Sukta 54
कालो यज्ञं समैरयद् देवेभ्यो भागमक्षितम्। काले गन्धर्वाप्सरसः काले लोकाः प्रतिष्ठिताः
kāláḥ yajñáṃ sám airayat devébhyo bhāgám ákṣitam | kālé gandharvāpsárasaḥ kālé lokā́ḥ prátiṣṭhitāḥ
Time set the Sacrifice in ordered motion, an undiminishing portion for the Gods. In Time stand fixed the Gandharvas and Apsarases; in Time the worlds are firmly founded.
Rishi: Ātharvaṇa (late speculative attribution)
Devata: Kāla (Time)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (likely)
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