Atharva Veda 2.7.4: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 7, Mantra 4
Sukta 7
परि॒ मां परि॑ मे प्र॒जां परि॑ णः पाहि॒ यद्धन॑म्। अरा॑तिर्नो॒ मा ता॑री॒न्मा न॑स्तारि॒षुर॒भिमा॑तयः
pári mā́m pári me prajā́m pári ṇaḥ pāhi yád dhánam | arā́tir no mā́ tā́rīn mā́ nas tāriṣúr abhímātayaḥ ||
Round about me, round about my progeny, round about us—guard thou whatever wealth there is. Let not malignity overpass us; let not the plotters pass beyond us.
माझ्या भोवती, माझ्या प्रजेच्या भोवती, आमच्या भोवती—जे काही धन आहे त्याचे रक्षण कर. अराति (दुर्भाव) आम्हांला ओलांडू नये; अभिमातयः (कुटील कटकारस्थानी) आम्हांला पार करू नयेत.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (seer not specified in the provided excerpt; commonly transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras strata for rakṣā hymns)
Devata: General protective power (rakṣā); implicitly the invoked guardian-force addressed by pāhi (‘protect!’)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (8+8+8+8, typical of Atharvanic protective verses)
Primary: shanta
Secondary: vira
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