Atharva Veda 1.21.3: Kanda 1, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 21, Mantra 3
Sukta 21
वि रक्षो॒ वि मृधो॑ जहि वि वृ॒त्रस्य॒ हनू॑ रुज । वि म॒न्युमि॑न्द्र वृत्रहन्न॒मित्र॑स्याभि॒दास॑तः
ví rákṣo ví mṛ́dho jahi ví vṛtrásya hánū́ ruj | ví mányum índra vṛtrahan amítrasya abhídāsataḥ ||
Scatter the demon; scatter the hostile onsets: smite them. Shatter the jaws of Vṛtra. Scatter, O Indra, Vṛtra-slayer, the wrath of the foe, of him that assaileth and would oppress.
ဘီလူးများကို ဖယ်ရှားပါ၊ ရန်သူတို့၏ တိုက်ခိုက်မှုကို ဖယ်ရှားပါ၊ ဗြတ္တရ၏ မေးရိုးကို ကျိုးပဲ့ပါ။ ဣန္ဒြေနတ်မင်း၊ ဗြတ္တရကို သတ်သောသူ၊ ရန်သူ၏ အမျက်ဒေါသကို ဖယ်ရှားပါ။
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition attributes such Indra-protective verses broadly to Atharvan/Āṅgirasa lineages (hymn-level attribution varies by Anukramaṇī).
Devata: Indra (as Vṛtrahan), with hostile forces (rakṣas, mṛdha, Vṛtra) as the adversarial focus.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (4 pādas of ~8 syllables; Atharvanic anuṣṭubh with minor irregularities).
Primary: vira
Secondary: raudra
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