Mantra 3
Sukta 15
यथा सूर्यश्च चन्द्रश्च न बिभीतो न रिष्यतः । एवा मे प्राण मा बिभेः
yáthā́ sū́ryaś ca candráś ca ná bibhītó ná riṣyátaḥ | evā́ me prā́ṇa mā́ bibheḥ ||
As the Sun and as the Moon fear not, nor come to harm, even so, O my Breath, do thou not fear.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific r̥ṣi attribution for this single mantra not determinable here without the full anuvāka/hymn colophon).
Devata: Prāṇa (vital breath), with Sun and Moon as paradigmatic witnesses/powers.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; the verse is in the common Atharvanic anuṣṭubh cadence).
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