Atharva Veda 9.2.10: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 10
Sukta 2
ज॒हि त्वं का॑म॒ मम ये स॒पत्ना॑ अ॒न्धा तमां॒स्यव॑ पादयैनान्। निरि॑न्द्रिया अर॒साः स॑न्तु॒ सर्वे॒ मा ते॑ जी॑विषुः कत॒मच्च॒नाहः॑
jahí tváṃ kā́ma máma yé sapátnā andhā́ támāṃsy áva pādayainān | nírindriyā arasā́ḥ santu sárve mā́ té jīviṣur katamáś canā́haḥ ||
Smite thou, O Kāma, those rivals of mine; cast them down into blind darknesses. Let them all be void of faculty, sapless; let them not live—no, not for any day whatsoever.
Fere tu, ó Kāma, esses meus rivais; lança-os em trevas cegas. Que todos fiquem sem faculdades, sem seiva nem vigor; que não vivam — nem por um só dia, seja qual for.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition.
Devata: Kāma (as destructive coercive power).
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; long pādas with strong imperatives).
Primary: raudra
Secondary: bhayankara
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