
Rishi: Atharvanic/Aṅgirasa tradition (hymn-level attribution varies by anukramaṇī; to be normalized against the project’s chosen index).
Devata: Bhaga / auspicious prosperity-personification (with overlap into a generalized ‘beneficent presence’).
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (11/8-based Atharvanic anuṣṭubh cadence; to be metrically verified against pada counts in the project pipeline).
Mantra 1
दीर्घायुःप्राप्तिः। दश॑वृक्ष मु॒ञ्चेमं रक्ष॑सो॒ ग्राह्या॒ अधि॒ यैनं॑ ज॒ग्राह॒ पर्व॑सु । अथो॑ एनं वनस्पते जी॒वानां॒ लो॒क॑मु॑न्नय
O Ten-tree, release this man from the Rākṣasa, from the Seizer that hath fastened on him in the joints. And, O Lord of the Forest, moreover lead him upward unto the world of the living.
Mantra 2
आगा॒दुद॑गाद॒यं जी॒वानां॒ व्रात॒मप्य॑गात्। अभू॑दु पु॒त्राणां॑ पि॒ता नृ॒णां च॒ भग॑वत्तमः
Hither he hath come; forth hath he arisen: this one hath reached the host of the living. Verily he became the Father of sons, and of men the most bounteous and fortunate.
Mantra 3
अधी॑ती॒रध्य॑गाद॒यमधि॑ जीवपु॒रा अ॑गान्। श॒तं ह्य॑स्य भि॒षजः॑ स॒हस्र॑मु॒त वी॒रुधः॑
Over the plagues hath this passed onward; over the strongholds of life hath it gone. For his are a hundred healers, a thousand moreover, and herbs besides.
Mantra 4
दे॒वास्ते॑ ची॒तिम॑विदन् ब्र॒ह्माण॑ उ॒त वी॒रुधः॑ । ची॒तिं ते॒ विश्वे॑ दे॒वा अवि॑द॒न् भूम्या॒मधि॑
The Gods discovered for thee thy gathered store of power; the Brahmans too, and the Plants. Thy gathered store of power—all the Gods discovered it, upon the Earth.
Mantra 5
यश्च॒कार॒ स निष्क॑र॒त् स ए॒व सुभि॑षक्तमः । स ए॒व तुभ्यं॑ भेष॒जानि॑ कृ॒णव॑द् भि॒षजा॒ शुचिः॑
He who hath wrought (the cure), he hath brought it forth: he verily is the most excellent of physicians. He, even he, being pure, as a healer, shall for thee make ready the medicaments.
Both. It begins in a paustika mode—inviting auspicious fortune to settle among the living—and then expresses that same beneficence as healing power that passes beyond plagues and activates remedies.
Itī is an Atharvavedic term for afflictive outbreaks—often understood as epidemic or widely spreading diseases/harms—that must be ‘overpassed’ and left behind to protect life.
The verses mention herbs (vīrudh) and medicaments (bheṣajāni) in general, but do not require a named plant or a specific amulet. In practice, it can be recited as a blessing alone or spoken over water/medicine before use.
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