Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 19 — Chapter 13

AV 19 13.1

इन्द्रस्य बाहू स्थविरौ वृषाणौ चित्रा इमा वृषभौ पारयिष्णू । तौ योक्षे प्रथमो योग आगते याभ्यां जितम् असुराणां स्वर् यत्

indrasya bāhū sthavirau vṛṣāṇau citrā imā vṛṣabhau pārayiṣṇū | tau yokṣe prathamo yoga āgate yābhyāṃ jitam asurāṇāṃ svar yat

Indra's two arms, stout and bullish — these are the marvellous ones, the two bulls that carry across. Those two I will yoke when the first yoking has come, by which was won what of the Asuras was won — the sun.

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

AV 19 13.2

आशुः शिशानो वृषभो न भीमो घनाघनः क्षोभणश् चर्षणीनाम् । संक्रन्दनो ऽनिमिष एकवीरः शतं सेना अजयत् साकम् इन्द्रः

āśuḥ śiśāno vṛṣabho na bhīmo ghanāghanaḥ kṣobhaṇaś carṣaṇīnām | saṃkrandano 'nimiṣa ekavīraḥ śataṃ senā ajayat sākam indraḥ

Swift, whetting (himself), terrible like a bull, smiting again and again, a shaker of the peoples; roaring together, unblinking, sole hero — Indra conquered a hundred armies at once.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 19 13.3

संक्रन्दनेनानिमिषेण जिष्णुनायोध्येन दुश्च्यवनेन धृष्णुना । तद् इन्द्रेण जयत तत् सहध्वं युधो नर इषुहस्तेन वृष्णा

saṃkrandanenānimiṣeṇa jiṣṇunāyodhyena duścyavanena dhṛṣṇunā | tad indreṇa jayata tat sahadhvaṃ yudho nara iṣuhastena vṛṣṇā

With the roaring one, the unblinking, the victorious, the unassailable, hard to dislodge, the bold — with that Indra conquer, with him prevail, O men of the fight, with the bull who holds arrows in his hand.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 19 13.4

स इषुहस्तैः स निषङ्गिभिर् वशी संस्रष्टा स युध इन्द्रो गणेन । संसृष्टजित् सोमपा बाहुशर्ध्य् उग्रधन्वा प्रतिहिताभिर् अस्ता

sa iṣuhastaiḥ sa niṣaṅgibhir vaśī saṃsraṣṭā sa yudha indro gaṇena | saṃsṛṣṭajit somapā bāhuśardhy ugradhanvā pratihitābhir astā

He with the arrow-handed, he with the quiver-bearing, the commanding one, the joiner of battle — he, Indra, with his troop; conqueror in the joined fight, soma-drinker, strong of arm, fierce-bowed, shooter with fitted arrows.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 19 13.5

बलविज्ञायः स्थविरः प्रवीरः सहस्वान् वाजी सहमान उग्रः । अभिवीरो अभिषत्वा सहोजिज् जैत्रम् इन्द्र रथम् आ तिष्ठ गोविदम्

balavijñāyaḥ sthaviraḥ pravīraḥ sahasvān vājī sahamāna ugraḥ | abhivīro abhiṣatvā sahojij jaitram indra ratham ā tiṣṭha govidam

Known by his strength, stout, foremost hero, powerful, prize-winning, overcoming, fierce; commanding heroes, commanding warriors, conquering by might — O Indra, mount the chariot that wins, that finds cattle.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 19 13.6

इमं वीरम् अनु हर्षध्वम् उग्रम् इन्द्रं सखायो अनु सं रभध्वम् । ग्रामजितं गोजितं वज्रबाहुं जयन्तम् अज्म प्रमृणन्तम् ओजसा

imaṃ vīram anu harṣadhvam ugram indraṃ sakhāyo anu saṃ rabhadhvam | grāmajitaṃ gojitaṃ vajrabāhuṃ jayantam ajma pramṛṇantam ojasā

Exult after this fierce hero; O comrades, take hold together after Indra — winner of villages, winner of cattle, with the vajra in his arm, conquering the onslaught, crushing (it) with his force.

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

AV 19 13.7

अभि गोत्राणि सहसा गाहमानो ऽदाय उग्रः शतमन्युर् इन्द्रः । दुश्च्यवनः पृतनाषाड् अयोध्यो ऽस्माकं सेना अवतु प्र युत्सु

abhi gotrāṇi sahasā gāhamāno 'dāya ugraḥ śatamanyur indraḥ | duścyavanaḥ pṛtanāṣāḍ ayodhyo 'smākaṃ senā avatu pra yutsu

Plunging with force upon the cow-pens, not giving (way?), the fierce Indra of a hundred wraths, hard to dislodge, overcoming armies, unassailable — let him help our armies forward in the battles.

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

AV 19 13.8

बृहस्पते परि दीया रथेन रक्षोहामित्राꣳ अपबाधमानः । प्रभञ्जं छत्रून् प्रमृणन्न् अमित्रान् अस्माकम् एध्य् अविता तनूनाम्

bṛhaspate pari dīyā rathena rakṣohāmitrāṁ apabādhamānaḥ | prabhañjaṃ chatrūn pramṛṇann amitrān asmākam edhy avitā tanūnām

O Bṛhaspati, fly around with your chariot, slayer of demons, driving off the foes; shattering the enemies, crushing the unfriendly, be for us the helper of our bodies.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 19 13.9

इन्द्र एषां नेता बृहस्पतिर् दक्षिणा यज्ञः पुर एतु सोमः । देवसेनानाम् अभिभञ्जतीनां जयन्तीनां मरुतो यन्तु मध्ये

indra eṣāṃ netā bṛhaspatir dakṣiṇā yajñaḥ pura etu somaḥ | devasenānām abhibhañjatīnāṃ jayantīnāṃ maruto yantu madhye

Indra is their leader, and Bṛhaspati, the sacrificial gift, the sacrifice; let Soma go in front. In the midst of the divine armies as they shatter and conquer, let the Maruts go.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 19 13.10

इन्द्रस्य वृष्णो वरुणस्य राज्ञ आदित्यानां मरुतां शर्ध उग्रम् । महामनसां भुवनच्यवानां घोषो देवानां जयताम् उद् अस्थात्

indrasya vṛṣṇo varuṇasya rājña ādityānāṃ marutāṃ śardha ugram | mahāmanasāṃ bhuvanacyavānāṃ ghoṣo devānāṃ jayatām ud asthāt

Ours be the potent host of mighty Indra, King Varuna, and Maruts and Ādityas. Uplifted is the shout of Gods who conquer, high-minded God who cause the world to tremble.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96) (public domain)

AV 19 13.11

अस्माकम् इन्द्रः समृतेषु ध्वजेष्व् अस्माकं या इषवस् ता जयन्तु । अस्माकं वीरा उत्तरे भवन्त्व् अस्मान् देवासो ऽवता हवेषु

asmākam indraḥ samṛteṣu dhvajeṣv asmākaṃ yā iṣavas tā jayantu | asmākaṃ vīrā uttare bhavantv asmān devāso 'vatā haveṣu

Indra is ours when the banners have come together; may those arrows that are ours be victorious. May our heroes be the superior ones; help us, O gods, at the invocations.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition