Mantra 15
Sukta 7
यत्रामृतं च मृत्युश्च पुरुषेऽधि समाहिते । समुद्रो यस्य नाड्यः१ पुरुषेऽधि समाहिताः स्कम्भं तं ब्रूहि कतमः स्विदेव सः
yátrāmṛ́taṃ ca mṛtyúś ca púruṣe ’dhi sámāhite | samudró yásya nā́ḍyaḥ púruṣe ’dhi sámāhitāḥ skámbhaṃ táṃ brūhi katamáḥ svìd evá sáḥ
Wherein immortality and Death are both set together in the Person; whose channels in the Person are the Ocean laid within—declare thou that Skambha: what manner of One, in very truth, is He?
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition
Devata: Skambha/Puruṣa as cosmic support
Chandas: Mixed; Atharvanic
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