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Mantra 10

Sukta 7

चतूरात्रः पञ्चरात्रः षड्रात्रश्चोभयः सह। षोडशी सप्तरात्रश्चोच्छिष्टाज्जज्ञिरे सर्वे ये यज्ञा अमृते हिताः

caturātráḥ pañcarā́traḥ ṣaḍrā́traś cobháyaḥ sahá | ṣoḍaśī́ saptarā́traś cúcchiṣṭāj jajñiré sárve yé yajñā́ amṛ́te hitā́ḥ

The Four-night, the Five-night, the Six-night, and both together; the Ṣoḍaśī and the Seven-night—out of Ucchiṣṭa were they born, all those sacrifices that are set fast in immortality.

Rishi: Atharvanic/anonymous scholastic seer

Devata: Ucchiṣṭa (and secondarily Amṛta as the deathless ground)

Chandas: Brāhmaṇic anuṣṭubh-like; enumerative

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