Mantra 22
Sukta 9
इत्थं श्रेयो मन्यमानेदमागमं युष्माकं सख्ये अहमस्मि शेवा । समानजन्मा क्रतुरस्ति वः शिवः स वः सर्वाः सं चरति प्रजानन्
ittháṃ śréyo mányamānedám ā́gamam yuṣmā́kaṃ sakhyé ahám asmi śévā | samānajánmā krátur asti vaḥ śiváḥ sá vo sárvāḥ sáṃ carati prajā́nann ||
Thus deeming welfare, hither have I come: within your friendship I am kindly. Of common birth, there is for you an auspicious purpose; that, knowing, moves together among you all.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified here)
Devata: Sakhya/Śiva-kratu (personified auspicious resolve); Vāc as operative power implicit
Chandas: Not securely determinable from excerpt alone
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