Mantra 4
Sukta 9
को ददर्श प्रथमं जायमानमस्थन्वन्तं यदनस्था बिभर्ति । भूम्या असुरसृगात्मा क्वऽस्वित् को विद्वांसमुप गात् प्रष्टुमेतत्
kó dadarśa prathamáṃ jā́yamānam asthánvantaṃ yád anasthā́ bíbharti | bhū́myā ásurasṛ́g ātmā́ kvà svit kó vidvā́ṃsam úpa gā́t práṣṭum etát
Who hath beheld the first-born as he is born—him that hath bones, when that which is boneless beareth him? The earth’s vital self, of asuric sap—where, pray, is it? To what wise man shall one go near to ask of this?
Rishi: Brahmodya tradition (r̥ṣi attribution secondary/variable)
Devata: Brahman / Cosmic Support (earth-substrate as devatā by function)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (speculative hymn register)
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