Sukta 9
स॒प्त च्छन्दां॑सि चतुरुत्त॒राण्य॒न्यो अ॒न्यस्मि॒न्नध्यार्पि॑तानि । क॒थं स्तोमाः॒ प्रति॑ तिष्ठन्ति॒ तेषु॒ तानि॒ स्तोमे॑षु॒ क॒थमार्पि॑तानि
saptá chándāṃsi caturuttarā́ṇy anyó anyásminn adhyārpitā́ni | katháṃ stomā́ḥ práti tiṣṭhanti téṣu tā́ni stoméṣu kathám ārpitā́ni ||
Seven are the metres, with four as their over-addition, each upon the other set and fastened. How stand the chants in answer within them? and those metres—how are they fastened within the chants?
सात छंद हैं, और चार और ऊपर भी। एक के ऊपर एक रखा है सब। स्तोम कैसे उसमें खड़े हैं? वो छंद उसमें कैसे जुड़ते हैं?
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified here)
Devata: Chandas and Stoma as sacralized speech-structures (Vāc implicit)
Chandas: Not securely determinable from excerpt alone (self-referential discussion of chandas)
Primary: shanta
Secondary: adbhuta
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