Mantra 2
Sukta 35
यज्ञपतिमृषयः एनसाहुर्निर्भक्तं प्रजा अनुतप्यमानम्। मथव्याऽन्त्स्तोकानप यान् रराध सं नष्टेभिः सृजतु विश्वकर्मा
yajñápatim ṛ́ṣayaḥ énasāhur nírbhaktam prajā́ anutapyámānam | mathavyā́nt stokā́n ápa yā́n rarádha sáṃ naṣṭébhíḥ sṛjatu viśvákarmā́
The Seers have called it sin: that the Lord of Sacrifice, cut off (from his portion), should thereafter suffer with his folk. The drops—those little portions—which he hath harmed and driven away, let Viśvakarman, the All-Former, send forth again, together with the lost.
Rishi: Atharvanic seers (ṛṣayaḥ; specific attribution uncertain for this isolated verse without full hymn colophon)
Devata: Viśvakarman (restorative cosmic artisan); also implicitly the Yajñapati as ritual principle
Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-type (requires full metrical scan; not safely determinable from the single transmitted line without padic accent collation).
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