Atharva Veda 2.11.3: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 11, Mantra 3
Sukta 11
प्रति॒ तम॒भि च॑र॒ यो॒ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि॒ यं व॒यं द्वि॒ष्मः । आ॒प्नु॒हि श्रेयां॑स॒मति॑ स॒मं क्रा॑म
práti tám abhí cara yó ’smā́n dvéṣṭi yáṃ vayáṃ dvíṣmaḥ | ā́pnuhi śréyāṃsam áti samáṃ krā́ma ||
Against that man advance—who hateth us, whom we ourselves do hate. Overtake him; win thou the better portion; step beyond the rival’s equal state.
تقدَّمْ ضدَّ ذلك الرجل—الذي يُبغِضُنا، والذي نُبغِضُه نحن. أدرِكْه؛ وانَلِ النصيبَ الأَفضل؛ وتجاوَزْ مساواةَ الخصم.
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (ascribed at the hymn level in many indices; verse-level r̥ṣi not separately specified).
Devata: Dveṣa (enmity) as a hostile force to be reversed; implicitly the mantra’s own brahman-power (vac) as agent.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; AV 2.x commonly in anuṣṭubh—confirmable against a pada-count recension table).
Primary: vira
Secondary: raudra
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