Mantra 2
Sukta 25
यस्येदं प्रदिशि यद् विरोचते प्र चानति वि च चष्टे शचीभिः । पुरा देवस्य धर्मणा सहोभिर्विष्णुमगन् वरुणं पूर्वहूतिः
yásyedáṃ pradíśi yád virócate prá cā́nati ví ca cáṣṭe śácībhiḥ | púrá devásya dhármaṇā sáhobhir víṣṇum agan váruṇaṃ pū́rvahūtiḥ
Whose is this that in the quarters shineth out, that goeth forth and, wide-dispersed, beholdeth with his powers; of old, by the god’s ordinance, with his strengths—unto Viṣṇu and Varuṇa hath the ancient invocation gone forth.
Rishi: As above: Vaiṣṇava/Ṛgvedic provenance adapted in Atharvanic collection (r̥ṣi attribution varies).
Devata: Viṣṇu (with Varuṇa as dharma-sovereign associate)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (recensional metrical details variable)
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