Mantra 2
Sukta 8
अपेयं रात्र्युच्छत्वपोच्छन्त्वभिकृत्वरीः । वीरुत् क्षेत्रियनाशन्यप क्षेत्रियमुच्छतु
apéyáṃ rā́try úcchatv ápócchantv abhikṛ́tvarīḥ | vīrú t kṣétriya-nā́śany ápá kṣetríyam úcchatu
Away! let this Night lift and pass; away let the assailing powers be lifted off. The Virút, the Kṣetriya-destroyer—let it lift away the Kṣetriya malady.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras lineages for bhaiṣajya hymns; specific r̥ṣi attribution depends on anukramaṇī).
Devata: Rātri (as a personified power to be ‘lifted off’) and Vīrut (herb as healing agent); the target entity is Kṣetriya (disease-personification).
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; common in AV healing/expulsion verses—confirmable by pada count in recensional metrics).
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