Atharva Veda 2.24.2: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 24, Mantra 2
Sukta 24
शेवृ॑धक॒ शेवृ॑ध॒ पुन॑र्वो यन्तु या॒तवः॒ पुन॑र्हे॒तिः कि॑मीदिनः । यस्य॒ स्थ तम॑त्त॒ यो वः प्राहै॒त् तम॑त्त॒ स्वा मां॒सान्य॑त्त
śevṛ́dhaka śevṛ́dha púnar vo yantu yā́tavaḥ púnar hetíḥ kimī́dinaḥ | yásya sthá tám atta yó vaḥ prā́ha et tám atta svā́ māṁsā́ny atta
O Śevṛdhaka, O Śevṛdh, back let your Yātus go; back (go) the weapon-stroke, ye Kimīdins. Whose ye are, him devour; he who hath sent you forth—him devour; his own flesh-pieces devour.
يا شِيفْرِذَكَ، يا شِيفْرِذْ، لِتَعُدْ يَاتُوكُم إلى الوراء؛ وليرجع ضَربُ السلاح—يا كِيمِيدِين. مَن كنتم له فإيّاه التهموا؛ ومَن أطلقكم فإيّاه التهموا؛ التهموا قِطَعَ لحمِه هو نفسه.
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras-type attribution (hymn-level tradition; verse itself does not name the seer).
Devata: Apotropaic address to yātus/kimīdins (hostile beings) under coercive command; functional ‘deity’ is the expulsion/reversal power of the mantra.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (Atharvanic mixed anuṣṭubh; requires metrical verification against pada counts in a critical edition).
Primary: raudra
Secondary: vira
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