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Sukta 70
अपा॑ञ्चौ त उ॒भौ बा॒हू अपि॑ नह्याम्या॒स्यऽम्। अ॒ग्नेर्दे॒वस्य॑ म॒न्युना॒ तेन॑ तेऽवधिषं ह॒विः
apā́ñcau te ubháu bāhū́ ápi nahyāmy asyám | agnér devásya manyúnā ténā te ’vádhiṣaṃ havíḥ
Backward I turn and bind both thine arms upon this man. With the wrath of Agni the God—therewith have I smitten thee; thy oblation is struck down.
أُدِيرُ ذِرَاعَيْكَ كِلَيْهِمَا إِلَى الخَلْفِ وَأَرْبِطُهُمَا عَلَى هَذَا الرَّجُل. بِغَضَبِ أَغْنِي الإِلَه—بِهِ ضَرَبْتُكَ؛ قُرْبَانُكَ قَدْ أُسْقِطَ وَأُحْبِطَ.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in supplied excerpt)
Devata: Agni (as wrathful enforcer); the act of binding as operative power
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like / mixed (abhicāra cadence)
Primary: raudra
Secondary: vira
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