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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 66

AV 6 66.1

निर्हस्तः शत्रुर् अभिदासन्न् अस्तु ये सेनाभिर् युधम् आयन्त्य् अस्मान् । सम् अर्पयेन्द्र महता वधेन द्रात्व् एषाम् अघहारो विविद्धः

nirhastaḥ śatrur abhidāsann astu ye senābhir yudham āyanty asmān | sam arpayendra mahatā vadhena drātv eṣām aghahāro vividdhaḥ

Let the rival who attacks be handless — those who come with armies to fight us. Indra, strike (them) down with the great weapon; let their bearer of evil run off, pierced through.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Handless be every foeman who assaileth, they who with missiles come to fight against us! Dash them together with great slaughter, Indra! and let their robber chief run pierced with arrows.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 66.2

आतन्वाना आयछन्तो ऽस्यन्तो ये च धावथ । निर्हस्ताः शत्रवः स्थनेन्द्रो वो ऽद्य पराशरीत्

ātanvānā āyachanto 'syanto ye ca dhāvatha | nirhastāḥ śatravaḥ sthanendro vo 'dya parāśarīt

You who stretch (the bow), who draw it, who shoot and who run — you rivals are handless: Indra has today crushed you away.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Ye who run hither bending bows, brandishing swords and cast- ing darts. Handless be ye, O enemies! Let Indra mangle you to-day.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 66.3

निर्हस्ताः सन्तु शत्रवो ऽङ्गैषां म्लापयामसि । अथैषाम् इन्द्र वेदांसि शतशो वि भजामहै

nirhastāḥ santu śatravo 'ṅgaiṣāṃ mlāpayāmasi | athaiṣām indra vedāṃsi śataśo vi bhajāmahai

Let the rivals be handless; we make their limbs wither. Then, Indra, let us divide up their possessions a hundredfold.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Handless be these our enemies! We enervate their languid limbs. So let us part among ourselves, in hundreds, Indra! all their wealth.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)