Atharva Veda 5.8.5: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 8, Mantra 5
Sukta 8
यम॒मी पु॑रोदधि॒रे ब्र॒ह्माण॒मप॑भूतये । इन्द्र॒ स ते॑ अधस्प॒दं तं प्रत्य॑स्यामि मृ॒त्यवे॑
yám amī́ purodadhiré bráhmāṇam ápabhūtaye | índra sá te ádhaspadáṃ táṃ práty asyāmi mṛtyáve
That spell which those have set before them for the driving-off of evil—O Indra, it is thine: its nether footing, that I cast back upon Death.
लोगों ने जादू की बात आगे रख दी थी, बुराई भगाने के लिए। इंद्र, यह तुम्हारा काम है। उस जादू को मैं वापस फेर देता हूँ, उस्से मौत की तरफ भेज देता हूँ।
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras attribution per anukramaṇī tradition (not supplied here; verify in critical apparatus)
Devata: Indra; Mṛtyu as the receiving power of the returned evil
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; verify by metrical count)
Primary: vira
Secondary: raudra
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