Atharva Veda 20.21.9: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 21, Mantra 9
Sukta 21
त्वमे॒तां ज॑न॒राज्ञो॒ द्विर्दशा॑ब॒न्धुना॑ सु॒श्रव॑सोपज॒ग्मुषः॑ । ष॒ष्टिं स॒हस्रा॑ नव॒तिं नव॑ श्रु॒तो नि च॒क्रेण॒ रथ्या॑ दु॒ष्पदा॑वृणक्
tvám etā́m janarājñó dvír-daśā́-bandhúnā suśrávasopajagmúṣaḥ | ṣaṣṭíṃ sahásrā navatíṃ náva śrutó ní cakréṇa rathyā́ duṣpádā ’vṛṇak
Thou didst perform this deed for the people’s king, when Suśravas, drawing near with his twice-tenfold band. Sixty thousand, and ninety and nine—men famed in story—thou didst cast down with the wheel upon the chariot-way, on that ill-footed ground.
त्वमेवैतां जनराज्ञोऽर्थे कृतिं चकार यदा सुश्रवाः द्विर्दशबन्धुना सहोपजगाम। षष्टिं सहस्राणि नवतिं नव च श्रुतप्रसिद्धान् नरान् रथ्यायां दुṣ्पदायां भूमौ चक्रेण निचक्रे।
Rishi: Traditionally Ṛgvedic provenance (Indra hymn material incorporated into AV 20); specific seer not determinable from the excerpt alone.
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-type cadence typical of RV Indra narratives (exact meter requires full pada scansion).
Primary: vira
Secondary: raudra
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