Sukta 17
दौष्व॑प्न्यं॒ दौर्जी॑वित्यं॒ रक्षो॑ अ॒भ्वऽमरा॒य्यः । दु॒र्णाम्नीः॒ सर्वा॑ दु॒र्वाच॒स्ता अ॒स्मन्ना॑शयामसि
daúṣvapnyaṁ daúrjīvit́yaṁ rákṣo abhvá amārā́yyaḥ | durnā́mnīḥ sárvā durvā́cas tā́ asmán nāśayāmasi ||
Evil dreaming and evil living, the demon, the monstrous, the death-dealing; all ill-named powers, all evil speeches—these from us we cause to perish.
दुष्स्वप्न (वाईट स्वप्न) आणि दुर्जीवित्य (दुष्ट/कष्टमय जीवन), राक्षस, भयंकर अभ्व, मृत्युदायक अमराय्य; तसेच सर्व दुर्नाम्नी शक्ती, सर्व दुर्वाच (दुष्ट वाणी/शापवाणी)—हे सर्व आम्ही आमच्यापासून नष्ट करतो, दूर करतो.
Rishi: Atharvanic/Āṅgiras transmission (not specified in excerpt)
Devata: Rakṣoghna-brahman (the protective spell-force); implicitly apāmārga in the rite
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)
Primary: shanta
Secondary: bhayankara
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