Mantra 21
Sukta 10
गौरिन्मिमाय सलिलानि तक्षत्येकपदी द्विपदी सा चतुष्पदी । अष्टापदी नवपदी बभूवुषी सहस्राक्षरा भुवनस्य पङ्क्तिस्तस्याः समुद्रा अधि वि क्षरन्ति
gauríḥ mimā́ya salilā́ni tákṣaty ékapadī dvipádī sā́ cátuṣpadī | aṣṭā́padī návapadī babhūvúṣī sahásrākṣarā́ bhúvanasya paṅktís tasyā́ḥ samudrā́ ádhi ví kṣaranti
The Bright One hath measured out the waters; she, the Artificer, doth fashion them: one-footed, two-footed, she—four-footed; eight-footed, nine-footed hath she become, a thousand-syllabled Paṅkti of the world. Upon her the oceans, spreading, pour themselves abroad.
إنَّ المُضيئةَ قد قاستِ المياهَ؛ وهي الصانعةُ تُشكِّلُها: ذاتُ قدمٍ واحدةٍ، ذاتُ قدمين—وهي ذاتُ أربعِ أقدام؛ ثم صارتْ ذاتَ ثماني أقدامٍ، ذاتَ تسعِ أقدامٍ، «پَنْكْتي» ذاتَ ألفِ مقطعٍ، صفَّ العالم. وعليها تنسكبُ المحيطاتُ، إذ تمتدّ، فتفيضُ في كلِّ ناحية.
Rishi: Traditionally Atharvanic/Angirasa attribution for speculative hymns; specific r̥ṣi assignment for 9.10 requires anukramaṇī consultation.
Devata: Vāc / Virāj (cosmic Speech as creatrix)
Chandas: Mixed/expanded metrical speculation (pāda-enumeration); broadly triṣṭubh-jagatī style cadence with metrical self-reference
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