Atharva Veda 8.8

indro manthatu manthitā śakraḥ śūraḥ puraṃdaraḥ yathā hanāma senā amitrāṇāṃ sahasraśaḥ

To conquer enemies

Let Indra the shaker shake (math) [them], he the mighty hero, stronghold-splitter, in order that we may slay by thousands the armies of our enemies.

pūtirajjur upadhmānī pūtiṃ senāṃ kṛṇotv amūm dhūmam agnim parādṛśyāmitrā hṛtsv ādadhatāṃ bhayam

Let the putrid rope, breathing on [it], make yonder army putrid; seeing afar smoke, fire, let our enemies set fear in their hearts.

amūn aśvattha niḥśṛṇīhi khādāmūn khadirājiram tājadbhaṅga iva bhajantāṃ hantv enān vadhako vadhaiḥ

Crush yonder men out, O açvattá; devour (khād) them speedily, O khadirá; let them be suddenly ⌊tājád⌋ broken ⌊bhāñj⌋ like hemp bhán̄ga⌋; let the slayer (vádhaka) slay (han) them with deadly weapons (vadhá).

paruṣān amūn paruṣāhvaḥ kṛṇotu hantv enān vadhako vadhaiḥ kṣipraṃ śara iva bhajantāṃ bṛhajjālena saṃditāḥ

Let the rough-called one make yonder men rough (paruṣá); let the slayer slay them with deadly weapons; let them be broken quickly like a reed (çará), tied together with a great net.

antarikṣaṃ jālam āsīj jāladaṇḍā diśo mahīḥ tenābhidhāya dasyūnāṃ śakraḥ senām apāvapat

The atmosphere was the net; the great quarters [were] the net-stakes; therewith encircling [them], the mighty one (çakrá) scattered away the army of the barbarians (dásyu).

bṛhaddhi jālaṃ bṛhataḥ śakrasya vājinīvataḥ tena śatrūn abhi sarvān nyubja yathā na mucyātai katamaś canaiṣām

Since great [is] the net of the great mighty one, the vigorous (vājínīvant)—therewith do thou crowd (ubj) down upon all [our] foes, that no one soever of them may be released.

bṛhat te jālaṃ bṛhata indra śūra sahasrārghasya śatavīryasya tena śataṃ sahasram ayutaṃ nyarbudaṃ jaghāna śakro dasyūnām abhidhāya senayā

Great, O Indra, hero (çū́ra), is the net of thee that art great, that art worth a thousand, that hast hundred-fold heroism; therewith encircling the army of the barbarians, the mighty one slew a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand, a hundred million.

ayaṃ loko jālam āsīc chakrasya mahato mahān tenāham indrajālenāmūṃs tamasābhidadhāmi sarvān

This great world was the net of the great mighty one; by that net of Indra do I encircle all yon men with darkness.

sedir ugrā vyṛddhir ārtiś cānapavācanā śramas tandrīś ca mohaś ca tair amūn abhidadhāmi sarvān

Debility, formidable ill-success, and mishap that is not to be exorcised away (an-apavācaná), toil, and weariness, and confusion—with these do I encircle all yon men.

mṛtyave 'mūn prayacchāmi mṛtyupāśair amī sitāḥ mṛtyor ye aghalā dūtās tebhya enān pratinayāmi baddhvā

To death do I deliver those yonder; with fetters of death [are] they bound (sā); the sad messengers that are death's—them I lead them to meet, having bound (bandh) [them].

nayatāmūn mṛtyudūtā yamadūtā apombhata paraḥsahasrā hanyantāṃ tṛṇeḍhv enān matyaṃ bhavasya

Lead ye them, O messengers of death; O messengers of Yama, restrain (apa-umbh) [them]; be they slain to more than thousands; let Bhava's club (? matyà) shatter them.

sādhyā ekaṃ jāladaṇḍam udyatya yanty ojasā rudrā ekaṃ vasava ekam ādityair eka udyataḥ

The Perfectibles (sādhyá) go lifting with force one net-stake, the Rudras one, the Vasus one; by the Ādityas one is lifted.

