Atharva Veda 2.24.6: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 24, Mantra 6
Sukta 24
उप॑ब्दे॒ पुन॑र्वो यन्तु या॒तवः॒ पुन॑र्हे॒तिः कि॑मीदिनीः । यस्य॒ स्थ तम॑त्त॒ यो वः॒ प्राहै॒त् तम॑त्त॒ स्वा मां॒सान्य॑त्त
úpabde púnar vo yantu yātávaḥ púnar hetíḥ kímīdínīḥ | yásya sthá tám atta yó vaḥ práhāít tám atta svā́ māṁsā́ni atta
At this adjuring word, back unto you let the sorcerous goers return—back, too, the missile, and the Kīmīdinī devourers. Whose ye are, him devour; who hath sent you forth, him devour; your own—his very flesh—devour ye.
Auf dieses beschwörende Wort hin sollen zu euch zurückkehren die zauberischen Umhergehenden; zurück auch das Geschoss und die Kīmīdinī‑Fresserinnen. Wessen ihr seid, den verzehrt; wer euch ausgesandt hat, den verzehrt; das Eure — sein eigenes Fleisch — verzehrt.
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras-type attribution (hymn-level tradition; verse functions within a counter-sorcery complex).
Devata: Mantra-directed to hostile agents (yātavaḥ, kīmīdinīḥ) under the coercive power of brahman (effective speech).
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; confirm against pada-count in a metrical edition).
Primary: raudra
Secondary: vira
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