Atharva-Veda Samhita/Book VII/Hymn 93 (98)
93 (98). For Indra's aid.
[Bhṛgan̄giras.—āindram. gāyatram.]
Wanting in Pāipp. Not employed by Kāuç., except as by the comm. declared to be joined with 91 and 92 in 59. 7 (see under 91).
Translated: Henry, 38, 108; Griffith, i. 374.
1. With Indra, with fury may we overcome them that play the foe, smiting Vritras irresistibly.
The verse is found also in TS. iii. 5. 32 and MS. i. 3. 12. TS. reads sayújas for manyúnā, and sāsahyā́ma for abhí syāma; syāma for vayám, áva bādhe for abhi syāma, and ghnatā́ for ghnántas. Most of the saṁhitā-mss. give ṣyāma (our W.O., and two fifths of SPP's authorities, sy-), and both printed texts read it; but the Prāt. (ii. 107) expressly requires syāma, and that accordingly should be the accepted text. ⌊In c, rather, 'smiting adversaries'?⌋