Mantra 8
Sukta 6
यमबध्नाद् बृहस्पतिर्मणिं फालं घृतश्चुतमुग्रं खदिरमोजसे । तं सोमः प्रत्यमुञ्चत महे श्रोत्राय चक्षसे । सो अस्मै वर्च इद् दुहे भूयोभूयः श्वःश्वस्तेन त्वं द्विषतो जहि
yám abadhnā́d bṛ́haspátiḥ maṇíṃ phā́laṃ ghṛtaścútam ugráṃ khadiráṃ ójase | táṃ sómaḥ práty amuñcata mahé śrótrāya cákṣase | só asmai várca íd duhē bhū́yo-bhūyaḥ śváḥ-śvaḥ téna tváṃ dviṣatáḥ jahí
The amulet which Bṛhaspati bound on—a plate, ghee-dropping, fierce, of khadira-wood—for vital force: that Soma, in return, unloosed for great hearing and for sight. It yields him splendour indeed, again and yet again, day after day: with that do thou smite the haters.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)
Devata: Soma (as activator) and Maṇi
Chandas: Mixed; Anuṣṭubh-like with expansions
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