Atharva Veda 2.10.4: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 10, Mantra 4
Sukta 10
इ॒मा या दे॒वीः प्र॒दिश॒श्चत॑स्रो॒ वात॑पत्नीर॒भि सूर्यो॑ वि॒चष्टे॑ । ए॒वाहं त्वां क्षे॑त्रि॒यान्निरृ॑ त्या जामिशं॒साद् द्रु॒हो मु॑ञ्चामि॒ वरु॑णस्य॒ पाशा॑त्। अ॒ना॒गसं॒ ब्रह्म॑णा त्वा कृणोमि शि॒वे ते॑ द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी उ॒भे स्ता॑म्
imā́ yā́ devī́ḥ pradiśáś cátasro vā́ta-patnīr abhí sū́ryo vicáṣṭe | evā́háṃ tvāṃ kṣetríyān nír ṛtyā́ jā́mi-śaṃsād druhó muñcāmi váruṇasya pā́śāt | anā́gasaṃ bráhmaṇā tvā kṛṇomi śivḗ te dyā́vā-pṛthivī́ ubhé stā́m ||
These Goddesses, the four Directions, Wind-wedded, upon whom the Sun looketh forth with discerning eye,—even so do I release thee from kṣetriya, from baleful sorcery, from the kinsman’s slander, from treacherous wrong; I loose thee from Varuṇa’s noose. Guiltless with holy spell I make thee: gracious unto thee may Heaven and Earth, both twain, stand fast.
Diese Göttinnen, die vier Himmelsrichtungen, dem Wind vermählt, auf die die Sonne mit unterscheidendem Blick hinschaut,—ebenso löse ich dich von kṣetriya, von Nirṛti, vom bösen Anruf des Verwandten, von tückischem Unrecht; ich befreie dich aus Varuṇas Schlinge. Schuldlos mache ich dich durch den heiligen Spruch (brahman): heilvoll mögen dir beide sein, Himmel und Erde.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras lineages; specific r̥ṣi attribution depends on Anukramaṇī for AVŚ 2.10)
Devata: Pradiś (Directions) with Sūrya as witness; Varuṇa as the binder whose noose is loosened; Dyāvā-Pṛthivī as concluding benefactors
Chandas: Mixed/triṣṭubh-like cadence in Saunaka transmission (verify by pada-count in metrical analysis; not a strict anuṣṭubh)
Primary: shanta
Secondary: bhayankara
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