Mantra 11
Sukta 2
उरुः कोशो वसुधानस्तवायं यस्मिन्निमा विश्वा भुवनान्यन्तः । स नो मृड पशुपते नमस्ते परः क्रोष्टारो अभिभाः श्वानः परो यन्त्वघरुदो विकेश्यःऽ
urúḥ kóśo vasudhā́nas tavāyáṃ yásmin nimā́ víśvā́ bhúvanāny antáḥ | sá no mṛḍa paśupate námas te paráḥ króṣṭāro abhíbhā́ḥ śvā́naḥ paró yantv agharúdo vikeśyàḥ ||
Wide is this thy treasury, wealth-containing, wherein are lodged within all these worlds. Be gracious unto us, O Lord of creatures; homage be to thee. Far hence—away—let the howlers go, the assailants, the dogs; away depart the evil-yelpers, the loose-haired.
विशाल है यह तेरा कोश (भंडार), वसु-धारण करने वाला; जिसके भीतर ये सब भुवन (लोक) अंतःस्थ हैं। हे पशुपति, हम पर कृपा कर; तुझे नमस्कार। दूर—बहुत दूर—वे क्रोष्टार (हुल्लड़ मचाने वाले), अभिभाः (आक्रमणकारी), श्वान (कुत्ते) चले जाएँ; दूर हटें वे अघ-रुद (अशुभ चिल्लाने वाले), विकेशी (बिखरे केशों वाले)।
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition attributes the Rudra-śānti complex to Atharvan/Angiras lineages (hymn-level attribution varies by anukramaṇī).
Devata: Rudra (Paśupati), with apotropaic expulsion of inauspicious beings/portents
Chandas: Mixed; predominantly Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-like cadence in this section (edition-dependent metrical analysis).
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