Atharva Veda 20.107 · Vedas – Griffith · Verses Across
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Atharva Veda 20.107
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Before his hot displeasure all the peoples, all the men bow down, As rivers bend them to the sea.
This power of his shone brightly forth when Indra brought to- gether like A skin the worlds of earth and heaven.
The fiercely-moving Vritra's head he severed with his thunder- bolt, His hundred-knotted thunderbolt.
In all the worlds That was the best and highest whence sprang the mighty God, of splendid valour. As soon as born he overcomes his foemen, he in whom all who lend him aid are joyful.
Grown mighty in his strength, with ample vigour, he as a foe strikes fear into the Dāsa, Eager to win the breathing and the breathless. All sang thy praise at banquet and oblation.
All concentrate on thee their mental vigour, what time these, twice or thrice, are thine assistants. Blend what is sweeter than the sweet with sweetness: win quickly with our meath that meath in battle.
Therefore in thee too, thou who winnest riches, at every banquet are the sages joyful With mighter power, bold God, extend thy firmness: let not malignant Yātudhānas harm thee.
Proudly we put our trust in thee in battles, when we behold great wealth the prize of combat. I with my words impel thy weapons onward, and sharpen with my prayer thy vital vigour.
Worthy of praises many-shaped, most skilful, most energetic, Āptya of the Aptyas: He with his might destroys the seven Dānus, subduing many who were deemed his equals.
Thou in that house which thy protection guardedh bestowest- wealth, the higher and the lower. Thou stablishest the two much-wandering Mothers, and bringest many deeds to their completion.
Brihaddiva, the foremost of light-winners, repeasts these holy prayers, this strength to Indra. He rules the great self-luminous fold of cattle, and all the doors of light hath he thrown open.
Thou hath Brihaddiva the great Atharvan, spoken to Indra as himself in person. The Mātarisvarīs, the spotless sisters, with power exalt him and impel him onward.
Bright, Presence of the Gods, the luminous herald, Siirya hath mounted the celestial regions. Day's maker, he hath shone away the darkness, and radiant passed o'er places hard to traverse.
The brilliant Presence of the Gods hath risen, the eye of Mitra, Varuna, and Agni. The soul of all that moveth not or moveth, Sūrya hath filled the earth and air and heaven.
Even as a lover followeth a maiden, so doth the Sun the Dawn, refulgent Goddess: Where pious men extend their generations before the Gracious One for happy fortune.
