Atharvaveda 11.9

11.9

[11].1a) yé bāhávo yā́ íṣavo dhánvanāṃ vīryā̀ṇi ca |
[11].1c) asī́n paraśū́n ā́yudhaṃ cittākūtáṃ ca yád dhr̥dí |
[11].1e) sárvaṃ tád arbude tvám amítrebhyo dr̥śé kurūdārā́ṃś ca prá darśaya ||1||
[11].2a) út tiṣṭhata sáṃ nahyadhvaṃ mítrā dévajanā yūyám |
[11].2c) sáṃdr̥ṣṭā guptā́ vaḥ santu yā́ no mitrā́ṇy arbude ||2||
[11].3a) út tiṣṭhatam ā́ rabhetām ādānasaṃdānā́bhyām |
[11].3c) amítrāṇāṃ sénā abhí dhattam arbude ||3||
[11].4a) árbudir nā́ma yó devá ī́śānaś ca nyàrbudiḥ |
[11].4c) yā́bhyām antárikṣam ā́vr̥tam iyáṃ ca pr̥thivī́ mahī́ |
[11].4e) tā́bhyām índramedibhyām aháṃ jitám ánv emi sénayā ||4||
[11].5a) út tiṣṭha tváṃ devajanā́rbude sénayā sahá |
[11].5c) bhañjánn amítrāṇāṃ sénāṃ bhogébhiḥ pári vāraya ||5||
[11].6a) saptá jātā́n nyàrbuda udārā́ṇāṃ samīkṣáyan |
[11].6c) tébhiṣ ṭvám ā́jye huté sárvair út tiṣṭha sénayā ||6||
[11].7a) pratighnānā́śrumukhī́ kr̥dhukarṇī́ ca krośatu |
[11].7c) vikeśī́ púruṣe haté radité arbude táva ||7||
[11].8a) saṃkárṣantī karū́karaṃ mánasā putrám ichántī |
[11].8c) pátiṃ bhrā́taram ā́t svā́n radité arbude táva ||8||
[11].9a) alíklavā jāṣkamadā́ gŕ̥dhrāḥ śyenā́ḥ patatríṇaḥ |
[11].9c) dhvā́ṅkṣāḥ śakúnayas tr̥pyantv amítreṣu samīkṣáyan radité arbude táva ||9||
[11].10a) átho sárvaṃ śvā́padaṃ mákṣikā tr̥pyatu krímiḥ |
[11].10c) páuruṣeyé 'dhi kúṇape radité arbude táva ||10||
[11].11a) ā́ gr̥hṇītaṃ sáṃ br̥hataṃ prāṇāpānā́n nyarbude |
[11].11c) nivāśā́ ghóṣāḥ sáṃ yantv amítreṣu samīkṣáyan radité arbude táva ||11||
[11].12a) úd vepaya sáṃ vijantāṃ bhiyā́mítrānt sáṃ sr̥ja |
[11].12c) urugrāháir bāhvaṅkáir vídhyāmítrān nyarbude ||12||
[11].13a) múhyantv eṣāṃ bāhávaś cittākūtáṃ ca yád dhr̥dí |
[11].13c) máiṣām úc cheṣi kíṃ caná radité arbude táva ||13||
[11].14a) pratighnānā́ḥ sáṃ dhāvantū́raḥ paṭaurā́v āghnānā́ḥ |
[11].14c) aghāríṇīr vikeśyò rudatyàḥ púruṣe haté radité arbude táva ||14||
[11].15a) śvànvatīr apsaráso rū́pakā utā́rbude |
[11].15c) antaḥpātré rérihatīṃ riśā́ṃ durṇihitaiṣíṇīm |
[11].15e) sárvās tā́ arbude tvám amítrebhyo dr̥śé kurūdārā́ṃś ca prá darśaya ||15||
[11].16a) khaḍū́re 'dhicaṅkramā́ṃ khárvikāṃ kharvavāsínīm |
[11].16c) yá udārā́ antárhitā gandharvāpsarásaś ca yé |
[11].16e) sarpā́ itarajanā́ rákṣāṃsi ||16||
[11].17a) cáturdaṃṣṭrāṃ chyāvádataḥ kumbhámuṣkām̐ ásr̥ṅmukhān |
[11].17c) svabhyasā́ yé codbhyasā́ḥ ||17||
[11].18a) úd vepaya tvám arbude 'mítrāṇām amū́ḥ sícaḥ |
[11].18c) jáyaṃś ca jiṣṇúś cāmítrāṃ jáyatām índramedinau ||18||
[11].19a) práblīno mr̥ditáḥ śayāṃ hatò 'mítro nyarbude |
[11].19c) agnijihvā́ dhūmaśikhā́ jáyantīr yantu sénayā ||19||
[11].20a) táyārbude práṇuttānām índro hantu váraṃvaram |
[11].20c) amítrāṇāṃ śácīpátir mā́mī́ṣāṃ moci káś caná ||20||
[11].21a) út kasantu hŕ̥dayāny ūrdhváḥ prāṇá úd īṣatu |
[11].21c) śauṣkāsyám ánu vartatām amítrān mótá mitríṇaḥ ||21||
[11].22a) yé ca dhī́rā yé cā́dhīrāḥ párāñco badhirā́ś ca yé |
[11].22c) tamasā́ yé ca tūparā́ átho bastābhivāsínaḥ |
[11].22e) sárvāṃs tā́m̐ arbude tvám amítrebhyo dr̥śé kurūdārā́ṃś ca prá darśaya ||22||
[11].23a) árbudiś ca tríṣandhiś cāmítrān no ví vidhyatām |
[11].23c) yáthaiṣām indra vr̥trahan hánāma śacīpate 'mítrāṇāṃ sahasraśáḥ ||23||
[11].24a) vánaspátīn vānaspatyā́n óṣadhīr utá vīrúdhaḥ |
[11].24c) gandharvāpsarásaḥ sarpā́n devā́n puṇyajanā́n pitr̥̄́n |
[11].24e) sárvāṃs tā́m̐ arbude tvám amítrebhyo dr̥śé kurūdārā́ṃś ca prá darśaya ||24||
[11].25a) īśā́ṃ vo marúto devá ādityó bráhmaṇaspátiḥ |
[11].25c) īśā́ṃ va índraś cāgníś ca dhātā́ mitráḥ prajā́patiḥ |
[11].25e) īśā́ṃ va ŕ̥ṣayaś cakrur amítreṣu samīkṣáyan radité arbude táva ||25||
[11].26a) téṣāṃ sárveṣām ī́śānā út tiṣṭhata sáṃ nahyadhvam |
[11].26c) mítrā dévajanā yūyám imáṃ saṃgrāmáṃ saṃjítya yathālokáṃ ví tiṣṭhadhvam ||26||

