Sukta 1
प्रजापतेरावृतो ब्रह्मणा वर्मणाहं कश्यपस्य ज्योतिषा वर्चसा च । जरदष्टिः कृतवीर्यो विहायाः सहस्रायुः सुकृतश्चरेयम्
prajā́pater ā́vṛto bráhmaṇā vármaṇāháṃ kaśyápasya jyótiṣā várcasā ca | jaradáṣṭiḥ kṛtávīryo víhāyāḥ sahásrāyuḥ súkṛtaś careyam ||
Enwrapped am I with Prajāpati, with brahman as mine armour; with Kaśyapa’s light and with his splendour. Seeing old age, of power made sure, moving in the wide expanse, a thousand-lived, of good deserts—so may I fare.
Rishi: Kaśyapa / Prajāpati-associated Atharvanic seer-complex
Devata: Prajāpati; also Kaśyapa’s tejas as protective agency
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like expansion (Atharvanic mixed cadence; longer pādas than anuṣṭubh)
Primary: shanta
Secondary: adbhuta