Atharva Veda 3.2.4: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 4

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

व्याऽकूतय एषामि॒ताथो॑ चि॒त्तानि॑ मुह्यत । अथो॒ यद॒द्यैषां॑ हृदि तदे॑षां॒ परि॒ निर्ज॑हि

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 3.2.4

IAST Transliteration

vyā́kūtaya eṣām itā́tho cittā́ni muhyata | átho yád adyá eṣā́ṃ hṛdí tád eṣā́ṃ pári nírjahi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Their purposes—thus!—and moreover their thoughts, let them be confounded; and further, whatsoever to-day is in their heart, that from them drive forth and expel away.

Translation

एषां व्याकूतयः तथा च चित्तानि मुह्यन्ताम्। अथोऽद्य एषां हृदि यत् तद् एषां परि निर्जहि—बहिः प्र नुद।

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Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa attribution typical for AV counter-charm material (specific r̥ṣi for AVŚ 3.2 requires hymn-header collation).

Devata: Indeterminate; the operative power is the mantra itself as a mohana/apākaraṇa charm directed against human adversaries.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical verification against full hymn context).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: vira