Mantra 19
Sukta 5
ऐन्द्राग्नं वर्म बहुलं यदुग्रं विश्वे देवा नाति विध्यन्ति सर्वे । तन्मे तन्वं त्रायतां सर्वतो बृहदायुष्मां जरदष्टिर्यथासानि
aíndrāgnáṃ várma bahuláṃ yád ugráṃ víśve devā́ ná̄́ti vidhyánti sárve | tán me tanvàṃ trāyatāṃ sárvato bṛhád ā́yuṣmāṃ jaradáṣṭir yáthā ásāni
The Indra-and-Agni armor—thick-set, fierce—which all the Gods together cannot pierce through: let that protect my body from every side, that I may be broad in life, life-possessed, a beholder of old age, even so may I be.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)
Devata: Indrāgnī as protective power; Varman as operative focus
Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-like length (longer pādas than anuṣṭubh; confirm metrically by syllable count in the Saunaka text)
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