Atharva Veda 2.14.3: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 14, Mantra 3
Sukta 14
अ॒सौ यो अ॑ध॒राद् गृ॒हस्तत्र॑ सन्त्वरा॒य्यः । तत्र॑ से॒दिर्न्युऽच्यतु॒ सर्वा॑श्च यातुधा॒न्यः
asáu yó ádharād gṛháḥ tátra santu ārāyyàḥ | tátra sedír ny ùcyatu sárvāś ca yātudhānyàḥ ||
Yonder—whoso house is from beneath—there let the hostile ones abide; there let a seat be set down by utterance, and there (be) all the Yātudhānī demonesses.
असौ यो अधराद् गृहः, तत्र सन्तु अराय्यः। तत्र सेदिः न्युच्यताम्; तत्र सर्वा यातुधान्यः (सन्तु)।
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific ṛṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī for this hymn).
Devata: Rakṣas-nivāraṇa (apotropaic force); implicitly the power of Vāc and the household-protecting efficacy of the Atharvan.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; common for AV domestic/apotropaic verses).
Primary: bhayankara
Secondary: shanta
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