Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·1·1.21
स्वस्तिदा विशां पतिर् वृत्रहा विमृधो वशी । वृषेन्द्रः पुर एतु नः सोमपा अभयंकरः ॥१॥
svastidā viśāṃ patir vṛtrahā vimṛdho vaśī | vṛṣendraḥ pura etu naḥ somapā abhayaṃkaraḥ ||1||
Giver of well-being, lord of the people (víç), Vṛtra-slayer, remover of scorners, controlling, let the bull Indra go before us, soma-drinker, producing fearlessness.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
वि न इन्द्र मृधो जहि नीचा यछ पृतन्यतः । अधमं गमया तमो यो अस्मां अभिदासति ॥२॥
vi na indra mṛdho jahi nīcā yacha pṛtanyataḥ | adhamaṃ gamayā tamo yo asmāṃ abhidāsati ||2||
Smite away, O Indra, our scorners (mṛ́dh); put (yam) down them that fight (pṛtany) [us]; make go to lowest darkness whoso vexes us.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
वि रक्षो वि मृधो जहि वि वृत्रस्य हनू रुज । वि मन्युम् इन्द्र वृत्रहन्न् अमित्रस्याभिदासतः ॥३॥
vi rakṣo vi mṛdho jahi vi vṛtrasya hanū ruja | vi manyum indra vṛtrahann amitrasyābhidāsataḥ ||3||
Smite away the demon, away the scorners; break apart Vṛtra's (two) jaws; away, O Indra, Vṛtra-slayer, the fury of the vexing enemy.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अपेन्द्र द्विषतो मनो ऽप जिज्यासतो वधम् । वि महच् छर्म यछ वरीयो यावया वधम् ॥४॥
apendra dviṣato mano 'pa jijyāsato vadham | vi mahac charma yacha varīyo yāvayā vadham ||4||
Off, O Indra, the mind of the hater, off the deadly weapon of him that would scathe; extend great protection; keep very far off the deadly weapon.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)