Mantra 2
Sukta 58
उपास्मान् प्राणो ह्वयतामुप वयं प्राणं हवामहे । वर्चो जग्राह पृथिव्य१न्तरिक्षं वर्चः सोमो बृहस्पतिर्विधत्ता
úpāsmān prāṇó hvayatām úpa vayáṃ prāṇáṃ havāmahe | várcó jagrāha pṛthivī́ antárikṣaṃ várcaḥ sómo bṛ́haspátir vidhātā́
Hither unto us let Breath call Breath; hither we invoke the Breath. Splendour hath seized on Earth and Mid-air; splendour—Soma, and Bṛhaspati the Ordainer.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (late AV; r̥ṣi varies by anukramaṇī)
Devata: Prāṇa; Varcas; Soma; Bṛhaspati
Chandas: Late AV mixed; approximates Anuṣṭubh with irregularities
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