Mantra 41
Sukta 2
ता अधरादुदीचीराववृत्रन् प्रजानतीः पथिभिर्देवयानैः । पर्वतस्य वृषभस्याधि पृष्ठे नवाश्चरन्ति सरितः पुराणीः
tā́ adharā́d udī́cīr ā́vavṛtran prajāná tī́ḥ pathíbhir devayā́naiḥ | párvatasya vṛṣabhásyā́dhi pṛṣṭhé návāś caranti sáritaḥ purāṇī́ḥ
Those, knowing, have rolled forth from below, northward, by paths that are god-going; upon the back of the bull-mountain the ancient rivers move, new-born ever anew.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (verify per Anukramaṇī).
Devata: Āpas / Saritaḥ (Waters, Rivers).
Chandas: Jagatī/Triṣṭubh-like (verify per pada metrics).
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