Mantra 3
Sukta 12
इदमिन्द्र शृणुहि सोमप यत् त्वा हृदा शोचता जोहवीमि । वृश्चामि तं कुलिशेनेव वृक्षं यो अस्माकं मन इदं हिनस्ति
idám índra śṛṇuhi somapa yát tvā hṛdā śócátā jóhavīmi | vṛścā́mi táṃ kúliśenēva vṛ́kṣaṃ yó asmā́kaṃ mána idáṃ hinásti ||
Hear this, O Indra, Soma-drinker: for thee, with heart aflame in sorrow, I incessantly invoke. I hew him down, as with the thunderbolt an axe felleth a tree—him who assaileth this our mind.
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī; requires recension-specific index for AVŚ 2.12)
Devata: Indra (Somapa; vajra-bearer, destroyer of hostile powers)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (11-syllable cadence; typical of Indra-invocation with martial imagery)
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