Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 8 — Chapter 8

AV 8 8.1

इन्द्रो मन्थतु मन्थिता शक्रः शूरः पुरंदरः । यथा हनाम सेना अमित्राणां सहस्रशः

indro manthatu manthitā śakraḥ śūraḥ puraṃdaraḥ | yathā hanāma senā amitrāṇāṃ sahasraśaḥ

Let Indra churn, he the churner, the mighty one, the hero, the breaker of strongholds — so that we may smite the armies of the foes by thousands.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 8.2

पूतिरज्जुर् उपध्मानी पूतिं सेनां कृणोत्व् अमूम् । धूमम् अग्निम् परादृश्या ऽमित्रा हृत्स्व् आ दधतां भयम्

pūtirajjur upadhmānī pūtiṃ senāṃ kṛṇotv amūm | dhūmam agnim parādṛśyā 'mitrā hṛtsv ā dadhatāṃ bhayam

Let the foul rope be the blowing-tube; let it make that army foul. Seeing the smoke and the fire from afar, let the enemies set fear in their hearts.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 8.3

अमून् अश्वत्थ निः शृणीहि खादामून् खदिराजिरम् । ताजद्भङ्ग इव भजन्तां हन्त्व् एनान् वधको वधैः

amūn aśvattha niḥ śṛṇīhi khādāmūn khadirājiram | tājadbhaṅga iva bhajantāṃ hantv enān vadhako vadhaiḥ

Rend those men apart, O aśvattha; devour them, O khadira, swift one; let them be broken as if by a snapping blow; let the slayer slay them with his weapons.

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

AV 8 8.4

परुषान् अमून् परुषाह्वः कृणोतु हन्त्व् एनान् वधको वधैः । क्षिप्रं शर इव भजन्तां बृहज्जालेन संदिताः

paruṣān amūn paruṣāhvaḥ kṛṇotu hantv enān vadhako vadhaiḥ | kṣipraṃ śara iva bhajantāṃ bṛhajjālena saṃditāḥ

Let the one called "rough" (paruṣāhva) make those (foes) rough; let the slayer slay them with his deadly weapons. Let them quickly be split like a reed, bound fast in the great net.

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

AV 8 8.5

अन्तरिक्षं जालम् आसीज् जालदण्डा दिशो महीः । तेनाभिधाय दस्यूनां शक्रः सेनाम् अपावपत्

antarikṣaṃ jālam āsīj jāladaṇḍā diśo mahīḥ | tenābhidhāya dasyūnāṃ śakraḥ senām apāvapat

The mid-air was the net, the great directions the net-poles; with that Śakra, having covered over the army of the Dasyus, scattered it away.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 8.6

बृहद् धि जालं बृहतः शक्रस्य वाजिनीवतः । तेन शत्रून् अभि सर्वान् न्य् उब्ज यथा न मुच्यातै कतमश् चनैषाम्

bṛhad dhi jālaṃ bṛhataḥ śakrasya vājinīvataḥ | tena śatrūn abhi sarvān ny ubja yathā na mucyātai katamaś canaiṣām

For great is the net of great Śakra, rich in steeds; with it press down all the enemies, so that not even one of them may get free.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 8.7

बृहत् ते जालं बृहत इन्द्र शूर सहस्रार्घस्य शतवीर्यस्य । तेन शतं सहस्रम् अयुतं न्यर्बुदं जघान शक्रो दस्यूनाम् अभिधाय सेनया

bṛhat te jālaṃ bṛhata indra śūra sahasrārghasya śatavīryasya | tena śataṃ sahasram ayutaṃ nyarbudaṃ jaghāna śakro dasyūnām abhidhāya senayā

Great is your net, O great Indra, hero, worth a thousand, having a hundred powers; with it Śakra, having covered over (them) with his army, slew a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand, a hundred million of the Dasyus.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 8.8

अयं लोको जालम् आसीच् छक्रस्य महतो महान् । तेनाहम् इन्द्रजालेनामूंस् तमसाभि दधामि सर्वान्

ayaṃ loko jālam āsīc chakrasya mahato mahān | tenāham indrajālenāmūṃs tamasābhi dadhāmi sarvān

This world was the net, great (net) of great Śakra; with that net of Indra I cover over all of those (foes) with darkness.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 8.9

