Atharva Veda 1.27.4: Kanda 1, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 27, Mantra 4
Sukta 27
प्रेतं॑ पादौ॒ प्र स्फु॑रतं॒ वह॑तं पृण॒तो गृ॒हान्। इ॒न्द्रा॒ण्येऽतु प्रथ॒माजी॒तामु॑षिता पु॒रः
prétam pā́dau prá sphúratam váhatam pṛṇató gṛhā́n | indrā́ṇy etu prathamā́jītā́m uṣitā́ puráḥ
Go forth! with your two feet spurn ye forth; bear ye away, while ye fill the houses. Let Indrāṇī come—foremost, unconquered—dwelling before (us), in the van.
आगे बढ़ो! अपने दोनों पाँव से आगे को धक्का दो। घरों को भरते हुए सब कुछ लेकर चले जाओ। इंद्राणी आएँ, सबसे आगे, किसी से हारी नहीं, हमारे सामने खड़ी रहें।
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (house-protection corpus; specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī tradition for this hymn).
Devata: Indrāṇī (as protective power) and the apotropaic force of expulsion against preta-linked harm.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; common for AV domestic/apotropaic verses).
Primary: vira
Secondary: bhayankara
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