Mantra 3
Sukta 9
इमं रथमधि ये सप्त तस्थुः सप्तचक्रं सप्त वहन्त्यश्वाः । सप्त स्वसारो अभि सं नवन्त यत्र गवां निहिता सप्त नामा
imáṃ rátham ádhi yé saptá tasthúḥ saptácakraṃ saptá vahanty áśvā́ḥ | saptá svásāro abhí sáṃ namanta yátra gavā́ṃ níhitā saptá nā́mā
Upon this chariot stand the Seven; seven-wheeled it is, and seven are the horses that bear it. Seven Sisters bow together toward it, where are laid away the Seven Names of the kine.
Rishi: Traditionally treated as a brahmodya-style revelation (r̥ṣi not foregrounded; often assigned to Atharvanic seers in ancillary lists)
Devata: Rahasya/Cosmic Order (ṛta), with solar-sacrificial subtext
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (speculative hymn style; exact metrical parsing debated)
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