Atharvaveda · Sūkta 11.12
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11.12.1
उत्तिष्ठत सं नह्यध्वमुदाराः केतुभिः सह ।
सर्पा इतरजना रक्षांस्यमित्रान् अनु धावत ॥ ११.१२.१ ॥
Rise up, noble ones, gird yourselves together with your banners. Run after the serpents, the other people, the demons, and the enemies.
11.12.2
ईशां वो वेद राज्यं त्रिषन्धे अरुणैः केतुभिः सह ।
ये अन्तरिक्षे ये दिवि पृथिव्यां ये च मानवाः ।
त्रिषन्धेस्ते चेतसि दुर्णामान उपासताम् ॥ ११.१२.२ ॥
Triṣandhi, I know your lordship and kingdom, together with the reddish banners. Those in the atmosphere, those in heaven, those on earth, and the human beings — may they serve Triṣandhi in his mind, as ill-named ones.
11.12.3
अयोमुखाः सूचीमुखा अथो विकङ्कतीमुखाः ।
क्रव्यादो वातरंहस आ सजन्त्वमित्रान् वज्रेण त्रिषन्धिना ॥ ११.१२.३ ॥
Iron-faced, needle-faced, and thorn-faced flesh-eaters, swift as the wind — may they cling to the enemies with the thunderbolt of Triṣandhi.
11.12.4
अन्तर्धेहि जातवेद आदित्य कुणपं बहु ।
त्रिषन्धेरियं सेना सुहितास्तु मे वशे ॥ ११.१२.४ ॥
O Jātavedas, O Āditya, place many corpses within. May this army of Triṣandhi be well established under my control.
11.12.5
उत्तिष्ठ त्वं देवजनार्बुदे सेनया सह ।
अयं बलिर्व आहुतस्त्रिषन्धेराहुतिः प्रिया ॥ ११.१२.५ ॥
Rise up, you, O Arbuda of the gods' people, together with the army. This offering is poured out for you; the oblation of Triṣandhi is dear.
11.12.6
शितिपदी सं द्यतु शरव्येयं चतुष्पदी ।
कृत्येऽमित्रेभ्यो भव त्रिषन्धेः सह सेनया ॥ ११.१२.६ ॥
May this white-footed, arrow-like, four-footed one pierce together. O Kṛtyā, become against the enemies, together with the army of Triṣandhi.
11.12.7
धूमाक्षी सं पततु कृधुकर्णी च क्रोशतु ।
त्रिषन्धेः सेनया जिते अरुणाः सन्तु केतवः ॥ ११.१२.७ ॥
Let the smoke-eyed one swoop down, and let the big-eared one cry out. When victory is won with Triṣandhi's army, let the banners be red.
11.12.8
अवायन्तां पक्षिणो ये वयांस्यन्तरिक्षे दिवि ये चरन्ति ।
श्वापदो मक्षिकाः सं रभन्तामामादो गृध्राः कुणपे रदन्ताम् ॥ ११.१२.८ ॥
Let the birds that fly in the atmosphere and roam in the sky be driven away. Let the beasts of prey and the flies seize them together; let the flesh-eating vultures tear the corpse.
11.12.9
यामिन्द्रेण संधां समधत्था ब्रह्मणा च बृहस्पते ।
तयाहमिन्द्रसंधया सर्वान् देवान् इह हुव इतो जयत मामुतः ॥ ११.१२.९ ॥
O Bṛhaspati, by that bond which you established with Indra and by the sacred formula, by this Indra-bond I call all the gods here. Conquer from here; conquer me from there.
11.12.10
बृहस्पतिराङ्गिरस ऋषयो ब्रह्मसंशिताः ।
असुरक्षयणं वधं त्रिषन्धिं दिव्याश्रयन् ॥ ११.१२.१० ॥
Bṛhaspati and the Āṅgirasa seers, sharpened by the sacred formula, resorted in heaven to Triṣandhi for the destruction and slaying of the demons.
11.12.11
येनासौ गुप्त आदित्य उभाविन्द्रश्च तिष्ठतः ।
त्रिषन्धिं देवा अभजन्तौजसे च बलाय च ॥ ११.१२.११ ॥
By which that Āditya is protected and both Indra and he stand firm, the gods took possession of Triṣandhi for vigour and for strength.
11.12.12
सर्वांल्लोकान्त्समजयन् देवा आहुत्यानया ।
बृहस्पतिराङ्गिरसो वज्रं यमसिञ्चतासुरक्षयणं वधम् ॥ ११.१२.१२ ॥
By this oblation the gods conquered all the worlds. The thunderbolt that Bṛhaspati, the Āṅgirasa, anointed is the means of destroying and slaying the demons.
11.12.13
बृहस्पतिराङ्गिरसो वज्रं यमसिञ्चतासुरक्षयणं वधम् ।
तेनाहममूं सेनां नि लिम्पामि बृहस्पतेऽमित्रान् हन्म्योजसा ॥ ११.१२.१३ ॥
Bṛhaspati, son of Aṅgiras, poured down the thunderbolt, the weapon that destroys the Asuras. With it I cover this army; O Bṛhaspati, with power I strike the enemies.
