Atharva Veda 1.31.1: Kanda 1, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 31, Mantra 1
Sukta 31
पाशमोचनम्। आशा॑नामाशापा॒लेभ्य॑श्च॒तुर्भ्यो॑ अ॒मृते॑भ्यः । इ॒दं भू॒तस्याध्य॑क्षेभ्यो वि॒धेम॑ ह॒विषा॑ व॒यम्
pāśamócanam | āśā́nām āśāpālébhyaś catúrbhyo amṛ́tebhyaḥ | idáṃ bhūtásyā́dhyakṣebhyo vidhéma havíṣā vayám ||
Loosening of the noose. Unto the Āśās, unto the warders of Āśā, the four Immortals—to the overseers of the creature—this oblation here would we duly offer.
यह बंधन खोलने वाली बात है। चार अमर देवता जो दिशाओं के रक्षक हैं, उनको हविस चढ़ा रहे हैं। जो प्राणियों पर नज़र रखते हैं, उनको यह समर्पित करते हैं।
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras attribution for apotropaic karman; specific r̥ṣi not explicit in the supplied excerpt).
Devata: Āśā(s) and Āśāpāla(s); ‘Adhyakṣa’ overseers (fourfold immortals/guardians).
Chandas: Mixed/irregular prose-anuṣṭubh tendency (mantric cadence; exact metrical classification uncertain from the excerpt alone).
Primary: shanta
Secondary: bhayankara
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