Atharva Veda 12.2.4: Kanda 12, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 4
Sukta 2
यद्य॒ग्निः क्र॒व्याद् यदि॑ वा व्या॒घ्र इ॒मं गो॒ष्ठं प्र॑वि॒वेशान्यो॑काः । तं माषा॑ज्यं कृ॒त्वा प्र हि॑णोमि दू॒रं स ग॑च्छत्वप्सु॒षदोऽप्य॒ग्नीन्
yády agníḥ kravyā́d yádi vā vyāghrá imáṁ góṣṭhaṁ prá viveśā́nyokāḥ | táṁ māṣā́jyaṁ kṛtvā́ prá hiṇomi dūráṁ sá gácchatv apsuṣádo 'py agní́n
If Agni, flesh-devouring, or if a tiger, an alien-dweller, hath entered this cowshed, him—having made the bean-and-ghee—do I drive forth afar: let him depart unto the water-seated fires.
Se Agni, devorador de carne, ou se um tigre, morador de outro lugar, entrou neste curral, a esse — tendo preparado feijões com ghee — eu enxoto para longe: que ele vá para os fogos assentados nas águas.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (AV 12.2 complex)
Devata: Agni (in dangerous ‘kravyād’ aspect) and the banishing ‘apṣuṣad’ fires; also implicit predator-force (vyāghra)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (likely; requires metrical verification)
Primary: vira
Secondary: bhayankara
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