Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 11 — Chapter 10

AV 11 10.1

उत् तिष्ठत सं नह्यध्वम् उदाराः केतुभिः सह । सर्पा इतरजना रक्षांस्य् अमित्रान् अनु धावत

ut tiṣṭhata saṃ nahyadhvam udārāḥ ketubhiḥ saha | sarpā itarajanā rakṣāṃsy amitrān anu dhāvata

Stand up, gird yourselves, ye udāras, together with the banners; ye serpents, other-folk, rakṣases, run after the foes.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 11 10.2

ईशां वो वेद राज्यं त्रिषन्धे अरुणैः केतुभिः सह । ये अन्तरिक्षे ये दिवि पृथिव्यां ये च मानवाः । त्रिषन्धेस् ते चेतसि दुर्णामान उपासताम्

īśāṃ vo veda rājyaṃ triṣandhe aruṇaiḥ ketubhiḥ saha | ye antarikṣe ye divi pṛthivyāṃ ye ca mānavāḥ | triṣandhes te cetasi durṇāmāna upāsatām

I know your kingship, O Triṣandhi, together with the ruddy banners; those that are in the midspace, those in heaven, on earth, and those that are human — let those of evil name wait upon the mind of Triṣandhi.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 11 10.3

अयोमुखाः सूचीमुखा अथो विकङ्कतीमुखाः । क्रव्यादो वातरंहस आ सजन्त्व् अमित्रान् वज्रेण त्रिषन्धिना

ayomukhāḥ sūcīmukhā atho vikaṅkatīmukhāḥ | kravyādo vātaraṃhasa ā sajantv amitrān vajreṇa triṣandhinā

Iron-faced, needle-faced, and also vikaṅkata-thorn-faced, flesh-eating, swift as the wind — let them fasten upon the foes with the thunderbolt of Triṣandhi.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 10.4

अन्तर् धेहि जातवेद आदित्य कुणपं बहु । त्रिषन्धेर् इयं सेना सुहितास्तु मे वशे

antar dhehi jātaveda āditya kuṇapaṃ bahu | triṣandher iyaṃ senā suhitāstu me vaśe

Set within, O Jātavedas, O Āditya, much carrion; let this army of Triṣandhi be well placed under my control.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 11 10.5

उत् तिष्ठ त्वं देवजनार्बुदे सेनया सह । अयं बलिर् व आहुतस् त्रिषन्धेर् आहुतिः प्रिया

ut tiṣṭha tvaṃ devajanārbude senayā saha | ayaṃ balir va āhutas triṣandher āhutiḥ priyā

Stand up, thou divine folk, O Arbudi, together with the army; this tribute has been offered to you, the welcome oblation of Triṣandhi.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 10.6

शितिपदी सं द्यतु शरव्येयं चतुष्पदी । कृत्ये ऽमित्रेभ्यो भव त्रिषन्धेः सह सेनया

śitipadī saṃ dyatu śaravyeyaṃ catuṣpadī | kṛtye 'mitrebhyo bhava triṣandheḥ saha senayā

Let the white-footed, four-footed arrow-volley strike (them) down; O Witchcraft, be (turned) against the foes, together with the army of Triṣandhi.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 11 10.7

धूमाक्षी सं पततु कृधुकर्णी च क्रोशतु । त्रिषन्धेः सेनया जिते अरुणाः सन्तु केतवः

dhūmākṣī saṃ patatu kṛdhukarṇī ca krośatu | triṣandheḥ senayā jite aruṇāḥ santu ketavaḥ

Let the smoke-eyed one fly hither, and let the short-eared one shriek; when it has been won by the army of Triṣandhi, let the banners be ruddy.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 11 10.8

अवायन्तां पक्षिणो ये वयांस्य् अन्तरिक्षे दिवि ये चरन्ति । श्वापदो मक्षिकाः सं रभन्ताम् आमादो गृध्राः कुणपे रदन्ताम्

avāyantāṃ pakṣiṇo ye vayāṃsy antarikṣe divi ye caranti | śvāpado makṣikāḥ saṃ rabhantām āmādo gṛdhrāḥ kuṇape radantām

Let the winged ones fly down, the birds that move in the midspace and in heaven; let the beasts of prey and the flies lay hold; let the raw-flesh-eating vultures tear at the carrion.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 10.9

याम् इन्द्रेण संधां समधत्था ब्रह्मणा च बृहस्पते । तयाहम् इन्द्रसंधया सर्वान् देवान् इह हुव इतो जयत मामुतः

yām indreṇa saṃdhāṃ samadhatthā brahmaṇā ca bṛhaspate | tayāham indrasaṃdhayā sarvān devān iha huva ito jayata māmutaḥ

The covenant that you made with Indra and with brahman, O Bṛhaspati — by that covenant with Indra I here call all the gods: conquer from here, not from yonder!

