Mantra 8
Sukta 10
सूर्यमृतं तमसो ग्राह्या अधि देवा मुञ्चन्तो असृजन्निरेणसः । एवाहं त्वां क्षेत्रियान्निरृत्या जामिशंसाद् द्रुहो मुञ्चामि वरुणस्य पाशात्। अनागसं ब्रह्मणा त्वा कृणोमि शिवे ते द्यावापृथिवी उभे स्ताम्
sū́ryam ṛtáṃ támaso grā́hyā ádhi devā́ muñcánto asṛ́jann nír éṇasaḥ | evā́háṃ tvāṃ kṣétriyān nír ṛtyā́ jāmiśaṃsā́d druhó muñcāmi váruṇasya pā́śāt | anā́gasaṃ bráhmaṇā tvā kṛṇomi śivé te dyā́vā-pṛthivī ubhé stā́m
The Sun, the Right, from darkness—seizable—thereon: the Gods, releasing, cast him forth from sin. Even so do I release thee from kṣetriya, from Nirṛti, from the curse of kindred, from treachery; I loose thee from Varuṇa’s noose. Guiltless by sacred spell I make thee: for thee may Heaven and Earth, both, stand gracious.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (seer not explicit in the given excerpt; commonly assigned within the AV’s Atharvan/Āṅgirasa milieu for such healing hymns).
Devata: Sūrya; Ṛta; Varuṇa (as lord of pāśa); Dyāvāpṛthivī; with Nirṛti as the adversarial power to be expelled.
Chandas: Predominantly Anuṣṭubh (with Atharvanic cadence; pāda-structure may show minor Saunaka irregularities).
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