Atharva Veda Sukta 35
Kanda 20Anuvaka 4Sukta 3516 Mantras

Sukta 35

Rishi: Gautama (as implied by the closing verse of the set; RV-family attribution carried into AV 20)

Devata: Indra (Vṛtrahan, releaser of waters)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (RV-style)

Yeh ek fauji mantra hai jisme Indra ki taarif ki gayi hai. Indra ne Vritra ko maara tha, usi himmat ko yaad karke dushman pe maar diya jata hai. Indra ki vajra se kaha gaya hai ki dushman ka kamzor hissa pakad ke usko tod do. Rasta rokne wali cheezein tod do taaki paani aur dhan dono bah sake. Indra aapna kaam khud karte hain, koi unko rok nahi sakta. Jab Indra ne Vritra ko maara tha tabhi paani aazad hua tha. Ab bhi wahi taakat kaam karti hai, dushman haarta hai aur aapni jeet hoti hai. Is mantra se sirf dushman nahi, roka hua paisa bhi aata hai. Indra ki vajra sabse tez hai, woh har rukaavat tod deti hai. Yeh mantra Indra ko bulake jeet aur khushali dono maangta hai.

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.35

Mantras

Mantra 1

अ॒स्मा इदु॒ प्र त॒वसे॑ तु॒राय॒ प्रयो॒ न ह॑र्मि॒ स्तोमं॒ माहि॑नाय ।

Main ek stotra ga raha hoon taaki bhagwan sun lein. Yeh stotra uske liye hai jo bahut taakatwala hai. Woh tez hai aur bada bhi. Main uski tareef kar raha hoon jaise koi mehman ko paani pilaye.

Mantra 2

अ॒स्मा इदु॒ प्रय॑ इव॒ प्र यं॑सि॒ भरा॑म्याङ्गू॒षं बाधे॑ सुवृ॒क्ति। इन्द्रा॑य हृ॒दा मन॑सा मनी॒षा प्र॒त्नाय॒ पत्ये॒ धियो॑ मर्जयन्त

Main Indra ke liye yeh geet le kar aaya hoon. Jaise koi taaza paani pila deta hai, waise hi main yeh geet bhejte hoon. Yeh geet accha bana hai, buraai ko door karne ke liye. Dil se, dimaag se, soch ke, main Indra ke liye yeh geet saaf karta hoon. Indra purana malik hai, sabka aadhaari hai. In geeton se taakat aati hai.

Mantra 3

अ॒स्मा इदु॒ त्यमु॑प॒मं स्व॒र्षां भरा॑म्याङ्गू॒षमा॒स्येऽन । मंहि॑ष्ठ॒मच्छो॑क्तिभिर्मती॒नां सु॑वृ॒क्तिभिः॑ सू॒रिं वा॑वृ॒धध्यै॑

Main us Indra ke liye geet laaya hoon jo sabse bada hai, swarg jeetne wala hai. Yeh geet mere honthon par hai. Woh bahut dene wala hai, main usko apne acche bolon se mazboot karna chahta hoon. Acche geeton se, acche bolon se uski shakti badhti hai.

Mantra 4

अ॒स्मा इदु॒ स्तोमं॒ सं हि॑नोमि॒ रथं॒ न तष्टे॑व॒ तत्सि॑नाय । गिर॑श्च॒ गिर्वा॑हसे सुवृ॒क्तीन्द्रा॑य विश्वमि॒न्वं मेधि॑राय

Main Indra ke liye yeh stuti taiyaar kar raha hoon. Jaise koi koi rath banata hai, waise hi main yeh geet banata hoon. Yeh geet jeetne ke liye hai. Indra geeton par chalta hai, sabko aage le jaata hai, bahut samajhdar hai. Acche bolon se, acche geeton se main uski taarif karta hoon.

