Mantra 35
Sukta 5
१०॥ विष्णोः क्रमोऽसि सपत्नहा प्राणसंशितः पुरुषतेजाः । प्राणमनु वि क्रमेऽहं प्राणात् तं निर्भजामो यो३स्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मः । स मा जीवीत् तं प्राणो जहातु
víṣṇoḥ krámo ’si sapatná-hā́ prāṇá-saṃśitáḥ púruṣa-tejāḥ | prāṇám ánu ví krame ’háṃ prāṇā́t 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 vital breath, possessed of manly splendour. Along the breath I stride forth; from breath 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: To be confirmed via anukramaṇī for AVŚ 10.5.
Devata: Viṣṇu (Kramá); Prāṇa as operative deity/force; Puruṣa-tejas as supporting power.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like; verify by metrical scan.
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