Atharva Veda 11.9

ye bāhavo yā iṣavo dhanvanāṃ vīryāṇi ca asīn paraśūn āyudhaṃ cittākūtaṃ ca yaddhṛdi sarvaṃ tad arbude tvam amitrebhyo dṛśe kurūdārāṃś ca pradarśaya

To conquer enemies: to Arbudi

What arms (bāhú) [there are], what arrows, and the powers (vīryà) of bows, swords (así), axes (paraçú), weapon, and what thought-and-design in the heart—all that, O Arbudi, do thou make our enemies to see; and do thou show forth specters (udārá).

ut tiṣṭhata saṃ nahyadhvaṃ mitrā devajanā yūyam saṃdṛṣṭā guptā vaḥ santu yā no mitrāṇy arbude

Stand up, equip ye yourselves (sam-nah), O friends, god-folk; beheld, concealed of you be [those] who are our friends, O Arbudi.

uttiṣṭhatam ārabhetām ādānasaṃdānābhyām amitrāṇāṃ senā abhi dhattam arbude

Stand ye (two) up, take ye hold; with tying up, with tying together, gird ye the armies of our enemies, O Arbudi.

arbudir nāma yo deva īśānaś ca nyarbudiḥ yābhyām antarikṣam āvṛtam iyaṃ ca pṛthivī mahī tābhyām indramedibhyām ahaṃ jitam anvemi senayā

The God that is Arbudi by name, and the lord (ī́çāna) Nyarbudi, by whom the atmosphere is involved (ā-vṛ), and this great earth—by those (two) who are allied with Indra, I go after what is conquered with an army.

uttiṣṭha tvaṃ devajanārbude senayā saha bhañjann amitrāṇāṃ senāṃ bhogebhiḥ parivāraya

Stand thou up, O god-folk, Arbudi, with the army; breaking (bhañj) the army of our enemies, envelop it with [thy] coils (bhogá).

sapta jātān nyarbuda udārāṇāṃ samīkṣayan tebhiṣ ṭvam ājye hute sarvair uttiṣṭha senayā

Presenting to view, O Nyarbudi, the seven kinds of specters, with them all do thou stand up, when the butter is offered, with the army.

pratighnānāśrumukhī kṛdhukarṇī ca krośatu vikeśī puruṣe hate radite arbude tava

Smiting herself, tear-faced, and crop-eared (?), let her yell, with disheveled hair, when the man is slain, bitten (? rad), O Arbudi, of thee.

saṃkarṣantī karūkaraṃ manasā putram icchantī patiṃ bhrātaram āt svān radite arbude tava

Drawing in her karū́kara, seeking with her mind her son, husband, brother, also her people (svá)—in case of thy bite, O Arbudi.

aliklavā jāṣkamadā gṛdhrāḥ śyenāḥ patatriṇaḥ dhvāṅkṣāḥ śakunayas tṛpyantv amitreṣu samīkṣayan radite arbude tava

Let the buzzards, jāṣkamadás, vultures, falcons, winged ones, let the crows, the birds (çakúni), satisfy themselves—exhibiting among the enemies—in case of thy bite, O Arbudi.

atho sarvaṃ śvāpadaṃ makṣikā tṛpyatu krimiḥ pauruṣeye 'dhi kuṇape radite arbude tava

Then let all wild beasts, let the fly, let the worm satisfy itself upon the carrion of men, bitten, O Arbudi, of thee.

ā gṛhṇītaṃ saṃ bṛhataṃ prāṇāpānān nyarbude nivāśā ghoṣāḥ saṃyantv amitreṣu samīkṣayan radite arbude tava

Take ye (two) hold, tear out (sam-bṛh) [their] breath-and-expiration, O Nyarbudi; let groaning (? nivāçá) noises assemble—exhibiting among the enemies—in case of thy bite, O Arbudi.

udvepaya saṃ vijantāṃ bhiyāmitrānt saṃsṛja urugrāhair bāhvaṅkair vidhyāmitrān nyarbude

Make thou [them] tremble; let them quake together; unite our enemies with fear; with broad-gripping arm-hooks pierce thou our enemies, O Nyarbudi.

muhyantv eṣāṃ bāhavaś cittākūtaṃ ca yaddhṛdi maiṣām uccheṣi kiṃcana radite arbude tava

Let their arms be confounded, and what thought-and-design is in their heart; let not anything of them be left—in case of thy bite, O Arbudi.

pratighnānāḥ saṃdhāvantūraḥ paṭaurāv āghnānāḥ aghāriṇīr vikeśyo rudatyaḥ puruṣe hate radite arbude tava

Smiting themselves let them (f.) run together, smiting on the breast, the thighs (? paṭāurá), not anointing, with disheveled hair, wailing when the man is slain, bitten, O Arbudi, of thee.

