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Samaveda — Uttararchika — Chapter 9304

SV 2 9304.1

उद्धर्षय मघवन्नायुधान्युत्सत्वनां मामकानां मनांसि । उद्वृत्रहन्वाजिनां वाजिनान्युद्रथानां जयतां यन्तु घोषाः

uddharṣaya maghavannāyudhānyutsatvanāṃ māmakānāṃ manāṃsi | udvṛtrahanvājināṃ vājinānyudrathānāṃ jayatāṃ yantu ghoṣāḥ

Rouse up the weapons, O Maghavan, up the spirits of my warriors; up, O Vṛtra-slayer, the powers of the steeds; up let the clamours of the conquering chariots go.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Bristle thou up, O Maghavan, our weapons: excite the spirits, of my warring heroes! Urge on the strong steed's might, O Vyitra-slayer, and let the din of conquering cars go upward

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 2 9304.2

अस्माकमिन्द्रः समृतेषु ध्वजेष्वस्माकं या इषवस्ता जयन्तु । अस्माकं वीरा उत्तरे भवन्त्वस्मां उ देवा अवता हवेषु

asmākamindraḥ samṛteṣu dhvajeṣvasmākaṃ yā iṣavastā jayantu | asmākaṃ vīrā uttare bhavantvasmāṃ u devā avatā haveṣu

Ours be Indra when the banners are clashed together; ours the arrows — let them conquer; let our heroes be the uppermost; and you, O gods, help us in the battle-calls.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

May Indra aid us when our flags are gathered: victorious be ther arrows of our army! May our brave men of war prevail in battle. Ye Gods, protect us in the shout of onset!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 2 9304.3

असौ या सेना मरुतः परेषामभ्येति न ओजसा स्पर्धमाना । तां गूहत तमसापव्रतेन यथैतेषामन्यो अन्यं न जानात्

asau yā senā marutaḥ pareṣāmabhyeti na ojasā spardhamānā | tāṃ gūhata tamasāpavratena yathaiteṣāmanyo anyaṃ na jānāt

That army yonder of the others, O Maruts, which comes against (us) contending with force — hide it with lawless darkness, so that one of them may not know another.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

That army of the foemen, O ye Maruts, which, striving in its. mighty strength, approaches, Hide ye and bury it in pathless darkness that not a man oF them may know the other!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)