Mantra 3
Sukta 11
प्रति तमभि चर योऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मः । आप्नुहि श्रेयांसमति समं क्राम
práti tám abhí cara yó ’smā́n dvéṣṭi yáṃ vayáṃ dvíṣmaḥ | ā́pnuhi śréyāṃsam áti samáṃ krā́ma ||
Against that man advance—who hateth us, whom we ourselves do hate. Overtake him; win thou the better portion; step beyond the rival’s equal state.
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (ascribed at the hymn level in many indices; verse-level r̥ṣi not separately specified).
Devata: Dveṣa (enmity) as a hostile force to be reversed; implicitly the mantra’s own brahman-power (vac) as agent.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; AV 2.x commonly in anuṣṭubh—confirmable against a pada-count recension table).
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