Samaveda — Uttararchika — Chapter 9301
SV 2 9301.1
आशुः शिशानो वृषभो न भीमो घनाघनः क्षोभणश्चर्षणीनां । सङ्क्रन्दनोऽनिमिष एकवीरः शतं सेना अजयत्साकमिन्द्रः
āśuḥ śiśāno vṛṣabho na bhīmo ghanāghanaḥ kṣobhaṇaścarṣaṇīnāṃ | saṅkrandano'nimiṣa ekavīraḥ śataṃ senā ajayatsākamindraḥ
Swift, whetting (himself), fearsome like a bull, the smiter, the shaker of the peoples; roaring, unblinking, the one hero — Indra conquered a hundred armies at once.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Swift, rapidly striking, like a bull who sharpens his horns, terrific, stirring up the people. With eyes that close not, bellowing, sole hero, Indra subdued at once a hundred armies.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)
SV 2 9301.2
सङ्क्रन्दनेनानिमिषेण जिष्णुना युत्कारेण दुश्च्यवनेन धृष्णुना । तदिन्द्रेण जयत तत्सहध्वं युधो नर इषुहस्तेन वृष्णा
saṅkrandanenānimiṣeṇa jiṣṇunā yutkāreṇa duścyavanena dhṛṣṇunā | tadindreṇa jayata tatsahadhvaṃ yudho nara iṣuhastena vṛṣṇā
With the roaring, unblinking, victorious one, the maker of battle, hard to dislodge, bold — with that Indra conquer, with that prevail, O men, in the fights, with the bull who holds arrows in his hand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
With him loud-roaring, ever watchful victcr, bold, hard to overthrow, rouser of battle, Indra. the strong, whose hand bears arrows, conquer, ye heroes, now, now vanquish in the combat!
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)
SV 2 9301.3
स इषुहस्तैः स निषङ्गिभिर्वशी संस्रष्टा स युध इन्द्रो गणेन । सं सृष्टजित्सोमपा बाहुशर्ध्यू३ग्रधन्वा प्रतिहिताभिरस्ता
sa iṣuhastaiḥ sa niṣaṅgibhirvaśī saṃsraṣṭā sa yudha indro gaṇena | saṃ sṛṣṭajitsomapā bāhuśardhyū3gradhanvā pratihitābhirastā
He, with the arrow-handed, he with the quiver-bearers, the master, the joiner (of hosts), he, Indra, (goes) to battle with his troop; conquering the massed (foes), soma-drinker, strong of arm, with fierce bow, shooting with arrows set to the string.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
He rules with those who carry shafts and quivers, Indra who with his band brings hosts together, Foe-conquering strong of arm the Soma-drinker, with mighty bow, shooting with well-laid arrows.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)