Mantra 8
Sukta 3
इह प्र ब्रूहि यतमः सो अग्ने यातुधानो य इदं कृणोति । तमा रभस्व समिधा यविष्ठ नृचक्षसश्चक्षुषे रन्धयैनम्
ihá prá brū́hi yatamáḥ só agne yātudhā́nō yá idáṃ kṛṇóti | tám ā́ rabhásva samídhā yavíṣṭha nṛcákṣasaś cákṣuṣe randhayainam ||
Here, speak forth and tell us which of them, O Agni, is the Yātudhāna who worketh this. Seize thou that one with the kindling-stick, O youngest; O man-discerning, subject him to thine eye, and bring him under.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn attributed in the AV tradition to seers of the Atharvan/Āṅgirasa milieu; specific r̥ṣi assignment depends on Anukramaṇī)
Devata: Agni (rakṣohā; nṛcákṣas)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; confirm by pada-count in critical edition)
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