Atharva Veda 3.6.5: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 6, Mantra 5
Sukta 6
सि॒नात्वे॑ना॒न् निरृ॑तिर्मृ॒त्योः पाशै॑रमो॒क्यैः । अश्व॑त्थ॒ शत्रू॑न् माम॒कान् यान॒हं द्वेष्मि॒ ये च॒ माम्
sinā́tv enān nírṛtir mṛtyóḥ pā́śair amokyáiḥ | áśvattha śátrūn māmakā́n yā́n aháṁ dvéṣmi yé ca mā́m
Let Nirṛti bind these men with Death’s nooses that are not to be unloosed—O Aśvattha—my enemies, whom I hate, and those who hate me.
अश्वत्थ, इन दुश्मनों को पकड़ ले। जो लोग मुझे दुश्मन हैं, जो मुझसे नफरत करते हैं, उन सब को बाँध दे। मृत्यु की रस्सी से इतनी टाइट बाँध दे कि वो कभी न खुले।
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras lineage (traditional attribution for hostile-binding hymns)
Devata: Nirṛti and Mṛtyu (with Aśvattha as operative vanaspati)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Primary: raudra
Secondary: bhayankara
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