Samaveda 466

466

4 9 3 0801a marmāṇi te varmaṇā cchādayāmi somastvā rājāmṛtenānu vastām .
4 9 3 0801c urorvarīyo varuṇaste kṛṇotu jayantaṃ tvānu devā madantu .. 1870
4 9 3 0802a andhā amitrā bhavatāśīrṣāṇo 'haya iva .
4 9 3 0802c teṣāṃ vo agninunnānāmindro hantu varaṃvaram .. 1871
4 9 3 0803a yo naḥ svo 'raṇo yaśca niṣṭyo jighāṃsati .
4 9 3 0803c devāstaṃ sarve dhūrvantu brahma varma mamāntaraṃ śarma varma mamāntaram .. 1872

Thy vital parts I cover with thine armour: with immortality King Soma clothe thee!
Varuna give thee what is more than ample, and in thy victory may Gods be joyful!

Blind, O my foemen, shall ye be, even as headless serpents are
May Indra slay each best of you when Agni's flame hath struck you down!

Whoso would kill us, whether he be a stranger foe or one of us,
May all the Gods discomfit him! My nearest, closest mail is prayer, my closest armour and defence.