Sukta 26
पाप्मनाशनम्। अव मा पाप्मन्त्सृज वशी सन् मृडयासि नः । आ मा भद्रस्य लोके पाप्मन् धेह्यविह्रुतम्
pāpmánāśanam | áva mā pāpmán tsṛja vaśī́ sán mṛḍayāsi naḥ | ā́ mā bhadrásya loké pāpman dhehy ávihrutam ||
A destroyer of Pāpmán. Away—release me, O Pāpmán; being brought under control, be gracious unto us. Set me, O Pāpmán, in the world of the благest good—unharmed, unravished.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)
Devata: Pāpmán (personified evil/disease) as the addressed power; the mantra functions coercively
Chandas: Mixed/Anuṣṭubh-like (Atharvanic prose-title + verse)
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