Mantra 3
Sukta 17
या शशाप शपनेन याघं मूरमादधे। या रसस्य हरणाय जातमारेभे तोकमत्तु सा
yā́ śaśā́pa śápanena yā́ghaṃ mū́ram ādadhe | yā́ rásasya hárāṇāya jātámārebhe tókám attú sā́
She who hath cursed with cursing, who hath laid on evil and benumbing stupor; she who, to steal the vital sap, assaileth the child among the newly-born—let that woman be devoured (by her own bane).
Rishi: Atharvanic seer(s) of protective/counter-sorcery hymns
Devata: Counter-sorcery force (often framed as Oṣadhi-power acting against the curser); implicitly the protective oṣadhis
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
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