Atharva Veda 4.28.7: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 28, Mantra 7
Sukta 28
अधि॑ नो ब्रूतं॒ पृत॑नासूग्रौ॒ सं वज्रे॑ण सृजतं॒ यः कि॑मी॒दी। स्तौमि॑ भवाश॒र्वौ ना॑थि॒तो॑ जो॑हवीमि॒ तौ नो॑ मुञ्चत॒मंह॑सः
ádhi no brūtam pṛ́tanāsu ugrāu sáṃ vájreṇa sṛ́jatam yáḥ kimī́dī | stāúmi bhavāśárvāu nā́thito jóhavīmi táu no muñcatam áṃhasaḥ
Speak ye in power for us amid the battles, ye fierce twain; with the bolt hurl down the Kiṃīdin, whosoe’er he be. I laud Bhava and Śarva; in my need I call on them again and yet again: from anguish and from sin release ye us.
戦いのただ中で、われらのために力ある言葉を告げよ、猛き二柱よ。金剛の一撃によって、キミーイディン（Kiṃīdin）なる者を、いかなる者であれ打ち倒せ。われはバヴァ（Bhava）とシャルヴァ（Śarva）を讃え、苦境にあって幾度も彼らを呼び求める。苦厄と罪垢（aṃhas）より、われらを解き放て。
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn-level attribution varies by anukramaṇī; not determinable from the single verse here).
Devata: Bhava–Śarva (Rudra in dual aspect); secondarily the ‘vajra’ as smiting power.
Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-type cadence (needs full hymn metrical scan for certainty).
Primary: raudra
Secondary: vira
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