Sukta 8
यस्य॑ भी॒मः प्र॑तीका॒श उ॑द्वे॒पय॑ति॒ पूरु॑षम्। त॒क्मानं॑ वि॒श्वशा॑रदं ब॒हिर्निर्म॑न्त्रयामहे
yásya bhīmáḥ pratīkāśá udvépayati pū́ruṣam | takmā́naṃ viśváśāradam bahír nírmantrayāmahé ||
That Takman whose dreadful aspect makes the man to shudder—Takman that endures through every autumn—we charm him forth and drive without.
ذلك التَّكمانُ الذي يُرعِدُ الإنسانَ منظرُهُ المُفزِع—التَّكمانُ الباقي عبرَ كلِّ خريف—نُجري عليه التَّعويذَ فنستخرِجُهُ ونطرُدُهُ إلى الخارج.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)
Devata: Takman (Fever) as personified disease
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Primary: vira
Secondary: bhayankara
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