Atharva Veda 2.24.8: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 24, Mantra 8
Sukta 24
भरू॑जि पुन॑र्वो यन्तु या॒तवः॒ पुन॑र्हे॒तिः कि॑मीदिनीः । यस्य॒ स्थ तम॑त्त॒ यो वः॒ प्राहै॒त् तम॑त्त॒ स्वा मां॒सान्य॑त्त
bharū́ji púnar vo yantu yātávaḥ púnar hetíḥ kimīdínīḥ | yásya stha tám atta yó vaḥ prāháit tám atta svā́ māṃsā́ni atta
O Bharūji, back let your sorcerers depart; back, too, the weapon—ye Kimīdinī devourers. Whose ye are, him devour; who hath sent you forth against us, him devour: eat ye his own flesh.
हे भरूजि! पुनर्वो यन्तु यातवः, पुनर्हेतिः, पुनः किमीदिन्यः। यस्य स्थ तमत्त, यो वः प्राहैत् तमत्त—स्वा मांसान्यत्त।
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras-type attribution (hymn-level tradition; verse functions as a parābhava formula)
Devata: Apotropaic address to yātavaḥ, kimīdinīḥ, and the personified heti (hostile stroke)
Chandas: Predominantly Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (Atharvanic trim/irregularities possible)
Primary: vira
Secondary: raudra
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