Atharva Veda 4.28.4: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 28, Mantra 4
Sukta 28
यावा॑रे॒भाथे॑ ब॒हु सा॒कमग्रे॒ प्र चेद॑स्रा॑ष्ट्रमभि॒भां जने॑षु । याव॒स्येशा॑थे द्वि॒पदो॒ यौ चतु॑ष्पद॒स्तौ नो॑ मुञ्चत॒मंह॑सः
yā́vārebhā́the bahú sākám ágre prá cet asrā́ṣṭram abhibhā́ṁ jáneṣu | yā́v asyéśāthe dvipádo yáu catúṣpadas táu no muñcatam áṁhasaḥ ||
Ye twain who, together and in advance, repel the many (ills), who press your weaponed might among the peoples: ye who have lordship over this man’s two-footed and four-footed, do ye release us from distress.
हे तौ यौ सहाग्रे बहून्यघानि प्रतिषेधथः, ये जनानां मध्ये शस्त्रवतीं शक्तिं प्रचोदथः; यौ अस्य पुरुषस्य द्विपदां च चतुष्पदां च ईशाथे—तौ नः अंहसः मुञ्चतम्।
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (uncertain)
Devata: Protective dual divinity (paired guardians; sometimes interpreted as Aśvins in later alignment)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (irregular)
Primary: vira
Secondary: shanta
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