Mantra 12
Sukta 8
कुतः केशान् कुतः स्नाव कुतो अस्थीन्याभरत्। अङ्गा पर्वाणि मज्जानं को मांसं कुत आभरत्
kutáḥ keśā́n kutáḥ snā́va kúto asthī́ny ā́bharat | áṅgā párvāṇi majjā́naṃ kó mā́ṃsaṃ kutá ā́bharat
Whence brought he hair? whence sinew? whence fetched he bones? the limbs, the joints, the marrow—who brought the flesh, and whence brought he it?
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)
Devata: The body-maker (often construed as Tvaṣṭṛ/Prajāpati) and the embodied person as the field of inquiry
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
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