Atharva Veda 7.115.3: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 12, Sukta 115, Mantra 3
Sukta 115
एक॑शतं ल॒क्ष्म्यो॒३मर्त्य॑स्य सा॒कं त॒न्वाऽज॒नुषोऽधि॑ जा॒ताः । तासां॒ पापि॑ष्ठा॒ निरि॒तः प्र हि॑ण्मः शि॒वा अ॒स्मभ्यं॑ जातवेदो॒ नि यच्छ
ékaśataṃ lakṣmyò martyásya sā́kaṃ tanvā́ janúṣo’dhí jātā́ḥ | tāsā́ṃ pā́piṣṭhā níritáḥ prá hiṇmaḥ śivā́ asmábhyaṃ jātavedo ní yaccha ||
A hundred are the Lakṣmīs of a mortal, born together with the body, from birth, set upon him. The most evil of them, from Nirrti, forth do we drive away; the kindly ones, O Jātavedas, do thou establish fast for us.
इंसान के साथ साथ लक्ष्मियाँ भी पैदा होती हैं। एक आदमी के लिए सौ लक्ष्मियाँ होती हैं, जो उसके शरीर के साथ आती हैं। इनमें से जो सबसे बुरी है, उसे हम दूर भागते हैं। जो अच्छी हैं, उन्हे जातवेदस के लिए ठहरा लेते हैं।
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Agni Jātavedas; Nirrti as the source-domain of the expelled portion
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (to be confirmed by syllable count in a critical edition)
Primary: vira
Secondary: shanta
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