Mantra 38
Sukta 4
इहैवैधि धनसनिरिहचित्त इहक्रतुः । इहैधि वीर्यऽवत्तरो वयोधा अपराहतः
iháivédhi dhana-sánir ihá-cittá ihá-kratúḥ | iháidhi vīryà-vattaráḥ vayodhā́ áparāhataḥ ||
Here verily thrive—winning wealth; here be thy thought, here thy resolve. Here thrive thou, more richly endowed with manly might, bestower of vitality, unconquered.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (AV 18 domestic-funerary corpus).
Devata: Implicitly the blessing-power of Brahman/mantra; addressed to the living beneficiary.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (two pādas with compact cadence; Atharvanic anuṣṭubh tendency).
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