify our existence and win our destiny.

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20.118.2

पौरो अश्वस्य पुरुकृद् गवाम् अस्य् उत्सो देव हिरण्ययः ।
नकिर् हि दानं परिमर्धिषत् त्वे यद्यद् यामि तद् आ भर ॥

pauro aśvasya purukṛd gavām asy utso deva hiraṇyayaḥ ।
nakir hi dānaṃ parimardhiṣat tve yadyad yāmi tad ā bhara ॥

You are the sole One omnipresent citizen of the universe, creator of all lands, cows, lights and knowledges of the world, maker of the motions, ambitions, advancements and achievements of nature and humanity, fountain head of universal joy, and golden refulgent generous lord supreme. No one can ever impair or obstruct your gifts to humanity. O lord, I pray, bring us whatever we need and ask for.

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20.118.3

इन्द्रम् इद् देवतातये इन्द्रं प्रयत्य् अध्वरे ।
इन्द्रं समीके वनिनो हवामह इन्द्रं धनस्य सातये ॥

indram id devatātaye indraṃ prayaty adhvare ।
indraṃ samīke vanino havāmaha indraṃ dhanasya sātaye ॥

We invoke Indra for our programmes of natural and environmental development. We invite Indra when the yajna of development is inaugurated. Lovers and admirers dedicated to him, we pray for his grace in our struggles of life, and we solicit his favour and guidance for the achievement of wealth, honour and excellence.

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20.118.4

इन्द्रो मह्ना रोदसी पप्रथच् छव इन्द्रः सूर्यम् अरोचयत् ।
इन्द्रे ह विश्वा भुवनानि येमिर इन्द्रे सुवानास इन्दवः ॥

indro mahnā rodasī paprathac chava indraḥ sūryam arocayat ।
indre ha viśvā bhuvanāni yemira indre suvānāsa indavaḥ ॥

Indra, by the power and abundance of his omnipotence, expands and pervades heaven and earth. Indra gives the radiance of light to the sun. All regions of the universe and her children are sustained in life and order in Indra, and in the infinite power, presence and abundance of Indra flow all liquid energies of life’s evolution to their perfection and fulfilment.

Atharvaveda 20.119 · 2 mantras

20.119.1

अस्तावि मन्म पूर्व्यं ब्रह्मेन्द्राय वोचत ।
पूर्वीर् ऋतस्य बृहतीर् अनूषत स्तोतुर् मेघा असृक्षत ॥

astāvi manma pūrvyaṃ brahmendrāya vocata ।
pūrvīr ṛtasya bṛhatīr anūṣata stotur meghā asṛkṣata ॥

Eternal and adorable song of divine praise has been presented. Chant that for Indra, the divine soul. Sing the grand old hymns of divine law and glorify the Lord. Inspire and augment the mind and soul of the celebrant.

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20.119.2

तुरण्यवो मधुमन्तं घृतश्चुतं विप्रासो अर्कम् आनृचुः ।
अस्मे रयिः पप्रथे वृष्ण्यं शवो ऽस्मे सुवानास इन्दवः ॥

turaṇyavo madhumantaṃ ghṛtaścutaṃ viprāso arkam ānṛcuḥ ।
asme rayiḥ paprathe vṛṣṇyaṃ śavo 'sme suvānāsa indavaḥ ॥

Atharvaveda 20.120 · 2 mantras

20.120.1

यद् इन्द्र प्राग् अपाग् उदङ् न्यग् वा हूयसे नृभिः ।
सिमा पुरू नृषूतो अस्य् आनवे ऽसि प्रशर्ध तुर्वशे ॥

yad indra prāg apāg udaṅ nyag vā hūyase nṛbhiḥ ।
simā purū nṛṣūto asy ānave 'si praśardha turvaśe ॥

Indra, illustrious lord of the world, ruler and commander of human forces, karmayogi, when you are invoked by people anywhere east or west, north or south, up or down, then, O lord of excellence, you feel highly impelled by those many and come and act as the destroyer of many evils for the people of reverence and exceptional strength.

