Sukta 17
यां ते॑ च॒क्रुरा॒मे पात्रे॒ यां च॒क्रुर्नी॑ललोहि॒ते। आ॒मे मां॒से कृ॒त्यां यां च॒क्रुस्तया॑ कृत्या॒कृतो॑ जहि
yā́m te cakrúr āmé pā́tre yā́m ca cakrúr nī́lalohité | āmé mā́ṁse kṛtyā́m yā́m ca cakrús táyā kṛtyā́kṛto jahí ||
The witchcraft which they have wrought against thee in a raw vessel, which they have wrought in the blue-and-red; the witchcraft which they have wrought in raw flesh—therewith smite thou the witchcraft-workers.
तुझ्यावर त्यांनी कच्च्या पात्रात केलेली कृत्या (टोणं/जादू), त्यांनी नील-लोहित (निळे-लाल) मध्ये केलेली कृत्या; त्यांनी कच्च्या मांसात केलेली कृत्या—त्याच कृत्येने कृत्याकर्त्यांना प्रहार कर; त्यांचा नाश कर.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Āṅgiras lineages for kṛtyā-hymns; specific r̥ṣi not stated in the provided excerpt)
Devata: Apāmārga / Kṛtyā-nāśana (functional deity: the expelling power; also the mantra’s own brahman-force)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; standard for many AV apotropaic verses)
Primary: raudra
Secondary: bhayankara
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