Mantra 10
Sukta 3
नृचक्षा रक्षः परि पश्य विक्षु तस्य त्रीणि प्रति शृणीह्यग्रा । तस्याग्ने पृष्टीर्हरसा शृणीहि त्रेधा मूलं यातुधानस्य वृश्च
nṛcákṣā rákṣaḥ pári paśya víkṣu tásya trī́ṇi práti śṛṇīhy ágrāḥ | tásyāgne pṛṣṭī́r hárasā śṛṇīhi trédhā mū́laṃ yātudhā́nasya vṛśca ||
O man-discerning, look round about for the Rākṣas among the peoples; smite back his three foremost points. Of him, O Agni, hew down the backs with thy might; in threefold wise cut off the very root of the Yātudhāna.
Rishi: Atharvanic/Āṅgirasa tradition (Anukramaṇī-dependent)
Devata: Agni (as rakṣas-slayer)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; confirm in critical edition)
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