Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 3 — Chapter 1

AV 3 1.1

अग्निर् नः शत्रून् प्रत्य् एतु विद्वान् प्रतिदहन्न् अभिशस्तिम् अरातिम् । स सेनां मोहयतु परेषां निर्हस्तांश् च कृणवज् जातवेदाः

agnir naḥ śatrūn praty etu vidvān pratidahann abhiśastim arātim | sa senāṃ mohayatu pareṣāṃ nirhastāṃś ca kṛṇavaj jātavedāḥ

Let Agni, the knowing one, go against our rivals, burning back the curse and the hostility; let him confuse the army of the foes, and let Jātavedas make them handless.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 3 1.2

यूयम् उग्रा मरुत ईदृशे स्थाभि प्रेत मृणत सहध्वम् । अमीमृणन् वसवो नाथिता इमे अग्निर् ह्य् एषां दूतः प्रत्येतु विद्वान्

yūyam ugrā maruta īdṛśe sthābhi preta mṛṇata sahadhvam | amīmṛṇan vasavo nāthitā ime agnir hy eṣāṃ dūtaḥ pratyetu vidvān

You, fierce Maruts, are (fit) for such (a task): go forth against (them), crush, overpower. These Vasus, when appealed to, have crushed (them); for Agni is their messenger — let him go against (them), the knowing one.

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

AV 3 1.3

अमित्रसेनां मघवन्न् अस्मान् छत्रूयतीम् अभि । युवं ताम् इन्द्र वृत्रहन्न् अग्निश् च दहतं प्रति

amitrasenāṃ maghavann asmān chatrūyatīm abhi | yuvaṃ tām indra vṛtrahann agniś ca dahataṃ prati

The unfriendly army that plays the enemy against us, O bounteous one — that one, O Indra slayer of Vṛtra, do you two, you and Agni, burn back.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 3 1.4

प्रसूत इन्द्र प्रवता हरिभ्यां प्र ते वज्रः प्रमृणन्न् एतु शत्रून् । जहि प्रतीचो अनूचः पराचो विष्वक् सत्यं कृणुहि चित्तम् एषाम्

prasūta indra pravatā haribhyāṃ pra te vajraḥ pramṛṇann etu śatrūn | jahi pratīco anūcaḥ parāco viṣvak satyaṃ kṛṇuhi cittam eṣām

Sped forth, O Indra, down the slope with the two bay horses — let your thunderbolt go forth crushing the rivals; slay those facing (us), those behind, those turned away; make their thought (scatter) in all directions, make (it) come true.

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

AV 3 1.5

इन्द्र सेनां मोहयामित्राणाम् । अग्नेर् वातस्य ध्राज्या तान् विषूचो वि नाशय

indra senāṃ mohayāmitrāṇām | agner vātasya dhrājyā tān viṣūco vi nāśaya

Indra, confuse the army of the foes; with the onrush of Agni and of Vāta make them vanish in all directions.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 3 1.6

इन्द्रः सेनां मोहयतु मरुतो घ्नन्त्व् ओजसा । चक्षूंस्य् अग्निर् आ दत्तां पुनर् एतु पराजिता

indraḥ senāṃ mohayatu maruto ghnantv ojasā | cakṣūṃsy agnir ā dattāṃ punar etu parājitā

Let Indra confuse the army; let the Maruts smite with force; let Agni take away (their) eyes; let it go back defeated.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition