Atharva Veda 8.6.10: Kanda 8, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 6, Mantra 10
Sukta 6
ये शालाः॑ परि॒नृत्य॑न्ति सा॒यं ग॑र्दभना॒दिनः॑ । कु॒सूला॒ ये च॑ कुक्षि॒लाः क॑कु॒भाः क॒रुमाः॒ स्रिमाः॑ । तानो॑षधे॒ त्वं ग॒न्धेन॑ विषू॒चीना॒न् वि ना॑शय
yé śālā́ḥ pari-nṛ́tyanti sāyáṃ gardabha-nādínaḥ | kusū́lā yé ca kukṣilā́ḥ kakúbhāḥ karúmā́ḥ srímā́ḥ | tā́n oṣadhe tváṃ gándhena viṣūcī́nān ví nāśaya
Those Shālā-haunters who dance about at evening, braying with ass-like cries; those of the granary, and the belly-haunters, the hunch-backed, the sooty, the oozing—those cross-going mischief-makers, O Herb, do thou, by thy fragrance, scatter and destroy.
यह लोग शाम को नाचते हैं और गधे की तरह आवाज़ लगाते हैं। कुछ अनाज के भंडारों में रहते हैं, कुछ पेट में। कुछ कुबड़ हैं, कुछ काले, कुछ से महकते हैं। अरे जड़ी-बूटी, तुम्हारी खुशबू से इन खराब लोगों को भगा दो और खत्म कर दो।
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn-level attribution varies by Anukramaṇī; commonly treated as Atharvan/Angiras-type rakṣoghna material)
Devata: Oṣadhi (Herb) as apotropaic power; implicitly Rakṣas-nāśana
Chandas: Mixed/Anuṣṭubh-dominant (catalogue-style pādas; metrical irregularities typical of AV lists)
Primary: bhayankara
Secondary: vira
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