Mantra 16
Sukta 4
यो मायातुं यातुधानेत्याह यो वा रक्षाः शुचिरस्मीत्याह । इन्द्रस्तं हन्तु महता वधेन विश्वस्य जन्तोरधमस्पदीष्ट
yó mā yātúṃ yātudhā́nety ā́ha yó vā rákṣāḥ śúcir asmī́ty ā́ha | índras táṃ hantu mahatā́ vadhéna víśvasya jántor adhamáḥ padīṣṭa ||
Whoso of me proclaimeth, ‘He is sorcery, a Yātudhāna,’ or whoso, being Rakṣas, saith, ‘I am pure’—May Indra smite that man with mighty slaughter-stroke, and may he take the lowest footing among all living men.
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras attribution (traditional)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
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