Hymns of the Atharva-Veda — SBE Vol. 42 (Clarendon Press, 1897) — second scan
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Ill, 2. Battle-charm for confusing the enemy.
1. Agni, our skilful vanguard, shall attack, burning against their schemes and hostile plans ! Gatavedas shall bewilder the plans of the enemy, and deprive them (of the use) of their hands !
2. This fire has confused the schemes that are inp. 122 your mind ; it shall blow you from your home, blow you away from everywhere !
3. O Indra, bewildering their schemes, come hither with thy (own) plan : with the impact of the fire and the wind scatter them to either side !
4. O ye plans of theirs, fly ye away ; O ye schemes, be ye confused ! Moreover, what now is in their mind, do thou drive that out of them !
5. Do thou, O (goddess) Apva, confusing their plans, go forth (to them), and seize their limbs ! Attack them, burn with flames into their hearts ; strike the enemy with fits, (strike our) opponents with darkness !
6. That army yonder of the enemy, that comes against us fighting with might, do ye, O Maruts, strike with planless darkness, that one of them shall not know the other !
VI, 97. Battle-charm of a king upon the eve of battle.
1. Superior is the sacrifice, superior Agni, superior Soma, superior Indra. To the end that I shall be superior to all hostile armies do we thus, offering the agnihotra, reverently present this oblation !
2. Hail be, ye wise Mitra and Varu^a : with honey swell ye our kingdom here, (so that it shall) abound in offspring ! Drive far to a distance misfortune, strip off from us sin, even after it has been committed !
3. With inspiration follow ye this strong hero ; cling close, ye friends, to Indra (the king), who conquers villages, conquers cattle, has the thunderbolt in his arm, overcomes the host arrayed (against him), crushing it with might !
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VI, 99. Battle-charm of a king on the eve of battle.
1. I call upon thee, O Indra, from afar, upon thee for protection against tribulation. I call the strong avenger that has many names, and is of unequalled birth.
2. Where the hostile weapon now rises against us, threatening to slay, there do we place the two arms of Indra round about.
3. The two arms of Indra, the protector, do we place round about us : let him protect us ! O god Savitar, and king Soma, render me of confident mind, that I may prosper !
XI, 9. Prayer to Arbudi and Nyarbudi for help in battle.
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of Indra round about.
3. The two arms of Indra, the protector, do we place round about us : let him protect us ! O god Savitar, and king Soma, render me of confident mind, that I may prosper !
XI, 9. Prayer to Arbudi and Nyarbudi for help in battle.
1. The arms, the arrows, and the might of the bows; the swords, the axes, the weapons, and the artful scheme that is in our mind; all that, O Arbudi, do thou make the enemies see, and spectres also make them see !
2. Arise, and arm yourselves ; friends are ye, O divine folk! May our friends be perceived and protected by you, O Arbudi (and Nyarbudi) !
3. Arise (ye two), and take hold ! With fetters
and shackles surround ye the armies of the enemy,
O Arbudi (and Nyarbudi) !
4. The god whose name is Arbudi, and the lord Nyarbudi, by whom the atmosphere and this great earth has been infolded, with these two companions of Indra do I pursue the conquered (king) with my army.
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5. Arise, thou divine person, O Arbudi, together with thy army ! Crushing the army of the enemy, encompass them with thy embraces !
6. Thou, Arbudi, makest appear the sevenfold spectral brood. Do thou, when the oblation has been poured, rise up with all these, together with the army !
7. (The female mourner), beating herself, with tear-stained face, with short (mutilated ?) ears, with dishevelled hair, shall lament, when a man has been slain, pierced by thee, O Arbudi !
8. She curves her spine while longing in her heart for her son, her husband, and her kin, when (a man) has been pierced by thee, O Arbudi !
9. The aliklavas and the ^ashkamadas, the vultures, the strong-winged hawks, the crows, and the birds (of prey) shall obtain their fill! Let them make evident to the enemy, when (a man) has been pierced by thee, O Arbudi !
10. Then, too, every wild beast, insect, and worm shall obtain his fill on the human carcass, when (a man) has been pierced by thee, O Arbudi !
11. Seize ye, and tear out in-breathing and outbreathing, O Nyarbudi (and Arbudi): deep-sounding groans shall arise ! Let them make it evident to the enemy, when (a man) has been pierced by thee, O Arbudi !
12. Scare them forth, let them tremble; bewilder the enemies with fright ! With thy broad embrace, with the clasp of thy arms crush the enemies, O Nyarbudi !
13. May their arms, and the artful scheme that is in their mind be confused ! Not a thing shall remain of them, pierced by thee, O Arbudi !
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brace, with the clasp of thy arms crush the enemies, O Nyarbudi !
13. May their arms, and the artful scheme that is in their mind be confused ! Not a thing shall remain of them, pierced by thee, O Arbudi !
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14. May (the mourning women) beating themselves, run together, smiting their breasts and their thighs, not anointed, with dishevelled hair, howling, when a man has been slain, has been pierced by thee, O Arbudi !
15. The dog-like Apsaras, and also the Rupakas (phantoms), the plucking sprite, that eagerly licks within the vessel, and her that seeks out what has been carelessly hidden, all those do thou, O Arbudi, make the enemies see, and spectres also make them see !
16. (And also make them see) her that strides upon the mist, the mutilated one, who dwells with the mutilated ; the vapoury spooks that are hidden, and the Gandharvas and Apsaras, the serpents, and other brood, and the Rakshas !
17. (And also) the spooks with fourfold teeth, black teeth, testicles like a pot, bloody faces, who are inherently frightful, and terrifying !
18. Frighten thou, O Arbudi, yonder lines of the enemy ; the conquering and the victorious (Arbudi and Nyarbudi), the two comrades of Indra, shall conquer the enemies !
19. Dissolved, crushed, slain the enemy shall lie,
O Nyarbudi ! May victorious sprites, with fiery
tongues and smoky crests, go with (our) army !
20. Of the enemies repulsed by this (army), O Arbudi, Indra, the spouse of Saâi, shall slay each picked man : not a single one of those yonder shall escape !
21. May their hearts burst, may their life's breath escape upward! May dryness of the mouth overtake (our) enemies, but not (our) allies !
22. Those who are bold and those who arep. 126 cowardly, those who turn (in flight) and those who are deaf (to danger?), those who are (like) dark goats, and those, too, who bleat like goats, all those, do thou, O Arbudi, make the enemies see, and spectres also make them see !
23. Arbudi and Trishamdhi shall pierce our enemies, so that, O Indra, slayer of Vntra, spouse of Saâi, we may slay the enemy by thousands !
24. The trees, and (growths) that are like trees, the plants and the herbs as well, the Gandharvas and the Apsaras, the serpents, gods, pious men, and (departed) Fathers, all those, O Arbudi, do thou make the enemies see, and spectres also make them see !
25. The Maruts, god Aditya, Brahma^aspati did rule over you ; Indra and Agni, Dhatar, Mitra, and Pra^apati did rule over you ; the seers did rule over you.
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