Mantra 12
Sukta 14
इष्वा ऋजीयः पततु द्यावापृथिवी तं प्रति । सा तं मृगमिव गृह्णतु कृत्या कृत्याकृतं पुनः
iṣvā́ ṛ́jīyaḥ patatu dyā́vā-pṛthivī́ taṁ práti | sā́ taṁ mṛgámiva gṛhṇatu kṛtyā́ kṛtyā-kṛtáṁ púnaḥ ||
As an arrow, straighter yet, let it fly—Heaven and Earth against that man. Let her seize him as a beast is seized: the Kṛtyā, back again, the doer of the Kṛtyā.
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (per Anukramaṇī for this hymn).
Devata: Dyāvāpṛthivī (as guarantors) and Kṛtyā (as operative agent).
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable).
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