Sukta 8
आलापाश्च प्रलापाश्चाभिलापलपश्च ये। शरीरं सर्वे प्राविशन्नायुजः प्रयुजो युजः
ālāpā́ś ca pralāpā́ś cābhilāpalapā́ś ca yé | śarī́raṁ sárve prā́viśann āyújaḥ prayújo yújaḥ ||
Converse and talk, and all the mutual speakings that there are—these all entered into the body: the joiners, the harnessers-on, the yokers.
Rishi: AV 11.8 tradition (microcosm hymn); variable r̥ṣi attribution
Devata: Vāc (speech) implicitly; speech-acts personified
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
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