Atharva Veda 8.6.15: Kanda 8, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 6, Mantra 15
Sukta 6
येषां॑ प॒श्चात् प्रप॑दानि पु॒रः पार्ष्णीः॑ पु॒रो मुखा॑ । ख॒ल॒जाः श॑कधूम॒जा उरु॑ण्डा॒ ये च॑ मट्म॒टाः कु॒म्भमु॑ष्का अया॒शवः॑ । तान॒स्या ब्र॑ह्मणस्पते प्रतीबो॒धेन॑ नाशय
yéṣā́m paścā́t prápadāni puráḥ pārṣṇī́ḥ puró múkhāḥ | khalajā́ḥ śakadhūmajā́ urúṇḍā yé ca maṭmaṭā́ḥ kumbhámuṣkā ayā́śavaḥ | tā́n asyā́ brahmaṇaspate pratībodhéna nāśaya
Whose fore-steps are behind, whose heels are set in front, whose faces are turned awry—threshing-floor born, dung-smoke born, the Urundas, and the Matmatas, the pot-groined, the ill-disposed: them, O Brahmaṇaspati, by thy counter-rousing vigilance destroy away from her.
जिनके पैर पीछे की तरफ चल रहे हैं, जो उल्टा चल रहे हैं, जिनके चेहरे उल्टे फंसे हैं। ये लोग खलिहान में पैदा हुए, गोबर के धुएँ में पैदा हुए। उरुंडा, मटमटा, जिनके पेट में मटका जैसा उभार है, ये बड़े बुरे लोग हैं। ब्रह्मणस्पति, तुम अपनी जागरूकता से इनको उस औरत से दूर कर दो।
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn attributed in the Anukramaṇī to an Atharvan/Angiras-type seer for rakṣoghna material; exact name depends on recension lists).
Devata: Brahmaṇaspati (as spell-lord) and implicitly rakṣas/piśāca targets
Chandas: Mixed; predominantly Anuṣṭubh-like cadence with catalogic expansions (edition-dependent scansion).
Primary: raudra
Secondary: bhayankara
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