Atharva Veda 5.24.2: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 24, Mantra 2
Sukta 24
अ॒ग्निर्वन॒स्पती॑ना॒मधि॑पतिः॒ स मा॑वतु । अ॒स्मिन् ब्रह्म॑ण्य॒स्मिन् कर्म॑ण्य॒स्यां पु॑रो॒धाया॑म॒स्यां प्र॑ति॒ष्ठाया॑म॒स्यां चित्त्या॑म॒स्यामाकू॑त्याम॒स्यामा॒शिष्य॒स्यां दे॒वहू॑त्यां॒ स्वाहा॑
agnír vanaspátīnā́m ádhipatiḥ sá mā́ avatu | asmín bráhmaṇy asmín kármaṇy asyā́m purodhā́yām asyā́m pratíṣṭhāyām asyā́m cittiyā́m asyā́m ākū́tyām asyā́m āśíṣy asyā́m devahū́tyāṁ svā́hā
Agni, overlord of the Lords of the Wood, let him protect me. In this holy utterance, in this operation; in this fore-setting, in this establishment; in this ordered piling, in this intent; in this blessing, in this calling of the Gods—Svāhā!
अग्निर्वनस्पतीनामधिपतिः स मा अवतु। अस्मिन् ब्रह्मण्यस्मिन् कर्मण्यस्यां पुरोधायामस्यां प्रतिष्ठायामस्यां चित्त्यायामस्यामाकूत्यामस्यामाशिष्यस्यां देवहूत्यां स्वाहा।
Rishi: Atharvanic/Aṅgirasa tradition (sūkta-level attribution varies by anukramaṇī; not securely inferable from the single verse alone)
Devata: Agni as अधिपति of वनस्पति
Chandas: Predominantly Anuṣṭubh-like cadence with extended litany (prose-like enumerative tail)
Primary: shanta
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