Atharvaveda · Sūkta 8.8
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8.8.1
इन्द्रो मन्थतु मन्थिता शक्रः शूरः पुरंदरः ।
यथा हनाम सेना अमित्राणां सहस्रशः ॥ ८.८.१ ॥
Let Indra churn; churned, the mighty hero, fort-breaker — so that we may strike the enemies' armies by the thousands.
8.8.2
पूतिरज्जुरुपध्मानी पूतिं सेनां कृणोत्वमूम् ।
धूममग्निं परादृश्याऽमित्रा हृत्स्वा दधतां भयम् ॥ ८.८.२ ॥
A foul noose, blowing upon — let it make that army foul; smoke and fire, hidden from sight — let the enemies place fear in their hearts.
8.8.3
अमून् अश्वत्थ निः शृणीहि खादामून् खदिराजिरम् ।
ताजद्भङ्ग इव भज्यन्तां हन्त्वेनान् वधको वधैः ॥ ८.८.३ ॥
O aśvattha tree, crush these out; let khadira-wood devour them — like a broken thing, let them break; let the slayer strike them down with weapons.
8.8.4
परुषान् अमून् परुषाह्वः कृणोतु हन्त्वेनान् वधको वधैः ।
क्षिप्रं शर इव भज्यन्तां बृहज्जालेन संदिताः ॥ ८.८.४ ॥
Let the harsh-named one make these harsh; let the slayer strike them with weapons — swiftly, like an arrow, let them break, bound in the great net.
8.8.5
अन्तरिक्षं जालमासीज्जालदण्डा दिशो महीः ।
तेनाभिधाय दस्यूनां शक्रः सेनामपावपत् ॥ ८.८.५ ॥
Midspace was the net; the quarters and the great earth were its net-staves; with that, Śakra covered over the marauders' army and scattered it.
8.8.6
बृहद्धि जालं बृहतः शक्रस्य वाजिनीवतः ।
तेन शत्रून् अभि सर्वान् न्युब्ज यथा न मुच्यातै कतमश्चनैषाम् ॥ ८.८.६ ॥
Great indeed is the net of the great Śakra, the possessor of strength; with it press down all the enemies, so that not one of them may be released.
8.8.7
बृहत्ते जालं बृहत इन्द्र शूर सहस्रार्घस्य शतवीर्यस्य ।
तेन शतं सहस्रमयुतं न्यर्बुदं जघान शक्रो दस्यूनामभिधाय सेनया ॥ ८.८.७ ॥
O heroic Indra, your net is vast, of thousandfold worth and hundredfold might; with it Śakra, advancing against the Dasyus with his army, struck down a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand, and a hundred million.
8.8.8
अयं लोको जालमासीच्छक्रस्य महतो महान् ।
तेनाहमिन्द्रजालेनामूंस्तमसाभि दधामि सर्वान् ॥ ८.८.८ ॥
This world was the great net of mighty Śakra; with that net of Indra I cover all those with darkness.
8.8.9
सेदिरुग्रा व्यृद्धिरार्तिश्चानपवाचना ।
श्रमस्तन्द्रीश्च मोहश्च तैरमून् अभि दधामि सर्वान् ॥ ८.८.९ ॥
Sedi (wasting), fierce ruin, unbanishable distress, weariness, lethargy and delusion — with these I cover all of them.
8.8.10
मृत्यवेऽमून् प्र यछामि मृत्युपाशैरमी सिताः ।
मृत्योर्ये अघला दूतास्तेभ्य एनान् प्रति नयामि बद्ध्वा ॥ ८.८.१० ॥
I give them over to Death; bound by the nooses of Death, they are. Having bound them, I lead them back to those evil messengers of Death.
8.8.11
नयतामून् मृत्युदूता यमदूता अपोम्भत ।
परःसहस्रा हन्यन्तां तृणेढ्वेनान् मत्यं भवस्य ॥ ८.८.११ ॥
Let the messengers of Death and the messengers of Yama take them away and drive them off. Beyond thousands, let them be struck down; like grass, let them be scattered — for the mortal of Bhava.
8.8.12
साध्या एकं जालदण्डमुद्यत्य यन्त्योजसा ।
रुद्रा एकं वसव एकमादित्यैरेक उद्यतः ॥ ८.८.१२ ॥
The Sādhyas, raising one net-staff, go forth with might; the Rudras hold one, the Vasus one, and with the Ādityas one is raised.
8.8.13
विश्वे देवाः उपरिष्टादुब्जन्तो यन्त्वोजसा ।
मध्येन घ्नन्तो यन्तु सेनामङ्गिरसो महीम् ॥ ८.८.१३ ॥
Let all the gods come down from above, pressing with force. Let the Aṅgirases, striking through the middle, go against that great army.
