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.
पिशंग (तांबूस) रूपाचा, नभातून जीवन देणारा—इंद्राचा शुष्म (पराक्रम), विश्वरूप होऊन आमच्याकडे आला आहे. तो आम्हांस आयुष्य व प्रजा स्थापो; आणि धनही, पोषणांसह, आमच्या भोवती दृढपणे चिकटून राहो.
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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