Sukta 2
अ॒मीषां॑ चि॒त्तानि॑ प्रतिमो॒हय॑न्ती गृहा॒णाङ्गा॑न्यप्वे॒ परे॑हि । अ॒भि प्रेहि॒ निर्द॑ह हृ॒त्सु शोकै॒र्ग्राह्या॒मित्रां॒स्तम॑सा विध्य॒ शत्रू॑न्
amī́ṣāṃ cittā́ni pratimoháyantī gṛhāṇā́ṅgāny apvé páréhi | abhí préhi nírdaha hṛtsú śokáiḥ grāhy àmítrāṃs támasā vidhya śátrūn
Bewildering the minds of yonder men, O Apvā, go forth away; the members of the households—(assail them). Advance against them; burn them out: with griefs within their hearts seize thou the unfriendly; with darkness pierce the foes.
त्या लोकांची मने भ्रमित करणारी, हे अप्वा (Apvā), तू दूर निघून जा; गृहस्थांच्या अंगांना (त्यांना) ग्रास. त्यांच्यावर पुढे जा; त्यांना जाळून काढ. त्यांच्या हृदयांत शोक घालून अमित्रांना पकड; तमाने शत्रूंना भेद.
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras-type attribution (household sorcery corpus; specific r̥ṣi varies by anukramaṇī tradition)
Devata: Apvā (personified demonic/witch-force) as addressed agent; secondarily the spell’s own abhicaric power against amitra/śatru
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; the verse is in the common Atharvanic anuṣṭubh cadence though pāda division is somewhat compressed in Saṃhitā transmission)
Primary: raudra
Secondary: bhayankara
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