Sukta 2
मा॒त॒रिश्वा॑ च॒ पव॑मानश्च विपथवा॒हौ वा॒तः सार॑थी रे॒ष्मा प्र॑तो॒दः
mātariśvā́ ca pavámānaś ca vipathavā́hau vā́taḥ sā́rathī reṣmā́ pratodáḥ
Mātariśvan and Pavamāna—those two that bear one through pathless ways—Wind is the charioteer; the reins and the goad are his.
मातरिश्वन और पवमान, यह दोनों रस्ता दिखाते हैं जहाँ कोई रस्ता नहीं होता। हवा गाड़ी चलाता है। बाज़ू उसकी लगाम है, और चमत्कार उसकी चाबुक।
Rishi: Atharvanic/anonymous (within the Vrātya-kāṇḍa complex)
Devata: Mātariśvan; Pavamāna; Vāta (as functional deities of conveyance and propulsion)
Chandas: Mixed/prose-leaning Atharvanic style (not a strict RV metrical pāda sequence)
Primary: vira
Secondary: adbhuta
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