Sukta 4
स धा॒ता स वि॑ध॒र्ता स वा॒युर्नभ॒ उच्छ्रि॑तम्। र॒श्मिभि॒र्नभ॒ आभृ॑तं महे॒न्द्र ए॒त्यावृ॑तः
sá dhātā́ sá vidhártā sá vāyúr nábha úcchritam | raśmíbhir nábha ā́bhṛtaṃ mahéndra ety ā́vṛtaḥ
He is the Ordainer, he the Upholder; he is Vāyu—aloft is the firmament upraised. With rays the firmament is borne and filled: great Indra goeth on, encompassed round about.
स धाता स विधर्ता स वायुः; नभ उच्च्रितम्। रश्मिभिर्नभ आभृतं पूरितं च; महेन्द्र इन्द्रः सर्वतः परिवृतः सन् एति।
Rishi: Anukramaṇī-dependent for AVŚ 13.4 (often Atharvanic/Angiras associations).
Devata: Composite: Dhātṛ/Vidhātṛ/Vāyu/Mahendra (functional unity).
Chandas: Mixed; refrain suggests a fixed liturgical cadence.
Primary: shanta
Secondary: vira
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