
Rishi: Anonymous (martial charm tradition)
Devata: Indra (via his ‘two arms’ as empowered agents)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Is mantra mein Indra ki dono baahein jeevant shaktiyan maan ke bulayi gayi hain. Inhe ek akeli yoddha aur uski sena mein basaya jaata hai. Yeh isliye ki ladai mein hamla, hathiyar aur jhanda sab jeet jayein. Jeet ko Indra ki purani vijay ki tarah dikhaya gaya hai. Khatra paar karke, dushman ko ojas se kuchal ke, maal aur gaon hasil karna hai. Yoddha khud Indra ban jaata hai ladai mein. Pura fauj uske jhande ke aas paas jud jaata hai.
Mantra 1
एकवीरः। इन्द्र॑स्य बा॒हू स्थवि॑रौ॒ वृषा॑णौ चि॒त्रा इ॒मा वृ॑ष॒भौ पा॑रयि॒ष्णू। तौ यो॑क्षे प्रथ॒मो योग॒ आग॑ते॒ याभ्यां॑ जि॒तमसु॑राणां॒ स्व॑१र्यत्
Yeh mantra Indra ke liye hai jo akele ladta hai. Indra ki dono baahein badi aur taakatwali hain, jaise bail strong hote hain. Main in dono ko jodunga jab pehli baar kaam shuru hoga. In dono se Indra ne devtaon ko asuron se aasman jeeta tha.
Mantra 2
आ॒शुः शिशा॑नो वृष॒भो न भी॒मो घ॑नाघ॒नः क्षोभ॑णश्चर्षणी॒नाम्। सं॒क्रन्द॑नोऽनिमि॒ष ए॑कवी॒रः श॒तं सेना॑ अजयत् सा॒कमिन्द्रः॑
Indra bahut tez hai, jaise bail taqatwar hota hai. Woh dushmanon pe zor maarta hai aur logon ko hila deta hai. Yuddh mein woh zor se chillata hai aur aankhen nahi jhapkata. Woh akela hai par sau senaon ko ek saath hara deta hai.
Mantra 3
सं॒क्रन्द॑नेनानिमि॒षेण॑ जि॒ष्णुना॑ऽयो॒ध्येन॑ दुश्च्यव॒नेन॑ धृ॒ष्णुना॑ । तदिन्द्रे॑ण जयत॒ तत् स॑हध्वं॒ युधो॑ नर॒ इषु॑हस्तेन॒ वृष्णा॑
Yeh mantra Indra ki taqat batata hai. Woh yuddh mein zor se chillata hai aur aankhen nahi jhapkata. Woh jeeta hai aur koi use hara nahi sakta. Woh dushman ko hata nahi sakta aur bahut bahadur hai. Indra ke saath tum bhi jeeto. Yuddh mein Indra ke saath raho, woh teer chalata hai aur bail jaisa hai.
Mantra 4
स इषु॑हस्तैः॒ स नि॑ष॒ङ्गिभि॑र्व॒शी संस्र॑ष्टा॒ स युध॒ इन्द्रो॑ ग॒णेन॑ । सं॒सृ॒ष्ट॒जित् सो॑म॒पा बा॑हुश॒र्ध्यु॑१ग्रध॑न्वा॒ प्रति॑हिताभि॒रस्ता॑
Indra ke paas teer hain aur bandook pakadne wale log hain. Woh sab ka malik hai aur yuddh ki tayyari karta hai. Apni sena ke saath ladta hai aur sab mil ke jeeta hai. Woh Som ras peeta hai aur uski bazu mein taqat hai. Dhanush se teer chalata hai aur sahi nishana lagata hai.
Mantra 5
ब॒ल॒वि॒ज्ञा॒यः स्थवि॑रः॒ प्रवी॑रः॒ सह॑स्वान् वा॒जी सह॑मान उ॒ग्रः । अ॒भिवी॑रो अ॒भिष॑त्वा सहो॒जिज्जैत्र॑मिन्द्र॒ रथ॒मा ति॑ष्ठ गो॒विद॑म्
Indra taqat jaanta hai aur bahut mazboot hai. Usme bahaduri hai aur woh inaam jeeta hai. Woh dushman pe zor maarta hai aur bahut tez hai. Dushman ko maar ke woh jeeta hai. Indra, us jeetne wali rath pe chadho. Woh gaay jeeta hai aur tumhe bhi jeeta hai.
