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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'.

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

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.

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

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).

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

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].

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

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.

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

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.

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

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.

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

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.

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

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.

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

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.

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

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.

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

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