Mantra 4
Sukta 59
मन्त्रमखर्वं सुधितं सुपेशसं दधात यज्ञियेष्वा। पूर्वीश्चन प्रसितयस्तरन्ति तं य इन्द्रे कर्मणा भुवत्
mántram ákharvaṃ súdhitaṃ supéśasaṃ dádhāta yajñiyéṣv ā́ | pū́rvīś ca ná prásitayas taranti táṃ ya índre kármaṇā bhúvat ||
A spell unshattered, well-established, of fair fashion, he setteth within the sacrificial acts. Even the former impulsions overpass (all hindrance) for him who, by deed, hath his being in Indra.
Rishi: Ṛgvedic provenance (Book 20 is a Rig-collection in AVŚ); traditional attribution follows the source Ṛg hymn’s seer (not uniquely Atharvanic here).
Devata: Indra (as the power underwriting efficacious karman)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagati-type dictional cadence (as per Ṛgvedic source; exact metrical identification depends on the underlying RV verse).
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