Atharva Veda 10.8.4: Kanda 10, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 8, Mantra 4
Sukta 8
द्वाद॑श प्र॒धय॑श्च॒क्रमेकं॒ त्रीणि॒ नभ्या॑नि॒ क उ॒ तच्चि॑केत । तत्राह॑ता॒स्त्रीणि॑ श॒तानि॑ श॒ङ्कवः॑ ष॒ष्टिश्च॒ खीला॒ अवि॑चाचला॒ ये
dvā́daśa pradháyaś cakrám ékaṃ trī́ṇi nábhyāni ká u tát ciketa | tatrā́hatās trī́ṇi śatā́ni śaṅkávaḥ ṣaṣṭíś ca khīlā́ avicā́calā yé
Twelve are the fellies of the single wheel; three are the naves—who, indeed, hath discerned it? Therein are driven fast three hundred pegs, and sixty stakes besides, that stir not from their place.
एक चक्के में बारह पहिए हैं, और तीन धनियाँ हैं, कौन यह समझता है? उसमें तीन हज़ार कील और साठ खंभे गाड़े हैं जो हिलते नहीं हैं।
Rishi: Speculative Atharvanic seer-tradition (often treated as anonymous brahmavidyā material)
Devata: Kāla/Ṛta embodied as the Year-wheel; implicitly Savitṛ as regulator
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (with late metrical freedom)
Primary: adbhuta
Secondary: shanta
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