Mantra 2
Sukta 110
ज्येष्ठघ्न्यं जातो विचृतोर्यमस्य मूलबर्हणात् परि पाह्येनम्। अत्येनं नेषद् दुरितानि विश्वा दीर्घायुत्वाय शतशारदाय
jyeṣṭhaghnyàṃ jātó vicṛ́tor yámásya mū́labárhaṇāt pári pāhy enam | áty enaṃ neṣad duritā́ni víśvā dīrghāyutvā́ya śatáśāradāya ||
From that elder-slaying power, born of Yama’s rending Disperser—from the root-uprooting—do thou guard him round about. So may he be led beyond all misfortunes, unto long-livedness, unto a hundred autumns.
De ese poder que mata al mayor—nacido del Dispersor desgarrador de Yama—del arrancador de raíces, guárdalo por todas partes. Así sea conducido más allá de todas las desgracias, hacia la larga vida, hacia cien otoños.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent).
Devata: Protective power against Yama/death; implicitly a guardian deity invoked by imperative ‘pāhi.’
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (requires scansion; the verse is longer than anuṣṭubh).
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