Sukta 31

Mantra 1

सेनानिरीक्षणम्। त्वया॑ मन्यो स॒रथ॑मारु॒जन्तो हर्ष॑माणा हृषि॒तासो॑ मरुत्वन्। ति॒ग्मेष॑व॒ आयु॑धा सं॒शिशा॑ना॒ उप॒ प्र य॑न्तु॒ नरो॑ अ॒ग्निरू॑पाः

With thee, O Manyu, mounting their chariots, exulting, thrilled, O Marut-like, keen-arrowed, whetting their weapons—let the men, in Agni’s form, advance nigh and forth.

Mantra 2

अ॒ग्निरि॑व मन्यो त्विषि॒तः स॑हस्व सेना॒नीर्नः॑ सहुरे हू॒त ए॑धि । ह॒त्वाय॒ शत्रू॒न् वि भ॑जस्व॒ वेद॒ ओजो॒ मिमा॑नो॒ वि मृधो॑ नुदस्व

Like Agni, O Manyu, aflame, be strong: as our commander, invoked, wax thou for conquest. For slaying the foes, divide them asunder—thou knowest—meting out might; drive off the hostile press.

Mantra 3

सह॑स्व मन्यो अ॒भिमा॑तिम॒स्मै रु॒जन् मृ॒णन् प्र॑मृ॒णन् प्रेहि॒ शत्रू॑न्। उ॒ग्रं ते॒ पाजो॑ न॒न्वा रु॑रुध्रे व॒शी वशं॑ नयासा एकज॒ त्वम्

Prevail, O Manyu, against his hostile purpose—breaking, crushing, crushing utterly—go forth upon the foes. Fierce is thy might: verily thou hast hemmed them in; masterful, thou leadest them into subjection—thou alone indeed.

Mantra 4

एको॑ बहू॒नाम॑सि मन्य ईडि॒ता विशं॑विशं यु॒द्धाय॒ सं शि॑शाधि । अकृ॑त्तरु॒क् त्वया॑ यु॒जा व॒यं द्यु॒मन्तं॒ घोषं॑ विज॒याय॑ कृण्मसि

Thou art the One of many, O Manyu, praised: set thou each clan in order for the battle. With thee as yoked ally, O unbroken-splendoured, we make for victory a radiant shout of triumph.

Mantra 5

वि॒जे॒ष॒कृदिन्द्र॑ इवानवब्र॒वो॒३ऽस्माकं॑ मन्यो अधि॒पा भ॑वे॒ह। प्रि॒यं ते॒ नाम॑ सहुरे गृणीमसि वि॒द्मा तमुत्सं॒ यत॑ आब॒भूथ॑

Victory-working, like Indra, unrebukable, be thou here our over-lord, O Manyu. Thy dear Name, O overpowering One, we hymn; we know that well-spring whence thou hast arisen.

Mantra 6

आभू॑त्या सह॒जा व॑ज्र सायक॒ सहो॑ बिभर्षि सहभूत॒ उत्त॑रम्। क्रत्वा॑ नो मन्यो स॒ह मे॒द्येऽधि महाध॒नस्य पुरुहूत सं॒सृजि॑

With waxing power, innate, O bolt-weaponed, thou bearest might, conjoined, the upper hand. By purpose, O Manyu, in alliance with us, in strength, over great spoil—O much-invoked—do thou unite (our powers).

Mantra 7

संसृ॑ष्टं धन॑मु॒भयं॑ स॒माकृ॑तम॒स्मभ्यं॑ धत्तां॒ वरु॑णश्च म॒न्युः । भियो॒ दधा॑ना॒ हॄदये॑षु॒ शत्र॑वः॒ परा॑जितासो अप॒ नि ल॑यन्ताम्

Let Varuṇa and Manyu bestow on us wealth well-compacted, bothfold, wholly made complete. Let the foes, bearing fears within their hearts, defeated, withdraw—away, down—let them hide themselves.