Mantra 1
Sukta 17
रुधिरस्रावनिवृत्तये धमनीबन्धनम्। अमूर्या यन्ति योषितो हिरा लोहितवाससः । अभ्रातर इव जामयस्तिष्ठन्तु हतवर्चसः
amū́ryā yánti yóṣito hirā́ lóhitavāsasaḥ | abhrā́tara iva jāmáyas tíṣṭhantu hatávarcasaḥ ||
Joyless they go—the Women, tawny-hued, in raiment red as blood. Like brotherless kin by marriage, let them stand fast, their glory smitten down.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras attribution for healing charms; specific r̥ṣi varies by anukramaṇī tradition).
Devata: Apotropaic ‘stambhana’ power directed against personified bleeding-agents (rakṣas/strī-rūpa doṣa); no single high deity foregrounded.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (4×8, with Atharvanic flexibility)
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