Samaveda — Uttararchika — Chapter 9306
SV 2 9306.1
कङ्काः सुपर्णा अनु यन्त्वेनान्गृध्राणामन्नमसावस्तु सेना । मैषां मोच्यघहारश्च नेन्द्र वयांस्येनाननुसंयन्तु सर्वान्
kaṅkāḥ suparṇā anu yantvenāngṛdhrāṇāmannamasāvastu senā | maiṣāṃ mocyaghahāraśca nendra vayāṃsyenānanusaṃyantu sarvān
Let herons and eagles come after them; let that army yonder be food for vultures. O Indra, let none of them escape, nor the bearer-off of evil; let the birds follow after them all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Let ravens and strong-pinioned birds pursue them: yea, let that army be the food of vultures! Indra, let none escape, no sin-remover: behind them all let following birds be gathered!
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)
SV 2 9306.2
अमित्रसेनां मघवन्नस्माञ्छत्रुयतीमभि । उभौ तामिन्द्र वृत्रहन्नग्निश्च दहतं प्रति
amitrasenāṃ maghavannasmāñchatruyatīmabhi | ubhau tāmindra vṛtrahannagniśca dahataṃ prati
The unfriendly army, O bounteous one, that is hostile towards us — do you both, O Indra slayer of Vṛtra, and Agni, burn it in return.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
This host of foemen Maghavan! that cometh on in warlike show-- Meet it, O Vritra-slayer, thou, Indra, and Agni, with your flames!
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)
SV 2 9306.3
यत्र बाणाः सम्पतन्ति कुमारा विशिखा इव । तत्रा नो ब्रह्मणस्पतिरदितिः शर्म यच्छतु विश्वाहा शर्म यच्छतु
yatra bāṇāḥ sampatanti kumārā viśikhā iva | tatrā no brahmaṇaspatiraditiḥ śarma yacchatu viśvāhā śarma yacchatu
Where the arrows fly together like boys with shorn hair, there may Brahmaṇaspati, may Aditi grant us shelter, grant shelter all our days.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
There where the flights of arrows fall like boys whose locks are yet unshorn. Even there may Brahmanaspati, may Aditi protect us well, protect us well through all our days!
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)