Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 11 — Chapter 9

AV 11 9.1

ये बाहवो या इषवो धन्वनां वीर्याणि च । असीन् परशून् आयुधं चित्ताकूतं च यद् धृदि । सर्वं तद् अर्बुदे त्वम् अमित्रेभ्यो दृशे कुरूदारांश् च प्र दर्शय

ye bāhavo yā iṣavo dhanvanāṃ vīryāṇi ca | asīn paraśūn āyudhaṃ cittākūtaṃ ca yad dhṛdi | sarvaṃ tad arbude tvam amitrebhyo dṛśe kurūdārāṃś ca pra darśaya

What arms there are, what arrows, and the powers of bows, the swords, the axes, the weaponry, and the thought and the intent that is in the heart — all that, O Arbudi, do you make visible to the enemies, and display the swellings(?) as well.

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

AV 11 9.2

उत् तिष्ठत सं नह्यध्वं मित्रा देवजना यूयम् । संदृष्टा गुप्ता वः सन्तु या नो मित्राण्य् अर्बुदे

ut tiṣṭhata saṃ nahyadhvaṃ mitrā devajanā yūyam | saṃdṛṣṭā guptā vaḥ santu yā no mitrāṇy arbude

Rise up, gird yourselves together, you friends, divine folk; let them be seen and guarded — those that are our allies, O Arbudi.

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AV 11 9.3

उत् तिष्ठतम् आ रभेताम् आदानसंदानाभ्याम् । अमित्राणां सेना अभि धत्तम् अर्बुदे

ut tiṣṭhatam ā rabhetām ādānasaṃdānābhyām | amitrāṇāṃ senā abhi dhattam arbude

Rise up, you two, lay hold with the seizing and the binding; overpower the armies of the enemies, O Arbudi.

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AV 11 9.4

अर्बुदिर् नाम यो देव ईशानश् च न्यर्बुदिः । याभ्याम् अन्तरिक्षम् आवृतम् इयं च पृथिवी मही । ताभ्याम् इन्द्रमेदिभ्याम् अहं जितम् अन्व् एमि सेनया

arbudir nāma yo deva īśānaś ca nyarbudiḥ | yābhyām antarikṣam āvṛtam iyaṃ ca pṛthivī mahī | tābhyām indramedibhyām ahaṃ jitam anv emi senayā

The god who is Arbudi by name, and the ruling Nyarbudi, by whom the midspace is encompassed and this great earth — with those two, allied with Indra, I follow after what has been won, with my army.

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AV 11 9.5

उत् तिष्ठ त्वं देवजनार्बुदे सेनया सह । भञ्जन्न् अमित्राणां सेनां भोगेभिः परि वारय

ut tiṣṭha tvaṃ devajanārbude senayā saha | bhañjann amitrāṇāṃ senāṃ bhogebhiḥ pari vāraya

Rise up, you divine being Arbudi, together with the army; breaking the army of the enemies, enclose (them) with your coils.

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AV 11 9.6

सप्त जातान् न्यर्बुद उदाराणां समीक्षयन् । तेभिष् ट्वम् आज्ये हुते सर्वैर् उत् तिष्ठ सेनया

sapta jātān nyarbuda udārāṇāṃ samīkṣayan | tebhiṣ ṭvam ājye hute sarvair ut tiṣṭha senayā

O Nyarbudi, (with) the seven born, making the swellings(?) appear — with all of them rise up with your army, when the melted butter has been offered.

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AV 11 9.7

प्रतिघ्नानाश्रुमुखी कृधुकर्णी च क्रोशतु । विकेशी पुरुषे हते रदिते अर्बुदे तव

pratighnānāśrumukhī kṛdhukarṇī ca krośatu | vikeśī puruṣe hate radite arbude tava

Let her cry out, beating herself, with tear-stained face, with cropped(?) ears, with hair undone, when the man is slain, in your rending, O Arbudi.

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AV 11 9.8

संकर्षन्ती करूकरं मनसा पुत्रम् इछन्ती । पतिं भ्रातरम् आत् स्वान् रदिते अर्बुदे तव

saṃkarṣantī karūkaraṃ manasā putram ichantī | patiṃ bhrātaram āt svān radite arbude tava

Dragging together the karūkara (bone?), seeking with her mind her son, her husband, her brother, then her own kin — in your rending, O Arbudi.

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AV 11 9.9

अलिक्लवा जाष्कमदा गृध्राः श्येनाः पतत्रिणः । ध्वाङ्क्षाः शकुनयस् तृप्यन्त्व् अमित्रेषु समीक्षयन् रदिते अर्बुदे तव

aliklavā jāṣkamadā gṛdhrāḥ śyenāḥ patatriṇaḥ | dhvāṅkṣāḥ śakunayas tṛpyantv amitreṣu samīkṣayan radite arbude tava

Let the aliklavas, the jāṣkamadas, the vultures, the falcons, the winged ones, the crows, the birds be sated, showing themselves among the enemies, in your rending, O Arbudi.

