Atharva Veda 7.66.1: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 7, Sukta 66, Mantra 1
Sukta 66
ब्रह्म। यद्य॒न्तरि॑क्षे॒ यदि॒ वात॒ आस॒ यदि॑ वृ॒क्षेषु॒ यदि॒ वोल॑पेषु । यदश्र॑वन् प॒शव॑ उ॒द्यमा॑नं॒ तद् ब्राह्म॑णं॒ पुन॑र॒स्मानु॒पैतु॑
bráhma | yády antárikṣe yádi vā́ta ā́sa yádi vṛ́kṣeṣu yádi vólapeṣu | yád áśravan paśáva udyámānaṃ tád brā́hmaṇaṃ púnar asmā́n upáitu ||
The holy spell—if it be in the mid-air, if it have lodged in the Wind, if among the trees, if in the thickets—what the cattle heard as it was rising forth, that Brahman-power, let it come back again unto us.
ब्रह्मन की शक्ति अगर हवा में है, या पेड़ों में छुप गई है, या झाड़ियों में है, जैसे गाय-बैल उसकी आवाज़ सुनते थे जब वो उठती थी, वो शक्ति वापस हमारे पास आए। वो पावर हमारे पास वापस आनी चाहिए।
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anonymous/collective in many AV apotropaic pieces)
Devata: Brahman (mantra-power) personified; secondarily Vāta/Antarikṣa as loci
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires padic verification across editions)
Primary: shanta
Secondary: bhayankara
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