Mantra 5
Sukta 76
विद्म वै ते जायान्य जानं यतो जायान्य जायसे । कथं ह तत्र त्वं हनो यस्य कृण्मो हविर्गृहे
vidmá vái te jāyānya jánam yáto jāyānya jā́yase | katháṃ há tátra tváṃ hanó yásya kṛṇmó havír gṛhé ||
We know, in sooth, thy birth, O Jāyānya—whence, O Jāyānya, thou art born. How then shalt thou there smite him in whose house we make the oblation?
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (general)
Devata: Jāyānya (as addressed adversary) / protective power of havis
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires full hymn metrical audit)
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