Mantra 15
Sukta 2
को अस्मै वासः पर्यदधात् को अस्यायुरकल्पयत्। बलं को अस्मै प्रायच्छत् को अस्याकल्पयज्जवम्
kó ásmāi vā́saḥ páry adadhāt kó asyā́yuḥ akalpayat | bálaṃ kó ásmāi prá ayacchat kó asyā́kalpayaj jávam ||
Who round about him put the garment? who apportioned him his life? Who to him granted strength in full, and who for him made ready vigour and swift force?
Rishi: As for AV 10.2 (speculative Atharvanic tradition; variable anukramaṇī)
Devata: Kaḥ / Prajāpati-like giver; also implicit Rakṣā through vāsaḥ
Chandas: Mixed; commonly recited as Anuṣṭubh in domestic application
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