8.8.14
वनस्पतीन् वानस्पत्यान् ओषधीरुत वीरुधः ।
द्विपाच्चतुष्पादिष्णामि यथा सेनाममूं हनन् ॥ ८.८.१४ ॥
I send forth the trees, the tree-born ones, the herbs and creepers, and the two-footed and four-footed beings, that they may slay that army.
8.8.15
गन्धर्वाप्सरसः सर्पान् देवान् पुण्यजनान् पितॄन् ।
दृष्टान् अदृष्टान् इष्णामि यथा सेनाममूं हनन् ॥ ८.८.१५ ॥
I send forth the Gandharvas, Apsarases, serpents, gods, meritorious folk and ancestors, the seen and the unseen, that they may slay that army.
8.8.16
इम उप्ता मृत्युपाशा यान् आक्रम्य न मुच्यसे ।
अमुष्या हन्तु सेनाया इदं कूटं सहस्रशः ॥ ८.८.१६ ॥
These are the nooses of death that have been cast; whoever steps upon them is not freed. Let this snare of that army, a thousandfold, strike it down.
8.8.17
घर्मः समिद्धो अग्निनायं होमः सहस्रहः ।
भवश्च पृश्निबाहुश्च शर्व सेनाममूं हतम् ॥ ८.८.१७ ॥
This heated offering kindled with fire, this thousand-slaying oblation, and Bhava, Pṛśnibāhu and Śarva — let them strike down that army.
8.8.18
मृत्योराषमा पद्यन्तां क्षुधं सेदिं वधं भयम् ।
इन्द्रश्चाक्षुजालाभ्यां शर्व सेनाममूं हतम् ॥ ८.८.१८ ॥
Let the torments of death fall upon it — hunger, exhaustion, slaughter and fear. Let Indra and Śarva, with the net of dice, strike down that army.
8.8.19
पराजिताः प्र त्रसतामित्रा नुत्ता धावत ब्रह्मणा ।
बृहस्पतिप्रनुत्तानां मामीषां मोचि कश्चन ॥ ८.८.१९ ॥
Defeated, let the enemies tremble; driven off by the sacred formula, let them run. Of those driven on by Bṛhaspati, let not a single one be released.
8.8.20
अव पद्यन्तामेषामायुधानि मा शकन् प्रतिधामिषुम् ।
अथैषां बहु बिभ्यतामिषवः घ्नन्तु मर्मणि ॥ ८.८.२० ॥
Let their weapons fall down; let them not be able to hurl back the arrow. Then, of these many who tremble in fear, let the arrows strike them in the vital parts.
8.8.21
सं क्रोशतामेनान् द्यावापृथिवी समन्तरिक्षं सह देवताभिः ।
मा ज्ञातारं मा प्रतिष्ठां विदन्त मिथो विघ्नाना उप यन्तु मृत्युम् ॥ ८.८.२१ ॥
Let heaven and earth and the midspace, together with the gods, make them cry out together. Let them find no one who knows them, no place to stand; striking one another, let them go to death.
8.8.22
दिशश्चतस्रोऽश्वतर्यो देवरथस्य पुरोडाशाः शफा अन्तरिक्षमुद्धिः ।
द्यावापृथिवी पक्षसी ऋतवोऽभीशवोऽन्तर्देशाः किम्करा वाक्परिरथ्यम् ॥ ८.८.२२ ॥
The four quarters are the mule-team of the god's chariot; the sacrificial cakes are its front, the midspace its hooves. Heaven and earth are its wings; the seasons its reins, the intermediate quarters its attendants, speech the rim of the chariot.
8.8.23
संवत्सरो रथः परिवत्सरो रथोपस्थो विराडीषाग्नी रथमुखम् ।
इन्द्रः सव्यष्ठाश्चन्द्रमाः सारथिः ॥ ८.८.२३ ॥
The year is the chariot, the surrounding year its seat; the sovereign and Iṣā-Agni are the chariot's front. Indra stands on the left; the moon is the charioteer.
8.8.24
इतो जयेतो वि जय सं जय जय स्वाहा ।
इमे जयन्तु परामी जयन्तां स्वाहैभ्यो दुराहामीभ्यः ।
नीललोहितेनामून् अभ्यवतनोमि ॥ ८.८.२४ ॥
Conquer from here, conquer apart from there, conquer together, conquer — svāhā. Let these (ours) conquer, let those of the far side conquer — svāhā. For these hard-to-strike enemies (this oblation). With the dark-red (weapon or charm) I strike those enemies down.