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AV 11 9.10

अथो सर्वं श्वापदं मक्षिका तृप्यतु क्रिमिः । पौरुषेये ऽधि कुणपे रदिते अर्बुदे तव

atho sarvaṃ śvāpadaṃ makṣikā tṛpyatu krimiḥ | pauruṣeye 'dhi kuṇape radite arbude tava

And moreover let every beast of prey, the fly, the worm be sated upon the human corpse, in your rending, O Arbudi.

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AV 11 9.11

आ गृह्णीतं सं बृहतं प्राणापानान् न्यर्बुदे । निवाशा घोषाः सं यन्त्व् अमित्रेषु समीक्षयन् रदिते अर्बुदे तव

ā gṛhṇītaṃ saṃ bṛhataṃ prāṇāpānān nyarbude | nivāśā ghoṣāḥ saṃ yantv amitreṣu samīkṣayan radite arbude tava

Seize, you two, tear away the in-breaths and out-breaths, O Nyarbudi; let howlings and clamours come together, showing themselves among the enemies, in your rending, O Arbudi.

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AV 11 9.12

उद् वेपय सं विजन्तां भियामित्रान्त् सं सृज । उरुग्राहैर् बाह्वङ्कैर् विध्यामित्रान् न्यर्बुदे

ud vepaya saṃ vijantāṃ bhiyāmitrānt saṃ sṛja | urugrāhair bāhvaṅkair vidhyāmitrān nyarbude

Make (them) shudder; let them quake; assail the enemies with fear; pierce the enemies with wide seizings and arm-crampings, O Nyarbudi.

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AV 11 9.13

मुह्यन्त्व् एषां बाहवश् चित्ताकूतं च यद् धृदि । मैषाम् उच् छेषि किं चन रदिते अर्बुदे तव

muhyantv eṣāṃ bāhavaś cittākūtaṃ ca yad dhṛdi | maiṣām uc cheṣi kiṃ cana radite arbude tava

Let their arms go numb, and the thought and intent that is in the heart; let nothing at all of them be left over, in your rending, O Arbudi.

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AV 11 9.14

प्रतिघ्नानाः सं धावन्तूरः पटौराव् आघ्नानाः । अघारिणीर् विकेश्यो रुदत्यः पुरुषे हते रदिते अर्बुदे तव

pratighnānāḥ saṃ dhāvantūraḥ paṭaurāv āghnānāḥ | aghāriṇīr vikeśyo rudatyaḥ puruṣe hate radite arbude tava

Beating themselves let them run together, striking chest and (both) paṭauras(?), bringing woe, with hair undone, weeping, when the man is slain, in your rending, O Arbudi.

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AV 11 9.15

श्वन्वतीर् अप्सरसो रूपका उतार्बुदे । अन्तःपात्रे रेरिहतीं रिशां दुर्णिहितैषिणीम् । सर्वास् ता अर्बुदे त्वम् अमित्रेभ्यो दृशे कुरूदारांश् च प्र दर्शय

śvanvatīr apsaraso rūpakā utārbude | antaḥpātre rerihatīṃ riśāṃ durṇihitaiṣiṇīm | sarvās tā arbude tvam amitrebhyo dṛśe kurūdārāṃś ca pra darśaya

The Apsarases that have dogs with them, and the shape-shapers (rūpakas), O Arbudi; and her within the vessel who licks and tears, who seeks out things ill-deposited — all these, O Arbudi, do thou make visible to (our) foes, and display the portents (udāras) besides.

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AV 11 9.16

खडूरे ऽधिचङ्क्रमां खर्विकां खर्ववासिनीम् । य उदारा अन्तर्हिता गन्धर्वाप्सरसश् च ये । सर्पा इतरजना रक्षांसि

khaḍūre 'dhicaṅkramāṃ kharvikāṃ kharvavāsinīm | ya udārā antarhitā gandharvāpsarasaś ca ye | sarpā itarajanā rakṣāṃsi

In Khaḍūra the one who roams about, the stunted woman dwelling in stuntedness; and the udāras that are hidden away, and the Gandharvas and Apsarases, the serpents, the other-folk, the rakṣases —

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AV 11 9.17

चतुर्दंष्ट्रां छ्यावदतः कुम्भमुष्काꣳ असृङ्मुखान् । स्वभ्यसा ये चोद्भ्यसाः

caturdaṃṣṭrāṃ chyāvadataḥ kumbhamuṣkāṁ asṛṅmukhān | svabhyasā ye codbhyasāḥ

the four-tusked, the dusky-toothed, the pot-testicled, the blood-faced; and those that are of themselves frightful and those that are frightening —

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AV 11 9.18

उद् वेपय त्वम् अर्बुदे ऽमित्राणाम् अमूः सिचः । जयंश् च जिष्णुश् चामित्रां जयताम् इन्द्रमेदिनौ

ud vepaya tvam arbude 'mitrāṇām amūḥ sicaḥ | jayaṃś ca jiṣṇuś cāmitrāṃ jayatām indramedinau

Do thou, O Arbudi, shake up yonder flanks (hems) of the foes; and let Jaya and Jiṣṇu, who have Indra as their ally, conquer the foes.

