Mantra 14
Sukta 2
यत् समुद्रमनु श्रितं तत् सिषासति सूर्यः । अध्वास्य विततो महान् पूर्वश्चापरश्च यः
yát samudrám ánu śritáṃ tát siṣāsati sū́ryaḥ | ádhvā́syá vítato mahā́n pū́rvaś cā́paraś ca yáḥ ||
What rests along upon the Ocean—unto that the Sun would fain attain. Vast is his pathway, stretched abroad, both eastern and again the western one.
Rishi: Solar hymn tradition in AV 13; r̥ṣi varies by anukramaṇī.
Devata: Sūrya; with cosmological support of Samudra (waters).
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh.
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