Mantra 3
Sukta 14
असौ यो अधराद् गृहस्तत्र सन्त्वराय्यः । तत्र सेदिर्न्युऽच्यतु सर्वाश्च यातुधान्यः
asáu yó ádharād gṛháḥ tátra santu ārāyyàḥ | tátra sedír ny ùcyatu sárvāś ca yātudhānyàḥ ||
Yonder—whoso house is from beneath—there let the hostile ones abide; there let a seat be set down by utterance, and there (be) all the Yātudhānī demonesses.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific ṛṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī for this hymn).
Devata: Rakṣas-nivāraṇa (apotropaic force); implicitly the power of Vāc and the household-protecting efficacy of the Atharvan.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; common for AV domestic/apotropaic verses).
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