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.
हे इन्द्र, सोमपा! हे ऐक: शोकाने जळणाऱ्या हृदयाने मी तुला अखंड हाक मारतो. जो आमच्या या मनावर आघात करतो, त्याला मी वज्रप्रहाराने कुऱ्हाड जशी झाड पाडते तसा छेदून पाडतो.
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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