Mantra 45
Sukta 4
नमस्ते अस्तु नारदानुष्ठु विदुषे वशा। कतमासां भीमतमा यामदत्त्वा पराभवेत्
námas te astu nā́radānuṣṭhú vidúṣe vaśā́ | katamā́sāṃ bhī́matamā yā́m ádat tvā parābhávet ||
Homage be to thee, O Nārada, who knowest in due order, O Vashā. Which of them is the most dreadful—she whom, if one eat, would bring him to overthrow?
हे नारद, अनुक्रमविदुषे, हे वशे, ते नमः अस्तु। एतासां मध्ये कतमाऽतिभीमता—याम् अदत्त्वा (अश्नन्) पराभवेत्?
Rishi: Nārada (invoked as knower)
Devata: Nārada / Vashā (personified potency)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
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