Kanda 1/Sukta 21
(People’s Ruler)
Indra Devata, Atharva Rshi
1.
Svastidå
visåm patirvrtrahå vimrdho vasi.
Vrsendrah
pura etu nah somapå abhayaNkarah.
Giver
of felicity and well being of life, ruler, protector and promoter of the
people, destroyer of evil, darkness and ignorance, shatterer of enemies,
controller and manager of all powers and forces of the world, generous and
virile Indra, ruler of the world, may, we pray, go forward and, as harbinger of
the soma peace and pleasure of life, bless us with freedom from fear in a free
and fearless environment.
2.
Vi na
indra mrdho jahi nicå yaccha prtanyatah.
Adhamam
gamayå tamo yo asmån abhidåsati.
O ruler, Indra, destroy our enemies, throw down the
warriors of violence and destruction, take down to bottomless darkness all
those forces which plan and strike us to enslave us.
3.
Vi
rakso vi mrdho jahi vi vrtrasya hanu ruja.
Vi
manyumindra vrtrahannamitrasyåbhidåsatah.
Indra, destroy the forces of negativity and
destruction, eliminate violence, hate and enmity, break the jaws of evil and
darkness. O destroyer of darkness and evil, break down the pride and passion of
enmity and of the enemies of freedom who subject people to slavery.
4.
Apendra
dvisato manoípa jijyåsato vadham.
Vi
mahaccharma yaccha variyo yåvayå vadham.
Indra, overcome the plan and mind of the
jealous. Throw out the deadly weapon of the violator of life. Give us peace,
freedom and felicity of high order and great possibilities. Eliminate the
deadly weapon and strike of even the highest calibre of the enemy.
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