Mantra 11
Sukta 37
स्वेवैकः कपिरिवैकः कुमारः सर्वकेशकः । प्रियो दृश इव भूत्वा गन्धर्वः सचते स्त्रियस्तमितो नाशयामसि ब्रह्मणा वीर्याऽवता
svévaíkaḥ kapír ivaíkaḥ kumāráḥ sarvakeśakáḥ | priyó dṛśá iva bhūtvā́ gandharváḥ sacáte stríyaḥ | tamitó nāśayāmasi bráhmaṇā vīryā̀vatā ||
As though a kinsman—one; as though an ape—one; a youth, all-haired: becoming as it were pleasing to the sight, the Gandharva cleaveth to women. Him, from the darkness, we cause to perish, with brahman, with potent might.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (variable).
Devata: Gandharva (as adversarial target); brahman as operative power.
Chandas: Mixed/expanded Anuṣṭubh-like (longer syntactic span; still built on anuṣṭubh cadence).
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