Sukta 4
बृह॒स्पतिः॑ सवि॒ता ते॒ वयो॑ दधौ॒ त्वष्टु॑र्वा॒योः पर्या॒त्मा त॒ आभृ॑तः । अ॒न्तरि॑क्षे॒ मन॑सा त्वा जुहोमि ब॒र्हिष्टे॒ द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी उ॒भे स्ता॑म्
bṛ́haspátiḥ savitā́ te váyo dadhau tváṣṭur vāyóḥ páryātmā́ ta ā́bhṛtaḥ | antárikṣe mánasā tvā juhomi barhíṣṭe dyā́vā-pṛthivī ubhé stām ||
Bṛhaspati and Savitar have set for thee thy vital vigour; the all-encompassing essence of Tvaṣṭṛ and of Vāyu is brought hither for thee. In the mid-air, with mind I offer thee; upon the sacred grass let Heaven and Earth, both twain, stand fast.
بْرِهَسْبَتِي وَسَفِيتَرُ قَدْ وَضَعَا لَكَ قُوَّتَكَ الْحَيَوِيَّةَ؛ وَجُوْهَرُ تْفَشْتْرِ وَفَايُو الشَّامِلُ لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدْ جِيءَ بِهِ إِلَيْكَ. فِي الأَنْتَرِكْشَا (الفَضَاءِ الوَسَطِ)، بِالذِّهْنِ أُقَدِّمُكَ قُرْبَانًا؛ وَعَلَى الْبَرْهِسْتِ (العُشْبِ المُقَدَّسِ) فَلْتَثْبُتِ السَّمَاءُ وَالأَرْضُ، كِلْتَاهُمَا، ثَبَاتًا.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn-level attribution varies; commonly treated as Atharvan/Angiras-type material in AV 9).
Devata: Bṛhaspati, Savitar, Tvaṣṭṛ, Vāyu; with Dyāvāpṛthivī as stabilizing witnesses.
Chandas: Mixed/irregular (late Atharvanic narrative style; not strictly a single RV meter throughout the sukta).
Primary: adbhuta
Secondary: shanta
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