Mantra 5

अ॒स्मा इदु॒ सप्ति॑मिव श्रव॒स्येन्द्रा॑या॒र्कं जु॒ह्वा॒३सम॑ञ्जे । वी॒रं दा॒नौक॑सं व॒न्दध्यै॑ पु॒रां गू॒र्तश्र॑वसं द॒र्माण॑म्

Main Indra ke liye chamakta hua geet taiyaar kar raha hoon. Jaise tez ghode kisi ki shaan badha dete hain, waise hi yeh geet Indra ki mahatva badhaata hai. Yeh geet us vir ke liye hai jo bahut dene wala hai, jo kile todne wala hai, jiska naam pakka hai, jo pakka khada rehta hai.

Mantra 6

अ॒स्मा इदु॒ त्वष्टा॑ तक्ष॒द् वज्रं॒ स्वप॑स्तमं स्व॒र्यं॑१ रणा॑य । वृ॒त्रस्य॑ चिद् वि॒दद् येन॒ मर्म॑ तु॒जन्नीशा॑नस्तुज॒ता कि॑ये॒धाः

Tvashta ne Indra ke liye vajra banaya. Yeh vajra bahut acha kaam hai, aasman jeetne wala hai, ladai ke liye. Isse Indra ne Vritra ki kamzori dhund li. Indra ne zor se maara, koi usse rok nahi pa raha tha.

Mantra 7

अ॒स्येदु॑ मा॒तुः सव॑नेषु स॒द्यो म॒हः पि॒तुं प॑पि॒वां चार्वन्ना॑ । मु॒षा॒यद् विष्णुः॑ पच॒तं सही॑या॒न् विध्य॑द् वरा॒हं ति॒रो अद्रि॒मस्ता॑

Jab Indra ne Maa ke yahan Soma piya, woh bada peeya. Yeh khali nahi gaya. Vishnu ne zor laga ke woh Soma le liya. Usne suar ko maara aur patthar ko door fek diya.

Mantra 8

अ॒स्मा इदु॒ ग्नाश्चि॑द् दे॒वप॑त्नी॒रिन्द्रा॑या॒र्कम॑हि॒हत्य॑ ऊवुः । परि॒ द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी ज॑भ्र उ॒र्वी नास्य॒ ते म॑हि॒मानं॒ परि॑ ष्टः

Deviyan, jo devtaon ki patniyan hain, unhone Indra ki taareef ki. Woh bhi us waqt jab usne bade saanp ko maara tha. Aasman aur dharti, dono bade hain, lekin Indra ki badaai ka koi end nahi hai.

Mantra 9

अ॒स्ये दे॒व प्र रि॑रिचे महि॒त्वं दि॒वस्पृ॑थि॒व्याः पर्य॒न्तरि॑क्षात्। स्व॒रालिन्द्रो॒ दम॒ आ वि॒श्वगू॑र्तः स्व॒रिरम॑त्रो ववक्षे॒ रणा॑य

Indra ki badaai aasman se bhi aage badh gayi. Dharti se bhi aage, beech ke aasman se bhi aage. Woh khud ka malik hai. Sab log uski taareef karte hain. Woh chamakta hai aur ladai mein kabhi nahi haarta.

Mantra 10

अ॒स्येदे॒व शव॑सा शु॒षन्तं॒ वि वृ॑श्च॒द् वज्रे॑ण वृ॒त्रमिन्द्रः॑ । गा न व्रा॒णा अ॒वनी॑रमुञ्चद॒भि श्रवो॑ दा॒वने॒ सचे॑ताः

Indra ne apni taakat se Vritra ko faad diya. Usne apna vajra maara, jo badi bijli hai. Vritra sookha raha tha, Indra ne usey cheer diya. Jaise zakhmi gayein bhaagti hain, waise hi paani neche bahta. Indra ne yeh kiya taaki uski badai ho aur woh logon ko de sake.

Mantra 11

अ॒स्येदु॑ त्वे॒षसा॑ रन्त॒ सिन्ध॑वः॒ परि॒ यद् वज्रे॑ण सी॒मय॑च्छत्। ई॒शा॒न॒कृद् दा॒शुषे॑ दश॒स्यन् तु॒र्वीत॑ये गा॒धं तु॒र्वणिः॑ कः

Indra ki taakat dekho, nadiyan uske aage jhuk gayi. Usne apna vajra chalaya aur un sabko rok liya. Woh raja banata hai jo daan deta hai, unpe meharbani karta hai. Woh jaldi jeetne wala hai. Kisne jeetne ka rasta diya? Indra ne.