śvanvatīr apsaraso rūpakā utārbude antaḥpātre rerihatīṃ riśāṃ durṇihitaiṣiṇīm sarvās tā arbude tvam amitrebhyo dṛśe kurūdārāṃś ca pradarśaya

Dog-accompanied Apsarases, she-jackals (? rū́pakā) also, O Arbudi, the riçā́, licking much in the inner vessel, seeking what is ill-deposited—all these (f.), O Arbudi, do thou make our enemies to see, and do thou show forth specters;—

khaḍūre 'dhicaṅkramāṃ kharvikāṃ kharvavāsinīm ya udārā antarhitā gandharvāpsarasaś ca ye sarpā itarajanā rakṣāṃsi

Her that strides upon the khaḍū́ra, mutilated, wearing what is mutilated (?); the specters that are concealed, and what Gandharvas-and-Apsarases [there are], serpents, other-folk, demons;—

caturdaṃṣṭrāñchyāvadataḥ kumbhamuṣkāṁ asṛṅmukhān svabhyasā ye codbhyasāḥ

The four-tusked ones, the black-toothed, the pot-testicled, the blood-faced; they that are self-frighting and frighting.

udvepaya tvam arbude 'mitrāṇām amūḥ sicaḥ jayaṃś ca jiṣṇuś cāmitrāṁ jayatām indramedinau

Do thou, O Arbudi, make to tremble yonder lines (síc) of our enemies; let both the conquering one and the conqueror, allied with Indra, conquer our enemies.

prablīno mṛditaḥ śayāṃ hato 'mitro nyarbude agnijihvā dhūmaśikhā jayantīr yantu senayā

Let our enemy lie squelched, crushed, slain, O Nyarbudi; let tongues of fire, tufts of smoke, go conquering with the army.

tayārbude praṇuttānām indro hantu varaṃ varam amitrāṇāṃ śacīpatir māmīṣāṃ moci kaścana

Of our enemies, pushed forth by it, O Arbudi, let Indra, lord of might (çácīpáti), slay each best man (vára); let no one soever of them be freed.

utkasantu hṛdayāny ūrdhvaḥ prāṇa udīṣatu śauṣkāsyam anuvartatām amitrān mota mitriṇaḥ

Let their hearts burst open (ut-kas), their breath pass up aloft; let dryness of mouth follow after our enemies, ⌊and⌋ not those who are friendly.

ye ca dhīrā ye cādhīrāḥ parāñco badhirāś ca ye tamasā ye ca tūparā atho bastābhivāsinaḥ sarvāṃs tāṁ arbude tvam amitrebhyo dṛśe kurūdārāṃś ca pradarśaya

Both they who are wise (dhī́ra) and they who are unwise, those going away and they who are deaf, they of darkness arid they who are hornless (tūpará), likewise those that smell of (?) the goat—all those (m.), O Arbudi, do thou make our enemies to see, and do thou show forth specters.

arbudiś ca triṣandhiś cāmitrān no vi vidhyatām yathaiṣām indra vṛtrahan hanāma śacīpate 'mitrāṇāṃ sahasraśaḥ

Let both Arbudi and Trishandhi pierce through our enemies, in order that, O Indra, Vṛitra-slayer, lord of might, we may slay of them, of our enemies, by thousands.

vanaspatīn vānaspatyān oṣadhīr uta vīrudhaḥ gandharvāpsarasaḥ sarpān devān puṇyajanān pitṝn sarvāṃs tāṁ arbude tvam amitrebhyo dṛśe kurūdārāṃś ca pradarśaya

The forest-trees, them of the forest-trees, herbs and plants, Gandharvas-and-Apsarases, serpents, gods, pure-folk (puṇyajaná). Fathers—all those, O Arbudi, do thou make our enemies to see, and do thou show forth specters.

īśāṃ vo maruto deva ādityo brahmaṇaspatiḥ īśāṃ va indraś cāgniś ca dhātā mitraḥ prajāpatiḥ īśāṃ va ṛṣayaś cakrur amitreṣu samīkṣayan radite arbude tava

Mastery over you have the Maruts [gained], the heavenly Āditya, Brahmaṇaspati; mastery over you have both Indra and Agni, Dhātar, Mitra, Prajāpati; mastery over you have the seers gained (kṛ)—exhibiting among the enemies—in case of thy bite, O Arbudi.

teṣāṃ sarveṣām īśānā uttiṣṭhata saṃnahyadhvam mitrā devajanā yūyam imaṃ saṃgrāmaṃ saṃjitya yathālokaṃ vitiṣṭhadhvam

Masters (ī́çāna) of them all, stand ye up, equip yourselves, ye friends, god-folks; having wholly conquered in this conflict, scatter ye to your several worlds.