Sukta 4
पिशङ्गरूपो नभसो वयोधा ऐन्द्रः शुष्मो विश्वरूपो न आगन्। आयुरस्मभ्यं दधत् प्रजां च रायश्च पोषैरभि नः सचताम्
piśáṅgarūpo nabháso vayodhā́ aindráḥ śúṣmo viśvárūpo na ā́gan | ā́yur asmábhyaṁ dádhat prajā́ṁ ca rā́yaś ca póṣair abhí naḥ sacatām ||
Tawny of form, life-bestowing from the cloud, Indra’s might, all-formed, hath come to us. Setting for us life and progeny—let wealth also, with prosperings, cleave fast about us.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)
Devata: Indra / Indraic śuṣma (personified might)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like tendency (longer pādas; Atharvanic metrical looseness)
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