सेदिर् उग्रा व्यृद्धिर् आर्तिश् चानपवाचना । श्रमस् तन्द्रीश् च मोहश् च तैर् अमून् अभि दधामि सर्वान्

sedir ugrā vyṛddhir ārtiś cānapavācanā | śramas tandrīś ca mohaś ca tair amūn abhi dadhāmi sarvān

Failure, fierce ruin, and affliction not to be talked away, weariness and sloth and bewilderment — with these I cover over all of those (foes).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 8.10

मृत्यवे ऽमून् प्र यछामि मृत्युपाशैर् अमी सिताः । मृत्योर् ये अघला दूतास् तेभ्य एनान् प्रति नयामि बद्ध्वा

mṛtyave 'mūn pra yachāmi mṛtyupāśair amī sitāḥ | mṛtyor ye aghalā dūtās tebhya enān prati nayāmi baddhvā

I hand those (men) over to Death; those ones are bound with the fetters of Death. Those evil messengers of Death that there are — to them I lead them, having bound them.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 8.11

नयतामून् मृत्युदूता यमदूता अपोम्भत । परःसहस्रा हन्यन्तां तृणेढ्व् एनान् मत्यं भवस्य

nayatāmūn mṛtyudūtā yamadūtā apombhata | paraḥsahasrā hanyantāṃ tṛṇeḍhv enān matyaṃ bhavasya

Lead them away, messengers of Death; messengers of Yama, shut them in; let more than thousands be slain; crush them with the club of Bhava.

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

AV 8 8.12

साध्या एकं जालदण्डम् उद्यत्य यन्त्य् ओजसा । रुद्रा एकं वसव एकम् आदित्यैर् एक उद्यतः

sādhyā ekaṃ jāladaṇḍam udyatya yanty ojasā | rudrā ekaṃ vasava ekam ādityair eka udyataḥ

The Sādhyas, raising one net-pole, go with force; the Rudras one, the Vasus one, one is raised by the Ādityas.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 8.13

विश्वे देवाः उपरिष्टाद् उब्जन्तो यन्त्व् ओजसा । मध्येन घ्नन्तो यन्तु सेनाम् अङ्गिरसो महीम्

viśve devāḥ upariṣṭād ubjanto yantv ojasā | madhyena ghnanto yantu senām aṅgiraso mahīm

Let all the gods come from above, pressing (them) down with force; let the Aṅgirases come, smiting the great army through the middle.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 8.14

वनस्पतीन् वानस्पत्यान् ओषधीर् उत वीरुधः । द्विपाच् चतुष्पाद् इष्णामि यथा सेनाम् अमूं हनन्

vanaspatīn vānaspatyān oṣadhīr uta vīrudhaḥ | dvipāc catuṣpād iṣṇāmi yathā senām amūṃ hanan

The forest-trees and what comes from trees, the herbs and the plants, the two-footed and the four-footed — I send them forth, that they may smite that army.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 8.15

गन्धर्वाप्सरसः सर्पान् देवान् पुण्यजनान् पितॄन् । दृष्टान् अदृष्टान् इष्णामि यथा सेनाम् अमूं हनन्

gandharvāpsarasaḥ sarpān devān puṇyajanān pitṝn | dṛṣṭān adṛṣṭān iṣṇāmi yathā senām amūṃ hanan

The Gandharvas and Apsarases, the serpents, the gods, the "good folk," the Fathers, the seen and the unseen — I send them forth, that they may smite that army.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 8.16

इम उप्ता मृत्युपाशा यान् आक्रम्य न मुच्यसे । अमुष्या हन्तु सेनाया इदं कूटं सहस्रशः

ima uptā mṛtyupāśā yān ākramya na mucyase | amuṣyā hantu senāyā idaṃ kūṭaṃ sahasraśaḥ

Here are sown the fetters of Death, on which having stepped you are not released; let this hammer slay of that army by thousands.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 8.17

घर्मः समिद्धो अग्निनायं होमः सहस्रहः । भवश् च पृश्निबाहुश् च शर्व सेनाम् अमूं हतम्

gharmaḥ samiddho agnināyaṃ homaḥ sahasrahaḥ | bhavaś ca pṛśnibāhuś ca śarva senām amūṃ hatam

The gharma-cauldron is kindled with fire; this oblation slays a thousand. Bhava and Pṛśnibāhu, and Śarva — smite that army.

