Mantra 5
Sukta 11
ये देवानामृत्विजो यज्ञियासो मनोर्यजत्रा अमृता ऋतज्ञाः । ते नो रासन्तामुरुगायमद्य यूयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः
yé devā́nām ṛtvíjo yajñíyāso mánoḥ yájatrā amṛ́tā ṛtajñā́ḥ | té no rāsantām urugāyám adyá yūyáṃ pāta svastíbhiḥ sádā naḥ ||
Ye who are priests of Gods, worthy of oblation—Manu’s adorable, immortal knowers of the Law—grant us, even to-day, the Wide-going One; and do ye ever guard us with your prospering safeties.
Rishi: Anonymous/late Atharvanic benediction tradition
Devata: Divine ṛtvijas; ‘Urugāya’ (great protector, often Viṣṇu/Indra by epithet)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
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