Sukta 4
ध्रुव॒ आ रो॑ह पृथि॒वीं वि॒श्वभो॑जसम॒न्तरि॑क्षमुपभृदा क्र॑मस्व । जुहु॒ द्यां ग॑च्छ॒ यज॑मानेन सा॒कं स्रु॒वेण॑ व॒त्सेन॒ दिशः॒ प्रपी॑नाः॒ सर्वा॑ धु॒क्ष्वाहृ॑ण्यमानः
dhrúvā́ ā́ róha pṛthivī́m viśvá-bhojasam antárikṣam upabhṛ́dā krámasva | juhú dyā́m gáccha yájamānena sākáṃ sruvéṇa vatséna díśaḥ prápīnāḥ sárvā dhúkṣvā́hṛṇyamānaḥ
Steadfast, ascend the Earth; stride with the upabhṛt-ladle through the all-nourishing Mid-air. Offer: go unto Heaven together with the Sacrificer; with the sruva, with the calf, do thou milk—all the Directions, made full—being drawn hither.
Fest steige auf die Erde; mit der upabhṛt-Schöpfkelle schreite durch den allnährenden Luftraum. Spende: geh zum Himmel zusammen mit dem Opferherrn; mit dem sruva, mit dem Kalb, melke — alle Himmelsrichtungen, voll geworden — herbei, während du herangezogen wirst.
Rishi: Traditionally associated with Atharvanic seers for AV 18 (funeral book); specific r̥ṣi attribution depends on Anukramaṇī tradition.
Devata: Cosmic regions (Pṛthivī, Antarikṣa, Dyauḥ) and the personified Directions; Agni implied through offering (juhú).
Chandas: Mixed/prose-like triṣṭubh-jagatī tendencies in AV 18; metrical identification requires pada-counting from a critical text.
Primary: adbhuta
Secondary: vira
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