Mantra 8
Sukta 97
मनसस्पत इमं नो दिवि देवेषु यज्ञम्। स्वाहा दिवि स्वाहा पृथिव्यां स्वाहान्तरिक्षे स्वाहा वाते धां स्वाहा
mánasaspate imáṃ no diví devéṣu yajñám | svā́hā diví svā́hā pṛthivyā́ṃ svā́hā́ntárikṣe svā́hā vāté dhā́ṃ svā́hā
O Lord of Mind, set thou this our sacrifice in heaven among the Gods. Svāhā in heaven, svāhā on earth, svāhā in the mid-air; svāhā—set it in the wind; svāhā.
Rishi: Requires hymn colophon; commonly Atharvanic attribution for such formulaic material.
Devata: Manaspati (Lord of Mind); secondarily the cosmic loci (dyu, pṛthivī, antarikṣa, vāta).
Chandas: Prose-like / yajus-style; not a strict RV meter.
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