Mantra 3
Sukta 19
अग्ने यत् तेऽर्चिस्तेन तं प्रत्यर्च यो३स्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मः
ágne yát te ’rcís ténā táṃ práty-arcá yó ’smā́n dvéṣṭi yáṃ vayáṃ dvíṣmaḥ
O Agni, with that flame of thine, blaze thou back upon him—who hateth us, whom we do hate.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific ṛṣi attribution for this verse is not securely determinable from the single mantra alone)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (exact metrical diagnosis requires full hymn context and pada scansion)
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