What arms (bāhú) [there are], what arrows, and the powers (vīryà) of bows, swords (así), axes (paraçú), weapon, and what thought-and-design in the heart—all that, O Arbudi, do thou make our enemies to see; and do thou show forth specters (udārá).

Stand up, equip ye yourselves (sam-nah), O friends, god-folk; beheld, concealed of you be [those] who are our friends, O Arbudi.

Stand ye (two) up, take ye hold; with tying up, with tying together, gird ye the armies of our enemies, O Arbudi.

The God that is Arbudi by name, and the lord (ī́çāna) Nyarbudi, by whom the atmosphere is involved (ā-vṛ), and this great earth—by those (two) who are allied with Indra, I go after what is conquered with an army.

Stand thou up, O god-folk, Arbudi, with the army; breaking (bhañj) the army of our enemies, envelop it with [thy] coils (bhogá).

Presenting to view, O Nyarbudi, the seven kinds of specters, with them all do thou stand up, when the butter is offered, with the army.

Smiting herself, tear-faced, and crop-eared (?), let her yell, with disheveled hair, when the man is slain, bitten (? rad), O Arbudi, of thee.

Drawing in her karū́kara, seeking with her mind her son, husband, brother, also her people (svá)—in case of thy bite, O Arbudi.

Let the buzzards, jāṣkamadás, vultures, falcons, winged ones, let the crows, the birds (çakúni), satisfy themselves—exhibiting among the enemies—in case of thy bite, O Arbudi.

Then let all wild beasts, let the fly, let the worm satisfy itself upon the carrion of men, bitten, O Arbudi, of thee.

Take ye (two) hold, tear out (sam-bṛh) [their] breath-and-expiration, O Nyarbudi; let groaning (? nivāçá) noises assemble—exhibiting among the enemies—in case of thy bite, O Arbudi.

Make thou [them] tremble; let them quake together; unite our enemies with fear; with broad-gripping arm-hooks pierce thou our enemies, O Nyarbudi.

Let their arms be confounded, and what thought-and-design is in their heart; let not anything of them be left—in case of thy bite, O Arbudi.

Smiting themselves let them (f.) run together, smiting on the breast, the thighs (? paṭāurá), not anointing, with disheveled hair, wailing when the man is slain, bitten, O Arbudi, of thee.

Dog-accompanied Apsarases, she-jackals (? rū́pakā) also, O Arbudi, the riçā́, licking much in the inner vessel, seeking what is ill-deposited—all these (f.), O Arbudi, do thou make our enemies to see, and do thou show forth specters;—

Her that strides upon the khaḍū́ra, mutilated, wearing what is mutilated (?); the specters that are concealed, and what Gandharvas-and-Apsarases [there are], serpents, other-folk, demons;—

The four-tusked ones, the black-toothed, the pot-testicled, the blood-faced; they that are self-frighting and frighting.

Do thou, O Arbudi, make to tremble yonder lines (síc) of our enemies; let both the conquering one and the conqueror, allied with Indra, conquer our enemies.

Let our enemy lie squelched, crushed, slain, O Nyarbudi; let tongues of fire, tufts of smoke, go conquering with the army.

Of our enemies, pushed forth by it, O Arbudi, let Indra, lord of might (çácīpáti), slay each best man (vára); let no one soever of them be freed.

Let their hearts burst open (ut-kas), their breath pass up aloft; let dryness of mouth follow after our enemies, ⌊and⌋ not those who are friendly.

Both they who are wise (dhī́ra) and they who are unwise, those going away and they who are deaf, they of darkness arid they who are hornless (tūpará), likewise those that smell of (?) the goat—all those (m.), O Arbudi, do thou make our enemies to see, and do thou show forth specters.

Let both Arbudi and Trishandhi pierce through our enemies, in order that, O Indra, Vṛitra-slayer, lord of might, we may slay of them, of our enemies, by thousands.

The forest-trees, them of the forest-trees, herbs and plants, Gandharvas-and-Apsarases, serpents, gods, pure-folk (puṇyajaná). Fathers—all those, O Arbudi, do thou make our enemies to see, and do thou show forth specters.

Mastery over you have the Maruts [gained], the heavenly Āditya, Brahmaṇaspati; mastery over you have both Indra and Agni, Dhātar, Mitra, Prajāpati; mastery over you have the seers gained (kṛ)—exhibiting among the enemies—in case of thy bite, O Arbudi.

Masters (ī́çāna) of them all, stand ye up, equip yourselves, ye friends, god-folks; having wholly conquered in this conflict, scatter ye to your several worlds.