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Sukta 2
श्र॒द्धा पुं॑श्च॒ली मि॒त्रो मा॑ग॒धो वि॒ज्ञानं॒ वासोऽह॑रु॒ष्णीषं॒ रात्री॒ केशा॒ हरि॑तौ प्रव॒र्तौ क॑ल्म॒लिर्म॒णिः
śraddhā́ puṁścalī́ mitró mā́gadho vijñā́naṁ vā́so 'háruṣṇī́ṣaṁ rā́trī kéśā hárītau pravartáu kalmalír maṇíḥ
Faith, the roving woman; Mitra; the Māgadhan herald; discerning knowledge; the garment; day; the turban; night; the hairs; the two tawny powers, the two impellers—Kalmalí, the amulet.
इस मंत्र में बहुत सारी चीज़ें काम आ रही हैं। श्रद्धा, मित्र नाम का देवता, मगध का संदेश ले कर आने वाला, ज्ञान, कपड़ा, दिन, पगड़ी, रात, बाल। दो ताकतवली शक्तियाँ हैं जो आगे बढ़ा रही हैं। कल्मली नाम का मणि भी है जो रक्षा करता है।
Rishi: Traditionally connected with the Vratya-corpus; seer-attribution varies in ancillary lists (often treated as Atharvanic/Angirasic material).
Devata: Composite/personified powers (Śraddhā, Mitra, temporal dyad) and the Maṇi as efficacious object.
Chandas: Mixed/prose-catalogic (not a strict single meter; characteristic of AV 15 enumerations).
Primary: adbhuta
Secondary: shanta
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