Atharva Veda 3.27.2: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 27, Mantra 2
Sukta 27
दक्षि॑णा॒ दिगिन्द्रोऽधि॑पति॒स्तिर॑श्चिराजी रक्षि॒ता पि॒तर॒ इष॑वः । तेभ्यो॒ नमोऽधि॑पतिभ्यो॒ नमो॑ रक्षि॒तृभ्यो॒ नम॒ इषु॑भ्यो॒ नम॑ एभ्यो अस्तु । यो॒३ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि॒ यं व॒यं द्वि॒ष्मस्तं वो॒ जम्भे॑ दध्मः
dákṣiṇā díg índro ’dhipátis tiraścīrājī rakṣitā́ pitára íṣavaḥ | tébhyo námo ’dhipátibhyo námo rakṣitṛ́bhyo náma íṣubhyo náma ébhyo astu | yó ’smā́n dvéṣṭi yáṃ vayáṃ dvíṣmas táṃ vo jámbhe dadhmaḥ ||
The southern quarter—Indra is its overlord; Tiraścīrājī its guardian; the Fathers are its arrows. To them be reverence: reverence to the overlords, reverence to the protectors, reverence to the arrows—reverence be to these. Whoso hateth us, and whom we hate, him we set within your jaws.
दक्षिण की दिशा में इंद्र अध्यक्ष है, तिरश्चिराजी रक्षक है, और पित्र बाण बने हैं। उन सबको नमस्ते, अध्यक्षों को नमस्ते, रक्षकों को नमस्ते, शक्तियों को नमस्ते। जो हमसे दुश्मनी करता है, जिससे हम दुश्मनी करते हैं, उसे तुम सब के फाँस में डाल देते हैं।
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)
Devata: Dik-devatā (South): Indra (adhipati), Tiraścīrājī (rakṣitṛ), Pitṛs as iṣavaḥ
Chandas: Formulaic Atharvanic litany
Primary: raudra
Secondary: vira
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