Atharva Veda 6.25.2: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 25, Mantra 2

Sukta 25

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स॒प्त च॒ याः स॑प्त॒तिश्च॑ सं॒यन्ति॒ ग्रैव्या॑ अ॒भि। इ॒तस्ताः सर्वा॑ नश्यन्तु वा॒का अ॑प॒चिता॑मिव

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 6.25.2

IAST Transliteration

saptá ca yā́ḥ saptatíś ca saṃyánti graivyā̀ abhí | itás tā́ḥ sárvā naśyantu vākā́ apacítām iva ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The seven, and the seventy also, which gather and press upon the neck— from hence let all those Vākā-disorders vanish away, as (spots) of the wasting one (pass off).

Translation

七つのもの、また七十のものが、集まりて首（うなじ）に迫りかかる——ここより、それら一切のヴァーカー（Vākā）の病いよ消え去れ。やせ衰えの病の斑（まだら）が退くがごとく。

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Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (exact r̥ṣi not specified in the provided excerpt; commonly anonymous/Angiras-type attribution in AV healing clusters)

Devata: The charm’s target is the disease-agent (vākāḥ) as a personified affliction; operative power is the mantra itself (brahman)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (Atharvanic healing verses frequently approximate anuṣṭubh; exact metrical scan may be irregular)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta