Sukta 21
सूर्य॒ यत् ते॑ शो॒चिस्तेन॒ तं प्रति॑ शोच॒ यो॒३स्मान् द्वेष्टि॒ यं व॒यं द्वि॒ष्मः
sū́rya yát te śóciḥ ténā táṃ práti śoca yó ’smā́n dvéṣṭi yáṃ vayáṃ dvíṣmaḥ
O Sūrya, with that flame of thine—therewith scorch him in requital—who hateth us, whom we ourselves do hate.
太阳神苏利耶(Sūrya)啊,以你那火焰之光,凭此回向灼烧那人——那憎恨我们者,亦即我们所憎者。
Rishi: Not determinable from the single-verse input (requires anukramaṇī data for AVŚ 2.21).
Devata: Sūrya (as punitive heat/śóciḥ).
Chandas: Not determinable from the single-verse input with certainty; likely a common Atharvanic meter (often Anuṣṭubh), but requires full verse scansion.
Primary: raudra
Secondary: shanta
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