Sukta 4
या ते प्राण प्रिया तनूर्यो ते प्राण प्रेयसी । अथो यद् भेषजं तव तस्य नो धेहि जीवसे
yā́ te prā́ṇa priyā́ tanū́r yā́ te prā́ṇa préyasī | átho yád bheṣajáṃ táva tásya no dhehi jīváse ||
That body of thine, O Prāṇa, which is dear, that, O Prāṇa, which is dearest—moreover, whatever remedy is thine, thereof do thou bestow upon us, for life.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Prāṇa (as healer and repository of bhesaja)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like
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