Atharva Veda 11.8.11: Kanda 11, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 8, Mantra 11
Sukta 8
य॒दा केशा॒नस्थि॒ स्नाव॑ मां॒सं म॒ज्जान॒माभ॑रत्। शरी॑रं कृ॒त्वा पाद॑व॒त् कं लो॒कमनु॒ प्रावि॑शत्
yadā́ keśā́n asthí snā́va mā́ṃsaṃ majjā́nam ā́bharat | śarī́raṃ kṛtvā́ pā́davat káṃ lókam ánu prā́viśat
When he brought together hair, bone, sinew, flesh, and marrow—having made the body footed—into what world did he thereafter enter?
जब उसने बाल, हड्डी, नसों, मांस और मज्जा सब इकठ्ठा किया। फिर शरीर को पैरों वाला बनाया। उसके बाद वो किस लोक में गया?
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)
Devata: The maker/assembler of the body (often construed as Tvaṣṭṛ/Prajāpati in exegesis)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Primary: adbhuta
Secondary: shanta
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