Sukta 10
गा॒य॒त्रेण॒ प्रति॑ मिमीते अ॒र्कम॒र्केण॒ साम॒ त्रैष्टु॑भेन वा॒कम्। वा॒केन॑ वा॒कं द्वि॒पदा॒ चतु॑ष्पदा॒क्षरे॑ण मिमते स॒प्त वाणीः॑
gāyatréṇa práti mimīte arkám arkéṇa sā́ma trā́iṣṭubhena vā́kam | vā́kena vā́kaṃ dví-padā cátuṣ-padā́kṣareṇa mimate saptá vā́ṇīḥ
With Gāyatrī he measures out the hymn; with hymn, the Sāman; with Trāiṣṭubha, speech. With speech (he measures) speech: by the syllable they measure the seven voices, two-footed and four-footed.
Mit der Gāyatrī misst er den Hymnus ab; mit dem Hymnus das Sāman; mit dem Trāiṣṭubha die Rede. Mit Rede (misst er) Rede: mit der Silbe messen sie die sieben Stimmen, zweifüßig und vierfüßig.
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (speculative hymn).
Devata: Vāc / Chandas / Akṣara (speech and its imperishable unit).
Chandas: Didactic/speculative; internally references Gāyatrī and Trāiṣṭubh.
Primary: adbhuta
Secondary: shanta
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