Mantra 1
Sukta 7
तेनैनं विध्याम्यभूत्यैनं विध्यामि निर्भूत्यैनं विध्यामि पराभूत्यैनं विध्यामि ग्राह्यैनं विध्यामि तमसैनं विध्यामि
ténainaṃ vidhyā́my ábhūtyainaṃ vidhyāmi nírbhūtyainaṃ vidhyāmi párābhūtyainaṃ vidhyāmi grā́hyainaṃ vidhyāmi támasainaṃ vidhyāmi
With that I pierce him: with Un-being I pierce him; with De-being I pierce him; with Overthrow I pierce him; with Seizure I pierce him; with Darkness I pierce him.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (uncertain for this excerpt).
Devata: The mantra-weapon itself (brahman); adversary is the unnamed hostile ‘enam’.
Chandas: Prose-like/irregular (repetitive litany; not securely determinable from the excerpt).
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