Atharva Veda 11.10

uttiṣṭhata saṃnahyadhvam udārāḥ ketubhiḥ saha sarpā itarajanā rakṣāṃsy amitrān anudhāvata

To conquer enemies: to Trishandhi

Stand ye up, equip yourselves, ye specters, together with ensigns; ye serpents, other-folks, demons, run after our enemies.

īśāṃ vo veda rājyaṃ triṣandhe aruṇaiḥ ketubhiḥ saha ye antarikṣe ye divi pṛthivyāṃ ye ca mānavāḥ triṣandhes te cetasi durṇāmāna upāsatām

Your mastery I know, [your] kingdom, O Trishandhi, together with red ensigns; what in the atmosphere, what in the sky, and what men (mānavá) [are] on the earth, let those ill-named ones sit (? upa-ās) in the mind (cétas) of Trishandhi.

ayomukhāḥ sūcīmukhā atho vikaṅkatīmukhāḥ kravyādo vātaraṃhasa ā sajantv amitrān vajreṇa triṣandhinā

Iron-(áyas-)mouthed, needle-mouthed, likewise thorn-tree-(vikan̄kaṭī-)mouthed, let the flesh-eaters, of wind-swiftness, fasten on our enemies with the three-jointed (tríṣandhi) thunderbolt.

antar dhehi jātaveda āditya kuṇapaṃ bahu triṣandher iyaṃ senā suhitāstu me vaśe

O Jatavedas, Aditya, put thou between much human flesh; let this army of Trishandhi be well-placed in my control.

ut tiṣṭha tvaṃ devajanārbude senayā saha ayaṃ balir va āhutas triṣandher āhutiḥ priyā

Stand thou up, O god-folk, O Arbudi, with the army; this tribute is offered (ā-hu) to you ⌊pl.⌋; the offering [is] dear to Trishandhi.

śitipadī saṃdyatu śaravyeyaṃ catuṣpadī kṛtye 'mitrebhyo bhava triṣandheḥ saha senayā

Let the white-footed one tie together, this shaft (çaravyā̀), four-footed; O witchcraft, be thou for our enemies, together with the army of Trishandhi.

dhūmākṣī saṃpatatu kṛdhukarṇī ca krośatu triṣandheḥ senayā jite aruṇāḥ santu ketavaḥ

Let the smoke-eyed (f.) one fall together, and the crop-eared one (f.) yell; it being conquered by the army of Trishandhi, let the ensigns be red.

This verse is not included in this edition.

Let the winged ones descend, the birds, they that go about in the atmosphere, in the sky; let the wild beasts, the flies, take hold together; let the raw-flesh-eating vultures scratch at the human carrion.

This verse is not included in this edition.

The agreement (saṁdhā) which thou hast agreed on with Indra and with the bráhman, O Brihaspati, by that Indra-agreement do I call hither all the gods: conquer ye on this side, not on that!

bṛhaspatir āṅgirasa ṛṣayo brahmasaṃśitāḥ asurakṣayaṇaṃ vadhaṃ triṣandhiṃ divy āśrayan

Brihaspati of the An̄giras race, the seers sharpened by the bráhman, set up (ā-çri) in the sky the Asura-destroying weapon, Trishandhi.

yenāsau gupta āditya ubhāv indraś ca tiṣṭhataḥ triṣandhiṃ devā abhajantaujase ca balāya ca

By whom yonder sun, and Indra, both stand protected—Trishandhi the gods shared, in order to both force and strength.

sarvāṃl lokānt samajayan devā āhutyānayā bṛhaspatir āṅgiraso vajraṃ yam asiñcatāsurakṣayaṇaṃ vadham

All worlds did the gods completely conquer by means of that offering (ā́huti)—the thunderbolt which Brihaspati of the An̄giras race poured, an Asura-destroying weapon.

bṛhaspatir āṅgiraso vajraṃ yam asiñcatāsurakṣayaṇaṃ vadham tenāham amūṃ senāṃ nilimpāmi bṛhaspate 'mitrān hanmy ojasā

The thunderbolt which Brihaspati of the An̄giras race poured, an Asura-destroying weapon—therewith do I blot out (ni-lip) yon army, O Brihaspati; I slay the enemies with force.

sarve devā atyāyanti ye aśnanti vaṣaṭkṛtam imāṃ juṣadhvam āhutim ito jayata māmutaḥ

All the gods come over hither, who partake of [the offering] made with váṣat; enjoy ye this offering; conquer ye on this side, not on that!

sarve devā atyāyantu triṣandher āhutiḥ priyā saṃdhāṃ mahatīṃ rakṣata yayāgre asurā jitāḥ

Let all the gods come over hither; the offering [is] dear to Trishandhi; defend ye the great agreement by which in the beginning the Asuras were conquered.