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

AV 8 8.18

मृत्योर् आषम् आ पद्यन्तां क्षुधं सेदिं वधम् भयम् । इन्द्रश् चाक्षुजालाभ्यां शर्व सेनाम् अमूं हतम्

mṛtyor āṣam ā padyantāṃ kṣudhaṃ sediṃ vadham bhayam | indraś cākṣujālābhyāṃ śarva senām amūṃ hatam

Let them fall into the ... of Death, into hunger, failure, slaughter, fear; and Indra, with the net-for-the-eyes — Śarva, smite that army.

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

AV 8 8.19

पराजिताः प्र त्रसतामित्रा नुत्ता धावत ब्रह्मणा । बृहस्पतिप्रनुत्तानां मामीषां मोचि कश् चन

parājitāḥ pra trasatāmitrā nuttā dhāvata brahmaṇā | bṛhaspatipranuttānāṃ māmīṣāṃ moci kaś cana

Defeated, let the foes tremble; thrust away by the sacred formula, run! Of those thrust away by Bṛhaspati let not one be released.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 8.20

अव पद्यन्ताम् एषाम् आयुधानि मा शकन् प्रतिधाम् इषुम् । अथैषां बहु बिभ्यताम् इषवः घ्नन्तु मर्मणि

ava padyantām eṣām āyudhāni mā śakan pratidhām iṣum | athaiṣāṃ bahu bibhyatām iṣavaḥ ghnantu marmaṇi

Let their weapons fall down; may they not be able to fit the arrow (to the bow); and then, as they greatly fear, let the arrows strike them in the vitals.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 8.21

सं क्रोशताम् एनान् द्यावापृथिवी सम् अन्तरिक्षं सह देवताभिः । मा ज्ञातारं मा प्रतिष्ठां विदन्त मिथो विघ्नाना उप यन्तु मृत्युम्

saṃ krośatām enān dyāvāpṛthivī sam antarikṣaṃ saha devatābhiḥ | mā jñātāraṃ mā pratiṣṭhāṃ vidanta mitho vighnānā upa yantu mṛtyum

Let Heaven and Earth cry out at them, and the mid-air together with the deities; may they find no one who knows (them), no foothold; slaying one another let them go to death.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 8.22

दिशश् चतस्रो ऽश्वतर्यो देवरथस्य पुरोदाशाः शफा अन्तरिक्षम् उद्धिः । द्यावापृथिवी पक्षसी ऋतवो ऽभीशवो ऽन्तर्देशाः किम्करा वाक् परिरथ्यम्

diśaś catasro 'śvataryo devarathasya purodāśāḥ śaphā antarikṣam uddhiḥ | dyāvāpṛthivī pakṣasī ṛtavo 'bhīśavo 'ntardeśāḥ kimkarā vāk parirathyam

The four directions are the she-mules of the god-chariot, the sacrificial cakes its hooves, the mid-air the chariot-box; Heaven and Earth are the two side-pieces, the seasons the reins, the intermediate directions the attendants, speech the chariot-rim.

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

AV 8 8.23

संवत्सरो रथः परिवत्सरो रथोपस्थो विराड् ईषाग्नी रथमुखम् । इन्द्रः सव्यष्ठाश् चन्द्रमाः सारथिः

saṃvatsaro rathaḥ parivatsaro rathopastho virāḍ īṣāgnī rathamukham | indraḥ savyaṣṭhāś candramāḥ sārathiḥ

The year is the chariot, the year-around its seat, Virāj the pole, Agni the chariot-front; Indra stands at the left, the moon is the charioteer.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 8.24

इतो जयेतो वि जय सं जय जय स्वाहा । इमे जयन्तु परामी जयन्तां स्वाहैभ्यो दुराहामीभ्यः । नीललोहितेनामून् अभ्यवतनोमि

ito jayeto vi jaya saṃ jaya jaya svāhā | ime jayantu parāmī jayantāṃ svāhaibhyo durāhāmībhyaḥ | nīlalohitenāmūn abhyavatanomi

Conquer from here, conquer out, conquer together, conquer — svāhā! Let these here conquer, let those yonder be defeated. Svāhā to these, ill-calling to those yonder. With the blue-and-red one I shoot down those yonder.

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