Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·4·4.24

Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka) 4.24

इन्द्रस्य मन्महे शश्वद् इद् अस्य मन्महे वृत्रघ्न स्तोमा उप मेम आगुः । यो दाशुषः सुकृतो हवम् एति स नो मुञ्चत्व् अंहसः ॥१॥

indrasya manmahe śaśvad id asya manmahe vṛtraghna stomā upa mema āguḥ | yo dāśuṣaḥ sukṛto havam eti sa no muñcatv aṃhasaḥ ||1||

We reverence Indra; constantly do we reverence him; these praise-hymns (stoma) of the Vṛtra-slayer have come unto me; he who goes to the call of the worshiper (dāçvā́ṅs), of the well-doer—let him free us from distress.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

य उग्रीणाम् उग्रबाहुर् ययुर् यो दानवानां बलम् आरुरोज । येन जिताः सिन्धवो येन गावः स नो मुञ्चत्व् अंहसः ॥२॥

ya ugrīṇām ugrabāhur yayur yo dānavānāṃ balam āruroja | yena jitāḥ sindhavo yena gāvaḥ sa no muñcatv aṃhasaḥ ||2||

He who, having formidable arms, is repeller (? yayú) of the formidable ones (f.); who battered the strength of the Dānavas; by whom are conquered the rivers, by whom the kine—let him free us from distress.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यश् चर्षणिप्रो वृषभः स्वर्विद् यस्मै ग्रावाणः प्रवदन्ति नृम्णम् । यस्याध्वरः सप्तहोता मदिष्ठः स नो मुञ्चत्व् अंहसः ॥३॥

yaś carṣaṇipro vṛṣabhaḥ svarvid yasmai grāvāṇaḥ pravadanti nṛmṇam | yasyādhvaraḥ saptahotā madiṣṭhaḥ sa no muñcatv aṃhasaḥ ||3||

He who is filler of people (carṣaṇí-), bull, heaven-finder (svarvíd); for whom the pressing-stones proclaim [his] manliness; whose is the sacrifice with seven priests, most intoxicating—let him free us from distress.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यस्य वशास ऋषभास उक्षणो यस्मै मीयन्ते स्वरवः स्वर्विदे । यस्मै शुक्रः पवते ब्रह्मशुम्भितः स नो मुञ्चत्व् अंहसः ॥४॥

yasya vaśāsa ṛṣabhāsa ukṣaṇo yasmai mīyante svaravaḥ svarvide | yasmai śukraḥ pavate brahmaśumbhitaḥ sa no muñcatv aṃhasaḥ ||4||

Whose are cows (vaçā́), bulls, oxen; for whom, the heaven-finder, sacrificial posts (sváru) are set up; for whom the bright (çukrá) [soma] purifies itself, adorned with sacred words (bráhma-)—let him free us from distress.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यस्य जुष्टिं सोमिनः कामयन्ते यं हवन्त इषुमन्तं गविष्टौ । यस्मिन्न् अर्कः शिश्रिये यस्मिन्न् ओजः स नो मुञ्चत्व् अंहसः ॥५॥

yasya juṣṭiṃ sominaḥ kāmayante yaṃ havanta iṣumantaṃ gaviṣṭau | yasminn arkaḥ śiśriye yasminn ojaḥ sa no muñcatv aṃhasaḥ ||5||

He whose enjoyment (júṣṭi) the offerers of soma desire; whom, possessed of arrows, men call on in the cattle-raid (gáviṣṭi); on whom depends song (? arká), on whom force—let him free us from distress.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यः प्रथमः कर्मकृत्याय जज्ञे यस्य वीर्यम् प्रथमस्यानुबुद्धम् । येनोद्यतो वज्रो ऽभ्यायताहिं स नो मुञ्चत्व् अंहसः ॥६॥

yaḥ prathamaḥ karmakṛtyāya jajñe yasya vīryam prathamasyānubuddham | yenodyato vajro 'bhyāyatāhiṃ sa no muñcatv aṃhasaḥ ||6||

He who was born first for the doing of deeds; of whom first the heroism was noted; by whom brandished (ud-yam) the thunderbolt went at (abhi-i) the dragon—let him free us from distress.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

यः संग्रामान् नयति सं युधे वशी यः पुष्टानि संसृजति द्वयानि । स्तौमीन्द्रं नाथितो जोहवीमि स नो मुञ्चत्व् अंहसः ॥७॥

yaḥ saṃgrāmān nayati saṃ yudhe vaśī yaḥ puṣṭāni saṃsṛjati dvayāni | staumīndraṃ nāthito johavīmi sa no muñcatv aṃhasaḥ ||7||

He who, controlling, leads together hosts (saṁgrāmá) for fighting; who mingles (sam-sṛj) the possessions (puṣṭá) of the two parties—I praise Indra, [as a] suppliant I call loudly on [him]: let him free us from distress.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)