Mantra 7
Sukta 8
यानसावतिसरांश्चकार कृणवच्च यान्। त्वं तानिन्द्र वृत्रहन् प्रतीचः पुनरा कृधि यथामुं तृणहां जनम्
yā́n asáu atisarā́n cakā́ra kṛṇávac ca yā́n | tváṃ tā́nīndra vṛtrahan pratī́caḥ púnar ā́ kṛdhi yáthā́múṃ tṛṇahā́ṃ jánam
What fluxes that man hath made, and what he hath caused to be made—those, O Indra Vṛtra-slayer, turn thou back again, returning upon him, so that they smite that grass-cutting fellow yonder.
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras (verify in anukramaṇī)
Devata: Indra (Vṛtrahan)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh with extended cadence (verify)
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