Mantra 23
Sukta 8
सनातनमेनमाहुरुताद्य स्यात् पुनर्णवः । अहोरात्रे प्र जायेते अन्यो अन्यस्य रूपयोः
sanā́tanam enam āhur utá adyá syā́t púnarnavaḥ | ahorātré prá jā́yete anyó anyásya rūpáyoḥ ||
They call him everlasting; yet even to-day he may be born anew. In Day-and-Night he is brought forth: one form is born from the other’s form.
Rishi: Traditionally assigned within AV 10.8 to a brahmavid (speculative seer); often treated as anonymous/collective in later indexing.
Devata: A protean cosmic principle (often glossed as Brahman/Prajāpati/Time in interpretive traditions).
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (with Atharvanic cadence)
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