Mantra 3
Sukta 51
यत् किं चेदं वरुण दैव्ये जनेऽभिद्रोहं मनुष्या३श्चरन्ति । अचित्त्या चेत् तव धर्मा युयोपिम मा नस्तस्मादेनसो देव रीरिषः
yát kíṃ cedáṃ váruṇa daivyé jáne ’bhidróhaṃ manuṣyā́ś cáranti | ácittyā cét táva dhármān yuyopíma mā́ naḥ tásmād énaso deva rīriṣaḥ |
Whatsoever here—O Varuṇa—in the divine folk, as hostile wrong, men practise; if, unwitting, we have overstepped thy ordinances, from that, from guilt, O God, do thou not harm us.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (exact r̥ṣi not specified in the provided excerpt)
Devata: Varuṇa
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical verification)
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