Mantra 6
Sukta 31
यां ते चक्रुः सभायां यां चक्रुरधिदेवने । अक्षेषु कृत्यां यां चक्रुः पुनः प्रति हरामि ताम्
yā́m te cakrúḥ sabhā́yāṃ yā́m cakrúradhi-deváne | akṣéṣu kṛtyā́m yā́m cakrúḥ púnaḥ práti harāmi tā́m ||
What witchcraft they have wrought against thee in the assembly, what they have wrought at the gaming-place; what kṛtyā they have made in the dice—that same I bear back again in return.
Rishi: Atharvanic seer (traditional attribution uncertain).
Devata: Kṛtyā (hostile) in the sphere of sabhā and akṣa; countered by Atharvanic reversal.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
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