Atharva Veda 8.6.16: Kanda 8, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 6, Mantra 16
Sukta 6
प॒र्य॒स्ता॒क्षा अप्र॑चङ्कशा अस्त्रै॒णाः स॑न्तु॒ पण्ड॑गाः । अव॑ भेषज पादय॒ य इ॒मां सं॒विवृ॑त्स॒त्यप॑तिः स्वप॒तिं स्त्रिय॑म्
paryastākṣā́ apracaṅkaśā́ astréṇāḥ santu páṇḍagā́ḥ | áva bheṣaja pādaya yá imā́ṃ saṃvivṛ́t satyápatíḥ svapatíṃ stríyam
Overturned of eye, unsteady of step, weapon-bearing—let the Pāṇḍagas be such. O Remedy, strike down and cast away him who hath closed upon this woman, true-wived, joined to her rightful lord.
जिनकी आँखें उल्टी फंसी हैं, जो ठहरा के नहीं चल पा रहे, जिनके हाथ में हथियार है। पंडगा लोग ऐसे ही हों। दवा, तुम उस आदमी को मार के गिरा दो जो इस औरत को पकड़ के बैठा है। ये औरत अपने पति की है, उसके सही आदमी के साथ है।
Rishi: Atharvanic (as per AV anukramaṇī tradition for this hymn cluster)
Devata: Bheṣaj (Remedy) as devatā; hostile Pāṇḍagas as targets
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (with technical names affecting metrical regularity).
Primary: vira
Secondary: raudra
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