Sukta 9
इ॒मं रथ॒मधि॒ ये स॒प्त त॒स्थुः स॒प्तच॑क्रं स॒प्त व॑ह॒न्त्यश्वाः॑ । स॒प्त स्वसा॑रो अ॒भि सं न॑वन्त॒ यत्र॒ गवां॒ निहि॑ता स॒प्त नामा॑
imáṃ rátham ádhi yé saptá tasthúḥ saptácakraṃ saptá vahanty áśvā́ḥ | saptá svásāro abhí sáṃ namanta yátra gavā́ṃ níhitā saptá nā́mā
Upon this chariot stand the Seven; seven-wheeled it is, and seven are the horses that bear it. Seven Sisters bow together toward it, where are laid away the Seven Names of the kine.
Auf diesem Wagen stehen die Sieben; siebenrädrig ist er, und sieben Rosse tragen ihn. Sieben Schwestern neigen sich gemeinsam zu ihm—dort, wo die Sieben Namen der Kühe niedergelegt sind.
Rishi: Traditionally treated as a brahmodya-style revelation (r̥ṣi not foregrounded; often assigned to Atharvanic seers in ancillary lists)
Devata: Rahasya/Cosmic Order (ṛta), with solar-sacrificial subtext
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (speculative hymn style; exact metrical parsing debated)
Primary: adbhuta
Secondary: shanta
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