Atharva Veda 5.14.3: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 14, Mantra 3
Sukta 14
रिश्य॑स्येव परीशा॒सं प॑रि॒कृत्य॒ परि॑ त्व॒चः । कृ॒त्यां कृ॑त्या॒कृते॑ देवा नि॒ष्कमि॑व॒ प्रति॑ मुञ्चत
riśyásyeva parīśā́sāṃ parikṛ́tya pári tvácaḥ | kṛtyā́ṃ kṛtyā́kṛte devā níṣkam iva práti muñcata
As one would strip the antelope’s hide, so strip it off from the skin: the Kṛtyā—O Gods—release it back unto the Kṛtyā-maker, as one returns a niṣka-ornament.
ऋश्यस्येव परीशासं परिकृत्य परि त्वचः । कृत्यां कृत्याकृते देवा निष्कमिव प्रति मुञ्चत ॥
Rishi: Atharvanic seer (per Anukramaṇī tradition for AV 5.14)
Devata: Devas collectively as enforcers; kṛtyā as the operative object
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Primary: raudra
Secondary: vira
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