Mantra 3

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

कस्मिन्नङ्गे तिष्ठति भूमिरस्य कस्मिन्नङ्गे तिष्ठत्यन्तरिक्षम्। कस्मिन्नङ्गे तिष्ठत्याहिता द्यौः कस्मिन्नङ्गे तिष्ठत्युत्तरं दिवः

IAST Transliteration

kásminn áṅge tiṣṭhati bhū́mir asyá kásminn áṅge tiṣṭhaty antárikṣam | kásminn áṅge tiṣṭhaty ā́hitā dyáuḥ kásminn áṅge tiṣṭhaty úttaraṃ diváḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

In what member of him stands Earth? in what member stands the Mid-air? In what member stands Heaven, set in place? in what member stands the upper region of the sky?

Word by Word

कस्मिन्in which?

अङ्गेin (what) limb/part

तिष्ठतिstands / rests

भूमिःthe earth

अस्यof this / of him

कस्मिन्in which?

अङ्गेin (what) limb/part

तिष्ठतिstands / rests

अन्तरिक्षम्the midspace / atmosphere

कस्मिन्in which?

अङ्गेin (what) limb/part

तिष्ठतिstands / rests

आहिताplaced / set

द्यौःthe sky (heaven)

कस्मिन्in which?

अङ्गेin (what) limb/part

तिष्ठतिstands / rests

उत्तरम्the higher / upper (region)

दिवःof heaven / of the sky

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic seer-tradition (to be fixed via anukramaṇī for 10.7)

Devata: Skambha (as locus of the worlds)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (verify in critical edition)

Mantra Rasa

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