Mantra 7
Sukta 19
प्रेता जयता नर उग्रा वः सन्तु बाहवः । तीक्ष्णेषवोऽबलधन्वनो हतोग्रायुधा अबलानुग्रबाहवः
prétā jáyata nara ugrā́ vaḥ santu bāhávaḥ | tīkṣṇéṣavo 'bála-dhanvano hatógrā́yudhā abálā anugrá-bāhavaḥ ||
Go forth, conquer, O ye men: let your arms be fierce. With arrows keen—while they are weak of bow—let them be smitten in their dreadful weapons, weak, with strength subdued.
Rishi: Atharvanic seer (anukramaṇī-dependent)
Devata: Indraic victory-power implicit; primary focus on the host’s arms and the enemy’s disarmament
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
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