ṛgvedīya śrī pratyaṅgirā sūktam (pāṭhāntaram - 1)

A second recension of the Rigvedic Khila hymn that also stands in this corpus, forty-one verses against the first one's forty-nine, differing in order and in a number of readings. Its subject is the same, the turning back of a rite sent against the reciter, and one verse states the case with no softening at all: kinsman or not a kinsman, whoever attacks us — set your foot upon him and split his head. What sets this recension apart is its ending, which leaves the attack behind entirely for one of the most quoted lines of the group: the Veda is my inner armour, peace is my inner armour, dharma is my inner armour.