Mantra 44
Sukta 8
अकामो धीरो अमृतः स्वयंभू रसेन तृप्तो न कुतश्चनोनः । तमेव विद्वान् न बिभाय मृत्योरात्मानं धीरमजरं युवानम्
akāmó dhī́ro amṛ́taḥ svayambhū́ rásena tṛptó ná kútaścanóonaḥ | tám evá vidvā́n ná bibhāya mṛtyór ātmā́naṃ dhī́ram ajáraṃ yúvānam ||
Desireless, steadfast, deathless, self-existent, filled with essence, lacking in naught from any quarter—knowing that very One, the wise man feareth not Death: the Self, the steadfast, unaging, ever-young.
Rishi: Atharvanic speculative tradition (variable anukramaṇī assignment).
Devata: Ātman/Brahman (with Mṛtyu as antagonist)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (Atharvanic mixed meter; often treated as triṣṭubh in this section)
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