Atharvaveda — Kanda 2, Sukta 10, Mantra 8 (पाशमोचनम्।)
Atharvaveda (Shaunaka Samhita) · Kanda 2 · Verse 2.10.8
Sanskrit Original
सूर्य॑मृ॒तं तम॑सो॒ ग्राह्या॒ अधि॑ दे॒वा मुञ्च॑न्तो असृज॒न्निरेण॑सः । ए॒वाहं त्वां क्षे॑त्रि॒यान्निरृ॑त्या जामिशं॒साद् द्रु॒हो मु॑ञ्चामि॒ वरु॑णस्य॒ पाशा॑त्। अ॒ना॒गसं॒ ब्रह्म॑णा त्वा कृणोमि शि॒वे ते॒ द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी उ॒भे स्ता॑म्॥८॥
sūryam ṛtaṃ tamaso grāhyā adhi devā muñcanto asṛjan nir eṇasaḥ evāhaṃ tvāṃ kṣetriyān nirṛtyā jāmiśaṃsād druho muñcāmi varuṇasya pāśāt anāgasaṃ brahmaṇā tvā kṛṇomi śive te dyāvāpṛthivī ubhe stām
From the Sun comes immortality; from darkness, what is to be seized. The gods, releasing, set forth the sinless. Thus I free you, field-guardian, from Nirṛti, from Jāmiśaṃsa, from harm, from the noose of Varuṇa. I make you guiltless by Brahma; may both Heaven and Earth be gracious to you.