Atharva Veda 10.8.44: Kanda 10, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 8, Mantra 44
Sukta 8
अ॒का॒मो धीरो॑ अ॒मृतः॑ स्वयं॒भू रसे॑न तृ॒प्तो न कुत॑श्च॒नोनः॑ । तमे॒व वि॒द्वान् न बि॑भाय मृ॒त्योरा॒त्मानं॒ धीर॑म॒जरं॒ युवा॑नम्
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.
वो जो किसी चीज़ की इच्छा नहीं रखता, जो स्थिर है, जो कभी नहीं मरता, जो खुद से पैदा हुआ, जो पूरा है, उसे जानने वाला मौत से डर नहीं सकता। वो आत्मा है, जो कभी बुड्ढा नहीं होती, हमेशा जवान रहती है।
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)
Primary: shanta
Secondary: adbhuta
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