Atharva Veda 8.2.3: Kanda 8, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 3
Sukta 2
वाता॑त् ते प्रा॒णम॑विदं॒ सूर्या॒च्चक्षु॑र॒हं तव॑ । यत् ते॒ मन॒स्त्वयि॒ तद् धा॑रयामि॒ सं वि॒त्स्वाङ्गै॒र्वद॑ जि॒ह्वयाल॑पन्
vātā́t te prāṇám avidam sū́ryāc cákṣur aháṃ táva | yát te mánaḥ tváyi tát dhārayāmi sáṃ vítsvā́ṅgair váda jihváyā́lapán
From Wind for thee I have found thy breath; from the Sun, thy sight, I. What mind of thine is within thee—that I hold fast. Come wholly to thy sense with thy limbs; speak with thy tongue, uttering clear speech.
वातात् ते प्राणम् अविदं सूर्याच्चक्षुरहं तव। यत्ते मनस्त्वयि तद्धारयामि। सं वित्स्वाङ्गैर्वद जिह्वयालपन् स्पष्टां वाचम्।
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)
Devata: Prāṇa, Sūrya (as source of cakṣus), and the restored faculties
Chandas: Mixed; largely Anuṣṭubh-like with Atharvanic expansions
Primary: karuna
Secondary: shanta
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