Atharva Veda 5.13.5: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 13, Mantra 5
Sukta 13
कैरा॑त पृश्न॒ उप॑तृण्य॒ बभ्र॒ आ मे॑ शृणु॒तासि॑ता॒ अली॑काः । मा मे॒ सख्युः॑ स्ता॒मान॒मपि॑ ष्ठाताश्रा॒वय॑न्तो॒ नि वि॒षे र॑मध्वम्
kairā́ta pṛ́śne upatṛ́ṇya babhrá ā́ me śṛṇutā́sitā alī́kāḥ | mā́ me sakhyúḥ stāmánam ápi sthātāśrāvayántaḥ ní viṣé ramadhvam ||
O Kirāta, O Speckled, Upatṛṇya, O Brown—hear me, ye black, deceitful ones. Stand not, not even for a moment, in my friend’s domain: hissing and making yourselves heard, take your pleasure down in poison.
कैरा॑त पृश्न उपतृण्य बभ्र—आ मे शृणुत, असिता अलीकाः। मा मे सख्युः स्थानमपि ष्ठात; आश्रावयन्तो नि विषे रमध्वम्।
Rishi: Atharvanic (per anukramaṇī).
Devata: Addressed adversaries (serpent/poison classes; possibly Kirāta as named agent); functionally the banishing power of the mantra.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable).
Primary: bhayankara
Secondary: vira
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