Mantra 1
Sukta 45
आञ्जनम्। ऋणादृणमिव संनयन् कृत्यां कृत्याकृतो गृहम्। चक्षुर्मन्त्रस्य दुर्हार्दः पृष्टीरपि शृणाञ्जन
ā́ñjanam | ṛṇā́d ṛṇám iva sánnayan kṛ́tyāṁ kṛtyākṛ́to gṛhám | cákṣur mantrásya durhā́rdaḥ pṛṣṭī́r ápi śṛṇa ā́ñjana ||
Anjana! As one settles debt from debt, so, bringing it to account, do thou remove the kṛtyā—yea, the house of him who wrought the kṛtyā. O stout-hearted one, the mantra’s eye, shatter also their backs, O Anjana.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anjana hymn complex)
Devata: Āñjana (personified remedy) as chief; kṛtyā as adversary
Chandas: Mixed/late style; largely Anuṣṭubh cadence
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