Atharvaveda 6.66
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 6.66
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.66.1
nírhastaḥ śátrur abhidā́sann astu yé sénābhir yúdham āyánty asmā́n |
sám arpayendra mahatā́ vadhéna drā́tv eṣām aghahāró víviddhaḥ ||1||
Handless be the assailing foe—they who come with armies to fight us; make them, O Indra, collide with the great weapon; let their evildoer (? aghahārá) run (drā), pierced through.
6.66.2
ātanvānā́ āyáchantó 'syanto yé ca dhā́vatha |
nírhastāḥ śatravaḥ sthanéndro vo 'dyá párāśarīt ||2||
Ye who run (dhāv) stringing [the bow], drawing [the arrow] (ā-yam), hurling—handless are ye, O foes; Indra hath now demolished you.
6.66.3
nírhastāḥ santu śátravó 'ṅgaiṣāṃ mlāpayāmasi |
áthaiṣām indra védāṃsi śataśó ví bhajāmahai ||3||
Handless be the foes; their limbs we make to relax (mlā); then will we, O Indra, share among us their possessions hundred-fold.
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 (1)
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
Discussed in (3)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German
- Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena — Oldenberg 1888, German