Mantra 4
Sukta 8
द्वादश प्रधयश्चक्रमेकं त्रीणि नभ्यानि क उ तच्चिकेत । तत्राहतास्त्रीणि शतानि शङ्कवः षष्टिश्च खीला अविचाचला ये
dvā́daśa pradháyaś cakrám ékaṃ trī́ṇi nábhyāni ká u tát ciketa | tatrā́hatās trī́ṇi śatā́ni śaṅkávaḥ ṣaṣṭíś ca khīlā́ avicā́calā yé
Twelve are the fellies of the single wheel; three are the naves—who, indeed, hath discerned it? Therein are driven fast three hundred pegs, and sixty stakes besides, that stir not from their place.
Rishi: Speculative Atharvanic seer-tradition (often treated as anonymous brahmavidyā material)
Devata: Kāla/Ṛta embodied as the Year-wheel; implicitly Savitṛ as regulator
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (with late metrical freedom)
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