Mantra 1
Sukta 76
वने न वा यो न्यधायि चाक्रं छुचिर्वां स्तोमो भुरणावजीगः । यस्येदिन्द्रः पुरुदिनेषु होता नृणां नर्यो नृतमः क्षपावान्
váné na vā́ yó nyàdhāyi cakráṃ śúcir vāṃ stómō bhuraṇāvājīgaḥ | yásyed índraḥ purudínēṣu hótā nṛṇā́ṃ náryo nṛ́tamáḥ kṣapā́vān ||
Whether in the forest, or elsewhere, he who hath set the wheel in place—pure is the hymn, impetuous in its onset. He whose is Indra, on many a day, as Hotar: for men the manly, the most heroic, abiding through the nights.
Rishi: RV-derived (Indra-stuti tradition; in AV 20 often attributed per RV Anukramaṇī rather than native Atharvan lists)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (RV-style)
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