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Atharva Veda 19.13

For success in war: ⌊Apratiratha hymn⌋

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English · William Dwight Whitney

For success in war: ⌊Apratiratha hymn⌋

Indra's two arms [are] stout, virile (vṛ́ṣan), these two wondrous successful bulls; them will I first yoke when the conjuncture (yóga) arrives—they by which was conquered the heaven (svàr) that is the Asuras'.

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Swift, sharp, terrible like a bull, greatly smiting, disturber of men (carṣaṇí), roaring, unwinking, sole hero, Indra conquered a hundred armies together.

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With the roaring, unwinking, conquering, invincible, immovable, bold one—with Indra thus conquer, thus overpower the fighters, O men, with the arrow-armed bull (vṛ́ṣan).

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He with the arrow-armed, he with the quiver-hung, [is] controller; he, Indra with his train, brings together the fighters—[he,] conquering those brought together, soma-drinker, defiant with his arms, of formidable bow, shooting with fitted [arrows].

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To be known by his strength, stout, foremost hero, powerful, vigorous (vājín), overpowering, formidable, excelling heroes, excelling warriors, conquering with power—mount, O Indra, the victorious kine-winning chariot.

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Be ye excited after this formidable hero; take hold, O companions, after Indra, the troop-conqueror, kine-conqueror, thunderbolt-armed, conquering in the race, slaughtering with force.

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Plunging with power into the cow-stalls, Indra, pitiless, formidable, of hundred-fold fury, immovable, overpowering fighters, invincible—let him favor our armies in the fights.

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O Bṛihaspati, fly about with thy chariot, demon-slaying, forcing away our enemies; breaking up our foes, slaughtering our enemies, be thou the helper of ourselves.

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Indra [be] their leader; let Bṛihaspati, the sacrificial gift, the sacrifice, soma, go in front; in the midst of the smashing conquering armies of the gods let the Maruts go.

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Of Indra the bull (vṛ́ṣan), of king Varuṇa, of the Ādityas, of the Maruts, the spirit (çárdhas) [is] formidable; the noise of the great-minded, creation-stirring, conquering gods hath arisen.

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Indra [is] ours when the banners meet [in conflict]; let the arrows that are ours conquer; let our heroes be superior; us, O gods, aid ye at the invocations.

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W. D. Whitney's literal translation (1905), Books I–XIX. Words in ⌊half-brackets⌋ are his own notes and cross-references to his edition; a few verses he gives only in outline.

William Dwight Whitney (tr.), Atharva-Veda Saṁhitā, revised and edited by Charles Rockwell Lanman, Harvard Oriental Series 7–8 (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University, 1905). Public domain. Transcribed and proofread from the scans by English Wikisource volunteers; translation only (critical notes omitted). · Source ↗

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