viśve devāḥ upariṣṭād ubjanto yantv ojasā madhyena ghnanto yantu senām aṅgiraso mahīm

Let all the gods from above go crowding with force; let the An̄girases go slaying midway the great army.

vanaspatīn vānaspatyān oṣadhīr uta vīrudhaḥ dvipāc catuṣpād iṣṇāmi yathā senām amūṃ hanan

The forest trees, them of the forest trees, the herbs and the plants, what is biped, what is quadruped I despatch (iṣ), that they may slay yonder army.

gandharvāpsarasaḥ sarpān devān puṇyajanān pitṝn dṛṣṭān adṛṣṭān iṣṇāmi yathā senām amūṃ hanan

The Gandharvas and Apsarases, the serpents, the gods, the pure-folks, the Fathers, those seen, those unseen I despatch, that they may slay yonder army.

ima uptā mṛtyupāśā yān ākramya na mucyase amuṣyā hantu senāyā idaṃ kūṭaṃ sahasraśaḥ

Here are spread the fetters of death, which stepping into thou art not released; let this horn (kū́ṭa) slay of yonder army by thousands.

gharmaḥ samiddho agnināyaṃ homaḥ sahasrahaḥ bhavaś ca pṛśnibāhuś ca śarva senām amūṃ hatam

The hot drink (gharmá) [is] kindled with fire, this thousand-slaying oblation (hóma); both Bhava and the spotted-armed one—O Çarva, slay ye (two) yonder army.

mṛtyor oṣam āpadyantāṃ kṣudhaṃ sediṃ vadham bhayam indraś cākṣujālābhyāṃ śarva senām amūṃ hatam

Let them go unto death's burning (?), unto hunger, debility, the deadly weapon, fear; by snare (ákṣu) and net, O Çarva, [do thou] and Indra slay yonder army.

parājitāḥ pratrasatāmitrā nuttā dhāvata brahmaṇā bṛhaspatipraṇuttānāṃ māmīṣāṃ moci kaścana

Flee (tras) forth, O enemies, being conquered; run, ⌊being⌋ thrust by the charm (bráhman); of them yonder, thrust forth by Brihaspati, let none soever be freed.

avapadyantām eṣām āyudhāni mā śakan pratidhām iṣum athaiṣāṃ bahu bibhyatām iṣavaḥ ghnantu marmaṇi

Let their weapons (ā́yudha) fall down; let them not be able to fit the arrow; then, of them fearing much let arrows strike in the vitals.

saṃkrośatām enān dyāvāpṛthivī sam antarikṣaṃ saha devatābhiḥ mā jñātāraṃ mā pratiṣṭhāṃ vidanta mitho vighnānā upayantu mṛtyum

Together let heaven-and-earth yell at them; together let the atmosphere, along with the deities; let them not find a knower, nor a foundation; mutually destroying one another let them go unto death.

diśaś catasro 'śvataryo devarathasya puroḍāśāḥ śaphā antarikṣam uddhiḥ dyāvāpṛthivī pakṣasī ṛtavo 'bhīśavo 'ntardeśāḥ kiṃkarā vāk parirathyam

The four quarters [are] the she-mules of the god-chariot; the sacrificial cakes [are] the hoofs, the atmosphere the seat (? uddhí), heaven-and-earth the two sides, the seasons the reins, the intermediate directions the attendants, speech the rim (? párirathya).

saṃvatsaro rathaḥ parivatsaro rathopastho virāḍ īṣāgnī rathamukham indraḥ savyaṣṭhāś candramāḥ sārathiḥ

The year (saṁvatsará) is the chariot, the complete year (parivatsará) the chariot-lap, virā́j the pole (īṣá), Agni the chariot-mouth, Indra the left-stander, the moon the charioteer.

ito jayeto vijaya saṃjaya jaya svāhā ime jayantu parāmī jayantāṃ svāhaibhyo durāhāmībhyaḥ nīlalohitenāmūn abhyavatanomi

On this side conquer thou; on this side conquer away, conquer completely, conquer; hail! let these here conquer, let those yonder be conquered; hail ⌊svā́hā⌋ to these! wail (duráhā) to those! with the blue-red one I stretch down upon them yonder.