Sukta 9
यत्रा॑ सुप॒र्णा अ॒मृत॑स्य भ॒क्षमनि॑मेषं वि॒दथा॑भि॒स्वर॑न्ति । ए॒ना विश्व॑स्य॒ भुव॑नस्य गो॒पाः स मा॒ धीरः॒ पाक॒मत्रा वि॑वेश
yátra supárṇā amṛ́tasya bhakṣám ánimēṣaṃ vidáthābhir abhí svaranti | énā víśvasya bhúvanasya gopā́ḥ sá mā dhī́raḥ pā́kam átrā́ vivēśa ||
Where the fair-winged chant, by sacred sessions, the unwinking portion of immortality—thereby the guardians of the whole world: may the wise one enter me here; may the unripe (simple) not enter.
Rishi: Speculative seer tradition (continuation of the two-birds complex)
Devata: Guardians (gopāḥ) of the world; Amṛta/immortality; Wisdom (dhī)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Primary: shanta
Secondary: adbhuta
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