Mantra 1
Sukta 66
ब्रह्म। यद्यन्तरिक्षे यदि वात आस यदि वृक्षेषु यदि वोलपेषु । यदश्रवन् पशव उद्यमानं तद् ब्राह्मणं पुनरस्मानुपैतु
bráhma | yády antárikṣe yádi vā́ta ā́sa yádi vṛ́kṣeṣu yádi vólapeṣu | yád áśravan paśáva udyámānaṃ tád brā́hmaṇaṃ púnar asmā́n upáitu ||
The holy spell—if it be in the mid-air, if it have lodged in the Wind, if among the trees, if in the thickets—what the cattle heard as it was rising forth, that Brahman-power, let it come back again unto us.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anonymous/collective in many AV apotropaic pieces)
Devata: Brahman (mantra-power) personified; secondarily Vāta/Antarikṣa as loci
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires padic verification across editions)
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