Atharva Veda 2.10.3: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 10, Mantra 3
Sukta 10
शं ते॒ वातो॑ अ॒न्तरि॑क्षे॒ वयो॑ धा॒च्छं ते॑ भवन्तु प्र॒दिश॒श्चत॑स्रः । ए॒वाहं त्वां क्षे॑त्रि॒या॑न्निरृ॑त्या जामिशं॒साद् द्रु॒हो मु॑ञ्चामि॒ वरु॑णस्य॒ पाशा॑त्। अ॒ना॒गसं॒ ब्रह्म॑णा त्वा कृणोमि शि॒वे ते॒ द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी उ॒भे स्ता॑म्
śáṃ te vā́to antárikṣe váyo dhād śáṃ te bhavantu pradíśaś cátasraḥ | evā́háṃ tvāṃ kṣetriyā́n nirṛ́tyā jā́miśaṃsād drúho muñcāmi váruṇasya pā́śāt | anā́gasaṃ bráhmaṇā tvā kṛṇomi śivḗ te dyā́vā-pṛthivī ubhé stām ||
Weal be to thee: may Wind, in the mid-air, set vital power within thee; weal be to thee: may the four quarters be auspicious unto thee. Thus do I release thee from kṣetriya, from Nirṛti, from the kinsman’s curse, from treachery; I loose thee from Varuṇa’s noose. Guiltless by holy spell I make thee: gracious unto thee let Heaven and Earth, both, stand.
शं ते वातो अन्तरिक्षे वयो धात्, शं ते भवन्तु प्रदिशश्चतस्रः। एवाहं त्वां क्षेत्रियान्निरृत्या जामिशंसाद् द्रुहो मुञ्चामि वरुणस्य पाशात्। अनागसं ब्रह्मणा त्वा कृणोमि; शिवे ते द्यावापृथिवी उभे स्ताम्।
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras lineages for healing charms; specific r̥ṣi attribution depends on anukramaṇī for AVŚ 2.10)
Devata: Vāta (Wind) and the pacificatory powers; implicitly Varuṇa (as binder whose bond is removed), Dyāvāpṛthivī as cosmic stabilizers
Chandas: Predominantly Anuṣṭubh with Atharvanic cadence (as transmitted in AVŚ)
Primary: shanta
Secondary: bhayankara
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