Mantra 4
Sukta 56
नैतां विदुः पितरो नोत देवा येषां जल्पिश्चरत्यन्तरेदम्। त्रिते स्वप्नमदधुराप्त्ये नर आदित्यासो वरुणेनानुशिष्टाः
náitā́ṃ viduḥ pitáro nótá devā́ yéṣāṃ jálpiś cáraty ántarédam | trité svápnam adadhur ā́ptye nára ādityā́so váruṇenā́nuśiṣṭāḥ ||
Neither Fathers know this, nor yet the Gods—this muttering that wanders in the interval within this world. In Trita Āptya they set Dream, the Ādityas, as strong ones, schooled by Varuṇa.
Rishi: Late Atharvanic attribution (anukramaṇī-dependent).
Devata: Svapna; Ādityas/Varuṇa as regulators; Trita Āptya as locus.
Chandas: Late triṣṭubh-like cadence (requires metrical confirmation).
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