Mantra 21
Sukta 2
ब्रह्म श्रोत्रियमाप्नोति ब्रह्मेमं परमेष्ठिनम्। ब्रह्मेममग्निं पूरुषो ब्रह्म संवत्सरं ममे
bráhma śrótriyam āpnoti bráhmaimáṃ paraméṣṭhinam | bráhmaimám agním pū́ruṣo bráhma saṃvatsaráṃ mamé
By Brahman the Veda-knower wins his goal; by Brahman he attains this Paramesthin. By Brahman the Man hath fashioned this Agni; by Brahman the year is meted out and made.
Rishi: Traditionally ascribed within AV 10.2 to a brahmavidyā/cosmogonic seer-complex (often Atharvanic attribution in the Anukramaṇī tradition).
Devata: Brahman (as principle/mantra-power); associated: Paramesthin, Agni, Puruṣa, Saṃvatsara.
Chandas: Mixed/irregular; predominantly anuṣṭubh-like cadence with theological expansions (as typical in AV speculative hymns).
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