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20.120.2

यद् वा रुमे रुशमे श्यावके कृप इन्द्र मादयसे सचा ।
कण्वासस् त्वा ब्रह्मभि स्तोमवाहस इन्द्रा यछन्त्य् आ गहि ॥

yad vā rume ruśame śyāvake kṛpa indra mādayase sacā ।
kaṇvāsas tvā brahmabhi stomavāhasa indrā yachanty ā gahi ॥

And since, O lord Indra, you go to the celebrants, illustrious, child-like innocent and the humble and kind alike, sit with them, socialise and enjoy, so the dedicated admirers and learned men of vision and wisdom offer homage and reverence, exalt you with sacred hymns and say : Come, O lord, and accept our tributes and homage.

Atharvaveda 20.121 · 2 mantras

20.121.1

अभि त्वा शूर नोनुमो ऽदुग्धा इव धेनवः ।
ईशानम् अस्य जगतः स्वर्दृशम् ईशानम् इन्द्र तस्थुषः ॥

abhi tvā śūra nonumo 'dugdhā iva dhenavaḥ ।
īśānam asya jagataḥ svardṛśam īśānam indra tasthuṣaḥ ॥

O lord almighty, we adore you and wait for your blessings as lowing cows not yet milked wait for the master. Indra, lord of glory, you are ruler of the moving world and you are ruler of the unmoving world and your vision is bliss.

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20.121.2

न त्वावां अन्यो दिव्यो न पार्थिवो न जातो न जनिष्यते ।
अश्वायन्तो मघवन्न् इन्द्र वाजिनो गव्यन्तस् त्वा हवामहे ॥

na tvāvāṃ anyo divyo na pārthivo na jāto na janiṣyate ।
aśvāyanto maghavann indra vājino gavyantas tvā havāmahe ॥

There is none other like you, neither heavenly nor earthly, neither bom nor yet to be bom. O lord of power and glory, we invoke you and pray for veteran scholars, dynamic scientists and technologists and the light of the divine Word of knowledge.

Atharvaveda 20.122 · 3 mantras

20.122.1

रेवतीर् नः सधमाद इन्द्रे सन्तु तुविवाजाः ।
क्षुमन्तो याभिर् मदेम ॥

revatīr naḥ sadhamāda indre santu tuvivājāḥ ।
kṣumanto yābhir madema ॥

May our people, wives and children be rich in wealth, knowledge and grace of culture, so that we, abundant and prosperous, may rejoice with them and live with them in happy homes in a state of honour and glory.

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20.122.2

आ घ त्वावान् त्मनाप्त स्तोतृभ्यो धृष्णव् इयानः ।
ऋणोर् अक्षं न चक्रयोः ॥

ā gha tvāvān tmanāpta stotṛbhyo dhṛṣṇav iyānaḥ ।
ṛṇor akṣaṃ na cakrayoḥ ॥

Lord of inviolable might, yourself your own definition, omniscient, instantly comprehending all that moves, you manifest your presence to the vision of your celebrants just as the one axle of two chariot wheels (moving, caring yet unmoved).

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20.122.3

आ यद् दुवः शतक्रतव् आ कामं जरितॄणाम् ।
ऋणोर् अक्षं न शचीभिः ॥

ā yad duvaḥ śatakratav ā kāmaṃ jaritṝṇām ।
ṛṇor akṣaṃ na śacībhiḥ ॥

Lord of a hundred blissful acts of the yajna of creation, who by the prayers and pious actions of the celebrants come into their vision and experience like the axis of a wheel, you fulfill their love and desire wholly and entirely.

Atharvaveda 20.123 · 2 mantras

20.123.1

तत् सूर्यस्य देवत्वं तन् महित्वं मध्या कर्तोर् विततं सं जभार ।
यदेद् अयुक्त हरितः सधस्थाद् आद् रात्री वासस् तनुते सिमस्मै ॥

tat sūryasya devatvaṃ tan mahitvaṃ madhyā kartor vitataṃ saṃ jabhāra ।
yaded ayukta haritaḥ sadhasthād ād rātrī vāsas tanute simasmai ॥

That Lord of the universe, Omnipotent Light of creation, is the Sun, Savita, who holds and sustains the light and grandeur of the sun pervading in the world of action. And it is He who withdraws and folds up the same divinity and grandeur of the sun. And when the Lord withdraws the light of the sun, then the Night of Pralaya absorbs everything of existence into her fold of darkness. (This is the story of the eternal round of evolution and involution of the universe.) When the sun, in the daily round of day-light and darkness at night, collects the rays of light from down below then the night spreads her cover of darkness over all. (This is the story of the daily round of the day-night cycle.)

