Mantra 38
Sukta 7
महद् यक्षं भुवनस्य मध्ये तपसि क्रान्तं सलिलस्य पृष्ठे। तस्मिन्छ्रयन्ते य उ के च देवा वृक्षस्य स्कन्धः परित इव शाखाः
mahád yákṣaṃ bhúvanasya mádhye tápasi krā́ntaṃ salilásya pṛṣṭhé | tásmiñ chrā́yante yá u ké ca devā́ vṛkṣásya skándhaḥ paríta iva śā́khāḥ
A mighty Wonder standeth in the midmost of the world, set firm by Heat upon the surface of the Flood. Thereon repose whatever Gods there be, as branches round about the trunk of a tree.
Rishi: Skambha-hymn seer per Atharvanic anukramaṇī tradition (Atharvan/Angiras affiliation typical)
Devata: Skambha / Brahman as ‘mahadyakṣa’
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (longer pādas; hymn often mixes meters in speculative sections)
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