Atharva Veda 12.2.3 — Kanda 12, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 3
Sukta 2
निरि॒तो मृ॒त्युं निरृ॑तिं॒ निररा॑तिमजामसि । यो नो॒ द्वेष्टि॒ तम॑द्ध्यग्ने अक्रव्या॒द् यमु॑ द्वि॒ष्मस्तमु॑ ते॒ प्र सु॑वामसि
nír itó mṛtyúṁ nírṛtiṁ nír arā́tim ajāmasi | yó no dvéṣṭi tám áddhy agne ákravyād yám u dvíṣmas tám u té prá suvāmasi
From hence we drive away Death; we drive away Nirṛti; we drive away hostile ill. Whoso hateth us—him, O Agni, devour, thou that art no flesh-eater; and whom we in turn do hate, him verily to thee we send forth.
अतः स्मो मृत्युम् अप नयामः; निरृतिम् अप नयामः; निरारातिम् अप नयामः। यो नो द्वेष्टि तं, हे अग्ने, त्वम् अद्धि—अक्रव्याद् असि; यं च वयं द्विष्मः तम् अपि ते प्रेषयामः।
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution for AV 12.2 broadly; specific verse-level r̥ṣi not supplied in the input)
Devata: Agni (as purifier and consumer), with implicit opposition to Mṛtyu and Nirṛti
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in AV domestic/apotropaic verses; exact scansion may vary by pada)
Primary: vira
Secondary: raudra
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