Atharva Veda 4.15.9 — Kanda 4, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 15, Mantra 9
Sukta 15
आपो॑ वि॒द्युद॒भ्रं व॒र्षं सं वो॑ऽवन्तु सु॒दान॑व॒ उत्सा॑ अजग॒रा उ॒त। म॒रुद्भिः॒ प्रच्यु॑ता मे॒घाः प्राव॑न्तु पृथि॒वीमनु॑
ā́po vidyúd abhráṃ várṣaṃ sáṃ vo ’vantu sudā́nava útsā́ ajagará úta | marúdbhiḥ prácyutā meghā́ḥ prá̄vantu pṛthivī́m ánu ||
May the Waters, with lightning, cloud, and rain, in concert succour you—bounteous givers—yea, the springs, yea, the hidden holders; and may the clouds, shaken loose by the Maruts, further aid, raining along the Earth.
Die Wasser mögen euch beistehen—mit Blitz, mit Wolke und mit Regen—einmütig, ihr freigebigen Spender; auch die Quellen mögen helfen, auch die verborgenen Bewahrer. Und die Wolken, von den Maruts losgerüttelt, mögen weiter fördern, Regen spendend längs der Erde.
Rishi: Traditionally Atharvanic/Angirasa attribution for AV 4.15 (rain/Parjanya complex; r̥ṣi varies by anukramaṇī tradition).
Devata: Āpaḥ, Parjanya/Maruts (storm-and-rain complex).
Chandas: Mixed; predominantly Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-like cadence in this section (as transmitted in Śaunaka).
Primary: adbhuta
Secondary: shanta
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