Atharva Veda 9.9.19: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 9, Mantra 19
Sukta 9
ये अ॒र्वाञ्च॒स्ताँ उ॒ परा॑च आहु॒र्ये परा॑ञ्च॒स्ताँ उ॑ अ॒र्वाच॑ आहुः । इन्द्र॑श्च॒ या च॒क्रथुः॑ सोम॒ तानि॑ धु॒रा न यु॒क्ता रज॑सो वहन्ति
yé arvā́ñcas tā́ṃ u parā́ca āhur yé parā́ñcas tā́ṃ u arvā́ca āhuḥ | índraś ca yā́ cakráthuḥ soma tā́ni dhurā́ ná yuktā́ rájaso vahanti ||
What face toward us, those verily they call ‘turned away’; what face away, those verily they call ‘turned hither’. Those ordinances which thou, O Soma, and Indra have wrought—like yokes well-harnessed they bear the airy regions.
Die, die uns zugewandt sind, nennt man wahrlich „abgewandt“; die, die abgewandt sind, nennt man wahrlich „herzugewandt“. Die Satzungen, die du, o Soma, und Indra gewirkt habt — wie gut angeschirrte Joche tragen sie die lufterfüllten Räume.
Rishi: Speculative seer tradition (often anonymous/collective in such riddling sequences)
Devata: Indra and Soma; cosmic order (ṛta) implicitly
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Primary: adbhuta
Secondary: shanta
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