Mantra 8
Sukta 3
यन्मे माता यन्मे पिता भ्रातरो यच्च मे स्वा यदेनश्चकृमा वयम्। ततो नो वारयिष्यतेऽयं देवो वनस्पतिः
yán me mātā yán me pitā bhrā́taro yác ca me svā́ yád énaś cakṛmā vayám | táto no vārayiṣyate ’yáṃ devó vanaspátiḥ
What sin my mother wrought, what sin my father, what my brothers, and what my own folk—what guilt we have committed: from that shall this divine Lord of the Forest ward us off.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often anonymous/Angiras-type attribution for protective plant-charms in AVŚ 10)
Devata: Varana as deified Vanaspati (plant-divinity) functioning as apotropaic agent
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in AV protective charms; metrical exactness may vary by pada)
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