11.12.14
सर्वे देवा अत्यायन्ति ये अश्नन्ति वषट्कृतम् ।
इमां जुषध्वमाहुतिमितो जयत मामुतः ॥ ११.१२.१४ ॥
Let all the gods who eat the offering made with vaṣaṭ come. Accept this oblation; make me victorious, from here and from there.
11.12.15
सर्वे देवा अत्यायन्तु त्रिषन्धेराहुतिः प्रिया ।
संधां महतीं रक्षत ययाग्रे असुरा जिताः ॥ ११.१२.१५ ॥
Let all the gods come. The offering of Triṣandhi is dear. Protect that great pact by which the demons were formerly conquered.
11.12.16
वायुरमित्राणामिष्वग्राण्याञ्चतु ।
इन्द्र एषां बाहून् प्रति भनक्तु मा शकन् प्रतिधामिषुम् ।
आदित्य एषामस्त्रं वि नाशयतु चन्द्रमा युतामगतस्य पन्थाम् ॥ ११.१२.१६ ॥
Let Vāyu bend the arrow-points of the enemies. Let Indra break their arms, so that they cannot aim their arrows. Let the Āditya destroy their weapon; let the moon block the path of the separated, the one who has not come.
11.12.17
यदि प्रेयुर्देवपुरा ब्रह्म वर्माणि चक्रिरे ।
तनूपानं परिपाणं कृण्वाना यदुपोचिरे सर्वं तदरसं कृधि ॥ ११.१२.१७ ॥
If they have advanced with the gods as their vanguard, and made the sacred word their armour, and wrapped themselves in what they made as body-protection and full protection, make all of that powerless.
11.12.18
क्रव्यादानुवर्तयन् मृत्युना च पुरोहितम् ।
त्रिषन्धे प्रेहि सेनया जयामित्रान् प्र पद्यस्व ॥ ११.१२.१८ ॥
Making the flesh-eater follow with death, and the household priest too. O Triṣandhi, go forth with the army; conquer the enemies; advance upon them.
11.12.19
त्रिषन्धे तमसा त्वममित्रान् परि वारय ।
पृषदाज्यप्रणुत्तानां मामीषां मोचि कश्चन ॥ ११.१२.१९ ॥
O Triṣandhi, with darkness surround the enemies. Let none of those driven away by the sprinkled ghee escape from them.
11.12.20
शितिपदी सं पतत्वमित्राणाममूः सिचः ।
मुह्यन्त्वद्यामूः सेना अमित्राणां न्यर्बुदे ॥ ११.१२.२० ॥
Let the black-footed night descend upon those streams of the enemies. Today let those armies of the enemies be bewildered, O Nyarbuda.
11.12.21
मूढा अमित्रा न्यर्बुदे जह्येषां वरंवरम् ।
अनया जहि सेनया ॥ ११.१२.२१ ॥
O Nyarbuda, let the enemies be bewildered. Strike down the choicest of them, one by one. With this army, strike them down.
11.12.22
यश्च कवची यश्चाकवचोऽमित्रो यश्चाज्मनि ।
ज्यापाशैः कवचपाशैरज्मनाभिहतः शयाम् ॥ ११.१२.२२ ॥
Whichever enemy is armored, and whichever is unarmored, and whoever is in the field — struck down in the field by bowstring-nooses and armor-nooses, may he lie.
11.12.23
ये वर्मिणो येऽवर्माणो अमित्रा ये च वर्मिणः ।
सर्वांस्तामर्बुदे हतां छ्वानोऽदन्तु भूम्याम् ॥ ११.१२.२३ ॥
All the enemies who are armored, and those who are unarmored, and those who are armored — O Arbuda, having slain them all, may dogs eat them on the ground.
11.12.24
ये रथिनो ये अरथा असादा ये च सादिनः ।
सर्वान् अदन्तु तान् हतान् गृध्राः श्येनाः पतत्रिणः ॥ ११.१२.२४ ॥
All the enemies who are charioteers, and those without chariots, those without horses, and the horsemen — having been slain, may vultures, hawks, and winged birds devour them.
11.12.25
सहस्रकुणपा शेतामामित्री सेना समरे वधानाम् ।
विविद्धा ककजाकृता ॥ ११.१२.२५ ॥
Let the hostile army lie with a thousand corpses among the slain in battle, pierced through, made full of the cries of jackdaws.
11.12.26
मर्माविधं रोरुवतं सुपर्णैरदन्तु दुश्चितं मृदितं शयानम् ।
य इमां प्रतीचीमाहुतिममित्रो नो युयुत्सति ॥ ११.१२.२६ ॥
Let the eagles devour those whose vital parts are pierced, who wail, crushed and lying in misfortune — the enemy who desires to fight us against this reversed oblation.
11.12.27
यां देवा अनुतिष्ठन्ति यस्या नास्ति विराधनम् ।
तयेन्द्रो हन्तु वृत्रहा वज्रेण त्रिषन्धिना ॥ ११.१२.२७ ॥
With that which the gods follow and which has no defeat, may Indra, slayer of Vṛtra, strike with the thunderbolt and with Triṣandhi.