Mantra 13
Sukta 2
को अस्मिन् प्राणमवयत् को अपानं व्यानमु । समानमस्मिन् को देवोऽधि शिश्राय पुरुषे
kó ásmín prāṇám avayat kó apānáṃ vyānáṃ u | samānáṃ ásmín kó devó’dhí śiśrāya púruṣe ||
Who in this man wove in the Breath—who the Down-breath, the Pervading-breath, yea, the Equalizing-breath? What god, within the Person, hath fixed them there as lordly stay?
Rishi: As for AV 10.2 (speculative Atharvanic tradition; variable anukramaṇī)
Devata: Kaḥ / the installing Deva (Prajāpati-like)
Chandas: Mixed; often treated as Anuṣṭubh/Triṣṭubh by different metrical counts in AV 10.2
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