Atharvaveda 11.10

11.10

[12].1a) út tiṣṭhata sáṃ nahyadhvam údārāḥ ketúbhiḥ sahá |
[12].1c) sárpā ítarajanā rákṣāṃsy amítrān ánu dhāvata ||1||
[12].2a) īśā́ṃ vo veda rā́jyaṃ tríṣandhe aruṇáiḥ ketúbhiḥ sahá |
[12].2c) yé antárikṣe yé diví pr̥thivyā́ṃ yé ca mānavā́ḥ |
[12].2e) tríṣandhes té cétasi durṇā́māna úpāsatām ||2||
[12].3a) áyomukhāḥ sūcī́mukhā átho vikaṅkatī́mukhāḥ |
[12].3c) kravyā́do vā́taraṃhasa ā́ sajantv amítrān vájreṇa tríṣandhinā ||3||
[12].4a) antár dhehi jātaveda ā́ditya kúṇapaṃ bahú |
[12].4c) tríṣandher iyáṃ sénā súhitāstu me váśe ||4||
[12].5a) út tiṣṭha tváṃ devajanā́rbude sénayā sahá |
[12].5c) ayáṃ balír va ā́hutas tríṣandher ā́hutiḥ priyā́ ||5||
[12].6a) śitipadī́ sáṃ dyatu śaravyèyáṃ cátuṣpadī |
[12].6c) kŕ̥tye 'mítrebhyo bhava tríṣandheḥ sahá sénayā ||6||
[12].7a) dhūmākṣī́ sáṃ patatu kr̥dhukarṇī́ ca krośatu |
[12].7c) tríṣandheḥ sénayā jité aruṇā́ḥ santu ketávaḥ ||7||
[12].8a) ávāyantāṃ pakṣíṇo yé váyāṃsy antárikṣe diví yé cáranti |
[12].8c) śvā́pado mákṣikāḥ sáṃ rabhantām āmā́do gŕ̥dhrāḥ kúṇape radantām ||8||
[12].9a) yā́m índreṇa saṃdhā́ṃ samádhatthā bráhmaṇā ca br̥haspate |
[12].9c) táyāhám indrasaṃdháyā sárvān devā́n ihá huva itó jayata mā́mútaḥ ||9||
[12].10a) bŕ̥haspátir āṅgirasá ŕ̥ṣayo bráhmasaṃśitāḥ |
[12].10c) asurakṣáyaṇaṃ vadháṃ tríṣandhiṃ divy ā́śrayan ||10||
[12].11a) yénāsáu guptá ādityá ubhā́v índraś ca tíṣṭhataḥ |
[12].11c) tríṣandhiṃ devā́ abhajantáujase ca bálāya ca ||11||
[12].12a) sárvāṃl lokā́nt sám ajayan devā́ ā́hutyānáyā |
[12].12c) bŕ̥haspátir āṅgirasó vájraṃ yám ásiñcatāsurakṣáyaṇaṃ vadhám ||12||
[12].13a) bŕ̥haspátir āṅgirasó vájraṃ yám ásiñcatāsurakṣáyaṇaṃ vadhám |
[12].13c) ténāhám amū́ṃ sénāṃ ní limpāmi br̥haspate 'mítrān hanmy ójasā ||13||
[12].14a) sárve devā́ atyā́yanti yé aśnánti váṣaṭkr̥tam |
[12].14c) imā́ṃ juṣadhvam ā́hutim itó jayata mā́mútaḥ ||14||
[12].15a) sárve devā́ atyā́yantu tríṣandher ā́hutiḥ priyā́ |
[12].15c) saṃdhā́ṃ mahatī́ṃ rakṣata yáyā́gre ásurā jitā́ḥ ||15||
[12].16a) vāyúr amítrāṇām iṣvagrā́ṇy ā́ñcatu |
[12].16c) índra eṣāṃ bāhū́n práti bhanaktu mā́ śakan pratidhā́m íṣum |
[12].16e) ādityá eṣām astráṃ ví nāśayatu candrámā yutām ágatasya pánthām ||16||
[12].17a) yádi preyúr devapurā́ bráhma vármāṇi cakriré |
[12].17c) tanūpā́naṃ paripā́ṇaṃ kr̥ṇvānā́ yád upociré sárvaṃ tád arasáṃ kr̥dhi ||17||
[12].18a) kravyā́dānuvartáyan mr̥tyúnā ca puróhitam |
[12].18c) tríṣandhe préhi sénayā jáyāmítrān prá padyasva ||18||
[12].19a) tríṣandhe támasā tvám amítrān pári vāraya |
[12].19c) pr̥ṣadājyápraṇuttānāṃ mā́mī́ṣāṃ moci káś caná ||19||
[12].20a) śitipadī́ sáṃ patatv amítrāṇām amū́ḥ sícaḥ |
[12].20c) múhyantv adyā́mū́ḥ sénā amítrāṇāṃ nyarbude ||20||
[12].21a) mūḍhā́ amítrā nyarbude jahy èṣāṃ váraṃvaram |
[12].21c) anáyā jahi sénayā ||21||
[12].22a) yáś ca kavacī́ yáś cākavacò 'mítro yáś cā́jmani |
[12].22c) jyāpāśáiḥ kavacapāśáir ájmanābhíhataḥ śayām ||22||
[12].23a) yé varmíṇo yè 'varmā́ṇo amítrā yé ca varmíṇaḥ |
[12].23c) sárvāṃs tā́m̐ arbude hatā́ṃ chvā́no 'dantu bhū́myām ||23||
[12].24a) yé rathíno yé arathā́ asādā́ yé ca sādínaḥ |
[12].24c) sárvān adantu tā́n hatā́n gŕ̥dhrāḥ śyenā́ḥ patatríṇaḥ ||24||
[12].25a) sahásrakuṇapā śetām āmitrī́ sénā samaré vadhā́nām |
[12].25c) víviddhā kakajā́kr̥tā ||25||
[12].26a) marmāvídhaṃ róruvataṃ suparṇáir adántu duścítaṃ mr̥ditáṃ śáyānam |
[12].26c) yá imā́ṃ pratī́cīm ā́hutim amítro no yúyutsati ||26||
[12].27a) yā́ṃ devā́ anutíṣṭhanti yásyā nā́sti virā́dhanam |
[12].27c) táyéndro hantu vr̥trahā́ vájreṇa tríṣandhinā ||27||

