Mantra 39
Sukta 7
यस्मै हस्ताभ्यां पादाभ्यां वाचा श्रोत्रेण चक्षुषा । यस्मै देवाः सदा बलिं प्रयच्छन्ति विमितेऽमितं स्कम्भं तं ब्रूहि कतमः स्विदेव सः
yásmai hástābhyāṃ pā́dābhyāṃ vācā́ śrótreṇa cákṣuṣā | yásmai devā́ḥ sádā balíṃ práyacchanti vímite ’mítaṃ skámbhaṃ táṃ brūhi katamáḥ svíd eva sáḥ
To whom with hands, with feet, with speech, with hearing, with sight—to whom the Gods for ever render tribute: that Support, immeasurable within the measured (world), declare thou—what manner of one, in sooth, is He?
Rishi: Atharvanic seer(s) of the Skambha cycle (anukramaṇī-dependent)
Devata: Skambha/Brahman
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (question-driven cadence; may be treated as anuṣṭubh in recitation practice)
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