Mantra 7
Sukta 9
ये ते देवि शमितारः पक्तारो ये च ते जनाः । ते त्वा सर्वे गोप्स्यन्ति मैभ्यो भैषीः शतौदने
yé te devi śamitā́raḥ paktā́ro yé ca te jánāḥ | té tvā sárve gopsyánti mā́ ’ebhyó bhaiṣīḥ śatā́udane
They who are thine, O Goddess—the slaughterers, the cooks, and the folk beside thee—all these shall guard thee: fear not from them, O Hundred-odana.
Rishi: Atharvanic ritual tradition
Devata: Śatāudana as Devī (personified offering); secondarily the rite’s human agents as protectors
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
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