Mantra 12
Sukta 4
सुविज्ञानं चिकितुषे जनाय सच्चासच्च वचसी पस्पृधाते । तयोर्यत् सत्यं यतरदृजीयस्तदित् सोमोऽवति हन्त्यसत्
suvijñānáṃ cikitúṣe jánāya sáccā́sacca vácasī paspṛdhāte | táyor yát satyáṃ yátaradŕ̥jīyas tád ít sómo ’vati hánty ásat ||
For the man of right discernment, for him that knoweth, True speech and False contend together in rivalry. Of these, what is the True, what is the straighter and the stronger—That verily Soma upholds, and smiteth down the Untrue.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often treated as Angiras/Atharvan in ancillary lists for this complex)
Devata: Soma (as truth-aider and falsehood-slayer)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; hymn-complex uses triṣṭubh-like cadence)
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