Mantra 15
Sukta 4
अद्या मुरीय यदि यातुधानो अस्मि यदि वायुस्ततप पुरुषस्य । अधा स वीरैर्दशभिर्वि यूया यो मा मोघं यातुधानेत्याह
adyá murīya yádi yātudhā́nó asmi yádi vā́yus tatápa púruṣasya | adhā́ sá vīráir daśábhir ví yūyā yó mā móghaṃ yātudhā́nety ā́ha ||
May I die this day, if I be Yātudhāna; if Vāyu have scorched the man with torment. Then may he be scattered, with ten strong men to drive him asunder, who vainly crieth of me, ‘Yātudhāna!’
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras attribution (traditional)
Devata: Implicitly Indra/Vāyu as powers in the background; primary force is the oath itself
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
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