Mantra 24
Sukta 2
केनेयं भूमिर्विहिता केन द्यौरुत्तरा हिता। केनेदमूर्ध्वं तिर्यक् चान्तरिक्षं व्यचो हितम्
kéné́yaṃ bhū́mir vihitā́ kéna dyáur úttarā hitā́ | kéné́dam ū́rdhvaṃ tiryák cā́ntárikṣaṃ vyáco hitám
By what was this Earth set forth in order? by what was Heaven, the higher, firmly placed? By what was this mid-air disposed—upward and athwart, spread wide in its expanse?
किसके द्वारा यह पृथ्वी सुव्यवस्थित की गई? किसके द्वारा उच्चतर द्यौ (स्वर्ग) दृढ़तापूर्वक स्थापित की गई? किसके द्वारा यह अन्तरिक्ष—ऊपर और तिर्यक्, अपने विस्तृत विस्तार में—विन्यस्त किया गया?
Rishi: Atharvanic speculative attribution (AV 10.2).
Devata: Implicit Brahman (as the sought cause); invoked: Earth, Heaven, Midspace.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like with extended third pāda.
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