Atharva Veda 3.19.7: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 19, Mantra 7
Sukta 19
प्रेता॒ जय॑ता नर उ॒ग्रा वः॑ सन्तु बा॒हवः॑ । ती॒क्ष्णेष॑वोऽब॒लध॑न्वनो हतो॒ग्रायु॑धा अब॒लानु॒ग्रबा॑हवः
prétā jáyata nara ugrā́ vaḥ santu bāhávaḥ | tīkṣṇéṣavo 'bála-dhanvano hatógrā́yudhā abálā anugrá-bāhavaḥ ||
Go forth, conquer, O ye men: let your arms be fierce. With arrows keen—while they are weak of bow—let them be smitten in their dreadful weapons, weak, with strength subdued.
تقدّموا واغلبوا، يا أيّها الرجال؛ ولتكن سواعدكم شديدةً مهيبة. وبسهامٍ حادّة—وهم ضعفاءُ القِسيّ—فليُضرَبوا بأسلحتهم الرهيبة؛ ضعفاءَ وقد أُخضِعت قوّتُهم.
Rishi: Atharvanic seer (anukramaṇī-dependent)
Devata: Indraic victory-power implicit; primary focus on the host’s arms and the enemy’s disarmament
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Primary: vira
Secondary: raudra
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