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AV 11 9.19

प्रब्लीनो मृदितः शयां हतो ऽमित्रो न्यर्बुदे । अग्निजिह्वा धूमशिखा जयन्तीर् यन्तु सेनया

prablīno mṛditaḥ śayāṃ hato 'mitro nyarbude | agnijihvā dhūmaśikhā jayantīr yantu senayā

Let the foe lie shrunken, crushed, slain, O Arbudi; with Agni for tongue and smoke for crest, let the conquering (hosts) go forth with the army.

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AV 11 9.20

तयार्बुदे प्रणुत्तानाम् इन्द्रो हन्तु वरंवरम् । अमित्राणां शचीपतिर् मामीषां मोचि कश् चन

tayārbude praṇuttānām indro hantu varaṃvaram | amitrāṇāṃ śacīpatir māmīṣāṃ moci kaś cana

By her, O Arbudi, let Indra slay the choicest of the choice among those driven forth; may not one of these foes, O lord of might, be let go.

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AV 11 9.21

उत् कसन्तु हृदयान्य् ऊर्ध्वः प्राण उद् ईषतु । शौष्कास्यम् अनु वर्तताम् अमित्रान् मोत मित्रिणः

ut kasantu hṛdayāny ūrdhvaḥ prāṇa ud īṣatu | śauṣkāsyam anu vartatām amitrān mota mitriṇaḥ

Let (their) hearts heave up, let the breath rise upward; let dryness of the mouth follow after the foes, and not after those that are friendly.

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AV 11 9.22

ये च धीरा ये चाधीराः पराञ्चो बधिराश् च ये । तमसा ये च तूपरा अथो बस्ताभिवासिनः । सर्वांस् ताꣳ अर्बुदे त्वम् अमित्रेभ्यो दृशे कुरूदारांश् च प्र दर्शय

ye ca dhīrā ye cādhīrāḥ parāñco badhirāś ca ye | tamasā ye ca tūparā atho bastābhivāsinaḥ | sarvāṃs tāṁ arbude tvam amitrebhyo dṛśe kurūdārāṃś ca pra darśaya

Both those who are steady and those who are unsteady, those turned away and those who are deaf, and those (blinded) by darkness and the hornless, and also those clad in goat-skin — all these, O Arbudi, do thou make visible to (our) foes, and display the portents besides.

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AV 11 9.23

अर्बुदिश् च त्रिषन्धिश् चामित्रान् नो वि विध्यताम् । यथैषाम् इन्द्र वृत्रहन् हनाम शचीपते ऽमित्राणां सहस्रशः

arbudiś ca triṣandhiś cāmitrān no vi vidhyatām | yathaiṣām indra vṛtrahan hanāma śacīpate 'mitrāṇāṃ sahasraśaḥ

Let Arbudi and Triṣandhi pierce our foes through; so that, O Indra, slayer of Vṛtra, lord of might, we may slay of these foes by the thousands.

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AV 11 9.24

वनस्पतीन् वानस्पत्यान् ओषधीर् उत वीरुधः । गन्धर्वाप्सरसः सर्पान् देवान् पुण्यजनान् पितॄन् । सर्वांस् ताꣳ अर्बुदे त्वम् अमित्रेभ्यो दृशे कुरूदारांश् च प्र दर्शय

vanaspatīn vānaspatyān oṣadhīr uta vīrudhaḥ | gandharvāpsarasaḥ sarpān devān puṇyajanān pitṝn | sarvāṃs tāṁ arbude tvam amitrebhyo dṛśe kurūdārāṃś ca pra darśaya

The forest trees and what comes of trees, the herbs and the plants, the Gandharvas and Apsarases, the serpents, the gods, the holy folk, the Fathers — all these, O Arbudi, do thou make visible to (our) foes, and display the portents besides.

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AV 11 9.25

ईशां वो मरुतो देव आदित्यो ब्रह्मणस्पतिः । ईशां व इन्द्रश् चाग्निश् च धाता मित्रः प्रजापतिः । ईशां व ऋषयश् चक्रुर् अमित्रेषु समीक्षयन् रदिते अर्बुदे तव

īśāṃ vo maruto deva ādityo brahmaṇaspatiḥ | īśāṃ va indraś cāgniś ca dhātā mitraḥ prajāpatiḥ | īśāṃ va ṛṣayaś cakrur amitreṣu samīkṣayan radite arbude tava

Lordship over you the Maruts made, and the god Āditya, and Brahmaṇaspati; lordship over you Indra and Agni, Dhātar, Mitra, Prajāpati; lordship over you the ṛṣis made, setting (you) to look out among the foes — thine it is, O Radita, O Arbudi.

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AV 11 9.26

तेषां सर्वेषाम् ईशाना उत् तिष्ठत सं नह्यध्वम् । मित्रा देवजना यूयम् इमं संग्रामं संजित्य यथालोकं वि तिष्ठध्वम्

teṣāṃ sarveṣām īśānā ut tiṣṭhata saṃ nahyadhvam | mitrā devajanā yūyam imaṃ saṃgrāmaṃ saṃjitya yathālokaṃ vi tiṣṭhadhvam

Ye that are lords of all these, stand up, gird yourselves; ye friendly divine folk, having won this battle, take your stations each in his own place.

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