Mantra 1
Sukta 8
अध्यात्मम्। यन्मन्युर्जायामावहत् संकल्पस्य गृहादधि । क आसं जन्याः के वराः क उ ज्येष्ठवरोऽभवत्
adhyātmám | yán manyúr jā́yām ā́vahat saṅkálpasya gṛhā́d ádhi | ká āsan janyā́ḥ ké varā́ḥ ká u jyeṣṭhavaró ’bhavat ||
In the inward sphere: when Wrath brought home a wife from the house of Resolve—who then were the kinsmen, who the suitors, and who indeed became the chiefest suitor?
Rishi: Atharvanic speculative seer-tradition (as transmitted in AV 11.8)
Devata: Manyu and Saṅkalpa (personified mental powers)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (with opening rubric ‘adhyātmam’ outside metrical count)
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