Atharva Veda 3.2.6: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 6
Sukta 2
अ॒सौ या सेना॑ मरुतः॒ परे॑षाम॒स्मा॑नैत्य॒भ्योज॑सा॒ स्पर्ध॑माना । तां वि॑ध्यत॒ तम॒साप॑व्रतेन॒ यथै॑षाम॒न्यो अ॒न्यं न जा॒नात्
asáu yā́ sénā marutaḥ párēṣām asmā́n eti abhy òjasā spárdhamānā | tā́m vidhyata támasā́pavraténa yáthaiṣām anyó anyáṃ ná jānā́t ||
Yonder—what host of the others, O Maruts, advanceth upon us, striving against us with might— that smite ye with darkness, with perverted ordinance, so that among them one may not know another.
وہاں، دوسروں کا جو لشکر، اے ماروت، ہم پر قوت کے ساتھ مقابلہ کرتے ہوئے آگے بڑھ رہا ہے، اسے اندھیرے سے گھونپو، الٹے حکم سے، تاکہ ان میں سے ایک دوسرے کو نہ پہچان سکے۔
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn attributed within the AV martial-protective corpus; specific r̥ṣi assignment depends on anukramaṇī tradition).
Devata: Maruts (invoked as martial allies; also the mantra’s operative agency is ‘tamas’ as a confounding power).
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (11-syllable cadence typical of martial/imperative diction)
Primary: vira
Secondary: raudra
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