[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Saṃhitās (mantra collections)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita) › [Samaveda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama) › 441 # Samaveda 441 Sāmavedasaṃhitā 441 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [441](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama.441) 4 9 1 1401a pro ṣvasmai purorathamindrāya śūṣamarcata . 4 9 1 1401c abhīke cidu lokakṛtsaṅge samatsu vṛtraha . 4 9 1 1401e asmākaṃ bodhi coditā nabhantāmanyakeṣāṃ jyākā adhi dhanvasu .. 1801 4 9 1 1402a tvaṃ sindhūṃravāsṛjo 'dharāco ahannahim . 4 9 1 1402c aśatrurindra jajñiṣe viśvaṃ puṣyasi vāryam . 4 9 1 1402e taṃ tvā pari ṣvajāmahe nabhantāmanyakeṣāṃ jyākā adhi dhanvasu .. 1802 4 9 1 1403a vi ṣu viśvā arātayo 'ryo naśanta no dhiyaḥ . 4 9 1 1403c astāsi śatrave vadhaṃ yo na indra jighāṃsati . 4 9 1 1403e yā te rātirdadivasu nabhantāmanyakeṣāṃ jyākā adhi dhanvasu .. 1803 > Sing strength to Indra that shall. set his chariot in the foremost > place! > Giver of room in closest fight, slayer of foes in shock of war, be thou our great encorager! Let the weak bowstrings break upon the bows of our weak mies! > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda > Thou didst destroy the Dragon: thou sentest the rivers down to Earth. > Foeless, O Indra, wast thou born. Thou tendest well each choicest thing. Therefore we draw us close to thee. Let the weak bowstrings break upon the bows of our weak enemies! > Destroyed be all malignitics and all our enemy's designs! > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda > Thy bolt thou castest at the foe, O Indra, who would smite us dead: thy liberal bounty gives us wealth. Let the weak bowstrings break upon the bows of our weak enemies! > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda - [Previous: 440](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama.440) - [Next: 442](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama.442) ## Translations (1) - [The Hymns of the Samaveda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama~en-griffith.2.9.1.14.1) — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, English ## Commentaries (4) - [Sāmavedabhāṣya (Bharatasvāmin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama!bharatasvamin) — Bharatasvāmin, Sanskrit - [Sāmavedabhāṣya (Vedārthaprakāśa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama!sayana) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit - [Sāmavedavivaraṇa (Mādhava)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama!madhava) — Mādhava (son of Nārāyaṇa), Sanskrit - [Sāmavedārthaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama!samavedarthaprakasa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (1) - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.617) — Bloomfield 1906, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama.441](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama.441) · Pramāṇa