Mantra 8
Sukta 24
हिरण्यवर्णो अजरः सुवीरो जरामृत्युः प्रजया सं विशस्व । तदग्निराह तदु सोम आह बृहस्पतिः सविता तदिन्द्रः
híraṇyavarṇo ajáraḥ suvī́ro jarā́mṛtyuḥ prajā́yā sáṃ viśasva | tád agnír ā́ha tád u sóma ā́ha bṛ́haspátiḥ savitā́ tád índraḥ
Golden-hued, unaging, rich in goodly heroes—old age and death—enter thou in wholly, with progeny. That hath Agni said; that, indeed, hath Soma said; Bṛhaspati, Savitṛ—yea that hath Indra said.
ذهبيُّ اللون، لا يهرم، غنيٌّ بالأبطال الصالحين—(قاهرٌ) للشيخوخة والموت—ادخلْ أنتَ دخولًا تامًّا، مع الذرية. هكذا قال أغني (Agni)؛ وهكذا حقًّا قال سوما (Soma)؛ وهكذا قال بْرِهَسْبَتي (Bṛhaspati) وسافيتَر (Savitṛ)—نعم، هكذا قال إندرا (Indra).
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (late AV strata; specific attribution uncertain)
Devata: Longevity/progeny complex; deities as witnesses: Agni, Soma, Bṛhaspati, Savitṛ, Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like expansion (late, mixed cadence)
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