Atharvaveda 3.1
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 3.1
- Language
- Sanskrit
3.1.1
agnír naḥ śátrūn práty etu vidvā́n pratidáhann abhíśastim árātim |
sá sénāṃ mohayatu páreṣāṃ nírhastāṃś ca kr̥ṇavaj jātávedāḥ ||1||
Let Agni, knowing, go against our foes, burning against the imprecator, the niggard; let him confound (mohaya-) the army of our adversaries (pára); and may Jātavedas make them handless.
3.1.2
yūyám ugrā́ maruta īdŕ̥śe sthābhí préta mr̥ṇáta sáhadhvam |
ámīmr̥ṇan vásavo nāthitā́ imé agnír hy èṣāṃ dūtáḥ pratyétu vidvā́n ||2||
Ye, O Maruts, are formidable for such a plight; go forward upon [them], kill, overcome! The Vasus have killed [them]; suppliant [are] these; for let Agni, their messenger, go against [their foes], knowing.
3.1.3
amitrasenā́ṃ maghavann asmā́n chatrūyatī́m abhí |
yuváṃ tā́m indra vr̥trahann agníś ca dahataṃ práti ||3||
The army of enemies, O bounteous one, playing the foe against us—do ye (two), O Vṛtra-slaying Indra, Agni also, burn against them.
3.1.4
prásūta indra pravátā háribhyāṃ prá te vájraḥ pramr̥ṇánn etu śátrūn |
jahí pratī́co anū́caḥ párāco víṣvak satyáṃ kr̥ṇuhi cittám eṣām ||4||
Impelled, O Indra, forwards (? pravátā) by thy (two) bays—let thy thunderbolt go forth, slaughtering (pra-mṛ) the foes; smite the on-coming, the following, the fleeing (párāñc); scatter their actual intent.
3.1.5
índra sénāṃ mohayāmítrāṇām |
agnér vā́tasya dhrā́jyā tā́n víṣūco ví nāśaya ||5||
O Indra, confound the army of our enemies; with the blast of fire, of wind, make them disappear, scattering.
3.1.6
índraḥ sénāṃ mohayatu marúto ghnantv ójasā |
cákṣūṃsy agnír ā́ dattāṃ púnar etu párājitā ||6||
Let Indra confound the army; let the Maruts slay with force; let Agni take away its eyes; let it go back conquered.
Translations (3)
- Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8) — William Dwight Whitney 1905, English
- The Hymns of the Atharvaveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1895, English
- Hymns of the Atharva-Veda (SBE 42) — Maurice Bloomfield 1897, English
Commentaries (2)
- Atharvavedabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit
Linked texts (7)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times — Beni Prasad, English