Sukta 48
त्रिंशद् धामा वि राजति वाक् पतङ्गो अशिश्रियत्। प्रति वस्तोरहर्द्युभिः
triṁśád dhā́mā ví rā́jati vāḱ pataṅgó aśiśriyat | práti vástor áhár dyúbhiḥ ||
Thirty are the stations: widely it shineth forth; Speech—the winged one—hath taken seat. Against the dawn, against the day, by the bright days (it worketh).
Rishi: RV-tradition attribution (Indra-stuti complex); in AV 20 often inherits RV r̥ṣi assignments rather than distinct Atharvanic ones
Devata: Vāc (Speech) in solar association (pataṅga/sūrya); implicitly Indraic milieu in surrounding hymns
Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-type cadence (RV-derived); exact metrical classification depends on pada-counting in the RV source
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