Atharva Veda 4.25.7: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 25, Mantra 7
Sukta 25
उप॒ श्रेष्ठा॑ न आ॒शिषो॑ दे॒वयो॒र्धाम॑न्नस्थिरन्। स्तौमि॑ दे॒वं स॑वि॒तारं॑ च वा॒युं तौ नो॑ मुञ्चत॒मंह॑सः
úpa śréṣṭhā na āśíṣo deváyor dhā́man asthiran | stáumi deváṁ savitā́raṁ ca vāyúṁ táu no muñcatam áṁhasaḥ ||
Near to us have stood the best benedictions, in the seat of the two gods. I praise the god Savitar and Vāyu: do ye release us from distress.
देवयोर्धामनि श्रेष्ठा न आशिषः उप नः अस्थिरन्। अहं देवं सवितारं च वायुम् स्तौमि; तौ नोऽंहसः मुञ्चतम्।
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (see Anukramaṇī for AV 4.25).
Devata: Savitar and Vāyu.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (8+8 cadence more typical here; verify by syllable count in pada text).
Primary: shanta
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