Stand ye up, equip yourselves, ye specters, together with ensigns; ye serpents, other-folks, demons, run after our enemies.

Your mastery I know, [your] kingdom, O Trishandhi, together with red ensigns; what in the atmosphere, what in the sky, and what men (mānavá) [are] on the earth, let those ill-named ones sit (? upa-ās) in the mind (cétas) of Trishandhi.

Iron-(áyas-)mouthed, needle-mouthed, likewise thorn-tree-(vikan̄kaṭī-)mouthed, let the flesh-eaters, of wind-swiftness, fasten on our enemies with the three-jointed (tríṣandhi) thunderbolt.

O Jatavedas, Aditya, put thou between much human flesh; let this army of Trishandhi be well-placed in my control.

Stand thou up, O god-folk, O Arbudi, with the army; this tribute is offered (ā-hu) to you ⌊pl.⌋; the offering [is] dear to Trishandhi.

Let the white-footed one tie together, this shaft (çaravyā̀), four-footed; O witchcraft, be thou for our enemies, together with the army of Trishandhi.

Let the smoke-eyed (f.) one fall together, and the crop-eared one (f.) yell; it being conquered by the army of Trishandhi, let the ensigns be red.

Let the winged ones descend, the birds, they that go about in the atmosphere, in the sky; let the wild beasts, the flies, take hold together; let the raw-flesh-eating vultures scratch at the human carrion.

The agreement (saṁdhā) which thou hast agreed on with Indra and with the bráhman, O Brihaspati, by that Indra-agreement do I call hither all the gods: conquer ye on this side, not on that!

Brihaspati of the An̄giras race, the seers sharpened by the bráhman, set up (ā-çri) in the sky the Asura-destroying weapon, Trishandhi.

By whom yonder sun, and Indra, both stand protected—Trishandhi the gods shared, in order to both force and strength.

All worlds did the gods completely conquer by means of that offering (ā́huti)—the thunderbolt which Brihaspati of the An̄giras race poured, an Asura-destroying weapon.

The thunderbolt which Brihaspati of the An̄giras race poured, an Asura-destroying weapon—therewith do I blot out (ni-lip) yon army, O Brihaspati; I slay the enemies with force.

All the gods come over hither, who partake of [the offering] made with váṣat; enjoy ye this offering; conquer ye on this side, not on that!

Let all the gods come over hither; the offering [is] dear to Trishandhi; defend ye the great agreement by which in the beginning the Asuras were conquered.

Let Vāyu bend up the arrow-points of the enemies; let Indra break back their arms; let them not be able to set the arrow; let Āditya make their missile weapon (astrá) disappear; let the moon put (yu) them on the track of what is not gone.

If they have gone forward to the gods' strongholds, have made the bráhman their defenses; if (? yát) they have encouraged (? upa-vac) themselves, making a body-protection, a complete protection—all that do thou make sapless.

Causing to follow the puróhita with the flesh-eating [fire] and with death, O Trishandhi, go forth with the army; conquer the enemies; go forward.

O Trishandhi, do thou envelop our enemies with darkness; of them yonder, thrust forth by the speckled butter, let none soever be freed.

Let the white-footed one (f.) fall upon (? sam-pat) yonder lines of our enemies; let yonder armies of our enemies be confounded today, O Nyarbudi.

Confounded [be] our enemies, O Nyarbudi; slay thou of them each best man (vára); slay [them] with this army.

Whoever is mailed, and who without mail, and what enemy is in march (? ájman); by bowstring-fetters, by mail-fetters, smitten by the march let him lie.

Who have defenses, who have no defenses, and the enemies who have defenses—all those, O Arbudi, being slain, let dogs eat on the ground.

Who have chariots, who have no chariots, those without seats and they who have seats (sādá)—all those, being slain, let vultures, falcons, birds (patatrín) eat.

Let the army of our enemies lie with thousand corpses (-kúṇapa) in the conflict of weapons, pierced through, cut to pieces (?).

Let the eagles (suparṇá) eat him, pierced to the vitals, crying loudly, lying crushed, the evil-minded one—what enemy of ours wishes to fight against this opposing offering.

[The offering] which the gods follow (anu-sthā), of which there is no failure—with that let Indra, Vṛitra-slayer, slay, with the three-jointed thunderbolt.