Atharva Veda 10.8.27: Kanda 10, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 8, Mantra 27
Sukta 8
त्वं स्त्री त्वं पुमा॑नसि॒ त्वं कु॑मा॒र उ॒त वा॑ कुमा॒री॥ त्वं जी॒र्णो द॒ण्डेन॑ वञ्चसि॒ त्वं जा॒तो भ॑वसि वि॒श्वतो॑मुखः
tváṃ strī́ tváṃ púmān asi tváṃ kumārá utá vā kumārī́ | tváṃ jīrṇó daṇḍéna vañcasi tváṃ jātó bhavasi viśváto-mukhaḥ ||
Thou art woman, thou art man; thou art a boy, yea—or a maiden. Thou, grown old, dost move with staff; thou, when born, becomest all-faced, looking every way.
तू औरत है, तू मर्द है। तू लड़का है या लड़की। तू बूढ़ा हो के डंडे से चलता है। तू पैदा होके हर तरफ देखने लगता है।
Rishi: Within AV 10.8 speculative corpus (variable/collective attribution).
Devata: Protean all-form deity/principle (often glossed as Brahman/Prajāpati/Time; here explicitly sarvarūpa).
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (with extended cadence)
Primary: adbhuta
Secondary: shanta
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