Mantra 7
Sukta 36
न पिशाचैः सं शक्नोमि न स्तेनैर्न वनर्गुभिः । पिशाचास्तस्मान्नश्यन्ति यमहं ग्राममाविशे
ná piśācáiḥ sáṁ śaknomi ná stenáir ná vanargúbhiḥ | piśācā́s tásmān naśyanti yám aháṁ grā́mam āviśé ||
I hold no fellowship with Piśācas, nor with thieves, nor with forest-robbers. Therefore the Piśācas vanish away from that village which I enter.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)
Devata: Protective brahman (sacral speech) embodied by the entering priest; adversaries are Piśācas and human criminals
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)
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