Mantra 17
Sukta 6
उद्धर्षिणं मुनिकेशं जम्भयन्तं मरीमृशम्। उपेषन्तमुदुम्बलं तुण्डेलमुत शालुडम्। पदा प्र विध्य पार्ष्ण्या स्थालीं गौरिव स्पन्दना
uddharṣíṇam muníkeśaṃ jambháyantaṃ marīmṛśám | upéṣantam udumbaláṃ tuṇḍélam utá śāluḍám | padā́ prá vidhya pārṣṇyā́ sthālī́ṃ gáuri-iva spandanā́
The onrushing, sage-haired one, the gnashing Marīmṛśa; the creeping-near Udumbala, the Tuṇḍela, and the Śāluḍa—smite them forth with thy foot, with thy heel; strike the pot, O Shaker, as a cow (doth stamp).
উদ্ধাৰ্ষিণ (ধাৱমান), মুনি-কেশ (ঋষিৰ দৰে চুলি থকা), দাঁত কটকটোৱা মৰীমৃশ; ওচৰলৈ সৰি অহা উদুম্বলা, তুণ্ডেল আৰু শালুড—সিহঁতক তোমাৰ ভৰিৰে, তোমাৰ গোৰোহাৰে আঘাত কৰি আগবঢ়াই খেদা। হে স্পন্দনা (কঁপোৱা), গাইয়ে যেন খুৰে মাৰি থাপ মাৰে, তেনেকৈ স্থালী (পাত্ৰ)ত আঘাত কৰা।
Rishi: Atharvanic (hymn-cluster attribution)
Devata: Primarily rakṣas/piśāca targets; operative power in the rite (spandana/impact) and protective speech
Chandas: Irregular/expanded Anuṣṭubh with catalogic proper names.
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