Mantra 8
Sukta 5
ब्रह्म च क्षत्रं च राष्ट्रं च विशश्च त्विषिश्च यशश्च वर्चश्च द्रविणं च
bráhma ca kṣatráṃ ca rāṣṭráṃ ca víśaś ca tvíṣiś ca yáśaś ca várchaś ca dráviṇaṃ ca
Brahman-power and royal power, the realm and the folk; brilliance and fame, lustre and wealth—(all these are imperilled and may depart).
ब्रह्म-शक्ति और क्षत्र-शक्ति; राष्ट्र और विश (जन-समुदाय); त्विषि (दीप्ति) और यश; वर्चस् (कान्ति) और द्रविण (धन)—ये सब भी संकट में पड़कर दूर हो सकते हैं।
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (precise r̥ṣi requires anukramaṇī confirmation)
Devata: Rāṣṭra / Brahma-Kṣatra order (personified social powers)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-series / enumerative (within the mixed-meter block noted for 7–11)
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