Atharva Veda 2.12.3: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 12, Mantra 3
Sukta 12
इ॒दमि॑न्द्र शृणुहि सोमप॒ यत् त्वा॑ हृ॒दा शोच॑ता॒ जोह॑वीमि । वृ॒श्चामि॒ तं कुलि॑शेनेव वृ॒क्षं यो अ॒स्माकं॒ मन॑ इ॒दं हि॒नस्ति॑
idám índra śṛṇuhi somapa yát tvā hṛdā śócátā jóhavīmi | vṛścā́mi táṃ kúliśenēva vṛ́kṣaṃ yó asmā́kaṃ mána idáṃ hinásti ||
Hear this, O Indra, Soma-drinker: for thee, with heart aflame in sorrow, I incessantly invoke. I hew him down, as with the thunderbolt an axe felleth a tree—him who assaileth this our mind.
Höre dies, o Indra, Soma-Trinker: dich rufe ich unablässig an, mit einem Herzen, das vor Kummer brennt. Ich haue ihn nieder, wie man mit dem Donnerkeil eine Axt an den Baum legt — den, der diesen unseren Sinn verletzt.
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī; requires recension-specific index for AVŚ 2.12)
Devata: Indra (Somapa; vajra-bearer, destroyer of hostile powers)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (11-syllable cadence; typical of Indra-invocation with martial imagery)
Primary: vira
Secondary: raudra
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