Mantra 1
Sukta 20
पिशाचक्षयणम्। आ पश्यति प्रति पश्यति परा पश्यति पश्यति । दिवमन्तरिक्षमाद् भूमिं सर्वं तद् देवि पश्यति
piśācakṣáyaṇam | ā́ paśyati práti paśyati párā paśyati páśyati | dívaṃ antárikṣam ā́d bhū́miṃ sárvaṃ tád devi paśyati
A Piśāca-destroyer is she: she looketh hither, she looketh back in answer, she looketh forth afar—she looketh. From heaven, from mid-air, down unto earth, all that is, O Goddess, she beholdeth.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn to a deified oṣadhi)
Devata: Devī Oṣadhi (plant-goddess) as piśāca-destroyer
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (prose-like repetitions within metrical frame)
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