Mantra 11
Sukta 4
प्राणो मृत्युः प्राणस्तक्मा प्राणं देवा उपासते । प्राणो ह सत्यवादिनमुत्तमे लोक आ दधत्
prāṇó mṛtyúḥ prāṇás takmā́ prāṇáṃ devā́ upā́sate | prāṇó ha satyavādínaṃ uttamé loká ā́ dadhat ||
Prāṇa is Death; Prāṇa is Takman-fever; Prāṇa the Gods themselves revere. Prāṇa, indeed, establisheth the truth-speaker in the highest world.
प्राणो मृत्युḥ, प्राणस्तक्मा; प्राणं देवाः उपासते। प्राणो हि सत्यवादिनम् उत्तमे लोके आ दधाति।
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Prāṇa (with Takman and Mṛtyu as subordinated powers)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like
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