1Sanskrit (romanised) · Atharvaveda, Śaunaka (Sanskrit, IAST)indra juṣasva pra vahā yāhi śūra haribhyām
pibā sutasya mater iha madhoś cakānaś cārur madāya
English · William Dwight WhitneyPraise and prayer to Indra
O Indra, enjoy thou—drive on;—come, O hero—with thy two bays;—drink of the pressed [soma]—intoxicated here—loving the sweet [draught], fair one, unto intoxication.
2Sanskrit (romanised) · Atharvaveda, Śaunaka (Sanskrit, IAST)indra jaṭharaṃ navyo na pṛṇasva madhor divo na
asya sutasya svar ṇopa tvā madāḥ suvāco aguḥ
English · William Dwight WhitneyO Indra, [thy] belly—like one to be praised—fill thou with the sweet [draught]—like the heavens—with this soma—like the sky (svàr)—; unto thee have gone the well-voiced intoxications.
3Sanskrit (romanised) · Atharvaveda, Śaunaka (Sanskrit, IAST)indras turāṣāṇ mitro vṛtraṃ yo jaghāna yatīr na
bibheda valaṃ bhṛgur na sasahe śatrūn made somasya
English · William Dwight WhitneyIndra, a swiftly-overcoming friend, who slew Vritra—like moving [streams]—, [who] split Vala—like Bhṛgu—, who overpowered his foes in the intoxication of soma.
4Sanskrit (romanised) · Atharvaveda, Śaunaka (Sanskrit, IAST)ā tvā viśantu sutāsa indra pṛṇasva kukṣī viḍḍhi śakra dhiyehy ā naḥ
śrudhī havaṃ giro me juṣasvendra svayugbhir matsveha mahe raṇāya
English · William Dwight WhitneyLet the pressed [somas] enter thee, O Indra; fill thy (two) paunches; help, O mighty one! for our prayer (dhī́) come to us; hear [my] call, enjoy my songs; hither, O Indra, with self-harnessed [steeds]; revel here unto great joy.
5Sanskrit (romanised) · Atharvaveda, Śaunaka (Sanskrit, IAST)indrasya nu pra vocaṃ vīryāṇi yāni cakāra prathamāni vajrī
ahann ahim anu apas tatarda pra vakṣaṇā abhinat parvatānām
English · William Dwight WhitneyNow will I proclaim the heroisms of Indra, which first he of the thunderbolt (vajrín) did; he slew the dragon (áhi); he penetrated to the waters; he split ⌊forth⌋ the bellies (vakṣáṇā) of the mountains.
6Sanskrit (romanised) · Atharvaveda, Śaunaka (Sanskrit, IAST)ahann ahiṃ parvate śiśriyāṇaṃ tvaṣṭāsmai vajraṃ svaryaṃ tatakṣa
vāśrā iva dhenavaḥ syandamānā añjaḥ samudram ava jagmur āpaḥ
English · William Dwight WhitneyHe slew the dragon that had resorted (çri) to the mountain; Tvashṭar fashioned for him the whizzing (?) thunderbolt; like lowing kine, flowing (syand), at once the waters went down to the ocean.
7Sanskrit (romanised) · Atharvaveda, Śaunaka (Sanskrit, IAST)vṛṣāyamāṇo avṛṇīta somaṃ trikadrukeṣu apibat sutasya
ā sāyakaṃ maghavādatta vajram ahann enaṃ prathamajām ahīnām
English · William Dwight WhitneyActing like a bull, he chose the soma; he drank of the pressed [draught] in the tríkadrukas; the bounteous one (maghávan) took his missile thunderbolt; he slew that first-born of dragons.