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Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (as per anukramaṇī)
Devata: Devapatnīs (consorts of the gods, collective)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (requires metrical confirmation).
Mantra 1
देवपत्न्यः। दे॒वानां॒ पत्नी॑रुश॒तीर॑वन्तु नः॒ प्राव॑न्तु नस्तु॒जये॒ वाज॑सातये । याः पार्थि॑वासो॒ या अ॒पामपि॑ व्र॒ते ता नो॑ देवीः सु॒हवाः॒ शर्म॑ यच्छन्तु
Let the willing Consorts of the Gods befriend us; yea, let them guard us onward, for onset and for winning of the prize. Whether they be of earth, or whether in the ordinance of the waters, let those Goddesses, easy to invoke, bestow on us a sheltering peace.
Mantra 2
उ॒त ग्ना व्य॑न्तु दे॒वप॑त्नीरिन्द्रा॒ण्य॑१ग्नाय्य॒श्विनी॒ राट्। आ रोद॑सी वरुणा॒नी शृ॑णोतु॒ व्यन्तु॑ दे॒वीर्य ऋ॒तुर्जनी॑नाम्
And let the divine Ladies, the Consorts of the Gods, bestir them—Indrāṇī, Agneyī, and queenly Aśvinī. Let Varuṇānī hear, unto the Two Worlds; let the Goddesses be in action—those who are the season, the rightful time, of women.
They are the consorts of the major gods, invoked collectively as protective divine women; the hymn also names Indrāṇī, Agneyī, Varuṇānī, and Aśvinī.
Protection and safe advance in an undertaking or contest, success in winning the ‘prize’ (vājasāti), and the gift of sheltering peace (śarma).
Here ṛtu means ‘right time’ or auspicious order; the hymn asks the divine consorts to activate that proper timing for women, supporting regularity, wellbeing, and fertility as part of a broader protective aim.
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