Mantra 20
Sukta 5
यो व आपोऽपामश्मा पृश्निर्दिव्यो३प्स्व१न्तर्यजुष्योऽदेवयजनः । इदं तमति सृजामि तं माभ्यवनिक्षि । तेन तमभ्यतिसृजामो यो३स्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मः । तं वधेयं तं स्तृषीयानेन ब्रह्मणानेन कर्मणानया मेन्या
yó va ā́po ’pā́m áśmā pṛ́śnir divyó ’psv àntaryajúṣyo ’devayájanaḥ | idáṃ tám áti sṛjāmi táṃ mā́bhy àvaníkṣi | téna tám abhyàtisṛjāmo yó ’smā́n dvéṣṭi yáṃ vayáṃ dvíṣmaḥ | táṃ vadhéyaṃ táṃ stṛṣīyā́nena bráhmaṇā́nena kármaṇā́nayā menyā́
Whoso of you, O Waters, is the Waters’ stone—speckled, heavenly—lodged within the waters, fit for the inner Yajus, a sacrificer unto no Gods: this one I send forth beyond; wash him not back upon me. With him we hurl him forth against that man who hateth us, whom we ourselves do hate. Him would I smite, him would I crush, with this brahman, with this operation, with this wrathful impulse.
हे आपः! यः वः अपामश्मा पृश्निर्दिव्यः अप्स्वन्तर्यजुष्यः अदेवयजनः, तमिदं अतिसृजामि; तं मा अभ्यवनिक्षि। तेन तमभ्यतिसृजामो योऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मः। तं वधेयं तं स्तृषीय—अनेन ब्रह्मणा, अनेन कर्मणा, अनया मेन्या।
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (needs anukramaṇī confirmation)
Devata: Āpaḥ (Waters) with immanent 'aśman' potency
Chandas: Irregular/formulaic (requires metrical audit)
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