Atharva Veda 6.124.1: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 13, Sukta 124, Mantra 1
Sukta 124
निर्ऋत्यपस्तरणम्। दि॒वो नु मां बृ॑ह॒तो अ॒न्तरि॑क्षाद॒पां स्तो॒को अ॒भ्यऽपप्तद् रसे॑न । समि॑न्द्रि॒येण॒ पय॑सा॒हम॑ग्ने॒ छन्दो॑भिर्य॒ज्ञैः सु॒कृतां॑ कृ॒तेन॑
nirṛ́ty-apástaraṇam | divó nú māṃ bṛható antárikṣād apā́ṃ stóko abhy-àpaptad rásena | sám indríyeṇa páyasā́ham agne chándobhir yajñáiḥ sukṛ́tāṃ kṛténa
A spreading-forth against Nirṛti. From lofty heaven, even now, from the mid-air, a drop of waters hath fallen upon me with its living essence. With vigor and with milk am I made whole, O Agni—by meters, by sacrifices, by merit well achieved, by the deed accomplished.
Ausbreitung wider Nirṛti. Vom hohen Himmel, ja jetzt, aus dem Luftraum ist ein Tropfen der Wasser mit lebendigem Saft auf mich gefallen. Mit Kraft und mit Milch werde ich heil, o Agni — durch Metren, durch Opfer, durch wohl erworbenes Verdienst, durch die vollbrachte Tat.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in the excerpt).
Devata: Agni; Waters (Āpas) as implicit agents; anti-deity target: Nirṛti.
Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-like cadence possible; requires metrical verification from full pada counts.
Primary: shanta
Secondary: adbhuta
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