Mantra 1
Sukta 71
वेदमाता। स्तुता मया वरदा वेदमाता प्र चोदयन्तां पावमानी द्विजानाम्। आयुः प्राणं प्रजां पशुं कीर्तिं द्रविणं ब्रह्मवर्चसम्। मह्यं दत्त्वा व्रजत ब्रह्मलोकम्
vedamātā́ | stutā́ mayā́ varadā́ vedamātā́ prá codayantāṃ pāvamānī́ dvijānā́m | ā́yuḥ prāṇáṃ prajā́ṃ paśúṃ kī́rtiṃ dráviṇaṃ brahmavárcasam | máhyaṃ dattvā́ vrajata brahmalokám
O Mother of the Veda. Praised by me, boon-bestowing Mother of the Veda, let the Purifying Ones impel onward the twice-born: life and breath, progeny and cattle, fame and wealth, and brahmanic splendour—having bestowed these upon me, depart unto the world of Brahman.
हे वेदमाता! मेरे द्वारा स्तुत, वर देने वाली वेदमाता—पावमानी (शुद्ध करने वाली शक्तियाँ) द्विजों को आगे प्रेरित करें। आयु, प्राण, प्रजा, पशु, कीर्ति, द्रविण (धन) और ब्रह्मवर्चस—ये मुझे देकर तुम ब्रह्मलोक को प्रस्थान करो।
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (late book; r̥ṣi uncertain)
Devata: Vedamātā (Vāc/Śruti), Pāvamānī (Purifier), and Brahman (as locus: brahmaloka)
Chandas: Mixed; late Atharvanic triṣṭubh/jagatī-like expansions with enumerative cadence
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