Sukta 13
ता॒बुवं॒ न ता॒बुवं॒ न घेत् त्वम॑सि ता॒बुव॑म्। ता॒बुवे॑नार॒सं वि॒षम्
tābúvaṃ ná tābúvaṃ ná ghet tvám asi tābúvam | tābúvenārásaṃ viṣám
‘Tābuvam’—not ‘tābuvam’; let it not seize: thou art the Tābuvam. By the Tābuvam (make) the poison sapless.
‘ताबुवम्’—न ‘ताबुवम्’; न गृहीत्। त्वम् असि ताबुवम्। ताबुवेन अरसं विषम् (करोतु)।
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)
Devata: Protective counter-agent (tābuvam) as operative power; viṣa as adversary
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like
Primary: vira
Secondary: shanta
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