Mantra 4
Sukta 8
द्वादश प्रधयश्चक्रमेकं त्रीणि नभ्यानि क उ तच्चिकेत । तत्राहतास्त्रीणि शतानि शङ्कवः षष्टिश्च खीला अविचाचला ये
dvā́daśa pradháyaś cakrám ékaṃ trī́ṇi nábhyāni ká u tát ciketa | tatrā́hatās trī́ṇi śatā́ni śaṅkávaḥ ṣaṣṭíś ca khīlā́ avicā́calā yé
Twelve are the fellies of the single wheel; three are the naves—who, indeed, hath discerned it? Therein are driven fast three hundred pegs, and sixty stakes besides, that stir not from their place.
Zwölf sind die Felgen (pradhayaḥ) des einen Rades; drei sind die Naben (nābhyāni) — wer hat es denn wahrhaft erkannt? Darin sind fest eingeschlagen dreihundert Pflöcke, und dazu sechzig Staken, die unbeweglich sind, die ihren Platz nicht verlassen.
Rishi: Speculative Atharvanic seer-tradition (often treated as anonymous brahmavidyā material)
Devata: Kāla/Ṛta embodied as the Year-wheel; implicitly Savitṛ as regulator
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (with late metrical freedom)
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