Mantra 3
Sukta 27
न बहवः समशकन् नार्भका अभि दाधृषुः । वेणोरद्गा इवाभितोऽसमृद्धा अघायवः
ná bahávaḥ sáma aśakan nā́rbhakā abhí dādhṛṣuḥ | veṇór ádgā ivā́bhíto ’sámṛddhā aghāyávaḥ ||
The many could not, though banded, prevail; nor dared the petty ones to press their onset. Like Vena’s limbs, on every side, those evil-wishers—unprospered—were brought to naught.
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (ascribed at the hymn level in many indices; verse-specific r̥ṣi not separately given here).
Devata: Rakṣā (protective power) / the mantra’s own apotropaic efficacy directed against aghāyavaḥ.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (11/8-type Atharvanic anuṣṭubh; standard for many protective verses)
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