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 10.10

बृहस्पतिर् आङ्गिरस ऋषयो ब्रह्मसंशिताः । असुरक्षयणं वधं त्रिषन्धिं दिव्य् आश्रयन्

bṛhaspatir āṅgirasa ṛṣayo brahmasaṃśitāḥ | asurakṣayaṇaṃ vadhaṃ triṣandhiṃ divy āśrayan

Bṛhaspati the Āṅgirasa, and the seers sharpened by brahman, set in the sky the deadly weapon Triṣandhi, destroyer of the Asuras.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 10.11

येनासौ गुप्त आदित्य उभाव् इन्द्रश् च तिष्ठतः । त्रिषन्धिं देवा अभजन्तौजसे च बलाय च

yenāsau gupta āditya ubhāv indraś ca tiṣṭhataḥ | triṣandhiṃ devā abhajantaujase ca balāya ca

By which that Āditya is guarded, and both he and Indra stand (firm) — Triṣandhi the gods apportioned, both for vigour and for strength.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 10.12

सर्वांल् लोकान्त् सम् अजयन् देवा आहुत्यानया । बृहस्पतिर् आङ्गिरसो वज्रं यम् असिञ्चतासुरक्षयणं वधम्

sarvāṃl lokānt sam ajayan devā āhutyānayā | bṛhaspatir āṅgiraso vajraṃ yam asiñcatāsurakṣayaṇaṃ vadham

By this oblation the gods conquered all the worlds — the thunderbolt which Bṛhaspati the Āṅgirasa anointed, the deadly weapon that destroys the Asuras.

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AV 11 10.13

बृहस्पतिर् आङ्गिरसो वज्रं यम् असिञ्चतासुरक्षयणं वधम् । तेनाहम् अमूं सेनां नि लिम्पामि बृहस्पते ऽमित्रान् हन्म्य् ओजसा

bṛhaspatir āṅgiraso vajraṃ yam asiñcatāsurakṣayaṇaṃ vadham | tenāham amūṃ senāṃ ni limpāmi bṛhaspate 'mitrān hanmy ojasā

The thunderbolt which Bṛhaspati the Āṅgirasa anointed, the deadly weapon that destroys the Asuras — with that I smear yonder army, O Bṛhaspati; I slay the foes with vigour.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 10.14

सर्वे देवा अत्यायन्ति ये अश्नन्ति वषट्कृतम् । इमां जुषध्वम् आहुतिम् इतो जयत मामुतः

sarve devā atyāyanti ye aśnanti vaṣaṭkṛtam | imāṃ juṣadhvam āhutim ito jayata māmutaḥ

All the gods come over, they who eat what is offered with the call vaṣaṭ. Enjoy this oblation: conquer from here, not from yonder!

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 10.15

सर्वे देवा अत्यायन्तु त्रिषन्धेर् आहुतिः प्रिया । संधां महतीं रक्षत ययाग्रे असुरा जिताः

sarve devā atyāyantu triṣandher āhutiḥ priyā | saṃdhāṃ mahatīṃ rakṣata yayāgre asurā jitāḥ

Let all the gods come over — dear is the oblation of Triṣandhi. Guard the great covenant by which the Asuras were conquered at the beginning.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 10.16

वायुर् अमित्राणाम् इष्वग्राण्य् आञ्चतु । इन्द्र एषां बाहून् प्रति भनक्तु मा शकन् प्रतिधाम् इषुम् । आदित्य एषाम् अस्त्रं वि नाशयतु चन्द्रमा युताम् अगतस्य पन्थाम्

vāyur amitrāṇām iṣvagrāṇy āñcatu | indra eṣāṃ bāhūn prati bhanaktu mā śakan pratidhām iṣum | āditya eṣām astraṃ vi nāśayatu candramā yutām agatasya panthām

Let Vāyu bend aside the arrow-points of the foes. Let Indra break their arms in turn; let them not be able to fit the arrow to the bow. Let Āditya make their missile vanish, let the Moon bar the path of one who has not (yet) gone.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 11 10.17

यदि प्रेयुर् देवपुरा ब्रह्म वर्माणि चक्रिरे । तनूपानं परिपाणं कृण्वाना यद् उपोचिरे सर्वं तद् अरसं कृधि

yadi preyur devapurā brahma varmāṇi cakrire | tanūpānaṃ paripāṇaṃ kṛṇvānā yad upocire sarvaṃ tad arasaṃ kṛdhi

If they have gone forth, (holding) the gods as their strongholds, and have made brahman their armour; whatever they have heaped up making a body-guard and a defence all around — make all that sapless.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 11 10.18

क्रव्यादानुवर्तयन् मृत्युना च पुरोहितम् । त्रिषन्धे प्रेहि सेनया जयामित्रान् प्र पद्यस्व

kravyādānuvartayan mṛtyunā ca purohitam | triṣandhe prehi senayā jayāmitrān pra padyasva

Leading on the flesh-eaters, and with Death as (your) purohita, go forth, O Triṣandhi, with the army: conquer the foes, advance!

