Mantra 2

Sukta 25

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सप्त च याः सप्ततिश्च संयन्ति ग्रैव्या अभि। इतस्ताः सर्वा नश्यन्तु वाका अपचितामिव

IAST Transliteration

saptá ca yā́ḥ saptatíś ca saṃyánti graivyā̀ abhí | itás tā́ḥ sárvā naśyantu vākā́ apacítām iva ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The seven, and the seventy also, which gather and press upon the neck— from hence let all those Vākā-disorders vanish away, as (spots) of the wasting one (pass off).

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (exact r̥ṣi not specified in the provided excerpt; commonly anonymous/Angiras-type attribution in AV healing clusters)

Devata: The charm’s target is the disease-agent (vākāḥ) as a personified affliction; operative power is the mantra itself (brahman)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (Atharvanic healing verses frequently approximate anuṣṭubh; exact metrical scan may be irregular)

Mantra Rasa

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