Mantra 1
Sukta 27
शत्रुनिवारणम्। ४ सोमः, स्वजः, अशनिः, ५ विष्णुः, कल्माषग्रीवो वीरुधः, ६ बृहस्पतिः, श्वित्रं, वर्षम्। प्राची दिगग्निरधिपतिरसितो रक्षितादित्याल इषवः । तेभ्यो नमोऽधिपतिभ्यो नमो रक्षितृभ्यो नम इषुभ्यो नम एभ्यो अस्तु । यो३ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मस्तं वो जम्भे दध्मः
prā́cī díg agnír adhipátir asitó rakṣitā́dityā́l íṣavaḥ | tébhyo námo ’dhipátibhyo námo rakṣitṛ́bhyo náma íṣubhyo náma ébhyo astu | yó ’smā́n dvéṣṭi yáṃ vayáṃ dvíṣmas táṃ vo jámbhe dadhmaḥ ||
The eastern quarter—Agni is its overlord; Asita its guardian; the Ādityas are its arrows. To them be reverence: reverence to the overlords, reverence to the protectors, reverence to the arrows—reverence be to these. Whoso hateth us, and whom we hate, him we set within your jaws.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (directional hymn; r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī)
Devata: Dik-devatā (East): Agni (adhipati), Asita (rakṣitṛ), Ādityas as iṣavaḥ
Chandas: Atharvanic prose-anuṣṭubh hybrid (formulaic litany)
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