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 10.19

त्रिषन्धे तमसा त्वम् अमित्रान् परि वारय । पृषदाज्यप्रणुत्तानां मामीषां मोचि कश् चन

triṣandhe tamasā tvam amitrān pari vāraya | pṛṣadājyapraṇuttānāṃ māmīṣāṃ moci kaś cana

O Triṣandhi, do you shut in the foes with darkness. Of those driven off by the sprinkled ghee let not one be released.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 10.20

शितिपदी सं पतत्व् अमित्राणाम् अमूः सिचः । मुह्यन्त्व् अद्यामूः सेना अमित्राणां न्यर्बुदे

śitipadī saṃ patatv amitrāṇām amūḥ sicaḥ | muhyantv adyāmūḥ senā amitrāṇāṃ nyarbude

Let the white-footed (one) fly down upon yonder garments of the foes. Let yonder armies of the foes be bewildered today, O Nyarbuda.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 11 10.21

मूढा अमित्रा न्यर्बुदे जह्य् एषां वरंवरम् । अनया जहि सेनया

mūḍhā amitrā nyarbude jahy eṣāṃ varaṃvaram | anayā jahi senayā

Bewildered are the foes, O Nyarbuda: slay the best of them, one after another; slay with this army.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 10.22

यश् च कवची यश् चाकवचो ऽमित्रो यश् चाज्मनि । ज्यापाशैः कवचपाशैर् अज्मनाभिहतः शयाम्

yaś ca kavacī yaś cākavaco 'mitro yaś cājmani | jyāpāśaiḥ kavacapāśair ajmanābhihataḥ śayām

He who wears a cuirass and he who is without a cuirass, and the foe who is in the onset — let him lie struck down by bowstring-nooses, by cuirass-nooses, by the onset.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 11 10.23

ये वर्मिणो ये ऽवर्माणो अमित्रा ये च वर्मिणः । सर्वांस् ताꣳ अर्बुदे हतां छ्वानो ऽदन्तु भूम्याम्

ye varmiṇo ye 'varmāṇo amitrā ye ca varmiṇaḥ | sarvāṃs tāṁ arbude hatāṃ chvāno 'dantu bhūmyām

Those who wear armour and those without armour, and the foes who wear armour — all those, O Arbuda, slain, let the dogs devour on the ground.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 10.24

ये रथिनो ये अरथा असादा ये च सादिनः । सर्वान् अदन्तु तान् हतान् गृध्राः श्येनाः पतत्रिणः

ye rathino ye arathā asādā ye ca sādinaḥ | sarvān adantu tān hatān gṛdhrāḥ śyenāḥ patatriṇaḥ

Those who have chariots and those without chariots, those without seats and those who are mounted — let the vultures, the eagles, the winged ones devour them all, slain.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 11 10.25

सहस्रकुणपा शेताम् आमित्री सेना समरे वधानाम् । विविद्धा ककजाकृता

sahasrakuṇapā śetām āmitrī senā samare vadhānām | vividdhā kakajākṛtā

With a thousand corpses let the foemen's army lie in the encounter of weapons, pierced through, mangled.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 11 10.26

मर्माविधं रोरुवतं सुपर्णैर् अदन्तु दुश्चितं मृदितं शयानम् । य इमां प्रतीचीम् आहुतिम् अमित्रो नो युयुत्सति

marmāvidhaṃ roruvataṃ suparṇair adantu duścitaṃ mṛditaṃ śayānam | ya imāṃ pratīcīm āhutim amitro no yuyutsati

Let the eagles devour him, pierced in the vitals, bellowing, ill-marked, crushed, lying (there) — the foe who wishes to fight against this oblation of ours (directed) toward (them).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 11 10.27

यां देवा अनुतिष्ठन्ति यस्या नास्ति विराधनम् । तयेन्द्रो हन्तु वृत्रहा वज्रेण त्रिषन्धिना

yāṃ devā anutiṣṭhanti yasyā nāsti virādhanam | tayendro hantu vṛtrahā vajreṇa triṣandhinā

(That weapon) which the gods attend, for which there is no failing — with it let Indra, slayer of Vṛtra, smite, with the three-jointed thunderbolt.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain