Atharva Veda 2.8.5: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 8, Mantra 5
Sukta 8
नमः॑ सनिस्रसा॒क्षेभ्यो॒ नमः॑ संदे॒श्येऽभ्यः । नमः॒ क्षेत्र॑स्य॒ पत॑ये वी॒रुत् क्षे॑त्रिय॒नाश॒न्यप॑ क्षेत्रि॒यमु॑छतु
námaḥ sanisrasākṣébhyo námaḥ saṃdeśyé’bhyaḥ | námaḥ kṣétrasya pátaye vīrú t kṣetriyanāśány ápa kṣétriyam uchatu ||
Homage to the bleared and oozing-eyed ones; homage to the powers that haunt the neighborhood. Homage to the Lord of the Field. Let the Virút-plant, the destroyer of field-plague, drive the kṣetriya affliction away.
Ehrerbietung den trüb‑ und nässendäugigen; Ehrerbietung den Mächten, die in der Nachbarschaft umgehen. Ehrerbietung dem Herrn des Feldes. Die Vīrút‑Pflanze, die Vernichterin der Feld‑Plage, treibe das kṣetriya‑Leiden fort.
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (field-protection and disease-expulsion corpus; specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī).
Devata: Kṣetrasya Pati (Lord of the Field); Virút (healing plant) as operative power; also implicitly local deśya/kṣetra beings addressed by namas.
Chandas: Predominantly Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (Atharvanic mixed/irregular anuṣṭubh common in such charms).
Primary: shanta
Secondary: vira
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