Atharva Veda 6.124.2: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 13, Sukta 124, Mantra 2
Sukta 124
यदि॑ वृ॒क्षाद॒भ्यप॑प्त॒त् फलं॒ तद् यद्य॒न्तरि॑क्षा॒त् स उ॑ वा॒युरे॒व। यत्रास्पृ॑क्षत् त॒न्वो॒३यच्च॒ वास॑स॒ आपो॑ नुदन्तु॒ निरृ॑तिं परा॒चैः
yádi vṛkṣā́d abhy-àpaptat phálaṃ tád yády antárikṣāt sá u vāyúr evá | yátrā́spṛkṣat tanvò yác ca vā́saso ā́po nudantu nírṛtiṃ parācáiḥ
If from a tree a fruit hath fallen upon (me)—or if from the mid-air: that, in truth, is Wind alone. Where it hath touched, of the body, and what of the garment—let the Waters thrust Nirṛti away, far off.
ਜੇ ਦਰੱਖਤ ਤੋਂ ਕੋਈ ਫਲ ਮੇਰੇ ਉੱਤੇ ਡਿੱਗਿਆ ਹੋਵੇ—ਜਾਂ ਅੰਤਰਿਕਸ਼ ਤੋਂ ਡਿੱਗਿਆ ਹੋਵੇ: ਉਹ ਸੱਚਮੁੱਚ ਵਾਯੂ ਹੀ ਹੈ। ਜਿੱਥੇ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਦੇਹ ਨੂੰ ਛੂਹਿਆ ਹੈ, ਅਤੇ ਜੋ ਕੁਝ ਵਸਤ੍ਰ ਨੂੰ (ਛੂਹਿਆ ਹੈ)—ਜਲ ਨਿਰ੍ਰਿਤੀ ਨੂੰ ਦੂਰ, ਬਹੁਤ ਦੂਰ, ਧੱਕ ਕੇ ਹਟਾ ਦੇਣ।
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in the excerpt).
Devata: Āpas (Waters); Vāyu as explanatory agent; anti-deity target: Nirṛti.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like; requires metrical verification.
Primary: shanta
Secondary: bhayankara
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