Atharva Veda 2.4.5: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 4, Mantra 5
Sukta 4
श॒णश्च॑ मा जङ्गि॒डश्च॒ विष्क॑न्धाद॒भि र॑क्षताम्। अर॑ण्याद॒न्य आभृ॑तः कृ॒ष्या अ॒न्यो रसे॑भ्यः
śaṇaś cá mā jaṅgiḍaś ca víṣkandhād abhí rakṣatām | araṇyā̀d anyá ā́bhṛtaḥ kṛṣyā́ anyó rasébhyaḥ
Let Śaṇa and Jaṅgiḍa guard me against the Viṣkandha. One is brought from the forest; the other from the tilled field, from the plant-juices.
Que Śaṇa e Jaṅgiḍa me guardem contra Viṣkandha. Um é trazido da floresta; o outro, do campo cultivado, dos sucos das plantas.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific ṛṣi attribution for this single mantra is edition-dependent; commonly treated within the Jaṅgiḍa/viṣkandha healing complex).
Devata: Śaṇa and Jaṅgiḍa as personified protectors; implicitly the anti-graha power opposed to Viṣkandha.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; pāda-structure suggests an anuṣṭubh-like cadence, though Atharvanic anuṣṭubh is often flexible).
Primary: shanta
Secondary: vira
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