Sukta 21
शत्रुनिवारणम्। स्वस्ति॒दा वि॒शां पति॑र्वृत्र॒हा वि॑मृ॒धो॑ व॒शी। वृषेन्द्रः॑ पु॒र ए॑तु नः सोम॒पा अ॑भयंक॒रः
svastidā́ viśā́m pátir vṛtrahā́ vimṛ́dho vaśī́ | vṛ́ṣéndraḥ púra étu naḥ somapā́ abháyaṃkaraḥ ||
The Giver of welfare, the Lord of the clans, Vṛtra-slayer, controller of the hostile assailants—bull-like Indra—let him go before us, the Soma-drinker, the maker of fearlessness.
Ang nagkakaloob ng kagalingan, ang Panginoon ng mga angkan, ang pumatay kay Vrtra, ang tagapaglikha sa mga sumasalakay na kaaway, si Indra na tulad ng toro, nawa siya ay mauna sa amin, ang umiinom ng Soma, ang tagapaglikha ng kawalang takot.
Rishi: Indra-focused Atharvanic tradition (specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by Anukramaṇī; commonly treated as an Indra-stuti within Atharvanic collections).
Devata: Indra (as Vṛtrahan, Somapā, Abhayaṃkara).
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (4 pādas of ~8 syllables; Atharvanic anuṣṭubh style).
Primary: vira
Secondary: shanta
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