Mantra 5
Sukta 10
शं नो द्यावापृथिवी पूर्वहूतौ शमन्तरिक्षं दृशये नो अस्तु । शं न ओषधीर्वनिनो भवन्तु शं नो रजसस्पतिरस्तु जिष्णुः
śáṃ no dyā́vā-pṛthivī́ pū́rva-hūtau | śám antárikṣaṃ dṛśáye no astu | śáṃ na óṣadhīr vaníno bhavantu | śáṃ no rájasaḥ pátir astu jíṣṇuḥ ||
Weal be to us from Heaven and Earth, invoked from of old; weal—may the midspace be for our seeing. Weal be to us: may the forest herbs be kindly; weal be to us: may the victorious Lord of the region be present.
Rishi: Atharvanic/anonymous (late AV śānti corpus; r̥ṣi attributions vary).
Devata: Dyāvā-Pṛthivī; Antarikṣa; Oṣadhis; ‘Rajasas pati’ (contextually a sovereign atmospheric/luminous power).
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (with late-AV liturgical regularity).
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