Atharva Veda 2.8.2: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 8, Mantra 2
Sukta 8
अपे॒यं रात्र्यु॑च्छ॒त्वपो॑च्छन्त्वभि॒कृत्व॑रीः । वी॒रुत् क्षे॑त्रिय॒नाश॒न्यप॑ क्षेत्रि॒यमु॑च्छतु
apéyáṃ rā́try úcchatv ápócchantv abhikṛ́tvarīḥ | vīrú t kṣétriya-nā́śany ápá kṣetríyam úcchatu
Away! let this Night lift and pass; away let the assailing powers be lifted off. The Virút, the Kṣetriya-destroyer—let it lift away the Kṣetriya malady.
दूर हो! ही रात्रि उठून निघून जावो; दूर जावोत ते आक्रमक बल—उठून उतरून जावोत. क्षे॒त्रिय-नाशिनी वीरुत्—ती क्षे॒त्रिय (व्याधी) उचलून दूर करो.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras lineages for bhaiṣajya hymns; specific r̥ṣi attribution depends on anukramaṇī).
Devata: Rātri (as a personified power to be ‘lifted off’) and Vīrut (herb as healing agent); the target entity is Kṣetriya (disease-personification).
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; common in AV healing/expulsion verses—confirmable by pada count in recensional metrics).
Primary: shanta
Secondary: vira
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