Mantra 19
Sukta 9
ये अर्वाञ्चस्ताँ उ पराच आहुर्ये पराञ्चस्ताँ उ अर्वाच आहुः । इन्द्रश्च या चक्रथुः सोम तानि धुरा न युक्ता रजसो वहन्ति
yé arvā́ñcas tā́ṃ u parā́ca āhur yé parā́ñcas tā́ṃ u arvā́ca āhuḥ | índraś ca yā́ cakráthuḥ soma tā́ni dhurā́ ná yuktā́ rájaso vahanti ||
What face toward us, those verily they call ‘turned away’; what face away, those verily they call ‘turned hither’. Those ordinances which thou, O Soma, and Indra have wrought—like yokes well-harnessed they bear the airy regions.
Rishi: Speculative seer tradition (often anonymous/collective in such riddling sequences)
Devata: Indra and Soma; cosmic order (ṛta) implicitly
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
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