Mantra 1
Sukta 58
यज्ञः। घृतस्य जूतिः समना सदेवा संवत्सरं हविषा वर्धयन्ती । श्रोत्रं चक्षुः प्राणोच्छिन्नो नो अस्त्वच्छिन्ना वयमायुषो वर्चसः
yajñáḥ | ghṛtásya jūtíḥ samanā́ sádevā saṃvatsaráṃ havíṣā vardháyantī | śrótraṃ cákṣuḥ prāṇócchinnó no astv ácchinnā vayám ā́yuṣo várcasaḥ
The Sacrifice—ghee’s driving impulse—harmonizing, god-attended, with oblation makes the year to wax. Let not our hearing, sight, nor breath be cut away: unshorn may we abide, in lifetime and in splendour.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (late AV collections; specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī)
Devata: Yajña (Sacrifice) as personified power; also implicitly Prāṇa and Varcas
Chandas: Mixed/late AV style; predominantly Anuṣṭubh-like cadence with expanded pādas
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