Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 5 — Chapter 21

AV 5 21.1

विहृदयं वैमनस्यं वदामित्रेषु दुन्दुभे । विद्वेषं कश्मशं भयम् अमित्रेषु नि दध्मस्य् अव एनान् दुन्दुभे जहि

vihṛdayaṃ vaimanasyaṃ vadāmitreṣu dundubhe | vidveṣaṃ kaśmaśaṃ bhayam amitreṣu ni dadhmasy ava enān dundubhe jahi

Speak heart-loss and mindlessness among the foes, O drum; hatred, dismay and fear we lay upon the foes: strike them down, O drum.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 21.2

उद्वेपमाना मनसा चक्षुषा हृदयेन च । धावन्तु बिभ्यतो ऽमित्राः प्रत्रासेनाज्ये हुते

udvepamānā manasā cakṣuṣā hṛdayena ca | dhāvantu bibhyato 'mitrāḥ pratrāsenājye hute

Trembling with mind, with eye and with heart, let the foes run in fear, when the ghee has been offered with (the spell of) terror.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 21.3

वानस्पत्यः संभृत उस्रियाभिर् विश्वगोत्र्यः । प्रत्रासम् अमित्रेभ्यो वदाज्येनाभिघारितः

vānaspatyaḥ saṃbhṛta usriyābhir viśvagotryaḥ | pratrāsam amitrebhyo vadājyenābhighāritaḥ

Sprung from the forest tree, put together with cow(-hide), belonging to all clans, speak terror to the foes, you who are smeared over with ghee.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 21.4

यथा मृगाः संविजन्त आरण्याः पुरुषाद् अधि । एव त्वं दुन्दुभे ऽमित्रान् अभि क्रन्द प्र त्रासयाथो चित्तानि मोहय

yathā mṛgāḥ saṃvijanta āraṇyāḥ puruṣād adhi | eva tvaṃ dundubhe 'mitrān abhi kranda pra trāsayātho cittāni mohaya

As the wild deer start up in fright at a man, so do you, O drum, roar at the foes, terrify them, and confound their thoughts.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 21.5

यथा वृकाद् अजावयो धावन्ति बहु बिभ्यतीः । एव त्वं दुन्दुभे ऽमित्रान् अभि क्रन्द प्र त्रासयाथो चित्तानि मोहय

yathā vṛkād ajāvayo dhāvanti bahu bibhyatīḥ | eva tvaṃ dundubhe 'mitrān abhi kranda pra trāsayātho cittāni mohaya

As goats and sheep run from a wolf, greatly frightened, so do you, O drum, roar at the foes, terrify them, and confound their thoughts.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 21.6

यथा श्येनात् पतत्रिणः संविजन्ते अहर्दिवि सिंहस्य स्तनथोर् यथा । एव त्वं दुन्दुभे ऽमित्रान् अभि क्रन्द प्र त्रासयाथो चित्तानि मोहय

yathā śyenāt patatriṇaḥ saṃvijante ahardivi siṃhasya stanathor yathā | eva tvaṃ dundubhe 'mitrān abhi kranda pra trāsayātho cittāni mohaya

As birds start up in fright at a hawk, day by day, and as at the roar of a lion, so do you, O drum, roar at the foes, terrify them, and confound their thoughts.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 21.7

परामित्रान् दुन्दुभिना हरिणस्याजिनेन च । सर्वे देवा अतित्रसन् ये संग्रामस्येषते

parāmitrān dundubhinā hariṇasyājinena ca | sarve devā atitrasan ye saṃgrāmasyeṣate

Away with the foes, by the drum and by the antelope's hide! All the gods have terrified (them) — they who have power over the battle.

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

AV 5 21.8

यैर् इन्द्रः प्रक्रीडते पद्घोषैश् छायया सह । तैर् अमित्रास् त्रसन्तु नो ऽमी ये यन्त्य् अनीकशः

yair indraḥ prakrīḍate padghoṣaiś chāyayā saha | tair amitrās trasantu no 'mī ye yanty anīkaśaḥ

With what footfall-sounds Indra plays, together with his shadow — with those let our foes be terrified, those yonder who come troop by troop.

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

AV 5 21.9

ज्याघोषा दुन्दुभयो ऽभि क्रोशन्तु या दिशः । सेनाः पराजिता यतीर् अमित्राणाम् अनीकशः

jyāghoṣā dundubhayo 'bhi krośantu yā diśaḥ | senāḥ parājitā yatīr amitrāṇām anīkaśaḥ

Let the bowstring-twangings, the drums, shout toward whatever quarters the defeated armies of the foes go, troop by troop.

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

AV 5 21.10

आदित्य चक्षुर् आ दत्स्व मरीचयो ऽनु धावत । पत्सङ्गिनीर् आ सजन्तु विगते बाहुवीर्ये

āditya cakṣur ā datsva marīcayo 'nu dhāvata | patsaṅginīr ā sajantu vigate bāhuvīrye

O Āditya, take away their sight; you rays, run after them; let the foot-clingers cling fast, when their arm-strength is gone.

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

AV 5 21.11

यूयम् उग्रा मरुतः पृश्निमातर इन्द्रेण युजा प्र मृनीत शत्रून् । सोमो राजा वरुणो राजा महादेव उत मृत्युर् इन्द्रः

yūyam ugrā marutaḥ pṛśnimātara indreṇa yujā pra mṛnīta śatrūn | somo rājā varuṇo rājā mahādeva uta mṛtyur indraḥ

You, fierce Maruts, sons of Pṛśni, with Indra as your yokemate, crush the enemies. Soma is king, Varuṇa is king, (so too) the great god and Death, (and) Indra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 21.12

एता देवसेनाः सूर्यकेतवः सचेतसः । अमित्रान् नो जयन्तु स्वाहा

etā devasenāḥ sūryaketavaḥ sacetasaḥ | amitrān no jayantu svāhā

These armies of the gods, having the sun as their banner, of one mind — may they conquer our foes. svāhā.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition