Sukta 4
पि॒शङ्ग॑रूपो नभ॒सो व॑यो॒धा ऐ॒न्द्रः शुष्मो॑ वि॒श्वरू॑पो न॒ आग॑न्। आयु॑र॒स्मभ्यं॒ दध॑त् प्र॒जां च॑ रा॒यश्च॒ पोषै॑र॒भि नः॑ 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.
黄褐の姿、雲より命を授けるもの――インドラの威力、万象の形を具して、われらのもとへ来たりぬ。われらに寿命と子孫を据え、富もまた、さまざまな繁栄とともに、われらに固く寄り添え。
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)
Devata: Indra / Indraic śuṣma (personified might)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like tendency (longer pādas; Atharvanic metrical looseness)
Primary: adbhuta
Secondary: shanta
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