Mantra 1
Sukta 41
दीर्घायुःप्राप्तिः। मनसे चेतसे धिय आकूतय उत चित्तये । मत्यै श्रुताय चक्षसे विधेम हविषा वयम्
mánase cetáse dhíya ā́kūtaya utá cíttaye | matyái śrutā́ya cákṣase vidhéma havíṣā vayám ||
To Mind, to Consciousness, to holy Thought, to Purposes, and to fixed Attention; to Understanding, to Hearing, to Vision—may we render worship with oblation, even we.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often treated as anonymous/collective in AV ancillary rites)
Devata: Manas–Cetas–Dhī–Ākūti etc. (personified faculties); implicitly Āyus (Life) as the goal
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (4 pādas of 8 syllables; Atharvanic anuṣṭubh style)
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