Sukta 3
यत् ते॑ न॒द्धं वि॑श्ववारे॒ पाशो॑ ग्र॒न्थिश्च॒ यः कृ॒तः । बृह॒स्पति॑रिवा॒हं ब॒लं वा॒चा वि स्रं॑सयामि॒ तत्
yát te naddháṃ viśva-vāre pā́śo gránthiś ca yáḥ kṛtáḥ | bṛ́haspátir ivāháṃ bálaṃ vācā́ ví sraṃsayāmi tát
What binding thou hast, O all-warding,—the noose, the knot, which hath been made,—that, like Bṛhaspati, I with speech unloose, and make its force fall away.
Rishi: Atharvanic/Āṅgirasa attribution (Anukramaṇī tradition)
Devata: Bṛhaspati (by comparison) and the ‘pāśa/granthi’ as object-devatā
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Primary: vira
Secondary: shanta
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