Sukta 18
दवृष्टिः। प्र न॑भस्व पृथिवि भि॒न्द्धी॒३दं दि॒व्यं नभः॑ । उ॒द्नो दि॒व्यस्य॑ नो धात॒रीशा॑नो॒ वि ष्या॒ दृति॑म्
prá nabhasva pṛthivi bhinddhī́daṁ divyáṁ nábhaḥ | udnó divyásya no dhātár ī́śāno ví ṣyā dṛtím
O cloud, forth! O Earth, cleave this heavenly cloud. From the heavenly water, for us—O Dhātṛ, sovereign—open wide the waterskin.
Wahai awan, majulah! Wahai Bumi, belahkan awan samawi ini. Daripada air samawi itu, untuk kami—wahai Dhātṛ, Yang Berdaulat—bukalah luas pundi-pundi airnya.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (rain-compulsion corpus)
Devata: Nabhas (cloud), Pṛthivī, Dhātṛ (as regulator of rain)
Chandas: Jagatī/triṣṭubh-mixed (AV rain hymns often irregular)
Primary: vira
Secondary: raudra
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