Atharvaveda 19.13
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 19.13
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- Sanskrit
19.13.1
índrasya bāhū́ sthávirau vŕ̥ṣāṇau citrā́ imā́ vr̥ṣabháu pārayiṣṇū́ |
táu yokṣe prathamó yóga ā́gate yā́bhyāṃ jitám ásurāṇāṃ svàr yát ||1||
Indra's two arms [are] stout, virile (vṛ́ṣan), these two wondrous successful bulls; them will I first yoke when the conjuncture (yóga) arrives—they by which was conquered the heaven (svàr) that is the Asuras'.
19.13.2
āśúḥ śíśāno vr̥ṣabhó ná bhīmó ghanāghanáḥ kṣóbhaṇaś carṣaṇīnā́m |
saṃkrándano 'nimiṣá ekavīráḥ śatáṃ sénā ajayat sākám índraḥ ||2||
Swift, sharp, terrible like a bull, greatly smiting, disturber of men (carṣaṇí), roaring, unwinking, sole hero, Indra conquered a hundred armies together.
19.13.3
saṃkrándanenānimiṣéṇa jiṣṇúnāyodhyéna duścyavanéna dhr̥ṣṇúnā |
tád índreṇa jayata tát sahadhvaṃ yúdho nara íṣuhastena vŕ̥ṣṇā ||3||
With the roaring, unwinking, conquering, invincible, immovable, bold one—with Indra thus conquer, thus overpower the fighters, O men, with the arrow-armed bull (vṛ́ṣan).
19.13.4
sá íṣuhastaiḥ sá niṣaṅgíbhir vaśī́ sáṃsraṣṭā sá yúdha índro gaṇéna |
saṃsr̥ṣṭajít somapā́ bāhuśardhy ùgrádhanvā prátihitābhir ástā ||4||
He with the arrow-armed, he with the quiver-hung, [is] controller; he, Indra with his train, brings together the fighters—[he,] conquering those brought together, soma-drinker, defiant with his arms, of formidable bow, shooting with fitted [arrows].
19.13.5
balavijñāyáḥ stháviraḥ právīraḥ sáhasvān vājī́ sáhamāna ugráḥ |
abhívīro abhíṣatvā sahojíj jáitram indra rátham ā́ tiṣṭha govídam ||5||
To be known by his strength, stout, foremost hero, powerful, vigorous (vājín), overpowering, formidable, excelling heroes, excelling warriors, conquering with power—mount, O Indra, the victorious kine-winning chariot.
19.13.6
imáṃ vīrám ánu harṣadhvam ugrám índraṃ sakhāyo ánu sáṃ rabhadhvam |
grāmajítaṃ gojítaṃ vájrabāhuṃ jáyantam ájma pramr̥ṇántam ójasā ||6||
Be ye excited after this formidable hero; take hold, O companions, after Indra, the troop-conqueror, kine-conqueror, thunderbolt-armed, conquering in the race, slaughtering with force.
19.13.7
abhí gotrā́ṇi sáhasā gā́hamāno 'dāyá ugráḥ śatámanyur índraḥ |
duścyavanáḥ pr̥tanāṣā́ḍ ayodhyò 'smā́kaṃ sénā avatu prá yutsú ||7||
Plunging with power into the cow-stalls, Indra, pitiless, formidable, of hundred-fold fury, immovable, overpowering fighters, invincible—let him favor our armies in the fights.
19.13.8
bŕ̥haspate pári dīyā ráthena rakṣohā́mítrām̐ apabā́dhamānaḥ |
prabhañjáṃ chátrūn pramr̥ṇánn amítrān asmā́kam edhy avitā́ tanū́nām ||8||
O Bṛihaspati, fly about with thy chariot, demon-slaying, forcing away our enemies; breaking up our foes, slaughtering our enemies, be thou the helper of ourselves.
19.13.9
índra eṣāṃ netā́ bŕ̥haspátir dákṣiṇā yajñáḥ purá etu sómaḥ |
devasenā́nām abhibhañjatīnā́ṃ jáyantīnāṃ marúto yantu mádhye ||9||
Indra [be] their leader; let Bṛihaspati, the sacrificial gift, the sacrifice, soma, go in front; in the midst of the smashing conquering armies of the gods let the Maruts go.
19.13.10
índrasya vŕ̥ṣṇo váruṇasya rā́jña ādityā́nāṃ marútāṃ śárdha ugrám |
mahā́manasāṃ bhuvanacyavā́nāṃ ghóṣo devā́nāṃ jáyatām úd asthāt ||10||
Of Indra the bull (vṛ́ṣan), of king Varuṇa, of the Ādityas, of the Maruts, the spirit (çárdhas) [is] formidable; the noise of the great-minded, creation-stirring, conquering gods hath arisen.
19.13.11
asmā́kam índraḥ sámr̥teṣu dhvajéṣv asmā́kaṃ yā́ íṣavas tā́ jayantu |
asmā́kaṃ vīrā́ úttare bhavantv asmā́n devāso 'vatā háveṣu ||11||
Indra [is] ours when the banners meet [in conflict]; let the arrows that are ours conquer; let our heroes be superior; us, O gods, aid ye at the invocations.
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
Linked texts (6)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Vedārthaprakāśa (Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya) — Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya, Sanskrit
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. — J. P. Sharma, English