Atharva Veda 6.97.2: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 10, Sukta 97, Mantra 2
Sukta 97
स्व॒धास्तु॑ मित्रावरुणा विपश्चिता प्र॒जाव॑त् क्ष॒त्रं मधु॑ने॒ह पि॑न्वतम्। बाधे॑थां दू॒रं निरृ॑तिं परा॒चैः कृ॒तं चि॒देनः॒ प्र मु॑मुक्तम॒स्मत्
svadhā́stu mitrā́varuṇā vipaścitā prajā́vat kṣatráṃ mádhunéhá pinvatam | bā́dhethāṃ dūráṃ nírṛtiṃ parā́caiḥ kṛtáṃ cid énaḥ prá mumuktam asmát ||
Let svadhā be (with you), O Mitra and Varuṇa, ye wise: with sweetness here make the royal power thrive, rich in offspring. Drive far away Nirṛti, backward to the distance; even committed sin do ye release from us.
स्वधास्तु मित्रावरुणा विपश्चिता प्रजावत् क्षत्रं मधुनेह पिन्वतम् । बाधेथां दूरं निरृतिं पराचैः कृतं चिदेनः प्र मुमुक्तमस्मत् ॥
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in the provided excerpt)
Devata: Mitra-Varuṇa (with Nirṛti as the expelled counter-power)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (probable, given length and cadence)
Primary: shanta
Secondary: vira
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