Rigveda 6.044.17
Rigveda · Mandala 6, Sukta 44 · Verse 6.44.17
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
ए॒ना म॑न्दा॒नो ज॒हि शू॑र॒ शत्रू॑ञ्जा॒मिमजा॑मिं मघवन्न॒मित्रा॑न् । अ॒भि॒षे॒णाँ अ॒भ्या॒३॒॑देदि॑शाना॒न्परा॑च इन्द्र॒ प्र मृ॑णा ज॒ही च॑
enā mandāno jahi śūra śatrūñjāmimajāmiṃ maghavannamitrān abhiṣeṇām̐ abhyā3dediśānānparāca indra pra mṛṇā jahī ca
Slay the foolish one, O brave hero; destroy the hostile born of might, O Mṛgaván; with oblation and burnished offering cast down the malicious; Indra has smitten the foremost and killed the foe.
Exhilarated by it, valiant Maghavan, slay our unfriendly adversaries, whether kinsman or unrelated (to us); put to flight, Indra, hostile armies menacing us (with their weapons), and slay them.
Therewith enraptured, Hero, slay our foemen, the unfriendly, Maghavan be they kin or strangers, Those who still aim their hostile darts to smite us, turn them to flight, O Indra, crush and kill them.