Sukta 4
पि॒शङ्ग॑रूपो नभ॒सो व॑यो॒धा ऐ॒न्द्रः शुष्मो॑ वि॒श्वरू॑पो न॒ आग॑न्। आयु॑र॒स्मभ्यं॒ दध॑त् प्र॒जां च॑ रा॒यश्च॒ पोषै॑र॒भि नः॑ सचताम्
piśáṅgarūpo nabháso vayodhā́ aindráḥ śúṣmo viśvárūpo na ā́gan | ā́yur asmábhyaṁ dádhat prajā́ṁ ca rā́yaś ca póṣair abhí naḥ sacatām ||
Tawny of form, life-bestowing from the cloud, Indra’s might, all-formed, hath come to us. Setting for us life and progeny—let wealth also, with prosperings, cleave fast about us.
ذهبيَّ الهيئة، واهبَ الحياة من السحاب—قوّةَ إندرا، المتشكّلةَ بكلّ صورة—قد جاءت إلينا. واضعًا لنا العمرَ والذرّيةَ—ولْتَلْتَصِقْ بنا الثروةُ أيضًا، مع أسباب الازدهار، التصاقًا وثيقًا من حولنا.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)
Devata: Indra / Indraic śuṣma (personified might)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like tendency (longer pādas; Atharvanic metrical looseness)
Primary: adbhuta
Secondary: shanta
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