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Sukta 4
हि॒र॒ण्ययी॒ नौर॑चर॒द्धिर॑ण्यबन्धना दि॒वि। तत्रा॒मृत॑स्य॒ पुष्पं॑ दे॒वाः कुष्ठ॑मवन्वत
hiraṇyáyī náuḥ acarad hiraṇyabandhanā́ diví | tátrāmṛ́tasya púṣpaṃ devā́ḥ kúṣṭham avanvata ||
A golden ship went coursing in the heaven, with golden bonds: there was the blossom of immortality; there the Gods won Kuṣṭha.
हिरण्यमयी नौर्दिवि हिरण्यबन्धना अचरद्। तत्रामृतस्य पुष्पमासीत्; तत्र देवाः कुष्ठमवन्वत।
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Kuṣṭha / Amṛta (implicit); imagery of the golden ship as divine conveyance
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Primary: adbhuta
Secondary: shanta
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