Mantra 2
Sukta 61
अहं विवेच पृथिवीमुत द्यामहमृतूंरजनयं सप्त साकम्। अहं सत्यमनृतं यद् वदाम्यहं दैवीं परि वाचं विशश्च
aháṃ vivéca pṛthivī́m utá dyā́m ahám ṛtū́n ajanayaṃ saptá sā́kam | aháṃ satyám anṛ́taṃ yád vadā́my aháṃ daivī́m pári vā́caṃ víśaś ca ||
I sundered and set in order Earth and also Heaven; I generated the seasons, seven together. I—what I speak—make both truth and untruth; I encompass with divine Speech the peoples also.
Rishi: Vāc (personified Speech) / Atharvanic seer-tradition (attribution varies in ancillary lists)
Devata: Vāc (Divine Speech)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (Atharvanic mixed; often catalogued as Triṣṭubh in Vāc-stutis)
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