Mantra 1
Sukta 117
आनृण्यम्। अपमित्यमप्रतीत्तं यदस्मि यमस्य येन बलिना चरामि । इदं तदग्ने अनृणो भवामि त्वं पाशान् विचृतं वेत्थ सर्वान्
ā́nṛṇyam | apamítyam ápratīttaṃ yád ásmi yamásya yéna balínā cárāmi | idáṃ tád agne anṛṇó bhavāmi tváṃ pā́śān vicṛ́taṃ véttha sárvān
Freedom from debt. The ill-lot, the unpaid due—whereby I stand within Yama’s sphere and, constrained by force, go my way: even that, O Agni, from this day I make mine own discharge; do thou—who knowest every noose, in all its spread—set me unbound.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anṛṇya-sūkta; specific ṛṣi attribution varies in ancillary lists)
Devata: Agni (as bond-loosener) with implicit reference to Yama’s pāśas
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant for this cluster)
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