Mantra 6
इ॒मं वी॒रमनु॑ हर्षध्वमु॒ग्रमिन्द्रं॑ सखायो॒ अनु॒ सं र॑भध्वम्। ग्रा॒म॒जितं॑ गो॒जितं॒ वज्र॑बाहुं॒ जय॑न्त॒मज्म॑ प्रमृ॒णन्त॒मोज॑सा
Is hero ke liye khush ho jao. Doston, bhale-bhale Indra ke saath mil ke pakad lo. Yeh gaon jeeta hai, gaay jeeta hai, aur uske haath mein vajra hai. Yeh ladai mein jeeta hai aur zor se dushman ko kuchal deta hai.
Mantra 7
अ॒भि गो॒त्राणि॒ सह॑सा॒ गाह॑मानोऽदा॒य उ॒ग्रः श॒तम॑न्यु॒रिन्द्रः॑ । दु॒श्च्य॒व॒नः पृ॑तना॒षाड॑यो॒ध्यो३ऽस्माकं॒ सेना॑ अवतु॒ प्र यु॒त्सु
Indra bahut taakatwala hai, sau ladaiyon mein ghoom chuka hai. Woh dushmanon ke khandan pe zor se toot padta hai. Koi use hila nahi sakta, woh sena ko tod deta hai. Humari sena ki raksha kare jab bhi ladai ho.
Mantra 8
बृह॑स्पते॒ परि॑ दीया॒ रथे॑न रक्षो॒हामित्राँ॑ अप॒बाध॑मानः । प्र॒भ॒ञ्जंछत्रू॑न् प्रमृ॒णन्न॒मित्रा॑न॒स्माक॑मेध्यवि॒ता त॒नूना॑म्
Brihaspati, tum apna rath lekar dushmanon ke charon taraf ghoomo. Bhoot-pret aur dushman sabko bhagao. Dushmanon ko tod do, unhe kuchal do. Hamare shareer aur hamare logon ko taakatwala banao.
Mantra 9
इन्द्र॑ एषां ने॒ता बृह॒स्पति॒र्दक्षि॑णा य॒ज्ञः पु॒र ए॑तु॒ सोमः॑ । दे॒व॒से॒नाना॑मभिभञ्जती॒नां जय॑न्तीनां म॒रुतो॑ यन्तु॒ मध्ये॑
Indra aage chalke netaji bane. Brihaspati unke saath right hand pe rahe. Yagya sabse aage chalke rasta saaf kare. Som bhi aage chalke madhur rakhe. Marut devta log beech mein chalke sena ki raksha karein.
Mantra 10
इन्द्र॑स्य॒ वृष्णो॒ वरु॑णस्य॒ राज्ञ॑ आदि॒त्यानां॑ म॒रुतां॒ शर्ध॑ उ॒ग्रम्। म॒हाम॑नसां भुवनच्य॒वानां॒ घोषो॑ दे॒वानां॒ जय॑ता॒मुद॑स्थात्
Marut log, Aditya devta, Raja Varun aur Indra, sab bahut bade dilwale devta hain. Yeh duniya ko hila sakte hain. Inki awaaz unki jeet ki goonj hai jo upar tak gayi hai.
Mantra 11
अ॒स्माक॒मिन्द्रः॒ समृ॑तेषु ध्व॒जेष्व॒स्माक॒ या इष॑व॒स्ता ज॑यन्तु । अ॒स्माकं॑ वी॒रा उत्त॑रे भवन्त्व॒स्मान् दे॑वासोऽवता॒ हवे॑षु
Yeh mantra Indra ko bulata hai ki woh ladai mein hamare saath ho. Hamare teer dushman par maaren aur jeet lein. Hamare veer log sabse upar hon. Bhagwan hamari puja mein hamein bachaayein.
To transfer Indra-like strength—especially the power of his ‘two arms’—to a champion and his side, so their charge, arrows, and banner-centered formation win in battle.
The arms function as concrete, transferable agents of power: they are imagined as twin forces that can be ‘yoked’ onto the fighter, making victory feel immediate and embodied.
The text does not require herbs; its practical focus is on battlefield symbols—standard (dhvaja) and weapons (especially arrows)—with recitation done at mustering or just before engagement.
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