Mantra 20
Sukta 5
अजो वा इदमग्ने व्यऽक्रमत तस्योर इयमभवद् द्यौः पृष्ठम्। अन्तरिक्षं मध्यं दिशः पार्श्वे समुद्रौ कुक्षी
ajó vá idám agne ví ’kramata tásyorá iyám abhavad dyáuḥ pṛṣṭhám | antárikṣaṃ mádhyaṃ díśaḥ pārśvé samudráu kúḳṣī ||
Aja, verily, O Agni, strode forth and pervaded this (All): of him this became the breast; heaven the back; the mid-air the middle; the quarters the sides; the two seas the two bellies.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Aja (cosmic principle) with Agni as addressed witness
Chandas: Prose-like/irregular; often treated as brāhmaṇa-style explanatory verse (metrical classification uncertain without edition collation)
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