Atharva Veda 20.21.6: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 21, Mantra 6
Sukta 21
ते त्वा॒ मदा॑ अमद॒न् तानि॒ वृष्ण्या॒ ते सोमा॑सो वृत्र॒हत्ये॑षु सत्पते । यत् का॒रवे॒ दश॑ वृ॒त्राण्य॑प्र॒ति ब॒र्हिष्म॑ते॒ नि स॒हस्रा॑णि ब॒र्हयः॑
té tvā mádā amadan tā́ni vṛ́ṣṇyā té sómāso vṛtra-hátyeṣu satpate | yát kāráve dáśa vṛtrā́ṇy apráti bárhiṣmate ní sahásrāṇi bárhayaḥ
Those raptures have exhilarated thee—those virile (powers), those Soma-pressings—in the slayings of Vṛtra, O lord of the true. When, for the singer, thou didst (overthrow) ten Vṛtras, irresistible; (when) for him of the sacred grass, thousands of barhis-stalks (were laid down).
Jene Rausche haben dich berauscht — jene mannhaften Kräfte, jene Soma-Pressungen — in den Vṛtra-Tötungen, o Herr der Wahrhaftigen. Als du für den Sänger zehn Vṛtras, unwiderstehlich, niederwarfst; als für den, der das heilige Gras bereitet, tausend Barhis-Halme ausgebreitet wurden.
Rishi: RV-derived Indra cycle seer (AV 20 anthology).
Devata: Indra (Soma as enabling power).
Chandas: Triṣṭubh.
Primary: vira
Secondary: adbhuta
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