Mantra 5
Sukta 45
आक्ष्वैकं मणिमेकं कृष्णुष्व स्नाह्येकेना पिबैकमेषाम्। चतुर्वीरं नैरृतेभ्यश्चतुर्भ्यो ग्राह्या बन्धेभ्यः परि पात्वस्मान्
ākṣv ékaṃ maṇím ékaṃ kṛṣṇuṣva snā́hy ékena píbáikam eṣām | catúrvīraṃ nairṛtébhyaś catúrbhyo grā́hyā bandhébhyaḥ pári pātv asmā́n ||
Smear on one; one amulet make thou black; with one thereof bathe, and of these drink thou one. May the fourfold-guarded (charm) protect us round about from the Nairṛta powers, from the fourfold seizings, from the bonds that bind.
एकाने लेप कर; एक मणी काळी कर; एकाने स्नान कर, आणि यांपैकी एक पिऊन टाक. चतुर्वीर (चार-रक्षक) हे (मंत्र-चर्म) नैरृत शक्तींपासून, चार प्रकारच्या ‘ग्राह्य’ (पकडणाऱ्या) पीडांपासून, आणि बांधणाऱ्या बंधनांपासून—चहूबाजूंनी—आमचे रक्षण करो.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (late AV compilation context)
Devata: Maṇi/Charm as operative power; anti-Nirṛti protection; implicitly the Grahas (seizers) as adversaries
Chandas: Late Anuṣṭubh-like; metrical confirmation requires pada-length check against edition
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