Mantra 2
Sukta 10
नमस्ते राजन् वरुणास्तु मन्यवे विश्वं ह्युऽग्र निचिकेषि द्रुग्धम् । सहस्रमन्यान् प्र सुवामि साकं शतं जीवाति शरदस्तवायम्
námas te rājan váruṇāstu mányave víśvaṃ hí ugrá nicikéṣi drugdhám | sahásram anyā́n prá suvāmi sā́kaṃ śatáṃ jī́vā́ti śarádas tavā́yám ||
Homage to thee, O King Varuṇa: be (this) for thy Wrath. For thou, O fierce one, hast indeed taken note of every treachery. A thousand others, together, I send forth (in its stead): may this man, by thy leave, live a hundred autumns.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Āṅgirasa lineages; specific r̥ṣi attribution depends on anukramaṇī tradition).
Devata: Varuṇa (with Manyu—wrath—as the operative aspect).
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (with Atharvanic metrical flexibility).
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