Sukta 9
स॒प्त यु॑ञ्जन्ति॒ रथ॒मेक॑चक्र॒मेको॒ अश्वो॑ वहति स॒प्तना॑मा । त्रि॒नाभि॑ च॒क्रम॒जर॑मन॒र्वं यत्रे॒मा विश्वा॒ भुव॒नाधि॑ त॒स्थुः
saptá yuñjanti rátham ékacakram éko áśvo vahati saptánāmāḥ | trinā́bhi cakrám ajáram anárvaṃ yátre mā́ víśvā bhúvanā́dhi tasthúḥ ||
Seven yoke the one-wheeled chariot; one horse, seven-named, bears it. A wheel, three-naved, unaging, unfailing—whereon these all worlds are set and stand.
सात जण एकचक्र रथाला जुंपतात; एकच अश्व—सात नावांचा—तो वाहतो. त्रिनाभी चक्र, अजर, अनर्व (अच्युत/अव्यर्थ)—ज्यावर ही सर्व भुवने आधारलेली व स्थिर आहेत.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition for AV 9.9 (riddle/cosmology hymn; r̥ṣi varies by anukramaṇī)
Devata: Cosmic Wheel/Time (often mapped to Sūrya/Āditya or Ṛta)
Chandas: Jagatī/Triṣṭubh-like (long pādas; not anuṣṭubh)
Primary: adbhuta
Secondary: shanta
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