Mantra 20
Sukta 9
कथं गायत्री त्रिवृतं व्याऽप कथं त्रिष्टुप् पञ्चदशेन कल्पते । त्रयस्त्रिंशेन जगती कथमनुष्टुप् कथमेकविंशः
katháṃ gāyatrī́ trivṛ́taṃ vyā̀p katháṃ triṣṭúp pañcadaśéna kalpate | trayastríṃśena jágatī kathám anuṣṭúp kathám ekaviṃśáḥ ||
How did Gāyatrī attain the Trivṛt’s spread? how is Triṣṭubh made ready by the Fifteen? By the Thirty-three how (is) Jagatī? how (is) Anuṣṭubh? how the Twenty-one?
गायत्री ने त्रिवृत् का विस्तार कैसे पाया? त्रिष्टुप् पन्द्रह (पञ्चदश) से कैसे सिद्ध/सज्जित होती है? तैंतीस (त्रयस्त्रिंश) से जगती कैसे (सिद्ध होती है)? अनुष्टुप् कैसे? और इक्कीस (एकविंश) कैसे?
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified here)
Devata: Chandas/Stoma (sacralized liturgical forms)
Chandas: Not securely determinable from excerpt alone
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