Mantra 4
Sukta 12
यद् वो मनः परागतं यद् बद्धमिह वेह वा । तद् व आ वर्तयामसि मयि वो रमतां मनः
yád vo mánaḥ párāgatam yád baddhám ihá véha vā́ | tád va ā́ vartayāmasi máyi vo ramatāṃ mánaḥ
What mind of yours hath wandered far, what mind is bound—whether here or yonder—this same we turn back hither. In me let your mind take pleasure; in me let it rest.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified in excerpt).
Devata: Manas (mind) as the operative field; implicitly the collective audience.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh.
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