Mantra 16
Sukta 3
तांस्त्वं प्र च्छिन्द्धि वरण पुरा दिष्टात् पुरायुषः । य एनं पशुषु दिप्सन्ति ये चास्य राष्ट्रदिप्सवः
tā́ṃs tváṃ prá chinddhi varuṇa pú rā diṣṭā́t pú rāyuṣaḥ | yé enaṃ paśúṣu dípsanti yé cā́sya rāṣṭra-dípsavaḥ ||
Them do thou cut off, O Varuṇa, beforehand—from their aimed design, beforehand from their full term of life: who seek to injure him in his cattle, and who are fain to injure his realm.
Rishi: Atharvanic/Āṅgirasa tradition (variable in Anukramaṇī lists)
Devata: Varuṇa
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
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