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Atharvaveda 8.4.20

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 8.4.20

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Sanskrit

8.4.20

etá u tyé patayanti śváyātava índraṃ dipsanti dipsávó 'dābhyam |
śíśīte śakráḥ píśunebhyo vadháṃ nunáṃ sr̥jad aśániṃ yātumádbhyaḥ ||20||

Here fly these dog-sorcerers (çváyātu); Indra the unharmable they the harm-seeking seek to harm; the mighty one (çakrá) sharpens his deadly weapon for the treacherous ones (píçuna); now may he let fly (sṛj) the thunderbolt at the sorcerers (yātumánt).

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

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