Atharva Veda 2.35.1: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 35, Mantra 1
Sukta 35
विश्वकर्मा। ये भ॒क्षय॑न्तो॒ न वसू॑न्यानृ॒धुर्यान॒ग्नयो॑ अ॒न्वत॑प्यन्त॒ धिष्ण्याः॑ । या तेषा॑मव॒या दुरि॑ष्टिः॒ स्विऽष्टिं न॒स्तां कृ॑णवद् वि॒श्वक॑र्मा
viśvákarmā | yé bhakṣáyanto ná vásūny anṛdhúr yā́n agnáyo anvátapyanta dhiṣṇyā́ḥ | yā́ téṣām avayā́ duríṣṭiḥ svíṣṭiṃ nas tā́ṃ kṛṇavad viśvákarmā́
O Viśvakarman! Those who, devouring, prospered not in goods—those Fires, the established ones, that scorched in pursuit—what ill-rite of theirs, through mishap, there was: that, for us, may he make into a well-offering, Viśvakarman.
¡Oh Viśvakarman! Aquellos que, devorando, no prosperaron en bienes — esos Fuegos, firmes en sus asientos (dhīṣṇyāḥ), que abrasaban al ir tras (lo buscado) — cualquier rito mal hecho (duriṣṭi) que hubiera en ellos por infortunio: eso, para nosotros, que él lo convierta en una ofrenda bien realizada, en un sacrificio «bien cumplido» (sv-iṣṭi), Viśvakarman.
Rishi: Traditionally associated with Viśvakarman hymnic material; specific Atharvavedic assignment varies by anukramaṇī tradition.
Devata: Viśvakarman (cosmic artificer; restorer of ritual integrity)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (mixed/irregular in Atharvan transmission; often treated as a pragmatic mantra rather than strict metrical poetry)
Primary: shanta
Secondary: adbhuta
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