Sukta 2
अष्टाचक्रा नवद्वारा देवानां पूरयोध्या। तस्यां हिरण्ययः कोशः स्वर्गो ज्योतिषावृतः
aṣṭā́cakrā́ návadvārā́ devā́nāṃ pū́r ayódhyā | tásyāṃ hiraṇyáḥ kóśaḥ svargó jyótiṣā́vṛtaḥ ||
Eight-wheeled, nine-doored, the Gods’ invincible stronghold: within it is a golden casket, heavenly, wrapped round with light.
Rishi: Traditionally ascribed within AV 10.2 to Atharvanic seers (speculative hymn complex; r̥ṣi attribution varies in ancillary lists).
Devata: Brahman/Ātman as the inner luminous principle; the ‘pura’ as sacralized body.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant cadence; mixed/irregular in speculative passages)
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