Mantra 4
Sukta 25
अपेतो वायो सविता च दुष्कृतमप रक्षांसि शिमिदां च सेधतम्। सं ह्यू३र्जया सृजथः सं बलेन तौ नो मुञ्चतमंहसः
apétaḥ vā́yo savitā́ ca duṣkṛtám ápa rákṣāṁsi śímidāṁ ca sedhatam | sáṁ hí ūrjáyā sṛjáthaḥ sáṁ bálená táu no muñcatam áṁhasaḥ ||
Driven off be the ill-wrought evil, O Vāyu and Savitar; drive ye away the Rākṣases and the Śimidā brood, and bar them. For ye send forth, in full, with vigor, in full with power: do ye release us from distress.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (see Anukramaṇī for AV 4.25).
Devata: Vāyu and Savitar; also implicitly anti-demonic (rakṣoghna) function.
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (verify by metrical scan in the received pada text).
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