Mantra 24
Sukta 2
केनेयं भूमिर्विहिता केन द्यौरुत्तरा हिता। केनेदमूर्ध्वं तिर्यक् चान्तरिक्षं व्यचो हितम्
kéné́yaṃ bhū́mir vihitā́ kéna dyáur úttarā hitā́ | kéné́dam ū́rdhvaṃ tiryák cā́ntárikṣaṃ vyáco hitám
By what was this Earth set forth in order? by what was Heaven, the higher, firmly placed? By what was this mid-air disposed—upward and athwart, spread wide in its expanse?
Rishi: Atharvanic speculative attribution (AV 10.2).
Devata: Implicit Brahman (as the sought cause); invoked: Earth, Heaven, Midspace.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like with extended third pāda.
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