Atharva Veda 7.6.4: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 6, Mantra 4
Sukta 6
वाज॑स्य॒ नु प्र॑स॒वे मा॒तरं॑ म॒हीमदि॑तिं॒ नाम॒ वच॑सा करामहे । यस्या॑ उ॒पस्थ॑ उ॒र्व॑१न्तरि॑क्षं॒ सा नः॒ शर्म॑ त्रि॒वरू॑थं॒ नि य॑च्छात्
vā́jasya nu prasavé mātáraṃ mahī́m áditiṃ nā́ma vácasā karāmahe | yásyā upásthe urvì antárikṣaṃ sā́ naḥ śárma tri-varū́thaṃ ní yacchāt ||
Now, at the setting-forth of strength, the great Mother Aditi—by name—by speech we establish. She in whose lap the wide mid-air is set, may she for us firmly bestow a threefold-guarded shelter.
वाजस्य नु प्रसवे मातरं महीमदितिं नाम वचसा करामहे। यस्या उपस्थ उर्वन्तरिक्षं सा नः शर्म त्रिवरूथं नि यच्छात्॥
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Aditi-focused; anukramaṇī-dependent)
Devata: Aditi (as Mother; cosmic container)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (edition-dependent)
Primary: vira
Secondary: shanta
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