Sukta 3
यस्मि॑न्त्समु॒द्रो द्यौर्भूमि॒स्त्रयो॑ऽवरप॒रं श्रि॒ताः
yásmin samudró dyáur bhū́mis tráyo ’varaparám śritā́ḥ
In whom the Ocean, Heaven, and Earth, the Three, are set—both lower and upper—resting fast.
जिमें समुंदर, आसमान और धरती, यह तीनों बसे हैं। नीचे से ऊपर तक सब उसमें स्थिर है।
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often anonymous/collective in AV food-cosmology hymns)
Devata: Odana/Anna as a deified cosmic support (food as brahmanic totality)
Chandas: Mixed/irregular; close to Anuṣṭubh cadence but not strictly metrical in this excerpt
Primary: shanta
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