Sukta 28
मि॒त्र एनं॒ वरु॑णो वा रि॒शादा॑ ज॒रामृ॑त्युं कृणुतां संविदा॒नौ। तद॒ग्निर्होता॑ व॒युना॑नि विद्वान् विश्वा॑ दे॒वानां॒ जनि॑मा विवक्ति
mítra énaṃ váruṇo vā riśā́dā jarā́mṛtyuṃ kṛṇutāṃ saṃvidānáu | tád agnír hótā vayúnāni vidvā́n víśvā devā́nāṃ jánimā vivakti ||
May Mitra—or Varuṇa, the devourer of hurt—by joint accord make for this man a turning from age-and-death. That Agni, the Hotṛ, knowing the ordinances, distinguisheth all the births and offices of the Gods.
Nawa'y si Mitra, o si Varuna na kumakain ng kasamaan, sa pamamagitan ng pagkakaunawaan ay lumikha para sa taong ito ng paglayo sa katandaan at kamatayan. Si Agni, ang Hotr, na nakakaalam ng mga batas, ay nagpapakilala ng lahat ng kapanganakan at tungkulin ng mga Diyos.
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras-type attribution (as typical for AV healing/life rites; specific r̥ṣi assignment depends on the anukramaṇī tradition for 2.28).
Devata: Mitra-Varuṇa; Agni (Hotṛ) as ritual mediator
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (11-syllable cadence typical of the verse’s structure)
Primary: shanta
Secondary: adbhuta
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