Mantra 7
Sukta 47
माश्वानां भद्रे तस्करो मा नृणां यातुधान्यः । परमेभिः पथिभिः स्तेनो धावतु तस्करः । परेण दत्वती रज्जुः परेणाघायुरर्षतु
mā́śvānāṃ bhadré taskáro mā́ nṛṇā́ṃ yā́tudhānyàḥ | paramébhiḥ pathíbhiḥ stenó dhā́vatu taskáraḥ | paréṇa datvatī́ rajjúḥ paréṇāghāyúr arṣatu
Let not, O gracious Night, the thief come near our horses; let not the yātudhāna come near our men. By the farthest paths let the robber, the thief, run forth. Beyond, let the biting rope be; beyond, let the evil-liver pass away.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Rātri-hymn complex; seer attribution varies by anukramaṇī tradition)
Devata: Rātri (Night), as protective goddess
Chandas: Mixed/late Atharvanic triṣṭubh-jagatī tendency (as transmitted in AV 19); metrical regularity is secondary to ritual diction here
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