Sukta 16
सुरक्षा प्राणा॑पानौ मृ॒त्योर्मा॑ पातं॒ स्वाहा॑
su-rakṣā prā́ṇāpānau mṛtyór mā pātáṃ svā́hā
Good warding! O Prāṇa and Apāna, from Death do ye protect me. Svāhā!
यह मंत्र सुरक्षा की दुआ है। हे प्राण और अपान, तुम दोनों मुझे मौत से बचा के रखना। स्वाहा!
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific ṛṣi not securely determinable from the single mantra alone in isolation).
Devata: Prāṇa and Apāna (vital breaths) as deified life-agents; apotropaic opposition to Mṛtyu.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (short protective formula; exact metrical classification is fluid for such svāhā-closures).
Primary: vira
Secondary: shanta
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