Mantra 22
Sukta 3
सुकर्मानः सुरुचो देवयन्तो अयो न देवा जनिमा धमन्तः । शुचन्तो अग्निं वावृधन्त इन्द्रमुर्वीं गव्यां परिषदं नो अक्रन्
sukármāṇaḥ surúco devayánto áyo ná devā́ jánimā dhámantaḥ | śúcanto agním vāvṛdhánta índram urvī́ṃ gavyā́ṃ paríṣadaṃ no akran ||
Good workers, fair-shining, godward, like gods forging as with iron the very birth—being pure they strengthened Agni; and Indra they strengthened; and for us they made a wide, cattle-rich enclosure and assembly-seat.
Rishi: Pitṛs/primeval ritualists (implicit)
Devata: Agni and Indra (with Pitṛs as exemplars)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
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