Mantra 5
Sukta 17
सूर्यो मा द्यावापृथिवीभ्यां प्रतीच्या दिशः पातु तस्मिन् क्रमे तस्मिंछ्रये तां पुरं प्रैमि । स मा रक्षतु स मा गोपायतु तस्मा आत्मानं परि ददे स्वाहा
sū́ryo mā dyā́vā-pṛthivī́bhyāṃ pratī́cyā diśáḥ pā́tu tásmin kráme tásmiñ chraye tā́m púraṃ práimi | sá mā rakṣatu sá mā gopāyatu tásmā ātmā́naṃ pári dade svā́hā
May Sūrya, with Heaven and Earth, guard me from the western quarter. In that I step; in that I take refuge; unto that stronghold I go forth. May he protect me; may he watch over me: to him I wholly commit my very self—svāhā.
Rishi: Atharvanic/Aṅgirasa tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)
Devata: Sūrya (with Dyāvā-Pṛthivī)
Chandas: Operational/prose-like Atharvanic cadence
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