Mantra 25
Sukta 5
(५) ५-३५ (१-११) कौशिकः। विष्णुक्रमः, मन्त्रोक्ताः। २५-३५ त्र्यवसाना षट्-पदा यथाक्षरं शक्वर्यतिशक्वरी। विष्णोः क्रमोऽसि सपत्नहा पृथिवीसंशितोऽग्नितेजाः । पृथिवीमनु वि क्रमेऽहं पृथिव्यास्तं निर्भजामो यो३स्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मः । स मा जीवीत् तं प्राणो जहातु
víṣṇoḥ krámo ’si sapatnahā́ pṛthivīsaṁśitó ’gnitéjāḥ | pṛthivī́m ánu ví krame ’háṁ pṛthivyā́s táṁ nirbhajāmo yó ’smā́n dvéṣṭi yáṁ vayáṁ dvíṣmaḥ | sá mā́ jīvit táṁ prāṇó jahātu ||
Thou art Viṣṇu’s Stride, the rival-slayer, whetted on Earth, of Agni’s splendour. Along the Earth I stride forth: from Earth we sunder him—who hateth us, whom we do hate. Let him not live: let breath abandon him.
Rishi: Ātharvaṇa/Angiras-type attribution is common for sapátna hymns; specific r̥ṣi not supplied in the input tradition
Devata: Viṣṇu (Krama/Trivikrama power), with Agni-tejas as auxiliary potency
Chandas: Śakvarī/Atiśakvarī complex noted in the input tradition for the extended set (25–35); this verse is part of that Viṣṇukrama series
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