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20.123.2

तन् मित्रस्य वरुणस्याभिचक्षे सूर्यो रूपं कृणुते द्योर् उपस्थे ।
अनन्तम् अन्यद् रुशद् अस्य प्राजः कृष्णम् अन्यद् धरितः सं भरन्ति ॥

tan mitrasya varuṇasyābhicakṣe sūryo rūpaṃ kṛṇute dyor upasthe ।
anantam anyad ruśad asya prājaḥ kṛṣṇam anyad dharitaḥ saṃ bharanti ॥

Atharvaveda 20.124 · 6 mantras

20.124.1

कया नश् चित्र आ भुवद् ऊती सदावृधः सखा ।
कया शचिष्ठया वृता ॥

kayā naś citra ā bhuvad ūtī sadāvṛdhaḥ sakhā ।
kayā śaciṣṭhayā vṛtā ॥

When would the Lord, sublime and wondrous, ever greater, ever friendly, shine in our consciousness and bless us? With what gifts of protection and promotion? What highest favour of our choice? What order of grace?

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20.124.2

कस् त्वा सत्यो मदानां मंहिष्ठो मत्सद् अन्धसः ।
दृल्हा चिद् आरुजे वसु ॥

kas tvā satyo madānāṃ maṃhiṣṭho matsad andhasaḥ ।
dṛlhā cid āruje vasu ॥

What is the truest and highest of joys and foods for body, mind and soul that may please you? What wealth and value of life to help you break through the limitations and settle on the rock-bed foundation of

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20.124.3

अभी षु नः सखीनाम् अविता जरितॄणाम् ।
शतं भवास्य् ऊतिभिः ॥

abhī ṣu naḥ sakhīnām avitā jaritṝṇām ।
śataṃ bhavāsy ūtibhiḥ ॥

Friend of friends and protector of celebrants you are, come and bless us too with a hundred modes of protection and advancement. Be ours, O lord!

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20.124.4

इमा नु कं भुवना सीषधामेन्द्रश् च विश्वे च देवाः ।
यज्ञं च नस् तन्वं च प्रजां चादित्यैर् इन्द्रः सह चीकॢपाति ॥

imā nu kaṃ bhuvanā sīṣadhāmendraś ca viśve ca devāḥ ।
yajñaṃ ca nas tanvaṃ ca prajāṃ cādityair indraḥ saha cīkḷpāti ॥

Let us proceed and win our goals across these regions of the world and let all divine forces of nature and nobilities of humanity be favourable to us. Indra, the sun, the wind, and electric energy of the firmament with all year’s phases of the sun supports, strengthens and promotes our yajna, our body’s health and our future generations.

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20.124.5

आदित्यैर् इन्द्रः सगणो मरुद्भिर् अस्माकं भूत्व् अविता तनूनाम् ।
हत्वाय देवा असुरान् यद् आयन् देवा देवत्वम् अभिरक्षमाणाः ॥

ādityair indraḥ sagaṇo marudbhir asmākaṃ bhūtv avitā tanūnām ।
hatvāya devā asurān yad āyan devā devatvam abhirakṣamāṇāḥ ॥

May Indra, ruling powers of the world, with all natural and human forces, winds and stormy troops, across the suns phases over the year be the protector and promoter of our health of body and social

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20.124.6

प्रत्यञ्चम् अर्कम् अनयं छचीभिर् आद् इत् स्वधाम् इषिराम् पर्य् अपश्यन् ।
अया वाजं देवहितं सनेम मदेम शतहिमाः सुवीराः ॥

pratyañcam arkam anayaṃ chacībhir ād it svadhām iṣirām pary apaśyan ।
ayā vājaṃ devahitaṃ sanema madema śatahimāḥ suvīrāḥ ॥