Mantra 12

अ॒स्मा इदु॒ प्र भ॑रा॒ तूतु॑जानो वृ॒त्राय॒ वज्र॒मीशा॑नः किये॒धाः । गोर्न पर्व॒ वि र॑दा तिर॒श्चेष्य॒न्नर्णां॑स्य॒पां च॒रध्यै॑

Indra ke liye apna vajra lao, jo taakat se bhara ho. Use Vritra ke upar maaro. Paani ke dhaare ko todo, jaise gaay ka joint kaata jaata hai. Paani aage behne lago.

Mantra 13

अ॒स्येदु॒ प्र ब्रू॑हि पू॒र्व्याणि॑ तु॒रस्य॒ कर्मा॑णि॒ नव्य॑ उ॒क्थैः । यु॒धे यदि॑ष्णा॒न आयु॑धान्यृघा॒यमा॑णो निरि॒णाति॒ शत्रू॑न्

Indra ke purane kaam batao, uski bahaduri ke kisse. Naye gaanon mein uski tareef karo. Jab woh ladai ke liye taiyaar hota hai, hathiyaar uthata hai, dushmanon ko bhaga deta hai.

Mantra 14

अ॒स्येदु॑ भि॒या गि॒रय॑श्च दृ॒ल्हा द्यावा॑ च॒ भूमा॑ ज॒नुष॑स्तुजेते । उपो॑ वे॒नस्य॒ जोगु॑वान ओ॒णिं स॒द्यो भु॑वद् वी॒र्याय नो॒धाः

Indra se dar ke pahad kaanpne lagte hain. Aasmaan aur dharti bhi hilne lagti hai. Nodha naam ka rishi Indra ke paas gaya. Use turant hi bahaduri ki taakat mil gayi, jaise koi suraksha kavach mil gaya ho.

Mantra 15

अ॒स्मा इदु॒ त्यदनु॑ दाय्येषा॒मेको॒ यद् वव्ने भूरे॒रीशा॑नः । प्रैत॑शं॒ सूर्ये॑ पस्पृधा॒नं सौव॑श्व्ये॒ सुष्वि॑माव॒दिन्द्रः॑

Yeh kaam sabse bada hai. Indra akele hi bahut kuchh jeeta. Usne Etasha ki madad ki jab woh Suraj se lad raha tha. Ghodon ki daud mein Indra ne use jeetne mein madad ki.

Mantra 16

ए॒वा ते॑ हारियोजना सुवृ॒क्तीन्द्र॒ ब्रह्मा॑णि॒ गोत॑मासो अक्रन्। ऐषु॑ वि॒श्वपे॑शसं॒ धियं॑ धाः प्रा॒तर्म॒क्षू धि॒याव॑सु॒र्जगम्यात्

Gotam rishi parivar ne Indra ke liye acche se gaana banaya hai. Yeh logon ko khush karne wala gaana hai. Indra, tumhari sawaari ke ghode bade achhe hain. Is gaana mein sab kuch hai jo pasand aata hai. Indra, is gaana ko dhyaan se suno. Jo log asli baat jaante hain, woh jaldi se subah-subah aate hain.

Frequently Asked Questions

It is the Vṛtra-myth applied to life: anything that blocks flow—rain, wealth, health, opportunities, movement—is treated as Vṛtra-like. Indra’s act of splitting the obstruction becomes a ritual model for restoring circulation and prosperity.

Primarily it is abhicaric in tone (martial repulsion and victory), but its practical use is often protective: installing Indra’s sovereignty in the home and pushing back hostile pressure, rivalry, or stagnation.

The hymn is largely self-sufficient as praise-power; simple water-sprinkling and a small protective token (thread/stone/metal) can align the ritual with its imagery of vajra and released waters. Formal śrauta-style offerings are not required for the basic apotropaic use.

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