Mantra 1
Sukta 26
हिरण्यधारणम्। अग्नेः प्रजातं परि यद्धिरण्यममृतं दध्रे अधि मर्त्येषु । य एनद् वेद स इदेनमर्हति जरामृत्युर्भवति यो बिभर्ति
agnéḥ prájātaṃ pári yád híraṇyam amṛ́taṃ dadhre ádhi mártyeṣu | yá enád véda sá íd enam arhati jarā́mṛtyur bhavati yó bibhárti ||
This gold, born of Agni, which, deathless, is set as a circlet upon mortals—he who knoweth it, he verily is meet for it; old age and death become (as it were) his portion to be put away, who beareth it.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (late book; r̥ṣi attribution variable in anukramaṇīs)
Devata: Hiraṇya (as amulet) with Agni as source of tejas
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approx.)
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