Atharvaveda 1.21

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 1.21

Language: Sanskrit

1.21.1

svastidā́ viśā́ṃ pátir vr̥trahā́ vimr̥dhó vaśī́ |
vŕ̥ṣéndraḥ purá etu náḥ somapā́ abhayaṃkaráḥ ||1||

Giver of well-being, lord of the people (víç), Vṛtra-slayer, remover of scorners, controlling, let the bull Indra go before us, soma-drinker, producing fearlessness.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

1.21.2

ví na índra mŕ̥dho jahi nīcā́ yacha pr̥tanyatáḥ |
adhamáṃ gamayā támo yó asmā́m̐ abhidā́sati ||2||

Smite away, O Indra, our scorners (mṛ́dh); put (yam) down them that fight (pṛtany) [us]; make go to lowest darkness whoso vexes us.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

1.21.3

ví rákṣo ví mŕ̥dho jahi ví vr̥trásya hánū ruja |
ví manyúm indra vr̥trahann amítrasyābhidā́sataḥ ||3||

Smite away the demon, away the scorners; break apart Vṛtra's (two) jaws; away, O Indra, Vṛtra-slayer, the fury of the vexing enemy.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

1.21.4

ápendra dviṣató máno 'pa jíjyāsato vadhám |
ví mahác chárma yacha várīyo yāvayā vadhám ||4||

Off, O Indra, the mind of the hater, off the deadly weapon of him that would scathe; extend great protection; keep very far off the deadly weapon.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

Translations (2)

Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8) — William Dwight Whitney 1905, English
The Hymns of the Atharvaveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1895, English

Commentaries (2)

Atharvavedabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
Atharvavedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit

Discussed in (4)

A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — Muir 1858, English
Die Kosmographie der Inder nach den Quellen dargestellt — Kirfel 1920, German