Atharva Veda 10.5.48: Kanda 10, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 5, Mantra 48
Sukta 5
यद॑ग्ने अ॒द्य मि॑थु॒ना शपा॑तो॒ यद् वा॒चस्तृ॒ष्टं ज॒नय॑न्त रे॒भाः । म॒न्योर्मन॑सः शर॒व्या॒३ जाय॑ते॒ या तया॑ विध्य॒ हृद॑ये यातु॒धाना॑न्
yád agne adyá mithunā́ śápāto yád vā́cas tṛṣṭáṃ janáyanta rebhā́ḥ | manyór mánasaḥ śarávyā̀ jā́yate yā́ táyā vidhya hṛ́daye yātudhā́nān ||
What, O Agni, today from mutual cursing, what the revilers beget—speech sharpened to a point—; the arrow that is born of wrath, of the mind: with that, pierce the Yātudhānas in the heart.
अग्नि, आज जो लोग एक दूसरे को बद्दुआ दे रहे हैं, जो लोग गालियाँ दे के बातें छेद रहे हैं, उनकी गुस्से की तीर से तू इन यातुधानों के दिल में मारना।
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasic rakṣoghna tradition (anukramaṇī attribution varies).
Devata: Agni (as slayer and purifier); implicit weapon-force (śarávyā).
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (Atharvanic mixed meter; not strictly regular)
Primary: raudra
Secondary: vira
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