Mantra 16
Sukta 2
कीर्तिश्च यशश्च पुरःसरावैनं कीर्तिर्गच्छत्या यशो गच्छति य एवं वेद॥१६ स उदतिष्ठत् स प्रतीचीं दिशमनु व्यऽचलत्
kīrtíś ca yáśaś ca puraḥsarā́v enaṁ kīrtír gácchaty ā́ yáśo gácchati yá eváṁ véda ||16|| sá úd atiṣṭhat sá pratī́cīṁ díśam ánu vy-àcalat
Fame and Glory, as his forerunners, go before him; Fame goes, and Glory comes unto him—whoso thus knoweth. He arose; he moved forth following the western quarter.
Rishi: Atharvanic/anonymous (Vrātya-kāṇḍa complex)
Devata: Kīrti and Yaśas (personified); secondarily the Direction (Diś)
Chandas: Prose with mantra-cadence (Atharvanic narrative liturgy)
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