Sukta 5
इन्द्र॑स्तुरा॒षाण्मि॒त्रो वृ॒त्रं यो ज॒घान॑ य॒तीर्न। बि॒भेद॑ व॒लं भृगु॒र्न स॑सहे॒ शत्रू॒न् मदे॒ सोम॑स्य
índras turā́ṣāṇ mitró vṛtráṃ yó jaghā́na yatī́r ná | bibhéda valáṃ bhṛgúr ná sasahé śatrū́n madé sómasya
Indra the Overmasterer, and Mitra—he who smote Vṛtra—(he) brake the Yatis; he clave Vala asunder; like Bhṛgu he prevailed against the foes, in the exhilaration of Soma.
Indra, der Überwältiger, und Mitra — er, der Vṛtra erschlug — zerschlugen die Yatis; sie spalteten Vala; wie Bhṛgu überwältigte er die Feinde im Rausch des Soma.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn framed in Indra-victory diction; specific r̥ṣi attribution depends on the Anukramaṇī for AV 2.5)
Devata: Indra (primary), with Mitra as allied divine power; Soma as enabling force
Chandas: Mixed/irregular; predominantly triṣṭubh-like cadence in diction, though Atharvanic transmission may not preserve strict metrical regularity
Primary: vira
Secondary: raudra
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