Mantra 19
Sukta 4
सं हि शीर्षाण्यग्रभं पौञ्जिष्ठ इव कर्वरम्। सिन्धोर्मध्यं परेत्य व्यऽनिजमहेर्विषम्
sáṃ hí śīrṣā́ṇy ágrabhaṃ pauñjíṣṭha iva kárvaram | síndhor mádhyaṃ parétya ví ’nijám ahér víṣam ||
For I have seized together the heads, as the mightiest seizes the speckled serpent: gone to the river’s midst, I have cast apart and stilled the serpent’s poison.
我已将诸头一并攫住，如最强者攫住那斑纹之蛇；我行至河流中央，已将蛇毒分散驱离，并使之止息。
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (see Śaunaka anukramaṇī for precise attribution).
Devata: Primarily the anti-venom act; secondarily the purifying Sindhu (river) as remover.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
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