Mantra 26
Sukta 10
त्रयः केशिन ऋतुथा वि चक्षते संवत्सरे वपत एक एषाम्। विश्वमन्यो अभिचष्टे शचीभिर्ध्राजिरेकस्य ददृशे न रूपम्
tráyaḥ́ keśína ṛtuthā́ ví cakṣate saṃvatsaré vapata éka eṣām | víśvam anyó abhí caṣṭe śácībhir dhrājír ékasya dadṛśe ná rūpám ||
Three are the long-haired Powers who, season by season, are seen apart; within the year one of them sheareth (his hair). Another, with efficacious might, looketh forth upon the All; the flashing splendour of one is seen—yet not his form.
Rishi: Traditionally associated with Vāk/Brāhmaṇa-style revelation (attribution varies in ancillary lists for this hymn).
Devata: Occult cosmic powers; implicitly Vāk/ṛta-governed agencies.
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (as transmitted; metrical exactness varies with recension).
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