Mantra 3
Sukta 31
यां ते चक्रुरेकशफे पशूनामुभयादति । गर्दभे कृत्यां यां चक्रुः पुनः प्रति हरामि ताम्
yā́m te cakrúrékaśaphe paśūnā́m ubhayā́dati | gardabhé kṛtyā́m yā́m cakrúḥ púnaḥ práti harāmi tā́m ||
What witchcraft they have wrought against thee in the one-hoofed beast of the herds, the baleful ‘both-devourer’; what kṛtyā they have made in the ass—that same I bear back again in return.
Rishi: Atharvanic seer (anukramaṇī attribution uncertain across editions).
Devata: Kṛtyā (hostile) countered by Atharvanic reversal-power.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
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