Atharva Veda 20.36.2: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 36, Mantra 2
Sukta 36
तमु॑ नः॒ पूर्वे॑ पि॒तरो॒ नव॑ग्वाः स॒प्त विप्रा॑सो अ॒भि वा॒जय॑न्तः । न॒क्ष॒द्दा॒भं ततु॑रिं पर्वते॒ष्ठामद्रो॑घवाचं म॒तिभिः॒ शवि॑ष्ठम्
tám u naḥ pū́rve pitáro návagvāḥ saptá víprāso abhí vā́jayantaḥ | nákṣad dā́bhaṃ tatúriṃ parvateṣṭhā́m ádroghavācaṃ matíbhiḥ śáviṣṭham |
Him did our fathers of old, the Navagvas, and the seven inspired seers, striving for the prize, win for our sake—him, the unbeguileable, the overcomer, mountain-seated, of speech untreacherous, the mightiest, by their thoughts and hymns.
तमु नः पूर्वे पितरो नवग्वाः, सप्त विप्रासोऽभि वाजयन्तः, नक्षद्दाभं ततुरिं पर्वतेष्ठाम्, अद्रोघवाचं मतिभिः शविष्ठम्।
Rishi: RV parallel tradition (associated with myth of Navagvas and seven seers; specific RV attribution depends on the matched RV hymn).
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Primary: vira
Secondary: adbhuta
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