Mantra 1
Sukta 68
वपनम्। आयमगन्त्सविता क्षुरेणोष्णेन वाय उदकेनेहि । आदित्या रुद्रा वसव उन्दन्तु सचेतसः सोमस्य राज्ञो वपत प्रचेतसः
vápanam | ā́ iyám agan savitā́ kṣuréṇóṣṇéna vāyo udakénehi | ādityā́ rudrā́ vásava undantu sácetasaḥ sómasya rā́jño vapata prá-cetasaḥ ||
Shaving. Hither hath this (rite) come: Savitar with the razor, with the warm (water); O Vāyu, come with the water. Let the Ādityas, the Rudras, the Vasus—of one accord—bedew (him). Shave ye the King Soma, ye provident and foreknowing.
वपन (मुंडन/शेविंग)। यह (विधि) यहाँ आ पहुँची है—सविता उष्ण जल सहित क्षुर (उस्तरा) लेकर; हे वायु! जल लेकर आओ। आदित्य, रुद्र, वसु—एकचित्त होकर—इसे सींचें, अभिषिक्त करें। हे प्रचेतस (सावधान, दूरदर्शी) जनो! राजा सोम का वपन करो।
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in the provided excerpt)
Devata: Savitar; Vāyu; Ādityas, Rudras, Vasus; Soma (as royal paradigm)
Chandas: Mixed/prose-like anuṣṭubh cadence (likely anuṣṭubh with ritual heading ‘vapanam’)
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