Sukta 9
इ॒मं रथ॒मधि॒ ये स॒प्त त॒स्थुः स॒प्तच॑क्रं स॒प्त व॑ह॒न्त्यश्वाः॑ । स॒प्त स्वसा॑रो अ॒भि सं न॑वन्त॒ यत्र॒ गवां॒ निहि॑ता स॒प्त नामा॑
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.
この車の上に「七なる者」らは立つ。車は七輪、これを運ぶ馬もまた七。七人の姉妹はともに身をかがめてこれに向かう—そこに、牝牛たちの「七つの名」が秘め置かれているところへ。
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)
Primary: adbhuta
Secondary: shanta
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