Mantra 1
Sukta 53
दीर्घायुः। अमुत्रभूयादधि यद् यमस्य बृहस्पतेरभिशस्तेरमुञ्चः । प्रत्यौहतामश्विना मृत्युमस्मद् देवानामग्ने भिषजा शचीभिः
dīrghāyúḥ | amútra-bhūyād ádhi yád yámasya bृहáspater abhíśaster amúñcaḥ | práty auhatām aśvínā mṛtyúm asmád devā́nām agne bhiṣájā śacī́bhiḥ
Long life!—Let him not be yonder’s own, though Yama had laid hold: from Bṛhaspati’s ban, from the imprecation, thou hast loosed him. Let the Aśvins thrust Death backward from us; O Agni, physician of the Gods, with thy potent arts.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition; specific r̥ṣi not supplied in the input
Devata: Aśvins, Agni (as Bhiṣaj), with Yama/Mṛtyu as adversarial powers
Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh/Jagatī movement (requires metrical confirmation from edition)
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