Mantra 35
Sukta 8
ये भिर्वात इषितः प्रवाति ये ददन्ते पञ्च दिशः सध्रीचीः । य आहुतिमत्यमन्यन्त देवा अपां नेतारः कतमे त आसन्
yé bhír vā́ta iṣitáḥ pravā́ti yé dádante páñca díśaḥ sadhṛ́cīḥ | yá āhútiṃ átyamanyanta devā́ apā́ṃ netā́raḥ katamé tá āsan ||
By whom impelled blows forth the Wind; who set in order the five directions, knit together; who—leaders of the Waters—whom the Gods accounted the oblation’s highest worth: which were they?
કેનાથી પ્રેરિત થઈ પવન વહે છે? કોણે પાંચ દિશાઓને પરસ્પર જોડીને વ્યવસ્થિત કરી? અને જળોના નેતાઓ એવા કયા હતા, જેમને દેવોએ આહુતિમાં સર્વોચ્ચ મૂલ્યવાળા ગણ્યા—તે કોણ હતા?
Rishi: Speculative Atharvanic seer (question-hymn).
Devata: Cosmic regulators (often interpreted as deities of waters/wind; functional deities rather than a single named god).
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence is possible, but the Saunaka text here is commonly treated as mixed/irregular; metrically not as strict as RV.
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