Mantra 6
Sukta 74
पताति कुण्डृणाच्या दूरं वातो वनादधि । आ तू न इन्द्र शंसय गोष्वश्वेषु शुभ्रिषु सहस्रेषु तुवीमघ
pátati kuṇḍṛṇā́cyā dūráṃ vā́to vánād ádhi | ā́ tū́ na indra śaṃsaya góṣv áśveṣu śubhriṣú sahásreṣu tuvīmagha
Far off it flies from Kundṛṇācī: the Wind drives it away from out the forest. Do thou, O Indra, make us famed for wealth—among kine, among horses, among the splendid thousands, O bounteous one.
Rishi: Indra-stuti tradition (Book 20 largely Rigvedic borrowings; specific r̥ṣi not determinable from the excerpt alone)
Devata: Indra (with Vāta as instrumental force in the first hemistich)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like refrain; mixed/borrowed Rigvedic cadence in Book 20
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