Mantra 2
Sukta 9
पूषेमा आशा अनु वेद सर्वाः सो अस्माँ अभयतमेन नेषत्। स्वस्तिदा आघृणिः सर्ववीरोऽप्रयुच्छन् पुर एतु प्रजानन्
pū́ṣemā́ āśā́ ánu veda sárvāḥ sá asmā́n ábhayatamena neṣat | svastidā́ āghṛ́ṇiḥ sárvavīro ’práyucchan púra étu prajā́nán
Pūṣan knoweth after these directions, all of them: may he lead us by the safest path. The giver of welfare, the glowing one, all-heroic, unfailing—let him go before, discerning.
Rishi: Traditionally connected with Pūṣan-invocations; specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī tradition for AV 7.9.
Devata: Pūṣan
Chandas: Mixed/Triṣṭubh-like cadence (to be confirmed against pada-count in the project’s metrical module)
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