Mantra 33
Sukta 5
८॥ विष्णोः क्रमोऽसि सपत्नहाप्सुसंशितो वरुणतेजाः । अपोऽनु वि क्रमेऽहमद्भ्यस्तं निर्भजामो यो३स्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मः । स मा जीवीत् तं प्राणो जहातु
víṣṇoḥ krámo ’si sapatná-hā́psu-saṃśitó váruṇa-tejāḥ | apó ’nu ví krame ’hám adbhyás 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 in the waters, possessed of Varuṇa’s splendour. Along the waters I stride forth; from the waters 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: Hymn-level attribution to be confirmed via anukramaṇī collation for AVŚ 10.5.
Devata: Viṣṇu (Kramá) with Varuṇa’s tejas; Ap (waters) as empowered medium; Prāṇa as life-force.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like Atharvanic verse; verify by metrical scan in the base text.
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