Atharva Veda 7.64.1: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 7, Sukta 64, Mantra 1
Sukta 64
पापमोचनम्। इ॒दं यत् कृ॒ष्णः श॒कुनि॑रभिनि॒ष्पत॒न्नपी॑पतत्। आपो॑ मा॒ तस्मा॒त् सर्व॑स्माद् दुरि॒तात् पा॒न्त्वंह॑सः
idáṃ yát kṛṣṇáḥ śakúnir abhiniṣpátann ápīpatat | ā́po mā́ tásmāt sárvasmād duritā́t pā́ntv áṃhasaḥ ||
This—when the black bird of omen, flying forth toward me, hath lighted down—may the Waters guard me from that, from every evil hap, from anguish and from sin.
（罪を解き放つもの。）これなること――黒き凶兆の鳥がわたしに向かって飛び出し、舞い降りてとまったその時――水たちよ、わたしをそれから、あらゆる凶事から、苦悩から、罪から守りたまえ。
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (śānti/prāyaścitta hymn; specific r̥ṣi not stated in the supplied excerpt)
Devata: Āpaḥ (Waters) as purifiers and protectors
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; common in AV śānti verses)
Primary: bhayankara
Secondary: shanta
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