āditya eṣām astraṃ vināśayatu candramā yutām agatasya panthām

Let Vāyu bend up the arrow-points of the enemies; let Indra break back their arms; let them not be able to set the arrow; let Āditya make their missile weapon (astrá) disappear; let the moon put (yu) them on the track of what is not gone.

yadi preyur devapurā brahma varmāṇi cakrire tanūpānaṃ paripāṇaṃ kṛṇvānā yad upocire sarvaṃ tad arasaṃ kṛdhi

If they have gone forward to the gods' strongholds, have made the bráhman their defenses; if (? yát) they have encouraged (? upa-vac) themselves, making a body-protection, a complete protection—all that do thou make sapless.

kravyādānuvartayan mṛtyunā ca purohitam triṣandhe prehi senayā jayāmitrān prapadyasva

Causing to follow the puróhita with the flesh-eating [fire] and with death, O Trishandhi, go forth with the army; conquer the enemies; go forward.

triṣandhe tamasā tvam amitrān parivāraya pṛṣadājyapraṇuttānāṃ māmīṣāṃ moci kaścana

O Trishandhi, do thou envelop our enemies with darkness; of them yonder, thrust forth by the speckled butter, let none soever be freed.

śitipadī saṃpatatv amitrāṇām amūḥ sicaḥ muhyantv adyāmūḥ senā amitrāṇāṃ nyarbude

Let the white-footed one (f.) fall upon (? sam-pat) yonder lines of our enemies; let yonder armies of our enemies be confounded today, O Nyarbudi.

mūḍhā amitrā nyarbude jahy eṣāṃ varaṃ varam anayā jahi senayā

Confounded [be] our enemies, O Nyarbudi; slay thou of them each best man (vára); slay [them] with this army.

yaś ca kavacī yaś cākavaco 'mitro yaś cājmani jyāpāśaiḥ kavacapāśair ajmanābhihataḥ śayām

Whoever is mailed, and who without mail, and what enemy is in march (? ájman); by bowstring-fetters, by mail-fetters, smitten by the march let him lie.

ye varmiṇo ye 'varmāṇo amitrā ye ca varmiṇaḥ sarvāṃs tāṁ arbude hatāṁ chvāno 'dantu bhūmyām

Who have defenses, who have no defenses, and the enemies who have defenses—all those, O Arbudi, being slain, let dogs eat on the ground.

ye rathino ye arathā asādā ye ca sādinaḥ sarvān adantu tān hatān gṛdhrāḥ śyenāḥ patatriṇaḥ

Who have chariots, who have no chariots, those without seats and they who have seats (sādá)—all those, being slain, let vultures, falcons, birds (patatrín) eat.

sahasrakuṇapā śetām āmitrī senā samare vadhānām vividdhā kakajākṛtā

Let the army of our enemies lie with thousand corpses (-kúṇapa) in the conflict of weapons, pierced through, cut to pieces (?).

marmāvidhaṃ roruvataṃ suparṇair adantu duścitaṃ mṛditaṃ śayānam ya imāṃ pratīcīm āhutim amitro no yuyutsati

Let the eagles (suparṇá) eat him, pierced to the vitals, crying loudly, lying crushed, the evil-minded one—what enemy of ours wishes to fight against this opposing offering.

yāṃ devā anutiṣṭhanti yasyā nāsti virādhanam tayendro hantu vṛtrahā vajreṇa triṣandhinā

[The offering] which the gods follow (anu-sthā), of which there is no failure—with that let Indra, Vṛitra-slayer, slay, with the three-jointed thunderbolt.