Mantra 35
Sukta 8
ये भिर्वात इषितः प्रवाति ये ददन्ते पञ्च दिशः सध्रीचीः । य आहुतिमत्यमन्यन्त देवा अपां नेतारः कतमे त आसन्
yé bhír vā́ta iṣitáḥ pravā́ti yé dádante páñca díśaḥ sadhṛ́cīḥ | yá āhútiṃ átyamanyanta devā́ apā́ṃ netā́raḥ katamé tá āsan ||
By whom impelled blows forth the Wind; who set in order the five directions, knit together; who—leaders of the Waters—whom the Gods accounted the oblation’s highest worth: which were they?
Rishi: Speculative Atharvanic seer (question-hymn).
Devata: Cosmic regulators (often interpreted as deities of waters/wind; functional deities rather than a single named god).
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence is possible, but the Saunaka text here is commonly treated as mixed/irregular; metrically not as strict as RV.
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