Mantra 2
Sukta 46
ऊर्ध्वस्तिष्ठतु रक्षन्नप्रमादमस्तृतेमं मा त्वा दभन् पणयो यातुधानाः । इन्द्र इव दस्यूनव धूनुष्व पृतन्यतः सर्वांछत्रून् वि षहस्वास्तृतस्त्वाभि रक्षतु
ūrdhvás tiṣṭhatu rákṣann ápramādam astṛ́te máṃ tvā dabhān paṇáyo yātudhā́nāḥ | índra ivá dasyū́n áva dhūnuṣva pṛtanyatáḥ sárvāñ chátrūn ví ṣahasvāstṛ́tas tvā́bhi rakṣatu
Stand thou upright, guarding, vigilant, O Astṛta: let not the Paṇis, let not the Yātudhānas overreach me. Like Indra, shake down the Dasyus; from the battling ones shake off all enemies; prevail asunder: may Astṛta guard thee round about.
Rishi: Atharvanic amulet tradition
Devata: Astṛta-maṇi (with Indra as paradigmatic comparator)
Chandas: Jagatī-like expansion / mixed (longer pādas; not strict RV strophic regularity)
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