Mantra 25
Sukta 2
शिशुमारा अजगराः पुरीकया जषा मत्स्या रजसा येभ्यो अस्यसि । न ते दूरं न परिष्ठास्ति ते भव सद्यः सर्वान् परि पश्यसि भूमिं पूर्वस्माद्धंस्युत्तरस्मिन्समुद्रे
śiśumārā́ ajagarā́ḥ purīkayā́ jaṣā́ matsyā́ rájasā yébhyó ásyasi | ná te dūráṃ ná pariṣṭhā́sti te bhava sadyáḥ sárvān pári paśyasi bhū́mim pū́rvasmād haṃsy úttarasmin samudré
The śiśumāras, the great serpents, the purīkayas, the devourers, the fishes—against whom thou hurlest (thy force) through the expanse: for thee there is no far, no boundary. Be thou (so): straightway thou beholdest all the earth around; from the eastern side thou smitest, in the northern sea.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Śaunaka)
Devata: A sovereign punitive/guardian power over waters and directions (often read in Rudra/Varuṇa/Indra-adjacent terms in exegesis; here left as hymn-internal 'thou')
Chandas: Jagatī/Triṣṭubh-type (long pādas; AV mixed meters)
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