Mantra 5
Sukta 15
यथा सत्यं चानृतं च न बिभीतो न रिष्यतः । एवा मे प्राण मा बिभेः
yáthā satyáṃ cā́nṛtaṃ ca ná bibhītó ná riṣyátaḥ | evā́ me prā́ṇa mā́ bibheḥ ||
As Truth and Untruth fear not, nor suffer harm—so, O my Prāṇa, do thou not fear.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras lineages; specific r̥ṣi attribution for this verse is edition-dependent).
Devata: Prāṇa (vital breath), with an implicit appeal to the stabilizing order of satya.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (8+8+8+8, with Atharvanic cadence)
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