Atharva Veda 7.70.2: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 7, Sukta 70, Mantra 2
Sukta 70
या॒तु॒धाना॒ निरृ॑ति॒रादु॒ रक्ष॒स्ते अ॑स्य घ्न॒न्त्वनृ॑तेन स॒त्यम्। इन्द्रे॑षिता दे॒वा आज्य॑मस्य मथ्नन्तु॒ मा तत् सं पा॑दि॒ यद॒सौ जु॒होति॑
yātudhānā́ nírṛtir ā́d u rákṣas te asya ghnántv anṛ́tena satyám | índreṣitā́ devā́ ā́jyam asya mathnantu mā́ tát sáṃ pādi yád asaú juhóti
Let yātudhānas, Nirṛti, and the rākṣas smite his truth with untruth. Let the Gods, urged on by Indra, confound his ghee; let not that which yonder man offers come to full accomplishment.
यातुधानाः निरृतिश्च रक्षांसि चास्य सत्यं अनृतेन घ्नन्तु। इन्द्रेषिता देवाः अस्य आज्यं मथ्नन्तु; यदसौ जुहोति तत् मा सम्पादि।
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in supplied excerpt)
Devata: Yātudhānas, Nirṛti, Rākṣas; and the Devas under Indra’s command
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like
Primary: raudra
Secondary: vira
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