Mantra 32
Sukta 5
७॥ विष्णोः क्रमोऽसि सपत्नहौषधीसंशितः सोमतेजाः । ओषधीरनु वि क्रमेऽहमोषधीभ्यस्तं निर्भजामो यो३स्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मः । स मा जीवीत् तं प्राणो जहातु
víṣṇoḥ krámo ’si sapatná-hauṣadhī-saṃśitáḥ sóma-tejāḥ | oṣadhī́r ánu ví krame ’hámoṣadhī́bhyás táṃ nír-bhajāmo yó ’smā́n dvéṣṭi yáṃ vayáṃ dvíṣmaḥ | sá mā́ jī́vit táṃ prāṇó jahātu
Thou art the stride of Viṣṇu, a slayer of rivals, whetted by the herbs, possessed of Soma’s splendour. Along the herbs I stride forth; from the herbs we sunder and cast away that man who hateth us, whom we in turn do hate. Let him not live: let breath abandon him.
Rishi: Traditionally associated with Atharvanic/Brahmanic seers for this complex; hymn-level attribution requires edition-specific anukramaṇī collation.
Devata: Viṣṇu (as ‘Kramá’), with empowered agencies: Oṣadhīs and Soma-tejas; also Prāṇa as the life-force invoked to depart.
Chandas: Predominantly Anuṣṭubh-like cadence with Atharvanic expansions; exact metrical tagging should be verified against pada-count in the edition used.
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