Mantra 12
Sukta 3
यदग्ने अद्य मिथुना शपातो यद् वाचस्तृष्टं जनयन्त रेभाः । मन्योर्मनसः शरव्या३जायते या तया विध्य हृदये यातुधानान्
yád agne adyá mithunā́ śápāto yád vā́cas tṛṣṭáṃ janáyanta rebhā́ḥ | manyór mánasaḥ śarávyā̀ jā́yate yā́ táyā vidhya hṛ́daye yātudhā́nān ||
What, O Agni, even to-day, from mutual cursing, and what sharpened weapon of speech the clamorous utterers beget—an arrow that is born of wrath and mind—therewith do thou pierce the Yātudhānas in the heart.
Rishi: Atharvanic/Āṅgirasa tradition (Anukramaṇī-dependent)
Devata: Agni (as purifier and reverser of hostile speech)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; confirm in critical edition)
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