Atharva Veda 7.72.2: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 8, Sukta 72, Mantra 2
Sukta 72
श्रा॒तं ह॒विरो ष्वि॑न्द्र॒ प्र या॑हि ज॒गाम॒ सूरो॒ अध्व॑नो॒ वि मध्य॑म्। परि॑ त्वासते नि॒धिभिः॒ सखा॑यः कुल॒पा न व्रा॑जप॒तिं चर॑न्तम्
śrātáṁ havír ó índra prá yāhi jagā́ma sū́ro ádhvano ví mádhyam | pári tvā́sate nidhíbhíḥ sákhāyaḥ kulapā́ ná vrā́japatim cárantam ||
The well-cooked oblation—O Indra—come forth unto it: the Sun hath reached the midmost of his course. Round thee sit thy comrades with treasures, as clan-guards about the lord of the cattle-fold moving to and fro.
श्रातं हविः—हे इन्द्र—तत् प्रति प्र याहि; सूरोऽध्वनो विमध्यम् जगाम। परि त्वासते निधिभिः सखायः, कुलपा इव व्राजपतिं चरन्तं परितः।
Rishi: Indra-hymn tradition (specific r̥ṣi not determinable from excerpt alone)
Devata: Indra (vrājapati aspect), with solar timing as contextual marker
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)
Primary: adbhuta
Secondary: shanta
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