Atharva Veda 12.2.55: Kanda 12, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 55
Sukta 2
प्र॒त्यञ्च॑म॒र्कं प्र॑त्यर्पयि॒त्वा प्र॑वि॒द्वान् पन्थां॒ वि ह्याऽवि॒वेश॑ । परा॒मीषा॒मसू॑न् दि॒देश॑ दी॒र्घेणायु॑षा॒ समि॒मान्त्सृ॑जामि
pratyáñcam arkáṃ praty-arpayitvā́ prá-vidvān pánthāṃ ví hí ā́vivéśa | párā́mīṣām asū́n didéśa dīrghéṇā́yuṣā́ sám imā́n sṛjāmi
Having turned back the counter-facing sun-ray, the wise man entered forth upon the path indeed. Away he directed the lives of those adversaries: with length of days I wholly set these here at liberty—yea, I send them forth endowed with life.
Den gegenläufigen Sonnenstrahl zurückwendend, trat der Weise wahrhaftig hinaus und ging den Pfad. Fort wies er den Odem der Gegner; mit langem Leben setze ich diese hier ganz frei — ja, ich entlasse sie, mit Leben begabt.
Rishi: Atharvanic/anonymous (not explicit in the provided excerpt)
Devata: Arka (solar potency) as operative power; implicit Āyuṣ (life) as boon
Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-like cadence (requires full syllable count; Atharvanic mixed meters occur)
Primary: vira
Secondary: shanta
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